Clanton Park, sometimes referred to as Dublin Heights or Wilson Heights, is a neighbourhood in the North York area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is part of federal and provincial electoral district York Centre, and Toronto electoral wards 9: York Centre (West) and 10: York Centre (East). In 2006, it had a population of 13,035.[1]
It is bordered on the north by Sheppard Avenue West, on the west by the Downsview Airport whose border includes Wilson Heights Boulevard (north part) and Dufferin Street (south part), on the east by Bathurst Street, and on the south by Highway 401.
The neighbourhood is one of the largest Jewish areas of the city, but also contains a large number of residents of Italian, Filipino, and Russian origin. The housing ranges from 1950s bungalow style homes to new medium rise condominiums. There is some low income high rise housing.
Clanton Park is sandwiched between Downsview Park, formerly CFB Downsview, and Earl Bales Park, named after a former reeve of North York. It also contains several smaller parks.
The Beth David Synagogue, designed by Irving Grossman (1959), is an example of cast concrete construction. The reliefs on the large concrete panels were designed by Canadian Artist Graham Coughtry. The Neil Family Cottage, built circa 1900 and moved to its current location circa 1910 appears on Toronto's inventory of heritage properties.The neighbourhood is also home to the Anglican parish church of the Apostles.
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William Duncan, a linen merchant from Ireland, settled a farm near the crossroads of Sheppard Avenue and Dufferin Street in 1827.[2] A crossroads village was named Dublin after this farm. A general store was constructed in the late 1830s. Duncan built the one-room Dublin schoolhouse in 1872.
The neighbourhood became part of the Township of North York which later became a borough and then a city, and was then incorporated into the city of Toronto.
A large tract of land between Wilson Heights Boulevard and Faywood Boulevard that formerly belonged to the Downsview airport was developed into housing around 1990.
S C H O O L S
(P) Dublin Heights, 100 Bainbridge Ave., (416) 395-2360
(P) Faywood, 95 Faywood Blvd., (416) 395-2390
(P) C.H. Best, 330 Wilmington Ave., (416) 395-2180
(PH) WM. Lyon Mackenzie C.I., 20 Tillplain Rd., (416) 395-3330
(CA) St.Robert, 819 Sheppard Ave., W., (416) 393-5297
(PJ) Toronto Heschel, 55 Yeomans Rd., (416) 635-1876
(PJ) She'arim Hebrew Day School, 100 Elder St., (416) 633-8247
(PJ) Zareinu Educational Centre, 100 Elder St., (416) 633-8247
(PJ) Community Hebrew Academy, 200 Wilmington Ave., (416) 636-5984
(PJ) Yeshivat Or Chaim, 159 Almore Dr., (416) 630-677
Dublin Heights Community Links
TDSB Website Dedicated to Dublin Heights
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