Shyambazar Five-Point Crossing
শ্যামবাজার পাঁচমাথার মোড়
Netaji on horseback, where five roads meet.
About Shyambazar Five-Point Crossing
APC Road, Bidhan Sarani, Bhupendra Bose Avenue, RG Kar Road and Barrackpore Trunk Road meet here under a bronze of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on a horse. For North Kolkata this is the centre of the map: directions are given from it, protests gather under it and the old shops around it have fed the para for generations.
Why visit
To stand at the north’s front door and begin a walk down Bidhan Sarani.
What to see and do
- The equestrian statue of Netaji
- Old sweet and snack shops around the crossing
- The start of Bidhan Sarani’s shop fronts
Plan your visit
- Area
- Shyambazar, North Kolkata
- Nearest landmark
- Shyambazar metro
- Best time
- Evening. October to March is the most comfortable time of year.
- Time needed
- About 20 minutes
- Cost
- Free
- Entry
- Open to everyone: a street, ghat, market or park you can walk into. A very busy traffic junction: use the signals and crossings.
- Metro
- Shyambazar (Blue Line), at the crossing
- Walking
- Little walking
- Photography
- Photography is fine with some care.
- Food nearby
- Golbari for kosha mangsho, a few steps from the crossing.
Nearby and related places
- Golbari: The round-fronted corner shop known for dark, slow-cooked kosha mangsho.
- Hatibagan Market: North Kolkata’s pavement market for saris, clothes and everything else.
- Star Theatre: The most famous stage of the Bengali public theatre.
- Balaram Mandir: The house where the Ramakrishna Mission was founded in 1897.
- Sister Nivedita’s House: The lane house where an Irish woman opened a school for girls in 1898.
- Mayer Bari (Udbodhan House): The house where Sarada Devi lived, kept as a shrine.
Walks that include it
- Old North Kolkata Walk: From the five-point crossing to the potters’ ghat
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Last checked on 2026-10-02. Each place was checked to exist and its position confirmed. Timings, closing days and ticket prices are shown only where known and can change: confirm before you travel.