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Crawford & Shank

Crawford St & Shank St · Toronto, Ontario · West Queen West · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York

Crawford & Shank, in West Queen West, in central Toronto, is a quiet local crossing, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: Exhibition GO 853 m away and 14 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
2,209
vehicles · 14-hour count, May 5, 2026
1,193 pedestrians · 339 cyclists · #2216 busiest
Collisions
10
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 7 property damage · #4279 of 5,508 · +1 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
6 streetcar routes · 2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 38 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 160 vehicles, 14% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 1.9 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 15.3% of vehicle volume, about 20× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 1 collision a year here over 2016–2025 — 4.5 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Crawford & Shank

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
Exhibition GO — Lakeshore West853 m
Streetcar
504508501509511505 nearest 109 m
TTC bus
6329 nearest 102 m
Blue Night
304301305363307329
Nearest stops
12 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
King St W / Crawford St 100 m · 23 docks · 44 stations, 964 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 (12)
  • Discovering Minds Montessori SchoolPrivate · 352 m
  • Niagara Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 499 m
  • Givins Shaw Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 518 m
  • Charles G Fraser Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 778 m
  • St Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 852 m
  • Ecole Elementaire Pierre Elliott TrudeauFrench Public · 1.1 km
  • and 6 more
Community centres
Parks (40)
  • Massey Harris Park119 m
  • Joseph Workman Park251 m
  • Bill Johnston Park254 m
  • Stanley Park North - Toronto350 m
  • Gateway Park379 m
  • Liberty Village Park397 m
  • and 34 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 744 m
  • Exhibition PlaceConvention & Trade Centres · 821 m
  • Enercare CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 826 m
  • Coca-Cola Coliseum (formerly Ricoh Coliseum)Sports / Entertainment Venue · 837 m
  • Fort York National Historic SiteMuseum · 869 m
  • Beanfield CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 1 km
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 1 km
  • BMO FieldSports / Entertainment Venue · 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 11 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 363 eating places within a kilometre — 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Pennies, 188 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026.

Restaurants & cafés11 within 300 m · 363 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 37 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Jordan's No Frills · 1022 King St Wgrocery128 mPassed, Aug 2026
Pennies · 127 Strachan Ave188 mPassed, Mar 2026
Ali Baba 's · 901 King St W215 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Dashmart · 901 King St W215 mPassed, Jul 2026
My Roti Place/My Dosa Place · 901 King St W215 mPassed, Jun 2026
Pizza Nova #34 · 901 King St W Unit-100a215 mPassed, Jul 2026
Sixth Sense Spa and Nail · 901 King St W, Unit-103215 mPassed, Oct 2025
The Coffee · 901 King St W Unit-109215 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 Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom, 385 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 116 m away at Massey Harris Park.

  • Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom · 890 King St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    385 m
  • Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 155 Crawford St
    View centre hours · accessible
    438 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Playground Washroom · 790 Queen St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    475 m
Drinking water
Massey Harris Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 116 m; Joseph Workman Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 247 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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 756 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Downtown Kids Academy, Inc. (167 m, 50 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km10 centres · 756 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 10
  • Downtown Kids Academy, Inc. · 905 King St W
    50 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    167 m
  • Liberty Kids · 125 Western Battery Rd
    18 spaces · toddler, preschool
    351 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Liberty Village Child Care Centre · 21 Western Battery Rd
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    369 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Community Children's Group/Care (Crawford Street) · 155 Crawford St
    35 spaces · school age · fee subsidy
    458 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 331 (652 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 331 · 652 m33 Claremont St
Police14 Division · 1.4 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 35 · 1.1 km265 Manitoba Dr

