66-834: Woburn may refer to: Places [ edit ] Canada [ edit ] Woburn, Toronto , Ontario, Canada Woburn Collegiate Institute Scarborough—Woburn , electoral district Woburn, Quebec , Canada England [ edit ] Woburn, Bedfordshire Woburn Abbey Woburn Safari Park Woburn Sands , Buckinghamshire Woburn Golf and Country Club , in Little Brickhill , Buckinghamshire Woburn Place , London Woburn Square , London Woburn Walk , London New Zealand [ edit ] Woburn, New Zealand United States [ edit ] Woburn, Massachusetts , United States Woburn Memorial High School Woburn (MBTA station) ,
132-498: A terminating vista . Bayview Avenue , formerly East York Avenue , was named in 1930 after the estate of Dr. James Stanley McLean, Bay View . The McLean House forms a part of the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre today. Several notable estates were built along Bayview Avenue in the early 20th century, many of which still exist since converted to a variety of public uses. Beare Road is named for
198-530: A day. Planned as part of a larger expressway network within Toronto, it was one of the few expressways built before the public opposition that cancelled many of the others . King's Highway 404 is a provincially maintained extension to the Don Valley Parkway, north of the junction with Highway 401. Highway 404 was opened from Sheppard Avenue East to Steeles Avenue East in 1979 and extended north of
264-623: A few metres east of it. It passes by the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Italian Consulate in Chinatown . Birchmount Road began as a concession line laid out by the surveyors of Upper Canada . For a long time, it remained a rural and little-used route. In the 1920s, it was little more than a dirt path. The southern part of Birchmount Road was one of the first parts of Toronto to see suburban development. This development
330-616: A former station in the Boston area, closed in 1981 Woburn, Illinois , United States Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Woburn . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woburn&oldid=1212568255 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
396-551: A larger analysis of Highway 401 through Scarborough. Broadview Avenue , known as the Mill Road or Don Mills Road (south of Queen Street to Ashbridge's Bay marsh was Scadding Street ) until 1884, was constructed in 1798 by Timothy Skinner, owner of several mills in Todmorden . The name is a reference to the broad view from the crest overlooking Riverdale Park . When the section south of Queen Street became Broadview Avenue,
462-489: A new alignment through the valley, requiring the removal of several hills, the rerouting of the Don River and the clearing of green space. North of Eglinton Avenue , the expressway follows the former Woodbine Avenue right-of-way north to Highway 401. The parkway operates well beyond its intended capacity of 60,000 vehicles per day and is known for its daily traffic jams; some sections carry an average of 100,000 vehicles
528-542: A new name, they invited Smith's wife, Elizabeth, into the meeting and asked her to rename the village. She selected Islington , after her birthplace near London , England. Islington Avenue begins at Lake Shore Boulevard West in New Toronto , and progresses north to Steeles Avenue West, where it crosses into Vaughan in York Region as York Regional Road 17 and prior to 1998 as York Regional Road 7 . The road
594-543: A new stone church. This building burnt shortly after becoming a cathedral. A new cathedral was constructed, only to burn down in the Great Fire of 1849 . John Strachan , first Anglican Bishop of Toronto after 1839, rebuilt the present cathedral in 1853 (the spire was not completed until 1874) in a Gothic Revival style. The St. James Cathedral was the tallest structure in Toronto until the Royal York Hotel
660-462: A residential street to Denison Street, then from Denison Street to Highway 407 , it cuts through commercial business parks. In 2011, the road was extended past Highway 407 to north of Enterprise Boulevard to serve as the main street of the new Downtown Markham , a planned new central downtown core to replace that city's historic, but now nodal, Markham Village . A bridge crossing the Rouge River
726-513: A school in the neighbourhood. Along with primary and secondary education institutions, Woburn is also home to the Progress Campus of Centennial College , a post-secondary college . The south and south east sections of Woburn, along West Highland Creek , have a great amount of green space, echoed by the tree lined and winding roads typical of the neighbourhood. Woburn holds a number of undeveloped green space, making up portions of
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#1732772026789792-409: Is 15.0 km (9.3 mi) in length. The parkway was the second expressway to be built by Metropolitan Toronto (Metro). Planning for it began in 1954, the year of Metro's formation; the first section opened in 1961 and the entire route was completed by the end of 1966. South of Bloor Street , the expressway was constructed over existing roadways. North of Bloor Street, the expressway was built on
