The district is home to various and unique shops including restaurants, bars, vintage and thrift stores.
[5] A mix of Portuguese, Caribbean, Italian, Bangladeshi, Latin American, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Burmese, Chinese, and Vietnamese populations are found in the neighbourhood.
At one point in time, at a local primary school, 81 per cent of students speak a native language other than English.
The former head of the BIA was the owner of House of Lancaster, a strip club in the area.
Between May 2020 and September 2021, the unused grounds of Brockton High School was taken over by local artist Shari Kasman and an anonymous collaborator and turned into a combination guerrilla art installation and informal community hub that was known as Bloordale Beach.