Forest Hill station (Toronto)

During the planning stages for Line 5 Eglinton, the station was given the working name Bathurst, which is identical to the pre-existing Bathurst station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth. In 2015, a report to the TTC Board recommended giving a unique name to each station in the subway system (including Line 5 Eglinton). As the station was located in the Forest Hill neighbourhood, the alternate name of Forest Hill was chosen.^[5]

A small plaza at the northeast corner of the Eglinton and Bathurst intersection, that used to house several businesses including a coffee shop and convenience store, was demolished to make way for the main station entrance.^[6] At 874–876 Eglinton Avenue West, three storefronts were demolished to build the secondary entrance building. One of these businesses, the House of Chan, a Chinese-Canadian restaurant, was a local landmark that needed to relocate.^[7]

After completion of construction of the station headwalls, restoration of the roadway on Bathurst Street began on August 16, 2015.^[8]

On April 18, 2016, a scaffold erected across the face of the future secondary entrance collapsed, injuring seven people (three seriously). The collapsed structure was the façade of the former location of House of Chan, which was relocated eastwards along Eglinton Avenue to the west of Avenue Road.^[9][10]

The station was designed by Dialog and Arcadis, following an architectural concept designed by architects gh3* from Toronto and Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker from Montreal.^[11][12] As with other stations on Line 5, architectural features include natural light from large windows and skylights, steel structures painted white, and orange accents (the colour of the line).^[11]

Avenue station features the artwork a bird in the hand by artist Vanessa Maltese, with birds screenprinted on a window at street level.^[13]

The following bus routes serve Forest Hill station:^[14]