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Grenville & Dr. Emily Stowe

Grenville St & Dr. Emily Stowe Way · Toronto, Ontario · Bay-Cloverhill · Ward 11, University-Rosedale

In Bay-Cloverhill, in the downtown core, Grenville & Dr. Emily Stowe is a lightly travelled intersection, with heavy foot traffic. At the corner: a bike lane. Nearby: Queen's Park Station (Line 1) 252 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
3,479
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 15, 2003
1,477 pedestrians · 66 cyclists
Collisions
24
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 17 property damage · #3139 of 5,508 · +3 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Queen's Park Station 252 m · 2 streetcar routes · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane - Buffered
Bike Share: 16 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 430 vehicles, 38% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 2.4 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Police have logged an average of 2.4 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 18%, from 11 in 2016–2020 to 13 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Grenville & Dr. Emily Stowe

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Queen's Park Station (Line 1)252 m; College Station (Line 1)371 m; Wellesley Station (Line 1)535 m; St Patrick Station (Line 1)666 m; Museum Station (Line 1)677 m; TMU Station (Line 1)692 m; Bloor Station (Line 1)1 km
Streetcar
506505 nearest 75 m
TTC bus
19139497 nearest 140 m
Blue Night
306305320300
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m — College St at Elizabeth St
Cycling
Bike Lane - Buffered on Dr. Emily Stowe Way installed 2016
Bike Share
Surrey Pl / Dr. Emily Stowe Way - SMART 30 m · 16 docks · 60 stations, 1,328 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 (61)
  • The YMCA Academy Secondary SchoolPrivate · 352 m
  • St Joseph's College SchoolEnglish Separate · 370 m
  • Toronto School of Theology - U of T, Bldg 434University · 457 m
  • Orde Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 467 m
  • Ronald McDonald HousePrivate · 562 m
  • Toronto Metropolitan University - Theatre SchoolUniversity · 660 m
  • and 55 more
Community centres
Parks (55)
  • Opera Place296 m
  • Breadalbane Park322 m
  • Dr. Lillian McGregor Park361 m
  • Alexander Street Parkette462 m
  • Joseph Sheard Parkette481 m
  • Queen's Park532 m
  • and 49 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch927 m
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch933 m
  • Toronto Public Library Yorkville branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Toronto Police Museum & Discovery CentreMuseum · 231 m
  • Queen's Park: Legislative Assembly of OntarioLandmark · 333 m
  • Buddies in Bad Times TheatrePerforming Arts · 439 m
  • Mysteriously Yours Mystery Dinner TheatrePerforming Arts · 491 m
  • Mattamy Athletic CentreSports / Entertainment Venue · 601 m
  • Hart House TheatrePerforming Arts · 617 m
  • Toronto Metropolitan University Theatre (formerly known as Ryerson Theatre)Performing Arts · 660 m
  • Art Museum at the University of TorontoGallery · 686 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 49 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 8 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 355 — 4.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Sushi 9, 41 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés49 within 300 m · 355 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience8 within 300 m · 45 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Sushi 9 · 76 Grenville St 241 mPassed, Aug 2026
Extreme Pita/ Jugo Juice · 76 Grenville St42 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
La Prep · 76 Grenville St42 mPassed, May 2026
Rexall · 76 Grenville Stgrocery42 mPassed, Jan 2026
Ins Market · 800 Bay St, Bldg-101agrocery101 mPassed, Jul 2024
Tosto Quick Fire Pizza Pasta · 800 Bay St101 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Ins Market #5150 · 800 Bay St 101agrocery101 mPassed, Dec 2025
Dopamina Restaurant · 832 Bay St Bldg-3131 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 Barbara Ann Scott Outdoor Rink Washroom, 358 m away — currently listed as closed (maintenance/repairs); in season it is View outdoor rink hours. A drinking fountain is 365 m away at College Park.

  • Barbara Ann Scott Outdoor Rink Washroom · 420 Yonge St
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    358 m
  • City Hall · 100 Queen Street West
    Mon-Fri 7:30am-9:30pm, Sat-Sun & Holidays 8:00am-6:00pm · accessible
    917 m
  • Grange Park North Washroom · 26 Grange Rd W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    1 km
Drinking water
College Park bottle filling station · 365 m; Alexander Street Parkette drinking fountain · 453 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

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,038 spaces; 11 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Queen's Park Child Care Centre (155 m, 88 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,038 spaces
Fee subsidy11 of 13
  • Queen's Park Child Care Centre · 7 Queens Park Cres E
    88 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    155 m
  • Shaawnaong Aboriginal Head Start · 30 College St
    16 spaces · preschool
    253 m
  • YMCA Child Development Centre (YMCA) · 15 Breadalbane St
    144 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    353 m
  • Hydrokids - Opg · 700 University Ave
    82 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    374 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 314 (318 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (797 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.

