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Grenville & Dr. Emily Stowe

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

Grenville & Dr. Emily Stowe sits in Bay-Cloverhill, in the downtown core. At the City's last count here, in 2003, it was a lightly travelled intersection, with heavy foot traffic. At the corner: a bike lane. Nearby: Queen's Park Station (Line 1) 405 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
3,479
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 15, 2003
1,477 pedestrians · 66 cyclists
Collisions
24
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
1
TTC stop within 100 m
Queen's Park Station 405 m · 15 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
71/100
city median 48 · #783 of 5,672
28 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 255 m

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Grenville & Dr. Emily Stowe

Traffic and safety

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

Traffic volume8-hour count · 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 16,177 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

Peak hours: 458 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 531 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

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, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 23, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions24
With an injury1
Property damage only17
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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.

How fast traffic moves here

At the school-zone speed sign on Wellesley St W (314 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.6% of the 51,004 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Speed sign
Wellesley St W (eastbound), 314 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 35 km/h, 85th percentile 41 km/h; 0.6% at 50 km/h or more. 51,004 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

Subway
Queen's Park Station (Line 1)405 m · 5 min; College Station (Line 1)441 m · 5 min; Wellesley Station (Line 1)767 m · 9 min; Museum Station (Line 1)835 m · 10 min; St Patrick Station (Line 1)873 m · 10 min; TMU Station (Line 1)942 m · 11 min
Streetcar
506 505 nearest 88 m
TTC bus
19 13 97 94 nearest 215 m
Blue Night
306 305 320
Nearest stops
7 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 40 m · 16 docks · 39 stations, 872 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
20 car parks · about 5,081 spaces
EV charging
91 Elizabeth St · 371 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 9 Wellesley St W. (624 m), Yonge Street at Dundas St. (1 km)
Bike parking
193 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 45 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (1.2 km)
Other lots
30 mapped lots within 500 m, 732 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
130 Elizabeth Street - Toronto Coach Terminal · Surface664 m27 *—
15 Wellesley St E · Surface766 m12654% (Q1 2026)
205 Mc Caul St · Surface813 m3979% (Q1 2026)
13 Isabella St · Surface1 km3073% (Q1 2026)
20 Dundas Sq · Garage1.2 km26258% (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

A grocery store is within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Farm Boy, 255 m away. For everything else there are three convenience stores and gas bars within 300 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 28 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 357 — 8.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Sushi 9, 41 m away. Two pharmacies sit within 300 m of the corner; the nearest is Rexall, 71 m away. The nearest hospital site is Women's College Hospital, 38 m away, then Toronto General Hospital at 197 m. Sunshine Centres For Seniors - St. James Town Seniors Active Living Program runs a seniors' active living programme 858 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Sushi 9 · 76 Grenville St 241 m
  • Extreme Pita/ Jugo Juice · 76 Grenville St42 m
  • La Prep · 76 Grenville St42 m
  • Tosto Quick Fire Pizza Pasta · 800 Bay St129 m
  • D Spot · 828 Bay St138 m
28 within 300 m · 357 within 1 km
Grocery
Farm Boy 255 m · 3 min · 14 within 1 km
Food shops
Danish Pastry House 321 m · 4 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
3 convenience stores or gas bars within 300 m
Pharmacy
Rexall 71 m · 12 within 1 km
Child care
  • Shaawnaong Aboriginal Head Start · 16 spaces, preschool305 m · 4 min
  • Queen's Park Child Care Centre · 88 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day332 m · 4 min
  • Hydrokids - Opg · 82 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day494 m · 6 min
7 licensed centres · 719 spaces within 1 km · 6 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Barbara Ann Scott Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed · closed — Maintenance/Repairs504 m · 6 min
  • City Hall · Mon-Fri 7:30am-9:30pm, Sat-Sun & Holidays 8:00am-6:00pm · accessible922 m · 11 min
Drinking water: Alexander Street Parkette 542 m · 6 min
Health and care
  • Women's College Hospital · hospital site38 m
  • Toronto General Hospital · hospital site197 m
  • Sunshine Centres For Seniors - St. James Town Seniors Active Living Program · seniors' active living centre858 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 (30)
  • Breadalbane Park450 m · 5 min
  • Opera Place467 m · 6 min
  • Dr. Lillian McGregor Park506 m · 6 min
  • Alexander Street Parkette566 m · 7 min
  • Queen's Park658 m · 8 min
and 25 more within 1.5 km
Schools (46)
  • The YMCA Academy Secondary SchoolPrivate · 505 m · 6 min
  • Toronto School of Theology - U of T, Bldg 434University · 622 m · 7 min
  • St Joseph's College SchoolEnglish Separate · 634 m · 8 min
  • Orde Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 657 m · 8 min
  • Ronald McDonald HousePrivate · 720 m · 9 min
and 41 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch933 m · 11 min
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch1 km · 12 min
Places of interest
  • Toronto Police Museum & Discovery CentreMuseum · 325 m · 4 min
  • Queen's Park: Legislative Assembly of OntarioLandmark · 483 m · 6 min
  • Buddies in Bad Times TheatrePerforming Arts · 532 m · 6 min
  • Mattamy Athletic CentreSports / Entertainment Venue · 661 m · 8 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 community centre or a care or retirement home.

