Greene Avenue (Montreal)

{{Short description|Thoroughfare in Montreal, Canada}}

{{Redirect|Greene Avenue|the former New York City Subway station|Greene Avenue (BMT Lexington Avenue Line)}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{more citations needed|date=July 2021}}

{{Infobox street

| name = Greene Avenue

| native_name ={{native name|fr|avenue Greene}}

| image = Avenue Greene, Westmount (île de Montréal) 2005-11-10.JPG

| caption = Shops along Greene Avenue, between De Maisonneuve Boulevard and Sherbrooke Street

| former_names =

| postal_code =

| addresses =

| length =

| width =

| location = Montreal and Westmount

| direction_a = South

| terminus_a = Saint-Ambroise Street West, Saint-Henri

| direction_b = North

| terminus_b = Sherbrooke Street West, Westmount (continues as Mount Pleasant Avenue)

| client =

| owner = Cities of Montreal and Westmount

| current_tenants =

| sector =

| category =

| coordinates = {{coord|45.487439|N|73.590745|W}}

| commissioning_date =

| construction_start_date =

| completion_date =

| inauguration_date = 1881

| demolition_date =

| main_contractor =

| cost =

}}

Greene Avenue (officially in {{langx|fr|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 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.

Greene Avenue was said to be given its name in 1884,{{Cite journal|date=September 2011|title=Greene Avenue|url=https://westmounthistorical.org/whawp/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/WHA_GreeneAvenue_Fall2011.pdf|journal=The Westmount Historian|volume=12|issue=1|pages=1}} after the area's former landowner, Edward K. Greene,{{Cite web|last=Walsh|first=Michael|date=2020-10-10|title=Westmount places and their stories /32|url=https://www.westmountmag.ca/westmount-places-and-their-stories-32/|access-date=2021-05-18|website=Westmount Magazine|language=en-US}} although other sources point to G.A. Greene as the namesake.{{Cite web|title=Ville de Montréal - La toponymie|url=http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=1560,11245605&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL|access-date=2021-05-19|website=ville.montreal.qc.ca|language=fr-ca}}