Toronto Walk : North York via Yonge Street from Sheppard Ave to Finch Ave

[@christinecamley]

Ken this is an extraordinarily awesome walking video! I have friends who live in the Willowdale area of North York (Yonge and Sheppard - there is a subway stop for this area) and another couple who have just bought and will soon move in!! There is a huge Korean influence in the area with restaurants but in Willowdale there is actually a large Jewish population. My guess is that you will see the small buildings along Yonge come down and new buildings going up with retail in the street level shops and suites above. The rent along Yonge for the little ethnics restaurants must be enormous. Friends who in North York love everything that the area offers and the only exception is the design of the massive roadways - often called stoads - along Yonge. There is a plan to change that and make the multi lane roadway smaller (removing a couple of the lanes) although that won't be accomplished for the next couple of years. It will soften the loud roadway and make the area feel more like a connected neighbourhood. Friends love the food choices in this area! I have eaten out at several of the Korean restauarants near the Yonge and Sheppard area and they were all fabulous! Five Guys doesn't do much for me! It sure is an area full of high rise office and residential towers isn't it?!! Are there too many? Maybe! But like my own city of Vancouver, development is huge and will just keep on going. There is so much to see walking in this area! I love that! It's so interesting and I have never got bored after many walks out in this part of North York. The only thing I will say that is different for me is that in being from Vancouver we aren't as "pro Tom Hortons" as they are in places like Ontario and cities in Alberta. Vancouver is a huge coffee meca and we love independent coffee houses and people would probably opt for Starbucks over Tims but we still have many Tim Hortons cafe/restaurants!! To live in North York you have pretty much anything you could possibly need with restauarants, essentials, groceries, movies, clothes shopping, sports supplies, specialty stores, you name it!! I do prefer the Downtown area of Toronto and love the Wellesley area (Cabbagetown - the home are so beautiful) but this is also an area I like. Thanks so much for the fabulous video!! I really enjoyed it a lot! I will definitely watch it again!! I am loving your visit to Toronto!! Cheers Ken!!

[@giuseppegnazzo3154]

And the Guinness world record for longest comment goes to haha

[@benallmark9671]

What’s the rent average in this area , give or take ?

[@ActionKid]

Thank you so much for watching and sharing your experiences with the area

[@christinecamley]

@@ActionKid Thanks for reading my long message!! Lol! Cheers Ken!! 🙂

[@christinecamley]

@@benallmark9671 It's probably a bit less than Downtown Toronto but a one bedroom could easily be $2,300 per month or more.

[@jr2shiesty589]

Great Toronto walk video of North York via Yonge street from Sheppard Ave to finch ave! This is the best walk kenneth

[@totoroutes5389]

🌻 a Z-shape route: From Jane Subway Station walk east on Bloor St (Little Ukraine, nice bakeries and eateries) until reach the High Park. Enter High Park (lots to see in the park) and walk south inside the park until reach The Queensway, continue south to the Sunnyside Boardwalk/beach.

[@ActionKid]

That’s a nice route! I would love to try it sometime

[@heidivan]

My old stomping grounds! Haven’t been there in 8 years. Thanks for walking this neighbourhood @actionkid. So much has changed!!!

[@ActionKid]

Excellent! Glad I could share this neighborhood with you after not being there in so long

[@asiatravelasiatravel-fv6ob]

Toronto walk look very beautiful VIEW and nice place Thanks for sharing my friend I hope have nice day and wonderful day today

[@timtam53191]

That red taxi parked at 8:48 is a Hong Kong cab. They're ubiquitous all over HK, wondering how did one end up there.

[@shoshi06]

Last night you walked past where I used to work @ Yonge/St Clair, and now this video..go further north and you're in Thornhill where i used to live..but nothing much to see there. Thx for bringing the city to me in Mexico..very much appreciate your walks.

[@totoroutes5389]

🌞 a C-shape route, from Greektown to East Chinatown to Little India: From Danforth Ave walk south on Broadview Ave, then walk east on Gerrard St. Three authentic cuisines in one route.

[@ActionKid]

That would be cool! Thanks for the suggestion

[@kenknowles7356]

sure is different from when I lived in Lansing in the 40s and 50s. Great video

[@cathymckay3784]

So nice to see you in my area, love all of your videos, I hope you like it here! I used to work at Yonge & Sheppard at the City Hall of North York!!!!

[@elizabethdiaz5434]

Great walking nice place different restaurants food and shops fun good time!👍

[@FeFe-kaye]

Thank you for sharing AK, you ended the show right in front of my work building at Finch. I am so happy you are enjoying our city -Toronto, I am going to New York City for 2 weeks to see my family this weekend. LOL....

[@吹树的宇宙]

Thank you so much, I used to live here for 4 years🥰

[@CityWalks_Estelle]

Another great walk glad you're enjoying Toronto happy Wednesday &have a great day! 🙂

[@ActionKid]

Appreciate it very much, thank you for watching!

