West End

Roncesvalles

Roncesvalles Avenue is a village main street of shops, services and eateries run by small business owners, as the local BIA puts it. The Ocean View Hotel and Sunnyside Amusement Park spurred its development, and each year the avenue marks the Polish contribution to Toronto with the Roncesvalles Polish Festival. By TTC, take Line 2 to Dundas West Station, then the 504 King streetcar, which travels the length of the avenue.

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From Roncesvalles

9 stories so far, newest first.

A snowy path through bare trees at night under a purple-tinged sky, with wooden railings along the path

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A wood-fired pizza topped with pepperoni and mozzarella, with a puffed, charred crust, on a wooden table

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The Revue Cinema sign and entrance on Roncesvalles Avenue

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A giant red heart sculpture on a brick plaza in the Distillery District with a small festive stall beside tall buildings

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A bowl of tsukemen dipping ramen: noodles topped with nori and half a soft-boiled egg, beside a small bowl of dipping broth.

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Roncesvalles Avenue on a sunny spring day, with brick shopfronts, people on the sidewalk and streetcar tracks in the road

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A red-and-white TTC streetcar on Queen Street with traffic close beside it

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A dirt path through green woodland in High Park, with a wooden trail marker and tall trees on both sides

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Sources

Our Village, Roncesvalles Village BIA
History, Parkdale Village BIA
Explore Toronto by TTC: parks, attractions and sites, Toronto Transit Commission