Jurija Gagarina Street, Warsaw Explained

Yuri Gagarin Street (ulica Jurija Gagarina) is a major street in the Mokotów district of Warsaw, named after the first man in space.

Yuri Gagarin Street was established around 1957 as Nowoparkowa Street. It was established in the place of the streets of the former Sielce settlement, laid out at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. At the same time, a tram track was built on which trams 16, 33 and 33 "BIS" ran. In June 1961 the street was given the name of Yuri Gagarin.^[1]

During the 1939–45 German occupation, in building no. 33 (at that time ul. Podchorążych 101), there was a tobacco shop run by Zofia Nałkowska and her sister Hanna.^[2]

Nowadays various residential buildings and offices are located at the street, including the Embassy of Austria.^[3]

52.2067°N 21.04°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dzielnica Śródmieście m. st. Warszawy Ulica Jurija Gagarina. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140715053310/http://www.srodmiescie.warszawa.pl/ulica-104.html . 2014-07-15 .
2. Danuta Szmit-Zawierucha: Ludzie i pejzaże Warszawy. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Veda, 2005, s. 166. ISBN 83-85584-90-0.
3. Web site: Ambasada Austrii w Polsce. Dojazd i godziny otwarcia. Ambasada Autrii w Poslce. 26 January 2023.