Street atlas

Helen Joseph Street, Johannesburg

Helen Joseph Street is a mapped street in Johannesburg. The represented road geometry totals about 1,954 m. The nearest mapped passenger transport record is Simmonds Street & Market Street (bus stop), approximately < 10 m in a straight line from the nearest part of the street. Nearby mapped records include food & drink, shops & services, health services.

Mapped length
1.95 km
Connected street names in this directory
8

Street map

Helen Joseph Street
Outline of Helen Joseph Street, Johannesburg, with nearby directory streets. North is up. Context outlines are from the same release.N ↑

Helen Joseph Street at a glance

Place records along this section
168 recordsNamed source records within 500 m of any part of the mapped lines; not unique venues
Closest passenger transport point
< 10 mSimmonds Street & Market Street · straight line from the nearest part of the section
Mapped pharmacy nearby
100 mThe Link
Mapped park nearby
30 mErnest Oppenheimer Park

Everyday places nearby

Along this mapped section · within 500 m

Distances are measured in a straight line from the nearest part of the street. Places may be near different sections. Areas use an interior point, not an entrance. These are source records, not unique venues or walking distances. Activity is not corroborated: records come from the September 2026 map snapshot, and an object's edit date does not confirm that a venue operates.

Food & drink

45 records
  • WimpyRestaurant · 80 m
  • RamonetCafe · 140 m
  • Galito'sTakeaway · 50 m
Show all 45 food & drink records
  • Galito'sTakeaway · 50 m
  • McDonald'sTakeaway · 70 m
  • Hungry LionTakeaway · 70 m
  • WimpyRestaurant · 80 m
  • GuildhallPub · 100 m
  • Nino'sTakeaway · 130 m
  • RamonetCafe · 140 m
  • Tommys pubPub · 140 m
  • FlightCafe · 160 m
  • Seattle Coffee CompanyCafe · 190 m
  • London PieTakeaway · 190 m
  • McDonald'sTakeaway · 200 m
  • Pino's Italian CoffeeCafe · 220 m
  • Chicken LickenTakeaway · 230 m
  • The VerdictPub · 240 m
  • KFCTakeaway · 260 m
  • Nando'sRestaurant · 270 m
  • McDonald'sTakeaway · 270 m
  • KFCTakeaway · 270 m
  • Thunderwalker & ZwipiPub · 270 m
  • The Brunch CafeCafe · 290 m
  • CapelloRestaurant · 300 m
  • ChesanyamaRestaurant · 300 m
  • Original AlbertsTakeaway · 320 m
  • Cramers CoffeeCafe · 330 m
  • Galito'sRestaurant · 330 m
  • KFCTakeaway · 330 m
  • Chicken LickenTakeaway · 330 m
  • McDonald'sTakeaway · 350 m
  • Kota JoesRestaurant · 350 m
  • KFCTakeaway · 350 m
  • International Restaurant and Action BarRestaurant · 360 m
  • Nikis OasisPub · 400 m
  • Sophiatown Bar LoungeRestaurant · 410 m
  • The Marshall InnPub · 410 m
  • Mad GiantRestaurant · 420 m
  • Market ShedRestaurant · 430 m
  • KFCTakeaway · 440 m
  • Chesa NyamaRestaurant · 450 m
  • Maboneng CoffeCafe · 450 m
  • Kafe-noirCafe · 470 m
  • Moshate RestaurantRestaurant · 480 m
  • Jojo Rooftop LoungeBar · 500 m
  • Class of JoziBar · 500 m
  • Eat Your Heart OutCafe · 500 m

