Wallace Emerson BMX Park
Located behind the Wallace Emerson Community Centre, at 1260 Dufferin St., near the Galleria Mall, is an 8,000 square-foot bike park featuring a 500 foot single track trail and pump track. Freestyle features include: quarter pipes, gridboxes and grind rails, roll-ins, pyramids, jump boxes, a street spine and a bank ramp. The ramps are treated with a polyester powder coat to prevent slipping and a fastener-free riding surface.
The Wallace Emerson BMX Park has come a long way since 2007, when Mike Heaton, a retired school teacher who organized the Toronto BMX Jam at the Toronto International Bicycle Show, arranged for the ramps to be brought to Wallace Emerson, after the show.
Programming
The Wallace Emerson BMX Park offers a wide range of programming. This summer from June 25 to August 31, there will be full day clinics from 10 am to 3 pm and half day clinics from 10 am to 1 pm every day, Monday to Friday. This is a great opportunity to learn from experts like Jason Tojeiro and Adam Dudzinski. To register, please call 416-392-0039 and speak to Leana Karpets or email her at lkarpets@toronto.ca
How to get there
Take the Bloor-Danforth subway to Dufferin Station. Take the 29 Dufferin bus north to Dupont. Walk north to 1260 Dufferin St.