71of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #783 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food28/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 28 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit23/28

    Queen's Park Station 0.4 km · 7 stops within 300 m · 15 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go10/14

    library 933 m away · 2 places of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    2 parks within 500 m

  • Schools and child care5/8

    nearest school 0.5 km · 3 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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 53 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 8,536 rental units, 3.5× the median for a Toronto intersection — 14 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 32 Grenville St (225 m, 50 units, 12 storeys, built 1900), which scored 100 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
32 Grenville St social housing · Loft Community Services50121900100 · Nov 2025225 m
99 Gerrard St W27532202099 · Dec 2025380 m · 5 min
77 Gerrard St W22525197394 · Aug 2024435 m · 5 min
925 Bay St · Morguard Corporation29333200596 · Jul 2026454 m · 5 min
25 Wood St · Park Property Management Inc.28426197983 · Oct 2025518 m · 6 min
33 Wood St · First Elnor Holdings Ltd24030197295 · Sep 2026553 m · 7 min

53 registered buildings · 8,536 units · 14 social housing · tallest 43 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.

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

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

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 at the City's last count here, in 2003. Its latest count is from Oct 15, 2003, 38% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Grenville & Dr. Emily Stowe a walkable intersection?

Grenville & Dr. Emily Stowe scores 71 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #783 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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 grocery store within 300 m · 28 places to eat within 300 m; Queen's Park Station 0.4 km · 7 stops within 300 m · 15 routes within 1 km; library 933 m away · 2 places of interest within 500 m.

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

The nearest Green P car park is 130 Elizabeth Street - Toronto Coach Terminal (664 m away, 27 spaces). The City's mapping shows 732 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 17,500 spaces — 30 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 91 Elizabeth St (371 m).

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

Queen's Park Station (Line 1) is 405 m away; streetcar routes 506, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 88 m away; bus routes 19, 13, 97, 94 within 1 km (nearest stop: College St at Elizabeth St, 215 m).

What restaurants are near Grenville & Dr. Emily Stowe?

28 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 357 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Sushi 9 (41 m), Extreme Pita/ Jugo Juice (42 m), La Prep (42 m), Tosto Quick Fire Pizza Pasta (129 m) and D Spot (138 m). 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, 504 m away. The City currently lists it as closed: maintenance/repairs. Next nearest: City Hall (922 m).

Is there child care near Grenville & Dr. Emily Stowe?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 719 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Shaawnaong Aboriginal Head Start (305 m, 16 spaces), Queen's Park Child Care Centre (332 m, 88 spaces) and Hydrokids - Opg (494 m, 82 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

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

53 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 8,536 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 32 Grenville St (225 m, 50 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 99 Gerrard St W (380 m, 275 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 77 Gerrard St W (435 m, 225 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 925 Bay St (454 m, 293 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 53 is 90 out of 100.

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. 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

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