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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 parks at the corner. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
7,612
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 10, 2023
2,097 pedestrians · 2,094 cyclists
Collisions
41
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
11 with an injury · 27 property damage · #2343 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 streetcar routes · 1 bus route within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track, Bike Lane - Contraflow
Bike Share: 26 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 950 vehicles, 82% 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 27.5% of vehicle volume, about 36× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 4.1 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 41%, from 17 in 2016–2020 to 24 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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College & Bellevue

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
506511510505 nearest 42 m
TTC bus
94 nearest 581 m
Blue Night
306310305307
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 89 m · 11 docks · 38 stations, 726 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 (55)
  • Westside Montessori Elementary SchoolPrivate · 89 m
  • Kensington Community SchoolEnglish Public · 126 m
  • King Edward Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Separate · 267 m
  • Lord Lansdowne Jr Sr & Da VinciEnglish Public · 293 m
  • Braemar College Private Secondary SchoolPrivate · 573 m
  • Ryerson Community School & Downtown Vocal Music AcademyEnglish Public · 668 m
  • and 49 more
Parks (37)
  • The Doctors' Parkette58 m
  • Sonya's Park237 m
  • Margaret Fairley Park365 m
  • Bellevue Square Park435 m
  • Glasgow Street Parkette492 m
  • Lillian H. Smith Park505 m
  • and 31 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch501 m
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch557 m
  • Toronto Public Library Spadina Road branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Ukrainian Museum of CanadaMuseum · 576 m
  • Randolph Centre for the ArtsPerforming Arts · 890 m
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 1 km
  • Art Museum at the University of TorontoGallery · 1 km
  • Al Green Theatre (at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre)Performing Arts · 1 km
  • Art Gallery of OntarioGallery · 1 km
  • George Ignatieff TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.1 km
  • Hart House TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 95 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 6 grocery and convenience stores, and 358 eating places within a kilometre — 4.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Lebanese Garden, 27 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés95 within 300 m · 358 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience6 within 300 m · 42 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Lebanese Garden · 366 College St Flr-1st27 mPassed, May 2026
Pho Ha Noi · 374 College St30 mPassed, May 2026
Ohiru Cafe · 370 College St33 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Tagpuan 4 · 376 College St33 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Som Tum Jinda · 356 College St41 mPassed, Sep 2026
Hogtown Vegan · 382 College St56 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Zafoon Restaurant · 384 College St56 mPassed, May 2026
Voodoo Child · 388 College St58 mPassed, May 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 Bellevue Square Park Washroom, 434 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 54 m away at The Doctors' Parkette.

  • Bellevue Square Park Washroom · 5 Bellevue Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    434 m
  • Harry R. Gairey Outdoor Rink Washroom · 275 Bathurst St
    View outdoor rink hours · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    640 m
  • Alexandra Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 275 Bathurst St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    679 m
Drinking water
The Doctors' Parkette bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 54 m; Sonya's Park bottle filling station · 229 m · off

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 1,226 spaces; ten accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Westside Montessori School (89 m, 73 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km15 centres · 1,226 spaces
Fee subsidy10 of 15
  • Westside Montessori School · 95 Bellevue Ave
    73 spaces · toddler, preschool
    89 m
  • The Neighbourhood Group Bellevue Child Care · 91 Bellevue Ave
    34 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    107 m
  • Kensington Kids Early Learning Centre · 401 College St
    99 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    126 m
  • The Neighbourhood Group King Edward Child Care · 112 Lippincott St
    105 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    267 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 315 (38 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (1.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.2 km away.

FireFire Station 315 · 38 m132 Bellevue Ave
Police52 Division · 1.2 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 34 · 1.2 km674 Markham St

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

31 registered apartment buildings with 1,993 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 11 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 99 Bellevue Ave (65 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 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 18 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 12 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings31 · 1,993 units · 11 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202618 across the 31
Open fire-code violations12
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
99 Bellevue Ave · Fv Property Management164198872 · Jul 2026065 m
87 Bellevue Avesocial housing · Homes First Society283188576 · Sep 20250125 m
88 Oxford St · Turtledove Management114189575 · Jul 20260139 m
34 Oxford StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1895197989 · Aug 20250219 m
484 Spadina Ave · Fitzrovia Real Estate Inc16616202199 · Jun 20240 · 1 fire329 m
25 Leonard Avesocial housing · St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society776196096 · Aug 20264 · 7 fire366 m
378 Markham St · Berkley Property Management Inc174190095 · Jul 20260491 m
160 Huron St · Akelius Canada Ltd695180598 · Jul 20263517 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 lots968 lots · ≈21,110 spaces · 63.3 ha
Within 500 m84 lots · ≈1,280 spaces
Green P (public)34 car parks · about 4,708 spaces
EV charging (City)74 Clinton Street · 792 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking156 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 92 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (1.7 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
35 Bellevue Avenue · Surface341 m91 *
20 St Andrew St · Garage472 m41727% (Q1 2026)
40 Larch St · Garage757 m33231% (Q1 2026)
74 Clinton Street · Garage810 m79 *
201 Claremont St · Surface813 m4361% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 11 m away, ≈3 spaces; 32 m away, ≈18 spaces; 33 m away, ≈3 spaces; 52 m away, ≈10 spaces; 72 m away, ≈21 spaces; 80 m away, ≈2 spaces. More EV charging: 365 Lippincott St. (1 km, 10 ports); 10 Palmerston Ave (1.1 km, 2 ports); 10 Soho St. (1.2 km, 4 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, 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 16,183 vehicles. The count is 3 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
AM peak hour1,029 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,049 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · May 10, 2023

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 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 15,276 vehicles logged in July 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

School-zone speed sign 249 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct16 · 27 km/h
Over the limit2.4%
40 km/h or more0.4%

Robert St (northbound), Opp 30, Robert St · 15,276 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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

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, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 29, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions41#2343 of 5,508
With an injury11#1563 of 4,660
Property damage only27
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian4#893 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist6#306 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201456latest May 29, 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

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 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

16171819202122232425
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)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 12, 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 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.

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 July 2026.

Where can I park near College & Bellevue?

The nearest Green P car park is 35 Bellevue Avenue (341 m away, 91 spaces). The City's mapping shows 968 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,110 spaces — 84 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 74 Clinton Street (792 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, 581 m).

What restaurants are near College & Bellevue?

95 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 358 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Lebanese Garden (27 m), Pho Ha Noi (30 m), Ohiru Cafe (33 m), Tagpuan 4 (33 m) and Som Tum Jinda (41 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 College & Bellevue?

The nearest is Bellevue Square Park Washroom, 5 Bellevue Ave, 434 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Harry R. Gairey Outdoor Rink Washroom (640 m); Alexandra Park Outdoor Pool Washroom (679 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 College & Bellevue?

15 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,226 spaces in total; 10 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Westside Montessori School (89 m, 73 spaces), The Neighbourhood Group Bellevue Child Care (107 m, 34 spaces) and Kensington Kids Early Learning Centre (126 m, 99 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near College & Bellevue?

31 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,993 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 99 Bellevue Ave (65 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 72), 87 Bellevue Ave (125 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 76), 88 Oxford St (139 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 75) and 34 Oxford St (219 m, 189 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 31 is 88 out of 100. 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 College & Bellevue?

Toronto Police place 15 thefts from vehicles and three 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 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

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