The name comes from a small hill within the area close to the foot of Mount Parker. Kornhill was the site of the company residence of the senior manager of the Taikoo Sugar Refinery and the first senior manager was Ferdinand Korn. The hill was almost level by the early 1980s, and can hardly be recognised. The modern-day housing estate was constructed in concert with the MTR Island Line and opened by 1987.
Modern development
There are a total 44 blocks, with heights ranging from 20 to 34 storeys, including 42 conventional residential buildings, one block of serviced apartments, and an office tower. The residential blocks in Kornhill are named after English letters and there are two blocks of each letter In Kornhill Gardens, the blocks are named in Arabic numbers from 1 to 10. Kornhill Gardens blocks are sold under the HOS Scheme. Blocks A1 to H2 are on Hong Shing Street. Blocks J1 to M2 are on Hong Yue Street. Blocks N1 to R2 are on Hong On Street. There is no block I, O, and S to Z. Blocks 1 to 10 are on southern side of King's Road.
Victoria Kindergarten + Victoria International Nursery
Parks and recreation
Greeneries are all around the residential areas. A recreation club, in two phases with two swimming pools, six tennis courts, one squash court, a fitness gymnasium, and a barbecue site is available to club members only. The Tai Tam Country Park is right next to Hong Shing Street.
Shopping and offices
A shopping mall Kornhill Plaza is in between Kornhill and Kornhill Gardens, acrossing Kornhill Road. A department storeAEON is in Kornhill Plaza South. On top of Kornhill Plaza South is the Kornhill Apartments, and on top of Kornhill Plaza North is the Kornhill Metro Tower office building.
Minibus service to North Point, Shau Kei Wan, and within Kornhill between Hong Shing Street and Tai Koo MTR station Hong On Street, Mount Parker Lodge, Wanchai and Kennedy Town
The Hong Shing Street, Hong On Street, and Hong Yue Street and the Kornhill side of King's Road are restricted and not open to public buses to avoid nuisance to residents.
Kornhill has two constituencies within the Eastern District Council. Blocks A1 to M2, together with Sai Wan Terrace and The Floridian, are in the Kornhill constituency. Blocks N1 to R2, and blocks 1 to 10 are in the Kornhill Gardens constituency. The current district council members of Kornhill to the Eastern DistrictCouncil are NGAI Chi Ho Derek and LEUNG Siu Sun Patrick. In the Legislative Council elections, Kornhill belongs to the Hong Kong Island constituencies.
