A lot of small private-owned enterprises offer the service and employment opportunities for the residents of the district and the entire city.

The main north-south transportation line of the district is Gagarin Avenue, which forks into Arzamas and Bogorodsk roads after crossing the city border.

The main east-west roadway through the district is formed by the Myza Bridge across the Oka and Larin Street; this in fact is a part of transit federal motorway M7 from Moscow to Kazan.

The culture institutions include three movie theaters, one of which is specialized for children, a large Switzerland park and Shchyolokovsky Khutor forest, attractive places to rest, and the District history museum nearby of the authorities headquarters.

There are two monuments in the Switzerland park, dedicated to memory of fallen Russian soldiers in a local armed conflicts and to participants of workers' movement in the early 20th century.