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D'Arcy & Huron

D'Arcy St & Huron St · Toronto, Ontario · Kensington-Chinatown · Ward 11, University-Rosedale

In Kensington-Chinatown, in the downtown core, D'Arcy & Huron is a quiet local crossing, with pedestrians outnumbering vehicles and significant cycling traffic. At the corner: 3 schools within 250 m. Nearby: St Patrick Station (Line 1) 665 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
379
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 27, 2013
1,191 pedestrians · 146 cyclists
Collisions
9
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 5 property damage · #4417 of 5,508
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
St Patrick Station 665 m · 7 streetcar routes · 1 bus route within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 50 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 4% of the median counted intersection. Pedestrians outnumber vehicles 3.1 to 1 — rare for a Toronto intersection, where the median is one pedestrian for every 13 vehicles. Cyclists were 38.5% of vehicle volume, about 50× the typical share. On average 0.9 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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D'Arcy & Huron

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
St Patrick Station (Line 1)665 m; Queen's Park Station (Line 1)745 m; Osgoode Station (Line 1)828 m
Streetcar
510505506501511504508 nearest 166 m
TTC bus
13 nearest 684 m
Blue Night
310305306301304307
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Baldwin St / Spadina Ave - SMART 167 m · 20 docks · 56 stations, 1,079 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 (46)
  • Heydon Park Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 177 m
  • Beverley & Subway Academy TwoEnglish Public · 184 m
  • Cornerstone Preparatory School - Main CampusPrivate · 232 m
  • Braemar College Private Secondary SchoolPrivate · 431 m
  • OCAD University - Rosalie Sharp PavilionUniversity · 435 m
  • OCAD University - Annex BuildingUniversity · 442 m
  • and 40 more
Parks (41)
  • Julius Deutsch Park267 m
  • Glasgow Street Parkette309 m
  • Lillian H. Smith Park401 m
  • Grange Park406 m
  • Gallery Park420 m
  • Bellevue Square Park474 m
  • and 35 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch434 m
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch760 m
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch1 km
Places of interest
  • Art Gallery of OntarioGallery · 333 m
  • Graffiti AlleyLandmark · 727 m
  • 299 Queen Street WestLandmark · 733 m
  • Textile Museum of CanadaMuseum · 789 m
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 799 m
  • Campbell HouseMuseum · 826 m
  • Yuk Yuk'sPerforming Arts · 831 m
  • Onsite Gallery [at] OCADUGallery · 867 m

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 142 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 22 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 351 — 4.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Bahn Haus, 63 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026.

Restaurants & cafés142 within 300 m · 351 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience22 within 300 m · 49 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Bahn Haus · 81 Huron St63 mPassed, Mar 2026
Lait Night · 81 Huron St63 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Cmt8 · 81 Huron St64 mPassed, Jul 2026
Tianjin Auntie Bun · 77 Huron St68 mConditional pass, Mar 2026 · 2 infractions
Yummy Yummy Dumplings · 79 Huron St69 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Tianjin Homemade Flavor · 77 Huron St74 mPassed, Jul 2026
Qingshu Hot Pot · 442 Dundas St W96 mPassed, Sep 2026
Tenren's Tea · 454 Dundas St W101 mPassed, Aug 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 Grange Park North Washroom, 455 m away — currently listed as closed (maintenance/repairs); in season it is open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., and it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 259 m away at Julius Deutsch Park.

  • Grange Park North Washroom · 26 Grange Rd W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    455 m
  • Bellevue Square Park Washroom · 5 Bellevue Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    455 m
  • Grange Park South Washroom · 26 Grange Rd W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    461 m
Drinking water
Julius Deutsch Park drinking fountain · 259 m; Glasgow Parkette bottle filling station · 320 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

22 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,650 spaces; 16 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Children's Primary Centre (232 m, 44 spaces, preschool, kindergarten).

Within 1 km22 centres · 1,650 spaces
Fee subsidy16 of 22
  • Children's Primary Centre · 177 Beverley St
    44 spaces · preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    232 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Children's Gallery Child Care Centre · 292 Dundas St W
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    438 m
  • University Settlement Day Care Centre · 23 Grange Rd
    54 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    480 m
  • Ogden Day Care Centre · 33 Phoebe St
    136 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    491 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 315 (719 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (550 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 315 · 719 m132 Bellevue Ave
Police52 Division · 550 m255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 40 · 1.6 km58 Richmond St E

