Bernam Street

Bernam Street (Chinese: 柏南街) is a one-way street located in Tanjong Pagar in Singapore.

Bernam Street starts at its junction with Tanjong Pagar Road and ends with its junction with Anson Road.

History & Etymology

The street name dates from an 1898 municipal resolution to "use names of rivers and districts in the Malay Peninsula as being better adapted to the purpose [of naming streets] than the names of persons or families".


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