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
- 501503 nearest 10 m
- TTC bus
- 92643122 nearest 194 m
- Blue Night
- 301322
- Nearest stops
- 6 surface stops within 300 m — Queen St East at Elmer Ave
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Kewbeach Ave / Kenilworth Ave 368 m · 61 docks · 13 stations, 352 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)
- Kew Beach Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 109 m
- Boardwalk Montessori SchoolPrivate · 243 m
- Academy of Thought and Industry TorontoPrivate · 506 m
- Glen Ames Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 680 m
- Williamson Road Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 760 m
- Norway Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 820 m
- and 5 more
- Community centres
- Parks (24)
- Pantry Park253 m
- Kew Gardens434 m
- Beaches Park533 m
- Jeff Sloan Playground534 m
- Edgewood Parkette769 m
- Measurement Park799 m
- and 18 more
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Beaches branch416 m
- Places of interest
- Kew Gardens ParkNature/ Park · 423 m
- Woodbine BeachNature/ Park · 877 m
- Ashbridges Bay ParkNature/ Park · 1.2 km
- Signal
- 2056, activated 2005 · SAP · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · transit priority
Around the corner
Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node
Restaurants & food
There are 44 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores, and 100 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Pizza Nova, 26 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026 with 2 infractions noted.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Pizza Nova · 1928 Queen St E | 26 m | Passed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions |
| Pizza Nova · 1928 Queen St E | 26 m | Passed, Mar 2025 |
| Infinity Mart · 1930 Queen St E | 32 m | Passed, May 2026 |
| The Burger's Priest · 1922 Queen St E | 35 m | Passed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions |
| The Burger's Priest · 1922 Queen St E | 35 m | Passed, May 2025 |
| Poke Eats · 1934 Queen St E | 40 m | Passed, May 2026 |
| Island Blend · 1940 Queen St E | 44 m | Passed, Jul 2025 |
| Heal Wellness · 1938 Queen St E | 46 m | Passed, Mar 2025 |
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 Kew Gardens Playground Washroom, 287 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 310 m away at Kew Gardens (currently off).
- Kew Gardens Playground Washroom · 2075 Queen St E
9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs287 m - Pantry Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 70 Kewbeach Ave
9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible340 m - Donald D. Summerville Olympic Outdoor Pool Washroom · 1867 Lake Shore Blvd E
9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible487 m
- Drinking water
- Kew Gardens drinking fountain · 310 m · off; Kew Gardens drinking fountain · 445 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
Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 671 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Brightpath Academy - the Beach (48 m, 111 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).
- Brightpath Academy - the Beach · 1925 Queen St E
111 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day48 m - Brightpath Academy - the Beach Clubzone · 1921 Queen St E
72 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day59 m - Kew Beach Day Care Co-Op Inc. · 101 Kippendavie Ave
182 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day109 m - Castle Park Playschool · 1971 Queen St E
34 spaces · kindergarten, school age189 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 227 (123 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (1.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.1 km 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
40 registered apartment buildings with 1,279 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, eight of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 125 Kenilworth Ave (164 m, 20 units, 3 storeys, built 1927), which scored 89 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 45 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 12 fire-code violations are open across them.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 Kenilworth Ave | 20 | 3 | 1927 | 89 · Jul 2025 | 0 | 164 m |
| 223 Woodbine Ave | 48 | 4 | 1920 | 88 · Oct 2024 | 0 | 183 m |
| 191 Kenilworth Ave · Kings College Management Ltd. | 31 | 4 | 1961 | 94 · Jul 2025 | 1 | 320 m |
| 98 Elmer AveToronto Community Housing · TCH | 36 | 4 | 1955 | 92 · Jun 2024 | 0 | 366 m |
| 1836 Queen St E | 30 | 4 | 1925 | 86 · Nov 2025 | 0 | 402 m |
| 97 Lee Ave · Glen Willow Investments Ltd | 10 | 3 | 1917 | 77 · Oct 2024 | 0 · 8 fire | 490 m |
| 55 Lee Ave · Olive Corp. | 12 | 3 | 1955 | 92 · Aug 2026 | 0 | 512 m |
| 98 Leuty Ave | 15 | 3 | — | 82 · Dec 2025 | 0 | 565 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 166 Woodbine Ave · Surface | 245 m | 21 | 46% (Q1 2026) |
| 192 Boardwalk Dr · Surface | 341 m | 24 | 45% (Q1 2026) |
| 116 Joseph Duggan Rd · Surface | 437 m | 24 | 41% (Q1 2026) |
| 85 Lee Ave · Surface | 466 m | 68 | 61% (Q1 2026) |
| 118 Sarah Ashbridge Ave · Surface | 521 m | 24 | 40% (Q1 2026) |
Nearest lots: 129 m away, ≈48 spaces; 137 m away, ≈35 spaces; 150 m away, ≈11 spaces; 166 m away, ≈40 spaces; 175 m away, ≈19 spaces; 176 m away, ≈14 spaces. More EV charging: 1981 Queen Street East (263 m, 1 ports); 1856 Queen St E. (319 m, 2 ports); 1834 Queen St E (408 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 — 8-hour, Apr 18, 2023
This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 4,376 eastbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 220. Most cyclists arrived from the east (34 of 70). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,359 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 17% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (1,166). Heavy vehicles made up 2.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. 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.
