Editing Riverdale, Toronto (section)

====The Pocket====
Located within Blake-Jones is an area residents refer to as "The Pocket".  Over time there have been some differences on the exact definition of the area, but currently the Pocket is understood to be "accessible only from the west along Jones Avenue".<ref>The Globe and Mail, November 17th 2006, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/real-estate/article855110.ece<nowiki/>{{Dead link|date=March 2024|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref name="thestar.com">{{Cite web |last=Loriggo |first=Paola |date=March 14, 2009 |title=The Pocket forges its own unique identity |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2009/03/14/the_pocket_forges_its_own_unique_identity.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730080505/https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2009/03/14/the_pocket_forges_its_own_unique_identity.html |archive-date=July 30, 2018 |website=[[The Toronto Star]]}}</ref> This would indicate that the area would be bordered by Chatham Street at the north (which itself is not accessible from Jones, except by bicycles on the recently created bike lane), and on the southern end by Boultbee Ave.  The Eastern side is bordered by the TTC Greenwood yard. As of January 2013 the Pocket Community Association declared they served an area that is "bounded on the west by Jones Ave, on the east by Greenwood Avenue, on the north by Danforth Ave, and on the south by the railroad tracks abutting Boultbee Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 January 2013 |title=The Pocket Community Association (PCA) CONSTITUTION & BY-LAWS |url=http://www.thepocket.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/REVISED%20C%26B-L%2024%20JAN%202013%20APPROVED%20AT%20JANUARY%20AGM.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113191307/https://www.thepocket.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/REVISED%20C%26B-L%2024%20JAN%202013%20APPROVED%20AT%20JANUARY%20AGM.pdf |archive-date=January 13, 2014 |website=thepocket.ca}}</ref> The community is served by the Pocket Community Association.
[[File:Greenwood Yard from GO Train.jpg|thumb|Located in the southeastern portion of Blake-Jones, [[Greenwood Yard]] is a [[rail yard]] with support buildings that service subway vehicles of the [[Toronto subway]] system.]]
The name "The Pocket" was created by area residents during a planning session attended by Susan McMurray, also an editor of a newsletter for the area. The name has stuck in part because of the "village feel" of the community, and has become well used by residents and realtors in the area.<ref name="Toronto Life 2012, page 30">Toronto Life, Real Estate 2012, page 30</ref> The Pocket has been experiencing a gentrification similar of that to the most of Riverdale and other neighbourhoods within Toronto. For The Pocket, this started in the 1990s. The neighbourhood is listed as one of the ten hottest areas in Toronto Life and is described as "coveted" by the Globe and Mail indicating that buyers will pay a premium to live in the community.<ref name="Toronto Life 2012, page 30"/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Yu |first=Sydnia |date=August 25, 2011 |title=A premium for The Pocket |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/real-estate/done-deals/a-premium-for-the-pocket/article2141473/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903174336/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/home-and-garden/real-estate/done-deals/a-premium-for-the-pocket/article2141473/ |archive-date=September 3, 2014 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref> The Pocket has an above average number of people from the [[Muslim]] and [[Greek Orthodox]] communities living in the area.

The area has benefitted from a strong group of volunteers who have done much to make the area safer and prettier.<ref name="Toronto Life 2012, page 30"/>  Such projects as cleaning up and renaming Ben Kerr Lane, an annual street party on Dawson Avenue, street sales, organized pot lucks, not to mention a great number of improvements to Phin Park.  Phin Park has had a number of mature trees planted along its central lighted walkway, an outdoor ice rink created every winter, the placement of large boulders removed during street work, and the building of a gazebo next to the playground for parents to cool off while their children play.  Throughout the year there are events at the park organized and paid for by the community including monthly movie nights and an excellent fireworks show on Victoria Day.<ref name="thestar.com"/>  Another beautification project included building a small orchard and community garden area north of the Greenwood TTC yard.<ref name="Toronto Life 2012, page 30"/>