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Adelaide & Niagara

Adelaide St W & Niagara St · Toronto, Ontario · West Queen West · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York

Adelaide & Niagara is a quiet local crossing, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. It sits in West Queen West, in central Toronto. At the corner: a bike lane, 2 schools within 250 m and parks. Nearby: 14 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
3,867
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 14, 2023
3,261 pedestrians · 1,139 cyclists · #2081 busiest
Collisions
19
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 12 property damage · #3495 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
6 streetcar routes · 2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 280 vehicles an hour, 24% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 1.2 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 29.5% of vehicle volume, about 38× the typical share. On average 1.9 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 4.9 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Adelaide & Niagara

Getting here

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
504508501511505509 nearest 157 m
TTC bus
6329 nearest 376 m
Blue Night
304301305363307329
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on Adelaide St W installed 2016
Bike Share
Niagara St / Richmond St W 155 m · 42 docks · 54 stations, 1,147 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (18)
  • Niagara Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 45 m
  • Discovering Minds Montessori SchoolPrivate · 221 m
  • St Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 386 m
  • Charles G Fraser Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 498 m
  • Givins Shaw Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 755 m
  • Alpha Alternative & Oasis AlternativeEnglish Public · 868 m
  • and 12 more
Parks (45)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch864 m
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch933 m
Places of interest
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 503 m
  • Fort York National Historic SiteMuseum · 654 m
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 709 m
  • iArts MuseumMuseum · 756 m
  • Graffiti AlleyLandmark · 932 m
  • Arcadia EarthAttraction · 1 km
  • Exhibition PlaceConvention & Trade Centres · 1 km
  • Enercare CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 1 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 59 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 6 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 363 — 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Wallace Espresso, 121 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in December 2025.

Restaurants & cafés59 within 300 m · 363 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience6 within 300 m · 37 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Three Stars Food and Grocery · 241 Niagara Stgrocery16 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Wallace Espresso · 848 King St W121 mPassed, Dec 2025
Morso Me · 850 King St W127 mPassed, Mar 2026
Chau · 852 King St W128 mPassed, Aug 2026
Meet You Cafe · 858 King St W A130 mPassed, Aug 2026
Fungo Cafe · 800 King St W155 mPassed, Jul 2026
Assos Turkish Market and Coffee · 260 Niagara Stgrocery180 mPassed, Jan 2026
Greedy Goose Kitchen & Bar · 803 King St W180 mPassed, Apr 2026

Every establishment Toronto Public Health inspects under DineSafe, screened by name to leave out kitchens inside schools, care homes and offices. A conditional pass means infractions had to be fixed by a follow-up visit, not that the premises is closed.

Washrooms & water

The nearest public washroom is Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom, 153 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 161 m away at Stanley Park North - Toronto.

  • Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom · 890 King St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    153 m
  • Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom · 700 Wellington St W
    View outdoor pool hours
    241 m
  • Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 155 Crawford St
    View centre hours · accessible
    548 m
Drinking water
Stanley Park North - Toronto drinking fountain · 161 m; Stanley Park South - Toronto drinking fountain · 253 m

Park washrooms, washrooms in City buildings and automated street toilets, with hours and status as the City publishes them (park washrooms are seasonal). Malls, shops and TTC stations are not included.

Child care

14 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 927 spaces; 11 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Garrison Creek Community Day Care (45 m, 152 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km14 centres · 927 spaces
Fee subsidy11 of 14
  • Garrison Creek Community Day Care · 222 Niagara St
    152 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    45 m
  • Downtown Kids Academy, Inc. · 905 King St W
    50 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    386 m
  • Fraser School - Community Day Care Centre · 79 Manning Ave
    136 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    498 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Liberty Village Child Care Centre · 21 Western Battery Rd
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    532 m

Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 331 (370 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 331 · 370 m33 Claremont St
Police14 Division · 1.6 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 35 · 1.5 km265 Manitoba Dr

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are 22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,733 rental units — 11 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 800 Adelaide St W (124 m, 50 units, 3 storeys, built 1987), which scored 88 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 22 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 43 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings22 · 3,733 units · 11 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202643 across the 22
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest41 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
800 Adelaide St Wsocial housing · Homes First Society503198788 · Aug 20260124 m
798 Richmond St W · Akelius Canada Ltd52513197089 · Jul 20257143 m
15 Gore Vale Ave · Terrance Goldthorpe103192645 · Aug 20260357 m
575 Adelaide St WToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation15011198384 · Aug 20241413 m
165 Bathurst St · Hazelview Properties Inc476191879 · Jul 20251511 m
552 Adelaide St Wsocial housing · Par-Med Property Services Inc.845200593 · Jul 20250536 m
900 Queen St Wsocial housing · Artscape Non-Profit Housing Inc.223199681 · Jul 20241560 m
25 Ordnance St · Bentallgreenoak Residential Services333312021100 · Jul 20257561 m

The City's RentSafeTO register — rental apartment buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units — with the score from each building's latest City evaluation (out of 100; poor scores trigger a full audit). LTB orders are final Landlord and Tenant Board orders naming the address (Jan 2026 – Jun 2026); fire-code violations are open items in Toronto Fire Services' inspection data. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport. Condominiums and houses are not registered.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots753 lots · ≈27,580 spaces · 82.7 ha
Within 500 m69 lots · ≈1,160 spaces
Green P (public)25 car parks · about 2,438 spaces
EV charging (City)10 Palmerston Ave · 391 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking189 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 76 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
803 Richmond St W · Surface169 m4856% (Q1 2026)
1030 King Street West - garage entrance via Shank St. · Garage647 m152 *
250 Fort York Blvd. · Surface787 m49 *
800 Fleet Street · Surface811 m94 *
2 Portland St · Garage820 m3797% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 26 m away, ≈6 spaces; 29 m away, ≈6 spaces; 68 m away, ≈13 spaces; 73 m away, ≈4 spaces; 85 m away, ≈9 spaces; 112 m away, ≈7 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Portland St (852 m, 4 ports); 1051 Queen Street W (943 m, 2 ports); 248 Shaw St (1 km, 2 ports).

