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74-505: Wellesley Street may refer to: Wellesley Street, Toronto , Ontario, Canada Wellesley Street, Auckland , New Zealand a street in the London Borough of Croydon; see Wellesley Road tram stop [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about roads and streets with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

148-516: A gatehouse at Yonge Street and progressed westward to present-day University Avenue. Like University Avenue, College Street was surrounded by gates in an attempt to create an elegant driveway like those in Oxford and Cambridge . Little Italy , the northern edges of Kensington Market and Chinatown , and the southern edge of the University of Toronto campus are along College Street. Wellesley Street

222-472: A landlocked man-made beach, the second one located in Toronto . On May 25, 2009, Toronto City Council voted 28–16 to remove the reversible centre commuter traffic lane and improve the streetscape by widening sidewalks, planting trees, installing heritage plaques, and implementing bicycle lanes . In 2011, after the election of new mayor Rob Ford , a new Council voted to remove the bicycle lanes and reinstate

296-499: A native trail named "Gete-Onigaming" in Ojibwe along the foot of the escarpment of the old Lake Iroquois shoreline. The section east of Bathurst Street was formerly a part of Vaughan Road . It runs from Yonge Street to Old Weston Road . Jarvis Street The street is a mix of older buildings dating back to the 1800s, including St. Lawrence Market , and has a large proportion of recent condominium apartment buildings. The street

370-420: A new extension was built to turn north to tie into a short southerly extension of Woodbine Avenue. These three streets were reconstructed to form a continuous roadway, and renamed as part of Lake Shore Blvd. on August 25, 1959. West of downtown, Lake Shore Boulevard is served by TTC streetcar routes 501 Queen and 508 Lake Shore . Mill Street runs from Parliament Street to Bayview Avenue. Now associated with

444-590: A result of this process, the shoreline was filled several hundred metres south to Queens Quay. Front Street begins at Bathurst Street and crosses through downtown Toronto north of the rail viaduct. The road passes the Metro Toronto Convention Centre , the CN Tower and Union Station before eventually forcing drivers onto Eastern Avenue. A short side street section branches off at the diversion and continues east to Bayview Avenue . Wellington Street

518-531: Is a list of the east–west expressways and arterial thoroughfares in Toronto , Ontario, Canada. The city is organized in a grid pattern dating back to the plan laid out by Augustus Jones between 1793 and 1797. Most streets are aligned in the north–south or east–west direction, based on the shoreline of Lake Ontario . In other words, major north–south roads are generally perpendicular to the Lake Ontario shoreline and major east–west roads are generally parallel to

592-513: Is a one-way westbound street north of Front Street. Wellington Street begins at Leader Lane and cuts through downtown Toronto , passing through the Financial District and ends at Strachan Avenue, then continues as Douro Street (once the name for the section from Bathurst Street to Strachan Avenue) until King Street West. Wellington is cut off at Clarence Square and vehicles cannot connect with east or west of Spadina Avenue . Wellington Street

666-429: Is a westbound one-way street from Yonge Street to Strachan Avenue, and it is one-way eastbound from Niagara Street to Bathurst Street. It is serving as the westbound member of a one-way pair , together with Adelaide Street as its eastbound counterpart. Between its western terminus at Strachan Avenue and Bathurst Street, the street is one-way, alternating directions twice. The street from east of Yonge Street to York Street

740-464: Is built entirely on infill and is the closest road to Lake Ontario throughout the downtown core. Though once abutted by industrial and transportation uses from end to end, much of its length is now lined with recreational and residential uses. The 509 Harbourfront streetcar line now travels in a dedicated streetcar right-of-way in the median from Bay Street to Bathurst Street . The length east of Yonge Street retains some industrial uses, although this

814-433: Is changing with the development of residential and commercial uses. In 2015, Waterfront Toronto announced its plans to turn Queens Quay into a grand lakefront boulevard by placing streetcar lanes in the centre, traffic only on the north side and a bicycle and pedestrian focused space on the south side. The plan reduces the number of traffic lanes on Queens Quay to two, to the north side of the streetcar tracks. Additionally,

