Palmerston-Little Italy.

About Palmerston-Little Italy

Palmerston-Little Italy is a neighbourhood in Downtown · Waterfront (C01), on the central side of Toronto, about 144 hectares. Everything here is counted ten minutes' walk (500 m) from its middle.

Eat & drink

51 licensed places to eat and drink within ten minutes' walk: 35 restaurants, 7 cafés and bakeries and 9 bars and pubs. 2 are within five minutes, and 26 have a patio. Closest to the middle: Full Stop Coffee (110 m), Canary Counter (150 m) and Sam James Coffee Bar (290 m).

Parks

4 parks within ten minutes' walk, 12 hectares of green in all. Nearest: Art Eggleton Park (at the middle, 5,683 m²), Bickford Park (90 m, 2.8 ha) and Healey Willan Park (390 m, 1,823 m²). The largest is Christie Pits Park, 8.8 ha.

Schools

5 publicly funded schools within ten minutes' walk. The nearest publicly funded: Montrose Jr & Delta Alternative Sr (TDSB, 60 m), Central Toronto Academy & Horizon Alternative Sr (TDSB, 320 m) and Clinton Street Jr Public School (TDSB, 390 m).

Lofts

One loft building on Lofty within ten minutes' walk: Button Factory Lofts (190 m).

Being built

One multi-unit building under construction: 360 Montrose Ave, 3 homes expected. 3 low-rise new builds under way. In the past year, 8 homes have had a permit to add a unit: 2 second suites and 6 conversions and multiplexes.

Main streets

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

Next door

Trinity-Bellwoods (1.0 km), University (1.4 km), Dufferin Grove (1.6 km) and Little Portugal (1.6 km).