Greenwood Station

Community volunteers on the Local Working Group (LWG) for Greenwood Station put forward potential sites for TTC to develop functional layouts for a new second exit/entrance building. Local Working Group (LWG) members attended a series of meetings in 2017/2018 to help advise where the second exit/entrance location should be built in the Greenwood Station neighbourhood.

At the final LWG meeting (April 11, 2018) the LWG discussed their top two equally ranked locations (Option C: 1416 Danforth Avenue and Option H: 138/140 Monarch Park Avenue) in detail, including a category by category review as a group. The LWG then voted unanimously that Option C: 1416 Danforth Avenue is their recommended location for a second exit/entrance in the Greenwood Station neighbourhood.

Please note that TTC has not put forward, accepted or approved any of the locations that the LWG put forward for review. At this time, no final decisions have been made.

Here are the next steps:

At this time, TTC’s project team will be reviewing the LWG’s recommended location in more detail, including with City staff. We will then host a Community Open House for further feedback from the wider community. City Departments such as Planning and Transportation will also provide their feedback. Then, a TTC board report will be reviewed by the Board, and the final decision will be made by the Board.

Once a final location is approved, further design and engineering work will be required and any updates will also be shared with the community. These reviews will take time and we will have an update meeting (date TBD).

TTC wishes to thank both the Local Working Group and all neighbours who attended many meetings and shared their recommendations with the volunteers and the TTC.

• View the updated functional analysis  for the second exit/entrance location options (including the revised Option I2) presented on February 21, 2018. for the second exit/entrance location options (including the revised Option I2) presented on February 21, 2018.
• View the functional analysis for the original 10 second exit/entrance location options presented on January 31, 2018.

Please see below for the scheduled meetings dates and topics for discussion.

Meetings of the LWG were open to the community.

The next meeting will be held (date TBD):

Community Meeting - Greenwood Station – second exit/automatic entrance - date TBD
At the end of the Local Working Group’s evaluation process, their rankings of the locations will be presented to the community at a public meeting (date TBD) for additional review and community input.

The TTC’s professional engineering staff will then report the LWG’s rankings, the wider community’s input and a recommendation on a final location to the TTC Board. The TTC Board will make the final decision.

Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Purpose: The LWG members reviewed and discussed the LWG's final rankings of their location options.

• Presentation - April 11, 2018 
• Meeting Notes - April 11, 2018 

Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Purpose: The LWG members reviewed and discussed the LWG's preliminary rankings of their location options.

The LWG submitted their final rankings to the TTC following this meeting.

• Presentation - March 21, 2018 
  
• Meeting Notes - March 21, 2018 

Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Purpose: The LWG reviewed their location options and discussed the relative merits for each option using the Evaluation Framework categories. TTC answered questions from the LWG and community.

The LWG submitted their preliminary rankings to the TTC following this meeting.

• Presentation - March 7, 2018 
• Meeting Notes - March 7, 2018 
• Evaluation Framework Matrix - March 7, 2018

Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Purpose: The LWG discussed the relative merits of each option using the Evaluation Framework categories. TTC answered questions received from the LWG and community.

• Presentation - February 21, 2018 
  
• Meeting Notes - February 21, 2018 
  

Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Purpose: The LWG reviewed and discussed the TTC’s functional analysis for each of the location options they submitted.

• Presentation - January 31, 2018
• Functional analysis for the original 10 second exit/entrance location - January 31, 2018
• Meeting Notes - January 31, 2018 

The TTC hosted the third Local Working Group (LWG) meeting on September, 12, 2017 (6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.) at St. David's Anglican Church.

At this meeting, the LWG put forward ten potential locations for technical analysis by the TTC. The ten options as submitted by the Greenwood LWG to the TTC for development of conceptual layouts are indicated below (in alphabetical order):

• 1366 Danforth Avenue
• 1410/1416 Danforth Avenue - rear of property
• 1416 Danforth Avenue
• 7 Linnsmore Crescent
• 9 Linnsmore Crescent
• 11 Linnsmore Crescent
• 15 Linnsmore Crescent
• 138/140 Monarch Park Avenue
• 261 Strathmore Boulevard
• Strathmore Boulevard at Monarch Park Avenue Right-of-Way

The locations can be seen on the following map

• Presentation - September 12, 2017
• Meeting Notes - September 12, 2017
  

TTC hosted the second Local Working Group (LWG) meeting on June 13, 2017. Meetings of the LWG were open to the community to observe.

Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. - presentation began at 6:30 p.m.
Location: Danforth Collegiate Technical Institute - Cafeteria, 800 Greenwood Avenue, Toronto, ON M4J 4B7

• Presentation - June 13, 2017  
• Meeting Notes - June 13, 2017  

As part of the TTC’s commitment to safety and modernization, Greenwood Station (on Line 2 Bloor-Danforth) will be getting a second exit to improve customer safety and convenience. It will also function as an automatic entrance.

The Expert Panel on Second Exits (an external group of planners, architects and construction experts who developed the new planning process) selected 15 community representatives for the Local Working Group (LWG) for Greenwood Station. These volunteers met and ultimately evaluated and ranked location options for a second exit at Greenwood Station, using a standard framework that was developed by the Expert Panel. 

The meeting was held on:

Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. - presentation began at 6:30 p.m.
Due to an emergency the TDSB venue was changed to: Wilkinson Public School - 53 Donlands Avenue

• Presentation - May 30, 2017  
• Meeting Notes - May 30, 2017  
  

The TTC looked for 10-15 Toronto residents representing as many of the groups below as possible to be part of the local Working Group for Greenwood Station’s Second Exit. Applications were reviewed by the Expert Advisory Panel for Second Exits.

• Resident living in the vicinity of Greenwood Station
• Business owner and/or landlord with business interests in the vicinity of Greenwood Station
• Worker employed in the vicinity of Greenwood Station
• TTC customer who frequently use Greenwood Station
• Representative of community group operating in the vicinity of Greenwood Station
• Representative of agency and/or institution operating in the vicinity of Greenwood Station
• Representative of a local BIA

 

LWG members attend a series of meetings to put forward and rank location options to help determine where the second exit location should be built in the Greenwood Station neighbourhood.

There is an expectation that some work will be done by local working group members in between meetings.

Download a copy of the LWG application for Greenwood Station.

The public was invited to a community meeting to find out how to participate in the second exit/entrance planning process in the neighbourhood.

Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Presentation begins at 6:30 p.m.
Location: Danforth Collegiate Technical Institute - Cafeteria (enter from Strathmore Boulevard) - 800 Greenwood Avenue, Toronto

• Download the Open House Presentation
• Download the Meeting Report