858-481: Is Brimley Forest, a small patch of unaltered land. North of Steeles Avenue, Brimley Road weaves through the residential areas of the Milliken community of Markham, then ends at 14th Avenue and becomes Beckenridge Drive, which is a residential road. The section south of Sheppard Avenue was once interrupted at Highway 401 but was a through road prior to the mid-1950s. An $ 11 million overpass and partial interchange of
924-670: Is a controlled-access six-lane expressway in Toronto connecting the Gardiner Expressway in downtown Toronto with Highway 401 . North of Highway 401, the expressway continues as Highway 404 to Newmarket . The parkway runs through the parklands of the Don River valley , after which it is named. It is patrolled by the Toronto Police Service , has a maximum speed limit of 90 km/h (56 mph) and
990-482: Is actually a series of highway ramps: Centennial Road , despite travelling through an area that was developed during Canada's centennial, takes its name from the church at its intersection with Kingston Road. The church was named Centennial in honour of the 100th anniversary of the confederation of Canada. Many of the streets along or near Centennial Road are named after the Fathers of Confederation . Christie Street
1056-620: Is also home to several shopping plazas and a mall, Cedarbrae Mall . The neighbourhood is served by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) bus system . These include the 54 Lawrence East, 954 Lawrence East Express, 95 York Mills, 995 York Mills Express, 102 Markham Road, 902 Markham Road Express, 9 Bellamy, 16 McCowan, 38 Highland Creek, 938 Highland Creek Express, 133 Neilson, 134 Progress, 903 Kennedy-Scarborough Centre Express, and 154 Curran Hall. Durham Region Transit 920 and GO Transit 41 Hamilton-Pickering operates in
1122-554: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Woburn, Toronto Woburn is a neighbourhood located in eastern Toronto , Ontario , Canada, in the former suburb of Scarborough . Woburn is bordered by Highway 401 to the north, Orton Park Road to the east, Lawrence Avenue to the south, and McCowan Road to the west. Residences are split between high rises and single detached homes, which account for almost ninety per cent of all residences. A Wyandot burial mound , Taber Hill
1188-399: Is mostly suburban in nature, passing through largely residential sections of Etobicoke . Jameson Avenue is named for Robert Sympson Jameson , Attorney General for Upper Canada in the late 1830s. Jameson bought land south of Queen Street between the second and third concession sideroads (Dufferin and Parkside today) in the late 1840s. Jameson Avenue was built through his property when it
1254-419: Is named for William Mellis Christie , founder of Christie & Brown Cookie Company , which later became a part of Mondelez International . The street is also home to many of Toronto's Korean restaurants and stores . Christie Pits is a city park and baseball park located at Christie Street and Bloor Street West. The Toronto Maple Leafs of Intercounty Baseball League play at that baseball diamond. The area
1320-536: Is named for the former Carling O'Keefe (and current Molson ) brewery found at the south terminus. The road is not directly named for John Carling the founder of Carling Brewery and predecessor to the Carling O'Keefe. The road winds through industrial properties in Etobicoke to the northern terminus at Woodbine Racetrack (at Entrance Road). It was also referred to as Fourth Line . The southern end of Carlingview
1386-548: Is not served by any TTC routes. The road is named for the nearby waterway of Black Creek . Brimley Road is of unknown origin. Beginning at Bluffer's Park at the foot of the Scarborough Bluffs , Brimley Road runs through Scarborough, past Steeles Avenue and ends at 14th Avenue in Markham . The Scarborough portion is mainly residential with small strip plazas interspersed along the route. North of Finch Avenue
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#17327720267891452-455: Is served by Christie subway station . Church Street is so named because where St. James Cathedral sits upon today, at King Street and Church, was the site of the first church in York, a wooden building built in 1807 and referred to simply as "the church". Three incarnations sat on the site of the current cathedral; the dedication to St. James came in 1828, four years before the construction of
1518-624: Is situated in Woburn. Dating to 1250, the burial mound contains over 500 graves, with skeletons buried in a manner consistent with the Huron Feast of the Dead . A post-office south of Painted Post Drive (formerly Danforth's Road) and Markham Road , and a schoolhouse on Ellesmere Road west of The Markham Road, today the site of Woburn Collegiate Institute , were important sites in the early community. The intersection of Painted Post and Markham Road
