O'Connor Street, Chippendale, NSW 2008
Ranked 2nd best street by locals in Chippendale, NSW
Great for
- Schools
- Neighbourly spirit
- Public transport
- Safe and sound
- Clean & green
Not great for
- Cost of living
- Nightlife
- Shopping options
- Gym and fitness
- Lack of traffic
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Families With Kids
- Singles
Reviews of O'Connor Street, Chippendale
"So much to love ♥️ Hidden Gem 💎"
⭐️ Lots to do, eat, see.
⭐️ Well lit and safe for lass and lads.
⭐️ Walk to everything and bike paths too
⭐️ Perfectly located for city night life
Really loving it here and glad I saw these reviews before moving. Tysm ♥️
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- Professionals
- Singles
- Families with kids
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"Living my best life here"
The suburb appears pretty new or its just kept really clean and neat. There are big parks to the left and right of my building and small green places in between, which really impresses me for a big city like Sydney. Area is pretty quiet, even on the weekend, especially for a suburb that is basically the Sydney City. Really love the ambience and massive range of shops and places to eat. Settled here in June-July and I am happy and loving it.
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- Professionals
- Singles
- Families with kids
"Perfect enclave during pandemic"
So much to do and explore on the doorstep, it has been a gift to live here during covid when we could not venture outside a certain radius. It has been really lovely during covid lockdown with more people in public, more families on the street, though I do miss students giving the usual buzz in the area -- just a little.
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"American in Chippendale * 5 stars"
I am a mother of two young kids and we happily residing in O'Connor St two storey. They walk to school and extracurricular activities. Safety has never been an issue. The kids love the green areas and the adorable dogs that play there daily. Plethora of incredible cafes and Asian foods on the doorstep. I highly recommend the suburb to anyone with kids considering city living - mine are thriving here.
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- Singles
- Families with kids
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"Good Living"
4-5 years since we moved here and love it still. Lots to do within walking distance, no need for a vehicle or even public transport. Someone had a question about crime on Facebook = we have not had a single experience - feels safe, day and night. Love the people 20-60 year old the norm, and the many shopping areas is superb.
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- Professionals
- Singles
- Families with kids
""I want to go to there""
Me and my pup were happily homed in O'Connor Street for 3 years but I decided to move to Camperdown-Stanmore for a bigger during Covid and WFH.
BIG MISTAKE!!!
You don't realise how convenient Chippendale is till you move away. Also it is somehow quieter than the inner-west though it's in the middle of the CBD?!
I could get all my shopping done and home in less than 30 minutes because there is both a Woollies and a Coles within striking distance, not to mention Harris Farm and other specialty food shops. If you're not in the mood to cook, O'Connor is-was SURROUNDED by the BEST places to eat (shout out to LP's Quality Meatsssss and Esterrrrr).
Every afternoon I would walk my pup around Central Park and there is always a handful of other owners and dogs there - everyone is super friendly and chatty. I am already planning to move back - why did I ever think of leaving.😭
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- Professionals
- Singles
- Families with kids
"Highly Endorse Street & Suburb"
I have lived in Bondi, Paddington, Ultimo, Newtown, Glebe and now Chippendale. As 30 single m, hands down Chippendale rules them all. Quality of life is 100 given the choice of watering holes, incredible food joints, shopping options. When I first moved here I ate out almost everyday, esp. the many hole in wall places (dumplings, noodles, soups, mostly Asian fare). I walked everywhere, there is no need for a car, which also helped burn all that delicious food. Close to the city yet remarkably clean and quiet. Highly endorse O'Connor St. Central and quiet. Small street however, so parking is limited if you have something like a big 4WD. Also, lose the car, you won't need it.
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- Professionals
- Singles
- Families with kids
"So much to explore and play"
Redfern/Surry Hills/Chippendale has transformed since the 1990s, when I first moved to the area. Chippendale has been the most recent to reincarnate and it has something to offer everyone, but best suited to 30- 40 somethings - read: urbanites with disposable income. A lot of places to blow it, including some of the best food and drink in all of Greater Sydney (current fave the Korean spot on Abercrombie). Speaking of cashed-up locals - home to one of Australia’s richest women, Judith Neilson and her amazing residence Indigo Slam, also White Rabbit Gallery. JRM
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- Professionals
- Families with kids
"Happy Camper"
I work at a design firm in Chippendale the past four years and fell in love with the area. Finally decided to move from Macdonaldtown to this street at the beginning of July. This site was helpful when shortlisting properties so I am paying it forward.
O'Connor St is lovely and quiet and smack between Central Park and Broadway - Apple, JB HiFi, Nike, Woolworths, Coles, Harris Farm, Kmart, Target, the food courts! Also more independent restaurants, bakeries and cafes than you can poke a stick at. I bike it everywhere and I haven't had a problem with safety or crime - it helps that I'm 6'3"?
"Recent import & love it here"
It will be interesting to see how 'lively' it gets once street life returns to normal. For now it is verrry quiet. My partner and I both work from home and we are in love with this street and suburb. Big parks to exercise to the left AND right. Friendly neighbours though most have been silent and invisible - do they ever leave home? Five star takeaway food options less than 1 min walk.
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- Families with kids
"quiet lane-like street with north-south aspect"
short walk to everything: groceries, shopping centres, the city's best cafes, bakeries, restaurants, eat streets, art galleries, big green spaces, literally everything you need to live well. terrific inner city suburb. neighbours chat if that's important to you.
only con is the price $$$ as it cleaned up and gentrified. surpassed even darlinghurst in this regard. not for big families unless lucky to access one of the multi-level terraces or residential warehouses.
- anaïs
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- Professionals
- Singles
- Families with kids
"Small terreces for DINKBOD (Double Income No Kids But One Dog)"
O'Connor Street is two way street, even although it is a Victorian era street, that is too small to be a 2 way street but it also houses a a lane of parked cars.
Neighbours do talk to each other. But expect to be ignored in the block of units on the West side of O'Connor Street. There is a different feel between East and West side of Abercrombie. There are no Eating out places in this street, but they are nearby, including some nice Thai, and budget Asian food, to pizza's, Kebab's, Italian, Mexican, Indian, etc... mostly found in the near by Broadway Shopping Centre. There are no public entertainment areas, such as pubs, or nightclubs, but you can find a couple of local pubs in the area. Some very old fashion and well kept like The Shannon, but some run down like The Australian in the Corner of Abercrombie and Broadway, currently over run by Punk styled kids, or The Landsdown on City Road, crowded by bands and rock styled kids (And a great place to have a $5 stake dinner!!). Retail Therapy goes with "Style matched by Price" like "Konstantina Mittas" in nearby Backland Street, or furniture like in "Corporate Culture" in the street behind Levey Street. Else you need to walk a bit further to standard Target/Kmart and the rest of shops in the Shopping Centre at Broadway. For Health and Fitness you find that O'Connor Street Houses a Kick boxing Gym, and a Dancing Studio and a Karate Studio. Not bad for a small street.
Who lives here?
- Professionals