Originally rural, it is now mainly residential along the road, with occasional commercial developments where it meets other major intersections, such as Eglinton Town Centre at Eglinton Avenue and Bridlewood Mall at Finch Avenue; the Ashtonbee campus of Centennial College is also located near the former. Industrial areas are being rezoned between Danforth and Eglinton, which were initially developed as World War II munitions plants.
Name
Warden Avenue is named after Warden House found on Warden Avenue in Markham, Ontario. It is the north-south lot division of lots 31 and 32, of the former Township of Scarbrough, and was surveyed in 1865.
Route 68 starts at Warden Station and ends at an off-street loop just beyond Steeles Avenue. Route 68B travels into York Region. Night bus service is provided between Steeles and Sheppard, as well as at Danforth, as a connector between routes 300 and 302.