Shops & services

85 records
  • GameSupermarket · 50 m
  • QuickshopConvenience shop · 150 m
  • Babette's BakeryBakery · 480 m
Show all 85 shops & services records
  • Starlite FashionsClothing shop · 20 m
  • Fashion FusionClothing shop · 20 m
  • GameSupermarket · 50 m
  • AkhonaFurniture · 60 m
  • UsaveSupermarket · 60 m
  • TotalsportsClothing shop · 70 m
  • LiquorShop ShopriteAlcohol shop · 70 m
  • OK FurnitureFurniture · 100 m
  • GolfballsSports · 100 m
  • WoolworthsClothing shop · 100 m
  • FootgearShoes · 100 m
  • Jet HomeHouseware · 100 m
  • RageClothing shop · 100 m
  • BradlowsFurniture · 100 m
  • MarkhamClothing shop · 100 m
  • Mr PriceClothing shop · 100 m
  • AvonCosmetics · 110 m
  • Sheet StreetBed · 110 m
  • American SwissJewelry · 110 m
  • OK FurnitureFurniture · 120 m
  • SternsJewelry · 120 m
  • SpitzShoes · 130 m
  • Jam ClothingClothing shop · 130 m
  • Sheet StreetHouseware · 150 m
  • QuickshopConvenience shop · 150 m
  • Mr PriceClothing shop · 150 m
  • Supa-RoofTrade · 150 m
  • sportsceneClothing shop · 160 m
  • SODA BlocClothing shop · 160 m
  • PEP CellMobile phone · 160 m
  • House of Moss LaboratoriesPerfumery · 160 m
  • PepClothing shop · 170 m
  • Van SchaikBooks · 170 m
  • Rissik Street OutfittersClothing shop · 170 m
  • TruworthsClothing shop · 170 m
  • LegitClothing shop · 170 m
  • WoolworthsClothing shop · 170 m
  • IdentityClothing shop · 170 m
  • RussellsFurniture · 170 m
  • Bridge BooksBooks · 180 m
  • BMWCar · 180 m
  • PEPClothing shop · 180 m
  • Home ChoiceBed · 180 m
  • EgoliConvenience shop · 190 m
  • Uzzi ClothingClothing shop · 190 m
  • AckermansClothing shop · 190 m
  • EduraClothing shop · 190 m
  • IdentityClothing shop · 190 m
  • Food Lover's Eatery Bank CitySupermarket · 190 m
  • Pick n PaySupermarket · 200 m
  • AckermansClothing shop · 210 m
  • WoolworthsClothing shop · 220 m
  • JetClothing shop · 220 m
  • Power SaveSupermarket · 230 m
  • Carlton CentreShopping centre · 240 m
  • TruworthsClothing shop · 240 m
  • RFOClothing shop · 240 m
  • SpitzShoes · 250 m
  • Studio 88Clothing shop · 270 m
  • RussellsFurniture · 270 m
  • BradlowsFurniture · 270 m
  • Sheet StreetHouseware · 270 m
  • Metrobus ticket counter Gandhi SquareTicket · 280 m
  • WoolworthsClothing shop · 290 m
  • Shell SelectConvenience shop · 290 m
  • PEP HomeHouseware · 300 m
  • PEPClothing shop · 320 m
  • PQ ClothingClothing shop · 320 m
  • AkhonaFurniture · 320 m
  • Cambridge FoodSupermarket · 330 m
  • Bree Street ButcheryButcher · 330 m
  • MEAT GandhiButcher · 350 m
  • AckermansClothing shop · 360 m
  • Citi Fruit & MeatSupermarket · 360 m
  • SparSupermarket · 360 m
  • UsaveSupermarket · 370 m
  • Tekkie townShoes · 370 m
  • Metrobus customer careTravel agency · 380 m
  • Akhona FurnishersFurniture · 390 m
  • sportsceneClothing shop · 410 m
  • SpitzShoes · 410 m
  • Concept StoreLighting · 470 m
  • Urban ZuluClothing shop · 480 m
  • Babette's BakeryBakery · 480 m
  • ShopriteSupermarket · 490 m

Health services

10 records
  • The LinkPharmacy · 100 m
  • Lotus OptometristsMedical practice · 130 m
  • DentistDentist · 330 m
Show all 10 health services records
  • The LinkPharmacy · 100 m
  • Lotus OptometristsMedical practice · 130 m
  • ClicksPharmacy · 170 m
  • SurgeryMedical practice · 180 m
  • Victory PharmacyPharmacy · 220 m
  • ClicksPharmacy · 220 m
  • RissikPharmacy · 250 m
  • Spar Lister PharmacyPharmacy · 290 m
  • Jozi PharmacyPharmacy · 310 m
  • DentistDentist · 330 m

