High Park Loop

High Park Loop is a turning loop and the western terminus of the 506 Carlton streetcar line of the Toronto Transit Commission in Toronto. Streetcars enter westbound straight from Howard Park Avenue across to the west side of Parkside Drive and into the loop at the east entrance to High Park, turn anticlockwise through the loop, and return eastbound through the intersection.

Photo: Rev Edward Brain, D.D., CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Tram stop
Description: streetcar loop and station part of the Toronto streetcar system
Also known as: “Howard Park Loop”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include High Park and Revue Cinema.

High Park

Park

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High Park is a municipal park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. High Park is a mixed recreational and natural park, with sporting facilities, cultural facilities, educational facilities, gardens, playgrounds and a zoo. High Park is situated 410 metres southwest of High Park Loop.

Revue Cinema

Movie theater

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The Revue Cinema is a cinema in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Built between late 1911 and early 1912, it is a designated heritage building and is Canada's oldest standing movie theatre in use for showing movies. Revue Cinema is situated 660 metres northeast of High Park Loop.

Jami Mosque

Mosque

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The Jami Mosque is a mosque, located just east of High Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the oldest Canadian Islamic centre in the city. Built in 1930 as a Presbyterian church, the building was purchased in 1969 by Toronto's Muslim community, and converted into the city's first Islamic worship centre. Jami Mosque is situated 680 metres northeast of High Park Loop.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Roncesvalles and Sunnyside.

Roncesvalles

Neighborhood

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Roncesvalles, also known as Roncesvalles Village or Roncy Village, is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, centred on Roncesvalles Avenue, a north–south street leading from the intersection of King and Queen Streets to the south, north to Dundas Street West, a distance of roughly 1.7 kilometres.

Sunnyside

Neighborhood

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Sunnyside is a lakefront district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It includes a beach and park area along Lake Ontario's Humber Bay, from west of Exhibition Place to the mouth of the Humber River.

High Park North

Neighborhood

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High Park North, or often simply High Park, after the park, is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded on the south by Bloor Street, on the west by Runnymede Road, on the north by Annette Street, and on the east by the GO Transit Weston Subdivision rail tracks.