Keele Street

Keele Streetis a north–south road inToronto,VaughanandKinginOntario,Canada. It stretches 47 kilometres (29 mi), running fromBloor Streetin Toronto to theHolland Marsh.South ofBloor Street,the roadway is today known asParkside Drive,but was originally part of Keele Street.It was renamed in 1921 by the City of Toronto.

Keele Street

Keele within Toronto
Maintained by	City of Toronto York Region Township ofKing
Location	Toronto,Vaughan,King
South end	Bloor Streetin theHigh Park North,Toronto.(Continues asParkside Drive)
Major junctions	St. Clair Avenue —---Subsumed byWeston Rd-—— Eglinton Avenue Lawrence Avenue Highway 401 Sheppard Avenue Finch Avenue Steeles Avenue Highway 407 Highway 7 Langstaff Road Rutherford Road Major Mackenzie Drive Teston Road Kirby Road King-Vaughan Road King Road 15th Sideroad Lloydtown-Aurora Road Davis Drive
North end	Tornado Drive, in theHolland Marsh,Bradford West Gwillimbury
Nearby arterialroads in Toronto ←Jane Street Black Creek Drive Dufferin Street→

Most of Keele Street runs directly along a formerconcession road(Third Line West ofYonge Street) allowance. Keele Street was named for local businessman and farmerWilliam Conway Keele,who lived in what is West Toronto Junction or Lambton Mills area.

Route

Parkside Drive begins atLake Shore Boulevardnear Sunnyside Beach, site of the formerSunnyside Amusement Park.It runs north forming the eastern boundary toHigh Parkuntil Bloor Street. To the east is theRoncesvallesneighbourhood.

North of Bloor Street, it becomes Keele Street. It runs through the residentialHigh Park Northneighbourhood and intothe Junction,which contains a mix of residential and industrial areas around the railway tracks. It passes near the once importantCPR West Toronto Yard.While Keele originally ran straight north, today there is a brief cut-off to deviate around theCanadian NationalandCanadian Pacific Railwaycorridors, near the formerCanada Packersstock yards.

It resumes south ofEglinton Avenue,and connects with Weston Road by Rogers Road. There is a minor jog at Eglinton, via Trethewey Drive and Yore Road. The road servers major arteries for suburban neighbourhoods in York and North York such asSilverthorn,Amesbury,andMaple Leaf.North ofHighway 401it passes byDownsview Airportand forms the border between the residential neighbourhoods to the west and the large Keele-Finch industrial area to the east. Keele also forms the eastern border ofYork University.

AtSteeles Avenue,the road allowance between the formerNorth YorkandVaughanTownships was connected in the early 1960s. North of Steeles, in Vaughan, Keele continues to pass through industrial areas. It runs to the west of theMacMillan Yard,Canada's largest rail yard. North of Rutherford Road, Keele Street is the main street forMaple,once a small town, but today a rapidly growing suburb. North of Maple, Keele Street passes through largely rural areas, but also serves as a major street forHopeandKing City.

Intersections

Keele and Dundas inthe Junction

Major streets in Toronto which intersect with Keele (south to north):

• Bloor Street
• Dundas Street
• St. Clair Avenue
• Eglinton Avenue
• Lawrence Avenue
• Wilson Avenue
• Sheppard Avenue
• Finch Avenue
• Steeles Avenue

Public transit

Keele and Dundas in 1923

A portion of Keele was once a major streetcar route. TheToronto Suburban Railwayran streetcars along Keele from Dundas West to Weston Rd to connect toLambton,Weston,andWoodbridge.TheToronto Transit Commissiontook over the Toronto Suburban Railway routes in the 1920s and continued to run the northwestern streetcars on behalf ofYork Township.The streetcar lines were converted to buses in the late 1940s, and since then, Keele has been served by buses.

Today, Keele is served by the TTC 41 Keele bus route, which runs fromKeele station,passingKeelesdale station,toPioneer Village stationviaYork University,and its counterpart night route, 341, serving almost the same route, but it terminates atYork University station.There is also an express route operating during some periods, the 941 Keele express operating fromKeele stationtoFinch West station.

The TTC 107 York University Heights operates fromFinch West stationto Canarctic Drive (just south ofSteeles Avenue). North ofSteeles Avenue,theYork Region Transit107 Keele runs fromPioneer Village stationtoTeston RoadinVaughan.

The Parkside Drive part of the street, which was formerly Keele Street, is served by TTC route 80 Queensway, which runs south from Keele station toLake Shore Blvdand then turns west toThe Queensway.

It is also served by theYRT96 Keele-Yonge Route, which runs north from Pioneer Village to King Road before turning right on King Road to go toYonge Streetwhich leads it to theNewmarket Terminal.

Landmarks

Landmark	Cross street	Notes	Image
High Park	Bloor StreetWest	One of the city's oldest parks (opened 1876) and largest park entirely within city limits
Keele station	Bloor Street West
CPR West Toronto Yard	Dundas StreetWest	Yard opened in 1882.
George Harvey Collegiate Institute	Rogers Road
York Memorial Collegiate Institute	Eglinton AvenueWest
Humber River Regional Hospital,Keele Street Campus	Wilson Avenue
Downsview Park	Sheppard AvenueWest	Former airfield, now a park
Finch West station	Finch AvenueWest
York University	Steeles AvenueWest	Toronto's second largest university
MacMillan Yard	Highway 7 (Ontario)	Largest rail yard in Canada
Keele Valley Landfill	Major Mackenzie DriveWest (York Regional Road 25)	Once Toronto's main landfill
King City GO Station	Station Road	Site of original King Railway Station c. 1852 (moved toKing Township Museum1989)
All Saints, King City	King Road (York Regional Road 11)	Original church building opened in 1871.
Hogan's Inn(Hogan's Inn At Four Corners)	King Road	Main building built 1851.
St. Thomas of Villanova College	15th Sideroad
Mary Lake Augustinian Monastery	15th Sideroad	Original summer home of SirHenry Pellatt

External links

Google Maps of Keele Street

• North section
• South of St. Clair Avenue