Education

6 records
  • Department for EducationSchool · 100 m
  • Rostec CollegeCollege · 30 m
  • Greenview TutorialCollege · 30 m
Show all 6 education records
  • Rostec CollegeCollege · 30 m
  • Greenview TutorialCollege · 30 m
  • Summat CollegeCollege · 70 m
  • Department for EducationSchool · 100 m
  • Vector CollegeSchool · 410 m
  • School of Culinary Arts International QualificationSchool · 420 m

Parks & green spaces

4 records
  • Ernest Oppenheimer ParkPark · 30 m
  • Beyers Naudé SquarePark · 40 m
  • Port Plein ParkPark · 430 m
Show all 4 parks & green spaces records
  • Ernest Oppenheimer ParkPark · 30 m
  • Beyers Naudé SquarePark · 40 m
  • Port Plein ParkPark · 430 m
  • Atteell Gardens ParkPark · 470 m

Culture & places to visit

18 records
  • Sci-Bono CentreMuseum · 250 m
  • Johannesburg City LibraryLibrary · 40 m
  • BEC GalleryGallery · 440 m
Show all 18 culture & places to visit records
  • Johannesburg City LibraryLibrary · 40 m
  • Democracy is DialogueArtwork · 40 m
  • Kine Centre CinemaCinema · 100 m
  • World of BeerAttraction · 160 m
  • Top of AfricaViewpoint · 230 m
  • The Turbine HallAttraction · 230 m
  • SterkinekorCinema · 230 m
  • Sci-Bono CentreMuseum · 250 m
  • The Boxer (Young Madiba)Artwork · 250 m
  • langlaagte stamp batteryAttraction · 340 m
  • Workers MuseumMuseum · 360 m
  • Brenda Fassie Memorial StatueArtwork · 370 m
  • Arts on MainArtwork · 380 m
  • BEC GalleryGallery · 440 m
  • AGOG GalleryGallery · 450 m
  • Gauteng OperaTheatre · 460 m
  • The Market SquareTheatre · 480 m
  • National Arts Council of South Africa NACArts centre · 480 m

Transport nearby

Along this mapped section · within 1 km

48 passenger transport records. Mapped access points and facilities, not a count of unique stops, routes or service frequency.

  • Simmonds Street & Market StreetBus stop · < 10 m
Source record details
  • Simmonds Street & Market StreetBus stop · < 10 m
  • Library Gardens EastboundBus stop · 80 m
Source record details
  • Library Gardens EastboundBus stop · 80 m
  • Carlton EastboundBus stop · 80 m
Source record details
  • Carlton EastboundBus stop · 80 m
  • Carlton Bus Station (Eastbound: C1, T1)Transport station · 80 m
Source record details
  • Carlton Bus Station (Eastbound: C1, T1)Transport station · 80 m
  • Chancellor House (Eastbound)Bus stop · 80 m
Source record details
  • Chancellor House (Eastbound)Bus stop · 80 m
  • Chancellor House Bus Station (Eastbound: C1, T1, T2)Transport station · 80 m
Source record details
  • Chancellor House Bus Station (Eastbound: C1, T1, T2)Transport station · 80 m
Show all 48 passenger transport records
  • Simmonds Street & Market StreetBus stop · < 10 m
  • Library Gardens EastboundBus stop · 80 m
  • Carlton EastboundBus stop · 80 m
  • Carlton Bus Station (Eastbound: C1, T1)Transport station · 80 m
  • Chancellor House (Eastbound)Bus stop · 80 m
  • Chancellor House Bus Station (Eastbound: C1, T1, T2)Transport station · 80 m
  • Fashion Square Northbound (T1)Transport station · 120 m
  • Fashion Square NorthboundBus stop · 120 m
  • Harrison StreetTransport station · 150 m
  • Pixley Ka Isaka Seme Street & Market StreetBus stop · 160 m
  • Carlton Bus Station (Westbound: T1)Bus stop · 170 m
  • Chancellor House (Westbound)Bus stop · 170 m
  • Chancellor House Bus Station (Westbound: C1, T1, T2)Transport station · 170 m
  • Library Gardens (Westbound: C1, T1)Transport station · 170 m
  • Library Gardens WestboundBus stop · 170 m
  • Carlton Bus Station (Westbound: C1)Bus station · 170 m
  • Rissik StreetBus stop · 200 m
  • Rissik Street Bus Station (T1, T2, C4, C5, F11Transport station · 200 m
  • Fashion Square Southbound (T1)Transport station · 210 m
  • Pixley Ka Isaka Seme Street & Jeppe Street (nearest corner: Kerk Street)Bus stop · 210 m
  • Fashion Square SouthboundBus stop · 210 m
  • CitySightseeing - Stop 9 - NewtownBus stop · 220 m
  • Bank City, Simmonds StreetBus stop · 240 m
  • Gandhi Sq Metrobus terminalTransport station · 320 m
  • Mining DistrictBus stop · 320 m
  • Anglo American, Sauer Street & Main StreetBus stop · 360 m
  • Marshall Street & Harrison StreetBus stop · 380 m
  • Absa Bank, Marshall StreetBus stop · 380 m
  • Boston College, Marshall StreetBus stop · 390 m
  • Reef Hotel, Anderson StreetBus stop · 460 m
  • Westgate Bus TerminusBus stop · 490 m
  • WestgateTransport station · 560 m
  • New Town JoburgBus stop · 560 m
  • DoornfonteinRailway station · 590 m
  • WestgateBus stop · 680 m
  • Johannesburg Park StationRailway station · 690 m
  • Park Station Long Distance Bus StationTransport station · 740 m
  • WestgateRailway station · 760 m
  • Park StationRailway station · 790 m
  • Johannesburg Art Gallery Bus Station (T1)Transport station · 860 m
  • Johannesburg Art GalleryBus stop · 860 m
  • FaradayRailway station · 910 m
  • Park StationBus stop · 920 m
  • Power House StationTransport station · 950 m
  • Power House Bus StationTransport station · 960 m
  • Gautrain Park Station Bus StationTransport station · 960 m
  • Old Synagogue Bus Station (Westbound: T1)Transport station · 980 m
  • Old Synagogue WestboundBus stop · 980 m
Source detail: 20 vehicle-position or technical records

