Yonge Street

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major thoroughfare street

Yonge Street is a major north–south thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, historically known as one of the city’s primary commercial and transportation arteries.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Yonge Street canonical	79
Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue	3
King Street East and Yonge Street	1
Yonge	1
Yonge Street (Simcoe County Road 4)	1
Yonge Street and Davisville Avenue	1
Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue	1
Yonge Street and Queen Street West	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T458404 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Yonge Street
Context triple: [Line 1 Yonge–University, servesCorridor, Yonge Street]

A. Queen Street West
Queen Street West is a major east–west thoroughfare and vibrant cultural and commercial district in downtown Toronto, known for its shops, restaurants, nightlife, and arts scene.
B. Bloor Street West
Bloor Street West is a major thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, known for its cultural institutions, shopping districts, and vibrant urban streetscape.
C. Clark Street and Addison Street
Clark Street and Addison Street is a well-known Chicago intersection in the Lakeview neighborhood, best known as the location of Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs.
D. College Street
College Street is a prominent thoroughfare in New Haven, Connecticut, running alongside Yale University’s Old Campus and connecting key parts of the downtown area.
E. Centre Street
Centre Street is a main thoroughfare running through the Newton Highlands neighborhood of Newton, Massachusetts, serving as a key local connector for residents and businesses.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Yonge Street
Target entity description: Yonge Street is a major north–south thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, historically known as one of the city’s primary commercial and transportation arteries.

A. Queen Street West
Queen Street West is a major east–west thoroughfare and vibrant cultural and commercial district in downtown Toronto, known for its shops, restaurants, nightlife, and arts scene.
B. Bloor Street West
Bloor Street West is a major thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, known for its cultural institutions, shopping districts, and vibrant urban streetscape.
C. Clark Street and Addison Street
Clark Street and Addison Street is a well-known Chicago intersection in the Lakeview neighborhood, best known as the location of Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs.
D. College Street
College Street is a prominent thoroughfare in New Haven, Connecticut, running alongside Yale University’s Old Campus and connecting key parts of the downtown area.
E. Centre Street
Centre Street is a main thoroughfare running through the Newton Highlands neighborhood of Newton, Massachusetts, serving as a key local connector for residents and businesses.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	major thoroughfare ⓘ street ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
direction	north–south ⓘ
followsRouteOf	former Highway 11 alignment (southern portion) ⓘ
hasCity	Aurora ⓘ East Gwillimbury, Ontario ⓘ surface form: East Gwillimbury Newmarket, Ontario ⓘ surface form: Newmarket Richmond Hill, Ontario ⓘ surface form: Richmond Hill Toronto ⓘ
hasIntersection	Bloor Street West ⓘ surface form: Bloor Street Dundas Street ⓘ Eglinton Avenue West ⓘ surface form: Eglinton Avenue Finch Avenue ⓘ Sheppard Avenue ⓘ
hasLandmark	Mel Lastman Square (near North York Centre) ⓘ Toronto Eaton Centre ⓘ surface form: Toronto Eaton Centre (adjacent) Yonge-Dundas Square ⓘ Bloor-Yonge intersection ⓘ surface form: Yonge–Bloor intersection
hasNeighbourhood	Yonge-Dundas Square ⓘ surface form: Downtown Yonge North York Centre ⓘ Yonge–Eglinton ⓘ Yonge–St. Clair ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix	M2N (North York Centre segment) ⓘ M4Y (central segment) ⓘ M5B (downtown segment) ⓘ
historicalRole	primary commercial artery of Toronto ⓘ primary transportation artery of Toronto ⓘ
isServedBy	Line 1 Yonge–University ⓘ surface form: Line 1 Yonge–University (Toronto subway) TTC surface routes ⓘ York Region Transit routes ⓘ
knownFor	Yonge-Dundas Square vicinity ⓘ commercial activity ⓘ downtown shopping district ⓘ historic significance ⓘ retail corridors ⓘ transportation artery ⓘ
locatedIn	Greater Toronto Area ⓘ Ontario ⓘ Southern Ontario ⓘ Toronto ⓘ
passesThrough	Downtown Toronto ⓘ North York ⓘ York Region, Ontario ⓘ surface form: York Region
region	Golden Horseshoe ⓘ
terminusNorth	East Gwillimbury, Ontario ⓘ surface form: East Gwillimbury Holland Landing ⓘ
terminusSouth	Toronto Harbour ⓘ surface form: Lake Ontario waterfront Queens Quay ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Line 1 Yonge–University → servesCorridor → Yonge Street ⓘ

