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Maintained by | City of Toronto government | ||||||
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Length | 14.2 km (8.8 mi)[1] | ||||||
West end | Roncesvalles Avenue/King Street (continues as The Queensway) | ||||||
Major junctions | Dufferin Street University Avenue Yonge Street Jarvis Street King Street Broadview Avenue Jones Street Coxwell Avenue Woodbine Avenue Victoria Park Avenue | ||||||
East end | Fallingbrook Road (east of Victoria Park Avenue) | ||||||
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Commissioned | 1793 (as Lot St.) 1851 (renamed Queen St.) | ||||||
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Queen Street is a major east–west thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It extends from Roncesvalles Avenue and King Street in the west to Victoria Park Avenue in the east. Queen Street was the cartographic baseline for the original east–west avenues of Toronto's and York County's grid pattern of major roads. The western section of Queen (sometimes simply referred to as "Queen West") is a centre for Canadian broadcasting, music, fashion, performance, and the visual arts. Over the past twenty-five years, Queen West has become an international arts centre and a tourist attraction in Toronto.