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Jones & Queen

Jones Ave & Queen St E · Toronto, Ontario · South Riverdale · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth · Leslieville BIA

In South Riverdale, Jones & Queen is a moderately travelled crossing, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has a bike lane, a school within 250 m and parks at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
5,444
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 25, 2022
2,980 pedestrians · 706 cyclists
Collisions
65
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
16 with an injury · 37 property damage · #1683 of 5,508 · +7 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1267 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
3
TTC stops within 100 m
3 streetcar routes · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 680 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 59% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 1.8 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 13.0% of vehicle volume, about 17× the typical share. On average 6.5 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. The pace has been steady: 32 collisions in 2016–2020 and 33 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 65 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Jones & Queen

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501503506 nearest 14 m
TTC bus
833172114 nearest 23 m
Blue Night
301306325
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m — Queen St East at Jones Ave; Jones Ave at Queen St East
Cycling
Bike Lane on Jones Ave installed 2001
Bike Share
Queen St E / Rushbrooke Ave 36 m · 15 docks · 18 stations, 338 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 (15)
  • Bruce Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 187 m
  • St Joseph Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 357 m
  • Leslieville Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 518 m
  • Morse Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 654 m
  • Riverdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 837 m
  • Duke of Connaught Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 9 more
Parks (25)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch392 m
  • Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library Gerrard/Ashdale branch1.4 km
Signal
0546, activated 1961 · SAP · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West · transit priority

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 40 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores, and 176 eating places within a kilometre — 2.4× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Kibo Sushi, 16 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés40 within 300 m · 176 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 34 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Kibo Sushi · 1169 Queen St E16 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Leslieville Meat Market · 1160 Queen St Egrocery26 mPassed, Jun 2026
The Belly Buster Submarines · 1162 Queen St E30 mPassed, Jun 2026
Raise the Root · 1164 Queen St E36 mPassed, Jan 2026
Radical Road Brewing · 1177 Queen St E36 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Radical Road Brewing · 1177 Queen St E37 mPassed, Mar 2025
Descendant Detroit Style Pizza · 1168 Queen St E47 mPassed, Jun 2026
Cookery · 1170 Queen St E51 mPassed, Jun 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 Leslie Grove Park Washroom, 67 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 65 m away at Leslie Grove Park.

  • Leslie Grove Park Washroom · 1158 Queen St E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    67 m
  • Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom · 953 Gerrard St E
    View centre hours
    797 m
  • Greenwood Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom · 150 Greenwood Ave
    View facility hours
    798 m
Drinking water
Leslie Grove Park drinking fountain · 65 m; Maple Leaf Forever Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 411 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

11 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,075 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Bruce Woodgreen Early Learning Centre (187 m, 151 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km11 centres · 1,075 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 11
  • Bruce Woodgreen Early Learning Centre · 51 Larchmount Ave
    151 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    187 m
  • Mackie Sunshine Child Care Inc.st. Joseph's Sunshine · 176 Leslie St
    30 spaces · school age
    357 m
  • St. Joseph Jr YMCA · 176 Leslie St
    72 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    357 m
  • Woodgreen Community Services (Leslieville Child Care) · 254 Leslie St
    85 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    518 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 326 (641 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (1.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 465 m away.

FireFire Station 326 · 641 m30 Knox Ave
Police55 Division · 1.4 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 465 m126 Pape 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

19 registered apartment buildings with 933 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 16 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1167 Queen St E (22 m, 40 units, 5 storeys, built 1995), which scored 83 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 19 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 6 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings19 · 933 units · 16 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20266 across the 19
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1167 Queen St EToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation405199583 · Jul 2026022 m
1187-1189 Queen St Esocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes344198891 · Aug 2026095 m
54 Marigold Avesocial housing · Houses Opening Today Toronto Inc.294199691 · Aug 20260159 m
802 Eastern Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.163199594 · Aug 20260264 m
67 Curzon Stsocial housing · St Josephs Seniors Citizens Apartments914198093 · Jul 20240294 m
1075 Queen St E · Imperra General Management486201698 · Aug 20261322 m
1070 Queen St Esocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.1775199391 · Oct 20250326 m
29 Louvain AveToronto Community Housing · TCH514199389 · Dec 20250331 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 lots597 lots · ≈33,600 spaces · 100.8 ha
Within 500 m62 lots · ≈2,680 spaces
Green P (public)14 car parks · about 1,068 spaces
EV charging (City)43 Alton Ave · 446 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking55 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1091 Eastern Avenue · Surface1.2 km45 *
151 Hiawatha Road · Surface1.4 km50 *
111 Broadview Ave · Surface1.4 km9256% (Q1 2026)
653 Gerrard St E · Surface1.4 km3072% (Q1 2026)
268 Rhodes Ave · Surface1.4 km3968% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 36 m away, ≈26 spaces; 66 m away, ≈11 spaces; 74 m away, ≈2 spaces; 103 m away, ≈12 spaces; 106 m away, ≈5 spaces; 111 m away, ≈39 spaces. More EV charging: 220 Carlaw Ave. (623 m, 2 ports); 963 Gerrard St E (826 m, 2 ports); 1715 DUNDAS ST E (840 m, 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, Jun 25, 2022 (a weekend day)