Vehicle stopping positions describe where a vehicle stops, not necessarily where a passenger waits. The snapshot contains 68 transport objects in total; separate objects may belong to the same facility.

  • J2-7Bus stop · 390 m
  • DoornfonteinVehicle stopping position · 580 m
  • Ellis Park StationVehicle stopping position · 590 m
  • DoornfonteinVehicle stopping position · 590 m
  • DoornfonteinVehicle stopping position · 600 m
  • Ellis Park StationVehicle stopping position · 600 m
  • Ellis ParkVehicle stopping position · 610 m
  • Johannesburg ParkVehicle stopping position · 620 m
  • Johannesburg ParkVehicle stopping position · 640 m
  • Johannesburg ParkVehicle stopping position · 660 m
  • Johannesburg ParkVehicle stopping position · 660 m
  • Johannesburg ParkVehicle stopping position · 690 m
  • JeppeVehicle stopping position · 760 m
  • JeppeVehicle stopping position · 760 m
  • WestgateVehicle stopping position · 770 m
  • JeppeVehicle stopping position · 910 m
  • FaradayVehicle stopping position · 930 m
  • Park StationVehicle stopping position · 930 m
  • Park StationVehicle stopping position · 930 m
  • JeppeVehicle stopping position · 990 m

Street facts

Mapped geometry length
1.95 kmLength of the represented lines, not a surveyed street length.
Municipal area in OSM
City of JohannesburgThe complete displayed geometry lies inside the mapped municipal boundary. Not official municipal verification.
Coverage area
Johannesburgpilot area
Province
GautengSource-backed territorial context
OSM locality polygon overlaps
Not verifiedLength of the mapped section inside each OSM locality polygon. Overlaps under 20 m or under 5% of the mapped length only touch the edge. Not an official boundary.
Representative point
-26.203961, 28.042011Latitude, longitude; on the mapped line, not an address or entrance.
Suburb / locality
Not verifiedNo sufficiently supported locality assignment.
Nearest OSM place label
Marshalltown · 391 mThis is the nearest mapped OSM place label and does not determine suburb or administrative membership. Measured from the representative point inside the City of Johannesburg OSM area.
Section scope
Mapped section shownThe street may continue beyond this mapped section. No completeness is claimed.
Street-delivery postal code
Not verifiedStreet delivery and PO Box codes require separate evidence. Evidence details
View technical evidence