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888-471: Is considered by traffic engineers as an important artery to carry commuter traffic before and after work hours. To this end, a reversible lane was built in the mid-20th century along much of its length to allocate lanes. As well, Mount Pleasant Road was extended south to Jarvis and an intersection to the Gardiner Expressway was constructed. The City of Toronto initiated a redevelopment of the street in

962-489: Is forced onto Clonmore Avenue, where it can travel as far as Birchmount Road. Carlton Street was named by Ann Wood, wife of both Andrew Ryan McGill and then John Strachan , after her brother, Guy Carleton Wood, who was in turn named after Guy Carleton ; it is unknown when the "e" was dropped from the spelling. In 1930, as part of a depression relief program, Carlton Street was realigned east of Yonge Street in order to meet with College Street. The realignment can be seen at

1036-486: Is home to Maple Leaf Gardens ; Toronto Maple Leafs mascot, Carlton the Bear, is named after this street. It extends from Yonge Street east to Parliament Street as a major thoroughfare. After a sharp jog north at Parliament Street, Carlton continues east of Parliament as a residential street, ending at the edge of Riverdale Park . The street is also home to several of the city's Franco-Ontarian cultural institutions, including

1110-406: Is likely named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington . In maps in the early years of York, the street was called Market Street in reference to the street to the south of Market Square . The street passes by a number of small urban parkettes: The 503 Kingston Rd streetcar route runs on double tracks between Church Street and York Street. Eastern Avenue , formerly South Park Street,

1184-565: Is named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington , who is best known for his victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, and for a short and unpopular tenure as Prime Minister of Britain between 1828 and 1830. Wellesley Street begins at the entrance to the University of Toronto at Queen's Park Crescent. The road passes immediately north of the Ontario Legislative Building , bisecting Queen's Park and separating

1258-587: Is named after this street and continues to maintain a brewery on that street in the Distillery District. Front Street is so named because it fronted the Lake Ontario shoreline at the time of the original layout of York. The early street was called Palace Street . In the early years of the 20th century, the Toronto Harbour Commission revitalized the stagnant industrial waterfront. Largely as

1332-544: Is now part of the National Ballet School site, where it is known as Lozinski House and used as administrative offices. At 404 Jarvis is the Betty Oliphant Theatre , which repurposes several old mansions on the west side of the street, while several old townhomes have been adapted for commercial uses on the east side. North of Maitland on the east side is Jarvis Collegiate Institute , which occupies most of

1406-466: Is the Allan Gardens park. Along the west side, mostly 20th-century apartment buildings take up the block, along with an older mansion at 362 Jarvis which has been repurposed for offices. North of Carlton are more 20th-century apartment buildings. A stretch of Victorian-era townhomes still exist on the west side north of Carlton, while the east side is occupied by more residential apartment complexes. On

1480-718: Is within Toronto, while the remaining sections west are within the City of Mississauga . The expressway is maintained by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario and the Greater Toronto Airports Authority . The alternate name is taken from nearby Belfield Road , which begins from the westbound off-ramps for Kipling Avenue. Queens Quay begins west of Bathurst Street at Stadium Road and ends at Lake Shore Boulevard East, where it continues north as Parliament Street . The roadbed

1554-521: The Don River on the Gerrard Street Viaduct, constructed between 1922 and 1924. The road continues through East Chinatown and Gerrard India Bazaar (also known as Little India). At Coxwell Avenue, the road deviates one block to the north; this split has led to the distinct parts being labelled as Upper and Lower Gerrard Street. Gerrard Street ends at Clonmore Avenue, west of Warden Avenue; traffic

