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Gardiner Expy Queensway W Ramp & Queensway South Kingsway Ramp & The Queensway

Toronto, Ontario · High Park-Swansea · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

Gardiner Expy Queensway W Ramp & Queensway South Kingsway Ramp & The Queensway is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in High Park-Swansea. It has a bike lane at the corner. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
22,665
vehicles · 14-hour count, Apr 15, 2025
923 pedestrians · 179 cyclists
Collisions
0
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
none reported within 65 m
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 2 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
4
TTC stops within 100 m
3 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 23 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 1,620 vehicles, 1.40× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 25 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13.

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Gardiner Expy Queensway W Ramp & Queensway South Kingsway Ramp & The Queensway

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501508507 nearest 26 m
TTC bus
778066 nearest 23 m
Blue Night
301
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — The Queensway at South Kingsway
Cycling
Bike Lane on The Queensway installed 2009
Bike Share
The Queensway at South Kingsway 35 m · 23 docks · 9 stations, 187 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 (4)
  • Swansea Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 914 m
  • Etienne Brule Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 1.4 km
  • St Mark Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.4 km
  • Kcs Senior SchoolPrivate · 1.5 km
Parks (21)
  • Riverside Drive Parkette374 m
  • Palace Pier Park421 m
  • Sir Casimir Gzowski Park558 m
  • Windermere Avenue Parkette560 m
  • Humber Bay Shores Park566 m
  • Ormskirk Park575 m
  • and 15 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Swansea Memorial branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Colborne LodgeMuseum · 1.1 km
  • Sunnyside BeachNature/ Park · 1.3 km
  • Humber Bay Park West (Humber Bay Butterfly Habitat)Nature/ Park · 1.4 km
  • High ParkNature/ 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 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores, and 15 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Windermere Early Learning, 204 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 9 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Petro Canada · 90 the Queenswaygrocery159 mPassed, Jun 2026
Windermere Early Learning · 103 the Queensway204 mPassed, Aug 2026
Cheese Boutique Giftware · 29 Ripley Ave Bldg--214 mPassed, Jul 2026
Petro Canada · 8 South Kingswaygrocery217 mPassed, Jan 2024
Petro Canada · 8 South Kingswaygrocery217 mPassed, Jul 2026
Sunshine Foods Convenience · 12 Windermere Avegrocery250 mPassed, Dec 2025
Hooked · 18 Ripley Ave323 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Cheese Boutique · 45 Ripley Ave331 mPassed, Jul 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 Sir Casimir Gzowski Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 582 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 417 m away at Sir Casimir Gzowski Park.

  • Sir Casimir Gzowski Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 2001 Lake Shore Blvd W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    582 m
  • Rennie Park David H. Williams Washroom · 1 Rennie Terr
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    908 m
  • Swansea Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 15 Waller Ave
    View centre hours
    947 m
Drinking water
Sir Casimir Gzowski Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 417 m; Ormskirk Park drinking fountain · 573 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

Two licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 315 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Windermere Early Learning Centre (219 m, 57 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km2 centres · 315 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 2
  • Windermere Early Learning Centre · 103 the Queensway
    57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    219 m
  • Swansea Kids Place · 207 Windermere Ave
    258 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    914 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 425 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 11 Division (4.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 425 · 1.4 km83 Deforest Rd
Police11 Division · 4 km2054 Davenport Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 32 · 1.9 km9 Clendenan Ave

