In 2008, the Toronto Star reported this station, along with Lansdowne, Kennedy, and Warden to be a "known problem area" in terms of crime in the subway system.

[5] The northside entrance remains inaccessible due to space restrictions and generally used as drop off point by car.

[10] Upon entrance from the Lawrence Avenue bridge over Allen Road, the bus waiting area and the train platform are apparent.

The platform level features exposed concrete walls, with a long strip of skylights above the tracks with the same orange framing used throughout the station.

Spacing... Aerial Highways, a large 300 foot ceramic tile mural designed by Claude Breeze,[12] spreads across the north face of the main station building above the bus platform.