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1628-532: The Don River was completed and opened on December 16, 1923. Gerrard Street begins at University Avenue in the Discovery District , surrounded by Princess Margaret Cancer Centre , Mount Sinai Hospital , Toronto General Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children . It travels west through downtown Toronto , past Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) and Regent Park before crossing

1702-567: The Don Valley Parkway . East of Broadview Avenue, it travels parallel to and three blocks south of Queen Street East along the King Street alignment to east of Coxwell Avenue, where it curves northward and meets Queen Street. North of Queen Street, the road becomes Kingston Road. King Street was named in honour of King George III by John Graves Simcoe when it was laid out in the original plan of York in 1793. It has had various names over

1776-631: The Governors Road and Danforth Road by the end of the 18th century, under the direction of surveyor general Augustus Jones . Danforth Avenue, however, was constructed in 1851 by the Don and Danforth Plank Road Company, connecting the Don Mills Road (now Broadview Avenue north of Danforth Avenue) with the Danforth Road. The road was extended east to Kingston Road (formerly Highway 2 ) in 1935, which included

1850-500: The Lake Iroquois shoreline and home of Colonel Joseph Wells, father of George Dupont Wells. The estate stood northeast of the modern Bathurst Street and Davenport Road intersection. Wells purchased the property from Adjutant John McGill in 1821 and rebuilt the house that occupied it. McGill built the original house in 1797 and supposedly named it after Major Davenport, who was stationed at Fort York at that time. Davenport Road follows

1924-507: The Don River was demolished in 2001, and a study is underway to demolish that part of the elevated section east of Jarvis Street to the Don River. King's Highway 401 , colloquially referred to as the four-oh-one , opened between December 1947 and August 1956, and was known as the Toronto Bypass at that time. Although it has since been enveloped by suburban development, it still serves as

1998-590: The Don River were demolished and integrated into Lake Shore Boulevard. The highway is named for the first chair of the Metropolitan Toronto Council, Frederick G. Gardiner ; the council was dissolved in 1998. The six-lane section east of the Humber River was built in segments from 1955 until 1964 by the Metropolitan Toronto government with provincial highway funds. The ten-lane section west of

2072-627: The Governor's Road ( Dundas Street ). Queen Street begins at an intersection with The Queensway, Roncesvalles Avenue and King Street and crosses through Parkdale , the Fashion District , downtown Toronto , Riverdale , Leslieville , East Toronto and The Beaches , ending east of Victoria Park Avenue at a residential street named Fallingbrook Road in Scarborough. Aside from the easternmost three blocks from Neville Park Boulevard to Fallingbrook Road,

2146-634: The Humber River was formerly part of the QEW and is now wholly owned and operated by the municipal government of Toronto . When the Gardiner was built, it passed through industrial lands, now mostly converted to residential lands. Extensive repairs became necessary in the early 1990s, and since then, the Gardiner has been the subject of several proposals to demolish it or move it underground as part of downtown waterfront revitalization efforts. One elevated section east of

2220-520: The Queen/Roncesvalles intersection by 1960. Incorporating various streets (that mostly formed the original route of former Highway 2 ) such as Laburnam Avenue, Starr Avenue and Dominion Street, the route was pushed east to Bathurst Street on January 28, 1924. From there, it continued as Fleet Street to Cherry Street, incorporating a segment of the latter. Keating Street continued east from a point just south of that intersection to Leslie Street, and

2294-592: The Sacré-Cœur church and the Collège Français high school, while the head office of TFO is located in the College Park complex at the intersection of Yonge Street with Carlton's westerly continuation as College Street. In recent years, several of these institutions have collaborated with Assemblée de la francophonie de l'Ontario (Francophone Assembly of Ontario) on a proposal to have the area formally designated as

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2368-426: The block from Maitland to Wellesley Street . North of Wellesley, several old mansions remain, which have been repurposed for restaurants or commercial use. Most of the area has been completely redeveloped with residential apartments. North of Isabella Street, Jarvis is a six-lane arterial road. It intersects with the four-lane arterial road Mount Pleasant Road just south of Bloor Street . Mount Pleasant continues to

