York University Heights

Worth seeing in and around York University Heights

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   York University

   York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, with approximately 53,500 students, 7,000 faculty and staff, and over 375,000 alumni worldwide.

   1.3 km · public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
2. 02
   World Youth Day 2002

   The 17th World Youth Day 2002 was a Catholic youth festival held July 23 to 28, 2002, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. World Youth Day is a celebration of faith begun by Pope John Paul II held on an international level every two to three years.

   3.2 km · 17th World Youth Day of the Catholic Church held in Toronto · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Sobeys Stadium

   Sobeys Stadium, formerly Rexall Centre and Aviva Centre, is a tennis stadium in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds of York University's Keele Campus. The 12,500-capacity Stadium Court is the largest stadium at the tennis complex.

   1.4 km · tennis stadium in Toronto · Wikipedia
4. 04
   York Lions Stadium

   York Lions Stadium is an outdoor sports stadium on the Keele Campus of York University in the North York district of Toronto. It is home to the York Lions, the varsity teams of York University; Toronto FC II of MLS Next Pro, the reserve team of Toronto FC; Inter Toronto FC of the Canadian Premier League; and AFC Toronto of the Northern Super League.

   1.5 km · sports stadium in Ontario · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Black Creek Pioneer Village

   The Village at Black Creek, previously Black Creek Pioneer Village, and before that Dalziel Pioneer Park, is an open-air heritage museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The village is located in the North York district of Toronto, just west of York University and southeast of the Jane and Steeles intersection.

   1.8 km · open-air historical village museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
6. 06
   York University Observatory

   The Allan I. Carswell Astronomical Observatory, formerly known as the York University Astronomical Observatory, is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by York University. It is located in the North York district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

   1.4 km · Astronomical observatory in Toronto · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto

   Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto, also known as SARSfest or SARSStock, was a benefit rock concert that was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on July 30, 2003. An estimated 450,000 to 500,000 people attended the concert, making it the largest outdoor ticketed event in Canadian history and one of the largest events in North American history.

   2.7 km · 2003 benefit concert in Toronto · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Canadian Air and Space Museum

   The Canadian Air and Space Conservancy was an aviation museum that was located in Toronto, Ontario, featuring artifacts, exhibits and stories illustrating a century of Canadian aviation heritage and achievements. The museum was located in a hangar that once housed the original de Havilland Canada aircraft manufacturing building, but in September 2011 the museum and all of the other tenants in the building were evicted by the landlord, the Crown Corporation, PDP.

   2.6 km · aviation museum in Toronto, Ontario · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Improve Canada

   Improve Canada is a commercial shopping mall complex located in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. The mall has about 400 home improvement stores, exclusively focused on home improvement products and services.

   2.8 km · shopping mall in Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Russian Youth Theatre

    The Russian Youth Theatre was the first stationary Russian theatre in North America until 2012. Founded in 1999 by operatic bass Nikolay Cherkasov and pianist Andrew Kartuzov, the theatre promotes stage arts within Canada's Russian community with a number of semi-professional productions for all ages.

    2.5 km · Russian language theatre in Toronto, Canada · Wikipedia

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Getting to York University Heights

Airports

Toronto Pearson (YYZ), 14 km · John C. Munro Hamilton (YHM), 74 km · Buffalo Niagara (BUF), 110 km

Stations

Downsview Airport, 3.5 km · Sheppard West, 3.4 km · Highway 407, 3.1 km · Pioneer Village, 1.8 km · Downsview Park, 2 km

• Hamilton → York University Heights

  13899 km · quickest by air, 28h 48m · NZ$3,040–4,700
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• Windsor → York University Heights

  330 km · quickest by air, 4h 21m · C$130–200
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• Ottawa → York University Heights

  352 km · quickest by air, 4h 25m · C$140–220
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