Neighbourhood Parkcluster ·Walkable Mid-Rise Neighbourhood Parks (enclosure-leaning)Beechborough-Greenbrook (112)confidence moderatereal Toronto data

THE NEW GENERATION YOUTH RECREATION CENTRE - Building Grounds

Neighbourhood Park, below average overall (score 29, rank ~24th percentile). Strongest: amenity diversity; weakest: natural comfort.

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

THE NEW GENERATION YOUTH RECREATION CENTRE - Building Grounds scores 28.5 / 100. Strongest dimensions: enclosure / eyes on park and connectivity. 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 for:daily urban life

Area · 1.55 ha

Vitality Score

29/100

Weighted across six dimensions · confidence 72%

Data Confidence

28.5 / 100

Citywide

24th

of all 3,273 parks

Among Neighbourhood Park

11th

same primary typology

Expected for similar parks

median in medium Neighbourhood Park (n=363)

Performance gap

-9

raw − expected · context confidence high

modest underperformer

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

Explain this score

Where did the 29 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 · p47

-12.5

Amenity Diversity12 · p81

-7.6

Border Vacuum Risk100 (risk)

-5.0

Connectivity64 · p81

+2.8

Enclosure / Eyes on Park74 · p75

+2.4

Natural Comfort39 · p34

-1.7

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

THE NEW GENERATION YOUTH RECREATION CENTRE - Building Grounds works because its amenity diversity score (12) is above average and its connectivity (64) is also top quartile.

What limits this park

THE NEW GENERATION YOUTH RECREATION CENTRE - Building Grounds is held back by natural comfort (39, below-average)— only 1% canopy means little summer shade; border-vacuum risk is also elevated (100).

Most distinctive characteristic

Most distinctive feature: exceptionally high amenity diversity (12, top quartile).

Jacobs reading

THE NEW GENERATION YOUTH RECREATION CENTRE - Building Grounds sits between an urban social park and an ecological retreat — moderately useful for both, exceptionally suited to neither.

Tradeoffs

Connectivity (64) significantly outpaces natural comfort (39) — well placed in the city but offers little shade or ecological respite.
The park is enclosed by buildings (74) 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.

Performance in context

Reads as a modest underperformer relative to comparable parks (gap -9; cohort: medium Neighbourhood Park).

Typology classification

confidence 70%

Neighbourhood Park

Classified as Neighbourhood Park: 1.6 ha, framed by 14 mid-rise vs 0 towers

Edge Activation

25% weightpartial 60%

0.0 / 100

Within 100 m of the park edge: 26 active uses (transit_stop, retail, restaurant) and 16 dead/hostile uses (rail, 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%

64.2 / 100

Connectivity blends paths, intersections, transit, entrances, and edge density. This park has 1 mapped paths/walkways and 34 sidewalk segments within 50 m; 9 street intersections within 100 m; 21 transit stops within a 400 m walk; 0 estimated access points across ~737 m of perimeter. edge density is healthy — no superblock penalty. Source coverage: centreline, pedestrian_network, transit_osm.

Streets within 25 m8

Intersections within 100 m9

Paths/walkways (50 m)1

Sidewalk segments (50 m)34

Transit stops (400 m)21

Estimated entrances0

Edge connections / 100 m perimeter1.08

Park perimeter737 m

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

Amenity Diversity

20% weightmeasured 75%

11.9 / 100

1 distinct amenity types in the park (community_centre). 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%

38.9 / 100

Natural-comfort components for this park: ~3.1% effective canopy (0.9% from contiguous tree polygons + scattered tree density); nearest waterbody ~298 m; 7 city-mapped trees inside the polygon (4.5/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 coverage0.9%

Canopy area0.01 ha

Inside ravine system0.0%

Water surface inside park0.0%

Nearest water (if outside park)298 m

Estimated green100.0%

City-mapped trees inside polygon7

Tree density4.5 / ha

Cover diversity (Shannon, 0–100)7.6

Sample points used108

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

Enclosure / Eyes on Park

10% weightmeasured 80%

74.3 / 100

90 buildings within 25 m of the park edge (14 mid-rise, 76 low-rise, 0 tower); avg edge height 6.3 m (~2 floors); 12.2 buildings per 100 m of 737 m perimeter — strong frontage density; edges are low-rise (mostly 2–3 floors); no towers immediately adjacent. "Eyes on the park" come strongest from the 14 mid-rise edge buildings.

