Queen's Quay (Toronto)
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Queen's Quay (pronounced "key") is a short road that skirts along Toronto's downtown waterfront area. The street is lined mostly with condos.
The road replaced both Front Street and Lake Shore Boulevard as the most southerly road when Toronto began to fill in the inner harbour. It is a four-lane boulevard, separated from Bay Street to Bathurst Street by a streetcar right-of-way.
Queen's Quay is served by two streetcar lines, operating on a dedicated right-of-way. The 509 Harbourfront and 510 Spadina both terminate at Union Station and run along Queen's Quay from Bay Street, westward. At Spadina Avenue, the 510 heads north to Spadina Station, and the 509 continues west, bound for the Exhibition Loop. Plans to add a streetcar line on the eastern end on Queen's Quay are currently (as of February 2007) the subject of a class environmental assessment.[1] Various bus routes currently serve portions of the eastern portion of Queen's Quay: the 6 BAY operates from Bay Street to Jarvis Street, the 75 Sherbourne operates from Jarvis Street to Sherbourne Street, and the 97 Yonge and 320 Yonge Blue Night Bus operates from Bay Street to Yonge Street.
The Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Task Force has advocated converting it into a two-lane avenue north of the tracks; the southern portion will be repurposed into pedestrian and bicycle use, including the completion of the waterfront trail. A nine-day demonstration of how the completed project will work was opened on August 11, 2006. [2]
Attractions along this road include:
- Queen's Quay Terminal - a converted cold storage terminal, now a shopping mall and residential complex
- Harbourfront Centre - a cultural centre built by the federal government as part of the Harbourfront Park development
- Toronto Police Marine Headquarters
- Toronto Island Ferry Mainland docks
- Marine Museum
- Redpath Sugar - factory and museum
- Captain John's floating restaurant
- Music Garden
[edit] Notable Buildings
- One Yonge Street - Home of the Toronto Star newspaper.
- Toronto Port Authority Office - formerly Toronto Harbour Commission
[edit] Quays/Slips along Queen's Quay (from west to east)
- Bathurst Quay
- Spadina Quay
- Peter St. Slip
- Maple Leaf Quays
- Rees St. Slip
- John Quay
- Simcoe St. Slip
- York Quay
- York St. Slip
- Harbour Square
- Yonge St. Slip
- Jarvis St. Slip
- Parliament St. Slip
[edit] See also
Parallel streets to Queen's Quay:
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| North-South streets: | Albion • Avenue • Browns • Bathurst • Bay • Bayview • Birchmount • Bridle Path • Brimley • Broadview • De Grassi • Don Mills • Dufferin • Homewood • Islington • Jane • John • Keele • Kennedy • Kipling • Leslie • Markham • McCaul • McCowan • Morningside • Oakwood • Palmerston • Roncesvalles • Spadina • University • Vaughan • Victoria Park • Warden • Weston • Woodbine • Yonge |
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| East-West streets: | Bloor • Carlton • College • Danforth • Dundas • Eglinton • Ellesmere • Finch • Front • Gerrard • King • Kingston • Lake Shore • Lawrence • Parkwoods Village • Pemberton • Queen West • Queen's Quay • Queensway • Sheppard • St.Clair • Steeles • Wilson • York Mills | |
| Expressways and highways: | 2A • 27 • 400 • 401 • 404 • 427 • Allen Road • Black Creek Drive • Don Valley Parkway • Gardiner | |
| Defunct expressways: | Crosstown • Richview • Spadina Expressway • Scarborough Expressway | |
