The centre of Orthodox life inside the City of Toronto — Bathurst Street between Glencairn and Wilson packs more than twenty shuls, from Shaarei Shomayim and the Agudah to chassidish shtieblach and Sephardic minyanim, with mikvaos and girls' schools a short walk from the street.
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Read the Bathurst & Lawrence, Toronto moving guide →Bathurst Street between Glencairn Avenue and Wilson Avenue is the densest stretch of Orthodox life inside the City of Toronto. Shaarei Shomayim on Glencairn and the Agudath Israel Congregation on McGillivray are the long-established anchors, and the street itself is lined with shuls and shtieblach — Shaarei Tefillah, Chevra Shas, the Gerer and Bobover shtieblach, Torath Emeth on Viewmount, the Shteibel and many more — with Sephardic congregations such as Ben Ish Chai on Caribou Road.
The Lawrence Manor Mikvah is on Bathurst and the Agudah has its own, and Tiferes Bais Yaakov’s girls’ high school is on Stormont Avenue. Housing runs from older bungalows and semi-detached houses in Lawrence Manor to larger homes in Bedford Park, and the neighbourhood is on the subway’s Yonge–University line at Lawrence West and Glencairn, with Bathurst Manor continuing the community north of Wilson.
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Bathurst & Lawrence, Toronto has 21 shuls on ShulMap in Toronto: Agudath Israel Congregation, Ahavas Torah, Bais Dov Yosef, Beis Hamedrash Tehilos Yisroel, Bobover Shteibel, Congregation Ben Ish Chai, Gerer Shtibel, Imrei Noam, Kahal Toras Chesed, Ohel Moshe, The Marlee Shul, The Shteibel, Torath Emeth (Viewmount), Verner's Shtibel, Congregation Tehilla LeDovid, Shoavei Mayim, Agudah South, Chevra Shas, Kahal Avreichim (Shiff Shul), Shaarei Shomayim, Shaarei Tefillah Congregation.
The centre of Orthodox life inside the City of Toronto — Bathurst Street between Glencairn and Wilson packs more than twenty shuls, from Shaarei Shomayim and the Agudah to chassidish shtieblach and Sephardic minyanim, with mikvaos and girls' schools a short walk from the street.
Yes — shul is the traditional term for synagogue, and Bathurst & Lawrence, Toronto has 21 Orthodox synagogues listed on ShulMap, each mapped with the kosher amenities and housing around it.
Along Bathurst Street in North York, roughly from Glencairn Avenue north to Wilson Avenue, and on the side streets either side of it — Lawrence Manor, Bedford Park, Glen Park and the streets around Caribou Road and Stormont Avenue. Bathurst Manor and Clanton Park continue the community north of Wilson.
Bathurst & Lawrence is inside the City of Toronto, older and denser, with many shuls and shtieblach a few blocks apart on Bathurst Street and a larger yeshivish and chassidish presence. Thornhill, about 15 minutes north on Bathurst, is suburban, newer and spread out, with large Modern Orthodox and Sephardic shuls and Canada's largest kosher supermarket.
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