None of the main characters except for Joey appear in this episode.
Each part in between commercials is told in real time.
There are different opening credits superimposed over a nighttime sky.
This is the second episode of the series in which Dawson does not appear, the first was "Four Scary Stories", an episode that, like this one, also belongs to Season 5; however, this episode is the first in the series in which Dawson does not appear and neither is his name mentioned.
The name of this episode "Downtown Crossing" refers to the place where the beginning of the plot occurs.