Dickens, Vancouver


Dickens is a small neighbourhood in East Vancouver, Canada.

Boundary

Its area is from East 12th Avenue to King Edward Avenue and from Fraser Street to Knight Street. Kingsway runs diagonally through the neighbourhood. The neighbourhood lies within the city-defined community of Kensington-Cedar Cottage.
The area is named after the schools in the area, both named Dickens, which have been rated among the top forty schools in Canada.

Amenities

Parks in the Dickens area include Glen Park and Sunnyside Park. The Windsor Way bike path travels past both schools and provides a traffic-calmed north-south route through the neighbourhood.
The community library is on Knight Street and is part of the King Edward Village condo-shopping project.
The City of Vancouver has recently invested $2.7 million in traffic-calming and beautification measures in the area. This includes improved sidewalks and streetlights, new street trees, sidewalk benches, and others.

Active community association

An active neighbourhood association, the Dickens Community Group, works to improve the area.
Activities include community gardening projects, working with city planners on zoning and related issues, garbage clean-ups, hosting celebrations and community-safety foot patrols. A running group was started in 2006. All events are led by local residents.