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Housey & Queens Wharf

Housey St & Queens Wharf Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Harbourfront-CityPlace · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York · CityPlace and Fort York BIA

Housey & Queens Wharf sits in Harbourfront-CityPlace, in the downtown core. At the City's last count here, in 2022, it was a quiet local crossing, with a strong pedestrian presence. Nearby are 8 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
2,772
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 16, 2022
856 pedestrians · 37 cyclists
Collisions
50
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #2071 of 5,519
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
8 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
68/100
city median 48 · #1,005 of 5,672
16 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 95 m

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Housey & Queens Wharf

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 · Nov 16, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The south leg carries the load — 1,538 northbound vehicles, or 55% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 586. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 453 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 14% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (398). Heavy vehicles made up 3.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 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 north586southbound · 16 bikes · 4.8% heavy
From the west648eastbound · 12 bikes · 2.8% heavy
Total vehicles2,772856 pedestrians · 37 cyclists · 3.5% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south1,538northbound · 9 bikes · 3.4% heavy

Peak hours: 398 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 453 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 9 collisions. 4% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 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 13, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Sep 10, 2008.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions50#2071 of 5,519
With an injury2
Property damage only43
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20061latest Sep 10, 2008

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

The City's counter on Queens Wharf Rd between Fort York Blvd and Northern Linear Park Trl (172 m away) recorded an average of 22 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 32 km/h. That segment carries about 900 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Queens Wharf Rd · Fort York Blvd – Northern Linear Park Trl · 172 mNov 2022 · 3 days94122 km/h32 km/h35 km/h

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

Streetcar
511 509 510 504 508 nearest 192 m
Blue Night
310 304 307
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Housey St / Dan Leckie Way 85 m · 41 docks · 33 stations, 817 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
11 car parks · about 1,022 spaces
EV charging
10 Portland St · 1.4 km · 4 Level 2 ports; also 10 Palmerston Ave (1.4 km), 40 York St (1.8 km)
Bike parking
47 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 48 bikes within 600 m · Indoor bike station, 25 York St (1.7 km)
Other lots
13 mapped lots within 500 m, 318 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
545 Lake Shore Boulevard West · Surface380 m110 *—
2 Portland St · Garage661 m3797% (Q1 2026)
250 Fort York Blvd. · Surface720 m49 *—
800 Fleet Street · Surface1.1 km94 *—
300 Remembrance Drive · Surface1.2 km65 *—

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

You can do a shop on foot from here: Loblaws is 95 m away, one of two grocery stores within 300 m. There are 16 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 174 eating places within a kilometre — 4.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Gong Cha, 95 m away. The nearest pharmacy is City Place Pharmacy, 151 m away, one of three within 300 m. The nearest hospital site is Toronto Western Hospital, 1.9 km away. Waterfront Neighbourhood Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 443 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Gong Cha · 85 Housey St None95 m
  • Zenshi Handcrafted Sushi · 500 Lake Shore Blvd W None95 m
  • McDonald's · 19 Bathurst St Unit-B114 m
  • Scooped Cityplace · 85 Queens Wharf Rd125 m
  • Aroma Espresso Bar · 161 Fort York Blvd143 m
16 within 300 m · 174 within 1 km
Grocery
Loblaws 95 m · 2 within 300 m
Food shops
The Sweet Mama Makes 685 m · 8 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
City Place Pharmacy 151 m · 8 within 1 km
Child care
  • The Neighbourhood Group Harbourfront Child Care · 36 spaces, infant, toddler · fee subsidy · $10-a-day438 m · 5 min
  • The Neighbourhood Group Canoe Landing Before and After Program · 396 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day446 m · 5 min
  • The Neighbourhood Group Canoe Landing Child Care · 52 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day456 m · 5 min
7 licensed centres · 799 spaces within 1 km · all accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Canoe Landing Community Recreation Centre Washroom · hours not listed558 m · 7 min
  • Little Norway Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. · accessible690 m · 8 min
Drinking water: Canoe Landing Park 295 m · 4 min; June Callwood Park 544 m · 6 min
Health and care
  • Toronto Western Hospital · hospital site1.9 km · 22 min
  • Waterfront Neighbourhood Centre · seniors' active living centre443 m · 5 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 (34)
  • Canoe Landing308 m · 4 min
  • Little Norway Park646 m · 8 min
  • Bathurst Quay Common665 m · 8 min
  • Northern Linear Park676 m · 8 min
  • Southern Linear Park681 m · 8 min
and 29 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (7)
  • City SchoolEnglish Public · 368 m · 4 min
  • Bishop Macdonell Catholic ElementaryEnglish Separate · 446 m · 5 min
  • Jean Lumb Public SchoolEnglish Public · 446 m · 5 min
  • The Waterfront SchoolEnglish Public · 462 m · 6 min
  • St Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km · 13 min
and 2 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch251 m · 3 min
Places of interest
  • Toronto Music GardenNature/ Park · 860 m · 10 min
  • Arcadia EarthAttraction · 942 m · 11 min
  • The WellLandmark · 1 km · 12 min
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 1 km · 12 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 care or retirement home.

