Trinity-Bellwoods, Toronto

Trinity-Bellwoods is a dense, central Toronto neighbourhood of gridded streets, older low-rise houses and a large park at its centre. Most blocks run in a regular grid, broken up by lanes, small parkettes and commercial strips on the main east-west and north-south roads. Buildings are mostly close together, with rows of townhouses, semi-detached houses and some detached houses, along with condo apartment buildings. Construction dates range widely, with most homes sold built between 1926 and 2018. There are 56 homes for sale now, and 234 sold in the last 24 months. The median sale price over that time was $1,235,500, and the median home spent 17 days on the market. Condo apartments made up 31% of sales, freehold townhouses 24%, semi-detached houses 22% and detached houses 11%. The typical home sold had 3 bedrooms. No subway or train stations are on record inside the area. Getting around relies on surface routes and roads on the edges and through it, including Queen Street West, College Street, Dundas Street West, Bathurst Street, Ossington Avenue and Dufferin Street. Streetcar and bus lines run along several of these, and the Gardiner Expressway is to the south. Shops and services are mostly along the main streets. They include cafes, restaurants, grocery stores and pharmacies, along with other day-to-day services. The area has eight parks: Trinity Bellwoods Park, Fred Hamilton Playground, George Ben Park, Grace - College Parkette, Harrison-Dovercourt Parkette, Lakeview Avenue Parkette, Osler Park and Roxton Road Parkette. Trinity Bellwoods Park is the largest of them. Two community centres are inside the area: Trinity Community Recreation Centre and West End YMCA. Six schools are inside the area. The Toronto DSB runs Charles G Fraser Junior Public School, Givins/Shaw Junior Public School and Ossington/Old Orchard Junior Public School. The Toronto CDSB runs Msgr Fraser College (Southwest) and Pope Francis Catholic School. The CS Viamonde runs École élémentaire Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau.