High Park station

High Park
High Park
General information
Location	35 Quebec Avenue; Toronto, Ontario; Canada
Coordinates	43°39′14″N 79°28′00″W / 43.65389°N 79.46667°W
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	TTC buses 30 High Park North; 189 Stockyards; 300 Bloor - Danforth;
Construction
Structure type	Underground / at grade
Accessible	No
Other information
Website	Official station page
History
Opened	May 10, 1968; 56 years ago
Passengers
2023–2024	9,173
Rank	58 of 70
Services
Location
Location

High Park is a subway station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth of the Toronto subway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located just north of Bloor Street West, spanning the block east of Quebec Avenue to High Park Avenue. It opened in 1968 as part of the westerly extension from Keele to Islington station.^[2] Wi-Fi service is available at this station.^[3]

Station description

The station is mostly underground, lying behind the properties which face on to the north side of Bloor Street. The main entrance is from Quebec Avenue at the westerly end of the surface bus transfer area, with the ticketing mezzanine one level below, above the east end of the train platforms. The station has escalators here, but despite having ramps at the street entrance it does not have elevators to provide access to the platforms for those with physical disabilities. A second entrance from High Park Avenue is at the east end of the bus platform, which is convenient for those needing to cross Bloor Street at the traffic lights to get to and from High Park.

The west end is at ground level, with an apartment building constructed partially over the station and along the south side. Just west of the station, Parkview Gardens is divided by the surface subway tracks and there are two entrances; one on the north side leading to Clendenan Avenue and another on the south leading to Bloor Street. Admission and exit at this end of the station is underground through unstaffed turnstiles.

The original external signage and trim has a unique bright blue background colour, whereas standard stations are red. In 2009 the station title nameboard over the entrance on Quebec Avenue was converted^[4] to the current style of a black background, white lettering and a stripe of green to signify the Bloor–Danforth line, but the other entrances still retain the old ones.

Rehabilitation of the station has included repairs to the roof slab and repaving.^[5] Original deteriorating walls and fences were replaced with sound barriers along the bus transfer area and beyond the west end of the station platforms.^[6]

Station entrance
High Park Station concourse

Station access upgrades

Construction at High Park station began on June 20, 2022, to install two new elevators, improve signage, install security cameras along the accessible pathway, and build a new main entrance structure and automatic sliding doors. The Quebec Avenue entrance is closed for duration of construction. The station is scheduled to become accessible by 2025.^[7]

Nearby landmarks

Nearby landmarks include High Park and Humberside Collegiate Institute. The High Park Mineral Baths was demolished in 1962 to make way for the subway line. It was opened in 1913 as part of a sanatorium but eventually became a public pool.^[8]

Surface connections

The station's bus platform is not within the fare-paid area.

TTC routes serving the station include:

Route	Name	Additional information
30	High Park North	Westbound to Runnymede Road
189	Stockyards	Northbound to Scarlett Road

References

^ "Subway ridership, 2023-2024" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved November 12, 2024. This table shows the typical number of customer-boardings made on each subway line and the number of customers travelling to and from each station platform on a typical weekday in Sep 2023-Aug 2024.
^ Bow, James. "A History of Subways on Bloor and Queen Streets". Transit Toronto. Archived from the original on May 27, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2014. the subway was extended to Islington in 1968
^ "There's now free WiFi at over 40 TTC subway stations". blogTO. Archived from the original on September 12, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
^ See File:High Park TTC Station.jpg taken in 2008
^ "Procurement Authorization High Park Station Structural Paving Rehabilitation Contract W1-5" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. May 12, 2004. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved September 25, 2011.
^ "Procurement Authorization - High Park Station Fence Walls Reconstruction And Masonry Repairs Contract No. W1-11". Toronto Transit Commission. June 18, 2008. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved September 25, 2011.
^ "High Park". Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
^ Amad, Ali (March 27, 2018). "The fascinating stories behind the Hanlan's Point hotel, High Park mineral baths and seven other lost Toronto landmarks". Toronto Life. Archived from the original on March 28, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018.