Blake-Jones

Score Breakdown

About this Neighborhood

Blake-Jones sits between Carlaw and Jones avenues in east Toronto, a neighborhood whose main distinction is that it works without drama. Sixty-five restaurants fill the commercial side — Wingstop, Swiss Chalet, Mary Brown's — the QSR density that every city has and no one reviews. Coffee runs 18 with Tim Hortons appearing twice in the top three, which tells you something about the neighborhood's relationship with its own self-image. Grocery: 18, in-line with cohort, including Foodland and specialty variety stores. Parks: 7, anchored by Withrow Park, one of east Toronto's genuinely beloved green spaces. Fitness: 7, including Planet Fitness and GoodLife — the chains, but reliable. Social glue at 58 is honest; this is a neighborhood of routines. Doppelgangers are Danforth Village, Toronto–Danforth, and Roncesvalles — the algorithm seeing what locals know: the east Toronto residential grid reproduces itself with minor variations.