Cromac Avenue is part of Ormeau Business Park on the site of the old gasworks.
The district surrounding or adjoining the Owen Varra (Blackstaff river) is Cromac, meaning a sloping or bending place, and possibly refers to the old crooked course of the river. It was noted for its woods, which were not cleared till the latter half of the 18th century. One of the chief enemies of the Plantation settlers was the wolves. These dangerous animals had enormously increased during the war (1593-1603), and Cromac woods must have been one of their haunts, to the detriment and annoyance of Sir Arthur Chichester's newly-settled town of Belfast. Wolfhill, on the opposite side of the city, preserved their memory, and is traditionally one of the places where the last wolf in Ireland is said to have been killed. Lendrick's map of Co Antrim, 1760, shows Cromac along the Lagan, between the Blackstaff and Stramnillis, It was earlier known as Ballycromoke". (Belfast Street Names. John J. Marshall)