Greene Avenue (Montreal)

Greene Avenue (officially in French: avenue Greene) is a north-south street in Westmount and Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It links Sherbrooke Street West in the north and Saint-Antoine Street West, near the Atwater Market and Lachine Canal in the south. North of Sherbrooke, it is known as Mount Pleasant Avenue.

"Greene Avenue" redirects here. For the former New York City Subway station, see Greene Avenue (BMT Lexington Avenue Line).
Greene Avenue
Shops along Greene Avenue, between De Maisonneuve Boulevard and Sherbrooke Street
Native name French: avenue Greene
Owner City of Westmount
Location Between Sherbrooke Street and Atwater Avenue
Coordinates 45.487439°N 73.590745°W / 45.487439; -73.590745
Construction
Inauguration 1881

Greene Avenue is locally known for its upscale shops, restaurants and antique dealers. Notable structures and businesses on the street include the western entrance to Westmount Square and the studios for radio station CKGM.

Greene Avenue was said to be given its name in 1884,[1] after the area's former landowner, Edward K. Greene,[2] although other sources point to G.A. Greene as the namesake.[3]

Further reading

Ville de Montréal, Les rues de Montréal, Répertoire historique, Montréal, Méridien, 1995, p. 209 (in French)

References
  1. "Greene Avenue" (PDF). The Westmount Historian. 12 (1): 1. September 2011.
  2. Walsh, Michael (2020-10-10). "Westmount places and their stories /32". Westmount Magazine. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  3. "Ville de Montréal - La toponymie". ville.montreal.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-19.


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