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Denison & Carr

Denison Ave & Carr St · Toronto, Ontario · Kensington-Chinatown · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York

In Kensington-Chinatown, in the downtown core, Denison & Carr is a lightly travelled intersection, with pedestrians outnumbering vehicles and significant cycling traffic. At the corner: a bike lane, a school within 250 m and a park. Nearby: 13 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,063
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 7, 2023
1,064 pedestrians · 390 cyclists
Collisions
5
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 3 property damage · #4989 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
7 streetcar routes · within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane - Contraflow
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 130 vehicles, 11% of the median counted intersection. Pedestrians outnumber vehicles 1.0 to 1 — rare for a Toronto intersection, where the median is one pedestrian for every 13 vehicles. Cyclists were 36.7% of vehicle volume, about 47× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 0.5 collisions a year here over 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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Denison & Carr

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501505511510504508506 nearest 221 m
Blue Night
301305310304306307
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Bike Lane - Contraflow on Denison Ave installed 2017
Bike Share
Portland St / Queen St W 231 m · 15 docks · 60 stations, 1,134 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 (32)
  • Ryerson Community School & Downtown Vocal Music AcademyEnglish Public · 198 m
  • Ogden Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 499 m
  • St Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 503 m
  • Alpha Alternative & Oasis AlternativeEnglish Public · 505 m
  • Charles G Fraser Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 670 m
  • Westside Montessori Elementary SchoolPrivate · 780 m
  • and 26 more
Parks (41)
  • Randy Padmore Park40 m
  • Alexandra Park261 m
  • Portland Street Parkette356 m
  • St. Andrew's Playground408 m
  • Bellevue Square Park434 m
  • Adelaide Place Parkette521 m
  • and 35 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch435 m
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 156 m
  • Graffiti AlleyLandmark · 300 m
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 483 m
  • iArts MuseumMuseum · 553 m
  • Arcadia EarthAttraction · 822 m
  • Art Gallery of OntarioGallery · 831 m
  • 299 Queen Street WestLandmark · 875 m
  • The WellLandmark · 885 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 54 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 7 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 359 — 4.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is The Alexandra Hotel, 114 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés54 within 300 m · 359 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience7 within 300 m · 41 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Queen's Fine Food · 65 Augusta Sqgrocery98 mPassed, Feb 2025 · 3 infractions
The Alexandra Hotel · 77 Ryerson Ave114 mPassed, Jul 2026
Theatre Passe Muraille · 16 Ryerson Ave158 mPassed, Feb 2024
Bloom & Ivy · 6 Denison Ave174 mPassed, Jun 2026
Good Company · 498 Queen St W183 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 2 infractions
Wendy's · 484 Queen St W183 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Jingbao Bilingual Children's Centre · 96 Denison Ave203 mPassed, Jan 2026
S-Convenience · 486 Queen St W Unit-486.5grocery208 mPassed, Jun 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 Alexandra Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 290 m away — currently listed as closed (maintenance/repairs); in season it is open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 28 m away at Randy Padmore Park.

  • Alexandra Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 275 Bathurst St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    290 m
  • Harry R. Gairey Outdoor Rink Washroom · 275 Bathurst St
    View outdoor rink hours · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    320 m
  • Bellevue Square Park Washroom · 5 Bellevue Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    441 m
Drinking water
Randy Padmore Park drinking fountain · 28 m; Alexandra Park bottle filling station · 232 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

19 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,355 spaces; 14 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Alexandra Park Early Learning & Child Care Centre (130 m, 36 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km19 centres · 1,355 spaces
Fee subsidy14 of 19
  • Alexandra Park Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 75 Augusta Sq
    36 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    130 m
  • George Brown - Fashion District/Ryerson Child Care Centre · 96 Denison Ave
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    198 m
  • Jingbao (Downtown) Bilingual Children's Centre (96 Denison Avenue) · 96 Denison Ave
    65 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    198 m
  • Ogden Day Care Centre · 33 Phoebe St
    136 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    499 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 331 (729 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (1.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 331 · 729 m33 Claremont St
Police52 Division · 1.1 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 36 · 1.7 km339 Queens Quay W

