About DADAR
Dadar East is a residential and commercial neighborhood in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is popularly known as Dadar Central and houses some major attractions of Mumbai such as Shivaji Park, Mahatma Gandhi Olympic Swimming Pool, Dadar Chowpatty and Siddhivinayak Temple. The locality also houses Mumbai s oldest bridge, the Lokmanya Tilak Bridge, built in the year 1923. Dadar is located right in the middle of Mumbai. This area is divided into east and west due to the presence of a railway line. The west side of Dadar enjoys its proximity to western and central railways. Where western railways are about 800 mts away, the central railway is a kilometer away. Due to this, the locality is well connected to Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai. Both the central and western stations conveniently located. Harbour Line forks off either Mahim onwards or Wadala onwards are at a stone throw away. Some of the developers with strong presence in the area are Ekta World, Omkar Gorup and Realty Group among others. The area offers multi-storey apartments for Rs 28000 to 33000 per sq ft. It also has Shivaji Park and is near the Sidhivinayak in Prabhadevi. More than 20 bus routes from Plaza side and a few from Ruby building side ply frequently and even taxis are available easily. This locality is home to some of the best-known hospitals including Hinduja, Shushrusha and Jain hospitals. There are plenty of restaurants offering all kinds of cuisines including Visawa South Indian, Punjabi, Marathi, Trupti, Chinese as well as Goa Portuguese. The award winning Ashok and Krishna Vada Pav, Bhelpuris and chaats are also available easily.
Dadar as a neighbourhood has undergone tremendous changes. Place like Parsi colony and Hindu colony still retain the old world charm but much has changed over the years - Iranian restaurants have vanished, old traditional buildings have been converted into modern apartments, crawls are difficult to find, well known eateries are giving way to new food joints and delicacies, known landmarks like Marathi Grantha Sangrahalaya (Marathi Library) has closed the branch.