Bathurst station (Toronto)

The station serves The Annex and Koreatown neighbourhoods. Nearby destinations include St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Bathurst Street Theatre, Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema (formerly the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema), Lee's Palace, Central Technical School and Harbord Collegiate Institute. ==Surface connections==

When the subway is closed, buses and streetcars do not enter the station. An on-street transfer is required at Bathurst Street and Bloor Street during this time. TTC routes serving the station include: ==Tributes to Honest Ed's==

On November 1, 2016, a temporary tribute to the Honest Ed's discount store was installed at Bathurst station in response to the store's impending closure. The station's interior walls and exterior windows were decorated with retro-style signage and pun-filled slogans that mirrored Honest Ed's signature visual aesthetic. This tribute remained in place until the store's final day of operation on December 31, 2016. The TTC later installed a permanent tribute to Honest Ed's on the station's concourse level. This tribute comprises five vertical panels and a ''trompe-l'œil'' mural on opposite walls. The panels showcase photographs, storefront signs, and other memorabilia related to the store. The mural depicts the vault door that adorned the north façade of Honest Ed's. Two smaller images of the vault door are featured on one of the five panels. ==Parkette==

The piece of land between the main station building and Bathurst Street, encircled by the streetcar loop tracks, is used by the City of Toronto as a public park. Previously named "Bathurst Subway Parkette", a ceremony took place on September 22, 2008, to rename the park "Ed & Anne Mirvish Parkette". Ed Mirvish had been a well known local businessman whose landmark Honest Ed's discount store was located nearby at the southwest corner of Bloor Street and Bathurst Street. The Mirvish family had requested an appropriate commemoration to Ed, who had died on July 11, 2007 and the City of Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division recommended the renaming of this parkette as an opportunity to honour Ed and his wife Anne, who were both a positive influence on the community. ==References==