Bostancı

Poleatikon was a coastal town of ancient Bithynia located on the road from Libyssa to Chalcedon on the north coast of the Propontis. Its site is located near Bostancı in Asiatic Turkey.

Suadiye railway station (Turkish: Suadiye istasyonu) is a railway station in Kadıköy, Istanbul. Located in the mostly residential Suadiye neighborhood of Kadıköy, it was a station on the Haydarpaşa suburban commuter line from 1951 to 2013. As of December 2017, the station platforms are being rebuilt and expanded for the Marmaray commuter rail system expected to open in late 2018.Suadiye station was built in 1910 by the Ottoman Anatolian Railway (CFOA), as the neighborhood began to grow in the late 1900s.

Emin Ali Paşa is an underground station on the M8 line of the Istanbul Metro. It is located on Şemsettin Günaltay Street in the Bostancı neighbourhood of Kadıköy. It was opened on 6 January 2023.

The Bostancı Ferry Terminal (Turkish: Bostancı Feribot Terminali), also known as the Bostancı İDO Terminal (Turkish: Bostancı İDO Terminali), is a ferry terminal in Bostancı, Kadıköy located on Çetin Emeç Boulevard on the Marmara Sea in Istanbul. İDO operates seabus ferry service from Bostancı to other piers in Istanbul as well as destinations across the Marmara Sea. It is located adjacent to the historic Bostancı Pier, built in 1913. Connection to IETT city bus service as well as train service from the nearby Bostancı station is available. Bostancı Terminal opened in 1987 and was one of İDO's first three ferry terminals along with Kabataş and Bakırköy. In the 1990s, İDO expanded their ferry service greatly and ferries operated out of Bostancı to Kartal, Pendik, Yenikapı as well as Marmara and Avşa Island. The terminal itself consists of a terminal building, with six ferry slips and slips for layovers. Inside the terminal building are ticket offices, waiting areas and cafes.

Ayşekadın is an underground station on the M8 line of the Istanbul Metro. It is located on Şemsettin Günaltay Street in the 19 Mayıs neighbourhood of Kadıköy. It was opened on 6 January 2023.

Bostancı railway station (Turkish: Bostancı istasyonu) is a railway station in Kadıköy, Istanbul and is the easternmost station in the district. Located along Bağdat Avenue in the Bostancı neighborhood of Kadıköy, it was a station on the Haydarpaşa suburban between 1951 and 2013, when the railway between Haydarpaşa and Pendik was closed. Starting in late 2018, the station will reopen to Marmaray commuter rail service. Prior to 2012, the station was also serviced by many intercity trains to Ankara and Anatolia as well as frequent regional train service to Adapazarı. Intercity train service is expected to return once the station reopens. Bostancı station is 8.64 km (5.37 mi) away from Haydarpaşa Terminal.

Bağdat Avenue (Turkish: Bağdat Caddesi, literally Baghdad Avenue) or simply Avenue (Turkish: Cadde) is a notable high street located on the Anatolian side of Istanbul, Turkey. The street runs approximately 14 km (8.7 mi) from east to west in the Maltepe and Kadıköy districts, almost parallel to the coastline of the Sea of Marmara. The most important part of the street is the one-way traffic, avenue-like section, which is 6 km (3.7 mi) long from Bostancı to Kızıltoprak, within the district of Kadıköy. It can be seen as the counterpart of Istiklal Avenue on the European side in terms of importance and glamour. It is a main street in an upper-scale residential area. The one-way avenue with old plane trees is flanked with shopping malls, department stores, fashion garment stores, elegant shops offering world famous brands, restaurants of international and local cuisine, pubs and cafes, luxury car dealers and bank agencies. Bağdat Avenue can also be considered as a large open-air shopping mall. Most of the retail stores are open on all days of the week, including Sunday afternoon. In summer time and on weekends, the sidewalks of the avenue are crowded with people window-shopping and youngsters lingering around. Traffic congestion is almost a standard situation on the three-lane Bağdat Avenue. Since the 1960s street racing has been a sub-culture of the avenue, where young wealthy men tag-raced their imported muscle cars. Most of these young men are now middle-agers reliving their years of excitement as famous professional rally or track racers. With the heightened GTI and hot hatch culture starting in the 1990s, street-racing was revived in full. Towards the end of the 1990s, mid-night street racing caused many fatal accidents, which came to a minimum level thanks to intense police patrol.The neighbourhoods on the route westwards are: Cevizli, Maltepe, İdealtepe, Küçükyalı, Altıntepe, Bostancı, Çatalçeşme, Suadiye, Şaşkınbakkal, Erenköy, Caddebostan, Göztepe, Çiftehavuzlar, Selamiçeşme, Feneryolu and Kızıltoprak. The busiest and most crowded districts of Bağdat Avenue are located between Suadiye and Caddebostan (both inclusive), where most shopping malls and fashion stores are located. The area around Bağdat Avenue has a variety of transportation alternatives in addition to the bus and taxi options, like bicycles and scooters available for rent. There are seabus (high-speed catamaran ferry) terminals in Kadıköy and Bostancı, and a regional rail running just north of the avenue, which serves the district. Bostancı also has a quay for the traditional commuter ferries, which provide connection with the European part of the city as well as the nearby Princes' Islands.

Kozyatağı is a neighbourhood of Kadıköy one of the districts of Istanbul. It is to the East of Göztepe west of Bostancı south of Ataşehir and north of the coastal neighbourhoods.

Bostancı is an underground station on the M8 line of the Istanbul Metro. It is located on Bağdat Street in the Altıntepe neighbourhood of Maltepe. It was opened on 6 January 2023, and is the southern terminus of the line. Connection to trans-Bosporus Marmaray commuter rail service is available from Bostancı railway station as well as İDO from Bostancı Ferry Terminal, and IETT city buses and municipal ferries from Bostancı Pier.

The Bostancı Show Center (Turkish: Bostancı Gösteri Merkezi) is a convention center located on the Mehmet Şevki Paşa Road in Bostancı, Kadıköy, opened in 1991. It hosts many events and concerts.

Erenköy station (Turkish: Erenköy garı) is a railway station in Kadıköy, Istanbul. Between 1969 and 2013, it was a station on the Haydarpaşa suburban to Gebze and starting on 10 March 2019, will be a station on the Marmaray commuter rail system. The station was originally opened on 22 September 1872 by the Ottoman government as part of the railway from Istanbul to İzmit. Erenköy station was expanded in 1949 by the Turkish State Railways to accommodate more traffic.

Erenköy is a neighbourhood in the Kadıköy district inside of Istanbul, Turkey. The population of Erenköy is 35,530. The area is 1.351 km2 (0.522 sq mi). In the neighbourhood, there is the Erenköy Girls High School, the only girls school in Istanbul. In the is west is Göztepe, in the south is Caddebostan and Suadiye, and in the north is Sahrayıcedit and Kozyatağı.