Leaside station

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Leaside
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Leaside Station 2024.jpg
Main entrance under construction in January 2024
General information
LocationEglinton Avenue & Bayview Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°42′40″N79°22′37″W / 43.71111°N 79.37694°W / 43.71111; -79.37694
Platforms Centre platform
Tracks2
Connections BSicon BUS1.svg TTC buses
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusUnder construction
History
Opening2024(0 years ago) (2024) [1]
Services
Preceding station Logo of the Toronto Transit Commission.svg Toronto Transit Commission Following station
Mount Pleasant
towards Mount Dennis
Line 5 Eglinton
(opens 2024)
 Laird
towards Kennedy

Leaside is an underground light rail transit (LRT) station under construction on Line 5 Eglinton, a new line that is part of the Toronto subway system. [2] It is located in the Leaside neighbourhood at the intersection of Bayview Avenue and Eglinton Avenue. It is scheduled to open in 2024. [1]

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During the planning stages for Line 5 Eglinton, the station was given the working name "Bayview", which is identical to the pre-existing Bayview station on Line 4 Sheppard. On November 23, 2015, a report to the TTC Board recommended giving a unique name to each station in the subway system (including Line 5 Eglinton). Thus, the LRT station was renamed "Leaside". [3]

Leaside station secondary entrance Leaside Station 2nd Entrance 2024.jpg
Leaside station secondary entrance

Located at the intersection with Bayview Avenue, this underground station will have two entrances on opposite corners: the main entry at the southeast (replacing a McDonald's) and a secondary entry on the northwest (in the corner of a retail parking lot). [4] Nearby destinations include Howard Talbot Park, Leaside High School, the Leaside neighbourhood, Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery, and the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre complex.

Station site

In October 2013, local residents learned that Metrolinx negotiations with Countrywide Homes, the current owner, allowed the owner to propose to build a new condominium over the station. [5] Metrolinx was to acquire several adjacent properties, not necessary for constructing the station, because they fit within the plan to put the property to dual use. [6] Sam Balsamo, an executive with the developer, characterized the dual-use plan "a unique opportunity because it will potentially be one of the only stops where you'll have residential right above a subway stop".[ citation needed ] Councillor Jon Burnside voiced concern that the developer would use the association with new line to argue for an exemption to the current height restrictions for the area of nine storeys and instead build a high-rise.

A McDonald's restaurant, on the southeast corner of Bayview and Eglinton Avenues, was closed on September 24, 2015, to make way for the station. The restaurant had been part of the community for over 30 years. It had been a contentious subject during town hall meetings, as the construction of the new light rail system that was replacing it would have a great impact on the community. [7] The McDonald's had been a neighbourhood icon thanks to its distinctive design, with the restaurant perched on top of a ground-floor parking lot, and its proximity to neighbouring Howard Talbot Park, where residents could often watch students from nearby Leaside High School play baseball after buying dinner. [8]

Surface connections

As of November 2023, the following are the proposed connecting routes that would serve this station when Line 5 Eglinton opens: [9]

RouteNameAdditional information
11BayviewNorthbound to Steeles Avenue via Sunnybrook Hospital and southbound to Davisville station
34EglintonWestbound to Mount Dennis station and eastbound to Kennedy station

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References

  1. 1 2 Spurr, Ben (February 17, 2020). "Eglinton Crosstown faces another setback, delayed until 2022 | The Star". Toronto Star. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Bayview Station". Eglinton Crosstown. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Line 5 Eglinton Station Names" (PDF). Board Presentation. Toronto Transit Commission. November 23, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2019. Retrieved November 30, 2015. TTC staff evaluated the initial report and the proposed names and provided feedback and recommendations. A primary TTC concern was to avoid replication and redundancy with existing TTC station names. The proposed names are unique and are not likely to be confused with existing station names.
  4. ↑ "McDonalds to be demolished for Bayview LRT". Bayview News. November 7, 2013. Retrieved October 21, 2015. The Bayview-Eglinton station will be built on the site of the McDonalds restaurant
  5. ↑ Peska, Samantha (October 13, 2015). "Eglinton LRT station plus a condo at Bayview and Eglinton?". Post City. Instead of purchasing or expropriating the site, Metrolinx chose to negotiate a deal with the owner of the property, Countrywide Homes, that would allow them to build above the station.
  6. ↑ "WILD & CRAZY 2: Is Ontario trying to pull a RioCan?". South Bayview Bulldog. October 16, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2015. Now Metrolinx has created a much larger footprint for this possible undertaking by purchasing the two four-plexes on the east side of Bayview to the immediate south of the station.
  7. ↑ "Leaside residents brace for Eglinton LRT construction". CityNews. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  8. ↑ Wood, Eric Emin (October 9, 2015). "No More Burgers Served Here". Town Crier. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  9. ↑ "2024 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. November 17, 2023. p. 106.
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