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Parkdale Toronto

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location

Boundaries: Bloor Street West south to the Gardiner Expressway between Dufferin St. & Roncesvalles Ave.

GTA region: West-end Toronto

Smaller hoods within: Brockton Village

TTC stops: Dufferin and Lansdowne stations, head south, or Osgoode station, streetcar west

GO stops: None

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parkdale at a glance

Parkdale (Toronto) with its combination of impressively restored old houses, high rises, rooming houses and single family homes has attracted a diversity of immigrant peoples and given it flavour and character. However, Parkdale has a relatively high crime rate and is sometimes nicknamed “Crackdale”, or “Crookdale”. Parkdale is rife with substandard rental apartment buildings (a large percentage of Parkdale residents are renters) run by landlords coined “slumlords” by many area residents. Nevertheless, Parkdale is seeing increasing signs of gentrification, as Queen Street West's sphere of influence extends further westward. This includes new cafes, lounges, restaurants, condos, lofts, shops and art galleries cropping up rapidly, and former old dive hotels The Drake and The Gladstone being recently bought out and renovated to become very trendy and chic. Local taverns have begun receiving new patronage from artists and urbanites seeking refuge from the fashion boutiques further east on Queen Street West. The area that extends northward along Roncesvalles Avenue, known as Little Poland or Roncesvalles Village (also part of High Park) has many Polish delis and restaurants which are the majority of storefronts that line the thoroughfare from Queen Street West to Howard Park Avenue. In recent years, young professionals have gentrified this section and have raised property values there as well. Many of the old Polish shops have been closed and new restaurants, bars and shops have opened. The area closer to Bloor Street West is known as Brockton Village.

useful links and sources

myhood.ca - Check out Rental Listings or Apartment Reviews on myhood.ca to find rentals in Parkdale, Toronto.

Wikipedia - more information on Parkdale, Toronto.

BlogTO - Check out BlogTO's neighbourhood profile including choice restaurants and shops.

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