The ticket collector's booth and turnstiles are at the surface in the main station building on the southwest corner of the site with a secondary exit/entry structure to the east, adjacent to the parking lot.

Centennial College's Story Arts Centre, home to Communications, Media and Design programs, is located just north of the station.

Due to construction of the Ontario Line, the bus terminal at Pape station will be closed between May 12, 2024, and the fourth quarter of 2024.

[6] The project was scheduled to begin in 2008, but due to delays, the contractor did not mobilize on the site until September 28, 2009.

In April, the TTC announced an opinion survey which gave riders three options, continue with the current schedule, speed up renovations by three months by closing the station over six consecutive weekends, or speed up renovations by closing the station for 12 consecutive days.

The elevators came into operation on October 31, 2013 making the station fully accessible,[2] and on December 23, 2013, the new second exit building opened.

Along with much of the proposals under that plan, the Don Mills LRT was scrapped by succeeding mayor Rob Ford.