It covers a rough triangle with the Don Valley to the west, Eglinton Avenue to the northeast and O'Connor Drive to the southeast.

As trucks replaced trains and ships as the main method for transporting goods, industries in Toronto no longer needed to be placed near to rail lines or the harbour.

As a result a number of industrial areas developed in the Toronto suburbs during the 1950s and 1960s.

Other major employers in the area are Habitat for Humanity Toronto and its Habitat Toronto ReStore, Epitome Pictures, Bell Canada and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation.

In April 2013, a facility on Curity Avenue became the new home of The Model Railroad Club of Toronto.