FireFire Station 314 · 318 m12 Grosvenor St
Police52 Division · 797 m255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 40 · 1.3 km58 Richmond St E

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 97 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 13,597 rental units, 4.2× the median for a Toronto intersection — 20 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 32 Grenville St (207 m, 50 units, 12 storeys, built 1900), which scored 100 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 97 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 284 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 104 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings97 · 13,597 units · 20 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026284 across the 97
Open fire-code violations104
Tallest51 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
32 Grenville Stsocial housing · Loft Community Services50121900100 · Nov 20250 · 4 fire207 m
925 Bay St · Morguard Corporation29333200596 · Jul 20260 · 4 fire334 m
99 Gerrard St W27532202099 · Dec 20251370 m
77 Gerrard St W22525197394 · Aug 20243378 m
424 Yonge St · GWLRA Residential21010194097 · Sep 20261 · 1 fire387 m
55 Gerrard St W · GWLRA Residential59543201895 · Oct 202516429 m
31 Phipps St · Sterling Karamar Property Management7872018100 · Nov 20252435 m
423 Yonge StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation34020197089 · Aug 20262447 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 lots1,094 lots · ≈25,720 spaces · 77.2 ha
Within 500 m53 lots · ≈1,750 spaces
Green P (public)28 car parks · about 6,020 spaces
EV charging (City)91 Elizabeth St · 370 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking260 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 45 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (1 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
15 Wellesley St E · Surface520 m12654% (Q1 2026)
205 Mc Caul St · Surface587 m3979% (Q1 2026)
130 Elizabeth Street - Toronto Coach Terminal · Surface640 m27 *
13 Isabella St · Surface746 m3073% (Q1 2026)
20 Dundas Sq · Garage852 m26258% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 21 m away, ≈38 spaces; 50 m away, ≈29 spaces; 73 m away, ≈2 spaces; 84 m away, ≈68 spaces; 84 m away, ≈27 spaces; 95 m away, ≈20 spaces. More EV charging: 9 Wellesley St W. (429 m, 8 ports); Yonge Street at Dundas St. (770 m, 8 ports); 20 Charles St E. (878 m, 23 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, Oct 15, 2003

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 1,531 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 44% of the total, against 730 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 531 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 458 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Trucks and buses were 9.0% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 23 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2003, 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 west730eastbound · 11 bikes · 9.5% heavy
Total vehicles3,4791,477 pedestrians · 66 cyclists · 9.0% heavy
From the east1,218westbound · 27 bikes · 9.7% heavy
From the south1,531northbound · 28 bikes · 8.3% heavy
AM peak hour458 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour531 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 15, 2003

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

At the school-zone speed sign on Wellesley St W (314 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.6% of the 53,586 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

School-zone speed sign 314 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct35 · 41 km/h
Over the limit4.7%
50 km/h or more0.6%

Wellesley St W (eastbound), S/S - 113m East of Queens Park Cres E · 53,586 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 4 collisions. 1 collision (4%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 25% 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, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 1, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions24#3139 of 5,508
With an injury1#4287 of 4,660
Property damage only17
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201432latest Jun 1, 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

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

Three thefts from vehicles and 23 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 4.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 6 in 2023–2025, about 2.0 a year, against 2.9 a year before that. 70% of the bike thefts were from other premises.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle310street/outdoor (2), other (1)
Bicycle theft2350other (16), street/outdoor (5)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 15, 2024. 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 Bay-Cloverhill.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Grenville & Dr. Emily Stowe a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 24 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 Grenville & Dr. Emily Stowe?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 15, 2003, 38% of the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Grenville & Dr. Emily Stowe?

The nearest Green P car park is 15 Wellesley St E (520 m away, 126 spaces, 54% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 1,094 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 25,720 spaces — 53 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 91 Elizabeth St (370 m).

How do I get to Grenville & Dr. Emily Stowe by transit?

Queen's Park Station (Line 1) is 252 m away; streetcar routes 506, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 75 m away; bus routes 19, 13, 94, 97 within 1 km (nearest stop: College St at Elizabeth St, 140 m).

What restaurants are near Grenville & Dr. Emily Stowe?

49 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 355 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Sushi 9 (41 m), Extreme Pita/ Jugo Juice (42 m), La Prep (42 m), Tosto Quick Fire Pizza Pasta (101 m) and Dopamina Restaurant (131 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 Grenville & Dr. Emily Stowe?

The nearest is Barbara Ann Scott Outdoor Rink Washroom, 420 Yonge St, 358 m away (View outdoor rink hours). The City currently lists it as closed: maintenance/repairs. Next nearest: City Hall (917 m); Grange Park North Washroom (1.0 km). 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 Grenville & Dr. Emily Stowe?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,038 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Queen's Park Child Care Centre (155 m, 88 spaces), Shaawnaong Aboriginal Head Start (253 m, 16 spaces) and YMCA Child Development Centre (YMCA) (353 m, 144 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Grenville & Dr. Emily Stowe?

97 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 13,597 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 32 Grenville St (207 m, 50 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 925 Bay St (334 m, 293 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 99 Gerrard St W (370 m, 275 units, RentSafeTO score 99) and 77 Gerrard St W (378 m, 225 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 97 is 90 out of 100; 1 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 Grenville & Dr. Emily Stowe?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and 23 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. 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 Bay-Cloverhill page.

What neighbourhood is Grenville & Dr. Emily Stowe in?

Grenville & Dr. Emily Stowe is in Bay-Cloverhill (City of Toronto neighbourhood 169). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe.

Sources

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