[@CityWalks_Estelle]

@@ActionKid you're welcome have a great day!😊

[@huifeng208]

Thank you for sharing. It is totally different from LA. Everything here is walking distance; so convenient. Plus, it is neat, safe, no tent no homeless.

[@ActionKid]

You’re welcome, it was nice to walk around here

[@martinarnett9246]

Martin Arnett Growing up in the 50's in what was then Newtonbrook now North York, my parents lived in a house my dad built by hand in 1947 after WW2 on Connaught Ave, took him 3 years to build as money was scarce, my grandparents lived in a farmhouse on what is now Moore Park Ave, then just a cart track. There was not much around but open fields, but as a boy there was much fun & things to do with no worries of safety. I'd ride my bike down to Northtown Plaza to go to Cole's Book Store, Keith's Hobby Store, dad would buy my cloths at Dempsey's Hardware, once a year boots & overalls, all on Yonge St. Today I no longer take a ride down Yonge St, I don't recognize a thing, so much history of the area has been lost....so sad but, only thing left is memories.

[@clifftaylor4262]

I lived in north york for 8 years ty for yourvideo ak ❤ mother in-law lived yonge and finch

[@ricedumpling8728]

Hi ActionKid, I have watched your collaboration videos with others in NYC ! So nice to see that you were in Toronto and in my area walking the Yonge Street strip. Many Asian food establishments have cropped up on Yonge Street over the years.

[@pauly5418]

23:38 Ajisen Ramen is a ramen restaurant chain from Japan. I know there is at least one in New York because I saw one in one of AK's videos. I can't remember where...maybe one of the Chinatowns?

[@geemonster9179]

Great walk AK hope you're enjoying Toronto :)

[@klausschmidt9125]

your videos are so cool .... thank you so much ....

[@HengMiao]

4:57 AK has a different opinion about Five Guys. 😆 I felt hungry seeing the diversity of restaurants on Yonge Street, and I'm amazed there's so many Chinese and Korean spots. 🤤 It's nice to also see the local shops, shopping centers, high rise buildings, and the streets are very clean. 😃 Thank you for sharing this relaxing walk, AK! 🤗

[@ActionKid]

Much appreciated, it was very cool to see all the different areas and I enjoyed walking through here

[@christinecamley]

I have eaten at several of the Korean restaurants in this area - they are fabulous and so much better than Five Guys!!

[@HengMiao]

@@christinecamley Thank you for sharing, Christine! I would like to try some Korean restaurants when I visit Toronto again one day. 😃

[@christinecamley]

@@HengMiao You are so welcome! I hope you can come and visit Toronto! You will love it!! Cheers!! 🙂

[@blxvkpxndx]

Yonge and sheppard changed so much

[@Neville60001]

Yep- I remember there being a big hardware store at the corner near the subway station, Dempsey Brothers, back in the 1970's when I was growing up.

[@LorRaineAvellino]

Very nice area, everything you need is extremely close proximity. The area was neat and clean and easy to walk. Great walk AK

[@ActionKid]

It was a very nice walk through North York, I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@boazvahalla]

North York looks like Queens Blvd near Rego Park.

[@marcelchenier]

Thanks for uploading this. This is my old neighbourhood. I grew up on Elmwood Avenue.

[@Ronsilk-pu5hr]

That is a really nice area there. Lots of good eateries and bars.

[@markfrancis4250]

If you kept walking north of Finch you'd go through several blocks of entirely Persian/Iranian businesses and restaurants. It's such a dramatic switch and very cool adjacency. Lots of excellent food there too!

[@ActionKid]

I actually saw it when I took a bus through there, it’s actually pretty interesting!

[@denisecurry1316]

Hey AK, always refreshing to venture out with you no matter where! TFS. 😊👍

[@pat75]

Some of my fondest high school memories were watching concerts at Mel Lastman Square! 😀

[@ActionKid]

Very nice, glad you had a great memory

[@Kwang-Min-Lee]

Yonge street is super famous for second Korea town in Toronto!! FIrst Korea town in Toronto is located around Christie subway station~ I think you know that already^^

[@TUXMAN06]

Action, Go to Yorkdale mall, Jane n finch mall and of course do a tour of York university and university of Toronto 👍

[@judyheuman4603]

This is my neighbourhood. I am disappointed Mel Lastman Square with an ice skating rink and a concert stage plus garden and park wasn't shown. It was right across the street from where he stood.

[@jarihult]

Great walk once again , cool shopping mall even from the short visit 😏nice high risers , restaurants etc😎Overall nice looking neighborhood and walk , thank you for sharing A K 🙂👍!!!

[@ActionKid]

You’re welcome, it was fun to see all the shopping and retail

[@areenakju]

Awesome

[@shivyyz]

Was surprised to see you did a trip to my area. FYI this area originally had a very big Korean and Persian population and there are many related business further North of where you ended the video.

