Bayview is a station on the Sheppard line of the subway system

Toronto subway and RT

The Toronto subway and RT is a rapid transit system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, consisting of both underground and elevated railway lines, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission . It was Canada's first completed subway system, with the first line being built under Yonge Street, which opened in...

 in Toronto

Toronto

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, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. It is located at 550 Sheppard Avenue

Sheppard Avenue

Sheppard Avenue is an east-west principal arterial road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A small portion of a continuation of the road in Pickering, Ontario is also called Sheppard Avenue.-History:...

 East, at Bayview Avenue

Bayview Avenue

Bayview Avenue is a major north-south route in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario. North of Toronto, in York Region, Bayview is also designated as York Regional Road 34.-History:...

. It opened in 2002.

Architecture and art

Stevens Group Architects designed the station. Most unique to the station are the high-ceiling entrance pavilions with long, angled roofs overhanging the structure, evoking mid-century expressionist architecture. They have extensive glazing

Glazing

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. The public art

Public art

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 installed at Bayview Station includes a variety of trompe l'oeil

Trompe l'oeil

Trompe-l'œil, which can also be spelled without the hyphen in English as trompe l'oeil, is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects appear in three dimensions.-History in painting:Although the phrase has its origin in...

 illustrations on the walls and floors by Toronto artist Panya Clark Espinal.

Nearby landmarks

Nearby landmarks include the Bayview Village

Bayview Village

Bayview Village is an affluent neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, formerly in North York before it was amalgamated into Toronto in 1998. It is part of the federal and provincial electoral district Willowdale, and Toronto electoral wards 24: Willowdale and 33: Don Valley North...

 Shopping Centre and the Kenaston Gardens YMCA

YMCA

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, which has an entrance directly adjacent to the station. There is no indoor access to the subway from either Bayview Village or the YMCA.

Surface connections

• 11 Bayview

11 northbound to Steeles

11 southbound to Davisville Station

Davisville (TTC)

Davisville is a station on the Yonge–University–Spadina line of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 1900 Yonge Street at Chaplin Crescent/Davisville Avenue...

• 85 Sheppard East

85 eastbound

85 westbound to Sheppard Station

Sheppard-Yonge (TTC)

Sheppard-Yonge is a station on the Yonge-University-Spadina and Sheppard lines of the subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the third busiest subway station in the system, after Bloor-Yonge, and St...

A transfer is needed to connect to both of these routes. Transfers occur directly outside of the station.