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Alcohol Free Zones

The City of Sydney supports a comprehensive approach to tackling alcohol-related crime and anti-social behaviour. Alcohol Free Zones (AFZ) are one of the many strategies used to address these issues.

You can download the AFZ Ministerial Guidelines as a PDF document.

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Responding to requests from residents and Police, the City of Sydney is establishing new Alcohol Free Zones (AFZ) in some streets in the City Central, Kings Cross,  Newtown, Redfern and Surry Hills Police Local Area Commands.

Alcohol Free Zones aim to reduce alcohol-related crime and anti-social behaviour in identified locations in order to help create a safer environment for residents, businesses and visitors.

It is an offence to drink alcohol on any street or footpath where an Alcohol Free Zone exists, 24 hours a day, seven days a week for a period of up to three years.

Alcohol Free Zones only apply to streets and footpaths where indicated by signage.  Alcohol Free Zones do not apply to parks.

Any existing or future footpath area licensed by the City for the purpose of food or alcohol consumption as part of a café or restaurant will be exempt from these restrictions.

The NSW Police are responsible for enforcing Alcohol Free Zones.  Contact the closest local police station to report any breaches:

City Central Police
Tel: 02 9265 6499

Kings Cross Police
Tel: 02 8356 0099

Leichhardt Police
Tel: 02 9552 8099

Newtown Police
Tel: 02 9550 8199

Redfern Police
Tel: 02 8303 5199

Surry Hills Police
Tel: 02 9265 4144

You can download maps of the City Central, Kings Cross, Leichhardt, Newtown, Redfern and Surry Hills AFZ as PDF documents.

City Central Police Local Area Command

New from 3 July 2007

Pyrmont
1. Union Square/Union Street between Harris Street and Pyrmont Street
2. Paternoster Row between Union Street and Pyrmont Bridge Road
3. Pyrmont Street between Point Street and Bunn Street
4 Edward Street between Bunn Street and Pirrama Road
5. Pirrama Road between Harris Street and Murray Street, Murray Street between Pirrama Road and Union Street
6. Point Street

Established (3 July 2006)

 
City CBD South
1. George Street from Campbell Street to Druitt Street
2. Liverpool Street from Douglass Street to Wentworth Avenue
3. Central Street from George Street to Pitt Street
4 Wilmot Street from George Street to Pitt Street
5. Bathurst Street from Kent Street to Castlereagh Street
6. Pitt Street between Park Street and Cunningham Street
7. Goulburn Street between Sussex Street and Castlereagh Street, and Castlereagh Street Goulburn and Liverpool Street
8. Park Street between George Street and Castlereagh Street
 
Central
9. Eddy Avenue between Pitt Street and Elizabeth Street

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Kings Cross Police Local Area Command

New from 3 July 2007

East Sydney
1. Francis Street between College Street and Riley Street
 
Kings Cross
2. Macleay Street between Darlinghurst Road and Wylde Street
3. Victoria Street between McDonald Lane and Darlinghurst Road, Brougham Lane  between Victoria Street and Brougham Street, Brougham Street between Brougham Lane and Hourigan Lane.

Established (7 October 2005)

 
East Sydney
1. Foley Street between Bourke Street and Palmer Street
2. Yurong Parkway between William Street and Sir John Young Crescent
3. Yurong Street from Norman Street to William Street
4 Francis Lane from College Street to Riley Street
 
Woolloomooloo
5. Sydney Place bounded by Stephen Street and the Hills Stairs, McElhone Street
 
Kings Cross
6. Kings Cross Road between Victoria Street and Roslyn Street
7. Kellett Street between Bayswater Road and Ward Avenue
8. Kellett Way between Kellett Street and Roslyn Street
9. Kellett Place cul-de-sac
10. Roslyn Street between Darlinghurst Road and Kings Cross
Road
11. Barncleuth Square between Darlinghurst Road and Ward
Avenue
12. Barncleuth Lane between Roslyn Street and Barncleuth
Square
13. Darlinghurst Road between Victoria Street and Ward Avenue
(including road closure adjacent to Fitzroy Gardens)
14. Bayswater Road between Victoria Street and Kings Cross
Road
 
Potts Point
15. Springfield Avenue between Darlinghurst Road (Springfield
Plaza) and Springfield Mall
16. Earl Street between Victoria Street and Orwell Street
17. Earl Place between Earl Street and Springfield Avenue
18. Llankelly Place between Darlinghurst Road and Orwell Street
19. Orwell Street between Macleay Street and Victoria Street
20. Hughes Place cul-de-sac
21. Hughes Lane between Orwell Street and Hughes Street
22. Hughes Street between Victoria Street and Macleay Street
23. Orwell Lane between Orwell Street and Hughes Street
 
Woolloomooloo
24. Forbes Street between Cathedral Street and William Street
25. Cathedral Street bounded by Forbes Street and Bourke Street
26. All streets and laneways bounded by Forbes Street, Cathedral Street, Palmer Street and William Street – this includes Corfu Street, Cross Lane, Talbot Place, William Lane, Burrahpore Lane, St Kilda Lane and Egan Place.
 