2442-622: The block from Queen to Shuter. North of Shuter to Gerrard Street , the street has been mostly redeveloped, with several mid-rise and high-rise residential towers, and a recent condominium apartment building at Dundas Street . Interspersed are heritage buildings, including row houses and three-storey commercial buildings. The Hilton Garden Inn and the Grand Hotel, which was formerly the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Toronto headquarters, are located on this stretch, as well as

2516-544: The city to rename Dundas Street "due to its namesake's involvement in supporting the gradual abolition of slavery in the British Empire in the 18th century" as opposed to immediate abolition. Gerrard Street was established on January 6, 1875 by incorporating Don Street and Lake View Avenue . It is named after Irish businessman Samuel Gerrard, a personal friend of the Honourable John McGill. The bridge over

2590-458: The city's "French Quarter". The 506 Carlton streetcar line is named for the street, even though this is only a small part of its route. College Street shares its origins with University Avenue as one of the two private entrances to King's College opened in 1829. King's College was the first college in Canada when it was chartered by Henry, 3rd Earl of Bathurst two years earlier. The road began at

2664-399: The construction of the present interchange. Greektown is located on Danforth Avenue between Chester Avenue and Dewhurst Boulevard. Danforth Avenue was the site of a mass shooting that took place on July 22, 2018 . Annette Street is named after the wife of developer and barrister Columbus H. Greene. Dupont Street is named for George Dupont Wells, son of Colonel Joseph Wells. George

2738-481: The current Dundas Street. By the 1920s, Dundas Street was extended east through downtown Toronto to Broadview Avenue along several existing but discontinuous streets, comprising Arthur Street (Ossington Avenue to Bathurst Street), St. Patrick Street (Bathurst Street to McCaul Street), Anderson Street (McCaul Street to University Avenue), Agnes (University Avenue to Yonge Street), Crookshank (Yonge Street to Victoria Street, now separated and known as Dundas Square , though

2812-467: The early 2000s that widened sidewalks, added cycling lanes and removed the reversible lane. After less than two years, a subsequent City government removed the cycling lanes to nearby Sherbourne Street and the reversible lane was reinstated. Ted Rogers Way is a north-south road in downtown Toronto , Ontario , Canada. It is the northern portion of Jarvis Street. On December 2, 2009 the north portion of Jarvis Street (from Charles Street to Bloor Street )

2886-510: The east side are some heritage three-storey buildings and a recent infill development. North of King Street on the west side is St. James Park , which is next to St. James Cathedral , while on the east side are more heritage three-storey brick buildings. North of Queen Street on the east side is Moss Park Armoury . On the west side is the Salvation Army Toronto Harbor Light hostel and mission. Both buildings use up most of

2960-582: The end of his surname, Bloor Street was never spelled with it, as evidenced on numerous maps produced before his death. Between Dundas Street and its east end, it was originally a part of Ontario Highway 5 before being transferred to the city. Canada's most expensive shopping district is located on the Mink Mile section of Bloor Street. Danforth Avenue , known as the Don and Danforth Road until 1871, takes its name from pioneer road builder Asa Danforth , who built

3034-429: The end of the nineteenth century, much of the wealthier population moved northward toward Rosedale . The segment south of Front Street was first laid out after the construction of The Esplanade and the railway right-of-way in the 1850s and 1860s, which extended the shoreline to the south. Before 1884, the street was named Jarvis along its whole length. In October 2009, Toronto City Council voted in favour of renaming

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3108-579: The entirety of Toronto and physically divides the city into a northern third and a southern two-thirds. It is also known as the Macdonald–Cartier Freeway . Highway 401 is the busiest freeway in North America and among the widest on the continent. Ontario Highway 409 or Belfield Expressway opened in 1978 to provide access to Toronto Pearson International Airport from westbound Highway 401 at Islington Avenue. The section east of Highway 427

