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Neighbourhood: Greenwood-Coxwell

Greenwood-Coxwell is the residential area between Greenwood and Coxwell avenues from Danforth Avenue to Eastern Avenue. It also sometimes considered to be part of Leslieville. and its northern end, north of the railway tracks, is often included in the Riverdale-East York communities. The Little India commercial area is located on Gerrard Street East within the Greenwood-Coxwell area.

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Each ward getting additional speed camera—and more on the way

February 2, 2023February 2, 2023 Rodger Burnside 0 Comment automated speed enforcement, community safety zones, John Tory, Mike Colle, speeding, Vision Zero

Toronto’s 50 speed cameras have been so successful in catching fast drivers and reducing speeds that more cameras are being added.

Kids at summer camp

For Kids THINGS TO DO

Feb. 11: Registration for summer CampTO begins

January 28, 2023February 2, 2023 Streeter staff 0 Comment camps, CampTO, Day camp, parks, recreation centres

Registration for the city’s summer camp program, CampTO, running July 4 to Sept. 1, is set to begin at 7 a.m. on Feb. 11.

East York Civic Centre entrance

Meetings THINGS TO DO

Feb. 3: East-end town hall meeting on budget

January 27, 2023January 31, 2023 Streeter staff 0 Comment Brad Bradford, budget, East York Civic Centre, Gary Crawford, Paula Fletcher

East-end residents discuss the city’s 2023 budget at a town hall meeting at East York Civic Centre on Feb. 3 from 6 to 8 p.m.

Riverdale-East York Daily Updates

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Streeter staff 55 Division, Agnes Macphail Award, armed robbery, backyard hens, band, Brad Bradford, child pornography, Greenwood Station, libraries, Opera House, road closures, robbery, sexual assault, snowstorm, Sole Power Entertainment, spitting, stabbing, theft, Toronto Police, Ukraine

A quick look at news, views and things to do in Riverdale-East York neighbourhoods.

Marietta Fox in Beach Hill header

Beaches-Leslieville Daily Updates

March 6, 2022March 7, 2022 Streeter staff 55 Division, Alter Kakers, arrest, assault, automated speed enforcement, Beach Guild of Fine Art, Brad Bradford, break and enter, comedy, COVID-19, crossing guard, entertainment hubs, Fearless Meat, Film Industry, fire, firearm, flag, Fox Theatre, fraud, heritage, homicide, Housing Now, indecent exposure, Jimmie Simpson Park, Julie Dabrusin, Kew Gardens, knives, libraries, Mamma's Pizza, Mercedes, Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Neighbourhood Climate Action Champions, patios, Paula Fletcher, prowler, pumpkin parade, pumpkins, rinks, Shop and Vax, stabbing, theft, threatening, Toronto Police, Ukraine, Victoria Park Avenue

A quick look at the latest news, views and things to do in Beaches-Leslieville neighbourhoods.

55 Division header

Meetings THINGS TO DO

Jan. 24: Join town hall on new east-end police station

January 20, 2022 Streeter staff 55 Division, Danforth Avenue, Toronto Police, town hall

Toronto Police are holding a town hall to discuss the design of their new 55 Division Station, planned for 1627 Danforth Ave.

East York Civic Centre header

Riverdale-East York Daily Updates: July–December 2021

December 22, 2021January 18, 2022 Streeter staff 55 Division, affordable housing, assault, automated speed enforcement, bike lanes, break and enter, break-ins, car fire, collision, COVID-19, Danforth Avenue, Don Valley Parkway, East York Civic Centre, East York Hockey Associatio, East York Hockey Association, fire, flooding, fraud, Greenwood Station, homicide, Jack Layton, Julie Dabrusin, knife, libraries, luring, Malcolm Kelly, Mamma's Pizza, manslaughter, medication, Michael Garron Hospital, missing man, Monarch Park, Montcrest School, Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, next of kin, O'Connor Drive, Ontario Line, pedestrian, Petition, Presteign Heights Public School, pumpkin parade, rinks, Riverdale Park East, robbery, Second City, sexual assault, shooting, Shop and Vax, stabbing, Toronto Police, Toronto Public Health, Traffic Services, vaccination, Vax the Holidays, vehicle theft, Victoria Park Avenue, Wakunda Place, Wilkinson Junior Public School, Youth Leaders of East York

