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Withrow Park - A Multipurpose Park in Riverdale

By Marilyn Campbell, About.com

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How to Get to Withrow Park

Logan Avenue borders the western side of Withrow Park

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The park is a few minutes walk south of the Danforth between Logan Avenue and Carlaw Avenue. The north end is bordered by a small street called McConnell Avenue and the south end runs behind the houses on Bain Avenue.

Taking the TTC to Withrow Park
The quickest way by transit is to take the subway to Chester Station and walk east to Logan or to go to Pape Station and walk west to Carlaw before walking south. You can also take the 506 Gerrard Streetcar to Logan or Carlaw and walk north, but it's a longer walk. You can take the 72 Pape bus up Carlaw to the corner of Riverdale Avenue then keep walking north, but frankly it's probably not worth waiting for the bus if you can't see it coming.

Driving to Withrow Park
This is made a bit tricky by all the one-way streets in Riverdale including both Carlaw (south only north of Riverdale Avenue) and Logan (north only north of Gerrard Street). Still, there is sometimes free street parking to be had in the neighborhood. If you'd rather pay then mess around trying to find a spot, there's a Green P lot at 670 Pape, just south of the Danforth on the west side. If you park at the south end you can walk out onto Harcourt Avenue, and you'll only have to walk two blocks west before you can see the north-east tip of the park.

Cycling to Withrow Park
Taking a bike to Withrow Park is easy. Jones Avenue, the next major street east of Pape, has a dedicated bike lane that runs from the Danforth all the way down past the bike lane on Dundas East to Queen Street. You can cut west from Jones over to Withrow Park using the contra-flow bike lane on Strathacona Avenue. Another option is to take the Don Valley Trail to Riverdale Park East. At the north east corner of that park is Hogarth Avenue, a signed, shared bike route that goes east to Logan.

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