North of De Maisonneuve Boulevard, there are many luxury boutiques and art galleries in a Victorian architectural setting.

A few months later, the basement of the adjoining Crescent Street building was opened up as the Boiler Room, a somewhat noisier pub, replete with large "quart" (22 oz.)

[5] Since the early 2000s, the Crescent Street Merchants Association have organized activities related to the city's sports and entertainment events.

[citation needed] Crescent Street was also home to the Russian restaurant The Troika, which closed in April 2012 and has now replaced by the Brass Door Pub & Grill.

[citation needed] In 2017, a 21-storey-high commemorative mural of the late Montreal singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen was painted on the side of an apartment building on Crescent Street.

[8][9] Hong Kong's most popular nightlife district, Lan Kwai Fong, was inspired by Montreal's Crescent Street.

When Allan Zeman, a businessman who grew up in Montreal, moved to Hong Kong for more business opportunities, he had glimpsed surprising potential in a backstreet of Hong Kong’s hilly Central neighbourhood and turned Lan Kwai Fong into a legendary nightlife and dining strip.