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

20 registered apartment buildings with 3,407 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, seven of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 24 Shaw St (162 m, 200 units, 9 storeys, built 1989), which scored 87 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 20 scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 51 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings20 · 3,407 units · 7 social housing
RentSafeTO score86 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202651 across the 20
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest35 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
24 Shaw Stsocial housing2009198987 · Aug 20261162 m
900 Queen St Wsocial housing · Artscape Non-Profit Housing Inc.223199681 · Jul 20241324 m
800 Adelaide St Wsocial housing · Homes First Society503198788 · Aug 20260349 m
100 Lower Ossington Ave · Killam Apartment REIT1798201391 · Aug 20240424 m
15 Solidarity Way · Rhapsody Property Management440262021100 · Aug 20246448 m
798 Richmond St W · Akelius Canada Ltd52513197089 · Jul 20257460 m
25 Ordnance St · Bentallgreenoak Residential Services333312021100 · Jul 20257471 m
15 Gore Vale Ave · Terrance Goldthorpe103192645 · Aug 20260498 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 lots721 lots · ≈27,140 spaces · 81.4 ha
Within 500 m47 lots · ≈1,730 spaces
Green P (public)26 car parks · about 2,465 spaces
EV charging (City)1051 Queen Street W · 542 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking169 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 77 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1030 King Street West - garage entrance via Shank St. · Garage182 m152 *
803 Richmond St W · Surface359 m4856% (Q1 2026)
18 Ossington Ave · Surface491 m20over 100% (Q1 2026)
34 Hanna Ave · Surface651 m14669% (Q1 2026)
800 Fleet Street · Surface710 m94 *

Nearest lots: 97 m away, ≈4 spaces; 131 m away, ≈36 spaces; 131 m away, ≈14 spaces; 138 m away, ≈29 spaces; 172 m away, ≈5 spaces; 182 m away, ≈113 spaces. More EV charging: 45 Abell St (779 m, 16 ports); 10 Palmerston Ave (801 m, 2 ports); 248 Shaw St (842 m, 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 — 14-hour, May 5, 2026

The south leg carries the load — 850 northbound vehicles, or 38% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 75. Most cyclists arrived from the west (179 of 339). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 232 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 233 from 5:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north689southbound · 105 bikes · 3.6% heavy
From the west595eastbound · 179 bikes · 2.9% heavy
Total vehicles2,2091,193 pedestrians · 339 cyclists · 3.3% heavy
From the east75westbound · 13 bikes · 6.7% heavy
From the south850northbound · 42 bikes · 2.9% heavy
AM peak hour232 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour233 vehicles from 5:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · May 5, 2026

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 Crawford St between Shank St and Adelaide St W (34 m away) recorded an average of 27 km/h in its 3-day count in July 2011; 85% of drivers were at or under 38 km/h. That segment carries about 1,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 15 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Crawford St · Shank St – Adelaide St W · 34 mJul 2011 · 3 days98027 km/h38 km/h43 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

2023 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 10% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 10% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 16, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 4.5 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions10#4279 of 5,508
With an injury1#4180 of 4,660
Property damage only7
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#1698 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201412latest Mar 16, 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 three thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle300street/outdoor (3)
Bicycle theft200apartment parking (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 24, 2019. 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 West Queen West.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Crawford & Shank a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 10 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 Crawford & Shank?

A quiet local crossing. It ranks #2216 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 14% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Crawford & Shank?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Crawford St between Shank St and Adelaide St W (July 2011), found an average of 27 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 38 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Crawford & Shank?

The nearest Green P car park is 1030 King Street West - garage entrance via Shank St. (182 m away, 152 spaces). The City's mapping shows 721 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,140 spaces — 47 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1051 Queen Street W (542 m).

How do I get to Crawford & Shank by transit?

Exhibition GO is 853 m away; streetcar routes 504, 508, 501, 509 and 2 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 109 m away; bus routes 63, 29 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Crawford & Shank?

11 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 363 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Pennies (188 m), Ali Baba 's (215 m), Dashmart (215 m), My Roti Place/My Dosa Place (215 m) and Pizza Nova #34 (215 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 Crawford & Shank?

The nearest is Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom, 890 King St W, 385 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom (438 m); Trinity Bellwoods Playground Washroom (475 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 Crawford & Shank?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 756 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Downtown Kids Academy, Inc. (167 m, 50 spaces), Liberty Kids (351 m, 18 spaces) and Network Child Care Services - Liberty Village Child Care Centre (369 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Crawford & Shank?

20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,407 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 24 Shaw St (162 m, 200 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 900 Queen St W (324 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 800 Adelaide St W (349 m, 50 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 100 Lower Ossington Ave (424 m, 179 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 20 is 86 out of 100; 2 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 Crawford & Shank?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and two 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 West Queen West page.

What neighbourhood is Crawford & Shank in?

Crawford & Shank is in West Queen West (City of Toronto neighbourhood 162). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik.

Sources

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