DRAKE HOTEL
1150 Queen Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6J 1J3
P:416.531.5042
F:416.531.9493
or call us toll free at
1.866.drake.to
1.866.(372.5386)
DIRECTIONS TO THE HOTEL
From Union Station (Downtown) - 8 minutes 2.5 miles
Start North on University
Left onto Queen Street West
Less than 2 miles along Queen West to Beaconsfield
From Pearson International Airport - 21 minutes 14 miles
South on Airport Road
Take 401 Eastbound
Take Highway 427 South toward QEW
Take The Gardiner Expressway East toward Toronto
Take Jameson Avenue Exit
Turn Right on Queen Street West
Less Than 0.5 miles along Queen West to Beaconsfield
From the South West (Oakville/Mississauga) - 25 Minutes 20 miles
Take The Gardiner Expressway East
Take Jameson Avenue Exit
Turn Right on Queen Street West
Less Than 0.5 miles along Queen West to Beaconsfield
From the North West (Erin Mills/Brampton) - 40 Minutes 26 miles
Take Highway 401 East toward Toronto
Take Highway 427 South toward QEW
Take The Gardiner Expressway East
Take Jameson Avenue Exit
Turn Right on Queen Street West
Less Than 0.5 miles along Queen West to Beaconsfield
From the South East (Beaches) - 15 minutes 9 miles
Turn Right onto Lakeshore Boulevard East
Merge onto Gardiner Expressway West
Take Dunn Avenue Exit toward Jameson
Take Dunn Ave toward Queen West
Turn Right on Queen Street West
Less Than 0.5 miles along Queen West to Beaconsfield
From the North East (Scarborough/Pickering/Ajax/Whitby) - 30 Minutes 20 miles
Take Highway 401 West
Take the Don Valley Parkway South exit toward Downtown
Merge onto Gardiner Expressway West
Take Dunn Avenue Exit toward Jameson
Take Dunn Ave toward Queen West
Turn Right on Queen Street West
Less Than 0.5 miles along Queen West to Beaconsfield
Handicap access
There is one step at the front entrance with an alternate entrance at Beaconsfield. There are no barriers into the Dining Room, Lounge and Cafe. There is one accessible washroom on the main floor There is one flight of stairs to the Underground, Sky Yard and Hotel
Via TTC:
Subway to Osgoode Station
Queen Streetcar west to Beaconsfield
or
Subway to Dufferin Station
Dufferin Bus to Queen Street
Walk east to Beaconsfield
NEIGHBOURHOOD PARKING OPTIONS
Green P Parking Lot:
South East corner across from the Drake
+Purchase ticket from the machine and display on your dash.
+1.00 per half hour
+6.00 maximum for any 12 hour period
Directions with coin:
Insert coin. Read-out will display the time up to which you have paid. Continue to add coin until you have reached you desired time of departure. Press green button to print ticket.
Directions with credit card:
Insert credit card. Press maximum time button to purchase blocks of time. By pushing maximum time button repeatedly you can continue to add time. Read-out will display the time up to which you have paid. Only once the read out corresponds to your desired time of departure should you press the green button to print the ticket.
Street parking on Beaconsfield Ave & surrounding residential streets:
+No parking (except by permit) between midnight and 7am.
+Observe signs restricting parking to east or west side of street depending on time of month.
Street parking on Queen St. West
+Purchase ticket from machines on the street following same directions as above.
+1.00 per hour
+Paid Parking and maximum times are enforced from 8 am to 9 pm Monday through Saturday and from 1 pm to 9pm on Sunday.
+2 hour maximum parking weekdays. 3 hour maximum evenings and weekends.
+No parking 7am to 9am on south side of street.
+No parking 4pm to 6pm on north side of street.
Theoretically it is possible to park on Queen Street overnight if you carefully obey all of the above restrictions. However the Drake does not recommend it as the city is quick to tow cars off busy throughways.