If you’re flying in, Toronto Pearson is the bigger airport, but a fair distance from downtown. The Toronto City airport is convenient but has fewer flights coming in. There’s info about getting into town from Pearson here and from the city airport here.
Getting to the Gardiner
This is from the Gardiner’s website:
TTC: The closest subway stop is Museum Subway Station, located at the southeast corner of Queen’s Park and Charles Street.
Highway Directions: If driving along the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW), look for and follow the Gardiner Expressway and exit at Spadina Avenue. Proceed north on Spadina Avuenue to Bloor Street. At Bloor Street turn right (east) and look for Avenue Road/Queen’s Park. The Museum is on the southeast corner of Bloor Street and Queen’s Park.
If arriving from the east and driving on Highway 401, take Avenue Road south to Bloor Street, OR take the Don Valley Parkway south to the Bloor Street ramp and proceed west along Bloor to Avenue Road.
Parking: There is no Museum parking lot. There are several paid lots in the vicinity; however, the Museum cannot guarantee availability of lots or parking.
- On Cumberland Street, one block north of Bloor Street, east off Avenue Road.
- In the Colonnade building, at 131 Bloor Street West
- One block north of Bloor Street West, on Avenue Road, in Yorkville’s Hazelton Lanes building