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Remberto Navia Sport Fields

Neighbourhood Park, middle of the pack overall (score 33, rank ~43th percentile). Strongest: connectivity; weakest: enclosure.

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

Remberto Navia Sport Fields scores 32.8 / 100. Strongest dimensions: connectivity and enclosure / eyes on park. Weakest: edge activation (0). Border-vacuum risk is elevated (36). This score is a transparent reading of Jane Jacobs-style vitality factors, not a definitive judgment.

Best fordaily urban life

Area · 7.80 ha

What's here

Recreation
Sports fieldSports court
Vitality Score
33/100

Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 72%

Data Confidence
32.8 / 100
Citywide
43rd
of all 3,788 parks
Among Neighbourhood Park
21st
same primary typology
Expected for similar parks
39
median in large Neighbourhood Park (n=71)
Performance gap
-7
raw − expected · context confidence high
modest underperformer

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 33 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 · p27
-12.5
Amenity Diversity20 · p67
-6.0
Natural Comfort36 · p27
-2.1
Connectivity59 · p75
+1.8
Border Vacuum Risk36 (risk)
+1.4
Enclosure / Eyes on Park52 · p24
+0.2

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

Remberto Navia Sport Fields works because its connectivity score (59) is above average and its amenity diversity (20) is also above-average (22 transit stops sit within a 400 m walk).

What limits this park

Remberto Navia Sport Fields is held back by enclosure (52, bottom quartile); border-vacuum risk is also elevated (36).

Most distinctive characteristic

Most distinctive feature: exceptionally low enclosure (52, bottom quartile).

Jacobs reading

Remberto Navia Sport Fields is currently underperforming on both axes: neither integrated into the city nor offering deep natural respite. A candidate for design intervention.

Performance in context

  • Reads as a modest underperformer relative to comparable parks (gap -7; cohort: large Neighbourhood Park).
  • Citywide rank is high (43rd) but typology rank is more modest (21st): the strength likely comes from the dataset average pulling lower than this typology’s baseline.

Typology classification

confidence 70%
Neighbourhood Park

Classified as Neighbourhood Park: 7.8 ha, framed by 2 mid-rise vs 0 towers

Edge Activation

25% weightpartial 60%
0.0 / 100

Within 100 m of the park edge: 1 active uses (transit_stop) and 12 dead/hostile uses (parking_lot, rail). 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%
58.9 / 100

Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 3 mapped paths/walkways and 26 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 5 street intersections within 100 m; 22 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 4 estimated access points across ~1,516 m of perimeter. low edge density, significant superblock penalty applied. Source coverage: centreline, pedestrian_network, transit_osm.

Streets within 25 m6
Intersections within 100 m5
Paths/walkways (50 m)3
Sidewalk segments (50 m)26
Transit stops (400 m)22
Estimated entrances4
Edge connections / 100 m perimeter0.40
Park perimeter1,516 m

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

Amenity Diversity

20% weightmeasured 75%
19.9 / 100

2 distinct amenity types in the park (sports_field, other_sport). 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%
36.0 / 100

Natural-comfort components for this park: ~2.5% effective canopy (0.6% from contiguous tree polygons + scattered tree density); nearest waterbody ~912 m; 28 city-mapped trees inside the polygon (3.6/ha). Reading: exposed. Source coverage: treed_area, waterbodies, street_trees. Impervious surface is approximated (Toronto's authoritative layer ships only as a raster GeoTIFF).

Canopy coverage0.6%
Canopy area0.05 ha
Inside ravine system0.0%
Water surface inside park0.0%
Nearest water (if outside park)912 m
Estimated green100.0%
City-mapped trees inside polygon28
Tree density3.6 / ha
Cover diversity (Shannon, 0 to 100)5.5
Sample points used158

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

Enclosure / Eyes on Park

10% weightmeasured 80%
52.0 / 100

50 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (2 mid-rise, 48 low-rise, 0 tower); avg edge height 4.0 m (~1 floors); 3.3 buildings per 100 m of 1,516 m perimeter (strong frontage density); edges are barely there or single-storey; no towers immediately adjacent. "Eyes on the park" come strongest from the 2 mid-rise edge buildings.

Buildings within 25 m50
Buildings within 50 m50
Avg edge height4.0 m (~1 floors)
Tallest edge building11.6 m
Mid-rise (3 to 7 floors)2
Low-rise (< 3 floors)48
Towers (≥ 13 floors)0
Frontage density3.30 per 100 m perimeter
Mid-rise share of edge4%
Tower share of edge0%
Blank-edge share (proxy)0%
Park perimeter1,516 m

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

Border Vacuum Risk

10% weightpartial 60%
36.0 risk

Border-vacuum factors within 50 m of the park: parking_lot, parking_lot, 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

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 (2 types · 8 records)

  • sports field
  • other sport

Nearby active-edge features (65)

  • parking lot0 m
  • parking lot13 m
  • parking lot36 m
  • rail51 m
  • rail53 m
  • rail57 m
  • parking lot65 m
  • parking lot66 m
  • parking lot66 m
  • rail73 m
  • parking lot84 m
  • transit stop85 m
  • rail97 m
  • parking lot104 m
  • rail104 m
  • transit stop104 m
  • transit stop106 m
  • rail108 m
  • rail108 m
  • restaurant: Western Bar and Grill108 m
  • rail110 m
  • rail116 m
  • parking lot120 m
  • parking lot123 m
  • rail124 m
  • parking lot125 m
  • parking lot128 m
  • rail133 m
  • parking lot136 m
  • rail136 m
  • rail141 m
  • parking lot141 m
  • parking lot143 m
  • retail: Optical Valu145 m
  • parking lot146 m
  • parking lot149 m
  • rail149 m
  • rail151 m
  • retail: Expert Tailoring153 m
  • retail: Koodo153 m
  • rail154 m
  • retail: Fido154 m
  • parking lot155 m
  • retail: Si Vous Play Sports156 m
  • parking lot156 m
  • retail: Cellular Point157 m
  • parking lot157 m
  • parking lot161 m
  • retail: Dollarama167 m
  • community: The Spot168 m
  • parking lot171 m
  • parking lot172 m
  • restaurant: China Wok174 m
  • restaurant: Caribbean Cuisine175 m
  • retail: Gateway Newstands177 m
  • parking lot178 m
  • restaurant: El Greeko178 m
  • retail: Spectrum Electronics179 m
  • parking lot181 m
  • parking lot181 m
  • parking lot181 m
  • restaurant: Tastee184 m
  • restaurant: Top Food189 m
  • parking lot192 m
  • retail: Ziwa Cell Phones & Computers197 m

Park profile

Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.

Edge ActivationConnectivityAmenity DiversityNatural ComfortEnclosureRemberto Navia Sport Fields
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
    43th
  • Edge activation
    27th
  • Connectivity
    75th
  • Amenity diversity
    67th
  • Natural comfort
    27th
  • Enclosure
    24th

Most similar parks

Closest in metric space across the five structural dimensions.

Most opposite parks

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

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 Remberto Navia Sport Fieldsmatters. 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.

Rate this park on as many dimensions as you have an opinion about. 1 = not at all, 5 = strongly. Skip the ones you don't feel sure about. Aggregated only, no comments stored at the row level.

feels socially active
feels comfortable
feels safe
feels connected
feels welcoming
feels ecological / natural
feels good for lingering
feels family-friendly
feels culturally important
70%

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.
  • Increase canopy and reduce paved area. Shade and water features extend usable hours and seasons.
  • 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.