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Blantyre & Queen

Blantyre Ave & Queen St E · Toronto, Ontario · Birchcliffe-Cliffside · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

Blantyre & Queen is a low-volume local intersection. It sits in Birchcliffe-Cliffside. It has a bike lane at the corner. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
3,229
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 14, 2021
58 pedestrians · 17 cyclists
Collisions
26
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 17 property damage · #3039 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
2 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings)
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 400 vehicles an hour, 35% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 56 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 2.6 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 38%, from 16 in 2016–2020 to 10 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Blantyre & Queen

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501503 nearest 258 m
TTC bus
12404117 nearest 627 m
Blue Night
301316322324
Nearest stops
1 surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Queen St E installed 2012
Bike Share
Queen St E / Nursewood Rd 242 m · 35 docks · 3 stations, 65 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 (13)
  • Courcelette Public SchoolEnglish Public · 506 m
  • The Cole AcademyPrivate · 588 m
  • The Claremont SchoolPrivate · 593 m
  • Neil McNeil Catholic High SchoolEnglish Separate · 604 m
  • Balmy Beach Community SchoolEnglish Public · 910 m
  • St Denis Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 919 m
  • and 7 more
Community centres
Parks (6)
  • Neville Park Blvd Ravine538 m
  • Balmy Beach Park900 m
  • Lynndale Parkette915 m
  • Blantyre Park933 m
  • Ivan Forrest Gardens1.2 km
  • Glen Stewart Park1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Balmy Beach ParkNature/ Park · 640 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner, though there is 1 grocery or convenience store; 55 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Vivetha Bistro, 300 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in December 2024 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 55 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 8 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
X Market · 2354 Queen St Egrocery257 mPassed, Dec 2023
Vivetha Bistro · 2485 Queen St E300 mPassed, Dec 2024 · 2 infractions
Mexico Lindo · 2326 Queen St E344 mPassed, Mar 2026
Medley Kitchen · 2306 Queen St E424 mConditional pass, Aug 2026 · 5 infractions
Belgian Chocolate Shop · 2455 Queen St E440 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 2 infractions
The Hideout On the Beach · 2282 Queen St E523 mPassed, Jul 2025 · 2 infractions
The Hideout On the Beach · 2282 Queen St E523 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
The Creative Preschool of East Toronto · 2423 Queen St E Lower Level588 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 Silverbirch Boat House Washroom, 689 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Silverbirch Boat House Washroom · 2 Silver Birch Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    689 m
  • Blantyre Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 180 Fallingbrook Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    856 m
  • Blantyre Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 180 Fallingbrook Rd
    View outdoor pool hours · closed — Under Construction
    1 km

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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 659 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Lullaboo Nursery and Childcare Center (396 m, 215 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km10 centres · 659 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 10
  • Lullaboo Nursery and Childcare Center · 2316 Queen St E
    215 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    396 m
  • The Creative Preschool of East Toronto - St. Aidan's In the Beach · 2423 Queen St E
    32 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    588 m
  • Ma Premiere Ecole · 2383 Queen St E
    28 spaces · preschool
    717 m
  • Lakeside Co-Operative Playschool Inc. · 2226 Queen St E
    25 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    774 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 226 (1.8 km), the nearest police station 55 Division (3.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 226 · 1.8 km87 Main St
Police55 Division · 3.2 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 42 · 1.8 km1535 Kingston Rd

