- Browns Line
Browns Line is a short arterial route that only spans 2
kilometers between Evans Avenue andLake Shore Boulevard inEtobicoke, Ontario , now part of Toronto. The road is named for local farmerJoseph Brown , who owned farmland along theEtobicoke Creek fromDundas Street toBloor Street . [ [http://www.etobicokehistorical.com/Stories/Alderwood/body_alderwood.html Alderwood] ]It is an important north-south artery under the jurisdiction of the
City of Toronto , and extends from the ramps at the southerly end of Provincial Highway 427 at its intersection with theQueen Elizabeth Way andGardiner Expressway , and travels south to connect to Lake Shore Boulevard in the neighbourhood of Long Branch.Community
Browns Line is the core, and the main shopping street, for the neighbourhood of Alderwood. Civic improvements were undertaken in 2001 to create a gateway to the waterfront with a 24 metre high tower marking the southerly terminus of Browns Line. [ [http://www.toronto.ca/planning/urbdesign/pdf/strategy_report_app_a_sep2104.pdf City Planning, Strategic Opportunities for Civic Improvements] ]
Transit along Browns Line is provided by the TTC's 123 and 123C Shorncliff and 110A Islington South bus routes, which run from Long Branch Loop to Kipling station and Islington station, respectively.
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* [http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Lake+Shore+Blvd+W+%26+Browns+Line+Etobicoke,+ON&daddr=Browns+Line+%4043.609740,+-79.548430&mrcr=0&mra=pe&sll=43.60143,-79.54391&sspn=0.026105,0.058365&ie=UTF8&z=14&om=1 Google Maps of Browns Line]
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