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Gloucester & Isabella

Gloucester Lane & Isabella St · Toronto, Ontario · Church-Wellesley · Ward 13, Toronto Centre

Gloucester & Isabella is a quiet local crossing, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. It sits in Church-Wellesley, in central Toronto. At the corner: Wellesley Station, a school within 250 m and parks. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,954
vehicles · 8-hour count, Aug 13, 2007
1,876 pedestrians · 104 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 · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
Wellesley Station
subway station within 250 m
1 streetcar route · 5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 240 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 21% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 1.0 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 5.3% of vehicle volume, about 6.9× the typical share.

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Gloucester & Isabella

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Wellesley Station (Line 1)198 m; Bloor Station (Line 1)263 m; Yonge Station (Line 2)374 m; Bay Station (Line 2)493 m; Museum Station (Line 1)674 m; College Station (Line 1)712 m; Sherbourne Station (Line 2)861 m; Queen's Park Station (Line 1)919 m; Rosedale Station (Line 1)1 km
Streetcar
506 nearest 301 m
TTC bus
9794191375 nearest 110 m
Blue Night
306320300
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
20 Charles St E 162 m · 33 docks · 57 stations, 1,242 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 (46)
  • Humber College - International Graduate SchoolCollege · 246 m
  • The Abelard Centre For EducationPrivate · 304 m
  • The YMCA Academy Secondary SchoolPrivate · 454 m
  • St Joseph's College SchoolEnglish Separate · 480 m
  • National Ballet School - Maison Staines House & Salle Currie HallPrivate · 560 m
  • Toronto School of Theology - U of T, Bldg 434University · 564 m
  • and 40 more
Community centres
Parks (50)
  • Norman Jewison Park60 m
  • George Hislop Park63 m
  • St. Mary Street Parkette156 m
  • James Canning Gardens163 m
  • Paul Kane House Parkette310 m
  • Clover Hill Park321 m
  • and 44 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Toronto Reference Library branch493 m
  • Toronto Public Library Yorkville branch554 m
  • Toronto Public Library St. James Town branch851 m
Places of interest
  • CAA Theatre (formerly Panasonic Theatre)Performing Arts · 70 m
  • The Japan FoundationMuseum · 366 m
  • Toronto Reference LibraryLandmark · 478 m
  • Buddies in Bad Times TheatrePerforming Arts · 512 m
  • Village of Yorkville ParkNature/ Park · 598 m
  • Isabel Bader TheatrePerforming Arts · 613 m
  • Gardiner MuseumMuseum · 659 m
  • Dancemakers Centre for CreationPerforming Arts · 669 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 129 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 11 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 365 — 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is The Nutrition Bar, 26 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés129 within 300 m · 365 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience11 within 300 m · 35 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Rabba Fine Foods · 9 Isabella Stgrocery22 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Rabba Fine Foods · 9 Isabella Stgrocery22 mPassed, Sep 2025 · 2 infractions
The Nutrition Bar · 5 Isabella St26 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Ehwa · 16 Isabella St26 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction
The Artful Dodger · 10-12 Isabella St26 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Zagmachi · 3 Isabella St30 mPassed, Apr 2026
The Bar Jokbal Night Market · 639 Yonge Stgrocery37 mPassed, Jul 2025 · 2 infractions
Miss Fu In Chengdu · 637 Yonge St42 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 Wellesley Community Centre Washroom, 838 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 114 m away at George Hislop Park.

  • Wellesley Community Centre Washroom · 495 Sherbourne St
    View centre hours
    838 m
  • Barbara Ann Scott Outdoor Rink Washroom · 420 Yonge St
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    901 m
Drinking water
George Hislop Park drinking fountain · 114 m; James Canning Gardens bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 151 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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 795 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is University of Toronto Childcare On Charles (210 m, 73 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km10 centres · 795 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 10
  • University of Toronto Childcare On Charles · 35 Charles St W
    73 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    210 m
  • YMCA Child Development Centre (YMCA) · 15 Breadalbane St
    144 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    453 m
  • Kids & Company - Bloor Street Site · 160 Bloor St E
    85 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    463 m
  • Church Street School Day Care Service Inc. · 83 Alexander St
    160 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    652 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 314 (517 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 314 · 517 m12 Grosvenor St
Police52 Division · 1.5 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 45 · 1 km135 Davenport Rd

