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Carlton & Bowman

Carlton St & Bowman St · Toronto, Ontario · Cabbagetown-South St.James Town · Ward 13, Toronto Centre

In Cabbagetown-South St.James Town, in the downtown core, Carlton & Bowman is a quiet local crossing, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has 2 schools within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 12 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
505
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 9, 2016
411 pedestrians · 105 cyclists
Collisions
3
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 3 property damage · #5235 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
3 streetcar routes · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 60 vehicles an hour, 5% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 1.2 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 20.8% of vehicle volume, about 27× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 0.3 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Carlton & Bowman

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
506505504 nearest 301 m
TTC bus
659412175 nearest 358 m
Blue Night
306305304365300
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Sumach St / Carlton St (Riverdale Farm) 120 m · 15 docks · 24 stations, 508 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 (34)
  • Sprucecourt Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 101 m
  • Monsignor Fraser - St Martin CampusEnglish Separate · 204 m
  • Lord Dufferin Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 566 m
  • Winchester Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 576 m
  • Nelson Mandela Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 837 m
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 876 m
  • and 28 more
Parks (48)
  • Riverdale Park West355 m
  • Anniversary Park466 m
  • Oak Street Parkette475 m
  • Wellesley Park487 m
  • Regent Park504 m
  • Oak Street Park584 m
  • and 42 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parliament Street branch520 m
  • Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch866 m
  • Toronto Public Library St. James Town branch880 m
Places of interest
  • Riverdale FarmAttraction · 245 m
  • Winchester Street TheatrePerforming Arts · 283 m
  • Native Earth Performing Arts & Aki StudioPerforming Arts · 610 m
  • Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 688 m
  • Allan GardensNature/ Park · 1 km
  • Dancemakers Centre for CreationPerforming Arts · 1.1 km
  • Betty Oliphant Theatre (at Canada's National Ballet School)Performing Arts · 1.1 km
  • The Danforth Music HallPerforming Arts · 1.3 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 173 eating places within a kilometre — 2.4× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Clubs, 185 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 173 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 49 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Clubs · 101 Spruce St185 mPassed, Jun 2026
Ethiopian Spice & Grocery Store · 368 Gerrard St Egrocery285 mPassed, Dec 2023
Sumac Community Food Centre · 340 Gerrard St Egrocery296 mPassed, Jul 2026
Maya Bay · 252 Carlton St300 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Buds and Blossoms · 517 Parliament St 2335 mPassed, Jul 2026
Powpow Gelato · 459 Parliament St336 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
La Gloria Mexican Coffee · 453 Parliament St345 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Star Fruit Market · 523 Parliament Stgrocery348 mPassed, Feb 2025

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 Riverdale Farm Simpson House Washroom, 266 m away, open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A drinking fountain is 199 m away at Riverdale Park West.

  • Riverdale Farm Simpson House Washroom · 201 Winchester St
    9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    266 m
  • Riverdale Park West Washroom · 375 Sumach St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    355 m
  • Riverdale Farm Meeting House Washroom · 201 Winchester St
    9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    375 m
Drinking water
Riverdale Park West bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 199 m; Riverdale Farm drinking fountain · 288 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

18 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,398 spaces; 13 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Sprucecourt Child Care Centre (101 m, 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km18 centres · 1,398 spaces
Fee subsidy13 of 18
  • Sprucecourt Child Care Centre · 70 Spruce St
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    101 m
  • Buds and Blossoms · 517 Parliament St
    32 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    335 m
  • The Yonge Street Mission / Davis Centre · 270 Gerrard St E
    65 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    493 m
  • Momentum Montessori Regent Park Inc · 237 Sackville St
    79 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    563 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 325 (674 m), the nearest police station 51 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 325 · 674 m475 Dundas St E
Police51 Division · 1.5 km51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 40 · 1.8 km58 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

