The Kensington-Chinatown neighbourhood is an eclectic community bordered by College, Queen and Bathurst streets and University Avenue. To the west is Kensington Market, a diverse and historic retail/residential community populated with small shops. That community enjoys pedestrian-only Sundays in the summer.
South of Kensington is the Alexandra Park community, which is home to the Atkinson Co-op. The area is set to undergo a massive transformation to help turn it into more of a mixed-use neighborhood. East of those communities is the Chinatown area, which runs north-south along Spadina Avenue – a haven for Toronto’s Chinese-Canadian community and a popular spot for diners and tourists alike.
The area is home to the Art Gallery of Ontario, and has two hospitals – Toronto Western and Mount Sinai. Schools in the area include Orde Street Junior Public School and St. Patrick Catholic School. It is served on transit by the Yonge-University subway at Osgoode, St. Patrick and Queen’s Park stations, as well as streetcars and buses along College, Dundas, Queen and down Spadina and Bathurst.