It is one of two Metro stations that service Montreal's Gay Village, part of the Centre-Sud district.

It briefly served as the terminus of the Green Line until Frontenac station opened two months later.

A transept leads to a long set of stairways to the entrance, located in the centre of a public square.

[5] The station features a set of three murals by Jean Cartier and George Juhasz at the transept level.

Also, the redevelopment of the square around the station's entrance included the addition of a sculpture, Révolutions, by Michel de Broin.