Dean Street

This article is about the London street. For the former New York City Subway station, see Dean Street (BMT Franklin Avenue Line).

Dean Street is a street in Soho, central London, running from Oxford Street south to Shaftesbury Avenue. It crosses Old Compton Street and is linked to Frith Street by Bateman Street.

The Groucho Club on Dean Street

Culture

The Soho Theatre presents new plays and stand-up comedy. The Gargoyle Club ran for 27 years in the upper floors at number 69,^[1] a site that also housed the nightclub Billy's in its cellars during the late 1970s, when it was associated with the New Romanticism movement.^[2]

Fire

Dean Street fire on 10 July 2009

On 10 July 2009 a fire broke out on Dean Street. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries but nobody else was hurt. The building that caught fire was gutted.^[3]

Intersections

From north to south:

• Oxford Street – terminates
• Carlisle Street
• St Anne's Court
• Richmond Buildings (leading to Richmond Mews)
• Chapone Place
• Bateman Street
• Meard Street
• Bourchier Street
• Old Compton Street
• Romilly Street
• Shaftesbury Avenue – terminates