1584-531: The Cantonese name of the street "百樂匯街". Brown's Line was once the name by which the trail running north from Lake Ontario to Highway 9 was known. It originated as a trail, which had been blazed to define the western boundary of the 1805 Toronto Purchase and was part of Colonel Samuel Smith 's Tract. The trail was eventually referred to as "Brown's Line" as the northern terminus was a small town, now known as Schomberg, but originally called Brownsville. Since
1650-548: The Holland River in King Township . It was named after Jane Barr by her husband James. They immigrated from Glasgow in 1907, and a few years later, James became a real estate developer north of Toronto. James named numerous streets in the development after his children, but the most important was named after his wife Jane. Originally, the street continued south to Lake Ontario with a sinuous course, but that section
1716-581: The Lakeshore East Line . The road becomes Corporate Drive at Progress Avenue, proceeding towards the Scarborough Town Centre . Most of the northern section is residential, though the section between Ellesmere Road and Progress Avenue consists solely of multi-unit warehousing, many of which have been converted into places of worship for various faiths. Beverley Street is a southern continuation of St. George Street, located
1782-527: The St. Lawrence Market . The new road cut through established parcels of land, and came to be known as the Don Independent Road. This road extended as far north as York Mills Road . After the formation of Metropolitan Toronto , Don Mills was designated as part of the municipal network of major roads. It was widened to four lanes, then extended north over Highway 401 to Sheppard in 1964. The "peanut"
1848-534: The Toronto Bypass , then extended to Pearson Airport as the Airport Expressway from 1964 to 1971, and finally designated as Highway 427 in 1972. The section to Steeles Avenue West was completed in 1984. There are several stories relating to the origin of Avenue Road . The most popular legend retells that of an early surveying team travelling west along what is now Bloor Street . Upon reaching
1914-481: The Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, Light and Power Company . They were taken over by the TTC, which ran streetcars to Birchmount Loop until 1954. The loop remained in place until 1985, when a condominium was built on the site. By the 1960s, Birchmount Road had been transformed into its current role as one of the main arterial roads for Scarborough. Beyond Toronto in Markham , Birchmount Road continues firstly as
1980-544: The Toronto ravine system . In addition, Woburn is home to several municipal parks, including Cedar Ridge Park, Curran Hall Ravine Park, Highland Creek Park, and Woburn Park. Municipal parks in Toronto are maintained by the Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division . In addition to municipal parks, the division also manages local community centres situated in the neighbourhood, including Cedarbrae Community Centre, and Curran Hall Community Centre. The neighbourhood
2046-579: The United States . Within the legal profession, the term Bay Street is also used colloquially to refer to the large, full-service business law firms of Toronto, particularly the top-tier law firms known as the Seven Sisters . The street was officially named when the land it occupies was annexed by the first expansion of York . Bay travelled from Lake Ontario to Lot Street, now Queen Street . North of Queen Street and travelling to College Street
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2112-541: The University of Toronto Scarborough campus, and heads north as a residential road until reaching Ellesmere Road, where the street widens slightly and becomes a collector road. It then continues north over Highway 401 before ending at Sheppard Avenue East. Coxwell Avenue is named after Charles Coxwell Small , clerk of Upper Canada 's Privy Council and a resident of the Berkeley House . The stretch between
2178-622: The secular Toronto District School Board (TDSB), and the separate Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB). TDSB and TCDSB elementary schools include: In addition to elementary schools TDSB also operates two secondary school in Woburn, Cedarbrae Collegiate Institute , and Woburn Collegiate Institute . TDSB is the only school board to operate a public secondary school . The French-based public secular school board, Conseil scolaire Viamonde , and it separate counterpart, Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir also offer schooling to applicable residents of Woburn, although they do not operate
