Keelesdale station

{{Short description|Future underground LRT station in Toronto, Canada}}

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{{About|the future Eglinton LRT station|the subway station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth|Keele station}}

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| name = Keelesdale

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| style = Toronto Transit Commission

| image = NewKeelesdaleStationEntrance.jpg

| image_caption = Main entrance as of June 2024

| address = 2620 Eglinton Avenue West,{{cite web|title=Keele Crosstown Station : Urban Toronto |url=http://urbantoronto.ca/database/projects/keele-crosstown-station |website=Urban Toronto |access-date=August 31, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812161347/http://urbantoronto.ca/database/projects/keele-crosstown-station |archive-date=August 12, 2014}}
Toronto, Ontario

| country = Canada

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| structure = Underground

| platform = Centre platform

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| accessible = Yes

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| status = Under construction

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Keelesdale is an underground light rail transit (LRT) station under construction on Line 5 Eglinton, a new line that will be part of the Toronto subway system. It will be located in the Silverthorn neighbourhood at the intersection of Keele Street and Eglinton Avenue. {{As of|2025|01|post=,}} its opening has been postponed, with no new opening date provided.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/eglinton-crosstown-opening-june-ttc-1.7400691#:~:text=According%20to%20TTC%20Chair%20Jamaal,of%20the%20Eglinton%20Crosstown%20LRT.|title=Eglinton Crosstown will open no earlier than mid-2025, TTC chair says|work=CBC News |access-date=December 5, 2024}} Nearby destinations include the York Civic Centre, Keelesdale Park and Chris Tonks Arena, York Memorial Collegiate Institute, George Harvey Collegiate Institute, and the Silverthorn neighbourhood.

The primary entrance and an off-street bus loop are located at the northeast corner of Eglinton Avenue and Trethewey Drive. A secondary entrance is located on the northwest corner of Eglinton Avenue and Trethewey Drive adjacent to York Memorial Collegiate. A third entrance is located at the southeast corner of Eglinton Avenue and Keele Street. The primary entrance will be fully accessible and have a station plaza with a landscaped public space. The station will have four bus bays plus on-street connections for TTC buses. Noise attenuation walls will be placed between the bus bays and neighbouring houses. There will be outdoor parking for 60 bicycles.{{cite web |title=Keelesdale (formerly Keele) Station |url=http://www.thecrosstown.ca/the-project/stations-and-stops/keele-station |website=Eglinton Crosstown |date=October 13, 2016 |access-date=November 13, 2017 }}

During the planning stages for Line 5 Eglinton, the station was given the working name "Keele", which is identical to the pre-existing Keele station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth. On November 23, 2015, a report to the TTC Board recommended giving a unique name to each station in the subway system (including Line 5 Eglinton). Thus, the LRT station was renamed "Keelesdale". Silverthorn was also considered.{{cite web |url=http://ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Commission_reports_and_information/Commission_meetings/2015/November_23/Reports/Eglinton_Line_Station_Names__Combined_Report.pdf |title=Line 5 Eglinton Station Names |date=November 23, 2015 |work=Board Presentation |publisher=Toronto Transit Commission |quote=TTC staff evaluated the initial report and the proposed names and provided feedback and recommendations. A primary TTC concern was to avoid replication and redundancy with existing TTC station names. The proposed names are unique and are not likely to be confused with existing station names. |access-date=November 30, 2015 |archive-date=November 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126065916/http://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Commission_reports_and_information/Commission_meetings/2015/November_23/Reports/Eglinton_Line_Station_Names__Combined_Report.pdf |url-status=dead }}

File:KeelesdaleNewSecondaryEntrance.jpg

Before construction, land expropriations and demolitions were required. The primary entrance is at the site of former EMS Station 19 and a car wash.{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@43.690304,-79.474992,3a,75y,12.76h,104.7t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sw5Mm4MB1V9SBUIgelvJ9AA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 |title=Eglinton Ave W & Trethway Dr |publisher=Google Maps |date=August 2009 }} The secondary entrance is at the site of a former Coffee Time outlet and its adjacent parking lot.{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/maps/@43.6901389,-79.4749203,3a,75y,121.75h,102.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_kF8Ebug7sYTGrys1z5jpw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 |title=Eglinton Ave W & Keele St |publisher=Google Maps |date=June 2009 }}