Ravine / Naturalized Parkcluster ·Walkable Mid-Rise Neighbourhood Parks (large-scale)Mount Dennis (115)confidence moderate

Fergy Brown Park

Ravine / Naturalized Park, middle of the pack overall (score 38, rank ~63th percentile). Strongest: connectivity; weakest: edge activation.

Aerial, City of Toronto orthophoto, ~8 cm/px source · cached 5/9/2026

Fergy Brown Park scores 37.7 / 100. Strongest dimensions: connectivity and enclosure / eyes on park. Weakest: edge activation (0). Border-vacuum risk is elevated (100). This score is a transparent reading of Jane Jacobs-style vitality factors, not a definitive judgment.

Best forescape into nature

Area · 13.35 ha

What's here

Recreation

PlaygroundSports field

Facilities

WashroomDrinking waterBenches

Vitality Score

38/100

Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 72%

Data Confidence

37.7 / 100

Citywide

64th

of all 3,788 parks

Among Ravine / Naturalized Park

68th

same primary typology

Expected for similar parks

median in large Ravine / Naturalized Park ravine (n=127)

Performance gap

raw − expected · context confidence high

typical

Scores are not bell-curved. Percentiles and expected scores provide context without changing the underlying model.

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Street context. Park polygon highlighted on the citywide map.

Boundary: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Explain this score

Where did the 38 come from? Each weighted contribution against a neutral 50 baseline. Green = pushed up; red = pulled down.

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What pushed this score up or down vs a neutral 50weight × score

Edge Activation0 · p19

-12.5

Connectivity75 · p96

+5.0

Border Vacuum Risk100 (risk)

-5.0

Amenity Diversity39 · p90

-2.3

Enclosure / Eyes on Park68 · p67

+1.8

Natural Comfort54 · p71

+0.7

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

Fergy Brown Park works because its connectivity score (75) is one of the city's strongest and its amenity diversity (39) is also top decile (57 transit stops sit within a 400 m walk; 21 intersections fall within 100 m of the edge).

What limits this park

Fergy Brown Park is held back by edge activation (0, bottom quartile): the surrounding streets carry too few active uses to spill into the park; border-vacuum risk is also elevated (100).

Most distinctive characteristic

Most distinctive feature: exceptionally high connectivity (75, top decile).

Jacobs reading

Fergy Brown Park sits between an urban social park and an ecological retreat: moderately useful for both, exceptionally suited to neither.

Tradeoffs

The park is enclosed by buildings (68) but the surrounding streets are quiet (edge activation 0): frame without animation.
High connectivity coexists with high border-vacuum risk (100): much of that connectivity is to highways, rail, or parking lots, not to neighbourhoods.

Typology classification

confidence 75%

Ravine / Naturalized Parkalso reads as Neighbourhood Park

Classified as Ravine / Naturalized Park: 92% ravine overlap, 5% canopy. Secondary read: Neighbourhood Park (13.4 ha, framed by 8 mid-rise vs 2 towers).

Edge Activation

25% weightpartial 60%

0.0 / 100

Within 100 m of the park edge: 21 active uses (transit_stop, restaurant, retail, cafe) and 19 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

20% weightmeasured 85%

75.2 / 100

Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 12 mapped paths/walkways and 37 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 21 street intersections within 100 m; 57 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 8 estimated access points across ~1,829 m of perimeter. moderate edge density, small superblock penalty applied. Source coverage: centreline, pedestrian_network, transit_osm.

Streets within 25 m14

Intersections within 100 m21

Paths/walkways (50 m)12

Sidewalk segments (50 m)37

Transit stops (400 m)57

Estimated entrances8

Edge connections / 100 m perimeter0.77

Park perimeter1,829 m

Source: Toronto Centreline V2 + Pedestrian Network + OSM transit stops

Amenity Diversity

20% weightmeasured 75%

38.6 / 100

5 distinct amenity types in the park (playground, sports_field, washroom, bench, drinking_water). Diversity, not raw count, drives the score so a park with many distinct activity types can outrank a larger park that repeats the same use.

