Victoria Park (TTC)

Infobox TTC station
station=Victoria Park
address=777 Victoria Park Avenue


opened=May 10, 1968
district=Scarborough
line=Bloor-Danforth line
nextstation=≅1.2 km west to Main Street 1 min≅2.4 km east to Warden 2 min
connections=12 Kingston Road, 24 Victoria Park, 67 Pharmacy, 404 East York
nightconnections=324 Victoria Park
rank=26th busiest out of 69
dailyboardings=formatnum:TTC ridership|Victoria Park
elevators=0
transferrequired=no
platforms=Side platforms
wheelchair=

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. The 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.

Travelling 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.

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

The station has been scheduled for a redesign of its exterior, to better tie it in to the natural environment, improve the entrance configuration, and replace the bus terminal with a wheelchair-accessible one. [http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/toronto/story.html?id=d1a8111d-3c3f-4fc6-8f7d-59c658f9f6d3] . [http://www.toronto.ca/ttc/pdf/vic_park_stn_mod_presentation.pdf]

In 1995, TTC ticket collector Dimitrija (Jimmy) Trajceski was murdered by Adrian Kinkhead at Victoria Park Station. Kinkhead was given a life sentence for the crime. [http://www.twu.org/intstaff/news/pdfs/05.01.07.pdf]

Surface connections

*12 Kingston Road
*24 Victoria Park
*67 Pharmacy
*404 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.

External links

* [http://www.toronto.ca/planning/vicpark_station.htm City of Toronto Victoria Park Station Land Use Planning Study]