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Charles & Queen's Park

Charles St W & Queen's Park · Toronto, Ontario · Bay-Cloverhill · Ward 11, University-Rosedale

Charles & Queen's Park, in Bay-Cloverhill, in central Toronto, is a moderately heavy crossing. It has a live City traffic camera, Museum Station and a protected bikeway at the corner.

Traffic volume
16,344
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 17, 2019
4,387 pedestrians · 272 cyclists
Collisions
90
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
13 with an injury · 66 property damage · #1237 of 5,508 · +5 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
Museum Station
subway station within 250 m
2 streetcar routes · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 23 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,040 vehicles an hour, 1.77× 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). Police have logged an average of 9 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 2.9× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions rose 90%, from 31 in 2016–2020 to 59 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Charles & Queen's Park

Live traffic camera

The City's RESCU camera at Queens Park & Queens Park Cres W — a 320 × 240 still the City replaces every few minutes, with the frame's age and its four fixed reference views

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Live camera RESCU 8228 · Queens Park & Queens Park Cres W · 91 m from the node
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Fixed views the City's reference still for each direction

The City's own feed for Charles & Queen's Park, published as a 320 × 240 still that its server replaces every few minutes — the card checks for a new frame every 45 seconds while you are on the page (Reload checks now) and says whether the frame changed. The fixed views are the City's reference stills showing where the camera points in each direction.

Live camera · RESCU 8228 · Queens Park & Queens Park Cres W
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Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Museum Station (Line 1)11 m; Bay Station (Line 2)319 m; St George Station (Line 1, Line 2)379 m; Yonge Station (Line 2)686 m; Bloor Station (Line 1)724 m; Queen's Park Station (Line 1)781 m; Wellesley Station (Line 1)793 m; Spadina Station (Line 1, Line 2)834 m
Streetcar
506510 nearest 634 m
TTC bus
1394192697127 nearest 20 m
Blue Night
306310300320
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Queen's Park at Charles St West - Museum Station; Queen's Park at Charles St West North Side - Museum Station
Cycling
Cycle Track on Queen's Park Cres installed 2020
Bike Share
Queen's Park / Bloor St W 136 m · 23 docks · 54 stations, 1,066 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 (54)
  • Rosedale Day SchoolPrivate · 189 m
  • Munk School of Global Affairs Graham Library - U of T, Bldg 12cUniversity · 351 m
  • Munk School of Global Affairs at Trinity - U of T, Bldg 12aUniversity · 354 m
  • The Shire SchoolPrivate · 357 m
  • Career Quest - TorontoPrivate · 359 m
  • Toronto School of Theology - U of T, Bldg 434University · 364 m
  • and 48 more
Parks (60)
  • Queen's Park309 m
  • Village of Yorkville Park331 m
  • Bloor - Bedford Parkette373 m
  • Clover Hill Park444 m
  • Taddle Creek Park514 m
  • St. Mary Street Parkette537 m
  • and 54 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Yorkville branch650 m
  • Toronto Public Library Toronto Reference Library branch755 m
  • Toronto Public Library Spadina Road branch893 m
Places of interest
  • Isabel Bader TheatrePerforming Arts · 77 m
  • Gardiner MuseumMuseum · 96 m
  • Royal Ontario MuseumMuseum · 113 m
  • Royal Conservatory of MusicPerforming Arts · 237 m
  • Koerner Hall (at the Telus Centre for Performance and Learning)Performing Arts · 240 m
  • Village of Yorkville ParkNature/ Park · 340 m
  • George Ignatieff TheatrePerforming Arts · 347 m
  • Hart House TheatrePerforming Arts · 369 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 27 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 377 eating places within a kilometre — 5.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Ned's Cafe, 38 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés27 within 300 m · 377 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 23 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Ned's Cafe · 150 Charles St W38 mPassed, Jul 2026
Terima Coffee + Pantry Bar · 78 Queen's Park72 mPassed, Mar 2026
Clay Restaurant · 111 Queen's Park Flr-381 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Edward Johnson Building Music Cafe · 80 Queen's Park113 mPassed, Feb 2026
Caffiend's · 91 Charles St W Unit-2 None118 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Druxy's R.o.m. Cafe · 100 Queen's Park164 mPassed, Jul 2026
Mortons · 4 Avenue Rd172 mPassed, Aug 2026
Park Hyatt Joni Restaurant · 4 Avenue Rd, Flr-Main173 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 1 infraction

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 Ramsden Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 1.0 km away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 280 m away at Queen's Park.

  • Ramsden Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 1020 Yonge St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    1 km
Drinking water
Queen's Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 280 m; Village of Yorkville Park drinking fountain · 294 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

19 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,473 spaces; 11 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is University of Toronto Early Learning Centre - O.i.s.e. (434 m, 26 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km19 centres · 1,473 spaces
Fee subsidy11 of 19
  • University of Toronto Early Learning Centre - O.i.s.e. · 252 Bloor St W
    26 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    434 m
  • University of Toronto Childcare On Charles · 35 Charles St W
    73 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    495 m
  • Friends Day Care Centre · 60 Lowther Ave
    22 spaces · preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    557 m
  • Huron Playschool Co-Operative · 383 Huron St
    16 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    599 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 312 (632 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 826 m away.

