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Boulton & Queen

Boulton Ave & Queen St E · Toronto, Ontario · South Riverdale · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth · Riverside District BIA

In South Riverdale, Boulton & Queen is an intersection of typical volume. It has parks at the corner. Nearby: 12 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
6,517
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 26, 2010
1,682 pedestrians · 267 cyclists
Collisions
43
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 31 property damage · #2288 of 5,508 · +3 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 2 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
5 streetcar routes · 2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 16 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 810 vehicles, 70% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 4 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 4.1% of vehicle volume, about 5.3× the typical share. That comes with about 4.3 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 15%, from 20 in 2016–2020 to 23 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Boulton & Queen

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501503504505506 nearest 17 m
TTC bus
72121 nearest 553 m
Blue Night
301304305306325
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Queen St East at Boulton Ave; Queen St East at Saulter St East Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Saulter St / Queen St E - SMART 75 m · 16 docks · 22 stations, 392 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 (16)
  • Dundas Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 320 m
  • Queen Alexandra Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 356 m
  • Seed Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 420 m
  • Morse Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 532 m
  • Eastdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 727 m
  • Bruce Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 10 more
Parks (42)
  • McCleary Playground110 m
  • Saulter Street Parkette205 m
  • Jimmie Simpson Park239 m
  • Bruce Mackey Park300 m
  • Thompson Street Parkette315 m
  • de Grassi St Parkette388 m
  • and 36 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter branch78 m
  • Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch853 m
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Soulpepper Theatre CompanyPerforming Arts · 1.1 km
  • Native Earth Performing Arts & Aki StudioPerforming Arts · 1.2 km
  • Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 1.3 km
  • Young Centre for the Performing ArtsPerforming Arts · 1.3 km
  • The Distillery Historic DistrictLandmark · 1.4 km
  • Riverdale FarmAttraction · 1.5 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 41 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 6 grocery and convenience stores, and 190 eating places within a kilometre — 2.6× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 22 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2026.

Restaurants & cafés41 within 300 m · 190 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience6 within 300 m · 37 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Chez Nous Wine Bar · 798 Queen St Egrocery19 mPassed, May 2026 · 3 infractions
Tim Hortons · 800 Queen St E22 mPassed, Jan 2026
Jimmy's Coffee · 806 Queen St E30 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Amber Kitchen & Coffee · 4 Boulton Ave36 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Tabule · 810 Queen St E39 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Bonjour Brioche Bakery Cafe · 812 Queen St Egrocery46 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Mustard Seed Community Kitchen · 791 Queen St E47 mPassed, Jul 2026
Queen Garden Cafe · 771 Queen St E49 mPassed, Sep 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 Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom, 149 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 130 m away at McCleary Playground.

  • Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom · 870 Queen St E
    View centre hours
    149 m
  • Morse Street Playground Washroom · 76 Morse St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    644 m
  • Corktown Common Pavilion Washroom · 155 Bayview Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    814 m
Drinking water
McCleary Playground drinking fountain · 130 m; Bruce Mackey Park drinking fountain · 176 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

11 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 955 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Boulton Avenue Child Care Centre (259 m, 72 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km11 centres · 955 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 11
  • Boulton Avenue Child Care Centre · 131 Broadview Ave
    72 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    259 m
  • George Brown - Dundas Street East Child Care Centre · 935 Dundas St E
    127 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    320 m
  • Mighty Kids · 14 Verral Ave
    43 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    478 m
  • Woodgreen Community Services (Morse Child Care Centre) · 180 Carlaw Ave
    192 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    532 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 324 (947 m), the nearest police station 51 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 748 m away.

FireFire Station 324 · 947 m840 Gerrard St E
Police51 Division · 1.5 km51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 748 m126 Pape 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

