Centretown West is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Canada. There are no precise definitions. It lies to the west of Centretown neighbourhood, with Bronson Avenue as the dividing line, and to the east of the railway tracks, north of the Queensway, and south of "Nanny Goat Hill", which is an escarpment to the north of Somerset Street West. To the north lies Lebreton Flats, and to the west lies Hintonburg. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Ville dOttawa, Ontario, Canadas Location. ... Centretown is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Canada. ... Bronson Avenue is a major north-south arterial road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ... The O-Train at Carleton University. ... The Queensway, looking eastbound at the Riverside Drive/Vanier Parkway interchange. ... Lebreton Flats is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Canada undergoing redevelopment by the National Capital Commission which had earlier expropriated the land in 1965 as part of the Greber Plan. ... Hintonburg is a neighbourhood of Ottawa, Canada. ...

Centretown West is composed largely of low-density residential and commercial properties, and some light industrial uses. Somerset Street West is dominated by Chinese and vietnamese businesses, and is considered to be Ottawa's "Chinatown". It also retains a large Italian-Canadian population, centred on Preston Street, which is also called "Corso Italia". A portion of Gladstone Avenue is also called "Via Marconi", after the Italian inventor who completed some of his work in Canada. New York City is home to three of the largest Chinatowns in North America. ... Italian-Canadians are Canadians of Italian descent. ... Preston Street is an important street in Ottawa, Canada. ...

See also

• List of Ottawa neighbourhoods