Source: Toronto Parks & Recreation Facilities + OSM amenity tags

Natural Comfort

15% weightmeasured 75%

54.4 / 100

Natural-comfort components for this park: ~6.8% effective canopy (5.4% from contiguous tree polygons + scattered tree density); 92.1% inside the ravine system; nearest waterbody ~308 m; 130 city-mapped trees inside the polygon (9.7/ha). Reading: ravine-cooled. Source coverage: treed_area, ravine, waterbodies, street_trees. Impervious surface is approximated (Toronto's authoritative layer ships only as a raster GeoTIFF).

Canopy coverage5.4%

Canopy area0.73 ha

Inside ravine system92.1%

Water surface inside park0.0%

Nearest water (if outside park)308 m

Estimated green100.0%

City-mapped trees inside polygon130

Tree density9.7 / ha

Cover diversity (Shannon, 0 to 100)29.7

Sample points used202

Source: Toronto Treed Area + Ravine + Waterbodies + Street Tree Inventory

Enclosure / Eyes on Park

10% weightmeasured 80%

67.6 / 100

191 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (8 mid-rise, 181 low-rise, 2 tower); avg edge height 6.6 m (~2 floors); 10.4 buildings per 100 m of 1,829 m perimeter (strong frontage density); edges are low-rise (mostly 2 to 3 floors); 2 towers ≥ 40 m within 25 m of the edge. "Eyes on the park" come strongest from the 8 mid-rise edge buildings.

Buildings within 25 m191

Buildings within 50 m191

Avg edge height6.6 m (~2 floors)

Tallest edge building44.6 m

Mid-rise (3 to 7 floors)8

Low-rise (< 3 floors)181

Towers (≥ 13 floors)2

Frontage density10.44 per 100 m perimeter

Mid-rise share of edge4%

Tower share of edge1%

Blank-edge share (proxy)0%

Park perimeter1,829 m

Source: Toronto 3D Massing (building footprints + heights)

Border Vacuum Risk

10% weightpartial 60%

100.0 risk

Border-vacuum factors within 50 m of the park: Eglinton Avenue West, Eglinton Avenue West, Eglinton Avenue West, Eglinton Avenue West, Eglinton Avenue West, parking_lot, Eglinton Avenue West, Eglinton Avenue West, Eglinton Avenue West, Eglinton Avenue West, Eglinton Avenue West, Eglinton Avenue West. 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

contextinferred 15%

50.0 / 100

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 (5 types · 16 records)

playground
sports field
washroom
bench
drinking water

Nearby active-edge features (80)

