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305 Jalan Besar

📍 305 JALAN BESAR
🗺️ D08 — Little India, Farrer Park
🚇 Bendemeer MRT (DT23)526 m, 7 min walk · Farrer Park MRT (NE8)606 m, 8 min walk · Lavender MRT (EW11)611 m, 8 min walk
🏢 MCST 1063Shophouse✓ Management Directory

About 305 Jalan Besar

305 Jalan Besar is a strata-titled shophouse at 305 Jalan Besar, Singapore 208966, in District 8 (Farrer Park, Serangoon Road). OneMap lists the address without a building name. It is managed by MCST 1063. The shophouse is on the odd-numbered side of the road, on the northern half of Jalan Besar.

Interesting facts

  • The land here was once low-lying swamp between the Rochor and Kallang rivers. URA notes that ribbon development after the First World War turned farmland along the road into rows of shophouses.

  • Historic trades in the Jalan Besar area included rubber processing, pineapple canning and engineering workshops, alongside clan associations and eating houses.

  • More than 230 shophouses survive around Jalan Besar, built between the 1880s and the 1960s.

Nearby

Bendemeer MRT station (DT23) on the Downtown Line and Farrer Park (NE8) on the North East Line are the closest stations. Jalan Besar Stadium and its swimming complex are nearby, and the coffee shops along Jalan Besar and Tyrwhitt Road provide plenty of food choices.

Key facts

  • Address: 305 Jalan Besar, Singapore 208966

  • District: District 8 (Farrer Park, Serangoon Road)

  • Property type: Shophouse

  • Nearest MRT: Bendemeer (DT23), Farrer Park (NE8)

  • MCST: 1063