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 2,206 westbound vehicles, or 41% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 1,492. Most cyclists arrived from the east (283 of 706). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 800 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 59% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (502). Heavy vehicles made up 4.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. 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 north1,492southbound · 140 bikes · 2.5% heavy
From the west1,746eastbound · 283 bikes · 5.2% heavy
Total vehicles5,4442,980 pedestrians · 706 cyclists · 4.9% heavy
From the east2,206westbound · 283 bikes · 6.4% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour502 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour800 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 25, 2022 · weekend

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 Queen St E between Pape Ave and Winnifred Ave (293 m away) recorded an average of 32 km/h in its 3-day count in October 2004; 85% of drivers were at or under 42 km/h. That segment carries about 500 vehicles a day. The reading is 22 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Jones Ave · Queen St E – Lane N of Queen and E of Jones · 23 mApr 2013 · 3 days3,262
Queen St E · Pape Ave – Winnifred Ave · 293 mOct 2004 · 3 days48032 km/h42 km/h46 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

2018 was the peak year (12 collisions), and 2025 closed with 9. 25% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 16 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 25% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 23% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 7 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 23, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions65#1683 of 5,508
With an injury16#1129 of 4,660
Property damage only37
Fail to remain16
Involving a pedestrian8#363 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist7#273 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified12
Since January 2026 (outside the window)7
All since 201486latest May 23, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on May 19, 2025. Going back to 2006, the total is 5.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1267 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#718 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20065latest May 19, 2025

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

Toronto Police place 15 thefts from vehicles and 13 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 4.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 5 in 2023–2025, about 1.7 a year, against 3.3 a year before that. 53% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 38% of the bike thefts were from house driveways and garages. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on May 21, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1530street/outdoor (8), house driveway/garage (4)
Bicycle theft1322house driveway/garage (5), apartment parking (4)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 21, 2026. 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 South Riverdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Jones & Queen a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1267 of 1,505), out of 65 reported 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 Jones & Queen?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Jun 25, 2022, 59% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Jones & Queen?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Queen St E between Pape Ave and Winnifred Ave (October 2004), found an average of 32 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 42 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Jones & Queen?

The nearest Green P car park is 1091 Eastern Avenue (1.2 km away, 45 spaces). The City's mapping shows 597 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 33,600 spaces — 62 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 43 Alton Ave (446 m).

How do I get to Jones & Queen by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503, 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 14 m away; bus routes 83, 31, 72, 114 within 1 km (nearest stop: Queen St East at Jones Ave, 23 m).

What restaurants are near Jones & Queen?

40 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 176 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Kibo Sushi (16 m), The Belly Buster Submarines (30 m), Raise the Root (36 m), Radical Road Brewing (36 m) and Radical Road Brewing (37 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 Jones & Queen?

The nearest is Leslie Grove Park Washroom, 1158 Queen St E, 67 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom (797 m); Greenwood Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom (798 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 Jones & Queen?

11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,075 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bruce Woodgreen Early Learning Centre (187 m, 151 spaces), Mackie Sunshine Child Care Inc.st. Joseph's Sunshine (357 m, 30 spaces) and St. Joseph Jr YMCA (357 m, 72 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Jones & Queen?

19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 933 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1167 Queen St E (22 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 1187-1189 Queen St E (95 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 54 Marigold Ave (159 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 802 Eastern Ave (264 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 is 89 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 Jones & Queen?

Toronto Police place 15 thefts from vehicles and 13 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. 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 South Riverdale page.

What neighbourhood is Jones & Queen in?

Jones & Queen is in South Riverdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 070). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher. The corner falls inside the Leslieville Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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