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College & Beverley

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

College & Beverley is a moderately heavy crossing, with more people on foot than in cars and a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in Kensington-Chinatown, in the downtown core. It has a live City traffic camera, a protected bikeway and a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: Queen's Park Station (Line 1) 526 m away.

Traffic
19,840
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 9, 2025
28,935 pedestrians · 7,487 cyclists · #920 busiest
Collisions
154
police-reported · 2016–2025
1 killed or seriously injured · #694 of 5,519
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Queen's Park Station 526 m · 11 routes within 1 km · protected bikeway
Within a walk
74/100
city median 48 · #591 of 5,672
32 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 389 m

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College & Beverley

Traffic and safety

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

Live traffic camera RESCU 8039 · 12 m

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Live camera RESCU 8039 · College St & St George St / Beverley St
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Live camera · RESCU 8039 · College St & St George St / Beverley St
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Traffic volume14-hour count · Oct 9, 2025

The east leg carries the load — 6,953 westbound vehicles, or 35% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 3,078. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,604 vehicles in the hour from 9:00 a.m. and 1,651 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 13 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north3,078southbound · 1,418 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the west6,168eastbound · 2,263 bikes · 3.7% heavy
Total vehicles19,84028,935 pedestrians · 7,487 cyclists · 3.2% heavy
From the east6,953westbound · 2,562 bikes · 3.0% heavy
From the south3,641northbound · 1,244 bikes · 2.7% heavy

Peak hours: 1,604 vehicles in the hour from 9:00 a.m. and 1,651 from 4:30 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 (22 collisions), and 2025 closed with 12. 16% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 12 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 12% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 13 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 24, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian and 1 cyclist were among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Dec 18, 2024. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions154#694 of 5,519
With an injury24#669 of 4,669
Property damage only121
Fail to remain12
Involving a pedestrian6#540 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist12#93 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
Severity not classified9
Since January 2026 (outside the window)13
Killed or seriously injured1
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#433 of 879
Involving a cyclist1#99 of 271
In darkness1
All KSI since 20062latest Dec 18, 2024

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 Beverley St between D'arcy St and Baldwin St (397 m away) recorded an average of 31 km/h in its 3-day count in March 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 39 km/h. That segment carries about 9,600 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
St George St · Galbraith Rd – College St · 35 mApr 2010 · 3 days6,235———
Beverley St · D'arcy St – Baldwin St · 397 mMar 2026 · 3 days9,58131 km/h39 km/h43 km/h

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.

The crossing
Signal 0827, activated 1929 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West · transit priority

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

Subway
Queen's Park Station (Line 1)526 m · 6 min; St Patrick Station (Line 1)1 km · 12 min
Streetcar
506 510 505 nearest 15 m
TTC bus
13 94 19 nearest 470 m · 6 min
Blue Night
306 310 305
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — College St at St George St; College St at Beverley St
Cycling
Bike Lane on Beverley St installed 2001; Cycle Track on College St installed 2001; Bike Lane on St George St installed 2001
Bike Share
College St / Henry St 104 m · 14 docks · 37 stations, 742 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
25 car parks · about 4,797 spaces
EV charging
91 Elizabeth St · 1 km · 2 Level 2 ports; also 10 Soho St. (1.1 km), 9 Wellesley St W. (1.4 km)
Bike parking
193 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 63 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (1.8 km)
Other lots
63 mapped lots within 500 m, 729 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
205 Mc Caul St · Surface435 m3979% (Q1 2026)
40 Larch St · Garage855 m33231% (Q1 2026)
20 St Andrew St · Garage887 m41727% (Q1 2026)
35 Bellevue Avenue · Surface1.1 km91 *—
130 Elizabeth Street - Toronto Coach Terminal · Surface1.2 km27 *—

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

The nearest grocery store is Alfies Market, 389 m away; 7 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. There are 32 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 360 eating places within a kilometre — 8.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Bloom Desserts, 47 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Rexall, 380 m away; 12 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Kensington Eye Institute, 618 m away, then Princess Margaret Cancer Centre at 652 m. For seniors' housing: Mon Sheong Home For the Aged, a long-term care home 528 m away (two within a kilometre). Cecil Community Centre - Seniors In Action runs a seniors' active living programme 466 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Bloom Desserts · 203 College St Unit-20347 m
  • Starbucks Coffee Canada · 203 College St47 m
  • Subway · 195 College St72 m
  • Pre Nup Pub · 191 College St91 m
  • Second Cup · 214 College St104 m
32 within 300 m · 360 within 1 km
Grocery
Alfies Market 389 m · 5 min · 7 within 1 km
Food shops
The Sweet Spot 389 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Rexall 380 m · 5 min · 12 within 1 km
Child care
  • Children's Primary Centre · 44 spaces, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day380 m · 5 min
  • Orde Day Care Centre (Orde Street) · 146 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day426 m · 5 min
  • Hydrokids - Opg · 82 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day445 m · 5 min
15 licensed centres · 1,058 spaces within 1 km · 11 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Grange Park North Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs885 m · 11 min
  • Grange Park South Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible925 m · 11 min
Drinking water: Julius Deutsch Park 394 m · 5 min; Glasgow Parkette 407 m · 5 min
Health and care
  • Kensington Eye Institute · hospital site618 m · 7 min
  • Princess Margaret Cancer Centre · hospital site652 m · 8 min
  • Mon Sheong Home For the Aged · long-term care home · 2 within 1 km528 m · 6 min
  • Cecil Community Centre - Seniors In Action · seniors' active living centre466 m · 6 min

