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Church & Lombard

Church St & Lombard St · Toronto, Ontario · Downtown Yonge East · Ward 13, Toronto Centre · Old Town Toronto BIA

Church & Lombard is an intersection of typical volume, with heavy foot traffic. It sits in Downtown Yonge East, in the downtown core. At the corner: 2 schools within 250 m and parks. Nearby: Queen Station (Line 1) 323 m away and Union Station GO 854 m away.

Traffic volume
7,498
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 26, 2014
2,953 pedestrians · 142 cyclists
Collisions
105
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
12 with an injury · 79 property damage · #1065 of 5,508 · +3 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
Queen Station 323 m · 8 streetcar routes · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 64 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 940 vehicles an hour, 81% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 2.5 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. On average 11 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 3.4× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 46%, from 68 in 2016–2020 to 37 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Church & Lombard

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Queen Station (Line 1)323 m; King Station (Line 1)334 m; TMU Station (Line 1)643 m; Union Station (Line 1)754 m; St Andrew Station (Line 1)888 m; Osgoode Station (Line 1)920 m
GO Transit
Union Station GO — Barrie, Kitchener, Lakeshore East, Lakeshore West, Milton, Richmond Hill, Stouffville854 m; GO bus 16 Hamilton / Toronto Express31 Guelph / Toronto21 Milton65 Newmarket / Toronto61 Richmond Hill68 Barrie / Newmarket71 Stouffville90 Lakeshore East18 Lakeshore West35 Union Pearson Express at Union Station Bus Terminal875 m
VIA Rail
Toronto 880 m
Streetcar
501503504508505506509510 nearest 98 m
TTC bus
97191217511420265 nearest 292 m
Blue Night
301304305306310320365
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Church St at Richmond St East
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Church St / Lombard St 14 m · 17 docks · 60 stations, 1,498 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 (41)
  • Keystone International SchoolsPrivate · 152 m
  • Victoria Street LINCEnglish Public · 212 m
  • St Michael's Choir School - Gymnasium BldgEnglish Separate · 408 m
  • George Brown College - St James CampusCollege · 411 m
  • St Michael's Choir School - Choral BldgEnglish Separate · 430 m
  • St Michael's Choir School - ElementaryEnglish Separate · 451 m
  • and 35 more
Parks (54)
  • Courthouse Square Park150 m
  • St. James Park205 m
  • Toronto Sculpture Garden252 m
  • 45 Dalhousie St Park301 m
  • Market Lane Park321 m
  • Cloud Gardens370 m
  • and 48 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library St. Lawrence branch585 m
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch715 m
  • Toronto Public Library Parliament Street branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • St. James ParkNature/ Park · 204 m
  • Toronto Sculpture GardenFeatured Park · 251 m
  • Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 363 m
  • Hudson's BayLandmark · 377 m
  • Gooderham Flatiron BuildingLandmark · 383 m
  • Toronto's First Post OfficeMuseum · 387 m
  • Massey HallPerforming Arts · 390 m
  • St. Lawrence Market and Market GalleryAttraction · 453 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 81 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 7 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 351 — 4.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Gyukaku Japanese BBQ, 16 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés81 within 300 m · 351 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience7 within 300 m · 49 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Gyukaku Japanese BBQ · 81 Church St16 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Versus Coffee · 70 Adelaide St E37 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Aaamazing Salad · 82a Adelaide St E54 mPassed, Sep 2026
Makilala · 105 Church St59 mPassed, May 2026
McVeigh's New Windsor Tavern · 124 Church St Unit-266 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Tim Hortons · 82 Adelaide St E67 mPassed, Sep 2026
Dominos Pizza · 67 Richmond St E81 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction
Adelaide Resource Centre For Women · 67 Adelaide St E100 mPassed, May 2026 · 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 St Lawrence North, 369 m away, Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm, Sat 5:00am-4:00pm, Sun Closed; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 149 m away at Courthouse Square Park (currently off).

  • St Lawrence North · 92 Front Street East
    Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm, Sat 5:00am-4:00pm, Sun Closed · accessible
    369 m
  • St Lawrence South · 91 Front Street East
    Mon Closed, Tue-Fri 8:30am-7:30pm, Sat 6:30am-5:30pm, Sun 9:30am-5:30pm · accessible
    406 m
  • St Lawrence Tent · 125 The Esplanade Street
    Mon-Sat Closed, Sun 10:00am-5:00pm
    534 m
Drinking water
Courthouse Square Park drinking fountain · 149 m · off; St. James Park bottle filling station · 229 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

15 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 903 spaces; 12 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Bloomsbury Academy (281 m, 44 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten).

Within 1 km15 centres · 903 spaces
Fee subsidy12 of 15
  • Bloomsbury Academy · 29 Dalhousie St
    44 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten
    281 m
  • Kids & Company Scotia Plaza · 104 Yonge St
    64 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    334 m
  • St. Lawrence Infant Toddler Centre (4 Market Street) · 4 Market St
    40 spaces · infant, toddler · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    535 m
  • Garderie La Farandole de Toronto Inc. · 14 Pembroke St
    149 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    580 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 333 (742 m), the nearest police station 51 Division (1.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 137 m away.

