Monk station

Monk
Monk
General information
Location	6750 and 6805 Monk Boulevard; Montreal, Quebec H4E 2K9; Canada
Coordinates	45°27′05″N 73°35′35″W / 45.45139°N 73.59306°W
Operated by	Société de transport de Montréal
Connections	Société de transport de Montréal
Construction
Depth	18.3 metres (60 feet), 18th deepest
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Blais & Bélanger
Other information
Fare zone	ARTM: A
History
Opened	3 September 1978
Passengers
2023	1,316,948 20.4%
Rank	57 of 68
Services

Monk station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^[4] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves Green Line. The station is located in the Ville-Émard district.

Art and architecture

The station structure was designed by Blais & Bélanger and features many works of art, including the large sculpture Pic et Pelle by artist Germain Bergeron. Monk also features many balconies that overlook the main station below, however they have been closed for the safety of the visually impaired.

Germain Bergeron considered many different ideas for the public art for this station. His first concept was to create a series of flying saucers that were suspended from the roof of the station, and were to move with the wind generated by passing trains. However, this was deemed too dangerous by authorities, and the idea was cancelled.

The current two giant statues of workers constructing the Metro were to have been accompanied by a third, representing a foreman, but this idea was judged superfluous and scrapped.

Origin of the name

The station is named for boulevard Monk, itself named to honour the Monk family. It is unsure which member is being honoured.^[5] It could be Sir James Monk (1745-1826), a prosecutor who served on Quebec's vice admiralty court from 1778 to 1788 and subsequently became Montreal's chief justice from 1793 to 1820. Alternatively, the boulevard and the station could be named for Frederick D. Monk, an attorney who along with Joseph-Ulric Émard purchased land belonging to the Davidson family in order to develop it, the area became Ville-Émard.^[6]^[7]