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 40 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 5,000 rental units — 17 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 91 Augusta Ave (142 m, 257 units, 14 storeys, built 1968), which scored 86 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 40 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 48 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 17 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings40 · 5,000 units · 17 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202648 across the 40
Open fire-code violations17
Tallest46 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
91 Augusta AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation25714196886 · Jul 20251 · 2 fire142 m
164 Grange Ave · Grange Apartments Inc.243197071 · Jul 20250189 m
20 Vanauley StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1358198690 · Sep 20240205 m
170 Vanauley WalkToronto Community Housing · Atikson Co-Op406196988 · Aug 20260232 m
163 Portland Stsocial housing · Par-Med Property Services Inc.464199185 · Jul 20243270 m
525 Richmond St W10310200381 · Aug 20240313 m
165 Bathurst St · Hazelview Properties Inc476191879 · Jul 20251374 m
76 Grange AveToronto Community Housing · TCH113199380 · Jul 20250459 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 lots794 lots · ≈21,350 spaces · 64.1 ha
Within 500 m84 lots · ≈1,490 spaces
Green P (public)33 car parks · about 5,211 spaces
EV charging (City)10 Portland St · 336 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking116 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 62 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (1.5 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
15 Denison Ave · Surface162 m12054% (Q1 2026)
40 Larch St · Garage502 m33231% (Q1 2026)
35 Bellevue Avenue · Surface524 m91 *
20 St Andrew St · Garage524 m41727% (Q1 2026)
105 Spadina Ave · Surface592 m14over 100% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 69 m away, ≈2 spaces; 98 m away, ≈34 spaces; 119 m away, ≈2 spaces; 120 m away, ≈30 spaces; 140 m away, ≈36 spaces; 151 m away, ≈102 spaces (Green P). More EV charging: 10 Palmerston Ave (515 m, 2 ports); 10 Soho St. (601 m, 4 ports); 74 Clinton Street (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, Jun 7, 2023

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 868 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 82% of the total, against 195 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the north (215 of 390). Evening rush dominates here: 256 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 136 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. 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 north868southbound · 215 bikes · 3.8% heavy
From the west195eastbound · 62 bikes · 5.1% heavy
Total vehicles1,0631,064 pedestrians · 390 cyclists · 4.0% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south0northbound · 113 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour136 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour256 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 7, 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

On Carr St between Ryerson Ave and Lane E of Bathurst and S of Carr, 178 m from the corner, a 7-day count in September 2025 put the average speed at 28 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 37 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 40 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,300 vehicles a day. Denison Ave between Queen St W and Lane N of Queen and E of Ryerson measured slower: 21 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 29 km/h (Jun 2026).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Carr St · Ryerson Ave – Lane E of Bathurst and S of Carr · 178 mSep 2025 · 7 days2,25128 km/h37 km/h40 km/h
Denison Ave · Queen St W – Lane N of Queen and E of Ryerson · 185 mJun 2026 · 3 days2,14421 km/h29 km/h34 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 2022, with 1 collision; 2025 recorded 0. 1 collision (20%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 27, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions5#4989 of 5,508
With an injury1#4198 of 4,660
Property damage only3
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 20149latest Jan 27, 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

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

Four thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 3, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle411apartment parking (1), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft110house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 3, 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 Denison & Carr a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 5 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 Denison & Carr?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Jun 7, 2023, 11% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Denison & Carr?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Carr St between Ryerson Ave and Lane E of Bathurst and S of Carr (September 2025), found an average of 28 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 37 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Denison & Carr?

The nearest Green P car park is 15 Denison Ave (162 m away, 120 spaces, 54% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 794 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,350 spaces — 84 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Portland St (336 m).

How do I get to Denison & Carr by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 505, 511, 510 and 3 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 221 m away.

What restaurants are near Denison & Carr?

54 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 359 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Alexandra Hotel (114 m), Theatre Passe Muraille (158 m), Bloom & Ivy (174 m), Good Company (183 m) and Wendy's (183 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 Denison & Carr?

The nearest is Alexandra Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 275 Bathurst St, 290 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). The City currently lists it as closed: maintenance/repairs. Next nearest: Harry R. Gairey Outdoor Rink Washroom (320 m); Bellevue Square Park Washroom (441 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 Denison & Carr?

19 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,355 spaces in total; 14 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Alexandra Park Early Learning & Child Care Centre (130 m, 36 spaces), George Brown - Fashion District/Ryerson Child Care Centre (198 m, 56 spaces) and Jingbao (Downtown) Bilingual Children's Centre (96 Denison Avenue) (198 m, 65 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Denison & Carr?

40 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,000 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 91 Augusta Ave (142 m, 257 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 164 Grange Ave (189 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 71), 20 Vanauley St (205 m, 135 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 170 Vanauley Walk (232 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 40 is 87 out of 100; 1 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 Denison & Carr?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 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 Denison & Carr in?

Denison & Carr is in Kensington-Chinatown (City of Toronto neighbourhood 078). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik.

Sources

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