Hellersdorf: Kyritzer Straße

Kyritzer Straße forms part of a residential area with apartment buildings and a structured urban layout in northern Berlin. The defining local feature of Kyritzer Straße is the continuity of residential streets, courtyards, entrances and short routes to everyday services. How Kyritzer Straße is used over the course of the day depends on the relationship between building scale, street greenery and the small spaces used repeatedly by residents. Kyritzer Straße lies in the borough of Marzahn-Hellersdorf, about 13 km east of central Berlin. The transitions from Kyritzer Straße toward Zossener Straße and Gut Hellersdorf are gradual, marked by changes in building form, traffic and greenery. The immediate streets and open spaces give Kyritzer Straße a recognisable local identity of its own. Together, these elements make the quality of ordinary daily life rather than a single landmark central to the identity of Kyritzer Straße.