Street atlas

Kapteijn Street, Johannesburg

Kapteijn Street is a mapped street in Johannesburg. The represented road geometry totals about 543 m. The nearest mapped passenger transport record is Hillbrow Bath Hose (bus stop), approximately 100 m in a straight line from the nearest part of the street. Nearby mapped records include food & drink, shops & services, health services.

Mapped length
544 m
Connected street names in this directory
5

Street map

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

Kapteijn Street at a glance

Place records along this section
38 recordsNamed source records within 500 m of any part of the mapped lines; not unique venues
Closest passenger transport point
100 mHillbrow Bath Hose · straight line from the nearest part of the section
Mapped pharmacy nearby
150 mTwisthill Pharmacy
Mapped park nearby
210 mPullinger Kop 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

6 records
  • Toro Negro Pub & RestaurantRestaurant · 250 m
  • The HillCafe · 380 m
  • Olympic BarPub · 140 m
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  • Olympic BarPub · 140 m
  • Toro Negro Pub & RestaurantRestaurant · 250 m
  • The VoicePub · 310 m
  • Cardiff ArmsPub · 350 m
  • Hillbrow InnPub · 360 m
  • The HillCafe · 380 m

Shops & services

7 records
  • Hyper HillrowSupermarket · 160 m
  • KwiksparConvenience shop · 250 m
  • Great LiquorAlcohol shop · 250 m
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  • Hyper HillrowSupermarket · 160 m
  • SparSupermarket · 200 m
  • Great LiquorAlcohol shop · 250 m
  • Charsia SalonBeauty · 250 m
  • Price RiteSupermarket · 250 m
  • KwiksparConvenience shop · 250 m
  • ShopriteSupermarket · 290 m

Health services

12 records
  • Twisthill PharmacyPharmacy · 150 m
  • Esselen Street ClinicClinic · 130 m
  • Esselen Street ClinicMedical practice · 130 m
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  • Esselen Street ClinicMedical practice · 130 m
  • Esselen Street ClinicClinic · 130 m
  • Twisthill PharmacyPharmacy · 150 m
  • Kotze Street PharmacyPharmacy · 190 m
  • Hillbrow Community Health CentreClinic · 210 m
  • SurgeryMedical practice · 210 m
  • High Point Dental ClinicDentist · 220 m
  • dental surgeryDentist · 250 m
  • Surgery and PharmacyMedical practice · 260 m
  • Surgery Doctor NgakaMedical practice · 370 m
  • Joburg City PharmacyPharmacy · 380 m
  • The Sentinel ClinicClinic · 410 m

Education

3 records
  • St Enda's Community CollegeSchool · 210 m
  • Rising FontainEarly learning · 230 m
  • Duzek Christian SchoolSchool · 210 m
Show all 3 education records
  • St Enda's Community CollegeSchool · 210 m
  • Duzek Christian SchoolSchool · 210 m
  • Rising FontainEarly learning · 230 m

Parks & green spaces

2 records
  • Pullinger Kop ParkPark · 210 m
  • Joubert ParkPark · 450 m
Show all 2 parks & green spaces records
  • Pullinger Kop ParkPark · 210 m
  • Joubert ParkPark · 450 m

Culture & places to visit

8 records
  • Old Fort PrisonMuseum · 340 m
  • Hillbrow TheatreTheatre · 30 m
  • Goodhope Cinemas 1-2-3Cinema · 160 m
Show all 8 culture & places to visit records
  • Hillbrow TheatreTheatre · 30 m
  • Windybrow TheatreTheatre · 110 m
  • Goodhope Cinemas 1-2-3Cinema · 160 m
  • Old Fort PrisonMuseum · 340 m
  • Hillbrow Recreation CentreCommunity centre · 340 m
  • Women's JailMuseum · 440 m
  • Constitution HillAttraction · 460 m
  • Number Four PrisonMuseum · 480 m

