Map
Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time
Getting here
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk
Transit & cycling
- Streetcar
- 504508501 nearest 172 m
- TTC bus
- 4024729 nearest 222 m
- Express
- 929
- Blue Night
- 304301329
- Nearest stops
- 9 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- Sharrows on Dowling Ave installed 2018
- Bike Share
- Beaty Ave / Queen St W 180 m · 19 docks · 20 stations, 372 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 (11)
- Mary Mother of God SchoolPrivate · 219 m
- Parkdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 297 m
- Dr Rita Cox - Kina Minagok Public SchoolEnglish Public · 363 m
- Holy Family Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 365 m
- Parkdale Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 585 m
- Fern Avenue Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
- and 5 more
- Community centres
- Holy Family Community Centre373 m
- Masaryk - Cowan Community Recreation Centre547 m
- Parkdale Community Recreation Centre596 m
- McCormick Arena1.1 km
- Mary McCormick Recreation Centre1.1 km
- Lamport Stadium1.3 km
- Parks (28)
- Beaty Avenue Parkette156 m
- Albert Crosland Park308 m
- Close Avenue Parkette359 m
- Dunn Avenue Parkette480 m
- Close - Springhurst Parkette516 m
- Beaty Boulevard Parkette535 m
- and 22 more
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch625 m
- Toronto Public Library High Park branch1.1 km
- Places of interest
- Medieval Times Dinner and TournamentPerforming Arts · 1.3 km
- The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 1.4 km
- Sunnyside BeachNature/ Park · 1.4 km
Around the corner
Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node
Restaurants & food
There are 45 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 15 grocery and convenience stores, and 183 eating places within a kilometre — 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Rainbow Boarding Home, 111 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2026.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Boarding Home · 178 Dowling Ave | 111 m | Passed, Jan 2026 |
| Parkdale Guest House · 18 Maynard Ave | 131 m | Passed, Jan 2026 |
| Dowling Rest Home · 124 Dowling Ave | 146 m | Passed, Aug 2026 |
| Shoppers Drug Mart · 1473 Queen St W, Flr-1grocery | 200 m | Passed, Aug 2025 |
| Parkdale Fruit Market · 1487 Queen St Wgrocery | 201 m | Passed, May 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Sun Fa Restaurant · 1485 Queen St W | 201 m | Passed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Mantra · 1554 Queen St W | 201 m | Passed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction |
| The Sweet Crumble · 1556 Queen St W | 202 m | Passed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction |
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 the automated public toilet at 1275 Lake Shore Blvd W, 544 m away, open around the clock; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 142 m away at Beaty Avenue Parkette (currently off).
- Automated public toilet, 1275 Lake Shore Blvd W
24 hours · accessible544 m - Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 220 Cowan Ave
View centre hours547 m - Budapest Park Washroom · 1575 Lake Shore Blvd W
9 a.m. to 10 p.m.826 m
- Drinking water
- Beaty Avenue Parkette bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 142 m · off; Albert Crosland Park drinking fountain · 271 m · off
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
Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 944 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Queen Victoria Child Care Centre (363 m, 151 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).
- Queen Victoria Child Care Centre · 100 Close Ave
151 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day363 m - Holy Family Childcare Centre-Queen Victoria · 141 Close Ave
25 spaces · school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day365 m - Parkdale Early Learning Centre - Cdi - 119 Close Ave. · 119 Close Ave
49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day410 m - Sunflower House · 162 Dunn Ave
44 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day484 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 426 (765 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 843 m away.
