Bedford Park is a fantastic neighbourhood that is centred around children and familes. I spent half of my childhood in this neighbourhood (the other half in the Cricket Club neighbourhood). The post war homes are beginning to be replaced by new builds. However, the character and personality of this neighbourhood will continue as families will forever be attracted to the quality schools.

Bedford Park Real Estate Information

Bedford Park began as a farming hamlet centered around the crossroads of Yonge Street and Lawrence Avenue. The village was a popular stopover for farmers travelling to and from the markets in Toronto. It is likely that Bedford Park is named after the Bedford Park Hotel which opened in 1873 at the south west corner of Yonge Street and Fairlawn Avenue.

The residential development of Bedford Park was linked to the Metropolitan Street Railway which began service to this area in 1890. That same year Bedford Park amalgamated with the former Town of North Toronto which was then annexed by the city of Toronto in 1912. To this day Bedford Park is commonly referred to as North Toronto.

Edition Note: The former Bedford Park General Store and Post Office building is still standing at the south-west corner of Yonge Street and Bedford Park Avenue.

Excerpt from: Your Guide to Toronto Neighbourhoods, by David Dunkelman, Maple Tree Publishing, Inc.

City of Toronto Bedford Park Neighbourhood Boundaries & more information:

Bedford Park is bisected by Yonge Street, lying north of Lawrence Avenue and east of Avenue Road. The northern boundary is Brooke Avenue on the west side of Yonge, and Snowdon Avenue to the east of Yonge. The eastern boundary is Roslin Avenue.

The original homes in the area were constructed between 1890 and 1940. Bedford Park was conceived as a middle class housing development on the northern boundary of the city, with mid-sized detached and semi-detached homes. The relocation of the Rosedale Golf Club in 1909 to the section of the Don Valley northeast of Bedford Park brought about development of the (more moneyed) bordering neighbourhoods of Lawrence Park and Teddington Park.

Bedford Park's quiet streets, mature trees, good schools and parks, and proximity to the highway 401 and Lawrence Avenue subway station attract young professionals and their families to the neighbourhood. Many of the original homes still stand, with a number having undergone extensive renovations. A portion of the original homes in the neighbourhood have been torn down and replaced with larger, more modern homes.

Excerpt from wikipedia