Thanks to ongoing gentrification, this area is considered the 'next big thing' or ‘Toronto's Brooklyn’. With its trendy new restaurants, relaxing cafes and quaint vintage and antique shops, it is an ideal destination to dine, drink and poke around in! According to the New York Times Leslieville is the new Queen Street West - predicted to become one of the hippest areas in the city. Originally an industrial area, the buildings have mostly been turned into live/work lofts for the creative class all close to the film studios in the port lands area. Different ethnic and cultural segments of the city converge here