Greenwood-Coxwell, Toronto

Greenwood-Coxwell is a residential east-end Toronto neighbourhood of mostly low-rise streets, centred on the Greenwood Avenue and Coxwell Avenue corridors and their commercial strips. Its streets follow a largely regular grid, with short side streets of closely spaced houses running between the main avenues. Buildings are mainly early and mid-20th-century brick semi-detached and detached houses, with some newer townhouses and low-rise apartment buildings on the main roads. Of the 266 homes sold in the last 24 months, 50% were semi-detached houses, 28% were detached houses, 9% were condo apartments and 9% were freehold townhouses. Most were built between 1926 and 2023, and the typical home has 3 bedrooms. The median sale price over that period was $1,139,500, and the median time on the market was 9 days. There are currently 31 homes for sale. Getting around relies on surface transit and nearby major roads. No train or subway stations are on record inside the area. Coxwell Avenue, Gerrard Street East, Queen Street East and Danforth Avenue are the main routes, served by TTC bus and streetcar lines. The Line 2 subway runs to the north, and the Don Valley Parkway and Gardiner Expressway are reachable to the west and south. Shops and services are concentrated along the main avenues and include cafes, restaurants, grocery stores and pharmacies, mixed with smaller local businesses. Parks include Coxwell Avenue Playground, Fairford Avenue Parkette, Felstead Park, Jonathan Ashbridge Park, Maple Leaf Forever Park, Monarch Park, Robertson Parkette and The Ashbridge Estate. Applegrove Community Complex is the community centre, and the Toronto Public Library - Gerrard/Ashdale branch is the library. Schools in the area are École élémentaire Michelle-O'Bonsawin and École secondaire Michelle-O'Bonsawin (CS Viamonde); Equinox Holistic Alternative School, Greenwood Secondary School, Monarch Park Collegiate Institute, Roden Public School and School of Life Experience (Toronto DSB); and St Patrick Catholic Secondary School (Toronto CDSB).