Open Markets

Gresson Street was opened around 1909 and the street was named after William Jardine Gresson who was a British merchant and politician in Hong Kong and China. The market began in the 1950s and the stalls sold wet and dry goods.

This market is said to be one of the largest open-air markets on the Hong Kong Island, and locals know it as a toy market. After the 1980s, Hong Kong’s toy industry moved to mainland China, and locally produced toys became a rarity. At this market, a…