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 most recent midblock count on Queen St E between Woodbine Ave and Herbert Ave (143 m away, Nov 2019) recorded volume only — about 9,303 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Queen Street E (108 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 16,776 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none. 6 speed humps slow traffic on Elmer Avenue between Queen St E and Norway Ave (installed 2003).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen St E · Woodbine Ave – Herbert Ave · 143 m | Nov 2019 · 4 days | 9,303 | — | — | — |
School-zone speed sign 108 m
Queen Street E (eastbound), 1903/1905 Queen St E · 16,776 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
Traffic calming
- Elmer Avenue · Queen St E – Norway Ave
6 speed humpsinstalled 2003
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
2017 was the peak year (15 collisions), and 2025 closed with 8. 7% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 20 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 28% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 1% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 26, 2026.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 72 | #1518 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 5 | #2779 of 4,660 |
| Property damage only | 51 | |
| Fail to remain | 20 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | #2904 of 3,193 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 16 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 4 | |
| All since 2014 | 87 | latest Jun 26, 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 Feb 25, 2014.
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 two thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection 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 2, 2026.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 2 | 1 | 1 | house driveway/garage (1), street/outdoor (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 3 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (2), school/campus (1) |
Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 2, 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 The Beaches.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Elmer & Queen a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 72 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 Elmer & Queen?
A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 18, 2023, about the median for a counted intersection.
Where can I park near Elmer & Queen?
The nearest Green P car park is 166 Woodbine Ave (245 m away, 21 spaces, 46% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 332 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 13,670 spaces — 31 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 166 Woodbine Ave (216 m).
How do I get to Elmer & Queen by transit?
Streetcar routes 501, 503 stop within 1 km, the nearest 10 m away; bus routes 92, 64, 31, 22 within 1 km (nearest stop: Queen St East at Elmer Ave, 194 m).
What restaurants are near Elmer & Queen?
44 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 100 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Pizza Nova (26 m), Pizza Nova (26 m), Infinity Mart (32 m), The Burger's Priest (35 m) and The Burger's Priest (35 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 Elmer & Queen?
The nearest is Kew Gardens Playground Washroom, 2075 Queen St E, 287 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: Pantry Park Fieldhouse Washroom (340 m); Donald D. Summerville Olympic Outdoor Pool Washroom (487 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 Elmer & Queen?
Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 671 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Brightpath Academy - the Beach (48 m, 111 spaces), Brightpath Academy - the Beach Clubzone (59 m, 72 spaces) and Kew Beach Day Care Co-Op Inc. (109 m, 182 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Elmer & Queen?
40 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,279 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 125 Kenilworth Ave (164 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 223 Woodbine Ave (183 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 191 Kenilworth Ave (320 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 98 Elmer Ave (366 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 40 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 Elmer & Queen?
Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts 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 The Beaches page.
What neighbourhood is Elmer & Queen in?
Elmer & Queen is in The Beaches (City of Toronto neighbourhood 063). It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford. The corner falls inside the The Beach Business Improvement Area.
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, 2023.
- 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: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary); Traffic Calming Database.
- 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 Jun 2, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 19 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: 43.66926, -79.30352 · centreline node 13463395.