Buildings within 25 m90

Buildings within 50 m90

Avg edge height6.3 m (~2 floors)

Tallest edge building21.1 m

Mid-rise (3–7 floors)14

Low-rise (< 3 floors)76

Towers (≥ 13 floors)0

Frontage density12.21 per 100 m perimeter

Mid-rise share of edge16%

Tower share of edge0%

Blank-edge share (proxy)0%

Park perimeter737 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, parking_lot. Jacobs warned that highways, rail, parking lots and blank institutional edges act as "vacuums" — they 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 (1 types · 1 records)

community centre

Nearby active-edge features (63)

transit stop — Eglinton Avenue West at Municipal Drive9 m
transit stop — Eglinton Avenue West16 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West17 m
parking lot19 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West22 m
parking lot24 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West26 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West31 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West35 m
retail — Elegant Spa & Studio36 m
restaurant — Wings Time37 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West37 m
restaurant — Dimes Caribbean Restaurant37 m
retail — Rose Discount Variety38 m
transit stop — Keelesdale Station39 m
retail — York Variety39 m
retail — Fantashia Unisex Salon40 m
transit stop — Keele Street41 m
transit stop — Eglinton Avenue West at Municipal Drive41 m
retail — Captain's Barber Shop41 m
restaurant — Two Brothers Shawarma42 m
restaurant — Triple-Triple Pizza & Chicken44 m
transit stop — Eglinton Ave. W. at Keele Street & Trethewey Drive47 m
transit stop — Keelesdale49 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West50 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West53 m
transit stop — Keelesdale Station55 m
transit stop — Keelesdale57 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West61 m
parking lot63 m
transit stop — Keele St at Eglinton Ave W65 m
retail — Global Thrift69 m
retail — Image Beauty Supply Warehouse77 m
transit stop — Keelesdale Station80 m
rail — Line 5 Eglinton84 m
retail — ZEMA100 Supermarket85 m
rail — Line 5 Eglinton86 m
retail — Zac's Convenience90 m
parking lot90 m
restaurant — Egglinton Grill91 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West98 m
retail — Jin Jin’s Nails & Spa100 m
parking lot103 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West103 m
restaurant — Metro Pizza & Chicken104 m
parking lot106 m
restaurant — Sugar Oink Oink108 m
restaurant — Subway112 m
retail — Miami Nails & Spa117 m
parking lot121 m
restaurant — Irie Veggie Takeout122 m
transit stop — Trethewey Dr at Irving Rd124 m
retail — Coin Laundry130 m
retail — Tech Pro136 m
retail — Beni Boo Styles138 m
retail — Hair Blessings Salon144 m
retail149 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West152 m
parking lot159 m
highway — Eglinton Avenue West166 m
retail — Finesse Beauty Studio172 m
retail — Ther's Beauty Salon188 m
parking lot192 m

Park profile

Five-axis radar across the structural dimensions.

Citywide percentile ranks

Across all Toronto parks in the dataset.

Overall vitality
24th
Edge activation
47th
Connectivity
81th
Amenity diversity
81th
Natural comfort
34th
Enclosure
75th

Most similar parks

Closest in metric space across the five structural dimensions.

Clovercrest ParketteUrban Plaza38
R.V. Burgess ParkCorridor / Linear Park29
Benner ParkOther28
Burnhamill ParkUrban Plaza38
Phil Givens ParkParkette39

Most opposite parks

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

Trca Lands ( 26)Ravine / Naturalized Park27
Toronto Islands - Muggs Island ParkRavine / Naturalized Park25
Simcoe ParkTower-Community Green Space51
Mclevin Woods ParkRavine / Naturalized Park49
Market Lane ParkUrban Plaza63

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?

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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.
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

City of Toronto Open Data — Parks (Green Space)
Polygon boundaries, official names, types.
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.