Morningside Heights, Toronto

Morningside Heights is a Scarborough neighbourhood of mostly newer low-rise housing, with detached houses and townhouses laid out along curving residential streets and a string of small parks. Buildings are largely recent, and most homes sold there were built around 2003. Housing is low-rise and fairly uniform in age and style, with ground-oriented homes far more common than apartment towers. Detached houses made up 53% of the homes sold in the last 24 months. Condo townhouses and freehold townhouses each accounted for 19%, and semi-detached houses for 8%. The typical home sold had 3 bedrooms. Over those 24 months, 171 homes sold at a median price of $1,050,000, and the median time on market was 20 days. There are currently 27 homes for sale. For getting around, the area sits close to Highway 401, which is the main route east and west across the city. Morningside Avenue and Sheppard Avenue East are the major roads nearby, and TTC bus routes run along the main roads. No train or subway stations are on record inside the area, so most trips to a station involve a bus or a drive. Shops and services are of the everyday kind, including grocery stores, pharmacies, cafes and restaurants. They are found mainly along the larger roads on the edges of the neighbourhood rather than on the interior residential streets. Parks inside the area are Birunthan Park, Harvest Moon Park, Hoptree Park, Hummingbird Park, Joyce Trimmer Park, Knotwood Park, Littles Park and near dam. They are spread through the neighbourhood, so green space is usually a short distance from any street. Six schools are inside the area. The Toronto District School Board runs Alvin Curling Public School, Brookside Public School, Fleming Public School and Thomas L Wells Public School. The Toronto Catholic District School Board runs Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Catholic School and St Bede Catholic School.