FireFire Station 333 · 742 m207 Front St E
Police51 Division · 1.1 km51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 40 · 137 m58 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

Within a kilometre there are 68 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 8,893 rental units, 3.0× the median for a Toronto intersection — 39 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 90 Adelaide St E (96 m, 60 units, 8 storeys, built 1980), which scored 92 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 68 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 99 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 60 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings68 · 8,893 units · 39 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202699 across the 68
Open fire-code violations60
Tallest37 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
90 Adelaide St E · Park Property Management Inc.608198092 · Jul 2025096 m
60 Richmond St EToronto Community Housing · Co-Operative Housing Federation of Toronto508199090 · Aug 20261113 m
30 Mutual St · Ontari Holdings Ltd and 88 Queen Fitzrovia Inc302312024100 · Nov 20251 · 5 fire263 m
25 Dalhousie St · Ontari Holdings Ltd and 88 Queen Fitzrovia Inc240302024100 · Nov 20251269 m
25 Mutual StToronto Community Housing · Greenwin9711198395 · Jul 20260287 m
147 Queen St Esocial housing · Fred Victor Centre767190095 · Nov 20250289 m
36 Church St416196583 · Nov 20250315 m
160 Jarvis Stsocial housing · Thed Salvation Army Toronto Harbourlight Ministries986200998 · Jul 20260 · 3 fire334 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 lots846 lots · ≈25,260 spaces · 75.8 ha
Within 500 m45 lots · ≈1,260 spaces
Green P (public)26 car parks · about 7,313 spaces
EV charging (City)2 Church St. · 618 m · 24 Level 2 + 4 fast ports
Bike parking267 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 51 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (687 m)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
87 Richmond St E · Surface102 m2092% (Q1 2026)
37 Queen St E · Garage190 m63152% (Q1 2026)
323 Richmond St E · Garage561 m25253% (Q1 2026)
20 Dundas Sq · Garage602 m26258% (Q1 2026)
2 Church St · Garage621 m1,97216% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 59 m away, ≈106 spaces; 115 m away, ≈22 spaces (Green P); 126 m away, ≈30 spaces; 127 m away, ≈15 spaces; 146 m away, ≈28 spaces; 166 m away, ≈21 spaces. More EV charging: Yonge Street at Dundas St. (682 m, 8 ports); Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (687 m, 11 ports); Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (687 m, 40 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, Mar 26, 2014

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 3,435 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 46% of the total, against 466 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the south (66 of 142). Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 1,188 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 25% above the afternoon peak from 4:15 p.m. (952). Trucks and buses were 11.3% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 13 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2014, 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 north3,435southbound · 60 bikes · 9.2% heavy
From the west466eastbound · 5 bikes · 15.7% heavy
Total vehicles7,4982,953 pedestrians · 142 cyclists · 11.3% heavy
From the east788westbound · 11 bikes · 9.9% heavy
From the south2,809northbound · 66 bikes · 13.7% heavy
AM peak hour1,188 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour952 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 26, 2014

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

On Lombard St between Victoria St and Spice Mill Lane, 137 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2024 put the average speed at 23 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 34 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 39 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,300 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Church St · Ditty Lane – Queen St E · 136 mMar 2021 · 7 days3,984
Lombard St · Victoria St – Spice Mill Lane · 137 mMay 2024 · 3 days1,32423 km/h34 km/h39 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 worst year was 2016, with 17 collisions; 2025 recorded 7. 12 collisions (11%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 16 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 7 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 10, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions105#1065 of 5,508
With an injury12#1480 of 4,660
Property damage only79
Fail to remain16
Involving a pedestrian5#758 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1242 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist2
With a fatality0
Severity not classified14
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 2014126latest May 10, 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 Jul 18, 2009.

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

39 thefts from vehicles and 39 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 13× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 7 in 2023–2025, about 2.3 a year, against 10.1 a year before that. 82% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 51% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle3950street/outdoor (32), apartment parking (4)
Bicycle theft3920apartment parking (20), street/outdoor (18)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 25, 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 Downtown Yonge East.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Church & Lombard a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 105 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 Church & Lombard?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Mar 26, 2014, 81% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Church & Lombard?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lombard St between Victoria St and Spice Mill Lane (May 2024), found an average of 23 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 Church & Lombard?

The nearest Green P car park is 87 Richmond St E (102 m away, 20 spaces, 92% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 846 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 25,260 spaces — 45 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2 Church St. (618 m).

How do I get to Church & Lombard by transit?

Queen Station (Line 1) is 323 m away; Union Station GO is 854 m away; streetcar routes 501, 503, 504, 508 and 4 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 98 m away; bus routes 97, 19, 121, 75, 114, 202, 65 within 1 km (nearest stop: Church St at Richmond St East, 292 m).

What restaurants are near Church & Lombard?

81 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 351 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Gyukaku Japanese BBQ (16 m), Versus Coffee (37 m), Aaamazing Salad (54 m), Makilala (59 m) and McVeigh's New Windsor Tavern (66 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 Church & Lombard?

The nearest is St Lawrence North, 92 Front Street East, 369 m away (Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm, Sat 5:00am-4:00pm, Sun Closed), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: St Lawrence South (406 m); St Lawrence Tent (534 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 Church & Lombard?

15 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 903 spaces in total; 12 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bloomsbury Academy (281 m, 44 spaces), Kids & Company Scotia Plaza (334 m, 64 spaces) and St. Lawrence Infant Toddler Centre (4 Market Street) (535 m, 40 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Church & Lombard?

68 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 8,893 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 90 Adelaide St E (96 m, 60 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 60 Richmond St E (113 m, 50 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 30 Mutual St (263 m, 302 units, RentSafeTO score 100) and 25 Dalhousie St (269 m, 240 units, RentSafeTO score 100). The average RentSafeTO score across the 68 is 88 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 Church & Lombard?

Toronto Police place 39 thefts from vehicles and 39 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 Downtown Yonge East page.

What neighbourhood is Church & Lombard in?

Church & Lombard is in Downtown Yonge East (City of Toronto neighbourhood 168). It is in Ward 13, Toronto Centre, represented by Councillor Chris Moise. The corner falls inside the Old Town Toronto Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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