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Islington & Market Garden

Islington Ave & Market Garden Mews · Toronto, Ontario · Stonegate-Queensway · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore · Shop The Queensway BIA

Islington & Market Garden, in Stonegate-Queensway, is a heavily travelled arterial crossing. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: 5 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
19,243
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 22, 2020
82 pedestrians · 2 cyclists
Collisions
38
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 27 property damage · #2460 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,410 vehicles an hour, 2.1× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 235 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 3.8 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. The pace has been steady: 19 collisions in 2016–2020 and 19 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Islington & Market Garden

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
8011015 nearest 72 m
Blue Night
337315
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — The Queensway at Islington Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Uno Dr / The Queensway 1 km · 15 docks · 1 station, 15 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 (9)
  • Holy Angels Catholic ElementaryEnglish Separate · 665 m
  • Castlebar Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 853 m
  • The Mildenhall Montessori SchoolPrivate · 916 m
  • St Louis Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km
  • Etobicoke School of the ArtsEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • Oak LearnersPrivate · 1.3 km
  • and 3 more
Community centres
Parks (11)
  • Market Garden Mews117 m
  • Senator Marian Maloney Park581 m
  • Zorra Park672 m
  • Queensland Park723 m
  • Alan - Oxford Parkette725 m
  • Queensway Park749 m
  • and 5 more
Places of interest
  • Famous People PlayersPerforming Arts · 1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 14 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 100 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Allwyn's, 120 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés14 within 300 m · 100 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Shoppers Drug Mart · 1001 the Queenswaygrocery73 mPassed, May 2026
Circle K Convenient/Tim Hortons · 1000 the Queenswaygrocery95 mPassed, Jun 2026
Allwyn's · 976 the Queensway120 mPassed, Jul 2026
Roccos Pizza & Pasta · 972 the Queensway Bldg--126 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Bpc · 942 the Queensway Bldg--215 mPassed, Feb 2026
Cineplex Odeon (Out Takes) · 1025 the Queensway223 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Cineplex Odeon (Main Concession) · 1025 the Queensway223 mPassed, Jul 2026
Cineplex Vip · 1025 the Queensway223 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction

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 Queensway Outdoor Rink Washroom, 762 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

  • Queensway Outdoor Rink Washroom · 1 Third St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    762 m
  • Ourland Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 36 Ourland Ave
    View outdoor pool hours
    849 m
  • Ourland Community Centre Washroom · 18 Ourland Ave
    View centre hours
    1 km

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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 425 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Le Jardin de Moliere (417 m, 22 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km5 centres · 425 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 5
  • Le Jardin de Moliere · 866 the Queensway
    22 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    417 m
  • Plasp Holy Angels Catholic School · 65 Jutland Rd
    138 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    665 m
  • Islington Village Childcare Centre · 112 Jutland Rd
    90 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    743 m
  • Castlebar YMCA · 70 Chartwell Rd
    99 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    853 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 433 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 22 Division (2.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 433 · 1.1 km615 Royal York Rd
Police22 Division · 2.5 km3699 Bloor Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 38 · 1.9 km259 Horner Ave

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

Two registered apartment buildings with 129 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, all of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 781 The Queensway (754 m, 66 units, 3 storeys, built 1993), which scored 97 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Registered buildings2 · 129 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score97 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20260 across the 2
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest3 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
781 The Queenswaysocial housing · Greenwin Corp.663199397 · Jun 20240754 m
773 The Queenswaysocial housing · Greenwin Corp.633199397 · Nov 20250831 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 lots701 lots · ≈95,440 spaces · 286.3 ha
Within 500 m62 lots · ≈4,810 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 55 spaces
EV charging (City)625 The Queensway · 1.6 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking3 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
WOOLGAR LANEWAY REAR OF 1124 THE QUEENSWAY · Surface370 m11 *
5 Dayton Ave · Surface926 m1632% (Q1 2026)
575 Royal York Rd · Surface1 km2832% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 42 m away, ≈5 spaces; 69 m away, ≈4 spaces; 129 m away, ≈49 spaces; 130 m away, ≈29 spaces; 157 m away, ≈247 spaces; 176 m away, ≈25 spaces.

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, Jan 22, 2020

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The south leg carries the load — 9,653 northbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 89. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,843 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,683 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 7 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2020, 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 north9,501southbound · 2 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles19,24382 pedestrians · 2 cyclists · 2.8% heavy
From the east89westbound · 0 bikes · 3.4% heavy
From the south9,653northbound · 0 bikes · 2.5% heavy
AM peak hour2,843 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,683 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jan 22, 2020

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 Islington Ave between Inverness Ave and Bradbrook Rd (287 m away) recorded an average of 53 km/h in its 24-hour count in April 2009; 85% of drivers were at or under 62 km/h. That segment carries about 28,400 vehicles a day. Market Garden Mews between Queen Elizabeth Blvd and Lane E of Islington and N of Market Garden measured slower: 37 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Apr 2014). The reading is 17 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Market Garden Mews · Queen Elizabeth Blvd – Lane E of Islington and N of Market Garden · 97 mApr 2014 · 24 h1,79237 km/h44 km/h49 km/h
Islington Ave · Inverness Ave – Bradbrook Rd · 287 mApr 2009 · 24 h28,35353 km/h62 km/h67 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

2017 was the peak year (6 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 8% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 24% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 28, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions38#2460 of 5,508
With an injury3#3319 of 4,660
Property damage only27
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian1#2579 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201454latest Feb 28, 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Islington & Market Garden a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 38 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 Islington & Market Garden?

A heavily travelled arterial crossing. Its latest count is from Jan 22, 2020, 2.1× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Islington & Market Garden?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Islington Ave between Inverness Ave and Bradbrook Rd (April 2009), found an average of 53 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 62 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Islington & Market Garden?

The nearest Green P car park is WOOLGAR LANEWAY REAR OF 1124 THE QUEENSWAY (370 m away, 11 spaces). The City's mapping shows 701 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 95,440 spaces — 62 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 625 The Queensway (1.6 km).

How do I get to Islington & Market Garden by transit?

Bus routes 80, 110, 15 within 1 km (nearest stop: The Queensway at Islington Ave, 72 m).

What restaurants are near Islington & Market Garden?

14 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 100 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Allwyn's (120 m), Roccos Pizza & Pasta (126 m), Bpc (215 m), Cineplex Odeon (Out Takes) (223 m) and Cineplex Odeon (Main Concession) (223 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 Islington & Market Garden?

The nearest is Queensway Outdoor Rink Washroom, 1 Third St, 762 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Ourland Park Outdoor Pool Washroom (849 m); Ourland Community Centre 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 Islington & Market Garden?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 425 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Le Jardin de Moliere (417 m, 22 spaces), Plasp Holy Angels Catholic School (665 m, 138 spaces) and Islington Village Childcare Centre (743 m, 90 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Islington & Market Garden?

Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 129 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 781 The Queensway (754 m, 66 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 773 The Queensway (831 m, 63 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 is 97 out of 100. 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 Islington & Market Garden in?

Islington & Market Garden is in Stonegate-Queensway (City of Toronto neighbourhood 016). It is in Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, represented by Councillor Amber Morley. The corner falls inside the Shop The Queensway Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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