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Getting There & Parking

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Getting There

The start and finish are at City Hall / Nathan Phillips Square in downtown Toronto at Bay & Queen Street. If you plan to take the TTC (public transit) downtown, note that subways won't be operating until 9am but buses operate early morning on major routes. If taking a cab, might want to call on Saturday to arrange pickup. All subways, buses and streetcars operate after 9am and are a great 'green' way to get home after the race.

Directions from Mid-Toronto/North Toronto
Do NOT take Avenue Road/University south to race, as Queen's Park Circle will be blocked from noon Sunday with WORD ON THE STREET. Instead take Bathurst, Yonge, Mt. Pleasant or Bayview into the downtown core. From any of these southbound streets take cross streets to City Hall.

Directions from the NEAR NORTH (North York, Richmond Hill, Aurora)
Take the DON VALLEY PARKWAY SOUTH, then the Gardiner Expressway west.
Exit at Spadina — go north to QUEEN STREET, east on QUEEN, to Nathan Phillips Square and into the driveway to the parking garage or take the other entrance off Chestnut / Armoury / University [details on parking are below]

Directions from the FAR NORTH (North York, Barrie, Sudbury)
Head south on the 427 to the QEW — east to downtown Toronto.
Follow the GARDINER EXPRESSWAY — east to Spadina.
Exit Spadina — north to QUEEN STREET, east on QUEEN, to Nathan Phillips Square or take the other entrance off Chestnut / Armoury / University [details on parking are below]

Directions from the EAST (Scarborough, Markham, Kingston, Ottawa)
From the 401: Take the DON VALLEY PARKWAY — SOUTH, then the Gardiner Expressway west.
Exit at Spadina — go north to QUEEN STREET, east on QUEEN to Nathan Phillips Square and into the driveway to the parking garage or take the other entrance off Chestnut / Armoury / University [details on parking are below]

Alternate Directions from the EAST (Beaches, Scarborough)
Take any westbound street into the downtown core (Dundas, Queen, King, Eastern, Lakeshore).
Get to Yonge, Victoria or Church Street and find parking there [for PARKING see below]

Directions from the WEST (Mississauga, Oakville, Burlington)
QEW — east to downtown Toronto.
Follow the GARDINER EXPRESSWAY — east to Spadina.
Exit Spadina — north to QUEEN STREET, east on QUEEN, to Nathan Phillips Square or take the other entrance off Chestnut / Armoury / University [details on parking are below]

Directions from the FAR WEST (Brampton, Guelph, Kitchener, London)
From the 401, take Hwy 427 south to the QEW.
Take QEW east where it changes to the GARDINER EXPRESSWAY — head east to Spadina.
Exit at Spadina — go north to QUEEN STREET, east on QUEEN to Nathan Phillips Square and into the driveway to the parking garage. [for more parking are below]

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Parking

Warning: traffic anywhere around City Hall is going to be busy on race morning and a number of streets are going to be closed so plan for it. We suggest you arrive at least an hour and a half prior to your event so you aren't panicked for time. We have some parking options below.

Consider parking away from City Hall and taking a short jog or walk to the Start to avoid traffic congestion and road closures there.

Parking At City Hall — Underground "GREEN P" City Parking is available underneath Nathan Philips Square.

  1. Take University Ave. to Armoury St. (between Queen St. W and Dundas St. W.) then Chestnut St. South to the garage entrance. For more information please visit www.greenp.com.
  2. Entrance off Queen St. W. (between University Ave, and Bay St.)

Parking Near City Hall

  1. 150m from Start: The Eaton Centre lot off Yonge & Shuter
  2. 300m from Start: Dundas Square at Yonge & Dundas
  3. 300m from Start: on Victoria St. north & south of Shuter
  4. 300m from Start: Canadian Tire Store on Dundas
  5. 500m from Start: on Church St., north & south of Shuter
  6. 500m from Start: College Park Mall — garage entrance off Bay/College
  7. Hotels have parking... King Eddy at King/Victoria; Cambridge Suites at Yonge/Richmond; Delta Chelsea at Yonge/Gerrard; Hotel Victoria at Yonge/Front; Sutton Place at Bay/Wellesley

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Leaving the Start/Finish

Traffic is going to be busy so be patient.

How to get onto the Gardiner Expressway West after 11am:

  1. Get over to Spadina, go south to the westbound ramp that takes you to the Gardiner
  2. Take westbound Queen or Richmond (off University) to Bathurst, down to Lakeshore and west from there

How to get to the Don Valley Parkway:

  1. From east of Yonge St., take Queen, Adelaide, King or Front to DVP ramp
  2. From west of Bay St. go north to Gerrard or College, east to Jarvis, north to Bloor, east on Bloor across viaduct to DVP ramp

If you're parked under City Hall and need to go east of Bay St., go north on University to Gerrard or College and head east from there. You probably want to avoid Dundas St. which will be quite jammed.

If you're parked east of Yonge St. and need to get to the Gardiner Westbound, go north on Mt. Pleasant (avoid Yonge) to Gerrard or College, head west to Spadina and south on that to Lakeshore to catch the Gardiner on-ramp.

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Street Closures

For detailed street closures please see the following links:

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