2244-647: The Beare family, who were prominent farmers in the Hillside community of northeastern Scarborough. Bellamy Road , previously Secord Road , is named for American author Edward Bellamy , who wrote Looking Backwards 2000–1887 , about a utopian society. Settlers approached Scarborough Township for a parcel of land to start their own utopia. Although the request was not granted, the road along which they sought to establish their society came to be known as Bellamy Road. The CN grade separation on Eglinton Avenue, built in
2310-463: The Don River at Riverdale Park. The road rose onto the table lands along what is now the entrance to the northbound Don Valley Parkway and followed Broadview north and O'Connor east before joining with the present-day Don Mills Road. The road ended at the Mills for a time, until farmers to the north on the land between the river valleys opened a new road to provide an easier route to carry their yields to
2376-590: The Metro Toronto limits shortly thereafter, first to Davis Drive in Newmarket and eventually to Woodbine Avenue just south of Ravenshoe Road in East Gwillimbury . Most of King's Highway 427 travels within Toronto from Browns Line to Steeles Avenue , but it has been extended beyond current city limits to Major Mackenzie Drive . It was initially constructed to Highway 401 from 1953 to 1956 as
2442-600: The Puritan Tavern at the corner of Queen Street and Greenwood Lane. The area was home to over a dozen brickmaking factories in the 19th century, including one whose excavations can still be detected at Greenwood Subway Yard and in Greenwood Park at the intersection with Dundas Street . (see Brown's Line and Ontario Highway 27 ) Islington Avenue is named for the village it passed at Dundas Street. The village of Islington used to be known as Mimico, and
2508-821: The Queen Elizabeth Way to Highway 401, north of which a short section still exists, before becoming simply an arterial road unofficially named Highway 27 through to Steeles Avenue, and then continues as two regional/county roads numbered 27 past Highway 9 , running to Barrie . Caledonia Road is a minor arterial road that is primarily residential south of Eglinton Avenue and between Glencairn Avenue and Lawrence Avenue, but primarily industrial between Eglinton Avenue and Glencairn Avenue and north of Lawrence Avenue. Caledonia Road has very steep valleys between Rogers Road and Eglinton Avenue. It will be served by Caledonia station of both Line 5 Eglinton and GO Transit's Barrie line beginning in 2024. Carlingview Drive
2574-475: The Toronto section can align with the Richmond Hill sections if connected, the latter is a newer street not officially part of the historic Toronto roadway, unlike the disconnected York Region portions of its counterparts Kipling Avenue , Leslie Street and Woodbine Avenue . It is a part of the decommissioned Ontario Highway 11A . Bathurst Street is named after Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst , who
2640-478: The city of 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
2706-470: The early 1960s, split Bellamy Road into two unconnected sections. Consequently, the township of Scarborough renamed the sections as North and South on May 29, 1964. Bellamy Road South begins at Kingston Road and proceeds north to just short of Eglinton Avenue. It is entirely a minor residential street. Bellamy Road North resumes opposite the southern section, just north of the CN tracks and Eglinton GO Station of
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2772-708: The foot of the Leaside Bridge . On the opposite side of the bridge, drivers continue on Millwood Road. It follows the same concession line as Leslie Street between the two sections. The northern section of Leslie was once named Donlands, but was renamed to Leslie Street in 1915 as the two were disconnected. Dufferin Street , known as the Side Line until 1876, was renamed in honour of Governor General Frederick Temple Blackwood, Lord Dufferin . Dufferin served as Governor General between 1872 and 1878, and presided over
2838-453: The freeway was built and opened on October 18, 1987 over the objections of many area residents concerned with increased traffic volume. In an attempt to address these concerns, it was initially restricted to transit buses and emergency vehicles. After widely reported public pressure, Scarborough City Council voted February 18, 1988 to open the overpass to general traffic. Proposals to modify the interchange are currently being examined as part of
2904-414: The hamlet's main inhabitant was known by the surname of Brown (Yorkshire-born Joseph and Mary Brown came to the area in 1831 and acquired a 100 arces at Lot 11 Concession 3) it seemed logical that the road which transported persons to Brown's Town should be referred to as Brown's Line. There was, however, another Brownsville just south of Ingersoll, Ontario, also named for the family in that town. Since there
