| Girish Park | |
| Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) |
| Pushpin Map: | India Kolkata |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Kolkata |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
| Subdivision Type2: | City |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Kolkata |
| Subdivision Type4: | Metro Station |
| Subdivision Name4: | Girish Park |
| Seat Type: | Municipal Corporation |
| Seat: | Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
| Parts Type: | KMC ward |
| Parts: | 25 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population Total: | For population see linked KMC ward page |
| Timezone: | IST |
| Utc Offset: | +5:30 |
| Coordinates: | 22.5865°N 88.3622°W |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Area Code: | +91 33 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Kolkata Uttar |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Jorasanko |
Girish Park is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. it is named after famous Bengali Theatre personnel Girish Chandra Ghosh.
Girish Park police station is part of the Central division of Kolkata Police. It is located at 138, Ram Dulal Sarkar Street, Kolkata-700006.[1]
Taltala Women police station covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the Central division, i.e. Bowbazar, Burrabazar, Girish Park, Hare Street, Jorasanko, Muchipara, New Market, Taltala and Posta.[1]
In the Vivekananda flyover collapse, when a portion of the under-construction flyover collapsed in the Girish Park neighbourhood on 31 March 2016, 81 persons were killed and 205 injured.[2] [3]
Girish Park is the junction of Chittaranjan Avenue and Vivekananda Road. Beadon Street (Dani Ghosh Sarani/Abhedananda Road) also intersects Chittaranjan Avenue nearby. Many buses ply along these roads.[4]
Burra Bazar railway station and Sealdah Station are the nearest railway stations.
Bus
Beadon Street Bus Stop