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Armoury & Chestnut

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

In Yonge-Bay Corridor, in the downtown core, Armoury & Chestnut is a quiet local crossing, with more people on foot than in cars and a well-used cycling route through it. It has St Patrick Station and parks at the corner. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
3,648
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 15, 2025
5,252 pedestrians · 486 cyclists · #2093 busiest
Collisions
20
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 13 property damage · #3390 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

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 260 vehicles an hour, 23% 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 13.3% of vehicle volume, about 17× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 2 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 5.5 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 67%, from 15 in 2016–2020 to 5 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Armoury & Chestnut

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)208 m; Osgoode Station (Line 1)261 m; TMU Station (Line 1)440 m; Queen Station (Line 1)472 m; St Andrew Station (Line 1)622 m; Queen's Park Station (Line 1)718 m; College Station (Line 1)735 m; King Station (Line 1)751 m; Union Station (Line 1)1 km
Streetcar
505506501503504508510 nearest 156 m
TTC bus
191397 nearest 183 m
Blue Night
305306301304310320
Nearest stops
12 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Armoury St / Chestnut St 53 m · 14 docks · 60 stations, 1,471 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)
  • Toronto Metropolitan University - Entr To Business School LobbyUniversity · 329 m
  • OCAD University - the Learning ZoneUniversity · 383 m
  • Contact Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 401 m
  • OCAD University - Student CentreUniversity · 440 m
  • OCAD University - Inclusive Design InstituteUniversity · 449 m
  • OCAD University - Annex BuildingUniversity · 456 m
  • and 41 more
Parks (47)
  • Toronto City Hall123 m
  • Larry Sefton Park154 m
  • Nathan Phillips Square165 m
  • Trinity Square295 m
  • Gallery Park482 m
  • Cloud Gardens545 m
  • and 41 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch138 m
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library St. Lawrence branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Textile Museum of CanadaMuseum · 128 m
  • Toronto City Hall and Nathan Phillips SquareLandmark · 165 m
  • Osgoode HallLandmark · 204 m
  • Trinity SquareLandmark · 320 m
  • Old City HallLandmark · 332 m
  • Campbell HouseMuseum · 346 m
  • Four Seasons Centre for the Performing ArtsPerforming Arts · 369 m
  • CF Toronto Eaton CentreLandmark · 382 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 75 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 7 grocery and convenience stores, and 359 eating places within a kilometre — 4.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Chestnut Tree Dining Room, 48 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés75 within 300 m · 359 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience7 within 300 m · 41 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Chestnut Tree Dining Room · 89 Chestnut St48 mPassed, Jun 2026
Lai Wah Heen · 108 Chestnut St 2108 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Hemispheres · 108 Chestnut St109 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Mini Mart · 111 Chestnut St111 mPassed, Jun 2026
Cafe On the Square · 100 Queen St W111 mPassed, May 2026
Hero Certified Burgers · 100 Queen St W111 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Hester How Early Learning Centre · 100 Queen St W111 mPassed, May 2026
Johnny's Top Dog # 1315 · 100 Queen St W111 mPassed, May 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, 126 m away, Mon-Fri 7:30am-9:30pm, Sat-Sun & Holidays 8:00am-6:00pm; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 165 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
    126 m
  • Nathan Phillips Square Outdoor Rink Washroom · 100 Queen St W
    View outdoor rink hours
    217 m
  • Grange Park North Washroom · 26 Grange Rd W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    497 m
Drinking water
Larry Sefton Park drinking fountain · 165 m; Trinity Square drinking fountain · 291 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

23 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,573 spaces; 15 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Hester How Early Learning Centre (126 m, 83 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten).

Within 1 km23 centres · 1,573 spaces
Fee subsidy15 of 23
  • Hester How Early Learning Centre · 100 Queen St W
    83 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    126 m
  • Life-Bridge Child Care · 330 University Ave
    57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    295 m
  • Mothercraft Toronto Eaton Centre · 14 Trinity Sq
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    325 m
  • Orde Day Care Satellite (St. Patrick Street) · 132 St Patrick St
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    401 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 332 (700 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (349 m) and the nearest ambulance station 720 m away.