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

Five registered apartment buildings with 315 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 65 Windermere Ave (355 m, 92 units, 6 storeys, built 1962), which scored 95 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 16 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings5 · 315 units
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202616 across the 5
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
65 Windermere Ave · Greenwin Corp.926196295 · Jul 20253355 m
75 Windermere Ave · Greenwin Corp.526196295 · Sep 20262387 m
93 Coe Hill Dr · Aman's Renovations & Property Management384195889 · Jul 20263602 m
99 Coe Hill Dr · Trivest Developments Corporation864195794 · Jul 20255623 m
101 Coe Hill Dr473195594 · Jul 20263645 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 lots366 lots · ≈21,620 spaces · 64.9 ha
Within 500 m37 lots · ≈1,510 spaces
Green P (public)13 car parks · about 1,619 spaces
EV charging (City)265 Armadale Ave · 1.8 km · 8 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
2001 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Parks) · Surface378 m185 *
2001 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Parks) · Surface865 m187 *
15 Marine Parade Drive · Surface1.1 km14 *
2195 Lake shore Blvd West (Parks) · Surface1.5 km228 *
265 Durie St · Surface1.7 km14470% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 107 m away, ≈25 spaces; 130 m away, ≈41 spaces; 162 m away, ≈40 spaces; 172 m away, ≈99 spaces; 174 m away, ≈53 spaces; 174 m away, ≈57 spaces.

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 — 14-hour, Apr 15, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 11,613 eastbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 1,348. Most cyclists arrived from the east (101 of 179). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,099 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,206 from 5:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 17 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north1,348southbound · 2 bikes · 6.1% heavy
From the west11,613eastbound · 76 bikes · 2.9% heavy
Total vehicles22,665923 pedestrians · 179 cyclists · 3.4% heavy
From the east9,704westbound · 101 bikes · 3.6% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour2,099 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,206 vehicles from 5:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Apr 15, 2025

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 counter on The Queensway between Southport St and Queensway S (148 m away) recorded an average of 51 km/h in its 24-hour count in March 2015; 85% of drivers were at or under 60 km/h. That segment carries about 10,700 vehicles a day. The reading is 11 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
The Queensway · Southport St – Queensway S · 148 mMar 2015 · 24 h10,71651 km/h60 km/h65 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

Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.

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. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Jul 20, 2015.

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Gardiner Expy Queensway W Ramp & Queensway South Kingsway Ramp & The Queensway a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025 and police reported no collisions of any severity. 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 Gardiner Expy Queensway W Ramp & Queensway South Kingsway Ramp & The Queensway?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 15, 2025, 1.40× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Gardiner Expy Queensway W Ramp & Queensway South Kingsway Ramp & The Queensway?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on The Queensway between Southport St and Queensway S (March 2015), found an average of 51 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 60 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Gardiner Expy Queensway W Ramp & Queensway South Kingsway Ramp & The Queensway?

The nearest Green P car park is 2001 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Parks) (378 m away, 185 spaces). The City's mapping shows 366 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,620 spaces — 37 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 265 Armadale Ave (1.8 km).

How do I get to Gardiner Expy Queensway W Ramp & Queensway South Kingsway Ramp & The Queensway by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 508, 507 stop within 1 km, the nearest 26 m away; bus routes 77, 80, 66 within 1 km (nearest stop: The Queensway at South Kingsway, 23 m).

What restaurants are near Gardiner Expy Queensway W Ramp & Queensway South Kingsway Ramp & The Queensway?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 15 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Windermere Early Learning (204 m), Cheese Boutique Giftware (214 m), Hooked (323 m) and Cheese Boutique (331 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 Gardiner Expy Queensway W Ramp & Queensway South Kingsway Ramp & The Queensway?

The nearest is Sir Casimir Gzowski Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 2001 Lake Shore Blvd W, 582 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Rennie Park David H. Williams Washroom (908 m); Swansea Community Recreation Centre Washroom (947 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 Gardiner Expy Queensway W Ramp & Queensway South Kingsway Ramp & The Queensway?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 315 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Windermere Early Learning Centre (219 m, 57 spaces) and Swansea Kids Place (914 m, 258 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Gardiner Expy Queensway W Ramp & Queensway South Kingsway Ramp & The Queensway?

Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 315 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 65 Windermere Ave (355 m, 92 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 75 Windermere Ave (387 m, 52 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 93 Coe Hill Dr (602 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 99 Coe Hill Dr (623 m, 86 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 93 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.

What neighbourhood is Gardiner Expy Queensway W Ramp & Queensway South Kingsway Ramp & The Queensway in?

Gardiner Expy Queensway W Ramp & Queensway South Kingsway Ramp & The Queensway is in High Park-Swansea (City of Toronto neighbourhood 087). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.

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