parking lot0 m
transit stop: Eglinton Avenue West5 m
transit stop: Jane Street9 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West15 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West17 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West17 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West17 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West17 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West17 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West21 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West23 m
transit stop: Eglinton Avenue West at Jane Street East Side33 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West35 m
transit stop: 3574 Eglinton Avenue West38 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West44 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West44 m
transit stop: Opposite 3574 Eglinton Avenue West53 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West55 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West72 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West75 m
transit stop: Jane Street76 m
transit stop: Eglinton Avenue West82 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West83 m
retail: Erica Fresh Meat African Market & Beauty Supply89 m
parking lot90 m
restaurant: York Burger90 m
transit stop: Jane Street West Side91 m
restaurant: Domino's91 m
retail: Da Vince Nails Spa92 m
retail92 m
retail: Print Three93 m
retail93 m
cafe: Bap Bubble Tea94 m
parking lot94 m
retail: Toronto Pet Memorials95 m
transit stop: Weston Rd at Oxford Dr96 m
retail: M&M Variety & Grocery97 m
retail: Inkredible Tattoos97 m
parking lot99 m
restaurant: Calabar Grill100 m
parking lot100 m
retail: Nate Beauty & Co.103 m
retail: Weston Pet Grooming106 m
retail: S&J Unique Stylist Barbershop107 m
retail: Ner's Beauty Salon108 m
retail: Royal Barber Shop109 m
transit stop: Oxford Drive112 m
highway: Eglinton Avenue West113 m
retail: Carolina Beauty Center114 m
retail: A&M Lifestyle Variety115 m
retail: CPV Unisex Tailoring115 m
retail: Digicel115 m
retail: Lounge115 m
retail: Joe's Clip Away115 m
restaurant: Al's Shawarma116 m
parking lot116 m
restaurant: V's Caribbean Restaurant116 m
retail: Express Wash Laundromat116 m
restaurant: 20 Doner Bar-Grill117 m
restaurant: Weston Pizza & Wings117 m
retail118 m
retail: Henry Convenience118 m
transit stop: Cornell Avenue118 m
retail: Go Tec118 m
retail: My Mama's Closet119 m
retail: The Pot Spot119 m
retail: The New Millenium119 m
retail: FCE Future Communication Enterprise119 m
restaurant: Meechies BBQ & Jerk122 m
transit stop: Goldwin Avenue122 m
retail122 m
transit stop125 m
retail: Ali Barber Salon125 m
retail: Tennis Club129 m
restaurant: 244 Pizza & Wings129 m
retail: Abeni African Food Inc.130 m
transit stop: Weston Rd at Ray Ave132 m
restaurant: African Player Restaurant133 m
restaurant: K&A Caribbean Restaurant135 m
retail: Canvas Cannabis136 m

Park profile

Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.

Edge activation, connectivity, amenity diversity, natural comfort, and enclosure, each 0 to 100.

Citywide percentile ranks

Across all Toronto parks in the dataset.

Overall vitality
63th
Edge activation
19th
Connectivity
96th
Amenity diversity
90th
Natural comfort
71th
Enclosure
67th

Most similar parks

Closest in metric space across the five structural dimensions.

Port Union Village Common ParkCorridor / Linear Park43
Wincott ParkWaterfront Park43
Clarence Square ParkCivic Square40
Sanwood ParkNeighbourhood Park48
North ParkRavine / Naturalized Park44

Most opposite parks

Furthest in metric space. Useful for recognising what kind of park this isn’t.

Arnell PlazaCivic Square50
Queen'S Quay Traffic IslandWaterfront Park49
Toronto Islands - Muggs Island ParkRavine / Naturalized Park25
Trca Lands ( 26)Ravine / Naturalized Park27
ALEX WILSON COMMUNITY GARDEN - Open Green SpaceUrban Plaza59

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.

Does this score feel accurate?

Your read of Fergy Brown Parkmatters. We’re testing whether the model lines up with how people actually use the park. Submissions are stored locally; no account needed.

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.
Mitigate border vacuums (highways, rail, parking) with active programming on the still-permeable edges and treat the hostile edge as a design challenge.

Data sources

real Toronto data

City of Toronto Open Data: Parks (Green Space)
Polygon boundaries, official names, types. Boundaries are reconciled against OpenStreetMap (ODbL) for new and updated parks.
Parks & Recreation Facilities
Inventory of in-park amenities (washrooms, fields, rinks…).
Toronto Pedestrian Network
Sidewalk segments around and through parks; estimated park entrances.
Toronto Centreline V2
Street segments + intersection nodes near park edges; trails and walkways.
Toronto 3D Massing
Building footprints + heights for edge-building counts, frontage density, and tower-in-the-park risk.
Toronto Treed Area
Tree canopy share inside park polygons via stratified-grid sampling.
Toronto Waterbodies & Rivers
Water surface inside parks + nearest-water distance for cooling.
Ravine & Natural Feature Protection
Ravine overlap as a cooling / natural-comfort signal.
Toronto Street Tree Inventory
Tree count + density inside park polygons.
Neighbourhood Profiles
(Pending) Equity context proxy.
OpenStreetMap (Overpass API)
Cafés, restaurants, retail, transit stops, parking, highways, rail.