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Bloor St W & South Kingsway

Toronto, Ontario · High Park-Swansea · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park · Bloor West Village BIA

Bloor St W & South Kingsway is a heavily travelled arterial crossing. It sits in High Park-Swansea. It has Jane Station, a protected bikeway and a school within 250 m at the corner.

Traffic volume
19,469
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 10, 2022
1,939 pedestrians · 320 cyclists
Collisions
78
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
14 with an injury · 54 property damage · #1409 of 5,508 · +3 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #735 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
Jane Station
subway station within 250 m
8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 31 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 2,430 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 2.1× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 10 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. That comes with about 7.8 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 30%, from 46 in 2016–2020 to 32 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 78 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Bloor St W & South Kingsway

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Jane Station (Line 2)185 m; Old Mill Station (Line 2)627 m; Runnymede Station (Line 2)823 m
TTC bus
14955262777667179 nearest 37 m
Express
935
Blue Night
300335
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Bloor St West at South Kingsway; Bloor St West at Riverview Gardens
Cycling
Cycle Track on Bloor St W installed 2023
Bike Share
16 Riverview Gardens 99 m · 31 docks · 9 stations, 205 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 (14)
  • Blyth Academy School - EtobicokePrivate · 99 m
  • St Pius X Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 340 m
  • Erudite Elementary SchoolPrivate · 501 m
  • Swansea Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 870 m
  • Summit Micro SchoolPrivate · 897 m
  • Humberside Montessori SchoolPrivate · 917 m
  • and 8 more
Parks (33)
  • Traymore Park225 m
  • Willard Gardens Parkette377 m
  • Sunnybrook Parkette438 m
  • Old Mill Site Park458 m
  • Rambert Crescent Parkette538 m
  • George Chater Parkette551 m
  • and 27 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Swansea Memorial branch641 m
  • Toronto Public Library Runnymede branch1 km
Places of interest
  • The Village PlayersPerforming Arts · 1 km
Signal
0334, activated 1967 · SA1 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 21 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 78 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 51 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2025.

Restaurants & cafés21 within 300 m · 78 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 16 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Esso/ Circle K · 2485 Bloor St Wgrocery51 mPassed, Mar 2026
Tim Hortons · 2485 Bloor St W51 mPassed, Apr 2025
Bryden's · 2455 Bloor St W125 mPassed, Apr 2026
Pizza Pizza · 2449 Bloor St W143 mPassed, Mar 2026
Banh Mi Khong Baguettte and Bubble Tea · 12 Jane St171 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Asa Sushi · 18 Jane St173 mPassed, Jun 2026
Tahini's · 2434 Bloor St W191 mPassed, Feb 2026
Subway Sandwiches · 2430 Bloor St W204 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 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 Etienne Brule Park Washroom, 760 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 405 m away at Willard Gardens Parkette.

  • Etienne Brule Park Washroom · 13 Crosby Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    760 m
  • Swansea Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 15 Waller Ave
    View centre hours
    847 m
Drinking water
Willard Gardens Parkette drinking fountain · 405 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

12 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 893 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Plasp St. Pius X Catholic School (340 m, 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km12 centres · 893 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 12
  • Plasp St. Pius X Catholic School · 71 Jane St
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    340 m
  • Windermere Kids Inc. · 356 Windermere Ave
    73 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    432 m
  • Simplysmart Childcare Centre & Montessori · 2271 Bloor St W
    142 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    636 m
  • Angelgate Daycare Ltd. 230 Jane Street · 230 Jane St
    24 spaces · toddler, school age · $10-a-day
    733 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 425 (620 m), the nearest police station 11 Division (3.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.4 km away.

FireFire Station 425 · 620 m83 Deforest Rd
Police11 Division · 3.2 km2054 Davenport Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 32 · 1.4 km9 Clendenan 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

