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East York, Toronto — Area Guide & Where to Stay
East York is a former Toronto borough east of the Don River, a low residential district of brick bungalows and tree-lined streets.
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Where to stay in East York
How the choice of base plays out on the ground.
Beds here favour the calm. East York keeps its lodgings among the brick bungalows of a residential borough east of the Don River, so guests trade the crowds of central Toronto for quiet streets while staying close to the exhibit halls of the Ontario Science Centre. The Ted Reeve Arena anchors the eastern blocks along Danforth Avenue.
Nearby streets hold the Macedonian heart around St. Clement of Ohrid Macedonian Orthodox Cathedral.
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Near the Ontario Science Centre
The valley-side halls of the Ontario Science Centre draw families to East York's western reach above the Don River.Find hotels in Near the Ontario Science CentreWalkers who want casual dinners on foot rather than the bustle of the central core.Along Danforth Avenue
The eastern spine past the Ted Reeve Arena, lined with the Greek and Macedonian storefronts that give East York its table.Find hotels in Along Danforth AvenueVisitors after calm nights among the borough's leafy side streets and church squares.By St. Clement of Ohrid Cathedral
The residential blocks around St. Clement of Ohrid Macedonian Orthodox Cathedral, quiet streets of brick bungalows off the main avenue.Find hotels in By St. Clement of Ohrid CathedralHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
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Churches & Religious Sites
3- St. Clement of Ohrid Macedonian Orthodox Cathedral
- Church of the Holy Name, Toronto
- Holy Trinity Macedono-Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church
Stadiums & Sports
1- Ted Reeve Arena
Landmarks & Notable Places
1- Ashbridge Estate Heritage
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About East York
What are the main landmarks in East York?
The Ontario Science Centre is East York's largest draw. It stands on the valley slope above the Don River, its hands-on galleries pulling visitors from across Toronto and well beyond the borough's edge. Churches come next.
St. Clement of Ohrid Macedonian Orthodox Cathedral and the Holy Trinity Macedono-Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church mark the district's deep Macedonian and Bulgarian roots, while the Church of the Holy Name and the Church of Corpus Christi hold older Catholic congregations. The Ted Reeve Arena keeps the local rinks busy, and the Ashbridge Estate preserves an early farmhouse near the district's southern reach.
What is the history of East York?
The township came first. East York was carved out as a separate municipality in 1924, when the growing suburbs east of the Don River split from the old York township that ringed early Toronto. Brick bungalows filled the grid through the decades that followed.
Waves of Macedonian and Bulgarian settlers gave the borough the congregations behind St. Clement of Ohrid Macedonian Orthodox Cathedral, and in 1998 East York merged into the amalgamated city of Toronto within Ontario.
Where is East York?
East York sits east of the Don River on the low tableland above its ravine, a compact residential borough of some twenty-one square kilometres within the eastern part of Toronto in Ontario.
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What is the best area to stay in East York?
Near the Ontario Science Centre: Guests visiting the science galleries who want a short hop back across Toronto each evening.. Along Danforth Avenue: Walkers who want casual dinners on foot rather than the bustle of the central core.. By St. Clement of Ohrid Cathedral: Visitors after calm nights among the borough's leafy side streets and church squares..
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Updated October 2026