King Street is a major east–west commercial thoroughfare in Toronto , Ontario, Canada. It was one of the first streets laid out in the 1793 plan of the town of York , which became Toronto in 1834.
19-460: 43°38.95′N 79°24.9′W / 43.64917°N 79.4150°W / 43.64917; -79.4150 Crawford Street Bridge was one of two known bridges that once spanned over Garrison Creek valley in Toronto , Ontario , Canada. The creek had been buried by the 1920s and the bridge was buried intact. The bridge shared design features with the larger Prince Edward Viaduct . The Crawford Bridge
38-502: A railway underpass at King Street and Atlantic Avenue . Both Christie Pits and Trinity Bellwoods Park are over the original Garrison Creek Ravine, while the King and Atlantic intersection is over the course of Asylum Stream , a tributary that ran from just northwest of Fort York to Lisgar Street and Queen Street West near the former Provincial Asylum. The stream had two sources, one north of St. Clair Avenue , near Humewood Public School, and
57-434: Is a tribute in granite to Canadians who have gained fame in the fields of music, literature, journalism, dance, sports, acting, entertainment and broadcasting. King Street West is considered Toronto's Fashion District and is known for trendy restaurants, design shops and boutique condo developments. Previously industrial, this neighborhood has undergone considerable urban development since the early 2000s. King Street East
76-464: Is predominantly known as the high-end, luxury furniture district of downtown Toronto, with dozens of stores on King Street and in the surrounding area. As of October 2018 , King Street is served along its entire length by two overlapping Toronto Transit Commission streetcar routes : the 504A King and the 504B King, which together are the busiest streetcar routes in the fleet, with an average ridership of 65,000 passengers per day. They connect with
95-631: The Corktown Common . Prior to a realignment, Eastern Avenue was the East end of King Street and crossed the Don at the King Street Bridge (which has since been abandoned). Yonge Street, the north–south divider of many Toronto east–west streets, divides King Street into King Street East and King Street West. Canada's Walk of Fame runs along King Street from John Street to Simcoe Street and south on Simcoe. It
114-575: The Yonge–University subway line (Line 1) at St. Andrew station at University Avenue , and at King station at Yonge Street . They connect with the Bloor–Danforth subway line (Line 2) at Dundas West station and Broadview station . The street was also served by the 508 Lake Shore route until it was discontinued in June 2015. It was subsequently replaced by the 514 Cherry route in June 2016, which
133-512: The Market Square in 1803 at King and Jarvis streets, to house the first St. Lawrence Market farmer's market, the street became the primary commercial street of York and early Toronto. This original core was destroyed in the 1849 Great Fire of Toronto but was subsequently rebuilt. The original street extended from George Street to Berkeley Street and was extended by 1901 to its present terminuses (both with Queen Street) at Roncesvalles Avenue in
152-469: The Market. In the 1849 Great Fire , much of the business core at King and Jarvis was destroyed. New commercial buildings were built. By 1901, King Street West was completed to its present-day intersection at Roncesvalles and Queen Streets. In recent years there has been a proliferation of chic restaurants, clubs and galleries in the area as King Street West becomes more oriented to Toronto's nightlife crowd, and
171-450: The other northwest of the present-day Dufferin Street and St. Clair Avenue intersection. The main course travels due south to south of King Street , where it turned to the southeast and emptied into Toronto Bay at the present-day intersection of Bathurst Street and Lake Shore Boulevard . Tributaries along the creek included: King Street (Toronto) After the construction of
190-458: The road. On April 16, 2019, the transit mall was made permanent. In the original 1793 plan of the Town of York , King Street was the original name of the section of today's Front Street from George Street east to Parliament Street . This was changed in 1797, when York was extended to the west. The original King Street became Palace Street, and Duke Street was renamed King Street. The new King Street
209-488: The roadbed and rebuilt sidewalks on both sides. Foaming grout was added to fill the voids of the bridge with hope for future restoration of the entire bridge. Today there are no visible signs of the bridge being present other than plaques and sidewalk markers added in 2008 by the City of Toronto. Once rolling landscape, houses and flat Trinity Bellwoods Park now surround the bridge. Garrison Creek (Ontario) Garrison Creek
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#1732854584496228-541: The sewer system. There are many artifacts of the Creek's existence, including buried bridges along Harbord Street and Crawford Street south of Dundas Street. The unusual courses of Niagara Street (north of Fort York) and Vaughan Road (St. Clair and Bathurst area) indicate that they were once trails following the banks of the creek. In 2013 particularly strong rainstorms caused the storm sewers that replaced Garrison Creek to flood, at Christie Pits , Trinity Bellwoods Park , and
247-511: The valley over from north of Lobb Avenue to the south of Dundas Street West. In the 1960s the valley on either side was filled in with earth dug from building the Bloor subway . It was the last of few bridges that spanned Garrison Creek to be removed, most before the 1940s. The actual bridge was not torn down, but rather buried with only the railings and lamp posts removed. The City of Toronto government performed maintenance work in 2004 that narrowed
266-528: The west and the Don River in the east. King Street's western terminus is at an intersection with The Queensway to the west, Roncesvalles Avenue to the north, and Queen Street West to the east. King runs to the south-east briefly before curving to the east until just west of Parliament Street. There, it curves north-east until terminates at a merge with Queen Street East just west of the Don River and north of
285-447: Was a short stream about 7.7 kilometres (4.8 miles) long that flowed southeast into the west side of Toronto Harbour in Ontario , Canada. It has been largely covered over and filled in , but geographical traces of the creek can still be found, including the natural amphitheatre known as Christie Pits and the off-leash dog "bowl" of Trinity Bellwoods Park . The name "Garrison Creek"
304-415: Was a triple span Arch bridge built in 1914 to 1915 to replace an early wooden bridge (1884) that spanned Garrison Creek in the area known today as Trinity-Bellwoods . The bridge's design was influenced by Public Works Commissioner Roland Caldwell Harris with a more pleasing structure for the public. The bridge was built to allow residents in the new residential development along Crawford Street to cross over
323-415: Was extended west to York Street. In 1798, King Street was extended further west, to Peter Street. In the 1837 westerly extension of Toronto, King Street was extended west to Garrison Creek . By this time, King Street was the main commercial east–west street of Toronto, having St. Lawrence Market at the intersection of King and New (or Nelson) (today's Jarvis) streets, and an commercial core extending around
342-476: Was then cancelled in October 2018 and replaced by the two 504 King branches. The section of King Street between Bathurst Street and Jarvis Street is a transit mall with restrictions on how vehicles can use intersections. In the mall, trucks and cars are unable to continue straight through or turn left at intersections: they must turn right off of King Street. The road also has sidewalk cafes and public art pieces on
361-424: Was used because Fort York was built near the creek mouth. Volunteers lead popular tours of the course of the old watershed. Garrison Creek was one of a number of small natural watercourses on the site of the current city of Toronto. Starting in the 1870s, the stream was diverted into underground sewers under city streets and the original course was filled in with soil. By 1920, the stream was entirely diverted into
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