Streeter

News, Views & Things To Do in Our Neighbourhoods

>>> The site is down for renovations. But the new Streeter is just days away! >>>

Danforth Avenue

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.

Bloor Street bike lanes

‘Temporary’ bike lanes to be made permanent, council decides

December 16, 2021December 17, 2021 Rodger Burnside Bayview Avenue, bike lanes, Bloor Street, city council, Danforth Avenue, Dundas Street East, Joe Cressy, John Tory, University Avenue

Drivers, cyclists and pedestrians had better get used to the bike lanes installed last year as temporary parts of the ActiveTO initiative.

Giving THINGS TO DO

Dec. 11: Donate basic necessities in Rotary drive

November 27, 2021December 3, 2021 Streeter staff Danforth Avenue, Eastminster United Church, Jackman Avenue, Toronto East Rotary Club

The Toronto East Rotary Club is collecting necessities for people using food banks, shelters, drop-in centres or Out of the Cold.

club scene for COVID-19 letter

*FEATURED Opinion VIEWS

Letter: Change the world to stop COVID-19 and whatever’s next

October 18, 2021October 22, 2021 Streeter staff anti-vaxxers, COVID-19, Danforth Avenue, Queen Street East, vaccines

Now that COVID-19 is on the wane, we can shift our worry to larger issues we’ll be face over the next few years — like COVID-19.

suspect in Mercedes Benz theft

Woman sought for not returning Mercedes rented 11 months ago

October 14, 2021October 14, 2021 Jay Garak Coxwell Avenue, Danforth Avenue, Mercedes Benz, stolen vehicle, Toronto Police, vehicle theft

A woman used deceptive identification to rent a Mercedes Benz about 11 months ago — and never returned the vehicle, police say.

John Manion homicide victim

Aggravated assault case now a homicide investigation

September 2, 2021September 9, 2021 Jay Garak assault, Danforth Avenue, homicide, manslaughter, Toronto Police, Woodbine Avenue

A three-week-old assault investigation has been taken over by the Toronto Police homicide squad following the death of the elderly victim.

aggravated assault suspects police

New suspects sought in East York aggravated assault case

August 26, 2021September 9, 2021 Jay Garak assault, Danforth Avenue, Toronto Police, Woodbine Avenue

A man and a woman are wanted in the ongoing investigation of an aggravated assault near Woodbine and Danforth avenues three weeks ago.

Bloor Street bike lanes

*FEATURED Opinion VIEWS

Benefits of the pandemic: new bike lanes and closed roads

May 27, 2021 Ali Nahsoor ActiveTO, Bayview Avenue, bike lanes, cycling, Danforth Avenue, Lake Shore Boulevard East, pedestrians

If there is one benefit we have received from the pandemic and lockdown over the past year or so, it’s the rapid extension of our bike lanes.

Riverdale Collegiate

Riverdale-East York Daily Updates: March–April 2021

April 30, 2021November 16, 2021 Streeter staff ActiveTO, arson, automated speed enforcement, bank robberies, baseball, Bermondsey Transfer Station, Brad Bradford, break and enter, child luring, COVID-19, Danforth Avenue, Dentonia Park Golf Course, development, Eastern Avenue, fatality, Green Party, gunshots, home invasion, Jane Anderson, knife, live music, Loblaws, luring, medication, Michael Garron Hospital, missing person, Paula Fletcher, pedestrian, Peter Tabuns, power outage, Puppetmongers Theatre, SafeTO, school closures, shooting, smoke alarms, Toronto Police, vaccine, wheelchair

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

Jane Anderson header

Beaches-Leslieville Daily Updates: March–April 2021

April 30, 2021June 21, 2021 Streeter staff ActiveTO, automated speed enforcement, Beach Metro, Bermondsey Transfer Station, Brad Bradford, Danforth Avenue, Eastern Avenue, golf, Green Party, Jane Anderson, live music, Loblaws, luring, Michael Garron Hospital, missing person, power outages, Puppetmongers Theatre, SafeTO, vaccinations, wheelchair

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

Intersection where dump truck struck woman

Woman in wheelchair dead after being struck by dump truck

April 28, 2021April 28, 2021 Jay Garak Danforth Avenue, dump truck, fatality, Main Street, traffic fatality, Traffic Services

An 82-year-old woman has died after being struck by a dump truck while she was crossing Danforth Avenue in a wheelchair yesterday afternoon.

Gainsborough fire header

Beaches-Leslieville Daily Updates: January–February 2021

February 28, 2021June 21, 2021 Streeter staff automated speed enforcement, Brad Bradford, child care, COVID-19, Danforth Avenue, fire, Food Basics, Freshco, GoFundMe, homeless, housing, libraries, Loblaws, modular housing, murder, Paula Fletcher, pedestrian, rinks, Sobeys, Tabuns, Valu-Mart

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

Fresh Paint one of many Black-owned businesses

Five Black-owned businesses you can support now

February 19, 2021February 25, 2021 J. Diamond Daniel Bathurst Street, Black businesses, Black History Month, College Street, Danforth Avenue, Eglinton Avenue West, Little Jamaica

If you are still looking for a way to celebrate Black History Month in practical terms, you can try supporting black-owned businesses

Buildiong scene of condo garage shooting

Man, 47, gunned down in East Danforth condo garage

February 10, 2021February 11, 2021 Rodger Burnside Danforth Avenue, gunfire, homicide, Morton Road, Oak Park Avenue, shooting, Toronto Police

A 47-year-old man is dead after a shooting in a condo garage on Danforth Avenue last night, police report.

← Previous

THAT WAS THEN. This is now.

*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

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

When building transit was simpler at Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton

May 9, 2019November 24, 2020 Eric McMillan

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

The days of hay wagons and streetcars on Yonge Street

February 1, 2019February 3, 2019 Eric McMillan

*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN

The viaduct that brought Moore Park into Toronto

December 1, 2018December 15, 2018 Streeter staff

WHAT IS STREETER?

About Us
Contact Us

Copyright © 2022 Streeter. All rights reserved.

· Log in