The Star's neighbourhood map, version 3.2

TONY BOCK/TORONTO STAR

Link to the map

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Some changes have been made to the Toronto neighbourhood map:

1. Tritown was rejected by residents of the area, and has been removed.
2. Added Scarborough Junction. Boundaries: Eglinton to the north between Kennedy and Brimley. East boundary: Brimley down to the railway tracks. From there, railway tracks to St. Clair, along St. Clair to the Danforth, and then along the Danforth to Birchmount. Western boundary: Birchmount north to the railway tracks, then follow back up to Eglinton.
3. Added Leacock, carved out of Tam O’Shanter.) Boundaries are Sheppard north to Finch, between Birchmount and Warden.
4. Added Corinthian, from Sheppard to Finch, between Pharmacy and Victoria Park.
5. Added Town and Country, between Highway 401 and Sheppard between Pharmacy and Victoria Park.
6. Added West Lansing, the portion of Lansing south of Sheppard.

Comments

[Bob]

Your border for Riverdale should also include streets Browning and Fulton Avenues, west of Carlaw Ave. The old East York Toronto border is actually the back yoard of properties on the north side of Fulton Ave or the south yards on Nealon Ave.

[Jim Aston]

I grew up in the 60's. We considered our neighbourhood to be part of Willowdale. The area bounded by Highway 401 - Leslie Street - York Mills Road - Bayview Avenue was part of Willowdale, not York Mills.

[Jim Aston]

Actually, I take my comment back. Although we used Willowdale as our postal address (I had it on my passport that I got when I was 16) but I suppose we would describe ourselves as being from the York Mills area, and that Willowdale was to the north and east of Bayview and Sheppard - so you've got it right.

[David]

I grew up in the area on you map called Richview near Wincott Park. I lived there through the 60's and 70's and visit family there regularly. The name Richview was common but not used for the area. I had posted these comments on one of the pages below. But these don't seem to load any more.

* http://thestar.blogs.com/maps/2009/03/the-stars-neighbourhood-map-version-21.html
* http://thestar.blogs.com/maps/2009/03/the-stars-neighbourhood-map-version-22.html

I'd mentioned Westway Village, Silvercreek (Village) or Richview Gardens, and Scarlett Heights or Hilltop. The area west of Kipling, south of The Westway, and north of Richview Side Road (now Eglington) was not developed together. In part because there had been a farm (locally referred to as the pony farm along RSR. The area to the north from Wincott Dr to Royal York is also a bit cut off by an estate, creek, and cemetary.

I also noticed that there were similar comments in some of the comments supporting Richview Gardens and Westway Village.

[R. Foster]

Dear Toronto Star:

I regret that you have not responded to or acted upon my previous email in which I pointed out that the boundaries of the Agincourt neighbourhood as shown in your map are too restrictive. Agincourt has always included the area between Brimley Road and Markham Road from Sheppard Ave. to the 401. In fact, Canada Post has always recognized this area as part of Agincourt. In fact, this area is also home to the CFTO TV (CTV) studios which have always been referred to as being located in Agincourt. I hope that you will not allow this established, mainly residential area to remain an orphan any longer.

[Mary hynes]

The area immediately to the west of Don Mills Road and south of the 401 should be called Duncan Mill (or Duncan Mills). There are only two habitations in the entire neighborhood and both are on that corner. The rest of the area is parkland and office buildings / light industrial. My understanding is that Duncan's Mill was located on this portion of the Don River and it is the name of a main street and one of the two co-ops that make up the human habitations in the neighborhood

[Marilyn Lawson]

Flemingdon Park is a mixture of ccultures and opportunities.
The community comes together and enjoys the company of others and shares the wealth of knowledge.

[Barbara Robinson]

When I lived in the "Centennial Park" neighbourhood, people described where they lived by the name of their local school -"Wellesworth", "Bloordale", Centennial Park was the park itself.

The "Bloordale" neighbourhood was south of Bloor, "Wellesworth" north of Bloor and "Eringate" north of Eringate.

[Jim Lewis]

The area bounded by Rathburn on the north, Burnhamthorpe on the south, West Mall on the east and Renforth on the west has always been referred to as "Broadacres"

Centennial is north of Rathburn, not south at all east of Renforth.

[Lauren Mitchell ~ Toronto Real Estate]

Hi, Patrick:

Boundaries for the true Bendale are from the hydro field (located south of Ellesmere Rd.) down to Lawrence Ave., between McCowan Rd. and Bellamy Rd. Some consider north of the hydro field and up to Ellesmere Rd. to be North Bendale.

[Anne Hlebko]

Hi,
We live in the north east corner of the area that you have identified as Norsemen Heights. Since the street at the south end of this area is Norseman, perhaps that is the spelling that you intended for the neighbourhood. We do have an occasional publication that designates the north end as Spring Gardens, probably based on the past history (before WWII) of the area by Mimico Creek as a market garden.
I have very much enjoyed following the evolution of your map.