FireFire Station 332 · 700 m260 Adelaide St W
Police52 Division · 349 m255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 40 · 720 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

50 registered apartment buildings with 7,500 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 25 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 111 Chestnut St (111 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 118 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 71 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings50 · 7,500 units · 25 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026118 across the 50
Open fire-code violations71
Tallest43 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
111 Chestnut StToronto Community Housing · TCH14415198786 · Sep 20241111 m
570 Bay St · Concert Realty Services Ltd.46329201397 · Aug 20268 · 2 fire215 m
110 Edward Stsocial housing · YWCA Toronto505201188 · Oct 20254 · 16 fire263 m
150 Elizabeth Stsocial housing · YWCA Toronto25017201185 · Dec 202510299 m
248 Simcoe StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation5312199192 · Aug 20240306 m
127 St Patrick StToronto Community Housing · TCH5412198092 · Aug 20240350 m
25 Elm StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation10116198585 · Jun 20240 · 5 fire439 m
20 St Patrick St · Fidelity Property Management Limited25614198282 · Aug 20246 · 7 fire450 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 lots994 lots · ≈26,220 spaces · 78.7 ha
Within 500 m40 lots · ≈980 spaces
Green P (public)28 car parks · about 8,479 spaces
EV charging (City)Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. · 183 m · 8 Level 2 + 3 fast ports
Bike parking199 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 262 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (183 m)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
130 Elizabeth Street - Toronto Coach Terminal · Surface202 m27 *
110 Queen St W · Garage275 m1,63628% (Q1 2026)
20 Dundas Sq · Garage503 m26258% (Q1 2026)
37 Queen St E · Garage671 m63152% (Q1 2026)
205 Mc Caul St · Surface682 m3979% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 17 m away, ≈6 spaces; 22 m away, ≈34 spaces; 36 m away, ≈35 spaces; 55 m away, ≈15 spaces; 117 m away, ≈30 spaces; 123 m away, ≈10 spaces. More EV charging: Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (183 m, 40 ports); Yonge Street at Dundas St. (455 m, 8 ports); 91 Elizabeth St (474 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 — 14-hour, Oct 15, 2025

The north leg carries the load — 1,559 southbound vehicles, or 43% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 8. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 399 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 40% above the morning peak from 8:45 a.m. (284). Heavy vehicles made up 2.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north1,559southbound · 125 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the west1,037eastbound · 165 bikes · 3.2% heavy
Total vehicles3,6485,252 pedestrians · 486 cyclists · 2.8% heavy
From the east8westbound · 58 bikes · 37.5% heavy
From the south1,044northbound · 138 bikes · 1.3% heavy
AM peak hour284 vehicles from 8:45 a.m.
PM peak hour399 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 (377 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 377 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

2018 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 5% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 30% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 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 22, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 5.5 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions20#3390 of 5,508
With an injury1#4153 of 4,660
Property damage only13
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201425latest May 22, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place eight thefts from vehicles and ten bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 3 in 2023–2025, about 1.0 a year, against 2.1 a year before that. 50% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 50% of the bike thefts were from school or campus property.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle800street/outdoor (4), school/campus (4)
Bicycle theft1030school/campus (5), apartment parking (3)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 13, 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 Yonge-Bay Corridor.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Armoury & Chestnut a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 20 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 & Chestnut?

A quiet local crossing. It ranks #2093 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 23% of the median for a counted intersection, and #392 for pedestrians.

Where can I park near Armoury & Chestnut?

The nearest Green P car park is 130 Elizabeth Street - Toronto Coach Terminal (202 m away, 27 spaces). The City's mapping shows 994 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,220 spaces — 40 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. (183 m).

How do I get to Armoury & Chestnut by transit?

St Patrick Station (Line 1) is 208 m away; streetcar routes 505, 506, 501, 503 and 3 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 156 m away; bus routes 19, 13, 97 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Armoury & Chestnut?

75 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 359 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Chestnut Tree Dining Room (48 m), Lai Wah Heen (108 m), Hemispheres (109 m), Mini Mart (111 m) and Cafe On the Square (111 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 & Chestnut?

The nearest is City Hall, 100 Queen Street West, 126 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 (217 m); Grange Park North Washroom (497 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 & Chestnut?

23 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,573 spaces in total; 15 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Hester How Early Learning Centre (126 m, 83 spaces), Life-Bridge Child Care (295 m, 57 spaces) and Mothercraft Toronto Eaton Centre (325 m, 52 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Armoury & Chestnut?

50 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 7,500 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 111 Chestnut St (111 m, 144 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 570 Bay St (215 m, 463 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 110 Edward St (263 m, 50 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 150 Elizabeth St (299 m, 250 units, RentSafeTO score 85). The average RentSafeTO score across the 50 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 & Chestnut?

Toronto Police place eight thefts from vehicles and ten 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 Yonge-Bay Corridor page.

What neighbourhood is Armoury & Chestnut in?

Armoury & Chestnut is in Yonge-Bay Corridor (City of Toronto neighbourhood 170). 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