PARKING – Wexford / Ashtonbee Parks
Saturday & Sunday, June 22 & 23, 2019
WE NEED YOUR HELP
This year’s Robbie Festival will be bringing thousands of young soccer players and their families into the Pharmacy and Eglinton avenues area on the weekend of June 22 and 23.
Due to ongoing transit line construction along Eglinton Avenue, we’re going to need your help to make it work.
- Pack your patience
- Plan your route to the fields in advance
- Give yourself lots of time to arrive and park due to what will be extremely heavy traffic conditions caused by possible road closures and lane reductions in the Pharmacy and Eglinton area.
YOU NEED TO KNOW
Construction work along Eglinton Avenue between the Don Valley Parkway and Kennedy Road will make travelling along Eglinton difficult and time consuming. We strongly advise that you try to avoid Eglinton Avenue if possible.
East/west alternates which are NORTH of Eglinton Avenue are Lawrence Avenue, Ellesmere Road and Hwy. 401. Take them to either Pharmacy or Warden and then head south to the Wexford/Ashtonbee Park area.
Drivers coming from the SOUTH are advised to try and avoid having to cross Eglinton Avenue at Victoria Park, Pharmacy, Warden, Birchmount or Kennedy. Some of these intersections could be completely closed or reduced to one-lane each way due to construction. Your best options for crossing Eglinton are Midland Avenue to the east and the Don Valley Parkway to the west.
Please note that we know for certain that both Hakimi Avenue and Lebovic Avenue at Eglinton will be closed to north/south traffic on the weekend of June 22/23.
We do not have an exact construction schedule from Metrolinx or the City of Toronto for the Pharmacy/Eglinton and Warden/Eglinton intersections on June 22/23. The most up-to-date construction information can be found at:
http://www.thecrosstown.ca/news-media/whats-new/construction-updates
http://www.torontoroadclosures.com/
PARKING – Wexford / Ashtonbee Parks
Saturday & Sunday, June 22 & 23, 2019
Both days have 80 teams attending games from 9 am through 6 pm.
That is 800+ players plus families – total attendance 4,000 to 5,000.
Parking is very limited on site.
Alternatives are available in the area.
We encourage carpooling.
PLEASE OBEY ALL POSTED PARKING REGULATIONS. ENFORCEMENT IS ROUTINE.
DO NOTPARK IN THE EMERGENCY SERVICES LOT.
ON SITE & ADJACENT
- East side of Pharmacy Avenue north of Ashtonbee Road. (usually full by 9 am)
- Parking for park off Singleton Road east of Pharmacy Avenue.
- Ashtonbee Road on the south side of the park. (Parking meters will be turned off and bagged so there is no charge to park)
- Centennial College – west side of College, access from Ashtonbee Road (usually no charge on weekends)
ADDITIONAL PARKING
- Ali’s No Frills – at southwest corner of Eglinton Ave and Pharmacy Ave. Park on east side of the store.
- Ashtonbee Road east of Warden Avenue
- Bertrand Avenue east of Warden Avenue and north of Ashtonbee Road
- Crockford Blvd – east of Warden Avenue running north from Bertrand Avenue. (There is a pedestrian path in the hydro corridor that leads directly into Wexford / Ashtonbee Parks. There is a traffic signal to safely cross Warden Avenue.
THE AREA
There is considerable retail business in malls / plazas on the south side of Ashtonbee Road from Pharmacy Avenue to Warden Avenue. These are private properties. There are a number of restaurants in these malls / plazas.
WASHROOMS
- Southeast of the Ashtonbee Reservoir
- At the north end of Wexford Park near the baseball diamonds
- Portable toilets located along the paved pedestrian path.
DROP OFFS OF PLAYERS AND EQUIPMENT
Stopping vehicles on Pharmacy Avenue in front of or beside the entrance to the parking lot will not be allowed for safety reasons, and this will be strictly enforced by police and Robbie officials.
We suggest if you need to drop off team tents, coolers or a carload of players to do so in the Wexford Park parking lot located on Singleton Road.
