Preston Street (Ottawa)

It is the main commercial artery in Ottawa's Little Italy, home to numerous small business and Italian restaurants, and is synonymous with "Little Italy" to many Ottawa residents when referring to area businesses.

Preston Street is marked at Carling Avenue by a metal arch lit in the colours of the Italian flag, built in 2002 to attract tourists from the Dow's Lake area immediately to the south.

At the same intersection is the tallest building in Ottawa, the residential condominium tower Claridge Icon.

Preston Street has been given a commemorative Italian name Corso Italia.

[1] In 2015, Preston was temporarily extended north from Albert Street to Kichi Zibi Mikan (then the Macdonald Parkway) in order to serve as the main arterial to Gatineau, Quebec while Booth Street was being closed due to the Confederation Line construction.