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shore boulevard on august 25 1959 6 west of downtown lake shore boulevard is served by ttc streetcar routes 501 queen and 508 lake shore mill street edit mill street runs from parliament street to bayview avenue now associated with 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 7 mill street brewery owned by inbev is named after this street and continues to maintain a brewery and restaurant on that street in the distillery district front street edit main article front street toronto front street length 3 8 km 2 4 mi 8 location bathurst street bayview avenue 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 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 merging with eastern avenue a short side street section branches off at the diversion and continues east to bayview avenue 3 wellington street edit wellington street length 3 3 km 2 1 mi location strachan avenue east of church street wellington street with the historic gooderham building on the left wellington street is a one way westbound street north of front street wellington street begins at church street 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 street is cut off at clarence square and vehicles cannot connect with east or west of spadina avenue wellington street 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 berczy park named after william berczy pecaut square formerly metro square and named after david pecaut clarence square victoria memorial square the 503 kingston rd streetcar route runs on a single track between church street and york street eastern avenue edit main article eastern avenue toronto eastern avenue location trinity street queen street continues west as front street east as kingston road eastern avenue formerly south park street was named on november 27 1876 9 it was connected with kingston road in 1998 following the removal of the old woodbine racetrack 10 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 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 3 king street edit main article king street toronto king street location roncesvalles avenue don river continues west as the queensway east as queen street east 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 the years 11 12 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 edit adelaide street location shaw street don river begins from eastern avenue adelaide street at church street toronto 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 street was only a portion of the present street in 1844 little adelaide street adelaide street and newgate street were amalgamated to form adelaide street from jarvis to bathurst street 13 the street was split into east and west sections in 1884 14 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 15 the most recent extension came in 1965 when adelaide street east was routed eastward onto duke street which crossed between jarvis street and parliament street 16 this was done in advance of the opening of the lower section of the don valley parkway and the eastern section of the gardiner expressway newgate and duke streets were amalgamated into adelaide street east and a connecting road was built from parliament to the parkway at eastern avenue where an on ramp connects to the northbound parkway at the same time the newly extended adelaide was converted to a one way street in the easterly direction between the eastern avenue ramp and bathurst adelaide serves as the eastbound member of a one way pair together with richmond street as the westbound member richmond street edit richmond street location strachan avenue don river continues east as eastern avenue 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 17 richmond street absorbed duchess street east of jarvis and became a one way road in 1958 as part of a process to build ramps to eastern avenue and the don valley parkway 18 richmond street 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 3 the street from east of yonge street to york street was once called hospital street after the original location of toronto general hospital the queensway edit the queensway location etobicoke creek roncesvalles avenue continues east as queen street west into mississauga main article the queensway the queensway was constructed in the 1950s connecting queen street at roncesvalles to queen street west of the humber river the section west of the humber was renamed as such rather than using queen street because the borough of etobicoke desired a counterpart to the kingsway 19 20 at the same time as metro toronto was building the gardiner expressway it constructed the section of the queensway from roncesvalles westward through high park to the humber river incorporating a separated street car right of way in the middle this replaced the section of lakeshore road that extended from roncesvalles queen street edit queen street location roncesvalles avenue fallingbrook road continues west as the queensway main article queen street toronto 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 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 21 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 the governor s road dundas street 22 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 the entirety of the street is served by the 501 queen streetcar route 23 dundas street edit main article dundas street dundas street location etobicoke creek kingston road continues west into mississauga 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 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 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 the public square itself is named sankofa square 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 24 25 amid the protests following the murder of george floyd in minneapolis in 2020 over 10 000 people have signed a petition calling 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 26 27 28 dundas station has been renamed tmu station as a result gerrard street edit main article gerrard street toronto gerrard street location university avenue clonmore drive the little india section of gerrard street 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 the don river was completed and opened on december 16 1923 29 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 east through downtown toronto past toronto metropolitan university formerly ryerson university and regent park before crossing 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 is forced onto clonmore avenue where it can travel as far as birchmount road carlton street edit carlton street location yonge street riverdale park continues west as college street looking east at carlton and sherbourne streets circa 1910 carlton street at church street in 2023 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 30 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 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 31 carlton street 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 3 the street is also home to several of the city s franco ontarian cultural institutions including 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 32 in 2011 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 the city s french quarter 32 the 506 carlton streetcar line is named for the street even though this is only a small part of its route the name is retained for historical continuity college street edit main article college street toronto college street location dundas street west yonge street continues east as carlton street college street near spadina avenue in 2023 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 now known as the university of toronto was the first college in upper canada when it was chartered by henry 3rd earl of bathurst two years earlier the road began at 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 33 little italy the northern edges of kensington market and chinatown and the southern edge of the 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