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Baldwin & Kensington

Baldwin St & Kensington Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Kensington-Chinatown · Ward 11, University-Rosedale · Kensington Market BIA

Baldwin & Kensington is a lightly travelled intersection, with more people on foot than in cars and a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in Kensington-Chinatown, in the downtown core. It has parks at the corner. Nearby: Queen's Park Station (Line 1) 1.0 km away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
561
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 10, 2023
3,439 pedestrians · 346 cyclists
Collisions
31
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 23 property damage · #2749 of 5,508 · +1 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Queen's Park Station 1 km · 5 streetcar routes · 2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 70 vehicles, 6% of the median counted intersection. Pedestrians outnumber vehicles 6.1 to 1 — rare for a Toronto intersection, where the median is one pedestrian for every 13 vehicles. Cyclists were 61.7% of vehicle volume, about 80× the typical share. That comes with about 3.1 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 28%, from 18 in 2016–2020 to 13 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Baldwin & Kensington

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Queen's Park Station (Line 1)1 km; St Patrick Station (Line 1)1 km
Streetcar
510505506511501 nearest 148 m
TTC bus
9413 nearest 920 m
Blue Night
310305306301307
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Augusta Ave / Denison Sq 136 m · 15 docks · 49 stations, 920 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 (43)
  • Westside Montessori Elementary SchoolPrivate · 314 m
  • Ryerson Community School & Downtown Vocal Music AcademyEnglish Public · 410 m
  • Beverley & Subway Academy TwoEnglish Public · 427 m
  • Kensington Community SchoolEnglish Public · 443 m
  • Braemar College Private Secondary SchoolPrivate · 453 m
  • Lord Lansdowne Jr Sr & Da VinciEnglish Public · 476 m
  • and 37 more
Parks (36)
  • Sonya's Park169 m
  • Bellevue Square Park191 m
  • Glasgow Street Parkette288 m
  • Julius Deutsch Park358 m
  • Lillian H. Smith Park380 m
  • The Doctors' Parkette400 m
  • and 30 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch403 m
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch485 m
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Art Gallery of OntarioGallery · 670 m
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 705 m
  • Graffiti AlleyLandmark · 782 m
  • Ukrainian Museum of CanadaMuseum · 810 m
  • Art Museum at the University of TorontoGallery · 1 km
  • 299 Queen Street WestLandmark · 1 km
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 1 km
  • iArts MuseumMuseum · 1.1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 200 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 27 grocery and convenience stores, and 352 eating places within a kilometre — 4.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Mystik Cafe, 0 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés200 within 300 m · 352 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience27 within 300 m · 48 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Mystik Cafe · Kensington 56 None0 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Coal and Curry · 180 Baldwin St7 mPassed, May 2026
Global Cheese · 76 Kensington Ave11 mPassed, Aug 2026
Cheese Magic · 182 Baldwin St16 mPassed, Aug 2026
Woofdawg Hot Dog · 185 Baldwin St20 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 4 infractions
Churreria Calderon · 181 Baldwin St B20 mPassed, Apr 2026
Sanagan's Meat Locker · 176 Baldwin Stgrocery22 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Tacos 101 and Fruta Libre · 178 Baldwin St25 mPassed, Jul 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 Bellevue Square Park Washroom, 173 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 178 m away at Sonya's Park (currently off).

  • Bellevue Square Park Washroom · 5 Bellevue Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    173 m
  • Harry R. Gairey Outdoor Rink Washroom · 275 Bathurst St
    View outdoor rink hours · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    491 m
  • Alexandra Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 275 Bathurst St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    515 m
Drinking water
Sonya's Park bottle filling station · 178 m · off; Bellevue Square Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 218 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

20 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,542 spaces; 14 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is The Neighbourhood Group Bellevue Child Care (302 m, 34 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km20 centres · 1,542 spaces
Fee subsidy14 of 20
  • The Neighbourhood Group Bellevue Child Care · 91 Bellevue Ave
    34 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    302 m
  • Westside Montessori School · 95 Bellevue Ave
    73 spaces · toddler, preschool
    314 m
  • George Brown - Fashion District/Ryerson Child Care Centre · 96 Denison Ave
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    410 m
  • Jingbao (Downtown) Bilingual Children's Centre (96 Denison Avenue) · 96 Denison Ave
    65 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    410 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 315 (400 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (886 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 315 · 400 m132 Bellevue Ave
Police52 Division · 886 m255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 34 · 1.6 km674 Markham St