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 36 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,683 rental units — 19 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 123 D'Arcy St (66 m, 24 units, 3 storeys, built 1985), which scored 88 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 67 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 34 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings36 · 3,683 units · 19 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202667 across the 36
Open fire-code violations34
Tallest32 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
123 D'Arcy St · 583647 Ontario Limited243198588 · Sep 2025066 m
69 Baldwin St · Dpm2 Ltd173192798 · Jul 20260155 m
15 Larch StToronto Community Housing · TCH203199371 · Aug 20240184 m
123 Huron St · Phymetrix Ltd.183191486 · Aug 20260192 m
76 Grange AveToronto Community Housing · TCH113199380 · Jul 20250236 m
6 Henry StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1054197892 · Aug 20260313 m
160 Huron St · Akelius Canada Ltd695180598 · Jul 20263329 m
210 Beverley St · Prudence Management Inc21418920333 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 lots939 lots · ≈21,690 spaces · 65.1 ha
Within 500 m111 lots · ≈1,720 spaces
Green P (public)34 car parks · about 6,095 spaces
EV charging (City)10 Soho St. · 539 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking176 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 90 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (1.1 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
40 Larch St · Garage156 m33231% (Q1 2026)
20 St Andrew St · Garage284 m41727% (Q1 2026)
205 Mc Caul St · Surface461 m3979% (Q1 2026)
35 Bellevue Avenue · Surface534 m91 *
15 Denison Ave · Surface722 m12054% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 52 m away, ≈25 spaces; 58 m away, ≈3 spaces; 73 m away, ≈20 spaces; 81 m away, ≈9 spaces; 88 m away, ≈6 spaces; 106 m away, ≈17 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Portland St (823 m, 4 ports); 91 Elizabeth St (923 m, 2 ports); Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (1.1 km, 11 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, Mar 27, 2013

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 275 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 73% of the total, against 104 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 56 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:00 p.m., against 48 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 13 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2013, 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 · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west275eastbound · 51 bikes · 4.4% heavy
Total vehicles3791,191 pedestrians · 146 cyclists · 3.2% heavy
From the east104westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south0northbound · 95 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour48 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour56 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 27, 2013

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 D'Arcy St between Beverley St and Huron St, 97 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2024 put the average speed at 33 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 40 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 44 km/h or more. That segment carries about 5,100 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Huron St · Dundas St W – Lane N of Dundas and W of Huron · 84 mMar 2013 · 3 days405
D'Arcy St · Beverley St – Huron St · 97 mApr 2024 · 3 days5,13733 km/h40 km/h44 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

The worst year was 2017, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 1 collision (11%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 33% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (11%). The most recent report on file is from Nov 23, 2023.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions9#4417 of 5,508
With an injury1#4318 of 4,660
Property damage only5
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian1#2561 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
All since 201410latest Nov 23, 2023

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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

104 thefts from vehicles and three bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 18× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 40 in 2023–2025, about 13.3 a year, against 9.6 a year before that. 89% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 3 more have been reported, the latest on May 12, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle104403street/outdoor (93), other (5)
Bicycle theft300other (2), house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 12, 2026. 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 D'Arcy & Huron a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 9 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 D'Arcy & Huron?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Mar 27, 2013, 4% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at D'Arcy & Huron?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on D'Arcy St between Beverley St and Huron St (April 2024), found an average of 33 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 40 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near D'Arcy & Huron?

The nearest Green P car park is 40 Larch St (156 m away, 332 spaces, 31% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 939 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,690 spaces — 111 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Soho St. (539 m).

How do I get to D'Arcy & Huron by transit?

St Patrick Station (Line 1) is 665 m away; streetcar routes 510, 505, 506, 501 and 3 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 166 m away; bus route 13 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near D'Arcy & Huron?

142 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 351 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Bahn Haus (63 m), Lait Night (63 m), Cmt8 (64 m), Tianjin Auntie Bun (68 m) and Yummy Yummy Dumplings (69 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 D'Arcy & Huron?

The nearest is Grange Park North Washroom, 26 Grange Rd W, 455 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: Bellevue Square Park Washroom (455 m); Grange Park South Washroom (461 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 D'Arcy & Huron?

22 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,650 spaces in total; 16 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Children's Primary Centre (232 m, 44 spaces), Network Child Care Services - Children's Gallery Child Care Centre (438 m, 62 spaces) and University Settlement Day Care Centre (480 m, 54 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near D'Arcy & Huron?

36 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,683 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 123 D'Arcy St (66 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 69 Baldwin St (155 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 15 Larch St (184 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 71) and 123 Huron St (192 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 36 is 87 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 D'Arcy & Huron?

Toronto Police place 104 thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 3 since January 2026. 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 D'Arcy & Huron in?

D'Arcy & Huron 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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