Transport nearby

Along this mapped section · within 1 km

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

  • Hillbrow Bath HoseBus stop · 100 m
Source record details
  • Hillbrow Bath HoseBus stop · 100 m
  • Hillbrow Bath House Bus Station (C3)Transport station · 100 m
Source record details
  • Hillbrow Bath House Bus Station (C3)Transport station · 100 m
  • Old Synagogue EastboundBus stop · 260 m
Source record details
  • Old Synagogue EastboundBus stop · 260 m
  • Old Synagogue Bus Station (Eastbound: T1)Transport station · 260 m
Source record details
  • Old Synagogue Bus Station (Eastbound: T1)Transport station · 260 m
  • KotzeBus stop · 280 m
Source record details
  • KotzeBus stop · 280 m
  • KotzeBus stop · 310 m
Source record details
  • KotzeBus stop · 310 m
Show all 29 passenger transport records
  • Hillbrow Bath HoseBus stop · 100 m
  • Hillbrow Bath House Bus Station (C3)Transport station · 100 m
  • Old Synagogue EastboundBus stop · 260 m
  • Old Synagogue Bus Station (Eastbound: T1)Transport station · 260 m
  • KotzeBus stop · 280 m
  • KotzeBus stop · 310 m
  • Old Synagogue WestboundBus stop · 320 m
  • Old Synagogue Bus Station (Westbound: T1)Transport station · 330 m
  • Doornfontein CampusBus stop · 360 m
  • Doornfontein Campus Bus Station (T1)Bus station · 370 m
  • CitySightseeing - Stop 5 - Constitution HillBus stop · 400 m
  • Civic CentreBus stop · 420 m
  • Johannesburg Art GalleryBus stop · 440 m
  • Johannesburg Art Gallery Bus Station (T1)Transport station · 440 m
  • Constitution HillBus stop · 450 m
  • Gautrain Park Station Bus StationTransport station · 550 m
  • Civic CentreBus stop · 610 m
  • Joburg TheatreBus stop · 610 m
  • Constitution HillBus stop · 640 m
  • Park StationBus stop · 660 m
  • Park StationRailway station · 700 m
  • Joubert Street & Sam Hancock StreetBus stop · 720 m
  • Park Station Long Distance Bus StationTransport station · 730 m
  • DoornfonteinRailway station · 750 m
  • Johannesburg Park StationRailway station · 750 m
  • Queens Road (nearest corner: Empire Road)Bus stop · 770 m
  • Power House Bus StationTransport station · 900 m
  • Power House StationTransport station · 910 m
  • Parktown (T1, C4, C5)Bus stop · 950 m
Source detail: 10 vehicle-position or technical records

Vehicle stopping positions describe where a vehicle stops, not necessarily where a passenger waits. The snapshot contains 39 transport objects in total; separate objects may belong to the same facility.

  • Park StationVehicle stopping position · 590 m
  • Park StationVehicle stopping position · 590 m
  • Johannesburg ParkVehicle stopping position · 730 m
  • DoornfonteinVehicle stopping position · 730 m
  • DoornfonteinVehicle stopping position · 730 m
  • Johannesburg ParkVehicle stopping position · 750 m
  • Johannesburg ParkVehicle stopping position · 760 m
  • DoornfonteinVehicle stopping position · 760 m
  • Johannesburg ParkVehicle stopping position · 800 m
  • Johannesburg ParkVehicle stopping position · 810 m

Street facts

Mapped geometry length
544 mLength 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
-26.191544, 28.046714Latitude, longitude; on the mapped line, not an address or entrance.
Suburb / locality
Not verifiedNo sufficiently supported locality assignment.
Nearest OSM place label
Hillbrow · 419 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
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Source snapshot: geofabrik-za-2026-09-27

  • Segment 5f17a9fa-ffbb-5585-af96-fcae471e8d1e · OSM way 215557159
    highway
    residential
    name
    Kapteijn Street
    oneway
    yes
  • Segment 1f056ec6-1375-5dae-b33c-1ab88b387194 · OSM way 603604167
    highway
    residential
    name
    Kapteijn Street
  • Segment 3354ec70-5697-5a21-96b7-c1b50151c897 · OSM way 603604168
    highway
    residential
    name
    Kapteijn Street
    oneway
    yes
  • Segment 85eb3235-e41f-5fbc-9833-84e2a6ed1c64 · OSM way 603604170
    highway
    residential
    name
    Kapteijn Street
  • Segment ba1ecd1f-1cdd-5e3a-b660-2d0f9a7aa5f6 · OSM way 619225231
    highway
    residential
    name
    Kapteijn Street
  • Segment 2c1c1bf6-1b35-53f9-b690-f7064426030f · OSM way 619225232
    highway
    residential
    name
    Kapteijn Street

Connections

5 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.

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The road profile

Mapped road classification
Residential100% of represented geometry

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

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  • highway
    • highway=residential · 6 segments · 544 m · ways 215557159, 603604167, 603604168, 603604170, 619225231, 619225232

    Recorded on 6 of 6 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 543 m of 543 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
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  • surface
    • surface=asphalt · 6 segments · 544 m · ways 215557159, 603604167, 603604168, 603604170, 619225231, 619225232

    Recorded on 6 of 6 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 543 m of 543 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).

Recorded on 6 of 6 mapped segments.

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

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

Traffic direction
One-way tag on 33% of the mapped length; 67% not recorded33% 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.

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  • oneway
    • oneway=yes · 2 segments · 180 m · ways 215557159, 603604168

    Recorded on 2 of 6 mapped segments; 4 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 180 m of 543 m (33.0%). Unknown: 364 m (67.0%).

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

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  • sidewalk

    No value in the source.

    Recorded on 0 of 6 mapped segments; 6 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 0 m of 543 m (0.0%). Unknown: 543 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 Kapteijn Street?

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

What is the closest mapped public transport to Kapteijn Street?

Hillbrow Bath Hose is approximately 100 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 Kapteijn Street?

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

What roads connect with Kapteijn Street?

Mapped topology: Banket Street, Claim Street, Edith Cavell Street, Klein Street, Twist 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.