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Gardiner Expy Queensway W Ramp & South Kingsway

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

Gardiner Expy Queensway W Ramp & South Kingsway, in High Park-Swansea, is an intersection of typical volume. At the corner: a bike lane and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
13,265
vehicles · 14-hour count, Apr 16, 2025
13 pedestrians · 12 cyclists
Collisions
0
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
3
TTC stops within 100 m
7 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
38/100
city median 48
13 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 1 km

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Gardiner Expy Queensway W Ramp & South Kingsway

Traffic and safety

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

Traffic volume14-hour count · Apr 16, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 9,020 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 68% of the total, against 1 from the east. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,206 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,197 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 18 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north4,244southbound · 11 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles13,26513 pedestrians · 12 cyclists · 2.9% heavy
From the east1westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south9,020northbound · 1 bikes · 3.1% heavy

Peak hours: 1,206 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,197 from 5:00 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

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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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.

The crossing
Signal 1932, activated 2009 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/West

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

Streetcar
501 508 507 nearest 30 m
TTC bus
80 77 66 nearest 92 m
Blue Night
301
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — The Queensway at South Kingsway
Cycling
Multi-Use Trail - Entrance on Humber River Recreational Trl installed 2001; Bike Lane on The Queensway installed 2009
Bike Share
The Queensway at South Kingsway 126 m · 23 docks · 8 stations, 172 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
7 car parks · about 912 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
22 mapped lots within 500 m, 214 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
2001 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Parks) · Surface760 m185 *—
2001 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Parks) · Surface1.1 km187 *—
15 Marine Parade Drive · Surface1.3 km14 *—
2195 Lake shore Blvd West (Parks) · Surface1.8 km228 *—
17 Riverview Gdns · Surface1.9 km9552% (Q1 2026)

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

No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Sobeys, 1.0 km away. For everything else there are two convenience stores and gas bars within 300 m. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 13 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Hooked, 417 m away. The nearest pharmacy is First Light Pharmacy, 620 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Hooked · 18 Ripley Ave417 m · 5 min
  • Pier Food Shoppe · 2045 Lake Shore Blvd W673 m · 8 min
  • Veloute Bistro · 2045 Lake Shore Blvd W, Flr-1673 m · 8 min
  • Palace Place Foods · 1 Palace Pier Crt703 m · 8 min
  • Wiki Cafe · 88 Palace Pier Crt785 m · 9 min
0 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Grocery
Sobeys 1 km · 11 min
Food shops
Cheese Boutique Giftware 333 m · 4 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
2 convenience stores or gas bars within 300 m
Pharmacy
First Light Pharmacy 620 m · 7 min · 4 within 1 km
Child care
  • Windermere Early Learning Centre · 57 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day379 m · 5 min
1 licensed centre · 57 spaces within 1 km · accepts City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Sir Casimir Gzowski Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible843 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 (17)
  • Riverside Drive Parkette368 m · 4 min
  • Palace Pier Park575 m · 7 min
  • Ormskirk Park763 m · 9 min
  • Humber Bay Shores Park782 m · 9 min
  • Sir Casimir Gzowski Park808 m · 10 min
and 12 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools
  • Swansea Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 15 min
Places of interest
  • Colborne LodgeMuseum · 1.4 km · 17 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 library or a care or retirement home.

38of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food8/30

    1 grocery store within 1 km · 13 within 1 km

  • Transit12/28

    5 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go1/14

    1 place of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.4 km

  • Schools and child care4/8

    nearest school 1.2 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot8/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking · 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

Within a kilometre there are two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 144 rental units. The nearest is 65 Windermere Ave (595 m, 92 units, 6 storeys, built 1962), which scored 95 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
65 Windermere Ave · Greenwin Corp.926196295 · Jul 2025595 m · 7 min
75 Windermere Ave · Greenwin Corp.526196295 · Sep 2026648 m · 8 min

2 registered buildings · 144 units · tallest 6 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Gardiner Expy Queensway W Ramp & South Kingsway 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 & South Kingsway?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Apr 16, 2025, 82% of the median for a counted intersection.

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

Gardiner Expy Queensway W Ramp & South Kingsway scores 38 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; 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: 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.4 km; nearest school 1.2 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 5 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.

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

The nearest Green P car park is 2001 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Parks) (760 m away, 185 spaces). The City's mapping shows 214 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 13,920 spaces — 22 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

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

Streetcar routes 501, 508, 507 stop within 1 km, the nearest 30 m away; bus routes 80, 77, 66 within 1 km (nearest stop: The Queensway at South Kingsway, 92 m).

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

None within 300 m, and 13 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Hooked (417 m), Pier Food Shoppe (673 m), Veloute Bistro (673 m), Palace Place Foods (703 m) and Wiki Cafe (785 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Gardiner Expy Queensway W Ramp & South Kingsway?

The nearest is Sir Casimir Gzowski Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 2001 Lake Shore Blvd W, 843 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom.

Is there child care near Gardiner Expy Queensway W Ramp & South Kingsway?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 57 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Windermere Early Learning Centre (379 m, 57 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

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

Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 144 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 65 Windermere Ave (595 m, 92 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 75 Windermere Ave (648 m, 52 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 is 95 out of 100.

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

Gardiner Expy Queensway W Ramp & South Kingsway is in High Park-Swansea (City of Toronto neighbourhood 087). 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