Upper Beaches
The Upper Beaches is a rather recently coined name for the neighbourhood directly north of the Beaches area in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It stretches from Woodbine Avenue in the west to Victoria Park in the east. The southern border is Kingston Road, while the northern boundary is generally considered to be the CN tracks between Gerrard Street and Danforth Avenue. The city's official name for this area is East End Danforth, though that is rarely used. The city also includes the buildings along and just north of Danforth Avenue in the neighbourhood.
Until recent years the neighbourhood was largely working class, with lower prices than the Beaches to the south. The area was also home to a number of industrial sites alongside the rail line, which runs just north of Gerrard. Today almost all of the industry is gone, and large housing developments are being built to replace them. It is one of a group of neighbourhoods, such as the South Annex and South Riverdale that have become popular upper middle class areas as older downtown neighbourhoods have become dramatically more expensive.
Residents in the neighbourhood are primarily middle-income earners, although there is a healthy mix across the spectrum. The housing types range from apartment buildings to single detached homes with a near equal split across most housing types. The area is served by the Danforth GO Station, below Main St. between Gerrard and Danforth in addition to the nearby Woodbine and Main subway stations on the Bloor-Danforth line. The main commercial strip in the area is Kingston Road, which is home to an eclectic mix of small shops and restaurants, though it is not yet as exclusive as Queen Street to the south.