35 registered apartment buildings with 1,119 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 23 Jane St (227 m, 18 units, 3 storeys, built 1955), which scored 86 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 13 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings35 · 1,119 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202613 across the 35
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
23 Jane St183195586 · Jul 20250227 m
2407 Bloor St W123192095 · Nov 20250235 m
29 Jane St · Biddington Property Managment Corp183191096 · Nov 20250238 m
35 Jane St · Biddington Property Managment Corp183191092 · Aug 20260 · 1 fire248 m
7 Brule Ter · 17a Properties153193586 · Jul 20250278 m
2520 Bloor St W · Landlord Property & Rental Management224192392 · Jul 20260288 m
2526 Bloor St W · Nil194193581 · Aug 20260314 m
495 Riverside Drsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes253195093 · Jul 20250361 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 lots476 lots · ≈17,630 spaces · 52.9 ha
Within 500 m40 lots · ≈1,050 spaces
Green P (public)11 car parks · about 881 spaces
EV charging (City)265 Armadale Ave · 380 m · 8 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parking30 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
16 Riverview Gdns · Surface98 m5938% (Q1 2026)
17 Riverview Gdns · Surface104 m9552% (Q1 2026)
265 Armadale Ave · Surface309 m14458% (Q1 2026)
265 Willard Ave · Surface398 m9053% (Q1 2026)
265 Durie St · Surface613 m14470% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 42 m away, ≈30 spaces; 70 m away, ≈20 spaces; 79 m away, ≈28 spaces; 86 m away, ≈7 spaces; 87 m away, ≈3 spaces (Green P); 92 m away, ≈5 spaces. More EV charging: 535 Runnymeade Rd (1.5 km, 2 ports); 8 Kings Lynn Rd (1.5 km, 1 ports); 115 High Park Avenue (1.8 km, 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, May 10, 2022

The east leg carries the load — 6,822 westbound vehicles, or 35% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 683. Most cyclists arrived from the west (147 of 320). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,851 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,819 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north683southbound · 16 bikes · 0.7% heavy
From the west6,786eastbound · 147 bikes · 2.0% heavy
Total vehicles19,4691,939 pedestrians · 320 cyclists · 2.4% heavy
From the east6,822westbound · 146 bikes · 3.0% heavy
From the south5,178northbound · 11 bikes · 2.2% heavy
AM peak hour2,851 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,819 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · May 10, 2022

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 Bloor St W between Brule Ter and Riverside Dr (391 m away) recorded an average of 41 km/h in its 3-day count in December 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 51 km/h. That segment carries about 16,900 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Jane St (220 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 552 vehicles logged in June 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Bloor St W · Brule Ter – Riverside Dr · 391 mDec 2025 · 3 days16,88841 km/h51 km/h55 km/h

School-zone speed sign 220 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct0 · 0 km/h
Over the limit0.0%
40 km/h or more0.0%

Jane St (northbound), 29 Jane Street · 552 vehicles logged in June 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 (14 collisions), and 2025 closed with 7. 18% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 6% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 22, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions78#1409 of 5,508
With an injury14#1250 of 4,660
Property damage only54
Fail to remain10
Involving a pedestrian4#883 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1628 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified10
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 2014118latest Mar 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on May 31, 2018. Going back to 2006, the total is 3.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#735 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#406 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20063latest May 31, 2018

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 one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 22, 2019. 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 High Park-Swansea.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Bloor St W & South Kingsway a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#735 of 1,505), out of 78 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 Bloor St W & South Kingsway?

A heavily travelled arterial crossing. Its latest count is from May 10, 2022, 2.1× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Bloor St W & South Kingsway?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Bloor St W between Brule Ter and Riverside Dr (December 2025), found an average of 41 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 51 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 220 m away (30 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in June 2026.

Where can I park near Bloor St W & South Kingsway?

The nearest Green P car park is 16 Riverview Gdns (98 m away, 59 spaces, 38% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 476 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 17,630 spaces — 40 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 265 Armadale Ave (380 m).

How do I get to Bloor St W & South Kingsway by transit?

Jane Station (Line 2) is 185 m away; bus routes 149, 55, 26, 27, 77, 66, 71, 79 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Bloor St West at South Kingsway, 37 m).

What restaurants are near Bloor St W & South Kingsway?

21 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 78 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (51 m), Bryden's (125 m), Pizza Pizza (143 m), Banh Mi Khong Baguettte and Bubble Tea (171 m) and Asa Sushi (173 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 Bloor St W & South Kingsway?

The nearest is Etienne Brule Park Washroom, 13 Crosby Ave, 760 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Swansea Community Recreation Centre Washroom (847 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 Bloor St W & South Kingsway?

12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 893 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Plasp St. Pius X Catholic School (340 m, 43 spaces), Windermere Kids Inc. (432 m, 73 spaces) and Simplysmart Childcare Centre & Montessori (636 m, 142 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bloor St W & South Kingsway?

35 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,119 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 23 Jane St (227 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 2407 Bloor St W (235 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 29 Jane St (238 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 35 Jane St (248 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 35 is 93 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 Bloor St W & South Kingsway?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no 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 High Park-Swansea page.

What neighbourhood is Bloor St W & South Kingsway in?

Bloor St W & South Kingsway is in High Park-Swansea (City of Toronto neighbourhood 087). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks. The corner falls inside the Bloor West Village Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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