3182-629: The entirety of the street is served by the 501 Queen streetcar route. Dundas Street was named by John Graves Simcoe in honour of the Right Honourable Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville . Like Yonge Street, named in a similar example of cronyism , Dundas Street was created as a defensive road. Simcoe feared the impending invasion of the Americans following the Revolutionary War , an event that would occur in 1812 . Dundas Street

3256-492: The final block of Jarvis, from Charles to Bloor and running alongside the 777 Jarvis section of the Rogers Building, Ted Rogers Way . Black Lives Matter in Toronto has called on Canadians to remember that Samuel Jarvis and his father William Jarvis were slave owners and prominent defenders of the practice. In 2010, Sugar Beach opened at the foot of Lower Jarvis and Queens Quay . This urban waterfront park features

3330-543: The former Sears Canada office building at 222 Jarvis Street . On the east side, a few mansions dating to Victorian times remain. Along the east side is the Ontario Court of Justice building at 333 Jarvis, and several mid-rise apartment buildings on the west side. North of Gerrard, the Jarvis Street Baptist Church remains on the north-east corner, while most of the east side from Gerrard to Carlton Street

3404-500: The heritage Distillery District , Corktown, Toronto and Mill Street Brewery , the road was named in reference to the Toronto Rolling Mills , a rail-making plant founded by Sir Casimir Gzowski in 1857 that was once located at Rolling Mills Road (once called East Street and later Water Street) until 1874 and torn down for use as Grand Trunk Railway railyard (now used by GO Transit ). Mill Street Brewery , owned by InBev ,

3478-455: The intersection of Front and Jarvis Street is St. Lawrence Market on the west side. A market has been in this place since 1803. The street continues north as a four-lane two-way street to Richmond Street , where it becomes a five-lane street, with a center lane that carries traffic north or south depending on the time of day. North of Front Street, on the west side is St. Lawrence Market North and St. Lawrence Hall at King Street , while on

3552-413: The lake's shoreline. The Toronto road system is also influenced by its topography as some roads are aligned with the old Lake Iroquois shoreline or the deep valleys . Minor streets with documented history or etymology are listed in a separate section . Roads are listed south to north. The Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway , known locally as " the Gardiner ", is an expressway connecting downtown with

3626-475: The legislative building from the greenspace portion of the park. The main entrance of Wellesley station on Line 1 Yonge–University of the city's subway system is located just east of the corner of Wellesley Street with Yonge Street . East of Yonge Street, Wellesley Street serves as one of the defining streets of the Church and Wellesley district, the city's primary gay village . Further east past Sherbourne Street,

3700-402: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellesley_Street&oldid=1141118841 " Category : Road disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Wellesley Street, Toronto The following

3774-448: The north side of the street, large 80-hectare (200-acre) park lots were granted to loyalists and government officials, many of whom never visited Upper Canada during their lives. The central portion of Lot Street was constructed as the baseline for surveys along Yonge Street by the Queen's Rangers in 1793 as the first concession road . It was later extended west to Ossington Avenue as part of

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3848-437: The north, passing under Bloor Street. Along this stretch, Jarvis is mostly high-rise towers, including the headquarters of Rogers Communications . North of Mount Pleasant, Jarvis is again a four-lane arterial road and ends at Bloor Street, the last segment named "Ted Rogers Way" after the founder of Rogers Communications. The original segment of the street went from Front Street in the south to Lot Street (Queen Street today). It

3922-474: The north, was created from the sale of Samuel Jarvis 's (the street's namesake) estate Hazel Burn and surrounding lands in 1845 and was later developed as a residential neighbourhood for the city's rich. Major landmarks on or near Jarvis include Jarvis Collegiate Institute , Toronto Metropolitan University , Rogers Building , Allan Gardens , 222 Jarvis Street , the Consulate General of Indonesia . Since

