![]() It is predominantly residential, with a commercial section around the intersection with Dufferin Street.ĭufferin Street, running north-south is a major street starting from the CNE to the south, north to Queen Street, where it intersects the railway. The south side in that area is open, with views of the Lake. From Roncesvalles east, it curves along the original shoreline, which is about 30 feet above and 100 yards inland from the current shoreline. ![]() King Street West, running east-west is a major street continuing to the east to Toronto's downtown, ending to the west at Sunnyside. The Parkdale section of Queen Street has a Business Improvement Association and has named section the "Parkdale Village." It ends at Roncesvalles, meeting King Street and the Queensway at the 'Sunnyside' intersection. It is four lanes and the buildings are predominantly 2-3 storey buildings, often with apartments on the upper floors. Queen Street West running east-west is the primary commercial street of the neighbourhood. Today, it is a working class neighbourhood, having problems associated with poverty, but is also an area of considerable artistic activity. Most of the residential buildings remain, but the composition of the residents is much different, including a higher proportion of lower incomes. This led to both an outflux of prosperous residents west, and a decline in the economy. The area changed dramatically with the building of the Gardiner Expressway, demolishing the southern section of the neighbourhood and the creation of a barrier between the neighbourhood and the lakeshore. It was an upper income residential area for the first half of the 20th Century, with several notable mansions. It was founded as a village in 1879, joining Toronto in 1889. This section is roughly one square kilometer in area. It is bounded on the east by Dufferin Street from Queen Street leading to the south, and on the south by Lake Ontario. It is bounded on the west by Roncesvalles Avenue, on the north by Fermanagh Avenue from Roncesvalles on the west to the rail lines leading south-east to Dufferin Street, where it meets the railway at Queen. Parkdale is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, west of downtown. Map_caption=Location of Parkdale within TorontoĮstablished_date2 = 1889 into City of Toronto
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