North York Centre (TTC)

North York Centre is an underground subway station in Toronto. It lies on the Yonge- University - Spadina line of the Toronto Subway, at the intersection of Yonge Street and Park Home Avenue / Empress Avenue. The station has side platforms, is used daily by an average of 25,480 passengers (2009 /10). There is a interchanges to a bus route.

The section between York Mills and Finch was indeed already opened in 1974, but existed at this point no station. The then independent city of North York experienced thanks to the connection to the subway and began a rapid growth through the targeted establishment of public institutions and office buildings, the area in the middle between Sheppard Avenue and Finch Avenue expand to the actual town. Mayor Mel Lastman convinced the Toronto Transit Commission of the need to subsequently build a new metro station. Construction began in September 1985, which had to be carried out mainly during the nighttime operation breaks so as not to obstruct the movement of trains. Finally, on 18 June 1987, the opening.

Both platforms are decorated with murals by Nicholas and Susana Graven. They consist of over 5000 glazed ceramic tiles and place it in an abstract way sceneries of North York in the 19th century dar. Top of the North shows a mill and farmers in the 1850s, traffic at Yonge and Sheppard the stagecoach and horse and cart traffic in the 1860s.