[Dan Fox]

There is a Fifeshire neighborhood, and it has been described thusly by the Fifeshire Road Area Community Association:

"...encompasses all single family residences south of the apartments on the north side of Carluke
Crescent, between Bayview Avenue and the westerly boundary of Legacy Court and the open space, and extends to include the properties on Baytree Crescent to the south, with 155 members in total. All the properties on Carluke Crescent are included."

[Ron Kasper]

I live on the East side of Morningside and was thrilled with your original designation of Morningside Heights. The map has now split the area up making Malvern larger and Morningside Heights smaller.
Your first map made more sense to me. Why did it change?

Ron Kasper

[Heather]

Growing up east of Greenwood Ave and West of Coxwell below Danforth Ave, we were never part of Leslieville- It was always called either Applegrove or Asbridge area. I would suggest that Leslieville end at Greenwood Ave.

[Bill Syrett]

2 comments:

- the Toronto boundary in the NW corner is incorrectly aligned along Highway 427. It should follow the historical west boundary of the Township of Etobicoke.

- this correction then allows the inclusion of Clairville, bounded by Albion Rd., Steeles Ave., and Highway 427.

Cheers,

Bill Syrett
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Toronto, ON M4E 3R1
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[Bill Syrett]

The area bounded by Kingston Rd./Queen St./Woodbine has been known as Beaches Triangle for many years.

[David Slotnick]

HI,

I am the President of the Willowdale N.E.Neighbourhood Association, we are registered with the City of Toronto. We would like to be recognized on your map please. Our boundaries are Steeles to the north, Finch to the south, Leslie St. to the west and Hwy 404 to the east.

We have 100 members in our Association, and we have replaced the Hillcrest Village Ratepayers as the new active Neigbhourhood Association.

We hope you will change your map to reflect our new name, thanking you in advance.

Regards,
David Slotnck-President
Willowdale N. E. Neighbourhood Assoc.
dslotnick@rogers.com
416-726-6722

[Valerie Gunn]

I sent in a comment some time ago about my neighbourhood, which is north of the 401, west of Markham Road, south of Sheppard and east of McCowan. It is known as White Haven and has been so since 1967, when the houses were built. I see on the map that it is still one of the few areas not coloured in, with no designation. Why is this?

[Rob Kotzer (URLs automatically linked.) Your Information (Name and email address are required. Email address will not be displayed with the comment.) Name is required to post a comment Please enter a valid email address Invalid URL Working...]

Your northwest portion of Forest Hill is not correct. Basically,
Forest Hill extends over to Marlee, not the Allen.

Secondly, it goes further north to Briar Hill Ave. Not Elm Ridge.

Please refer to the old Village of Forest Hill municipal boundaries. Forest Hill village then merged with the old City of Toronto in around 1967. It will show you the precise boundaries.

(BTW these comments were already sent to you a couple of weeks ago but not acted upon. Are you aware there appears to be two parallel threads of comments.)

[Al Brockway]

Thank you for the initiative in creating the neighborhood maps.
However, there remains at least one problem. You have lumped an area of the oldest part of the original Town of York into the later stage development of St. Lawrence.

Front Street marked the original shoreline of Lake Ontario. Streets such as Frederick, ending at the lake just below Front St., were famous for their docks and were a vital part of the original shipping port that created our future city. This area should be added to either "Old Town" or given it's original and locally known name of "Olde York". The original shoreline is a natural demarcation for this historical neighborhood.

The area south of Front Street rests on land reclaimed through gradual excavation over decades and deserves a separate name. "The Esplanade" would describe it's lasting feature of a tree-lined boulevard central to its history and geography.

[Brian Simpson]

I'm not clear on how I'm supposed to suggest an area of Toronto, so I'll do it here.

Don Vale is the northern part of what is now known as Cabbagetown. Don Vale Cabbagetown’s boundaries are Gerrard Street to the south, St. James Cemetery to the north, Parliament Street to the west and the Don River to the east.

Can you add this area to this map? For more info, visit http://www.donvalecra.ca/.

[Sheila]

Thank you so much for maintaining New Toronto as the legitimate name of my community.

[M. A. Robinson]

My neighborhood is not named as yet on the map and it is hard to define. A triangle,it is bounded by Dundas on the north to the railway tracks on the south, and east, Islington Ave on the west. Realtors are calling it Allanbrooke Gardens, but since it is anchored at its NW corner by the historic Montgomery's Inn, built in 1830 and open today as Etobicoke's Museum , I think the neighborhood name should reflect the Montgomery name in its designation. What it becomes south of the railway tracks is another question although the residents along south Montgomery Rd. consider themselves in The Kingsway. West along Bloor to Islington does not feel a part of the neighborhood I live in.

[Martin Green]

Please consider adding Richmond Gardens to the neighbourhood map. This is the neighbourhood bounded by Islington Ave., Kipling Ave., Eglinton Ave. and The Westway. It includes the Richview Square shopping centre, Silvercreek Park, pool and tennis courts, and Richview Library.

[P M]

Potential name for the area from
Broadway/Montgomery in the North to Hillsdale in the South
from Mt. Pleasant over to Colin Ave./Edith Dr.

The Democratic People's Republic of Yonge and Eglinton