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
120 registered apartment buildings with 9,011 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 21 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 5.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 150 Dowling Ave (50 m, 66 units, 7 storeys, built 1958), which scored 92 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 299 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 72 fire-code violations are open across them.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 Dowling Ave · Metcap Living Management Inc. | 66 | 7 | 1958 | 92 · Jul 2026 | 4 | 50 m |
| 32 Maynard Ave · Dms Property Management | 44 | 8 | 1960 | 96 · Jun 2025 | 2 · 1 fire | 73 m |
| 146 Dowling Ave · Hannah Property Management Ltd. | 68 | 7 | 1973 | 83 · Jun 2026 | 2 · 5 fire | 77 m |
| 28 Maynard Ave · Akelius Canada Ltd | 20 | 3 | 1900 | 94 · Jun 2025 | 0 | 94 m |
| 22 Maynard Ave · St. Felix Centre | 36 | 3 | 1978 | 93 · Jul 2025 | 0 | 110 m |
| 21 Maynard Ave · Arcanos Property Management Corporation | 117 | 12 | 1964 | 90 · Jun 2026 | 5 | 143 m |
| 3 Laxton AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 42 | 8 | 1953 | 97 · Jun 2025 | 0 | 155 m |
| 189 Dowling Ave · Smartsell Marketing | 10 | 4 | 1917 | 79 · Jun 2025 | 0 | 156 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
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Fuller Ave · Surface | 288 m | 42 | 47% (Q1 2026) |
| 1624 Queen St W · Surface | 301 m | 33 | 71% (Q1 2026) |
| 1275 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface | 490 m | 120 * | — |
| 1325 Queen St W · Surface | 525 m | 32 | 94% (Q1 2026) |
| 1575 Lake Shore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface | 1 km | 193 * | — |
Nearest lots: 72 m away, ≈11 spaces; 88 m away, ≈10 spaces; 114 m away, ≈15 spaces; 115 m away, ≈33 spaces; 145 m away, ≈9 spaces; 154 m away, ≈58 spaces. More EV charging: 45 Abell St (1.3 km, 16 ports); 1051 Queen Street W (1.6 km, 2 ports); 430 Roncesvalles Ave (1.8 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, Apr 18, 2007
The south leg carries the load — 573 northbound vehicles, or 73% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 209. Most cyclists arrived from the south (33 of 69). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 123 vehicles in the hour from 4:15 p.m., 12% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (110). Heavy vehicles made up 2.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 19 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2007, 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.
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
At the school-zone speed sign on Queen St W (207 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 5,239 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.
School-zone speed sign 207 m
Queen St W (westbound), N Side Queen St W at Dowling Ave · 5,239 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 46% 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 Mar 7, 2026.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 13 | #3954 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 10 | |
| Fail to remain | 6 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 3 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| All since 2014 | 15 | latest Mar 7, 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 12 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 3 in 2023–2025, about 1.0 a year, against 1.4 a year before that. 58% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 12 | 3 | 0 | street/outdoor (7), other (4) |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 0 | 0 | house driveway/garage (1) |
Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 23, 2024. 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 South Parkdale.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Dowling & Leopold a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 13 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 Dowling & Leopold?
A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 18, 2007, 8% of the median for a counted intersection.
Where can I park near Dowling & Leopold?
The nearest Green P car park is 14 Fuller Ave (288 m away, 42 spaces, 47% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 428 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,190 spaces — 56 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1224 KING ST W (875 m).
How do I get to Dowling & Leopold by transit?
Streetcar routes 504, 508, 501 stop within 1 km, the nearest 172 m away; bus routes 402, 47, 29, 929 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Dowling & Leopold?
45 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 183 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Rainbow Boarding Home (111 m), Parkdale Guest House (131 m), Dowling Rest Home (146 m), Sun Fa Restaurant (201 m) and Mantra (201 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 Dowling & Leopold?
The nearest is the automated public toilet at 1275 Lake Shore Blvd W, 544 m away (open around the clock), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom (547 m); Budapest Park Washroom (826 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 Dowling & Leopold?
Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 944 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Queen Victoria Child Care Centre (363 m, 151 spaces), Holy Family Childcare Centre-Queen Victoria (365 m, 25 spaces) and Parkdale Early Learning Centre - Cdi - 119 Close Ave. (410 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Dowling & Leopold?
120 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 9,011 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 150 Dowling Ave (50 m, 66 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 32 Maynard Ave (73 m, 44 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 146 Dowling Ave (77 m, 68 units, RentSafeTO score 83) and 28 Maynard Ave (94 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 120 is 90 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 Dowling & Leopold?
Toronto Police place 12 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 South Parkdale page.
What neighbourhood is Dowling & Leopold in?
Dowling & Leopold is in South Parkdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 085), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Apr 18, 2007.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Aug 29, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Fire Station Locations, Police Facility Locations, Ambulance Station Locations.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport with the Ontario LTB Order Catalogue and Toronto Fire Services inspection data (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Dec 23, 2024.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 4 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting here: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Walking distance: City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Parking: Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations.
- Coordinates: 43.63821, -79.43917 · centreline node 13468476.