Smith Street, Commercial street in Fitzroy and Collingwood, Australia

Smith Street runs north-south between Victoria Parade and Queens Parade, marking the boundary between Fitzroy and Collingwood neighborhoods in Melbourne. The street features rows of multi-story buildings with ground-floor shops and upper-level residential or office space.

The route began as a dirt track in 1838 and was named in 1851 after John Thomas Smith, who served as Melbourne's mayor seven times. This early naming marked the street's importance as an economic connection in the expanding city.

Smith Street takes its name from John Thomas Smith, Melbourne's mayor seven times, who gave it his name on 23 May 1851. Parts of the street serve as a meeting place for the local Indigenous Australian community. The band The Smith Street Band took its name from the street, and its singer has complained that it keeps getting more gentrified.

Tram line 86 provides direct access along the street with regular daytime service connecting downtown to northern suburbs. Visitors can walk the entire length and browse shops and cafes without any special requirements or restrictions.

Smith Street was home to the first Coles Variety Store, and a large new Coles supermarket opened in 2015 partly behind a reconstructed 1930s Coles facade. The street also gave its name to The Smith Street Band, whose singer has complained about its gentrification.