Getting to the Lake

The neighbourhood’s waterfront is a wonderful place to spend time all year long but it’s especially wonderful in summer. There are no shortage of reasons to go there – Sunnyside Park, Gus Rider Swimming Pool, the boardwalk and just west of Sunnyside is the community of Humber Shores. There are lots of ways to get there, walk, drive, bike, TTC. Getting to the lake by TTC can be a challenge, even at rush hour from the northwest edge of the community, Jane and Eglinton, it would take nearly an hour to get there.

The Parklawn Go Station that was a promised transit improvement for the Humber Shores community and scheduled to be built already, now hangs in the balance with the pause of the Christie Cookie Factory condo development. Councillor Amber Morely put forward a motion at the end of the spring council session. In the motion she, “requested that Metrolinx and the Provincial government form a working group with City Officials, the Ministries of Infrastructure, Transportation, Municipal Affairs and Housing, and Finance Officials, and other related parties, to examine ways to advance the development of the Park Lawn GO Station and other transit improvements in Humber Bay Shores.”

No matter how you get there this would be a great weekend to visit, the 15th annual Humber Bay Shores Waterfront Festival is happening. Check it out this Saturday, August 8th, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Marine Parade Drive. It’s free, there will be live music, over 150 local vendors, food, family-friendly activities, and a Kids Zone.