Victoria Park

Victoria Park TTC Subway Station
Station statistics
Address	777 Victoria Park Avenue
Coordinates	43°41′42″N 79°17′19″W / 43.695°N 79.28861°W / 43.695; -79.28861Coordinates: 43°41′42″N 79°17′19″W / 43.695°N 79.28861°W / 43.695; -79.28861
Lines	Bloor–Danforth
Connections	TTC buses
Structure	elevated
Platforms	side
Parking	180
Other information
Opened	10 May 1968
Traffic
Passengers (2007-08)	26,200
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Main Street toward Kipling Bloor–Danforth Warden toward Kennedy

A westbound train approaches Victoria Park Station

Victoria Park is a station on the Bloor-Danforth line of the subway system in Toronto, Canada. It is located at 777 Victoria Park Avenue, one block north of Danforth Avenue. The station itself can be accessed by pedestrians via Victoria Park Avenue, or via Albion Avenue, or via a walkway that leads to the nearby Crescent Town area.

180 parking spaces are located in an adjacent lot for commuters.

History

Victoria Park Station was opened in 1968. The station itself was then in the Borough of Scarborough, but the access footbridge across Victoria Park Avenue, built in the 1970s, extended into what was then the Borough of East York.

Until 1973 the buses and the subway trains serving the station were in separate fare zones and so the turnstiles and collector booths were placed between the bus bays and the subway platforms. When the zones were abolished, the layout was reconfigured to bring the buses inside the station's fare-paid area.

In 1995, TTC ticket collector Dimitrija (Jimmy) Trajceski was murdered by Adrian Kinkead at Victoria Park Station. Kinkead was given a life sentence for the crime.^[1]

Subway infrastructure in the vicinity

Traveling eastbound, a few hundred feet before reaching Victoria Park Station a subway car will exit the underground subway tunnel and into the outdoors. Then, for a short section through Victoria Park Station, the line is elevated. Continuing east after the station, the track returns to ground level and angles northeast, diagonal to the street grid.

Nearby landmarks

Near the station are Shoppers World Danforth, Danforth Village, Crescent Town in East York, Dentonia Park, and Teesdale in Scarborough.

Surface connections

• 12 Kingston Road to St Clair and Barkdene Hills

12B to Kennedy Station via Brimley

• 24 Victoria Park to Steeles

24A to Don Mills Station via Consumers Rd

24D to Major Mackenzie - extra fare required north of Steeles

• 67 Pharmacy to Ellesmere Ave.

67A to Eglinton Ave.

• 404 East York (Community Bus)

Station modernization

Victoria Park is one of the stations currently being renovated and redesigned as part of the Station Modernization program. Other Stations include Pape, Union, St. Andrew, Osgoode, St. Patrick.

Currently the elevated bus bay platform has been completely demolished. A new ground level bus terminals will be built in the space previously occupied by the elevated platform. There will also be a new entrance, along with existing entrances being upgraded. The station will also feature a green roof, with various hardy plants. Another prominent feature being added, are elevators, therefore making Victoria Park a fully accessible station. ^[2]

The design aspects of the station include public art. The theme is "roots" by Aniko Meszaros. The theme is a response to the new greenroof and diverse demographic in the Scarborough area. The design includes the words "Roots" and "Community" in different languages. "Roots" will have some slightly different colors, "Community" will be put in layers on top of a tree ring design.

References

External links

• Official TTC page for Victoria Park Station
• City of Toronto Victoria Park Station Land Use Planning Study
• Modernization official website

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