22 registered apartment buildings with 2,004 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 18 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 58 Lewis St (231 m, 15 units, 4 storeys, built 1987), which scored 91 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 22 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 19 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 11 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings22 · 2,004 units · 18 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202619 across the 22
Open fire-code violations11
Tallest29 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
58 Lewis Stsocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.154198791 · Oct 20250231 m
841 Queen St Esocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.363198869 · Jul 20260236 m
179 Broadview Avesocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes414199285 · Aug 20260329 m
245-247 Logan Ave · Valour Management Inc.214192790 · Jun 20240376 m
859 Dundas St EToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation294197396 · Dec 20250488 m
502 Eastern Avesocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes195198991 · Dec 20250500 m
50 Matilda StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation564200895 · Nov 20250513 m
444 Logan Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc15922196786 · Jun 20243 · 3 fire660 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 lots699 lots · ≈36,760 spaces · 110.3 ha
Within 500 m89 lots · ≈3,110 spaces
Green P (public)14 car parks · about 1,591 spaces
EV charging (City)220 Carlaw Ave. · 565 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking76 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 38 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
111 Broadview Ave · Surface249 m9256% (Q1 2026)
136 Broadview Ave · Surface295 m2273% (Q1 2026)
653 Gerrard St E · Surface745 m3072% (Q1 2026)
573 Gerrard St E · Surface813 m3675% (Q1 2026)
83 Tannery Road · Garage911 m27 *

Nearest lots: 42 m away, ≈12 spaces; 54 m away, ≈5 spaces; 61 m away, ≈9 spaces; 68 m away, ≈16 spaces; 84 m away, ≈3 spaces; 100 m away, ≈5 spaces. More EV charging: 963 Gerrard St E (1.1 km, 2 ports); 500 Commissioners St (1.3 km, 2 ports); 43 Alton Ave (1.6 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, Jan 26, 2010

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 3,180 westbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 318. Most cyclists arrived from the east (148 of 267). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,030 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,000 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 8.9% 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 17 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2010, 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 north318southbound · 8 bikes · 2.8% heavy
From the west3,019eastbound · 111 bikes · 9.9% heavy
Total vehicles6,5171,682 pedestrians · 267 cyclists · 8.9% heavy
From the east3,180westbound · 148 bikes · 8.6% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,030 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,000 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jan 26, 2010

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 Boulton Ave between Clark St and Cummings St (227 m away) recorded an average of 26 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2013; 85% of drivers were at or under 34 km/h. That segment carries about 700 vehicles a day. The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Boulton Ave · Clark St – Cummings St · 227 mMay 2013 · 3 days72026 km/h34 km/h38 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

2023 was the peak year (9 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 9% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 7% 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 May 15, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions43#2288 of 5,508
With an injury4#3061 of 4,660
Property damage only31
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian1#2902 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1308 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201459latest May 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on May 10, 2013.

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 14 thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 0 in 2023–2025, about 0.0 a year, against 2.3 a year before that. 79% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1400street/outdoor (11), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft200street/outdoor (1), commercial premises (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 17, 2020. 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 South Riverdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Boulton & Queen a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 43 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 Boulton & Queen?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Jan 26, 2010, 70% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Boulton & Queen?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Boulton Ave between Clark St and Cummings St (May 2013), found an average of 26 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 Boulton & Queen?

The nearest Green P car park is 111 Broadview Ave (249 m away, 92 spaces, 56% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 699 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 36,760 spaces — 89 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 220 Carlaw Ave. (565 m).

How do I get to Boulton & Queen by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503, 504, 505 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 17 m away; bus routes 72, 121 within 1 km (nearest stop: Queen St East at Boulton Ave, 553 m).

What restaurants are near Boulton & Queen?

41 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 190 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (22 m), Jimmy's Coffee (30 m), Amber Kitchen & Coffee (36 m), Tabule (39 m) and Mustard Seed Community Kitchen (47 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 Boulton & Queen?

The nearest is Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom, 870 Queen St E, 149 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Morse Street Playground Washroom (644 m); Corktown Common Pavilion Washroom (814 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 Boulton & Queen?

11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 955 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Boulton Avenue Child Care Centre (259 m, 72 spaces), George Brown - Dundas Street East Child Care Centre (320 m, 127 spaces) and Mighty Kids (478 m, 43 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Boulton & Queen?

22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,004 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 58 Lewis St (231 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 841 Queen St E (236 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 69), 179 Broadview Ave (329 m, 41 units, RentSafeTO score 85) and 245-247 Logan Ave (376 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 22 is 90 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. 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 Boulton & Queen?

Toronto Police place 14 thefts from vehicles and two 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 South Riverdale page.

What neighbourhood is Boulton & Queen in?

Boulton & Queen is in South Riverdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 070). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher. The corner falls inside the Riverside District Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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