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Baycrest is comprised of a number of facilities, programs and services. The campus is located on 19 acres of land on Bathurst Street in Toronto (formerly North York). A total of six buildings add up to 1.3 million square feet of physical space.
Approximately 1000 patients and residents live at Baycrest, with a number of outpatients, family members and other visitors who visit Baycrest on a daily basis. Approximately 1700 staff and over 3000 volunteers work and volunteer at Baycrest. Students, contractors and other public also frequent Baycrest on a daily basis.
Main Complex
Baycrest Hospital
A seven-storey, 365,000 square foot building built in 1985. The 300-bed Hospital specializes in Rehabilitation, Mental Health, and Complex Continuing Care. There are onsite Ambulatory Clinics, including outpatient services.
Apotex Centre Jewish Home for the Aged
A seven-storey, 388,000 square foot building built in 2000. The 472-bed Apotex Centre is a long-term care facility with the 7th floor specialized to residents with stroke and cognition.
Posluns Building
A four-storey, 50,000 square foot building built in 1954. The 1st and 2nd floors are used by Support Services to house the food services and receiving dock operations. The 3rd and 4th floor are office related clinical areas and are visited by outpatients attending appointments.
Brain Health Centre
A ten-storey, 256,000 square foot building built in 1967. The upper floors are used by Research, with primarily office and test/lab facilities. Access is usually restricted to research and other administrative staff. Research subjects will visit the area as per appointment.
The middle floors are intended to be used as clinical areas and are under development. Outpatients will visit the area as per appointment.
The lower floors are used as office areas, and also house the Community Day Centre for Seniors.
Terraces of Baycrest and Wagman Centre Complex
Terraces of Baycrest
An eleven-storey, 172,000 square foot building built in 1976. The building provides supportive housing to approx. 212 residents who live in 202 individual apartments.
Wagman Centre
A two-storey, 65,000 square foot building built in 1976 and is physically connected to the Terraces of Baycrest. The Wagman Centre is a Community Centre providing social and recreational programs and services to the residents of the Terraces of Baycrest and approx. 800 other community based members.
Esther Exton Childcare Centre
A one-storey, 5000 square foot building built in 1995. The facility provides daily childcare services for 52 children.
Grounds
The property has a number of park-like settings for outdoor enjoyment.
A paved walking path is used to connect the Main complex with the Terraces of Baycrest and Wagman Centre.
There are a total of 712 car park spaces located throughout the campus. There is a main car park located between the Main complex and the Terraces of Baycrest and Wagman Centre complex. There are also a number of car park spaces attached to each building facility, excluding the hospital building. Thirty (30) of the 712 spaces are designated as handicap.
Public transit is available at the entrance to the campus on Bathurst Street.
Baycrest operates a daily Shuttle Bus service throughout the campus property.
Baycrest operates a fleet of buses that are used to transport clients to and from the Community Day Centre for Seniors.