Hillcrest Village

Robin Kingsburgh Artbox
Northeast Corner of Leslie Street and Ravel Road
In our busy day-to-day city lives, we have become disconnected from nature and lost our sense of wonder for our Universe. 'Look Up!' with its bright and whimsical colours will draw our attention away from our state of disconnection and bring us back to being present within our local urban environment.

Toronto Public Library - Hillcrest Branch
5801 Leslie Street
The Hillcrest Toronto Public Library branch features a large collection in Chinese and a small collection in French for children. There is also a park area on its east side and a plaque installed to recognize the contributions of Campbell B. Hughes (1913-1990), a Canadian editor and publisher. The library is also next to a local strip mall with various stores.

Cresthaven Park
37 Cresthaven Drive
This 2.7-hectare park features four lit outdoor tennis courts and clubhouse, a children's playground and an open green space.

A.Y. Jackson Secondary School
50 Francine Drive
A.Y. Jackson Secondary School is named after the famous Canadian painter and one of the founders of the Group of Seven. It opened in 1970, with its Brutalist architecture resembling a Cold War-era fortress. The school has a number of notable alumni, including former National Hockey League (NHL) player Adam Graves and K-Pop star Henry Lau.

Cliffwood Park
280 Cliffwood Road
This 2.6-hectare park features a multipurpose sports field, a ball diamond, three outdoor tennis courts, and a children's playground.

Duncan Creek Park
3700 Don Mills Road
Duncan Creek Park is a 24-hectare park featuring 17 bike trails, a pedestrian bridge, and a children's playground. It is also home to the two kilometre Duncan Creek trail, a popular bike and jogging route. Duncan Creek emerges from the ground near Don Mills and flows north through the park, where it joins the Don River east branch near Steeles Avenue East.

McNicoll Park
215 McNicoll Avenue
McNicoll Park is a 2.8-hectare park that features a lit multipurpose sports field, three lit tennis courts, a basketball court, a children's playground, and a splash pad. It is just east of Skymark Park and south of Duncan Creek Park.

CITE Building, Seneca College Newnham Campus
1750 Finch Avenue East
Seneca College's Centre for Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (CITE) opened at its Newnham campus in 2019 and was the College's largest construction project to date. In collaboration with different Indigenous communities and elders, the building is infused with Indigenous designs and historical references throughout the site. Thirteen columns line the front facade of the building; each column is emblazoned with a name (mnido, mkwa, ziissbaakdoke etc.) representing the 13 moons of the Indigenous lunar cycle. The western entrance on Finch Avenue features a magnified version of the signature page and map from the 1787 Toronto Purchase land deal between the Mississaugas of the Credit and the British crown. The interior centerpiece is the colourful Circle of Indigenous Knowledge, a 30-foot diameter terrazzo medallion insert in the ground floor designed by Anishinaabe artist Joseph Sagaj. It features a turtle in the center, a reference to Turtle Island which represents the continent of North America in many Indigenous cultures, enclosed by 18 symbols and elements that represent the First Nations Peoples of the Great Lakes, the Metis, and the Inuit of the Arctic.

Odeyto Indigenous Centre
1750 Finch Avenue East
The Odeyto ('the good journey' in Anishinaabe) is a teaching, learning and gathering space at Seneca College that signifies the physical, emotional, spiritual and mental journeys of Indigenous students. The building's striking exterior resembles a canoe resting on its side and represents a stop on the journey for post-secondary Indigenous students. Its curves are meant to create a warm womb-like interior, where 28 wooden ribs curving along the top and side represent the full lunar cycle and a woman's moon time. The eastern and western doors are painted red and aligned to the summer solstice, with a neon sign saying 'Don't be shy' in Cree syllabics by Cree artist Joi T. Arcand. Odeyto has a computer lab, kitchen, lounge space, offices, a dedicated area for Indigenous elders and even a medicine garden with a bee colony. Its outdoor spaces can also be adapted for use in traditional ceremonies and teaching. Meant to be a home away from home for Indigenous students this multipurpose facility is also accessible to members of the broader Indigenous community.

Zion Primitive Methodist Church Cultural Centre
1650 Finch Avenue East
Zion Primitive Methodist Church Cultural Centre is a noteworthy example of a simple and typical rural church fashioned in the Gothic style. The building's simple rectangular form is enlivened by red-patterned white brick buttresses, chimneys, and an arched belfry. The former church was built in 1873 by the Methodists of L'Amaroux, whom the nearby neighbourhood of L'Amoreaux is named after, and was acquired by the Borough of North York in 1971. It reopened as a cultural centre in 1998, celebrating North York's heritage and serving to promote culture and the arts in the community. The site sits in restful solitude and contrasts against the high rise towers that surround this little reminder of Toronto's rural past.

Skymark Park
3500 Don Mills Road
This 3.2-hectare park at Don Mills Road and Finch Avenue East features a multipurpose sports field and a children's playground. Another park, Willesden Park at 88 Willesden Road, is located just west of Skymark Park at Brahms Avenue.