On December 13, 2013, the Toronto Police were called in after gun shots were fired on board a subway train at the station.

A man in his 20s was shot and was rushed to nearby St. Michael's Hospital[3] in life-threatening condition, but stable on the day after.

Priorities changed and the line was never built, but many people unknowingly pass through this lower station every day; two pedestrian tunnels, which go under the Line 1 tracks to allow riders to move between the northbound and southbound platforms, use portions of this intended station, with most of the excess infrastructure walled off.

The station was designed as part of a planned but never-built streetcar subway that would have run east and west along Queen Street.

[5] The trackway was planned for streetcars rather than dedicated subway trains, similar to the much newer streetcar-only underground track originating at Union station used for the 510 Spadina and 509 Harbourfront routes.

Unlike the abandoned platform at Lower Bay, this station is not used in any way save as an occasional storage facility and film set, and the aforementioned pedestrian tunnels.

The station contains painted murals by John Boyle at the platform level entitled Our Nell,[8] featuring depictions of Nellie McClung, William Lyon Mackenzie, as well as the former Simpson's and Eaton's department stores.