Source snapshot: geofabrik-za-2026-09-27

  • Segment b6893e4b-ca28-5d66-a795-e9a9a8f0f52e · OSM way 46505060
    highway
    residential
    name
    Helen Joseph Street
    oneway
    no
  • Segment 29685b7f-9ab7-5faf-bdf8-c41e534cc74c · OSM way 603648076
    highway
    residential
    name
    Helen Joseph Street
    oneway
    yes
  • Segment 4f3a1f2e-4bea-561b-9019-3a50a24c1286 · OSM way 603712147
    highway
    residential
    name
    Helen Joseph Street
    oneway
    yes
  • Segment 856166ca-470c-51da-b78a-cf5790119f06 · OSM way 603712148
    highway
    residential
    name
    Helen Joseph Street
    oneway
    yes
  • Segment 2e8d2f42-0a85-55bf-aff3-779ed83f1a47 · OSM way 769716909
    highway
    residential
    name
    Helen Joseph Street

Connections

8 street names in this directory

Mapped topology

Connected sections in this directory share source nodes at compatible levels. Junctions with streets outside this directory are not listed. Names appear once here; nearby sections are listed separately below.

Documented connections

No documented connections have been added from official sources.

Nearby streets

Shortest distance between mapped geometries, not a walking distance.

The road profile

Mapped road classification
Residential100% of represented geometry

This is an OpenStreetMap road classification, not a statement about land use.

View technical evidence
  • highway
    • highway=residential · 5 segments · 1,954 m · ways 46505060, 603648076, 603712147, 603712148, 769716909

    Recorded on 5 of 5 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 1,954 m of 1,954 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).

Source snapshot: geofabrik-za-2026-09-27

Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.

Road surface
Asphalt100% of represented geometry
View technical evidence
  • surface
    • surface=asphalt · 5 segments · 1,954 m · ways 46505060, 603648076, 603712147, 603712148, 769716909

    Recorded on 5 of 5 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 1,954 m of 1,954 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).

Recorded on 5 of 5 mapped segments.

Source snapshot: geofabrik-za-2026-09-27

Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.

Traffic direction
Two-way tag 5% · One-way tag 91% · not recorded 4%96% of represented geometry

Tags describe individual mapped segments. They do not establish one traffic direction for the whole street: separate carriageways can be mapped as separate one-way lines, and untagged lines are unknown, not two-way.

View technical evidence
  • oneway
    • oneway=no · 1 segment · 89 m · ways 46505060
    • oneway=yes · 3 segments · 1,785 m · ways 603648076, 603712147, 603712148

    Recorded on 4 of 5 mapped segments; 1 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 1,874 m of 1,954 m (95.9%). Unknown: 80 m (4.1%).

Source snapshot: geofabrik-za-2026-09-27

Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.

Pavements
Unknown

No sidewalk tag recorded

View technical evidence
  • sidewalk

    No value in the source.

    Recorded on 0 of 5 mapped segments; 5 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 0 m of 1,954 m (0.0%). Unknown: 1,954 m (100.0%).

Values apply to their individual tagged segments and sides. Left and right follow the direction of each individual source way; they are not a single orientation for the whole street. An explicit no means no pavement on the tagged segment or side; a missing tag is unknown, and separate means a pavement mapped independently.

Source snapshot: geofabrik-za-2026-09-27

Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.

Questions about this street

Where is Helen Joseph Street?

The mapped section is in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

What is the closest mapped public transport to Helen Joseph Street?

Simmonds Street & Market Street is approximately < 10 m in a straight line from the nearest part of the mapped street. This is a source record within the 1 km search radius, not a walking route or confirmation of operating services.

What is the postcode of Helen Joseph Street?

A street-wide delivery postcode has not been independently verified in the current dataset.

What roads connect with Helen Joseph Street?

Mapped topology: Delvers Street, Eloff Street, Harrison Street, Mooi Street, Ntemi Piliso Street, Pixley Seme Street, Simmonds Street, Troye Street.

Where are nearby distances measured from?

Page lists measure a straight line from the nearest part of the whole mapped geometry: 500 m for places and 1 km for passenger transport. The interactive map measures from one selected point, so its counts differ. Neither is a walking distance.