Breach Candy, Residential neighborhood in southern Mumbai, India.
Breach Candy is a residential neighborhood in southern Mumbai that stretches along Bhulabhai Desai Road. The area features modern high-rise buildings standing alongside colonial structures, with views toward the Arabian Sea waterfront.
The neighborhood emerged after the completion of Hornby Vellard in 1784, which filled in a creek and made the land suitable for development. This land reclamation project connected previously separated areas and enabled residential growth.
The district houses numerous educational institutions including Sophia College, Green Lawns High School, and DSB International School serving diverse communities.
This neighborhood has good medical facilities including Breach Candy Hospital and multiple bank branches. It offers frequent bus connections through the BEST transit system that connect to other parts of the city.
The name comes from the Arabic-Marathi term Burj-khadi, which means tower of the creek. This name recalls the original waterside geography of this coastal location.
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