68of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,005 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food30/30

    2 grocery stores within 300 m · 16 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit12/28

    3 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go10/14

    library 251 m away · 8 places of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation8/10

    1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care8/8

    4 schools within 500 m · 4 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

11 registered apartment buildings with 2,613 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, six of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 146 Fort York Blvd (138 m, 25 units, 7 storeys, built 2000), which scored 90 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 94, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
146 Fort York Blvd Toronto Community Housing · Greenwin257200090 · Sep 2024138 m
150 Dan Leckie Way Toronto Community Housing · Greenwin29841201293 · Aug 2026296 m · 4 min
125 Queens Wharf Rd Toronto Community Housing · Greenwin737199093 · Aug 2026507 m · 6 min
25 Bishop Tutu Blvd Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation11910198788 · Aug 2026630 m · 8 min
679 Queens Quay W Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1066198894 · Aug 2026636 m · 8 min
39 Niagara St · Minto Properties50119201999 · Jul 2025645 m · 8 min

11 registered buildings · 2,613 units · 6 social housing · tallest 46 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

Toronto Police place 17 thefts from vehicles and 34 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 8.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 22 in 2023–2025, about 7.3 a year, against 4.1 a year before that. 59% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 68% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Feb 9, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle17102street/outdoor (10), apartment parking (6)
Bicycle theft34120apartment parking (23), street/outdoor (8)

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 Harbourfront-CityPlace.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Housey & Queens Wharf a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 50 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 Housey & Queens Wharf?

A quiet local crossing at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Nov 16, 2022, 30% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Housey & Queens Wharf a walkable intersection?

Housey & Queens Wharf scores 68 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,005 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: 2 grocery stores within 300 m · 16 places to eat within 300 m; 4 schools within 500 m · 4 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m.

How fast do cars go at Housey & Queens Wharf?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Queens Wharf Rd between Fort York Blvd and Northern Linear Park Trl (November 2022), found an average of 22 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 32 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Housey & Queens Wharf?

The nearest Green P car park is 545 Lake Shore Boulevard West (380 m away, 110 spaces). The City's mapping shows 318 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,740 spaces — 13 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Portland St (1.4 km).

How do I get to Housey & Queens Wharf by transit?

Streetcar routes 511, 509, 510, 504 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 192 m away.

What restaurants are near Housey & Queens Wharf?

16 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 174 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Gong Cha (95 m), Zenshi Handcrafted Sushi (95 m), McDonald's (114 m), Scooped Cityplace (125 m) and Aroma Espresso Bar (143 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Housey & Queens Wharf?

The nearest is Canoe Landing Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 95 Fort York Blvd, 558 m away. Next nearest: Little Norway Park Washroom (690 m); Coronation Park Toronto Washroom (918 m).

Is there child care near Housey & Queens Wharf?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 799 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are The Neighbourhood Group Harbourfront Child Care (438 m, 36 spaces), The Neighbourhood Group Canoe Landing Before and After Program (446 m, 396 spaces) and The Neighbourhood Group Canoe Landing Child Care (456 m, 52 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Housey & Queens Wharf?

11 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,613 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 146 Fort York Blvd (138 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 150 Dan Leckie Way (296 m, 298 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 125 Queens Wharf Rd (507 m, 73 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 25 Bishop Tutu Blvd (630 m, 119 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 11 is 94 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Housey & Queens Wharf?

Toronto Police place 17 thefts from vehicles and 34 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Harbourfront-CityPlace page.

What neighbourhood is Housey & Queens Wharf in?

Housey & Queens Wharf is in Harbourfront-CityPlace (City of Toronto neighbourhood 165). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik. The corner falls inside the CityPlace and Fort York Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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