Downtown Yonge East, Toronto

Downtown Yonge East is a dense, high-rise part of central Toronto where condo towers, older low-rise blocks and institutional buildings sit on a tight street grid. The area follows the downtown grid, with Yonge Street as its main north-south spine and Queen Street, King Street and College Street crossing it. Blocks are short and buildings often reach the sidewalk. Tall residential towers stand next to smaller older structures, and many of the towers are recent. Homes here are almost all condo apartments, which made up 95% of the sales over the last 24 months. There were 302 sales in that time. Most of the homes sold were built between 2018 and 2023, and the typical home sold had 1 bedroom. The median sale price was $573,750, and the median time on market was 32 days. There are currently 48 homes for sale. Three stations lie inside the area: College, King and Queen. They sit on the Yonge subway line and the downtown network, and Queen and King streetcar and bus routes cross the neighbourhood. The Don Valley Parkway and the Gardiner Expressway are close by to the east and south, and Jarvis Street, Church Street and Dundas Street are other major roads nearby. Shops and services are mostly at street level and in the lower floors of towers. They include cafes, grocery stores, restaurants and pharmacies, along with other daily services along Yonge Street and the cross streets. Green space is spread across several small parks: 45 Dalhousie St Park, Arena Gardens, Berczy Park, Courthouse Square, Joseph Sheard Parkette, Kerr Hall Quad, Market Lane Park and McGill Parkette. Toronto Met Catholics is the community centre inside the area. The library listed for the area is Library Building. Two schools are inside the area: St Michael's Choir (Jr) School and St Michael's Choir (Sr) School, both part of the Toronto CDSB.