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Armoury & Centre

Armoury St & Centre Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Yonge-Bay Corridor · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York

In Yonge-Bay Corridor, in the downtown core, Armoury & Centre is a lightly travelled intersection, with pedestrians outnumbering vehicles and significant cycling traffic. At the corner: St Patrick Station and parks.

Traffic volume
4,101
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 15, 2025
5,946 pedestrians · 611 cyclists · #2067 busiest
Collisions
60
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 48 property damage · #1788 of 5,508 · +3 since Jan 2026
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
St Patrick Station
subway station within 250 m
7 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 14 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 290 vehicles, 25% of the median counted intersection. Pedestrians outnumber vehicles 1.4 to 1 — rare for a Toronto intersection, where the median is one pedestrian for every 13 vehicles. Cyclists were 14.9% of vehicle volume, about 19× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 6 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 14.6 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 2.9× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions edged down 13%, from 32 in 2016–2020 to 28 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Armoury & Centre

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
St Patrick Station (Line 1)149 m; Osgoode Station (Line 1)182 m; TMU Station (Line 1)537 m; Queen Station (Line 1)549 m; St Andrew Station (Line 1)577 m; Queen's Park Station (Line 1)727 m; King Station (Line 1)786 m; College Station (Line 1)814 m; Union Station (Line 1)1 km
Streetcar
505501506503504508510 nearest 200 m
TTC bus
191397 nearest 280 m
Blue Night
305301306304310320
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Armoury St / Chestnut St 45 m · 14 docks · 60 stations, 1,420 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 (47)
  • OCAD University - the Learning ZoneUniversity · 300 m
  • Contact Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 324 m
  • OCAD University - Student CentreUniversity · 343 m
  • OCAD University - Inclusive Design InstituteUniversity · 352 m
  • OCAD University - Aboveground Art SuppliesUniversity · 375 m
  • OCAD University - Annex BuildingUniversity · 381 m
  • and 41 more
Parks (47)
  • Toronto City Hall199 m
  • Nathan Phillips Square209 m
  • Larry Sefton Park250 m
  • Trinity Square388 m
  • Gallery Park416 m
  • St. Patricks Square451 m
  • and 41 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch208 m
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library St. Lawrence branch1.5 km
Places of interest
  • Textile Museum of CanadaMuseum · 128 m
  • Osgoode HallLandmark · 156 m
  • Toronto City Hall and Nathan Phillips SquareLandmark · 222 m
  • Campbell HouseMuseum · 266 m
  • Four Seasons Centre for the Performing ArtsPerforming Arts · 320 m
  • Old City HallLandmark · 390 m
  • Trinity SquareLandmark · 414 m
  • Yuk Yuk'sPerforming Arts · 423 m

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 68 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 8 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 358 — 4.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Mos Mos, 61 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés68 within 300 m · 358 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience8 within 300 m · 42 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Mos Mos · 375 University Ave61 mPassed, Aug 2026
Jersey Mike's · 425 University Ave136 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Chestnut Tree Dining Room · 89 Chestnut St138 mPassed, Jun 2026
Starbucks · 439 University Ave145 mPassed, Aug 2026
Duke of Cornwall · 400 University Ave147 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Lai Wah Heen · 108 Chestnut St 2151 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Hemispheres · 108 Chestnut St152 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Lazaridis - Hot Dog Cart 1184 · 443 University Ave173 mPassed, Jun 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 City Hall, 198 m away, Mon-Fri 7:30am-9:30pm, Sat-Sun & Holidays 8:00am-6:00pm; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 261 m away at Larry Sefton Park.

  • City Hall · 100 Queen Street West
    Mon-Fri 7:30am-9:30pm, Sat-Sun & Holidays 8:00am-6:00pm · accessible
    198 m
  • Nathan Phillips Square Outdoor Rink Washroom · 100 Queen St W
    View outdoor rink hours
    236 m
  • Grange Park North Washroom · 26 Grange Rd W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    406 m
Drinking water
Larry Sefton Park drinking fountain · 261 m; Trinity Square drinking fountain · 384 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

24 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,603 spaces; 16 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Hester How Early Learning Centre (198 m, 83 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten).

Within 1 km24 centres · 1,603 spaces
Fee subsidy16 of 24
  • Hester How Early Learning Centre · 100 Queen St W
    83 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    198 m
  • Life-Bridge Child Care · 330 University Ave
    57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    206 m
  • Orde Day Care Satellite (St. Patrick Street) · 132 St Patrick St
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    324 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Children's Gallery Child Care Centre · 292 Dundas St W
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    399 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 332 (615 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (283 m) and the nearest ambulance station 790 m away.