3996-495: The plan calls for the beautification and extension of the Harbourfront streetcar line along Queens Quay East between Yonge and Cherry streets. The newly modified Queens Quay was completed in 2015 from Bathurst Street to Bay Street. Lake Shore Boulevard , often incorrectly compounded to Lakeshore Boulevard , is so named because of its course along the Lake Ontario shoreline. Although the road west of Roncesvalles Avenue (which

4070-585: The primary east–west through route in Toronto and the surrounding region. East of the Don Valley Parkway , it is also known as the Highway of Heroes , in reference to the funeral processions travelling between CFB Trenton and the Ontario Coroners Office in Downtown Toronto, the latter of which was moved to Humber River Hospital grounds on Wilson Avenue west of Keele Street in 2013. Highway 401 crosses

4144-469: The public square itself will be renamed Sankofa Square in 2024) and Wilton Avenue (Victoria Street to Broadview Avenue). This was done by correcting several irregularities, or "jogs", between the streets. These jogs are evident east of Bathurst Street and east of Yonge Street. Amid the protests following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020, over 10,000 people have signed a petition calling

4218-505: The site of the Richard R. Horkins building (the one-time head office of the Toronto Hydro at 14 Carlton Street), where Carlton Street (heading west) suddenly angles in a northwesterly direction to meet Yonge Street. Prior to that, Carlton Street met Yonge Street south of the present intersection by several dozen metres. The completed intersection was opened in early June 1931. Carlton Street

4292-576: The street marks the boundary between the St. James Town and Cabbagetown neighbourhoods. The road's status as a significant arterial thoroughfare ends at Parliament Street, although it continues as a residential street for a further half-kilometre before ending at Wellesley Park overlooking the Don Valley . There is no definite historic link for the name for Harbord Street, but it is believed to be associated to Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield . Bloor Street

4366-422: The town was at King and Nelson, centred around the public market on the south-west corner. The first City Hall was at King and Nelson, then moved south in 1845 to Front and Nelson. After the 1849 fire, the old city hall site was used for St. Lawrence Hall , and the public market moved behind, between the hall and the city hall. The segment north of Lot Street, originally extending only as far as Wellesley Street in

4440-643: The west side at 354 Jarvis is the former Havergal Ladies' College building dating from 1898, which later became a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation studio building (from 1945 to 1996) and is now the Margaret McCain Academic Building at the National Ballet School of Canada . The Georgian Revival style house at 372 Jarvis was built in 1856 for Oliver Mowat (1820–1903), who later served as Premier of Ontario (1872–1896) and then Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (1897–1903). The building

4514-499: The westbound member. Richmond Street is named after Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond . Lennox came to Canada in 1818 as Governor-in-Chief of British North America , and died a year later after being bitten by a rabid fox while touring the countryside. Richmond Street absorbed Duchess Street and became a one-way road in 1958 as part of a process to build ramps to Eastern Avenue and the Don Valley Parkway. Richmond Street

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4588-509: The western suburbs. Running close to the shore of Lake Ontario , it now extends from the junction of Highway 427 and the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) in the west to the foot of the Don Valley Parkway in the east, just past the mouth of the Don River . East of Dufferin Street , the roadway is elevated, running above Lake Shore Boulevard east of Bathurst Street . Elevated sections east of

4662-573: The years. The street travels east from The Queensway, splitting off to the southeast at Queen Street West and Roncesvalles Avenue , to the Don River where it ends at Queen Street East. The central section of King Street has a transit mall named King Street Transit Priority Corridor to accommodate streetcar routes along King Street. Adelaide Street was named after Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (wife of King William IV ) by Peter Russell , second Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada , in his 1797 plan of Toronto. The original section of Adelaide

4736-508: Was named by 1855 after Joseph Bloore. It was surveyed as the first concession road north of the baseline (now Queen Street). It has been known by many names, including the Tollgate Road (as the first tollgate on Yonge north of Lot Street was constructed there in 1820), then St. Paul's Road (after the nearby church, constructed 1842), and possibly Sydenham Road (after Lord Sydenham, Governor General 1839–1841). Although Bloore had an "e" at