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

38 registered apartment buildings with 1,014 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2422 Queen St E (40 m, 24 units, 4 storeys, built 1950), which scored 84 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 51 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 5 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings38 · 1,014 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202651 across the 38
Open fire-code violations5
Tallest16 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2422 Queen St E · Travi Inc.244195084 · Jun 2024240 m
2440 Queen St E · Imperra General Managment246197098 · Oct 2025048 m
2412 Queen St E173195777 · Nov 2025059 m
2406 Queen St E · Cogir Real Estate134193795 · Jul 2025068 m
2404 Queen St E204193792 · Jul 2026078 m
3000 Queen St Esocial housing304195494 · Jul 2025089 m
3015-3017 Queen St E · Greenwin Corp.164195491 · Jul 2025089 m
3015 Queen St E · Cogir Real Estate154195492 · Jul 2025389 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 lots198 lots · ≈9,120 spaces · 27.4 ha
Within 500 m16 lots · ≈890 spaces
Green P (public)4 car parks · about 208 spaces
EV charging (City)912 Kingston Road · 1 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking3 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 8 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
197 Blantyre Ave · Surface809 m8329% (Q1 2026)
117 Hammersmith Ave · Surface1.3 km2947% (Q1 2026)
136 Wineva Ave. · Surface1.4 km28 *
85 Lee Ave · Surface1.6 km6861% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 56 m away, ≈31 spaces; 58 m away, ≈9 spaces; 58 m away, ≈17 spaces; 75 m away, ≈19 spaces; 78 m away, ≈14 spaces; 128 m away, ≈122 spaces. More EV charging: 2150 Queen Street East (1.1 km, 2 ports); 117 Hammersmith Ave (1.3 km, 6 ports); 1981 Queen Street East (1.8 km, 1 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, Dec 14, 2021

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 1,647 eastbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 531. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 608 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 133% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (261). Trucks and buses were 6.0% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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 north531southbound · 2 bikes · 8.1% heavy
From the west1,647eastbound · 6 bikes · 5.0% heavy
Total vehicles3,22958 pedestrians · 17 cyclists · 6.0% heavy
From the east1,051westbound · 9 bikes · 6.5% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour261 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour608 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 14, 2021

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 Queen St E between Nursewood Rd and Victoria Park Ave (175 m away) recorded an average of 40 km/h in its 2-day count in November 2021; 85% of drivers were at or under 47 km/h. That segment carries about 5,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Queen St E · Nursewood Rd – Victoria Park Ave · 175 mNov 2021 · 2 days5,14740 km/h47 km/h51 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

2018 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 12% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 31% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). The most recent report on file is from Jun 4, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions26#3039 of 5,508
With an injury3#3423 of 4,660
Property damage only17
Fail to remain8
Involving a pedestrian1#2901 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
All since 201431latest Jun 4, 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

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 six bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 33% of the bike thefts were from commercial premises — shops, offices and their lots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200house driveway/garage (1), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft620commercial premises (2), apartment parking (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 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 Birchcliffe-Cliffside.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Blantyre & Queen a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 26 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 Blantyre & Queen?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Dec 14, 2021, 35% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Blantyre & Queen?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Queen St E between Nursewood Rd and Victoria Park Ave (November 2021), found an average of 40 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Blantyre & Queen?

The nearest Green P car park is 197 Blantyre Ave (809 m away, 83 spaces, 29% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 198 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 9,120 spaces — 16 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 912 Kingston Road (1.0 km).

How do I get to Blantyre & Queen by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503 stop within 1 km, the nearest 258 m away; bus routes 12, 404, 117 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Blantyre & Queen?

None within 300 m, and 55 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Vivetha Bistro (300 m), Mexico Lindo (344 m), Medley Kitchen (424 m), Belgian Chocolate Shop (440 m) and The Hideout On the Beach (523 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 Blantyre & Queen?

The nearest is Silverbirch Boat House Washroom, 2 Silver Birch Ave, 689 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Blantyre Park Fieldhouse Washroom (856 m); Blantyre Park Outdoor Pool Washroom (1.0 km). 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 Blantyre & Queen?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 659 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Lullaboo Nursery and Childcare Center (396 m, 215 spaces), The Creative Preschool of East Toronto - St. Aidan's In the Beach (588 m, 32 spaces) and Ma Premiere Ecole (717 m, 28 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Blantyre & Queen?

38 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,014 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2422 Queen St E (40 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 84), 2440 Queen St E (48 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 2412 Queen St E (59 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 77) and 2406 Queen St E (68 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 38 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 Blantyre & Queen?

Toronto Police place two 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 Birchcliffe-Cliffside page.

What neighbourhood is Blantyre & Queen in?

Blantyre & Queen is in Birchcliffe-Cliffside (City of Toronto neighbourhood 122). It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.

Sources

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