North Riverdale, Toronto

North Riverdale is a dense, mostly residential Toronto neighbourhood of narrow tree-lined streets and early twentieth-century semi-detached and detached houses, set beside the Don Valley slope and Riverdale Park. The street layout is largely a grid of short residential blocks between busier commercial roads such as Danforth Avenue, Broadview Avenue and Pape Avenue. Buildings are close together, with brick houses set near the sidewalk. Most homes sold in the last 24 months were built around 1926. Of the 166 homes sold in that period, semi-detached houses made up 61%, detached houses 24%, freehold townhouses 8% and condo apartments 5%. The typical home has 3 bedrooms. The median sale price was $1,600,000, and the median time on market was 7 days. There are currently 15 homes for sale. No train or subway stations are on record inside the area. Getting around relies on nearby routes, including the Line 2 Bloor-Danforth subway along Danforth Avenue, surface transit on Broadview Avenue and Pape Avenue, and the Don Valley Parkway along the east edge of the valley for car travel. Shops and services are mainly along the neighbouring commercial streets. They include cafes, restaurants, grocery stores and pharmacies, along with other everyday services. The area has five parks: Withrow Park, Riverdale Park East, Hubbard Park, Erica Stark Parkette and Childrens Community Garden. Toronto Public Library - Riverdale is the library inside the area. Schools inside the area are CALC Secondary School, Frankland Community School Junior, Pape Avenue Junior Public School and Withrow Avenue Junior Public School, all part of the Toronto DSB. Holy Name Catholic School is part of the Toronto CDSB.