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College & Bellevue

College St & Bellevue Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Kensington-Chinatown · Ward 11, University-Rosedale

College & Bellevue, in Kensington-Chinatown, in the downtown core, is an intersection of typical volume, with a well-used cycling route through it. It has a protected bikeway, 2 schools within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
7,612
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 10, 2023
2,097 pedestrians · 2,094 cyclists
Collisions
41
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #2343 of 5,519
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
9 routes within 1 km · protected bikeway
Within a walk
69/100
city median 48 · #888 of 5,672
66 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 279 m

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College & Bellevue

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume8-hour count · May 10, 2023

The east leg carries the load — 4,344 westbound vehicles, or 57% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 3,268. Most cyclists arrived from the east (1,008 of 2,094). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,029 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,049 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 4 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west3,268eastbound · 953 bikes · 4.5% heavy
Total vehicles7,6122,097 pedestrians · 2,094 cyclists · 4.2% heavy
From the east4,344westbound · 1,008 bikes · 3.9% heavy
From the south0northbound · 133 bikes · 0.0% heavy

Peak hours: 1,029 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,049 from 4:00 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

2024 was the peak year (7 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 27% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 24% 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 Aug 6, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions41#2343 of 5,519
With an injury11#1563 of 4,669
Property damage only27
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian4#893 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist6#306 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

How fast traffic moves here

The City's counter on Bellevue Ave between Nassau St and Oxford St (197 m away) recorded an average of 27 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2012; 85% of drivers were at or under 35 km/h. That segment carries about 2,700 vehicles a day. The reading is 14 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Robert St (249 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.4% of the 14,121 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Bellevue Ave · Nassau St – Oxford St · 197 mMay 2012 · 3 days2,72427 km/h35 km/h39 km/h
Speed sign
Robert St (northbound), 249 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 16 km/h, 85th percentile 27 km/h; 0.4% at 40 km/h or more. 14,121 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Streetcar
506 511 510 505 nearest 42 m
TTC bus
94 nearest 631 m · 8 min
Blue Night
306 310 305 307
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — College St at Borden St
Cycling
Cycle Track on College St installed 2001; Bike Lane - Contraflow on Bellevue Ave installed 2017
Bike Share
College St / Borden St 94 m · 11 docks · 20 stations, 372 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
24 car parks · about 2,134 spaces
EV charging
74 Clinton Street · 859 m · 4 Level 2 ports; also 365 Lippincott St. (1.2 km), 10 Portland St (1.3 km)
Bike parking
135 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 92 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
59 mapped lots within 500 m, 691 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
35 Bellevue Avenue · Surface352 m91 *—
20 St Andrew St · Garage647 m41727% (Q1 2026)
74 Clinton Street · Garage918 m79 *—
80 Clinton Street · Surface928 m25 *—
40 Larch St · Garage1 km33231% (Q1 2026)

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

You can do a shop on foot from here: T&t Supermarket is 279 m away. Two specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest The Cottage Cheese at 252 m. There are 66 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 355 eating places within a kilometre — 8.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Lebanese Garden, 27 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Augusta Central Pharmacy, 26 m away, one of four within 300 m. The nearest hospital site is Kensington Eye Institute, 99 m away, then Toronto Western Hospital at 627 m. For seniors' housing: The Kensington Gardens, a long-term care home 248 m away. St. Stephen's Community House runs a seniors' active living programme 102 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Lebanese Garden · 366 College St Flr-1st27 m
  • Pho Ha Noi · 374 College St30 m
  • Ohiru Cafe · 370 College St33 m
  • Tagpuan 4 · 376 College St33 m
  • Hogtown Vegan · 382 College St57 m
66 within 300 m · 355 within 1 km
Grocery
T&t Supermarket 279 m · 3 min · 7 within 1 km
Food shops
The Cottage Cheese 252 m · 3 min · 2 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Augusta Central Pharmacy 26 m · 12 within 1 km
Child care
  • Westside Montessori School · 73 spaces, toddler, preschool96 m
  • The Neighbourhood Group Bellevue Child Care · 34 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day130 m
  • Kensington Kids Early Learning Centre · 99 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day159 m
10 licensed centres · 808 spaces within 1 km · 7 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Bellevue Square Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.500 m · 6 min
  • Harry R. Gairey Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs835 m · 10 min
Drinking water: The Doctors' Parkette 67 m; Sonya's Park 317 m · 4 min (off)
Health and care
  • Kensington Eye Institute · hospital site99 m
  • Toronto Western Hospital · hospital site627 m · 7 min
  • The Kensington Gardens · long-term care home248 m
  • St. Stephen's Community House · seniors' active living centre102 m

