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Fort York & Bastion

Fort York Blvd & Bastion St · Toronto, Ontario · Fort York-Liberty Village · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York · CityPlace and Fort York BIA

Fort York & Bastion sits in Fort York-Liberty Village, in the downtown core. At the City's last count here, in 2014, it was a moderately travelled crossing. It has a bike lane and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
6,598
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 5, 2014
133 pedestrians · 299 cyclists
Collisions
10
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
10 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
49/100
city median 48 · #2,752 of 5,672
2 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 310 m

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Fort York & Bastion

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume8-hour count · Jun 5, 2014

The west leg carries the load — 3,968 eastbound vehicles, or 60% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 2,630. Most cyclists arrived from the west (175 of 299). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 890 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 957 from 4:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.5% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 12 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2014, 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 west3,968eastbound · 175 bikes · 5.3% heavy
Total vehicles6,598133 pedestrians · 299 cyclists · 5.5% heavy
From the east2,630westbound · 124 bikes · 6.0% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy

Peak hours: 890 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 957 from 4:30 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

2018 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 10% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers 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.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Aug 27, 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions10
With an injury1
Property damage only9
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20061latest Aug 27, 2006

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

Traffic on these streets

The City's most recent midblock count on Fort York Blvd between Angelique St and Fleet St (193 m away, Dec 2011) recorded volume only — about 5,221 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Fort York Blvd · Angelique St – Fleet St · 193 mDec 2011 · 3 days5,221———

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

The crossing
Signal 2402, activated 2016 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Streetcar
511 509 504 508 nearest 313 m · 4 min
TTC bus
29 63 nearest 642 m · 8 min
Blue Night
304 307 363 329
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Fort York Blvd at Gzowski Blvd; Fort York Blvd at Bastion St East Side
Cycling
Bike Lane on Fort York Blvd installed 2002
Bike Share
Fort York Blvd / Grand Magazine St 77 m · 19 docks · 29 stations, 782 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
11 car parks · about 857 spaces
EV charging
10 Portland St · 1.5 km · 4 Level 2 ports; also 10 Palmerston Ave (1.5 km)
Bike parking
30 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
7 mapped lots within 500 m, 306 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
250 Fort York Blvd. · Surface217 m49 *—
800 Fleet Street · Surface607 m94 *—
545 Lake Shore Boulevard West · Surface677 m110 *—
2 Portland St · Garage758 m3797% (Q1 2026)
300 Remembrance Drive · Surface785 m65 *—

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

The nearest grocery store is Am2pm Express Market, 310 m away; 7 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 132 eating places within a kilometre — 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Ocimum Greens, 138 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Fort York Pharmacy, 226 m away; 7 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Toronto Western Hospital, 2.0 km away. Waterfront Neighbourhood Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 846 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Ocimum Greens · 50 Bruyeres Mews 711138 m
  • Parisco Cafe · 215 Fort York Blvd None227 m
  • Aroma Espresso Bar · 161 Fort York Blvd369 m · 4 min
  • Zenshi · 22 Fort York Blvd378 m · 5 min
  • Wingsup! · 22 Bathurst St None440 m · 5 min
2 within 300 m · 132 within 1 km
Grocery
Am2pm Express Market 310 m · 4 min · 7 within 1 km
Food shops
Albion Hills Farm (Rawf 2024) Hall A 768 m · 9 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Fort York Pharmacy 226 m · 7 within 1 km
Child care
  • City Kids Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 72 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day615 m · 7 min
  • The Neighbourhood Group Harbourfront Child Care · 36 spaces, infant, toddler · fee subsidy · $10-a-day701 m · 8 min
  • The Neighbourhood Group Waterfront Child Care Centre · 122 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day839 m · 10 min
7 licensed centres · 789 spaces within 1 km · all accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Automated public toilet, 1 Strachan Ave · 24 hours · accessible551 m · 7 min
  • Coronation Park Toronto Washroom · 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.802 m · 10 min
Drinking water: June Callwood Park 41 m
Health and care
  • Toronto Western Hospital · hospital site2 km · 24 min
  • Waterfront Neighbourhood Centre · seniors' active living centre846 m · 10 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (31)
  • June Callwood Park413 m · 5 min
  • The Gore439 m · 5 min
  • Canoe Landing811 m · 10 min
  • Garrison Common813 m · 10 min
  • Victoria Memorial Square Park825 m · 10 min
and 26 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (7)
  • The Waterfront SchoolEnglish Public · 839 m · 10 min
  • City SchoolEnglish Public · 844 m · 10 min
  • Bishop Macdonell Catholic ElementaryEnglish Separate · 949 m · 11 min
  • Jean Lumb Public SchoolEnglish Public · 949 m · 11 min
  • St Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.2 km · 14 min
and 2 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch348 m · 4 min
Places of interest
  • Beanfield CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 791 m · 9 min
  • Enercare CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 1 km · 11 min
  • Exhibition PlaceConvention & Trade Centres · 1 km · 12 min
  • Arcadia EarthAttraction · 1.1 km · 13 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

