Let T f denote the Toeplitz operator with symbol function f on the Bergman space L 2 a (B, dv) of the unit ball in C n . It is a natural problem in the theory of Toeplitz operators to determine the norm closure of the set )). We show that the norm closure of {T f : f ∈ L ∞ (B, dv)} actually coincides with the Toeplitz algebra T , i.e., the C * -algebra generated by {T f : f ∈ L ∞ (B, dv)}.A key ingredient in the proof is the class of weakly localized operators recently introduced by Isralowitz, Mitkovski and Wick. Our approach simultaneously gives us the somewhat surprising result that T also coincides with the C * -algebra generated by the class of weakly localized operators.