Armour Heights
Overview
Armour Heights is an established Toronto neighbourhood with a rich history. The Don River Valley, Earl Bales Park and the Don Valley Golf Course form a natural boundary along the north and east end of this neighbourhood. Highway 401, one of Toronto’s main commuter highways winds its way discreetly through the centre of this neighbourhood.
The Armour Heights Community Centre is well known for its excellent selection of children’s programs while Armour Heights School is highly regarded as one of the top public schools in Toronto.
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Lifestyle
Avenue Road has a plethora of shops and restaurants catering to every taste and budget. Included in this shopping mix are food markets, drug and health food stores, gift shops, bookstores, convenience stores, fashion stores, home furnishing shops, hairstylist and beauty salons, children’s clothing and toy shops, banks, fast food outlets and upscale restaurants.
Bathurst Street forms the western boundary of this neighbourhood. This street contains drug stores, banks, a large supermarket, Jewish specialty shops, delicatessens and bakeries.
Recreation
The Armour Heights Community Centre located at 2141 Avenue Road, offers dance and fitness programs for adults, tiny tots programs and an after school children’s program. The Armour Heights public library is also located in this community centre.
The Don Valley Golf Course is conveniently located at the south-east boundary of this neighbourhood. This eighteen hole public course provides beautiful scenery and spectacular golfing. The entrance to this course is off Yonge Street, just north of York Mills.
Earl Bales Park is located at the north end of Armour Heights off Bathurst Street. This expansive park is home to the North York Ski Centre which offers lessons, clinics and rentals for skiers and snowboarders of all ages and ability. Earl Bales Park also includes a community centre with a parent and tot activity centre, games and meeting rooms and a banquet hall. In addition this multi-faceted park includes a seniors centre, an amphitheatre and many fine picnic spots. Access to the West Don River Parkland trails is available at the north end of Earl Bales Park off Don River Boulevard
Transportation
The Avenue Road and Wilson Avenue buses connect to stations on the Yonge-University-Spadina subway line while the Bathurst Street bus connects to the Bloor-Danforth subway station. The York Mills subway station located inside the York Mills Centre at the north-west corner of Yonge Street and York Mills Road also provides Go Transit service with an express bus to the airport.
For more information on Bus and Subway routes throughout the city please visit the TTC site by clicking on the link below.
Motorists can travel directly downtown in approximately twenty- five minutes by way of Avenue Road. The Avenue Road on-ramp to Highway 401 can be immediately accessed at the south end of this neighbourhood.
Source: Neighbourhood Guide
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