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Sherbourne Street, Toronto

Thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario

Field	Value
location	Toronto
name	Sherbourne Street
map	Sherbourne St map.png
map_caption
image	Sherbourne Street in Cabbagetown South 2023.jpg
caption	Sherbourne Street in Cabbagetown South (2023)
maint	City of Toronto government
length_km	3.65
direction_a	South
terminus_a	Queens Quay
direction_b	North
terminus_b	South Drive
junction
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Sherbourne Street is a roadway in Downtown Toronto. |url-status = dead It is one of the original streets in the old city of York, Upper Canada. It starts at Queens Quay and heads north to South Drive. It is two lanes for its entire length though the part south of Bloor Street has bike lanes.

It was named by Samuel Smith Ridout (son of Thomas Ridout) in 1845 after the town in Dorset, England; the Ridout family emigrated from Sherborne to Maryland in 1774.{{cite book | url-access = registration

History

In 1838, following the Upper Canada Rebellion, seven blockhouses were built, guarding the approaches to Toronto, including the Sherbourne Blockhouse, built at the current intersection of Sherbourne and Bloor.

In the 19th century, Sherbourne was lined with the stately homes of many of Toronto's most prominent families, but by the 20th century, the remaining stately houses like 230 Sherbourne Street had been converted to rooming houses.

Streetcars ran down Sherbourne from 1874 (as horsecar service until electrified in 1891, then as Belt Line to 1923, and finally as Sherbourne streetcar line) to 1942. |url-status = dead Buses did not begin on Sherbourne until 1947 and is now signed as 75 Sherbourne since 1957.

In the early 2000s, City Council chose Sherbourne as one of the first streets in Toronto to be retrofitted with dedicated bike lanes. In 2012, Sherbourne's bike lanes were improved, changing them from lanes separated from cars and trucks solely by painted lines to lanes with a pavement change that would warn motorists when they had strayed out of their lanes. |url-status = dead |url-status = dead

Landmarks

Landmark	Cross street	Image
Rosedale Ravine		[[File:Rosedale Ravine with Sherbourne Street bridge.jpg	100px]]
Sherbourne Subway Station	Bloor Street	[[File:Sherbourne Station - TTC.jpg	100px]]
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church		[[File:Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Toronto.JPG	100px]]
James Cooper House	Linden Street	[[File:James Cooper House.JPG	100px]]
Our Lady of Lourdes Church	Earl Street	[[File:Our Lady of Lourdes, Toronto 2.jpg	100px]]
Phoenix Concert Theatre		[[File:The Phoenix, Toronto.jpg	100px]]
St. James Town Branch of
the Toronto Public Library	Wellesley Street	[[File:St James Town Library 2.jpg	100px]]
St. Luke's United Church	Carlton Street	[[File:St Luke, Toronto.jpg	100px]]
Allan Gardens	between Gerrard Street East and Carlton Street	[[File:Allan Gardens Winter 2011.jpg	100px]]
Allandale House	Dundas Street East	[[File:Allandale, Toronto.jpg	100px]]
Moss Park	between Queen Street East and Shuter Street	[[File:Moss Park Toronto May 2012.jpg	100px]]
Paul Bishop's House	Adelaide Street East	[[File:363 Adelaide St E.JPG	100px]]
National Hotel	King Street East	[[File:SE corner King and Sherbourne, 2013 02 18.jpg	100px]]
Sherbourne Common	Queens Quay	[[File:Sherbourne Common July 2012.jpg	100px]]

References

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