Niagara is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located south of Queen Street West; it is usually bordered by Strachan Avenue to the west, Bathurst Street to the east, and the railway corridor to the south, and so named because Niagara Street runs through the centre of it. The eastern portion of this area was first planned as the New Town Extension when Toronto was incorporated as a city. The area was developed as a residential area for the workers of industries located along the CN and CP railway corridors. It remains a working-class neighbourhood that has seen the development of new condominium apartment buildings.
Plans for the "New Town extension" were drafted shortly after York was reincorporated as Toronto, in 1837.
Store fronts in Niagara, 1928.
Built in 1852, St. Mary's Church was a Roman Catholic church established to serve Catholic residents in the western portion of the city.
King Street is a major east–west commercial thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was one of the first streets laid out in the 1793 plan of the town of York, which became Toronto in 1834.
King Street East during evening
King Street at TTC King station
The King Street West Railway Subway, built in 1888, carries CN and GO Transit rail traffic above King Street West between Atlantic and Sudbury.
Wall and chairs (1985) by Al McWilliams on King Street