A quick look at news, views and things to do in Riverdale-East York neighbourhoods.

maps of areas worst hit by COVID

East-end neighbourhoods now among worst hit by COVID

December 10, 2021December 10, 2021 Streeter staff COVID-19, map, outbreaks, school closures, Toronto Public Health

East enders may be surprised to find their neighbourhoods are among the worst hit by COVID-19 in the city.

Greenwood ice rink

38 of city’s outdoor ice rinks to open this month

November 19, 2021February 14, 2022 Rodger Burnside Alexandra Park, Broadlands Community Centr, Cedarvale Park, College Park, Dieppe Park, Eglinton Park, Greenwood Park, Jimmie Simpson Park, Kew Gardens, Monarch Park, North Toronto Memorial Community Centre, Ramsden Park, rinks, Riverdale Park East, Rosedale Park, shinny, skating, Trinity Bellwoods Park, Wallace Emerson Park, Withrow Park

A sure sign of winter coming: you can strap on your skates for a spin on one of Toronto’s outdoor ice rinks as early as a week tomorrow.

55 Division site to become affordable housing

Affordable housing development to be considered for 55 Division property

November 16, 2021November 16, 2021 Rodger Burnside 55 Division, affordable housing, Dundas Street East, Housing Now, Victoria Park Station

The city may have found a new use for the site of the 55 Division police station on Carlaw Avenue after it’s relocated to Danforth Avenue.

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For Kids Health & Fitness THINGS TO DO

Nov. 29: Attend town hall about kids’ vaccine online

November 15, 2021November 27, 2021 Streeter staff Cressy, Michael Garron Hospital, Paula Fletcher, town hall, vaccine

Toronto-Danforth councillor Paula Fletcher is hosting a virtual town hall on kids’ vaccines on Nov. 29 from 7 to 8 p.m.

cannabis press conference

Local reps call for city control of cannabis shop sites

November 10, 2021November 10, 2021 Rodger Burnside Bloorcourt BIA, cannabis, Kristyn Wong-Tam, Marit Stiles, Paula Fletcher

Two councillors and a BIA manager joined MPP Marit Stiles in calling for the province to give the city more say in cannabis shops locations.

Petition aims to bring back Metro Toronto flag — with changes

November 3, 2021November 3, 2021 Dennis Hanagan logo, Metropolitan Toronto, Petition, Toronto flag

An urban geographer and an arborist plan to petition city hall to have the former Metro Toronto flag reinstated as the city’s emblem.

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*FEATURED Community Events THINGS TO DO

Nov. 1: Don’t throw your jack-o-lanterns out

October 19, 2021November 4, 2021 Streeter staff jack-o-lanterns, pumpkin, pumpkin parade, pumpkins

Instead of throwing your jack-o-lanterns out after the Halloween festivities, why not show them off in a local pumpkins parade?

Pumpkins in parade 2017

Community Events THINGS TO DO

Nov. 1: Join the east-end pumpkin parades

October 18, 2021November 4, 2021 Streeter staff Dentonia Park, East Lynn Park, jack-o-lanterns, Leslie Grove Park, pumpkin parade, pumpkins, Withrow Park

The popular pumpkin parades are back. Instead of throwing your jack-o-lanterns out after Halloween, bring it to the park on Nov. 1.

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Streeter News, Views and Things To Do are selected from neighbourhoods across Toronto. For local news only, see our community pages:

• The Beach

• Cabbagetown

• East York

• Leslieville

• Riverdale

• Upper Beaches

This is a work in progress, and we are adding more communities and more features daily. Check back for news, views and things to do in your neighbourhood.

That was then.

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020May 5, 2021 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danfoirth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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