FireFire Station 332 · 615 m260 Adelaide St W
Police52 Division · 283 m255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 40 · 790 m58 Richmond St E

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 40 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 6,352 rental units — 19 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 111 Chestnut St (178 m, 144 units, 15 storeys, built 1987), which scored 86 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 103 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 42 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings40 · 6,352 units · 19 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026103 across the 40
Open fire-code violations42
Tallest43 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
111 Chestnut StToronto Community Housing · TCH14415198786 · Sep 20241178 m
248 Simcoe StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation5312199192 · Aug 20240234 m
127 St Patrick StToronto Community Housing · TCH5412198092 · Aug 20240274 m
570 Bay St · Concert Realty Services Ltd.46329201397 · Aug 20268 · 2 fire308 m
110 Edward Stsocial housing · YWCA Toronto505201188 · Oct 20254 · 16 fire311 m
150 Elizabeth Stsocial housing · YWCA Toronto25017201185 · Dec 202510353 m
20 St Patrick St · Fidelity Property Management Limited25614198282 · Aug 20246 · 7 fire356 m
2 Murray StToronto Community Housing · Deep Quongg Community Fund Inc866196182 · Sep 20244489 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 lots973 lots · ≈25,330 spaces · 76 ha
Within 500 m47 lots · ≈1,200 spaces
Green P (public)26 car parks · about 8,074 spaces
EV charging (City)Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. · 232 m · 8 Level 2 + 3 fast ports
Bike parking183 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 262 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (232 m)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
130 Elizabeth Street - Toronto Coach Terminal · Surface259 m27 *
110 Queen St W · Garage285 m1,63628% (Q1 2026)
20 Dundas Sq · Garage599 m26258% (Q1 2026)
205 Mc Caul St · Surface651 m3979% (Q1 2026)
37 Queen St E · Garage743 m63152% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 26 m away, ≈10 spaces; 58 m away, ≈15 spaces; 83 m away, ≈35 spaces; 99 m away, ≈34 spaces; 112 m away, ≈6 spaces; 151 m away, ≈22 spaces. More EV charging: Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (232 m, 40 ports); 91 Elizabeth St (523 m, 2 ports); Yonge Street at Dundas St. (552 m, 8 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, Oct 15, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 1,874 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 46% of the total, against 984 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the west (258 of 611). Evening rush dominates here: 380 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 349 in the morning peak from 9:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north984southbound · 101 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the west1,243eastbound · 258 bikes · 1.7% heavy
Total vehicles4,1015,946 pedestrians · 611 cyclists · 2.0% heavy
From the east1,874westbound · 230 bikes · 1.9% heavy
From the south0northbound · 22 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour349 vehicles from 9:15 a.m.
PM peak hour380 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 15, 2025

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

At the school-zone speed sign on St. Patrick St (301 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 35,769 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

School-zone speed sign 301 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct21 · 27 km/h
Over the limit0.5%
40 km/h or more0.1%

St. Patrick St, 132, St. Patrick Street · 35,769 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 2018, with 10 collisions; 2025 recorded 9. 4 collisions (7%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 26, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 14.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions60#1788 of 5,508
With an injury4#2907 of 4,660
Property damage only48
Fail to remain8
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201474latest May 26, 2026

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

Two thefts from vehicles and 11 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 3 in 2023–2025, about 1.0 a year, against 1.4 a year before that. 45% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle202other (1), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft1130street/outdoor (5), other (5)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 17, 2026. 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 Yonge-Bay Corridor.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Armoury & Centre a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 60 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 Armoury & Centre?

A lightly travelled intersection. It ranks #2067 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 25% of the median for a counted intersection, and #352 for pedestrians.

Where can I park near Armoury & Centre?

The nearest Green P car park is 130 Elizabeth Street - Toronto Coach Terminal (259 m away, 27 spaces). The City's mapping shows 973 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 25,330 spaces — 47 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (232 m).

How do I get to Armoury & Centre by transit?

St Patrick Station (Line 1) is 149 m away; streetcar routes 505, 501, 506, 503 and 3 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 200 m away; bus routes 19, 13, 97 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Armoury & Centre?

68 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 358 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Mos Mos (61 m), Jersey Mike's (136 m), Chestnut Tree Dining Room (138 m), Starbucks (145 m) and Duke of Cornwall (147 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 Armoury & Centre?

The nearest is City Hall, 100 Queen Street West, 198 m away (Mon-Fri 7:30am-9:30pm, Sat-Sun & Holidays 8:00am-6:00pm), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Nathan Phillips Square Outdoor Rink Washroom (236 m); Grange Park North Washroom (406 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 Armoury & Centre?

24 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,603 spaces in total; 16 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Hester How Early Learning Centre (198 m, 83 spaces), Life-Bridge Child Care (206 m, 57 spaces) and Orde Day Care Satellite (St. Patrick Street) (324 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Armoury & Centre?

40 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 6,352 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 111 Chestnut St (178 m, 144 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 248 Simcoe St (234 m, 53 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 127 St Patrick St (274 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 570 Bay St (308 m, 463 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 40 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 Armoury & Centre?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and 11 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. 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 Yonge-Bay Corridor page.

What neighbourhood is Armoury & Centre in?

Armoury & Centre is in Yonge-Bay Corridor (City of Toronto neighbourhood 170). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik.

Sources

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