79 registered apartment buildings with 11,185 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 34 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.4× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 26 Gifford St (229 m, 15 units, 4 storeys, built 1930), which scored 81 out of 100 at its June 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 79 scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 239 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 59 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings79 · 11,185 units · 34 social housing
RentSafeTO score86 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026239 across the 79
Open fire-code violations59
Tallest32 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
26 Gifford St154193081 · Jun 20251229 m
434 Gerrard St Esocial housing · Homes First Society163189194 · Oct 20250295 m
330 Gerrard St EToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation817197681 · Jul 20242334 m
230 River StToronto Community Housing · TCH253196196 · Nov 20250346 m
531-535 Parliament St · 10887609 Canada Inc173188890 · Oct 20250363 m
259 Sumach StToronto Community Housing · TCH473200686 · Jul 20260417 m
40 Oak Stsocial housing · Fred Victor874201289 · Oct 20255462 m
280 Gerrard St Esocial housing · Yonge Street Mission263199190 · Nov 20250469 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 lots868 lots · ≈25,610 spaces · 76.8 ha
Within 500 m55 lots · ≈1,010 spaces
Green P (public)27 car parks · about 3,627 spaces
EV charging (City)188 Carlton St · 703 m · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parking24 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 32 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
51 Aberdeen Ave · Surface425 m3555% (Q1 2026)
405 Sherbourne St · Surface783 m9175% (Q1 2026)
573 Gerrard St E · Surface860 m3675% (Q1 2026)
653 Gerrard St E · Surface1.1 km3072% (Q1 2026)
136 Broadview Ave · Surface1.2 km2273% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 69 m away, ≈3 spaces; 117 m away, ≈36 spaces; 171 m away, ≈24 spaces; 190 m away, ≈12 spaces; 210 m away, ≈19 spaces; 211 m away, ≈53 spaces. More EV charging: 186 Carlton St (712 m, 1 ports); 35 Erindale Ave (1.4 km, 10 ports); Yonge Street at Dundas St. (1.7 km, 8 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, Nov 9, 2016

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 332 westbound vehicles, or 66% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 25. Most cyclists arrived from the east (61 of 105). Morning rush is the busier period: 108 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:00 a.m., compared with 94 from 5:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 12.7% 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 10 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2016, 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 north25southbound · 3 bikes · 4.0% heavy
From the west148eastbound · 41 bikes · 18.9% heavy
Total vehicles505411 pedestrians · 105 cyclists · 12.7% heavy
From the east332westbound · 61 bikes · 10.5% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour108 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour94 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 9, 2016

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 Carlton St between Bowman St and Rawlings Ave (26 m away) recorded an average of 35 km/h in its 24-hour count in August 2001; 85% of drivers were at or under 43 km/h. That segment carries about 1,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 25 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Carlton St · Bowman St – Rawlings Ave · 26 mAug 2001 · 24 h1,40635 km/h43 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 1 collision. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Feb 13, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions3#5235 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only3
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 20144latest Feb 13, 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 three thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle310street/outdoor (1), other (1)
Bicycle theft100house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 19, 2023. 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 Cabbagetown-South St.James Town.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Carlton & Bowman a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 3 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 Carlton & Bowman?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Nov 9, 2016, 5% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Carlton & Bowman?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Carlton St between Bowman St and Rawlings Ave (August 2001), found an average of 35 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 43 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Carlton & Bowman?

The nearest Green P car park is 51 Aberdeen Ave (425 m away, 35 spaces, 55% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 868 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 25,610 spaces — 55 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 188 Carlton St (703 m).

How do I get to Carlton & Bowman by transit?

Streetcar routes 506, 505, 504 stop within 1 km, the nearest 301 m away; bus routes 65, 94, 121, 75 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Carlton & Bowman?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 173 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Clubs (185 m), Maya Bay (300 m), Buds and Blossoms (335 m), Powpow Gelato (336 m) and La Gloria Mexican Coffee (345 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 Carlton & Bowman?

The nearest is Riverdale Farm Simpson House Washroom, 201 Winchester St, 266 m away (open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Next nearest: Riverdale Park West Washroom (355 m); Riverdale Farm Meeting House Washroom (375 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 Carlton & Bowman?

18 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,398 spaces in total; 13 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Sprucecourt Child Care Centre (101 m, 56 spaces), Buds and Blossoms (335 m, 32 spaces) and The Yonge Street Mission / Davis Centre (493 m, 65 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Carlton & Bowman?

79 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 11,185 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 26 Gifford St (229 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 434 Gerrard St E (295 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 330 Gerrard St E (334 m, 81 units, RentSafeTO score 81) and 230 River St (346 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 79 is 86 out of 100; 2 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 Carlton & Bowman?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Cabbagetown-South St.James Town page.

What neighbourhood is Carlton & Bowman in?

Carlton & Bowman is in Cabbagetown-South St.James Town (City of Toronto neighbourhood 071). It is in Ward 13, Toronto Centre, represented by Councillor Chris Moise.

Sources

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