Yonge and Eglinton
| Yonge−Eglinton | |
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| Neighbourhood | |
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| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 Ontario
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| City |
 Toronto
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Yonge−Eglinton is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the intersection of Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue. It is central to the area of Midtown Toronto, one of four central business districts outside Downtown Toronto. The City of Toronto defines its boundaries as Briar Hill Avenue to the north, Yonge Street to the east, Frobisher Avenue and a line in that direction west to Elmsthorpe Avenue, then north to Eglinton, east to Avenue Road and north to Briar Hill.
It is the highest ranked neighbourhood community in GTA. Measured by housing, crime rate, transit, health, entertainment, people and employment. It is in the heart of GTA. Surrounded by Forrest Hill, Bridle Path, Lawrence Park, Mount Pleasant and Yonge-St. Clair.
Eglinton Public Park: It has soccer fields, splash pool, kids playground. Outdoor tennis courts are turned into skating rinks in the winter. Also located in the park is the North Toronto Community Memorial Centre with an indoor pool, outdoor pool, water slides, gymnasium, walking track, and exercise rooms. There is also an indoor skating rink.
The neighbourhood was first settled by Europeans in the early nineteenth century, who founded the farming village of Eglinton. The area was part of the largest cattle grazing region in Upper Canada. The region was the first in North America to extend the use of cowbells to all cattle. Prior to this, it had been standard practice for a cowbell to be attached to only the best and leading piece of livestock. To honour this proud and storied heritage, the City of Toronto named a local street "Cowbell Lane." In 1837, the Battle of Montgomery's Tavern took place just north of the Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue intersection.
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