Leaside-Bennington, Toronto

Leaside-Bennington is a neighbourhood in Toronto made up mostly of detached houses on a street grid, with two stations, several parks, six schools and a library inside its boundaries. Most homes sold here were built between 1951 and 2015, so the housing stock covers a wide span of decades. Streets are largely residential, with houses set along them and a smaller number of condo apartment buildings mixed in. Detached houses made up 69% of the 290 homes sold in the last 24 months. Semi-detached houses were 14% and condo apartments 11%. The typical home sold had 3 bedrooms. The median sale price over that time was $2,000,000, and the median time on market was 11 days. Right now 13 homes are for sale. Laird and Leaside stations are both inside the area. Major roads nearby include Eglinton Avenue East, Bayview Avenue and Millwood Road, and the Don Valley Parkway is close by. Bus routes run along the main roads, and the Eglinton Crosstown line runs along Eglinton. Shops and services are of the everyday kind, including cafes, grocery stores, restaurants and pharmacies, and they are found mainly along the larger streets. Green space includes 66 Douglas Crescent Parkette, Bennington Heights Park, Bessborough Parkette, Evergreen Gardens Park, Father Caulfield Park, Howard Talbot Park, Kilgour Parkette and Mallory Green. The Kilns and Trace Manes Centennial Community Recreation Centre are the community centres, and Toronto Public Library - Leaside is the library branch. The schools inside the area are Bennington Heights Elementary School, Bessborough Drive Elementary and Middle School, Leaside High School, Northlea Elementary and Middle School and Rolph Road Elementary School, all with the Toronto DSB. St Anselm Catholic School is with the Toronto CDSB.