Commercial Drive, Vancouver

Commercial Drive is a street in Vancouver. It runs from Powell Street in the north end to Victoria Diversion in the south end. It is 3.4 km long.

The Commercial–Broadway station is located on Commercial Drive. It features both the Expo and Millennium Line lines of the SkyTrain. It is one of the busiest stations for the SkyTrain.

Commercial Drive hosts many different festivals events including the lesbian protest Dyke March, the Parade of Lost Souls during Halloween, and Car Free Day Vancouver.

Around 1967, local newspapers began to call the northern part Little Italy because of increase of Italian immigrants which grew after World War II.

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Category:Streets in Vancouver