West Point Grey
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West Point Grey (also known as Point Grey Village) is a mostly residential and affluent neighbourhood in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered by 16th Avenue to the south, Alma Street to the east, English Bay to the north, and the University Endowment Lands to the west. It is one of the two western-most neighbourhoods within Vancouver city limits and is the one closest to the University of British Columbia campus.
West 10th Avenue has the local shopping area between Tolmie Street and Discovery Street.
The 39 Canadian Brigade Group (Army reserve) has its headquarters in the northeastern section of the neighbourhood.
[edit] Education
Lord Byng Secondary School serves students from the neighbourhood, along with Queen Elizabeth Elementary School, Queen Mary Elementary School, École Jules Quesnel and the private K-12 school West Point Grey Academy.
Main neighbourhoods [1]: Arbutus Ridge • Downtown • Downtown Eastside • Dunbar-Southlands • Fairview • Grandview-Woodland • Hastings-Sunrise • Kensington-Cedar Cottage • Kerrisdale • Killarney • Kitsilano • Marpole • Mount Pleasant • Oakridge • Renfrew-Collingwood • Riley Park-Little Mountain • Shaughnessy • South Cambie • Strathcona • Sunset • Victoria-Fraserview • West End • West Point Grey Other areas: |