Eug
Senior Member
I know these are old posts but I missed them the first time.
...but it's a bit crowded in the summer. The marina there does have a restaurant which is nice for brunch, because it's reasonable brunch food with a gorgeous view of the water. (It's not very good for dinner though.) Riding up and down Brimley to the park is killer on a bike, and consequently it's a very popular training run for cyclists. I did it a couple of times, proving just how out of shape I am. There are some mountain bike paths at the top of the bluffs too, but I haven't tried them yet. I'll check them out this summer.
Here's a little tidbit: There is a paved road, but blocked off for cars, just off Kingston Road at Glen Everest Road beside Rosetta McLean Gardens.
This takes you to a path that goes along the shoreline for about a km east, or else a couple of km west. Even in the summer you'll see only rare people there, picnicking on the beach or whatever.
However, to get back on topic... The Bluffs are fairly upscale, but it's not really exactly wealthy, save for some homes right along the water. Why? Cuz the area isn't uniformly wealthy like some people might prefer. North of Kingston Road it's a bit grungy (although not bad until get toward Eglinton-ish). As you go south from Kingston Road it gets progressively nicer and it's gorgeous at the water. However, the average incomes includes the strip right along the water, the stuff north of Kingston Road, and everything in-between. So it's nothing like a place like Rosedale where the entire neighbourhood is relatively wealthy and shops and restaurants reflect that wealth. For the Bluffs, the main shopping strip is Kingston Road. That used to be a highway which isn't very conducive to walkability in many areas, but even in areas where it's very walkable, retail isn't great because it needs to reflect the north-of-Kingston crowd. So you get occasional very nice stores (esp. near Fallingbrook for example), but most are lower to mid end, unlike what you get in Rosedale or along Bayview near Eglinton or whatever. The other problem was the zoning which was more commercial oriented. That's been changed in some of the areas recently though to mixed-use retail and residential (condo & townhouse), so things should change over time.
Fallingbrook. As I've mentioned elsewhere, the nicest part of The Beach isn't in The Beach. It's in Scarborough and it's the Fallingbrook area.
Come have a look! It's one of the most beautiful parts of Toronto in terms of natural beauty, esp. if you can view it from the shoreline. Most around here know about Bluffer's Park...Did I think there were no rich people in scarbro - no, but I didn't know which neighborhoods the rich, or "near-rich" lived in, since the neighborhoods in scarbro i've visited were very "scarlem"
Have I been to the bluffs - nope!
...but it's a bit crowded in the summer. The marina there does have a restaurant which is nice for brunch, because it's reasonable brunch food with a gorgeous view of the water. (It's not very good for dinner though.) Riding up and down Brimley to the park is killer on a bike, and consequently it's a very popular training run for cyclists. I did it a couple of times, proving just how out of shape I am. There are some mountain bike paths at the top of the bluffs too, but I haven't tried them yet. I'll check them out this summer.
Here's a little tidbit: There is a paved road, but blocked off for cars, just off Kingston Road at Glen Everest Road beside Rosetta McLean Gardens.
This takes you to a path that goes along the shoreline for about a km east, or else a couple of km west. Even in the summer you'll see only rare people there, picnicking on the beach or whatever.
However, to get back on topic... The Bluffs are fairly upscale, but it's not really exactly wealthy, save for some homes right along the water. Why? Cuz the area isn't uniformly wealthy like some people might prefer. North of Kingston Road it's a bit grungy (although not bad until get toward Eglinton-ish). As you go south from Kingston Road it gets progressively nicer and it's gorgeous at the water. However, the average incomes includes the strip right along the water, the stuff north of Kingston Road, and everything in-between. So it's nothing like a place like Rosedale where the entire neighbourhood is relatively wealthy and shops and restaurants reflect that wealth. For the Bluffs, the main shopping strip is Kingston Road. That used to be a highway which isn't very conducive to walkability in many areas, but even in areas where it's very walkable, retail isn't great because it needs to reflect the north-of-Kingston crowd. So you get occasional very nice stores (esp. near Fallingbrook for example), but most are lower to mid end, unlike what you get in Rosedale or along Bayview near Eglinton or whatever. The other problem was the zoning which was more commercial oriented. That's been changed in some of the areas recently though to mixed-use retail and residential (condo & townhouse), so things should change over time.
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