FireFire Station 312 · 632 m34 Yorkville Ave
Police52 Division · 1.5 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 45 · 826 m135 Davenport 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

85 registered apartment buildings with 10,078 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, ten of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 131 Bloor St W (189 m, 157 units, 14 storeys, built 1963), which scored 90 out of 100 at its September 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 85 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 192 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 96 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings85 · 10,078 units · 10 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026192 across the 85
Open fire-code violations96
Tallest51 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
131 Bloor St W · Morguard Corporation15714196390 · Sep 20263189 m
2 St Thomas St · Bentallgreenoak24826201796 · Oct 20256245 m
8 St Thomas St · Bentallgreenoak164192689 · Aug 20260249 m
57 Charles St W · Quadreal Property Group25021197789 · Oct 20250327 m
55 Charles St W · Azuria Group Incorporated14732198183 · Oct 20253366 m
20 Prince Arthur Ave · Hollyburn Properties Ltd19323196883 · Jul 20247380 m
1101 Bay St · Bentallgreenoak26528197987 · Jun 20261 · 6 fire415 m
25 Bedford Rd · Firm Capital628200496 · Aug 20265454 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 lots1,035 lots · ≈24,760 spaces · 74.3 ha
Within 500 m55 lots · ≈1,960 spaces
Green P (public)26 car parks · about 4,899 spaces
EV charging (City)74 Yorkville Ave · 473 m · 8 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parking72 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (1.8 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
9 Bedford Rd · Garage345 m37151% (Q1 2026)
74 Yorkville Ave · Garage421 m17575% (Q1 2026)
465 Huron Street · Surface656 m15 *
20 Charles St E · Garage699 m64618% (Q1 2026)
13 Isabella St · Surface710 m3073% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 50 m away, ≈21 spaces; 86 m away, ≈64 spaces; 120 m away, ≈16 spaces; 134 m away, ≈69 spaces; 214 m away, ≈10 spaces; 246 m away, ≈4 spaces. More EV charging: 20 Charles St E. (702 m, 23 ports); 9 Wellesley St W. (728 m, 8 ports); 19 Spadina Rd (852 m, 6 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, Apr 17, 2019

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 8,541 southbound vehicles, or 52% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 1,199. Most cyclists arrived from the south (141 of 272). Morning rush is the busier period: 2,397 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:15 a.m., compared with 2,126 from 4:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.1% 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 7 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2019, 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 north8,541southbound · 89 bikes · 4.8% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 42 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles16,3444,387 pedestrians · 272 cyclists · 5.1% heavy
From the east1,199westbound · 0 bikes · 7.0% heavy
From the south6,604northbound · 141 bikes · 5.2% heavy
AM peak hour2,397 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,126 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 17, 2019

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 Charles St W between St Thomas St and Queen's Park (131 m away) recorded an average of 23 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 33 km/h. That segment carries about 1,400 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Queen's Park · Charles St W – Bloor St W · 85 mSep 2019 · 7 days16,874
Charles St W · St Thomas St – Queen's Park · 131 mApr 2025 · 3 days1,41323 km/h33 km/h37 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 (25 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 14% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 19, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions90#1237 of 5,508
With an injury13#1399 of 4,660
Property damage only66
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian3#1369 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2271 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified11
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
All since 2014103latest Apr 19, 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. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Oct 26, 2011.

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 11 thefts from vehicles and 22 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 5.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 5 in 2023–2025, about 1.7 a year, against 4.0 a year before that. 100% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 45% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1110street/outdoor (11)
Bicycle theft2240street/outdoor (10), other (5)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 9, 2025. 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 Bay-Cloverhill.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Charles & Queen's Park a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 90 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 Charles & Queen's Park?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 17, 2019, 1.77× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Charles & Queen's Park?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Charles St W between St Thomas St and Queen's Park (April 2025), found an average of 23 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 33 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Charles & Queen's Park?

The nearest Green P car park is 9 Bedford Rd (345 m away, 371 spaces, 51% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 1,035 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,760 spaces — 55 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 74 Yorkville Ave (473 m).

How do I get to Charles & Queen's Park by transit?

Museum Station (Line 1) is 11 m away; streetcar routes 506, 510 stop within 1 km, the nearest 634 m away; bus routes 13, 94, 19, 26, 97, 127 within 1 km (nearest stop: Queen's Park at Charles St West - Museum Station, 20 m).

What restaurants are near Charles & Queen's Park?

27 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 377 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Ned's Cafe (38 m), Terima Coffee + Pantry Bar (72 m), Clay Restaurant (81 m), Edward Johnson Building Music Cafe (113 m) and Caffiend's (118 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 Charles & Queen's Park?

The nearest is Ramsden Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 1020 Yonge St, 1.0 km away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.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 Charles & Queen's Park?

19 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,473 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are University of Toronto Early Learning Centre - O.i.s.e. (434 m, 26 spaces), University of Toronto Childcare On Charles (495 m, 73 spaces) and Friends Day Care Centre (557 m, 22 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Charles & Queen's Park?

85 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 10,078 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 131 Bloor St W (189 m, 157 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 2 St Thomas St (245 m, 248 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 8 St Thomas St (249 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 57 Charles St W (327 m, 250 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 85 is 88 out of 100; 3 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 Charles & Queen's Park?

Toronto Police place 11 thefts from vehicles and 22 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 Bay-Cloverhill page.

What neighbourhood is Charles & Queen's Park in?

Charles & Queen's Park is in Bay-Cloverhill (City of Toronto neighbourhood 169). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe.

Sources

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