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

35 registered apartment buildings with 2,669 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 17 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 34 Oxford St (253 m, 189 units, 5 storeys, built 1979), which scored 89 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 45 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 11 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings35 · 2,669 units · 17 social housing
RentSafeTO score86 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202645 across the 35
Open fire-code violations11
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
34 Oxford StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1895197989 · Aug 20250253 m
87 Bellevue Avesocial housing · Homes First Society283188576 · Sep 20250281 m
123 D'Arcy St · 583647 Ontario Limited243198588 · Sep 20250290 m
25 Leonard Avesocial housing · St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society776196096 · Aug 20264 · 7 fire295 m
160 Huron St · Akelius Canada Ltd695180598 · Jul 20263331 m
123 Huron St · Phymetrix Ltd.183191486 · Aug 20260334 m
99 Bellevue Ave · Fv Property Management164198872 · Jul 20260335 m
88 Oxford St · Turtledove Management114189575 · Jul 20260342 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 lots914 lots · ≈20,930 spaces · 62.8 ha
Within 500 m110 lots · ≈1,780 spaces
Green P (public)35 car parks · about 5,604 spaces
EV charging (City)10 Soho St. · 774 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking202 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 104 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (1.4 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
20 St Andrew St · Garage72 m41727% (Q1 2026)
35 Bellevue Avenue · Surface209 m91 *
40 Larch St · Garage358 m33231% (Q1 2026)
15 Denison Ave · Surface707 m12054% (Q1 2026)
205 Mc Caul St · Surface716 m3979% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 111 m away, ≈13 spaces; 117 m away, ≈19 spaces; 122 m away, ≈23 spaces; 135 m away, ≈11 spaces; 139 m away, ≈2 spaces; 145 m away, ≈5 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Portland St (859 m, 4 ports); 10 Palmerston Ave (1 km, 2 ports); 74 Clinton Street (1.1 km, 4 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, May 10, 2023

The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 87 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 78% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (49). Heavy vehicles made up 3.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. 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 · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 124 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles5613,439 pedestrians · 346 cyclists · 3.4% heavy
From the east561westbound · 85 bikes · 3.4% heavy
From the south0northbound · 137 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour49 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour87 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · May 10, 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

The City's counter on Baldwin St between Lane E of Spadina and N of D Arcy and Spadina Ave (184 m away) recorded an average of 28 km/h in its 3-day count in January 2020; 85% of drivers were at or under 34 km/h. That segment carries about 900 vehicles a day. Kensington Ave between Dundas St W and Fitzroy Ter measured slower: 18 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 28 km/h (May 2023). The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Baldwin St · Lane E of Spadina and N of D Arcy – Spadina Ave · 184 mJan 2020 · 3 days87428 km/h34 km/h38 km/h
Kensington Ave · Dundas St W – Fitzroy Ter · 204 mMay 2023 · 3 days70118 km/h28 km/h34 km/h

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

2019 was the peak year (6 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 3% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 32% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 6% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 15, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions31#2749 of 5,508
With an injury1#4338 of 4,660
Property damage only23
Fail to remain10
Involving a pedestrian1#2622 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1985 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201436latest Jan 15, 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 two thefts from vehicles and 23 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 4.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 2.5 a year. 52% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle210street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft2370apartment parking (12), street/outdoor (7)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 3, 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 Kensington-Chinatown.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Baldwin & Kensington a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 31 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 Baldwin & Kensington?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from May 10, 2023, 6% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Baldwin & Kensington?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Baldwin St between Lane E of Spadina and N of D Arcy and Spadina Ave (January 2020), found an average of 28 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 34 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Baldwin & Kensington?

The nearest Green P car park is 20 St Andrew St (72 m away, 417 spaces, 27% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 914 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,930 spaces — 110 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Soho St. (774 m).

How do I get to Baldwin & Kensington by transit?

Queen's Park Station (Line 1) is 1.0 km away; streetcar routes 510, 505, 506, 511 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 148 m away; bus routes 94, 13 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Baldwin & Kensington?

200 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 352 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Mystik Cafe (0 m), Coal and Curry (7 m), Global Cheese (11 m), Cheese Magic (16 m) and Woofdawg Hot Dog (20 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 Baldwin & Kensington?

The nearest is Bellevue Square Park Washroom, 5 Bellevue Ave, 173 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Harry R. Gairey Outdoor Rink Washroom (491 m); Alexandra Park Outdoor Pool Washroom (515 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 Baldwin & Kensington?

20 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,542 spaces in total; 14 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are The Neighbourhood Group Bellevue Child Care (302 m, 34 spaces), Westside Montessori School (314 m, 73 spaces) and George Brown - Fashion District/Ryerson Child Care Centre (410 m, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Baldwin & Kensington?

35 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,669 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 34 Oxford St (253 m, 189 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 87 Bellevue Ave (281 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 76), 123 D'Arcy St (290 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 25 Leonard Ave (295 m, 77 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 35 is 86 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 Baldwin & Kensington?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and 23 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 Kensington-Chinatown page.

What neighbourhood is Baldwin & Kensington in?

Baldwin & Kensington is in Kensington-Chinatown (City of Toronto neighbourhood 078). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe. The corner falls inside the Kensington Market Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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