Keele Street
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 Keele within Toronto | |
| Location | Toronto, Vaughan, King |
| North end | King Street, in the Holland Marsh |
| South end | Bloor Street |
| East | Dufferin Street |
| West | Jane Street |
Keele Street is a north–south road in
Most of Keele Street runs directly along a former concession road (Third Line West of Yonge Street) allowance. Keele Street was named for local businessman and farmer William Conway Keele, who lived in what is West Toronto Junction or Lambton Mills area.
Route
Parkside Drive begins at Lake Shore Boulevard near Sunnyside Beach, site of the former Sunnyside Amusement Park. It runs north forming the eastern boundary to High Park until Bloor Street. To the east is the Roncesvalles neighbourhood.
North of Bloor Street, it becomes Keele Street. It runs through the residential
It resumes south of Eglinton Avenue, and connects with Weston Road by Rogers Road. There is a minor jog at Eglinton, via Trethewey Drive and Yore Road. The road servers major arteries for suburban neighbourhoods in York and North York such as Silverthorn, Amesbury, and Maple Leaf. North of Highway 401 it passes by Downsview Airport and forms the border between the residential neighbourhoods to the west and the large Keele-Finch industrial area to the east. Keele also forms the eastern border of York University.
At Steeles Avenue, the road allowance between the former North York and Vaughan Townships was connected in the early 1960s. North of Steeles, in Vaughan, Keele continues to pass through industrial areas. It runs to the west of the MacMillan Yard, Canada's largest rail yard. North of Rutherford Road, Keele Street is the main street for Maple, once a small town, but today a rapidly growing suburb. North of Maple, Keele Street passes through largely rural areas, but also serves as a major street for Hope and King City.
Intersections
Major streets in Toronto which intersect with Keele (south to north):
- Bloor Street
- Dundas Street
- St. Clair Avenue
- Eglinton Avenue
- Lawrence Avenue
- Wilson Avenue
- Sheppard Avenue
- Finch Avenue
- Steeles Avenue
Public transit
A portion of Keele was once a major streetcar route. The
Today Keele is served by the TTC 41 Keele bus route, which runs from Keele station, passing Keelesdale station, to Pioneer Village station via York University, and its counterpart night route, 341, serving almost the same route, but it terminates at York University station. There is also an express route operating during some periods, the 941 Keele express operating from Keele station to Finch West station.
The TTC 107 York University heights operates from
The Parkside Drive part of the street, which is formally Keele Street, is served by the TTC route 80 Queensway running south from Keele station to Lake Shore Blvd, then turning west to The Queensway.
It is also served on weekdays and Saturdays by the
Landmarks
| Landmark | Cross street | Notes | Image |
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| High Park | Bloor Street West | One of the city's oldest parks (opened 1876) and largest park entirely within city limits | 
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| Keele station | Bloor Street West | 
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CPR West Toronto Yard
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Dundas Street West | Yard opened in 1882. | 
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| George Harvey Collegiate Institute | Rogers Road | 
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| York Memorial Collegiate Institute | Eglinton Avenue West | 
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Humber River Regional Hospital , Keele Street Campus
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Wilson Avenue
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| Downsview Park | Sheppard Avenue West | Former airfield, now a park | 
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| Finch West station | Finch Avenue West | 
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| York University | Steeles Avenue West | Toronto's second largest university | .jpg)
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| MacMillan Yard | Highway 7 (Ontario)
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Largest rail yard in Canada | .jpg)
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Keele Valley Landfill
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Major Mackenzie Drive West (York Regional Road 25)
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Once Toronto's main landfill | 
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| King City GO Station | Station Road | Site of original King Railway Station c. 1852 (moved to King Township Museum 1989)
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| All Saints, King City | King Road (York Regional Road 11) | Original church building opened in 1871. | 
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| Hogan's Inn (Hogan's Inn At Four Corners) | King Road | Main building built 1851. | |
St. Thomas of Villanova College
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15th Sideroad | ||
Mary Lake Augustinian Monastery
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15th Sideroad | Original summer home of Sir Henry Pellatt |
References
- ^ "Map of greater Toronto and suburbs (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) - 1916"
- ^ City of Toronto Bylaw 8663 (1921)
- ^ James Bow. "[The Township of York Railways. http://transittoronto.ca/streetcar/4119.shtml]" Transit Toronto. May 30, 2009.
- ^ "YRT Sysytem Map- January 6, 2019" (PDF). York Region Transit. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
External links
Google Maps of Keele Street
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