2970-612: The intersections with both sections of Gerrard Street features shops that cater to Toronto's Indian and Pakistani communities. Don Mills Road , known by various names over time including The Mill Road and the Don Independent Road , is named for the many saw and grist mills that established near the Forks of the Don in the early 19th century. At the time the road began at Winchester Street and Parliament Street and crossed
3036-556: The jog by excavating a tunnel beneath the active tracks. This tunnel was completed and opened to traffic on November 10, 2010. The road is named for the Galloway family and settler Ignatius Galloway who began farming in the area along Concession Road D. Greenwood Avenue , originally Greenwood Lane, was named after the Greenwood family, who were market gardeners and carriage makers. John (d. 1866) and Kate Greenwood were owners of
3102-496: 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 . William R. Allen Road , known more commonly as Allen Road , the Allen Expressway and The Allen , is a short expressway that travels from Eglinton Avenue West in
3168-543: The line is the only part of the subway system located outside of Toronto proper. Vaughan Mills and Canada's Wonderland are on Jane Street in Vaughan. The title character of the Barenaked Ladies song " Jane " is Jane St. Clair, and is named after the intersection of Jane and St. Clair Avenue . Steven Page recalls that co-writer Stephen Duffy saw the intersection on a map and remarked that it sounded like
3234-536: The location of the intersection with Avenue Road today, the lead surveyor, a Scotsman, pointed north and proclaimed "Let's 'ave a new road here". But this is almost certainly apocryphal; the street was probably named for its tree-lined character. Avenue Road is also a short residential street (1.5 km or 0.93 mi) that runs from Edgar Avenue north to Weldrick Road connecting the communities of Richvale and Yongehurst in Richmond Hill, Ontario . Although
3300-519: The neighborhood as well. Night service is provided by 354 Lawrence East Blue Night and 395 York Mills Blue Night. Former Line 3 Scarborough RT had its eastern terminus in Woburn ( McCowan Station ) as well as McCowan Yard . The area is also served by Highway 401 which runs through the Greater Toronto Area from east-to-west. Markham Road The following is a list of the north–south expressways and arterial thoroughfares in
3366-474: The opening of the first Canadian National Exhibition in 1878. Dufferin Street begins at Exhibition Place and travels north into Vaughan. The road is interrupted between Wilson Avenue and Sheppard Avenue West by Downsview Park . Dufferin was disjointed at Queen Street West by a railway, a detour famously known as the Dufferin Jog . Following decades of negotiation, construction began in 2007 on removing
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#17327720267893432-671: The south to Kennard Avenue in the north. The portion south of Sheppard Avenue is the completed section of the proposed Spadina Expressway . Allen Road is named after Metro Toronto Chairman William R. Allen and maintained by the City of Toronto. Landmarks along the road include the Lawrence Allen Centre (formerly Lawrence Square Shopping Centre), the Yorkdale Shopping Centre and Downsview Park (formerly CFB Downsview ). The Don Valley Parkway ( DVP )
3498-466: The street to west was renamed from Smith Street to Scadding Street. The northern end at city limits was a toll booth next to the then-northern section of Winchester Street. The road was extended in 1913 and 1922 by absorbing parts of Don Mills Road as far north as O'Connor Drive. By 1912, sections south of Eastern Avenue were lost when Lever Brothers expanded their soap factory. In Toronto's East Chinatown , there are two signs at Gerrard Street East with
3564-702: The subway opened, this intersection was the western terminus of the Bloor streetcar line . Proposed in the 2007 Transit City plan was the Jane LRT , a light rail line to run entirely along Jane through the city from the Jane subway Station and north into Vaughan. North of Steeles in Vaughan, the Line 1 Yonge–University subway parallels the street up to Highway 7 , with stations at Highway 407 ( Highway 407 station ) and Highway 7 ( Vaughan Metropolitan Centre ) This section of
3630-468: Was British Secretary of War during the reign of George IV. Henry's contributions to Toronto include organizing the successive waves of British settlers following the War of 1812 , and granting the charter to the first university in the city, King's College . Bathurst Street originally only referred to the section south of Queen Street. In 1870, the section north of Queen Street became part of Bathurst Street. It
3696-460: Was Teraulay Street. Several disconnected side streets existed north of there to Davenport Road . In 1922, By-Law 9316 joined these streets together as far north as Scollard Street. By-Law 9884, enacted on January 28, 1924, changed the name of Ketchum Avenue to Bay Street, officially extending it to Davenport Road. The bend in Bay Street south of Old City Hall reflects this history, serving as
