Gerrard Street (Toronto)

Gerrard Street (Toronto)

Gerrard Street is a street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It consists of two separate parts, one running east from University Avenue for 6 km to Coxwell Avenue, and the other starting 300 m north along Coxwell and continuing east for another 4 km to Clonmore Avenue (between Victoria Park Avenue and Warden Avenue). In the vicinity of Coxwell Avenue the southern piece of Gerrard Street is frequently referred to as Lower Gerrard, and the northern piece is referred to as Upper Gerrard.

At University Avenue, it is surrounded by hospitals consisting of Toronto General Hospital, Mount Sinai Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto Rehab, and the Hospital for Sick Children.

As is typical in Toronto, the street is divided into East and West addresses at Yonge Street.

Ryerson University is located on Gerrard Street just east of Yonge. Further to the east, at Parliament Street, where Gerrard Street East separates Cabbagetown from Regent Park, the Toronto Transit Commission's 506 Carlton streetcar turns onto Gerrard Street at Parliament Street to continue its journey east as far as Main Street. The TTC's 135 Gerrard bus serves the portion east of Main Street to Clonmore Avenue on its route to Warden Station.

After crossing over the Don River, Gerrard Street East passes through Toronto's Chinatown East which is centred on Gerrard between Broadview Avenue and Carlaw Avenue.

The portion between Greenwood and Coxwell is commonly referred to as "Little India" or "Gerrard India Bazaar", or "South Asian Bazaar". There are numerous Indian, Sri Lankan restaurants, cafés, videos/DVD stores, clothing shops, and electronic goods stores catering to the Indo-Canadian communities located in this neighbourhood. It is home to one of the largest South Asian marketplaces in North America, second only to the Punjabi Market on Main Street in Vancouver.

ee also

*List of neighbourhoods in Toronto


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