Woolloomooloo
27. Nicholson Street between Dowling Street and Bourke Street

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Leichhardt Police Local Area Command

 
Glebe
1. Glebe Point Road from Parramatta Road to Bridge Road
2. Cowper Street between Glebe Point Road and Wentworth Park Road, and Franklyn Street between Cowper Street and Francis Street
3. Mitchell Street, between Catherine Street and Wentworth Park Road
4 St Johns Road between Ross Street and Wentworth Park Road
 
Broadway Shopping Centre
5. Bay Street between Broadway and Wentworth Park Road and Glebe Street between Bay Street  and Cowper Street

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Newtown Police Local Area Command

New from 3 July 2007

Newtown
1. Campbell Street between O’Connell and Elizabeth Streets

Established (3 July 2006)

 
Newtown Train Station
1. King Street (eastern side) between Whateley Street and Goddard Street AND Whateley Street between King Street and Wilson Street
2. Thomas Street
3. Railway Lane between Thomas Street and Angel Street
4. Newman Street between King Street and Thomas Street
5. Whitehorse Street
6. Norfolk Street
 
Newtown North
7. Hordern Street between King Street and Victoria Street
8. Mechanic Street between Church Street and Egan Street

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Redfern Police Local Area Command

New from 3 July 2007

 
Chippendale
1. Balfour Street between Cleveland Street and Meagher Street
2. Bartley Street between Abercrombie and Balfour Street

Established (3 July 2006)

 
Redfern Street
1. Redfern Street between Gibbons Street and Elizabeth Street and including Lawson Square (Gibbons Street to Lawson Street, Lawson Street to Regent Street, Regent Street to Redfern Street)
2. George Street between Redfern Street and Turner Street
 
Elizabeth Street
3. Phillip Street between Walker Street and Pitt Street
4. Elizabeth Street between Redfern Street and McEvoy Street
5. Wellington Street between Walker Street and Cope Street
6. Walker Street between Wellington Street and Phillip Street
 
Regent & Cope Streets
7. Regent/Botany Street to Regent Street (Regent/Botany Street from Redfern Street to Raglan Street, Raglan Street from Botany Road to Cope Street, Cope Street from Raglan Street to Regent Street)
 
Rosebery
8. Gardeners Road (northern side) Rosebery, between Dalmeny Avenue and Primrose Avenue
 
Waterloo
9. George Street (between Raglan and John Streets)
 
Redfern East
10. James Street (between Young and Marriott Street)

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Surry Hills Police Local Area Command

New from 3 July 2007

Surry Hills
1. Foveaux Street from Crown Street to Little Norton Street

Established (7 October 2005)

 
Surry Hills - North
1. Oxford Street between Greens Road and Whitlam Square
2. Crown Street between Oxford Street and Albion Street
3. Albion Street between Elizabeth Street and Flinders Street (Zone 1 to Crown Street, Zone 2 to Elizabeth Street)
4 Flinders Street between Albion Street and Bourke Street (Taylor Square)
5. All streets and laneways bounded by Crown Street, Albion Street, Flinders Street and Oxford Street including Little Oxford Street, Ryder Street, Taggarts Lane, Campbell Street, Denham Street, Denham Lane, Bloomfield Street, Bloomfield Lane, Little Bloomfield Street, Bourke Street, Little Bourke Street, Church Lane, Jesmond Street, Patterson Lane, Linden Lane, Short Street, Short Place, Hill Street, Mary Place, Floods Place, Maiden Street and Clare Street
6. Bourke Street between Fitzroy Street and Albion Street
7. Elizabeth Street between Eddy Avenue and Chalmers Street
8. Campbell Street between Crown Street and Riley Street
9. Arnold Place and Arnold Lane , between Riley Street and Crown Street
 
Surry Hills - West
10. Mary Street between Foveaux Street and Campbell Street
11. Foster Street between Hunt Street and Elizabeth Street
12. Hands Lane between Reservoir Street and Foster Street
 
Surry Hills - Mid
13. Crown Street between Fitzroy Street and Arthur Street
14. Collins Lane between Foveaux Street and Rainford Street
15. Collins Street between Riley Street and Alexander Street
 
Surry Hills - South West
16. Chalmers Street between Elizabeth Street and Cleveland Street

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Last Updated: Tuesday 26 February, 2008
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