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 (26)
  • Lillian H. Smith Park272 m · 3 min
  • Julius Deutsch Park379 m · 5 min
  • McCaul - Orde Parkette411 m · 5 min
  • Glasgow Street Parkette414 m · 5 min
  • The Doctors' Parkette686 m · 8 min
and 21 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (34)
  • Braemar College Private Secondary SchoolPrivate · 171 m
  • Ronald McDonald HousePrivate · 326 m · 4 min
  • Cornerstone Preparatory School - Main CampusPrivate · 380 m · 5 min
  • Beverley & Subway Academy TwoEnglish Public · 388 m · 5 min
  • School of Graduate Studies - U of T, Bldg 43University · 419 m · 5 min
and 29 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch227 m
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch1.4 km · 17 min
Places of interest
  • Art Gallery of OntarioGallery · 716 m · 9 min
  • Art Museum at the University of TorontoGallery · 740 m · 9 min
  • Queen's Park: Legislative Assembly of OntarioLandmark · 754 m · 9 min
  • Ukrainian Museum of CanadaMuseum · 815 m · 10 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 #591 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food21/30

    7 grocery stores within 1 km · 32 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit20/28

    Queen's Park Station 0.5 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 11 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go10/14

    library 227 m away · 8 places of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation7/10

    4 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1 km

  • Schools and child care8/8

    7 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot8/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals

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

21 registered apartment buildings with 1,568 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, nine of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 210 Beverley St (191 m, 21 units, 4 storeys, built 1892). None scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
210 Beverley St · Prudence Management Inc2141892—191 m
162 Huron St · 1771105 Ontario Ltd184190397 · Jul 2026332 m · 4 min
160 Huron St · Akelius Canada Ltd695180598 · Jul 2026345 m · 4 min
6 Henry St Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1054197892 · Aug 2026410 m · 5 min
69 Baldwin St · Dpm2 Ltd173192798 · Jul 2026431 m · 5 min
484 Spadina Ave · Fitzrovia Real Estate Inc16616202199 · Jun 2024438 m · 5 min

21 registered buildings · 1,568 units · 9 social housing · tallest 24 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 nine thefts from vehicles and ten bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 7 in 2023–2025, about 2.3 a year, against 1.7 a year before that. 89% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 40% of the bike thefts were from school or campus property. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 25, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle900street/outdoor (8), school/campus (1)
Bicycle theft1071school/campus (4), apartment parking (3)

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 & Beverley a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 154 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Beverley?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #920 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.23× the median for a counted intersection, and #38 for pedestrians.

Is College & Beverley a walkable intersection?

College & Beverley scores 74 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #591 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: 7 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m; Queen's Park Station 0.5 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 11 routes within 1 km; library 227 m away · 8 places of interest within 1.5 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.

How fast do cars go at College & Beverley?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Beverley St between D'arcy St and Baldwin St (March 2026), found an average of 31 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 39 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near College & Beverley?

The nearest Green P car park is 205 Mc Caul St (435 m away, 39 spaces, 79% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 729 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,370 spaces — 63 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 91 Elizabeth St (1.0 km).

How do I get to College & Beverley by transit?

Queen's Park Station (Line 1) is 526 m away; streetcar routes 506, 510, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 15 m away; bus routes 13, 94, 19 within 1 km (nearest stop: College St at St George St, 470 m).

What restaurants are near College & Beverley?

32 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 360 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Bloom Desserts (47 m), Starbucks Coffee Canada (47 m), Subway (72 m), Pre Nup Pub (91 m) and Second Cup (104 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near College & Beverley?

The nearest is Grange Park North Washroom, 26 Grange Rd W, 885 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. The City currently lists it as closed: maintenance/repairs. Next nearest: Grange Park South Washroom (925 m).

Is there child care near College & Beverley?

15 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,058 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Children's Primary Centre (380 m, 44 spaces), Orde Day Care Centre (Orde Street) (426 m, 146 spaces) and Hydrokids - Opg (445 m, 82 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near College & Beverley?

21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,568 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 210 Beverley St (191 m, 21 units), 162 Huron St (332 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 160 Huron St (345 m, 69 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 6 Henry St (410 m, 105 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 21 is 86 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at College & Beverley?

Toronto Police place nine thefts from vehicles and ten bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Kensington-Chinatown page.

What neighbourhood is College & Beverley in?

College & Beverley 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