49of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,752 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food13/30

    7 grocery stores within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit12/28

    3 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go10/14

    library 348 m away · 8 places of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation6/10

    2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 0.9 km

  • Schools and child care2/8

    nearest school 0.8 km · 7 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot6/10

    traffic signal · accessible signals

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Eight registered apartment buildings with 2,054 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 146 Fort York Blvd (641 m, 25 units, 7 storeys, built 2000), which scored 90 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 95, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
146 Fort York Blvd Toronto Community Housing · Greenwin257200090 · Sep 2024641 m · 8 min
39 Niagara St · Minto Properties50119201999 · Jul 2025742 m · 9 min
150 Dan Leckie Way Toronto Community Housing · Greenwin29841201293 · Aug 2026799 m · 10 min
25 Bishop Tutu Blvd Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation11910198788 · Aug 2026837 m · 10 min
679 Queens Quay W Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1066198894 · Aug 2026858 m · 10 min
25 Ordnance St · Bentallgreenoak Residential Services333312021100 · Jul 2025899 m · 11 min

8 registered buildings · 2,054 units · 4 social housing · tallest 41 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and 11 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 6 in 2023–2025, about 2.0 a year, against 1.3 a year before that. 91% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle430street/outdoor (2), other (1)
Bicycle theft1130apartment parking (10), street/outdoor (1)

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 Fort York-Liberty Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Fort York & Bastion 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 Fort York & Bastion?

A moderately travelled crossing at the City's last count here, in 2014. Its latest count is from Jun 5, 2014, 71% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Fort York & Bastion a walkable intersection?

Fort York & Bastion scores 49 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,752 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: library 348 m away · 8 places of interest within 1.5 km; 2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 0.9 km; 7 grocery stores within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · accessible signals.

Where can I park near Fort York & Bastion?

The nearest Green P car park is 250 Fort York Blvd. (217 m away, 49 spaces). The City's mapping shows 306 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,690 spaces — 7 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Portland St (1.5 km).

How do I get to Fort York & Bastion by transit?

Streetcar routes 511, 509, 504, 508 stop within 1 km, the nearest 313 m away; bus routes 29, 63 within 1 km (nearest stop: Fort York Blvd at Gzowski Blvd, 642 m).

What restaurants are near Fort York & Bastion?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 132 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Ocimum Greens (138 m), Parisco Cafe (227 m), Aroma Espresso Bar (369 m), Zenshi (378 m) and Wingsup! (440 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Fort York & Bastion?

The nearest is the automated public toilet at 1 Strachan Ave, 551 m away (open around the clock), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Coronation Park Toronto Washroom (802 m); Little Norway Park Washroom (1.0 km).

Is there child care near Fort York & Bastion?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 789 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are City Kids Early Learning & Child Care Centre (615 m, 72 spaces), The Neighbourhood Group Harbourfront Child Care (701 m, 36 spaces) and The Neighbourhood Group Waterfront Child Care Centre (839 m, 122 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Fort York & Bastion?

Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,054 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 146 Fort York Blvd (641 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 39 Niagara St (742 m, 501 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 150 Dan Leckie Way (799 m, 298 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 25 Bishop Tutu Blvd (837 m, 119 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 8 is 95 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Fort York & Bastion?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and 11 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Fort York-Liberty Village page.

What neighbourhood is Fort York & Bastion in?

Fort York & Bastion is in Fort York-Liberty Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 163). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik. The corner falls inside the CityPlace and Fort York Business Improvement Area.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined