Toronto · intersection · signal 2486

College & Gladstone

College St & Gladstone Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Little Portugal · Ward 9, Davenport · College West BIA

College & Gladstone is a moderately travelled crossing. It sits in Little Portugal, in central Toronto. At the corner: a bike lane and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: Dufferin Station (Line 2) 918 m away.

Traffic volume
8,322
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 14, 2022
1,651 pedestrians · 355 cyclists
Collisions
63
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
9 with an injury · 46 property damage · #1719 of 5,508 · +1 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Dufferin Station 918 m · 2 streetcar routes · 5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows, Sharrows - Arterial, Bike Lane - Contraflow
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,040 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 5 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 4.3% of vehicle volume, about 5.5× the typical share. That comes with about 6.3 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 38%, from 39 in 2016–2020 to 24 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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College & Gladstone

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Dufferin Station (Line 2)918 m
Streetcar
506505 nearest 104 m
TTC bus
29402634794 nearest 123 m
Express
929
Blue Night
306305329363300
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on Gladstone Ave installed 2023; Sharrows - Arterial on College St installed 2010; Bike Lane - Contraflow on Gladstone Ave installed 2022
Bike Share
Rusholme Park Cres / College St 108 m · 15 docks · 24 stations, 412 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 (25)
  • St Helen Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 419 m
  • The Orchard Montessori SchoolPrivate · 475 m
  • Brock Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 547 m
  • St Mary Catholic Academy Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 557 m
  • Dewson Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 645 m
  • Shirley St Jr & City View AlternativeEnglish Public · 663 m
  • and 19 more
Parks (35)
  • Dufferin Grove Park400 m
  • Harrison-Dovercourt Parkette574 m
  • McCormick Park673 m
  • Dundas - St.clarens Parkette707 m
  • Lakeview Avenue Parkette748 m
  • George Ben Park792 m
  • and 29 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch821 m
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch910 m
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 1.2 km
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 1.3 km
Signal
2486, activated 2019 · SAP · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West · bicycle signal

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 24 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 345 — 4.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Arabesque, 5 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés24 within 300 m · 345 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 52 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Arabesque · 1068 College St5 mPassed, Aug 2026
The Common · 1071 College St35 mPassed, Apr 2026
Elim Restaurant and Cafe · 1105 College St94 mPassed, Jul 2026
Citrus Coffee · 1104 College St108 mPassed, Jun 2026
Star Convenient Store · 740 Dufferin St141 mPassed, Apr 2026
Lebanon Express · 1118 College St152 mPassed, Apr 2026
Tavoos · 1120 College St172 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 1 infraction
Le's Sandwich · 1119 College St190 mPassed, Apr 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 Dufferin Grove Sports Field Washroom, 476 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 317 m away at Dufferin Grove Park.

  • Dufferin Grove Sports Field Washroom · 875 Dufferin St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    476 m
  • Dufferin Grove Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 875 Dufferin St
    View outdoor rink hours
    507 m
  • Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom · 66 Sheridan Ave
    View centre hours
    627 m
Drinking water
Dufferin Grove Park drinking fountain · 317 m; Dufferin Grove Park drinking fountain · 482 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

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,141 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Denisa Childcare (22 m, 30 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,141 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 13
  • Denisa Childcare · 1065 College St
    30 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    22 m
  • Westside Montessori School · 57 Sylvan Ave
    35 spaces · toddler, preschool
    194 m
  • West End Jr YMCA · 931 College St
    85 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    421 m
  • West End Parents Day Care Centre · 375 Dovercourt Rd
    78 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    475 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 426 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 14 Division (443 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 426 · 1.1 km140 Lansdowne Ave
Police14 Division · 443 m350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 1 km760 Dovercourt 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

Within a kilometre there are 34 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,924 rental units — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1044 College St (74 m, 43 units, 3 storeys, built 1930), which scored 83 out of 100 at its September 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Four buildings of the 34 scored below 70; the average is 83, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 89 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 18 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings34 · 2,924 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score83 average · 4 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202689 across the 34
Open fire-code violations18
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1044 College St · Hannah Property Management Ltd.433193083 · Sep 2026074 m
1094 College St193195088 · Jul 2025086 m
1 Havelock St · Havelock Apartments183190581 · Jul 20250148 m
661 Dufferin Stsocial housing · Loft Community Services11213196784 · Jul 20240265 m
34 Heydon Park Rd · Cogir Real Estate313192594 · Jul 20265325 m
14 Rusholme Dr · Signet Group Inc.224195596 · Jun 20250351 m
1544 Dundas St W · Bentallgreenoak958201696 · Jul 20250 · 1 fire361 m
12 Rusholme Dr · Signet Group Inc.294195596 · Jun 20250371 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 lots738 lots · ≈22,950 spaces · 68.9 ha
Within 500 m39 lots · ≈860 spaces
Green P (public)26 car parks · about 1,518 spaces
EV charging (City)685 Dovercourt Rd · 774 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking83 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 32 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
9 Bonar Pl · Surface223 m3471% (Q1 2026)
146 Harrison St · Surface599 m7968% (Q1 2026)
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface909 m3763% (Q1 2026)
9 Salem Ave · Surface909 m3374% (Q1 2026)
1117 Dundas St W · Surface1 km3786% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 116 m away, ≈15 spaces; 120 m away, ≈151 spaces; 143 m away, ≈8 spaces; 165 m away, ≈3 spaces; 215 m away, ≈28 spaces (Green P); 223 m away, ≈14 spaces. More EV charging: 283 Ossington Ave (845 m, 2 ports); 248 Shaw St (1.1 km, 2 ports); 705 Shaw St (1.1 km, 2 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, Dec 14, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 4,065 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 326 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the east (152 of 355). Evening rush dominates here: 1,204 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 1,017 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north0southbound · 36 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west4,065eastbound · 132 bikes · 2.8% heavy
Total vehicles8,3221,651 pedestrians · 355 cyclists · 2.7% heavy
From the east3,931westbound · 152 bikes · 2.6% heavy
From the south326northbound · 35 bikes · 4.3% heavy
AM peak hour1,017 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,204 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 14, 2022

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 Gladstone Ave between Lane N of College and W of Gladstone and Lindsey Ave, 80 m from the corner, a 7-day count in September 2025 put the average speed at 15 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 23 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 27 km/h or more. That segment carries about 900 vehicles a day. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Gladstone Avenue between College St and Sylvan Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Gladstone Ave · Lane N of College and W of Gladstone – Lindsey Ave · 80 mSep 2025 · 7 days93615 km/h23 km/h27 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Gladstone Avenue · College St – Sylvan Ave
    2 speed humps

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 2017, with 11 collisions; 2025 recorded 7. 9 collisions (14%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 6 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (10%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 18, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions63#1719 of 5,508
With an injury9#1849 of 4,660
Property damage only46
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist6#308 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201485latest Apr 18, 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 Sep 2, 2010.

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

Eight thefts from vehicles and 14 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 3.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 9 in 2023–2025, about 3.0 a year, against 1.9 a year before that. 88% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 43% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle840street/outdoor (7), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft1450apartment parking (6), commercial premises (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 16, 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 Little Portugal.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is College & Gladstone a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 63 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 & Gladstone?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Dec 14, 2022, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at College & Gladstone?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Gladstone Ave between Lane N of College and W of Gladstone and Lindsey Ave (September 2025), found an average of 15 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 23 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near College & Gladstone?

The nearest Green P car park is 9 Bonar Pl (223 m away, 34 spaces, 71% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 738 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,950 spaces — 39 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 685 Dovercourt Rd (774 m).

How do I get to College & Gladstone by transit?

Dufferin Station (Line 2) is 918 m away; streetcar routes 506, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 104 m away; bus routes 29, 402, 63, 47, 94, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near College & Gladstone?

24 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 345 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Arabesque (5 m), The Common (35 m), Elim Restaurant and Cafe (94 m), Citrus Coffee (108 m) and Star Convenient Store (141 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 & Gladstone?

The nearest is Dufferin Grove Sports Field Washroom, 875 Dufferin St, 476 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Dufferin Grove Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (507 m); Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom (627 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 & Gladstone?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,141 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Denisa Childcare (22 m, 30 spaces), Westside Montessori School (194 m, 35 spaces) and West End Jr YMCA (421 m, 85 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near College & Gladstone?

34 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,924 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1044 College St (74 m, 43 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 1094 College St (86 m, 19 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 1 Havelock St (148 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 81) and 661 Dufferin St (265 m, 112 units, RentSafeTO score 84). The average RentSafeTO score across the 34 is 83 out of 100; 4 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 College & Gladstone?

Toronto Police place eight thefts from vehicles and 14 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 Little Portugal page.

What neighbourhood is College & Gladstone in?

College & Gladstone is in Little Portugal (City of Toronto neighbourhood 084). It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo. The corner falls inside the College West Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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