Greene Avenue (Montreal)

"Greene Avenue" redirects here. For the former New York City Subway station, see Greene Avenue (BMT Lexington Avenue Line).
Greene Avenue

Shops along Greene Avenue, between De Maisonneuve Boulevard and Sherbrooke Street
Owner City of Westmount
Location Between Sherbrooke Street and Atwater Avenue
Coordinates 45°29′15″N 73°35′27″W / 45.487439°N 73.590745°W / 45.487439; -73.590745
Construction
Inauguration 1881

Greene Avenue is a north-south street in Westmount and Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It links Sherbrooke Street West in the north and Atwater Avenue, near the Atwater Market and Lachine Canal in the south. North of Sherbrooke, it is known as Mount Pleasant Avenue.

Greene Avenue is locally known for its upscale shops, restaurants and antique dealers. Notable structures and businesses on the street include the western entrance to Westmount Square, a Nicholas Hoare bookstore as well as the studios for radio station CKGM.

Greene Avenue was given its name in 1881, after the area's former landowner, G.A. Greene.

Further reading

Ville de Montréal, Les rues de Montréal, Répertoire historique, Montréal, Méridien, 1995, p. 209 (French)


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