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Alton & Queen

Alton Ave & Queen St E · Toronto, Ontario · Greenwood-Coxwell · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth · Leslieville BIA

Alton & Queen is a mid-volume intersection. It sits in Greenwood-Coxwell. At the corner: parks. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
6,509
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 22, 2010
741 pedestrians · 217 cyclists
Collisions
41
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
10 with an injury · 25 property damage · #2367 of 5,508
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1262 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
3 streetcar routes · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 810 vehicles, 70% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 9 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 3.3% of vehicle volume, about 4.3× the typical share. That comes with about 4.1 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. The pace has been steady: 21 collisions in 2016–2020 and 20 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 41 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Alton & Queen

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501503506 nearest 17 m
TTC bus
318311422 nearest 17 m
Blue Night
301306325322
Nearest stops
17 surface stops within 300 m — Queen St East at Alton Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Queen St E / Alton Av 17 m · 19 docks · 15 stations, 309 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 (11)
  • St Joseph Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 394 m
  • Leslieville Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 536 m
  • Bruce Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 536 m
  • Duke of Connaught Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 545 m
  • Riverdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 895 m
  • Kew Park Montessori School - HiawathaPrivate · 917 m
  • and 5 more
Parks (26)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch587 m
  • Toronto Public Library Gerrard/Ashdale branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Ashbridges Bay ParkNature/ Park · 1.5 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 28 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 6 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 150 — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Sweet Bliss, 28 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2025 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés28 within 300 m · 150 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience6 within 300 m · 25 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Sweet Bliss · 1304 Queen St E28 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 3 infractions
Sweet Bliss · 1304 Queen St E28 mPassed, Aug 2026
Betty's East · 1301 Queen St E37 mPassed, Aug 2026
Queen St Variety · 1296 Queen St Egrocery46 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 4 infractions
Lloyd's · 1298 Queen St E48 mPassed, Jun 2025
Jules Bistro · 1290 Queen St E63 mPassed, Aug 2026
Leslieville Variety Plus · 1275 Queen St Egrocery87 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
Hastings Snack Bar · 5 Hastings Ave89 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 3 infractions

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 S.h. Armstrong Community Centre Washroom, 481 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 89 m away at Maple Leaf Forever Park.

  • S.h. Armstrong Community Centre Washroom · 56 Woodfield Rd
    View centre hours · accessible
    481 m
  • Leslie Grove Park Washroom · 1158 Queen St E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    482 m
  • Greenwood Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 150 Greenwood Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    632 m
Drinking water
Maple Leaf Forever Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 89 m; Greenwood Park dog fountain · 439 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

11 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 827 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Mackie Sunshine Child Care Inc.st. Joseph's Sunshine (394 m, 30 spaces, school age).

Within 1 km11 centres · 827 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 11
  • Mackie Sunshine Child Care Inc.st. Joseph's Sunshine · 176 Leslie St
    30 spaces · school age
    394 m
  • St. Joseph Jr YMCA · 176 Leslie St
    72 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    394 m
  • Woodgreen Community Services (Leslieville Child Care) · 254 Leslie St
    85 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    536 m
  • Bruce Woodgreen Early Learning Centre · 51 Larchmount Ave
    151 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    536 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 326 (340 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (1.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 869 m away.

FireFire Station 326 · 340 m30 Knox Ave
Police55 Division · 1 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 869 m126 Pape Ave

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 — 1,053 rental units — 17 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 85 Laing St (59 m, 13 units, 3 storeys, built 1921), which scored 80 out of 100 at its December 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 12 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 4 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings22 · 1,053 units · 17 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202612 across the 22
Open fire-code violations4
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
85 Laing St133192180 · Dec 2025159 m
137 Sears Stsocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.173199590 · Nov 20250244 m
802 Eastern Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.163199594 · Aug 20260289 m
1615 Dundas St EToronto Community Housing · TCH814196092 · Aug 20261305 m
1187-1189 Queen St Esocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes344198891 · Aug 20260327 m
54 Marigold Avesocial housing · Houses Opening Today Toronto Inc.294199691 · Aug 20260327 m
67 Curzon Stsocial housing · St Josephs Seniors Citizens Apartments914198093 · Jul 20240368 m
1167 Queen St EToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation405199583 · Jul 20260429 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 lots572 lots · ≈34,370 spaces · 103.1 ha
Within 500 m64 lots · ≈3,860 spaces
Green P (public)15 car parks · about 1,027 spaces
EV charging (City)43 Alton Ave · 150 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking37 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1091 Eastern Avenue · Surface780 m45 *
151 Hiawatha Road · Surface1.1 km50 *
268 Rhodes Ave · Surface1.1 km3968% (Q1 2026)
1141 Eastern Ave · Surface1.1 km1858% (Q1 2026)
1167 Eastern Ave · Surface1.2 km6632% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 36 m away, ≈6 spaces; 45 m away, ≈15 spaces; 48 m away, ≈12 spaces; 76 m away, ≈43 spaces; 85 m away, ≈9 spaces; 89 m away, ≈47 spaces. More EV charging: 1715 DUNDAS ST E (487 m, 2 ports); 1582 Queen Street East (825 m, 2 ports); 1313 Gerrard ST E (832 m, 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 — 8-hour, Mar 22, 2010