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (23)
  • The Doctors' Parkette79 m
  • Sonya's Park326 m · 4 min
  • Margaret Fairley Park438 m · 5 min
  • Bellevue Square Park484 m · 6 min
  • Lillian H. Smith Park564 m · 7 min
and 18 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (25)
  • Westside Montessori Elementary SchoolPrivate · 96 m
  • Kensington Community SchoolEnglish Public · 159 m
  • King Edward Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Separate · 372 m · 4 min
  • Lord Lansdowne Jr Sr & Da VinciEnglish Public · 402 m · 5 min
  • Braemar College Private Secondary SchoolPrivate · 582 m · 7 min
and 20 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch529 m · 6 min
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch777 m · 9 min
Places of interest
  • Ukrainian Museum of CanadaMuseum · 794 m · 9 min
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Randolph Centre for the ArtsPerforming Arts · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Graffiti AlleyLandmark · 1.3 km · 15 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

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Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #888 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food28/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 66 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit15/28

    8 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go8/14

    library 529 m away · 8 places of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation10/10

    4 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care8/8

    4 schools within 500 m · 4 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

18 registered apartment buildings with 1,105 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, six of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 99 Bellevue Ave (82 m, 16 units, 4 storeys, built 1988), which scored 72 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
99 Bellevue Ave · Fv Property Management164198872 · Jul 202682 m
87 Bellevue Ave social housing · Homes First Society283188576 · Sep 2025161 m
88 Oxford St · Turtledove Management114189575 · Jul 2026181 m
484 Spadina Ave · Fitzrovia Real Estate Inc16616202199 · Jun 2024358 m · 4 min
34 Oxford St Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1895197989 · Aug 2025405 m · 5 min
25 Leonard Ave social housing · St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society776196096 · Aug 2026511 m · 6 min

18 registered buildings · 1,105 units · 6 social housing · tallest 16 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Toronto Police place 15 thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.8 a year. 73% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1540street/outdoor (11), house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft320house driveway/garage (2), apartment parking (1)

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 Kensington-Chinatown.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is College & Bellevue a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 41 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 College & Bellevue?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from May 10, 2023, 82% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is College & Bellevue a walkable intersection?

College & Bellevue scores 69 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #888 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 4 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 4 schools within 500 m · 4 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 grocery store within 300 m · 66 places to eat within 300 m.

How fast do cars go at College & Bellevue?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Bellevue Ave between Nassau St and Oxford St (May 2012), found an average of 27 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 35 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 249 m away (30 km/h), 0.4% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near College & Bellevue?

The nearest Green P car park is 35 Bellevue Avenue (352 m away, 91 spaces). The City's mapping shows 691 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,570 spaces — 59 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 74 Clinton Street (859 m).

How do I get to College & Bellevue by transit?

Streetcar routes 506, 511, 510, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 42 m away; bus route 94 within 1 km (nearest stop: College St at Borden St, 631 m).

What restaurants are near College & Bellevue?

66 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 355 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Lebanese Garden (27 m), Pho Ha Noi (30 m), Ohiru Cafe (33 m), Tagpuan 4 (33 m) and Hogtown Vegan (57 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near College & Bellevue?

The nearest is Bellevue Square Park Washroom, 5 Bellevue Ave, 500 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Harry R. Gairey Outdoor Rink Washroom (835 m); Alexandra Park Outdoor Pool Washroom (882 m).

Is there child care near College & Bellevue?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 808 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Westside Montessori School (96 m, 73 spaces), The Neighbourhood Group Bellevue Child Care (130 m, 34 spaces) and Kensington Kids Early Learning Centre (159 m, 99 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near College & Bellevue?

18 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,105 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 99 Bellevue Ave (82 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 72), 87 Bellevue Ave (161 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 76), 88 Oxford St (181 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 75) and 484 Spadina Ave (358 m, 166 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 18 is 87 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at College & Bellevue?

Toronto Police place 15 thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Kensington-Chinatown page.

What neighbourhood is College & Bellevue in?

College & Bellevue is in Kensington-Chinatown (City of Toronto neighbourhood 078). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe.

Sources

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