Yonge-Dundas Square → locatedAtIntersectionOf → Yonge Street ⓘ

Downtown Toronto → traversedBy → Yonge Street ⓘ

Massey Hall → nearbyStreet → Yonge Street ⓘ

Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre → locatedOn → Yonge Street ⓘ

1900 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada → locatedOnStreet → Yonge Street ⓘ

subject surface form: 1900 Yonge Street

1900 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada → hasNearbyIntersection → Yonge Street ⓘ

subject surface form: 1900 Yonge Street

this entity surface form: Yonge Street and Davisville Avenue

Richmond Hill, Ontario → roadServedBy → Yonge Street ⓘ

Newmarket, Ontario → transportationCorridor → Yonge Street ⓘ

Newmarket, Ontario → servedBy → Yonge Street ⓘ

Yorkville → locatedNear → Yonge Street ⓘ

Bloor–Yonge station → hasEntranceOn → Yonge Street ⓘ

College station → servesStreet → Yonge Street ⓘ

Sheppard–Yonge station → connectsTo → Yonge Street ⓘ

Dundas station → near → Yonge Street ⓘ

Toronto Eaton Centre → boundedByStreet → Yonge Street ⓘ

North York Centre station → locatedOnStreet → Yonge Street ⓘ

Eglinton station → locatedOn → Yonge Street ⓘ

Eglinton station → hasEntrancesOn → Yonge Street ⓘ

Eglinton station → nearbyIntersection → Yonge Street ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue

Finch station → servesStreet → Yonge Street ⓘ

Queen station → crossStreet → Yonge Street ⓘ

Queen station → hasEntranceOn → Yonge Street ⓘ

King station → hasNearbyIntersection → Yonge Street ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Street East and Yonge Street

Dundas Street → hasIntersectionWith → Yonge Street ⓘ

St. Clair station → serves → Yonge Street ⓘ

Davisville station → serves → Yonge Street ⓘ

Davisville station → isOn → Yonge Street ⓘ

Davisville station → hasEntranceOn → Yonge Street ⓘ

Student Learning Centre → street → Yonge Street ⓘ

Financial District → streetBoundedBy → Yonge Street ⓘ

subject surface form: Financial District (Toronto)

Midtown Toronto → locatedAlong → Yonge Street ⓘ

Sheppard Avenue → intersects → Yonge Street ⓘ

Queens Quay West → terminusDirectionEast → Yonge Street ⓘ

Young → hasVariant → Yonge Street ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yonge

Stroud → locatedAlong → Yonge Street ⓘ

Alcona → transportationAccess → Yonge Street ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yonge Street (Simcoe County Road 4)

Queen subway station → locatedAtIntersection → Yonge Street ⓘ

subject surface form: Queen station

this entity surface form: Yonge Street and Queen Street West

Queen subway station → servesStreet → Yonge Street ⓘ

subject surface form: Queen station

Shuter Street → crosses → Yonge Street ⓘ

Bathurst Street → parallelTo → Yonge Street ⓘ

Eglinton Avenue West → hasIntersectionWith → Yonge Street ⓘ

City of Richmond Hill → hasMajorRoad → Yonge Street ⓘ

Town of Newmarket → roadAccessVia → Yonge Street ⓘ

Major Mackenzie Drive → hasJunctionWith → Yonge Street ⓘ

Thornhill → hasMajorRoad → Yonge Street ⓘ

Viva → primaryCorridors → Yonge Street ⓘ

Lake Wilcox → near → Yonge Street ⓘ

Battle of Montgomery’s Tavern → location → Yonge Street ⓘ

Ryerson University campus → adjacentTo → Yonge Street ⓘ

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