4810-424: Was named on November 27, 1876. It was connected with Kingston Road in 1998 following the removal of the old Woodbine Racetrack . Eastern Avenue begins at a curve along Front Street east of Parliament Street; eastbound traffic on Front is defaulted onto Eastern Avenue, vice versa for westbound traffic on Eastern. The road crosses the Don River , merging with Richmond Street and Adelaide Street and providing access to

4884-465: Was once called Hospital Street . The Queensway was named in the 1950s as such, rather than restoring the former name of Queen Street, because the Borough of Etobicoke desired a counterpart to The Kingsway. Queen Street , known as Lot Street until 1844, was named in honour of Queen Victoria, who reigned from 1837 until her death in 1901. For a time, Lot Street served as the northern limit of York. On

4958-471: Was one of the first students of Upper Canada College , and several other streets are named after him. These include Wells Street and Wells Hill. Dupont Street begins at Dundas Street as a continuation of Annette Street. It runs parallel to (though with a few jogs) and south of the CPR Midtown tracks east to Avenue Road. The Galleria Mall , located on the southwest corner of Dupont Street and Dufferin Street ,

5032-458: Was only a portion of the present street. In 1844, Little Adelaide Street, Adelaide Street and Newgate Street were amalgamated to form Adelaide Street. The street was split into east and west sections in 1884. In 1926, at the request of property owners, Adelaide Street West was extended from Bathurst Street to Shaw Street, incorporating the entirety of Defoe Street and McDonnell Square. The most recent extension came in 1965, when Adelaide Street East

5106-426: Was originally called New Street and it was the first new north-south street in the first expansion of York . It was later renamed 'Nelson' and it was known as this during the time of the 1849 Great Fire of Toronto . The street was laid out in the first expansion of York, the east side being the original town site, and the west side being the site of the new public market ( St. Lawrence Market ). The commercial core of

5180-477: Was renamed Ted Rogers Ways to commemorate Ted Rogers . Jarvis Street begins at Queens Quay East as a four-lane two-way arterial road. At its foot is Jarvis Slip, used for freighters delivering sugar cane to the Redpath Sugar Refinery and home to Corus Quay . This section, north to Front Street is known as Lower Jarvis Street. Street numbering starts again at Front Street and increases northward. At

5254-565: Was routed onto Duke Street, which crossed between Jarvis Street and Parliament Street. This was done in advance of the opening of the lower section of the Don Valley Parkway and eastern section of the Gardiner Expressway. Newgate and Duke Streets were amalgamated into Adelaide Street East. Between the Eastern Avenue ramp and Bathurst Street, Adelaide Street serves as the eastbound member of a one-way pair , together with Richmond Street as

5328-406: Was the eastern terminus of the original Lake Shore Road , which continued as Queen Street) has existed since the 19th century, much of the remainder of the route was created between the 1920s and 1950s. Lake Shore Boulevard east of the Humber River was doubled in width by widening into the right of way of Lake Shore Road, replacing it, which resulted in the demolition of the rail overpass leading to

5402-525: Was the only enclosed shopping centre located on Dupont Street, as well as in Old Toronto west of Avenue Road and north of Bloor Street / Danforth Avenue. However, the mall was permanently closed in late 2019 and demolished in 2020 for redevelopment. Dupont station of Line 1 Yonge–University serves this street at Spadina Road. Davenport Road takes its name from the Davenport House, the first estate atop

5476-548: Was to connect York with Detroit , then a British settlement; it reached as far as London , Simcoe's proposed new capital. The street was constructed by the Queen's Rangers between Dundas and the Thames River in 1794, and later extended east to York by pioneer road builder Asa Danforth in 1797. Dundas Street used to begin at the present-day intersection of Queen Street West and Ossington Avenue. It travelled north along Ossington Avenue, then turned west at Garrison Creek along

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