Eglinton East, Toronto

Eglinton East is a Scarborough neighbourhood of mixed low-rise streets and apartment buildings, with detached houses, condo apartments and condo townhouses sitting along the Eglinton Avenue East corridor. Residential streets branch off the main roads, and the ravine and woodland parks break up the built-up areas. Buildings range from mid-century houses to more recent condo construction. Most homes sold in the last 24 months were built between 1951 and 2018. Of the 173 homes sold in that time, 40% were detached houses, 35% were condo apartments and 18% were condo townhouses. The typical home sold had 3 bedrooms. The median sale price was $705,000, and the median home spent 30 days on the market. Nine homes are for sale right now. The area has its own station, Eglinton. The main roads are Eglinton Avenue East and Kingston Road. Midland Avenue and Highway 401 are other major routes nearby. TTC buses run along the major roads and link the area to other parts of Toronto. Shops and services are mostly found along the main roads. They include cafes, restaurants, grocery stores and pharmacies, along with other everyday services. Five parks are inside the area: 6 Horton Boulevard Park, Glen Ravine Park, Horton Park, Lord Roberts Woods and Trudelle Street Park. Two community centres are listed: Community Care Access Centre and Heart Beatz Cliffcrest Community Centre. Six schools are inside the area. The Toronto DSB runs Glen Ravine Junior Public School, John McCrae Public School and Lord Roberts Junior Public School. CS Viamonde runs Académie Alexandre-Dumas. CS catholique MonAvenir runs ÉIC Père-Philippe-Lamarche and ÉSC Père-Philippe-Lamarche.