[@21stcenturyMoments]

Xian hand pulled noodles are delicious. 🍜😋

[@PatreceSunflower]

Awesome!! 🎉🎉

[@Bk6346]

Nice thing is the TTC subway will take you to North York.

[@williamfunggoldenoldiesfan6758]

WOW! At Greenfield road, that is my high school, Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts. I almost would have bumped into you BUT I am in York University now I graduated Carter just last year!

[@jencastro]

You’re in my neighborhood. 😉✌🏻👏🏻

[@Letsgowarriors2023]

Damn, Actionkid strolling right by my dentist’s office! 😊😊

[@ActionKid]

Sweet

[@LavenderSmile101]

Nice

[@qwaqwa1960]

If you'd kept going N of Finch, you would have gotten into the Iranian area. Tehranto? Not sure if it's called that or I just made it up...

[@markfrancis4250]

Yes! It actually is called Tehranto

[@ActionKid]

Yup, it’s pretty interesting!

[@yvr2002rtw]

Will there be a North York food video on your other channel?

[@LAbee333]

It's funny to see Rexall drugs in Toronto; for years that was our local drugstore but they have all but disappeared here in Cali maybe the rest of the US also💊👨‍⚕️🧑‍⚕️💊

[@kc-nv5yi]

Funny thing about this area is if you go one street west or east it's completely single family detached homes like any other suburban Toronto neighbourhood

[@ActionKid]

Very cool!

[@bobbbxxx]

You could stop at any subway station and find a cluster node on the street above. Some of them, like Yonge/Eglinton are bigger than others, but lots of 70's apartment buildings went up close to all of the subway stops. This didn't happen in Canadian cities like Vancouver that did not have a subway system.

[@kisherkinashwest2023]

Is North York supposed to be continuing New York since New York state is so close to Canada? I never been to Canada so I'm wondering?

[@Wudamonkey]

The original name for Toronto was City of York, North York was a separate city north of Toronto but in 1998 it got annexed and became a part of the city of Toronto.

[@kisherkinashwest2023]

@@Wudamonkey That's interesting.

[@bobbbxxx]

Town of York was the first name given by European settlers in 1793, then it was incorporated as the City of Toronto in 1832. Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe named the new town in 1793 "York" after Prince Frederick, Duke of York. Definitely nothing to do with New York. :)

[@tomkearney3075]

Little Koreatown (Willowdale)

[@princestubbs5797]

Hello Ken ....

[@LuisMendoza-pp9qi]

They should've made an underground walking path just like downtown ..... and then North York would be the perfect place!!

[@Neville60001]

37:32-Shopper's Drug Mart, the Walgrens of Canada.

[@TheTransitExplorer]

welcome to my hood

[@matthewwhitted9179]

When I go to Toronto I'm not going to be able to escape the scaffolding like in New York City 🏙️

[@Neville60001]

Sadly, no. But when you _do_ come to Toronto, welcome.

[@TheTroyc1982]

Boston Pizza is a Canadian fast food chain with no locations in the states.

[@paulprevett2930]

Boston Pizza is a franchise restaurant with locations in Canada, U.S. and Mexico.

[@pauly5418]

Likely, their food doesn't have anything to do with Boston. I don't really know because I've never eaten at one. Swiss Chalet is also Canadian and has nothing to do with Swiss food.

[@giuseppegnazzo3154]

It’s not that Canadians don’t jaywalk it’s just NewYorkers have more balls and A eff the law attitude Toronto is more goodie two shoes mentality.

[@TheTroyc1982]

There is no law agaisnt jaywalking anywhere in Canada And you can cross any street as long as it's clear. Jaywalking as a law is pretty much only an American thing as no other developed countries have such laws.

[@giuseppegnazzo3154]

@@TheTroyc1982 Than Canaddians are pretty dumb for waiting at a red light when there's no cars coming. I see this in DT toronto all the time quite out like a ghost town, no cars in sight and these people stand at the light and wait for the green and I'm thinking to my self what is wrong with these people. Just sheep if you ask me to behave like that.

[@Neville60001]

Giuseppe, I'm a Torontonian, and I _do_ jaywalk (sometimes.)

[@randomlurker1863]

No, new yorkers just have big mouths. Jaywalking? lmfao. You think you live in a free country but not allowed to cross the street? lol.

[@bobbbxxx]

Nonsense. People in Toronto have always freely jaywalked the entire time I have lived in this city. Have you actually even ever been in Toronto?

[@randomlurker1863]

You think this Asian takeover is a good thing, AK?? Why bother leaving Asia in the first place?

[@bobbbxxx]

"Asian takeover"??!? Canada is and always has been a nation of immigrants from all over the world. We welcome people from all over to come here and become Canadians; we do not consider it to be a "takeover".