No single direction dominates: each approach carried between 3,164 and 3,345 vehicles. Most cyclists arrived from the east (109 of 217). Evening rush dominates here: 1,075 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 961 in the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. Trucks and buses were 7.6% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 17 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2010, not today's volume. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.

From the north0southbound · 3 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west3,164eastbound · 105 bikes · 7.9% heavy
Total vehicles6,509741 pedestrians · 217 cyclists · 7.6% heavy
From the east3,345westbound · 109 bikes · 7.3% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour961 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,075 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 22, 2010

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 Alton Ave between Lane N of Queen and E of Hastings and Dundas St E, 227 m from the corner, a 3-day count in July 2014 put the average speed at 33 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 40 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 45 km/h or more. That segment carries about 700 vehicles a day. The reading is 12 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Alton Avenue between Queen St E and Dundas St E.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Alton Ave · Lane N of Queen and E of Hastings – Dundas St E · 227 mJul 2014 · 3 days74833 km/h40 km/h45 km/h
Queen St E · Greenwood Ave – Vancouver Ave · 272 mJun 2013 · 24 h6,657

Traffic calming

  • Alton Avenue · Queen St E – Dundas St E
    3 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 2024, with 8 collisions; 2025 recorded 4. 10 collisions (24%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 7 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (5%), typical for the city. The most recent report on file is from Oct 28, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions41#2367 of 5,508
With an injury10#1746 of 4,660
Property damage only25
Fail to remain7
Involving a pedestrian2#1934 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
All since 201451latest Oct 28, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 motorcyclist was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on May 30, 2021. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1262 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
In darkness0
All KSI since 20062latest May 30, 2021

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

13 thefts from vehicles and six bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.9 a year. 69% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 33% of the bike thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1330street/outdoor (9), house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft630house driveway/garage (2), commercial premises (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 16, 2025. 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 Greenwood-Coxwell.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Alton & Queen a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1262 of 1,505), out of 41 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Alton & Queen?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Mar 22, 2010, 70% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Alton & Queen?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Alton Ave between Lane N of Queen and E of Hastings and Dundas St E (July 2014), found an average of 33 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 Alton & Queen?

The nearest Green P car park is 1091 Eastern Avenue (780 m away, 45 spaces). The City's mapping shows 572 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 34,370 spaces — 64 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 43 Alton Ave (150 m).

How do I get to Alton & Queen by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503, 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 17 m away; bus routes 31, 83, 114, 22 within 1 km (nearest stop: Queen St East at Alton Ave, 17 m).

What restaurants are near Alton & Queen?

28 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 150 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Sweet Bliss (28 m), Sweet Bliss (28 m), Betty's East (37 m), Lloyd's (48 m) and Jules Bistro (63 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 Alton & Queen?

The nearest is S.h. Armstrong Community Centre Washroom, 56 Woodfield Rd, 481 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Leslie Grove Park Washroom (482 m); Greenwood Park Fieldhouse Washroom (632 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 Alton & Queen?

11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 827 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Mackie Sunshine Child Care Inc.st. Joseph's Sunshine (394 m, 30 spaces), St. Joseph Jr YMCA (394 m, 72 spaces) and Woodgreen Community Services (Leslieville Child Care) (536 m, 85 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Alton & Queen?

22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,053 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 85 Laing St (59 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 80), 137 Sears St (244 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 802 Eastern Ave (289 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 1615 Dundas St E (305 m, 81 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 22 is 90 out of 100. 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 Alton & Queen?

Toronto Police place 13 thefts from vehicles and six 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 Greenwood-Coxwell page.

What neighbourhood is Alton & Queen in?

Alton & Queen is in Greenwood-Coxwell (City of Toronto neighbourhood 065). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher. The corner falls inside the Leslieville Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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