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Gladstone & Cross

Gladstone Ave & Cross St · Toronto, Ontario · Little Portugal · Ward 9, Davenport

In Little Portugal, in central Toronto, Gladstone & Cross is a lightly travelled intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has a bike lane and a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 16 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,058
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 14, 2022
544 pedestrians · 79 cyclists
Collisions
20
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 14 property damage · #3409 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
5 streetcar routes · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane - Contraflow
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 130 vehicles, 11% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 1.9 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 7.5% of vehicle volume, about 9.6× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 2 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. The pace has been steady: 10 collisions in 2016–2020 and 10 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Gladstone & Cross

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
505501506504508 nearest 268 m
TTC bus
296347402 nearest 120 m
Express
929
Blue Night
305301306304329363
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Bike Lane - Contraflow on Gladstone Ave installed 2023
Bike Share
Alma Ave / Gladstone Ave SMART 269 m · 15 docks · 28 stations, 505 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 (23)
  • Alexander Muir Gladstone Ave & the GroveEnglish Public · 134 m
  • The Orchard Montessori SchoolPrivate · 642 m
  • Shirley St Jr & City View AlternativeEnglish Public · 644 m
  • Parkdale Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 777 m
  • Ossington Old Orchard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 794 m
  • St Helen Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 794 m
  • and 17 more
Parks (38)
  • McCormick Park372 m
  • Pessoa Park425 m
  • Harrison-Dovercourt Parkette491 m
  • Pat Capponi Parkette508 m
  • Parkdale Amphitheatre540 m
  • Lakeview Avenue Parkette551 m
  • and 32 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch727 m
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch1.5 km
Places of interest
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 654 m

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 19 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 352 eating places within a kilometre — 4.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Larry's Back Pocket, 229 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés19 within 300 m · 352 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 48 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Iren's Grocery · 528 Dufferin Stgrocery126 mPassed, Dec 2023
H-N Grocery Ltd. · 554 Dufferin Stgrocery152 mPassed, Dec 2023 · 1 infraction
Larry's Back Pocket · 1413 Dundas St W229 mPassed, Jul 2026
Hiya Scone & Coffee · 1389 Dundas St W245 mPassed, Jul 2026
450/ Rooms Coffee · 450 Dufferin St246 mPassed, Jul 2024 · 2 infractions
Project Gigglewater · 1369 Dundas St W253 mPassed, Sep 2025
Milou · 1375 Dundas St W254 mPassed, Jul 2026
Fix Coffee + Bikes · 80 Gladstone Ave254 mPassed, Aug 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 Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom, 335 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 389 m away at McCormick Park.

  • Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom · 66 Sheridan Ave
    View centre hours
    335 m
  • Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 220 Cowan Ave
    View centre hours
    811 m
  • Fred Hamilton Playground Washroom · 155 Roxton Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    918 m
Drinking water
McCormick Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 389 m; 150 Harrison Street Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 475 m

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

17 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,502 spaces; 11 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Alexander Muir Gladstone Jr YMCA (134 m, 120 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km17 centres · 1,502 spaces
Fee subsidy11 of 17
  • Alexander Muir Gladstone Jr YMCA · 108 Gladstone Ave
    120 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    134 m
  • Bumble Bee Garden Child Care Ltd. · 1275 Dundas St W
    28 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    385 m
  • Denisa Childcare · 1065 College St
    30 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    632 m
  • West End Parents Day Care Centre · 375 Dovercourt Rd
    78 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    642 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 426 (835 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (511 m) and the nearest ambulance station 577 m away.

FireFire Station 426 · 835 m140 Lansdowne Ave
Police14 Division · 511 m350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 577 m1288 Queen St W

