Gerrard Street East
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Gerrard Street East is a street in Toronto, Canada, that runs east from 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 to continue its journey east.
After crossing over the Don River, Gerrard Street East passes through Toronto's Chinatown East, which is centred on Gerrard at Broadview Avenue.
The portion between Greenwood and Coxwell Avenues, is commonly referred to as "Little India" or "Gerrard India Bazaar". There are numerous Indian and Pakistani restaurants, cafés, videos/DVD stores, clothing shops, and electronic goods stores catering to the Indo-Canadian and Pakistani-Canadian communities located in this neighbourhood. Indo-Canadians shops are more widely located in Gerrard Street than Pakistani-Canadian shops. It is home to the largest South Asian marketplace in North America.