Queen's Quay (Toronto)
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Queen's Quay (pronounced "key") is a short road that skirts along Toronto's downtown waterfront area. The street is served by the Harbourfront streetcar line and lined mostly with condos.
The road replaced both Front Street and Lake Shore Boulevard as the most southerly road when Toronto began to fill in the inner harbour.
From Bay Street west to the end of the street at Bathurst Street, Queen's Quay has a light rail transit system with it's own right-of-way that also connects with the system that runs up Spadina Avenue. The system also connects with the TTC Subway at Union Station.
Attractions along this road include:
- Queen's Quay Terminal - a converted cold storage terminal, now a mall and residential complex
- Harbourfront Centre - a cultural centre built by the federal government as part of the Harbourfront Park development
- Toronto Police Marine Headquarters
- Toronto Island Ferry Mainland docks
- Marine Museum
- Redpath Sugar
- Captain John's floating restaurant
- Toronto Port Authority Office - formerly Toronto Harbour Commission
- Music Garden
See also
Parallel streets to Queen's Quay:- Lake Shore Boulevard (Toronto)
- Front Street
- King Street
- Queen Street (Toronto)
- Dundas Street
- Bloor Street
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