24 Dewhurst Boulevard Park
Corridor / Linear Park, above average overall (score 44, rank ~84th percentile). Strongest: enclosure; weakest: amenity diversity.
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24 Dewhurst Boulevard Park scores 44.4 / 100. Strongest dimensions: enclosure / eyes on park and connectivity. Weakest: amenity diversity (0). Border-vacuum risk is low. This score is a transparent reading of Jane Jacobs-style vitality factors, not a definitive judgment.
Area · 0.01 ha
Getting around
20 m of mapped path. Too little surface tagging to say how much is paved.
Too little path mapped to check for steps.
No seating mapped in OpenStreetMap.
Nearest parking 25 m away. None of the 8 nearby lots records whether it has accessible spaces.
Path, seating and parking data comes from OpenStreetMap and reflects what volunteers have mapped, not a survey. Absence here means nobody has recorded it. This section does not assess wheelchair access: the relevant OpenStreetMap tag is present on well under 1% of Toronto paths.
Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 54%
Data confidence: moderate
Scores are not bell-curved. Percentiles and expected scores provide context without changing the underlying model.
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Where did the 44 come from? Each weighted contribution against a neutral 50 baseline. Green = pushed up; red = pulled down.
Sum of contributions = the headline score. A negative bar means that dimension dragged the park below the city-wide neutral baseline.
Why this park works
24 Dewhurst Boulevard Park works because its enclosure score (87) is in the top tier and its edge activation (36) is also top quartile (9 mid-rise buildings frame the edge with passive surveillance).
What limits this park
24 Dewhurst Boulevard Park is held back by amenity diversity (0, bottom quartile).
Most distinctive characteristic
Most distinctive feature: exceptionally high enclosure (87, top decile).
Jacobs reading
24 Dewhurst Boulevard Park sits between an urban social park and an ecological retreat: moderately useful for both, exceptionally suited to neither.
Performance in context
- This park is a strong overperformer for its cohort: raw 44 versus an expected 32 for similar parks (pocket Corridor / Linear Park) (gap +13).
Typology classification
Classified as Corridor / Linear Park: shape elongation 2.0× a circle of equal area. Secondary read: Urban Plaza (136 m², paved (0% canopy), 66.0 buildings/100 m).
Edge Activation
Within 100 m of the park edge: 19 active uses (transit_stop, retail, restaurant) and 5 dead/hostile uses (highway, parking_lot). Active edges keep "eyes on the park" through the day; parking lots, blank institutional walls, rail and highway frontages drain street life.
Source: OSM POIs (amenity/shop) + Toronto Building Footprints + land use
Connectivity
Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 0 mapped paths/walkways and 7 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 11 street intersections within 100 m; 19 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 0 estimated access points across ~84 m of perimeter. edge density is healthy, no superblock penalty. Source coverage: centreline, pedestrian_network, transit_osm.
Source: Toronto Centreline V2 + Pedestrian Network + OSM transit stops
Amenity Diversity
No amenities recorded. Score is 0 until inventory is loaded.
Source: Toronto Parks & Recreation Facilities + OSM amenity tags
Natural Comfort
Natural Comfort requires inputs not yet loaded for this park (Treed Area / Ravine / Waterbodies / Street Trees). Score is held at a neutral 50 with low confidence. Read with caution.
Source: Treed Area / Ravine / Waterbodies / Street Trees
Enclosure / Eyes on Park
66 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (9 mid-rise, 57 low-rise, 0 tower); avg edge height 7.5 m (~3 floors); 66.0 buildings per 100 m of 84 m perimeter (strong frontage density); edges are low-rise (mostly 2 to 3 floors); no towers immediately adjacent. "Eyes on the park" come strongest from the 9 mid-rise edge buildings.
Source: Toronto 3D Massing (building footprints + heights)
Border Vacuum Risk
Border-vacuum factors within 50 m of the park: parking_lot. Jacobs warned that highways, rail, parking lots and blank institutional edges act as "vacuums" that suppress foot traffic and isolate the park from its neighbourhood.
Source: Toronto Street Centreline (highways) + rail layer + OSM landuse + building footprints
Equity Context
Equity Context requires inputs not yet loaded for this park (Toronto Neighbourhood Profiles). Score is held at a neutral 50 with low confidence. Read with caution.
Source: Toronto Neighbourhood Profiles
Amenities (0)
No amenities recorded for this park.
