Kings Cross is an inner-city locality of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately 2 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Sydney. It is bounded by the suburbs of Potts Point, Elizabeth Bay and Darlinghurst. Kings Cross is colloquially known as The Cross.
Kings Cross is known as Sydney's red-light district. Once home to musical halls and grand theatres, it was rapidly transformed after World War II by the influx of troops returning and visiting from the nearby Garden Island naval base. Today, it is still dominated by bars, restaurants, nightclubs, strip clubs and adult bookstores.
Kings Cross is undergoing gentrification with the revitalisation of William Street and the redevelopment of apartment buildings. Levels of prostitution and drug-use have declined in recent years.
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