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

Within a kilometre there are 127 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 19,035 rental units, 5.5× the median for a Toronto intersection — 19 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 8 Gloucester St (92 m, 231 units, 34 storeys, built 2021), which scored 100 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 127 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 456 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 145 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings127 · 19,035 units · 19 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026456 across the 127
Open fire-code violations145
Tallest51 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
8 Gloucester St · Tricon Residential231342021100 · Jul 2025092 m
33 Isabella St · Cromwell Management Inc.41927197596 · Jul 20259104 m
42 Isabella St244195595 · Aug 20260120 m
48 Isabella St · Hollyburn Properties Ltd8410196095 · Jun 20251141 m
55 Isabella St · Cromwell Management Inc.8212196593 · Jul 20250151 m
50 Gloucester St · Akelius Canada Ltd353192891 · Jun 20240157 m
30 Charles St E · 14792670 Canada Inc213191567 · Aug 20262 · 4 fire167 m
25 St Mary St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.26025196592 · Jul 20242 · 4 fire180 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 lots944 lots · ≈23,380 spaces · 70.1 ha
Within 500 m76 lots · ≈1,970 spaces
Green P (public)23 car parks · about 5,185 spaces
EV charging (City)20 Charles St E. · 132 m · 22 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parking189 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 77 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (1.7 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
13 Isabella St · Surface26 m3073% (Q1 2026)
20 Charles St E · Garage177 m64618% (Q1 2026)
15 Wellesley St E · Surface338 m12654% (Q1 2026)
74 Yorkville Ave · Garage685 m17575% (Q1 2026)
1010 Yonge St. · Surface1 km48 *

Nearest lots: 61 m away, ≈20 spaces (Green P); 63 m away, ≈31 spaces; 97 m away, ≈6 spaces; 102 m away, ≈18 spaces; 107 m away, ≈7 spaces; 119 m away, ≈4 spaces. More EV charging: 9 Wellesley St W. (341 m, 8 ports); 74 Yorkville Ave (639 m, 9 ports); 91 Elizabeth St (1.1 km, 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, Aug 13, 2007

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 1,679 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 86% of the total, against 275 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the west (64 of 104). Evening rush dominates here: 342 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 284 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 19 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2007, 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 west1,679eastbound · 64 bikes · 1.2% heavy
Total vehicles1,9541,876 pedestrians · 104 cyclists · 1.0% heavy
From the east0westbound · 33 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south275northbound · 7 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour284 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour342 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Aug 13, 2007

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

On Isabella St between George Hislop Park Trl and Church St, 140 m from the corner, a 3-day count in October 2019 put the average speed at 33 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 41 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 45 km/h or more. That segment carries about 4,600 vehicles a day. Gloucester St between Church St and Jarvis St measured slower: 34 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 40 km/h (Oct 2019). The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Isabella St · George Hislop Park Trl – Church St · 140 mOct 2019 · 3 days4,60133 km/h41 km/h45 km/h
Gloucester St · Church St – Jarvis St · 373 mOct 2019 · 3 days3,64234 km/h40 km/h45 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. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Feb 13, 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Gloucester & Isabella 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 Gloucester & Isabella?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Aug 13, 2007, 21% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Gloucester & Isabella?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Isabella St between George Hislop Park Trl and Church St (October 2019), found an average of 33 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 41 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Gloucester & Isabella?

The nearest Green P car park is 13 Isabella St (26 m away, 30 spaces, 73% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 944 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 23,380 spaces — 76 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 20 Charles St E. (132 m).

How do I get to Gloucester & Isabella by transit?

Wellesley Station (Line 1) is 198 m away; streetcar route 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 301 m away; bus routes 97, 94, 19, 13, 75 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Gloucester & Isabella?

129 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 365 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Nutrition Bar (26 m), Ehwa (26 m), The Artful Dodger (26 m), Zagmachi (30 m) and Miss Fu In Chengdu (42 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 Gloucester & Isabella?

The nearest is Wellesley Community Centre Washroom, 495 Sherbourne St, 838 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Barbara Ann Scott Outdoor Rink Washroom (901 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 Gloucester & Isabella?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 795 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are University of Toronto Childcare On Charles (210 m, 73 spaces), YMCA Child Development Centre (YMCA) (453 m, 144 spaces) and Kids & Company - Bloor Street Site (463 m, 85 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Gloucester & Isabella?

127 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 19,035 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 8 Gloucester St (92 m, 231 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 33 Isabella St (104 m, 419 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 42 Isabella St (120 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 48 Isabella St (141 m, 84 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 127 is 89 out of 100; 2 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.

What neighbourhood is Gloucester & Isabella in?

Gloucester & Isabella is in Church-Wellesley (City of Toronto neighbourhood 167). It is in Ward 13, Toronto Centre, represented by Councillor Chris Moise.

Sources

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