Nearby active-edge features (80)
- parking lot25 m
- parking lot59 m
- retail: Amplifon71 m
- restaurant: Abyssinia72 m
- retail: Empire Wireless73 m
- retail: Cash for Gold73 m
- retail: Stop Variety74 m
- retail: Circus Books & Music75 m
- restaurant: Sammi75 m
- retail: Mega Cleaners76 m
- retail: Ratas Optical78 m
- retail: Tips Nail Bar + Beauty79 m
- retail: Syllogy Inc.79 m
- restaurant: Pizza Hut81 m
- retail: MH Liquidation81 m
- transit stop: Jones Avenue82 m
- retail: Benjamin Moore83 m
- retail: Masellis Supermarket86 m
- highway: Danforth Avenue88 m
- highway: Danforth Avenue89 m
- retail: El Rincon Guerrerense91 m
- retail: Secret Planet94 m
- highway: Danforth Avenue97 m
- restaurant: Danforth Pizza House98 m
- retail: Riverdale Pack of Paws101 m
- parking lot103 m
- cafe: Sakawa Coffee105 m
- transit stop: Jones Avenue105 m
- retail: Wireless Deals106 m
- retail: Greystone Hair Studio106 m
- restaurant: Danforth Dragon Restaurant107 m
- retail: Metro Dry Cleaners108 m
- retail: Caruso Fine Tailoring108 m
- highway: Danforth Avenue110 m
- retail: Pet Valu111 m
- restaurant: Domino's112 m
- restaurant: Maple Leaf Sports Bar & Grill112 m
- retail: Cash Money113 m
- restaurant: Square Boy113 m
- transit stop: Jones Ave at Danforth Ave115 m
- retail: Woine Beauty Supply & Salon115 m
- parking lot116 m
- retail: Freedom Mobile117 m
- retail: Fine Shoes Sales & Repair118 m
- restaurant: Desta Market119 m
- retail: Red Smoke119 m
- highway: Danforth Avenue122 m
- retail: Vybez Supply122 m
- restaurant: Galata122 m
- retail: Elite Music Academy123 m
- retail: Colibri Tattoo Piercing124 m
- restaurant: Taqueria El Tapatio124 m
- retail: McTamney's125 m
- retail: Douce France126 m
- retail: Absports128 m
- retail128 m
- restaurant: Zam Zam Lahori Kitchen130 m
- retail130 m
- retail: Wardrobe for Men134 m
- restaurant: Nakayoshi135 m
- retail: Colibri Tattoo137 m
- parking lot137 m
- transit stop: Jones Ave at Danforth Ave142 m
- retail: JL Rainbow Nail143 m
- retail: Strategy Games143 m
- restaurant: Black Pot Lounge & Restaurant145 m
- highway: Danforth Avenue147 m
- retail: AHW Travel & Tours Ltd.147 m
- retail: Fluff Me Up150 m
- retail: QTech151 m
- parking lot153 m
- retail: Black Velvet Collection154 m
- transit stop: Donlands Station156 m
- retail: Levande Bakery & BBQ156 m
- cafe: The One in the Only157 m
- retail: Fortuna Clearance & Binz Store158 m
- retail: Danforth Massage158 m
- transit stop: Woodycrest Avenue158 m
- highway: Danforth Avenue160 m
- restaurant: The Only Cafe161 m
Park profile
Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.
Citywide percentile ranks
Across all Toronto parks in the dataset.
- Overall vitality84th
- Edge activation90th
- Connectivity62th
- Amenity diversity17th
- Natural comfort55th
- Enclosure93th
Most similar parks
Closest in metric space across the five structural dimensions.
- Back Campus FieldsNeighbourhood Park42
- Santa Chiara Parkette - Anne Marie D'Amico SquareCivic Square41
- King Georges - Keele ParketteUrban Plaza41
- Toronto Hydro Green SpaceUrban Plaza49
- Bennett ParkUrban Plaza44
Most opposite parks
Furthest in metric space. Useful for recognising what kind of park this isn’t.
- Sir Casimir Gzowski ParkWaterfront Park34
- Toronto Islands - Muggs Island ParkRavine / Naturalized Park25
- Trca Lands ( 26)Ravine / Naturalized Park27
- Rouge ParkRavine / Naturalized Park28
- Rouge ParkRavine / Naturalized Park21
Human activity signals: not available
No activity signals have landed for this park yet. The model has scored its physical form but it can’t yet say how often it’s programmed, photographed, or walked through. See /data-ethics for what we will and will not collect.
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Tell us how this park feels
We measure structure (canopy, edges, connectivity). You measure feeling. Both matter, and disagreement is itself useful civic data.
What would improve this park?
Generated from the weakest measured dimensions: a starting point, not a prescription.
- Activate the edges: encourage cafés, retail or community uses on the streets that face the park; replace blank or parking-lot edges where possible.
- Diversify what people can do in the park (playground, washroom, water, shade, performance, sport, garden): even small additions raise this score.
Data sources
- City of Toronto Open Data: Green SpacesPolygon boundaries, official names, land classes. Boundaries are reconciled against OpenStreetMap (ODbL) for new and updated parks.
- Parks & Recreation FacilitiesInventory of in-park amenities (washrooms, fields, rinks…).
- Toronto Pedestrian NetworkSidewalk segments around and through parks; estimated park entrances.
- Toronto Centreline V2Street segments + intersection nodes near park edges; trails and walkways.
- Toronto 3D MassingBuilding footprints + heights for edge-building counts, frontage density, and tower-in-the-park risk.
- Toronto Treed AreaTree canopy share inside park polygons via stratified-grid sampling.
- Toronto Waterbodies & RiversWater surface inside parks + nearest-water distance for cooling.
- Ravine & Natural Feature ProtectionRavine overlap as a cooling / natural-comfort signal.
- Toronto Street Tree InventoryTree count + density inside park polygons.
- Neighbourhood Profiles(Pending) Equity context proxy.
- OpenStreetMap (Overpass API)Cafés, restaurants, retail, transit stops, parking, highways, rail.