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Kennedy Road is a north-south street in Toronto and York Region, Ontario, Canada. It is one of three major streets in Scarborough, and is home to the business district of Scarborough because of the many hundreds of stores along Kennedy Road. The Toronto section of the road is mainly residential with high rise apartment buildings, but there is a large section of commercial activity from Lawrence Avenue East to just north of Sheppard Avenue East. North of Steeles Avenue, it is also known as York Regional Road 3, and traverses Markham, Whitchurch-Stouffville, East Gwillimbury, and Georgina, where it terminates at Lake Drive East.
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| York Regional Road 3 | |||||||
| Namesake | The Kennedy Family | ||||||
| Maintained by | City of Toronto Region of York | ||||||
| Length | 46 km (29 mi) | ||||||
| Location | Toronto Markham East Gwillimbury Georgina | ||||||
| South end | Highview Avenue in Toronto | ||||||
| Major junctions | St Clair Avenue Eglinton Avenue Lawrence Avenue Ellesmere Road  Highway 401 Sheppard Avenue Finch Avenue Steeles Avenue  Highway 407 Highway 7 Major Mackenzie Drive Elgin Mills Road  19th Avenue  Stouffville Road Bloomington Road Aurora Road St. John’s Sideroad Vivian Road  Davis DriveHerald Road  Mount Albert Road Doane Road Queensville Sideroad | ||||||
| North end | Lake Street in Georgina | ||||||
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Kennedy Road is named for the Kennedy family, one of the many early farming settlers in the 18th and 19th centuries to which Thomas Laird Kennedy belonged. It is likely linked to Private John Kennedy of the 3rd Regiment of the York Militia (now The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC) who was granted 100 acres (0.40 km2) of land near Kennedy Road and Ellesmere Road.
Kennedy Road is a rare example of two major streets in the Greater Toronto Area to share names with other, equally major roads, the other Kennedy Road being in Peel Region. In York Region, former parts of Kennedy Road include Old Kennedy Road and Main Street Unionville. Kennedy Road is cut off between Davis Drive and Herald Road, because of the Pheasant Run Golf Club. Beyond that, Kennedy Road runs all the way north to Lake Simcoe, ending at Lake Drive.
In the 1990s, Kennedy Road was realigned at Steeles Avenue to connect the broken section, and was realigned east 300 m between Highway 407 and 16th Avenue. From Steeles Avenue, it is a four-lane road northward to Major Mackenzie Drive East, and a two-lane road from Major Mackenzie Drive East to Lake Simcoe.
There are low-density residential and commercial buildings from Steeles Avenue to Major Mackenzie Drive East and from Mahoney Avenue to Lake Drive East. Future high density residential and commercial development is beginning to go up in Downtown Markham, as Kennedy forms its eastern boundary. Lots of farmland and forests can be found between Mahoney Avenue and Major Mackenzie Drive East.
Commerce
editThe Kennedy Road Business Improvement Association (BIA) represents more than 300 businesses located on the road between Lawrence Avenue East and Kennedy Commons at Highway 401.[1]
Largest neighbourhoods
editAttractions
edit- Kennedy Commons Mall
- Agincourt Mall
- White Shield Plaza
- Tam O'Shanter Golf Course
- Kennedy Subway station
- Pacific Mall
- Market Village Shopping Centre
- Angus Glen Golf Club
- Mandarin Golf and Country Club
- Pheasant Run Golf Club
- Willow Beach
- Lake Simcoe
- Kennedy Business District
Public transit
editIn Toronto, service on Kennedy Road north of Eglinton Avenue is provided by the 43 Kennedy route. South of Eglinton, routes 113 Danforth (to Danforth Road) and 20 Cliffside (from Park Street to Highview Avenue) travel on Kennedy.
In York Region, Kennedy Road is served mainly by YRT Route 8. Other routes using portions of Kennedy Road are YRT Routes 2 (Milliken, at Milliken GO Train arrival times), 18 (Bur Oak), and 522 (Markham Community Bus).
The Viva Purple and Viva Green lines pass through Kennedy Vivastation at Highway 7.
See also
edit- List of York Regional Roads
- Kennedy Road in Peel Region
References
edit- ^ "About". Kennedy Road BIA. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Your Community: Dorset Park's Kennedy Road home to thriving food scene". CityNews Everywhere. Toronto. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.