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

53 registered apartment buildings with 4,841 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 16 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 225 Gladstone Ave (241 m, 27 units, 4 storeys, built 1911), which scored 87 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 53 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 121 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 26 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings53 · 4,841 units · 16 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026121 across the 53
Open fire-code violations26
Tallest35 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
225 Gladstone Ave · Gulburg Inc.274191187 · Jul 20250241 m
12 Rusholme Dr · Signet Group Inc.294195596 · Jun 20250315 m
14 Rusholme Dr · Signet Group Inc.224195596 · Jun 20250337 m
410 Dufferin St · Rhapsody Property Management Services198102021100 · Jul 20255 · 1 fire339 m
1525 Dundas St WToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1066195979 · Jul 20255354 m
1505 Dundas St W123191173 · Jul 20250357 m
1289 Dundas St Wsocial housing · Villa Luso Non Profit Housing Corp1497198698 · Aug 20260358 m
19-21 Rusholme Rd · Lvov113194082 · Jul 20240368 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 lots710 lots · ≈27,090 spaces · 81.3 ha
Within 500 m39 lots · ≈1,050 spaces
Green P (public)25 car parks · about 1,594 spaces
EV charging (City)283 Ossington Ave · 728 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking43 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 76 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
146 Harrison St · Surface508 m7968% (Q1 2026)
110 Dovercourt Rd · Surface622 m8over 100% (Q1 2026)
45 Abell St · Garage718 m12460% (Q1 2026)
9 Bonar Pl · Surface732 m3471% (Q1 2026)
1117 Dundas St W · Surface742 m3786% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 16 m away, ≈26 spaces; 61 m away, ≈7 spaces; 201 m away, ≈5 spaces; 222 m away, ≈10 spaces; 226 m away, ≈6 spaces; 231 m away, ≈16 spaces. More EV charging: 45 Abell St (756 m, 16 ports); 1051 Queen Street W (777 m, 2 ports); 248 Shaw St (902 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, Dec 14, 2022

The north leg carries the load — 969 southbound vehicles, or 92% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 89. Most cyclists arrived from the north (46 of 79). Morning rush is the busier period: 167 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:30 a.m., compared with 141 from 2:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north969southbound · 46 bikes · 3.0% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles1,058544 pedestrians · 79 cyclists · 3.0% heavy
From the east89westbound · 9 bikes · 3.4% heavy
From the south0northbound · 24 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour167 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour141 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 14, 2022

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 Gladstone Ave between Peel Ave and Alma Ave (314 m away) recorded an average of 23 km/h in its 7-day count in September 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 32 km/h. That segment carries about 2,100 vehicles a day. Cross St between Beaconsfield Ave and Lane E of Gladstone and S of Collahie measured slower: 17 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 25 km/h (Dec 2021). At the school-zone speed sign on Gladstone Ave (90 m away, 30 km/h limit), 1.4% of the 69,068 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Cross St · Beaconsfield Ave – Lane E of Gladstone and S of Collahie · 90 mDec 2021 · 3 days36117 km/h25 km/h29 km/h
Gladstone Ave · Peel Ave – Alma Ave · 314 mSep 2025 · 7 days2,06123 km/h32 km/h35 km/h

School-zone speed sign 90 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct24 · 32 km/h
Over the limit6.4%
40 km/h or more1.4%

Gladstone Ave (southbound), 184 Gladstone Avenue · 69,068 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

2019 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 0% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 40% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 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 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions20#3409 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only14
Fail to remain8
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201423latest Jan 17, 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 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 20, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle211street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft300other (2), apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 20, 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 Little Portugal.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Gladstone & Cross a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 20 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 Gladstone & Cross?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Dec 14, 2022, 11% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Gladstone & Cross?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Gladstone Ave between Peel Ave and Alma Ave (September 2025), found an average of 23 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 32 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 90 m away (30 km/h), 1.4% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Gladstone & Cross?

The nearest Green P car park is 146 Harrison St (508 m away, 79 spaces, 68% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 710 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,090 spaces — 39 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 283 Ossington Ave (728 m).

How do I get to Gladstone & Cross by transit?

Streetcar routes 505, 501, 506, 504 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 268 m away; bus routes 29, 63, 47, 402, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Gladstone & Cross?

19 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 352 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Larry's Back Pocket (229 m), Hiya Scone & Coffee (245 m), 450/ Rooms Coffee (246 m), Project Gigglewater (253 m) and Milou (254 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 Gladstone & Cross?

The nearest is Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom, 66 Sheridan Ave, 335 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom (811 m); Fred Hamilton Playground Washroom (918 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 Gladstone & Cross?

17 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,502 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Alexander Muir Gladstone Jr YMCA (134 m, 120 spaces), Bumble Bee Garden Child Care Ltd. (385 m, 28 spaces) and Denisa Childcare (632 m, 30 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Gladstone & Cross?

53 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,841 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 225 Gladstone Ave (241 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 12 Rusholme Dr (315 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 14 Rusholme Dr (337 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 410 Dufferin St (339 m, 198 units, RentSafeTO score 100). The average RentSafeTO score across the 53 is 87 out of 100; 3 scored below 70. 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 Gladstone & Cross?

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 Little Portugal page.

What neighbourhood is Gladstone & Cross in?

Gladstone & Cross is in Little Portugal (City of Toronto neighbourhood 084). It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo.

Sources

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