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Yonge-Eglinton, Toronto — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Yonge-Eglinton is the Toronto neighbourhood around the crossing of Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue, the middle of Midtown Toronto.
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Where to stay in Yonge-Eglinton
Where visitors usually base themselves, and why.
Beds here sit within walking reach of the Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue crossing, because that junction is what the whole of Yonge-Eglinton is arranged around. Two sides split the choice. East of the crossing, Yonge Street runs up towards Briar Hill Avenue, and rooms on that side put a guest inside the working core of Midtown Toronto rather than out at its edge.
Avenue Road, Elmsthorpe Avenue and Frobisher Avenue mark the western limit, past which the neighbourhood name stops and the rest of Toronto begins.
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The Yonge Street frontage
The junction Yonge-Eglinton takes its name from, and the eastern boundary the City of Toronto draws for the neighbourhoodFind hotels in The Yonge Street frontageGuests wanting the Briar Hill Avenue end of Midtown TorontoTowards Briar Hill Avenue
Briar Hill Avenue closes the neighbourhood off at the top, one street back from Eglinton Avenue. Beds are limited here, so book early.Find hotels in Towards Briar Hill AvenueVisitors splitting time between Midtown Toronto and Downtown TorontoThe Avenue Road edge
Avenue Road, Elmsthorpe Avenue and Frobisher Avenue hold the western limit of Yonge-Eglinton. Few places to stay nearby — book ahead.Find hotels in The Avenue Road edgeHotel 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
About Yonge-Eglinton
What are the main landmarks in Yonge-Eglinton?
Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue are the landmarks here, two Toronto streets whose meeting point gives the neighbourhood both its name and its centre. No monument stands over the junction. What a visitor navigates by instead are the boundary streets, Briar Hill Avenue along the top, Yonge Street on the east flank, Frobisher Avenue and Elmsthorpe Avenue to the west, and Avenue Road running back up to Briar Hill Avenue.
What is the history of Yonge-Eglinton?
Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue gave the neighbourhood its name, and the City of Toronto sets how far that name reaches by writing the boundaries down street by street. Briar Hill Avenue holds the north. Yonge Street holds the east, Frobisher Avenue and Elmsthorpe Avenue the west, and Avenue Road runs the line back north to meet Briar Hill Avenue again at the top of the neighbourhood.
Midtown Toronto counts as one of four central business districts outside Downtown Toronto, and this crossing forms its central section.
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What is the best area to stay in Yonge-Eglinton?
The Yonge Street frontage: Stays pinned to the Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue junction. Towards Briar Hill Avenue: Guests wanting the Briar Hill Avenue end of Midtown Toronto. The Avenue Road edge: Visitors splitting time between Midtown Toronto and Downtown Toronto.
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Updated September 2026