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-Ambroise Street West, near the
Atwater Market
Atwater Market (''Marché Atwater'') is a market hall located in the Saint-Henri area of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It opened in 1933. The interior market is home to many butchers and the Première Moisson bakery and restaurant. The outside mar ...
and
Lachine Canal in the south. North of Sherbrooke, it is known as Mount Pleasant Avenue.
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
CKGM ('' TSN 690 Montreal'') is an English-language AM radio station in Montreal, Quebec, owned by Bell Media Radio. Formerly an affiliate of sports radio network " The Team," it was one of three stations to retain the sports format after the ...
.
Greene Avenue was said to be given its name in 1884, after the area's former landowner, Edward K. Greene, although other sources point to G.A. Greene as the namesake.
Further reading
Ville de Montréal, Les rues de Montréal, Répertoire historique, Montréal, Méridien, 1995, p. 209
References
Streets in Montreal
Westmount, Quebec
Shopping districts and streets in Canada
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