Kensington-Chinatown.

About Kensington-Chinatown

Kensington-Chinatown is a neighbourhood in Downtown · Waterfront (C01), on the central side of Toronto, about 154 hectares. Everything here is counted ten minutes' walk (500 m) from its middle.

Eat & drink

266 licensed places to eat and drink within ten minutes' walk: 212 restaurants, 33 cafés and bakeries and 21 bars and pubs. 100 are within five minutes, and 55 have a patio. Closest to the middle: Fushun Stone Pot (30 m), Zhang Liang Ma La Tang (30 m) and House Of Gourmet Seafood & Bbq (40 m).

Parks

8 parks (1 of them a parkette) within ten minutes' walk, 2.6 hectares of green in all. Nearest: Grange Park (330 m, 1.8 ha), Julius Deutsch Park (340 m, 460 m²) and Glasgow Street Parkette (360 m, 265 m²).

Schools

4 publicly funded schools and 1 private school within ten minutes' walk. The nearest publicly funded: Heydon Park Secondary School (TDSB, 270 m), Beverley & Subway Academy Two (TDSB, 280 m) and Ogden Jr Public School (TDSB, 430 m).

Lofts

2 loft buildings on Lofty within ten minutes' walk: Grange Lofts (300 m) and Kensington Market Lofts (310 m).

Being built

5 multi-unit buildings under construction, 393 homes expected. The largest: 315 Spadina Ave (219 homes), 35 Bellevue Ave (78 homes) and 17 St Andrew St (72 homes). 5 low-rise new builds under way. 2 projects approved and awaiting permits. In the past year, 7 homes have had a permit to add a unit: 7 conversions and multiplexes.

Main streets

Dundas St W runs within ten minutes' walk of the middle.

Next door

Bay Street Corridor (1.0 km), University (1.0 km), Waterfront Communities (C01) (1.3 km) and Trinity-Bellwoods (1.5 km).