About Dadar West
Dadar West is one of the oldest organized localities of South Mumbai, with neighbouring areas such as Mahim Bay, Matunga, Dadrist and Prabhadevi. It is a wealthy locality with high-rise buildings.
It has great connectivity through all modes of transport. The area is served by Dadar Railway Station which is common to both Central and Western Line. The airport is about 10 km away.
The locality also has an important place like KabootarKhana, Chhatarpati Shivaji Maharaj Park Chaitya Bhoomi, Portuguese Church, Pramod Mahajan Kala Park and Dadar Chaupati, in the vicinity. Dadar also has important schools like Bal Lohan Vidya Mandir, Shardasharm Vidyamandir International School and IES Modern English School. The area has several nursing homes, hospitals and dispensaries like Dhanwantari Hospital & Research Centre, Cooperative Bombay Hospital and Navneet Jain Health Centre. It has many colleges like the National Institute of Photography, NICA Institute and Navinchandra Mehta Institute of Technology and Development, The locality has many markets both in retail and commercial office segments. Rare important malls & markets in the locality include Star Mall, Manish Market, Cotton King Market, Cosmos Platinum Mall, Nakshatra Shopping Mall, Swatantraveer Savarkar Market and Meenatai Thackrey Flower Market.
Dadar West itself is one of the major employment hubs in South Mumbai. Other areas with significant employment opportunities include Matunga West, Parel, Worli and Prabhadevi which are just a few drives away from the locality.