Lot count and area from the City's topographic mapping of parking-lot footprints (every visible surface lot, public or private); spaces are estimated at one per 30 m² of lot. Lots not run by Green P are private, commercial or institutional and may be for customers or residents only. Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; rates are not shown because that list is stale — check Green P). EV chargers are City-operated only; on-street and underground parking are not included.

Traffic volume

The City's latest turning-movement count — 14-hour, Nov 14, 2023

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 1,443 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 37% of the total, against 8 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the west (706 of 1,139). Evening rush dominates here: 399 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:45 p.m., against 350 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north1,443southbound · 235 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the west1,057eastbound · 706 bikes · 3.9% heavy
Total vehicles3,8673,261 pedestrians · 1,139 cyclists · 2.9% heavy
From the east8westbound · 48 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south1,359northbound · 150 bikes · 2.7% heavy
AM peak hour350 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour399 vehicles from 5:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 14, 2023

Approach figures are vehicles entering the intersection from that leg over the whole count. A count is one day's traffic, not an annual average; the City recounts on an ad-hoc schedule.

How fast traffic moves here

Midblock speed counts on the intersection's streets, the nearest school-zone speed sign, and traffic calming

On Adelaide St W between Lane W of Tecumseth and S of Adelaide and Niagara St, 103 m from the corner, a 7-day count in June 2018 put the average speed at 29 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 40 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 63 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,300 vehicles a day. Niagara St between Stanley Ave and Adelaide St W measured slower: 27 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 35 km/h (Sep 2025). The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 4 speed humps slow traffic on Adelaide Street West between Niagara St and Tecumseth St.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Niagara St · Stanley Ave – Adelaide St W · 40 mSep 2025 · 14 days3,43227 km/h35 km/h40 km/h
Adelaide St W · Lane W of Tecumseth and S of Adelaide – Niagara St · 103 mJun 2018 · 7 days2,27529 km/h40 km/h63 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Adelaide Street West · Niagara St – Tecumseth St
    4 speed humps

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; the 85th-percentile speed is the figure engineers use — 85% of drivers were at or below it. Counts are ad hoc, so some are years old. A midblock reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

The worst year was 2019, with 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 2 collisions (11%) involved an injury. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 32% of collisions. 4 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (21%). The most recent report on file is from Apr 9, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 4.9 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions19#3495 of 5,508
With an injury2#3866 of 4,660
Property damage only12
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian1#2833 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist3#855 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
All since 201421latest Apr 9, 2025

Source: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data — every collision reported to police since 2014, within 65 m of this node. Records through Jun 30, 2026.

Killed or seriously injured

Collisions in which someone died or was seriously injured, within 65 m, 2016–2025 — the basis of the danger rankings

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

KSI = killed or seriously injured. A collision is counted if its recorded location is within 65 m of this intersection's centreline node, whether the police coded it as intersection-related or mid-block. Records can lag a year or more, so the current year is excluded from rankings.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Eight thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 75% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle820street/outdoor (6), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 13, 2024. Police offset every occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing, so these are thefts on the streets and premises around this node, not necessarily at the corner itself. Other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see West Queen West.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Adelaide & Niagara a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 19 lesser collisions. High counts usually track high traffic volume rather than a design flaw; volume is shown alongside so the numbers can be read in context.

How busy is Adelaide & Niagara?

A quiet local crossing. It ranks #2081 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 24% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Adelaide & Niagara?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Adelaide St W between Lane W of Tecumseth and S of Adelaide and Niagara St (June 2018), found an average of 29 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 40 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Adelaide & Niagara?

The nearest Green P car park is 803 Richmond St W (169 m away, 48 spaces, 56% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 753 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,580 spaces — 69 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Palmerston Ave (391 m).

How do I get to Adelaide & Niagara by transit?

Streetcar routes 504, 508, 501, 511 and 2 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 157 m away; bus routes 63, 29 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Adelaide & Niagara?

59 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 363 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Wallace Espresso (121 m), Morso Me (127 m), Chau (128 m), Meet You Cafe (130 m) and Fungo Cafe (155 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Adelaide & Niagara?

The nearest is Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom, 890 King St W, 153 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom (241 m); Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom (548 m). These are the City's own washrooms — in parks, civic buildings and automated street toilets — not those in malls, coffee shops or TTC stations.

Is there child care near Adelaide & Niagara?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 927 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Garrison Creek Community Day Care (45 m, 152 spaces), Downtown Kids Academy, Inc. (386 m, 50 spaces) and Fraser School - Community Day Care Centre (498 m, 136 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Adelaide & Niagara?

22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,733 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 800 Adelaide St W (124 m, 50 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 798 Richmond St W (143 m, 525 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 15 Gore Vale Ave (357 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 45) and 575 Adelaide St W (413 m, 150 units, RentSafeTO score 84). The average RentSafeTO score across the 22 is 88 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. Condos and houses are not on the City's register. Each building's full record — score history, LTB orders, fire-code inspections, permits — is on LandlordReport.

How many thefts are reported at Adelaide & Niagara?

Toronto Police place eight thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Police offset every reported occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing it, so the count covers the streets, driveways and parking around this corner rather than the corner itself. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the West Queen West page.

What neighbourhood is Adelaide & Niagara in?

Adelaide & Niagara is in West Queen West (City of Toronto neighbourhood 162). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined