Hafenstrasse is a common german abbreviation of St. Pauli-Hafenstrasse. A street in St. Pauli, a quarter of Hamburg, Germany. It is known for a former squat. The initial squat was started in 1981 by people squatting empty flats in houses in the streets St. Pauli-Hafenstrasse and Bernhard-Nocht-Strasse. Today, Hafenstrasse consists of 12 houses owned by a cooperative administered by the residents.