3762-617: Was also the site of the Woburn Hotel, and across the road was the Woburn Hall. The Woburn Hotel housed the meetings of the first Scarborough Council from 1850 until 1922. Painted Post Drive connected Woburn to the southwest via Danforth Road and Danforth Avenue to Toronto, and to the east via Military Trail and Colonel Danforth Trails to Kingston Road and points east ( for more details, see Danforth Avenue ). Two public school boards operate elementary schools in Woburn,
3828-641: Was built to complete the road between Enterprise Boulevard and Highway 7 to tie into Village Parkway. Black Creek Drive was originally constructed as a southward extension of Highway 400 . However, it was built as an arterial road instead, due to the opposition to extending the Spadina Expressway south of Eglinton Avenue, which in turn led to the cancellation of other expressway extensions in Toronto. The street has few intersections at Lawrence Avenue , Trethewey Drive , Todd Baylis Boulevard, Eglinton Avenue and it ends at Weston Road . The street
3894-634: Was completed in 1927. At the corner of Church and Wellesley Streets is an LGBT-oriented enclave in Toronto. The area of Church Street and Wellesley Street (particularly along Church Street) is home to the annual Pride Toronto celebration. Conlins Road was named for the Conlins family, prominent for their gravel company located in Highland Creek. It is a collector road serving the Highland Creek neighbourhood, and connecting it with nearby major roads. Conlins Road begins at Military Trail, near
3960-609: Was constructed shortly thereafter, and Don Mills was extended north of Steeles alongside suburban development in the 1970s. In 1987, the road was widened to six lanes alongside a recommendation to extend Leslie Street south of Eglinton to the Bayview Extension, and a proposal to try new high-occupancy vehicle lane . While Leslie Street was not extended, the HOV lanes were implemented between Overlea Blvd and Finch Avenue East . Donlands Avenue begins at Danforth Avenue and ends at
4026-529: Was in the years immediately before and after the Second World War and was thus not reflective of the car-centred design of much of Scarborough. Birchmount is notable for being the terminus of the only TTC streetcar route ever to travel into Scarborough. The Birchmount Loop was for several decades the turning loop for the Kingston Road streetcar. The first lines in the region were built by
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#17327720267894092-455: Was known until then as Crookshank's Lane, after Honourable George Crookshank. The road acted as a driveway to his 300-acre (1.2 km ) farm. Bay Street , formerly known as Bear Street , is supposedly a reference to a "noted chase given to a bear" by settlers in that area. It is the centre of Toronto's Financial District and is often used as a metonym to refer to Canada's financial industry , similar to New York City 's Wall Street in
4158-401: Was obviously confusion in the mail system, the logic required a name change, and Schomberg was created likely for Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg , a general under King William III of England. Before the construction of Highway 427, Brown's Line was part of Highway 27 . Today, Brown's Line is the short southernmost stretch of the former highway, which was rebuilt into Highway 427 from
4224-549: Was often confused with a second village of that name in Etobicoke on Lake Ontario and which had obtained a post office called Mimico in 1857. In 1859, in order to obtain their own post office, residents of the Mimico on Dundas Street held a meeting to select a new name in Thomas Smith's Inn (located on the southwest corner of Dundas Street and today's Islington Avenue.) When the attendees could not reach unanimous agreement on
4290-471: Was redesignated as South Kingsway after Bloor Street was extended west across the Humber River (where it originally ended) by being realigned into a reverse curve which incorporated a short length of the southern segment of Jane, severing it from the section north of Bloor. The Toronto Transit Commission operates Jane subway station at Jane and Bloor Street on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth . Before
4356-474: Was subdivided by the growing city. The road begins at Lake Shore Boulevard West, where access is provided to the Gardiner Expressway . The road crosses the expressway and travels north through Parkdale between rows of apartment buildings. Jameson Avenue ends at Queen Street West; the traffic signal is coordinated with the southern terminus of Lansdowne Avenue, nearby to the east. Jane Street begins at Bloor Street and continues north into Vaughan to near
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