Toronto · intersection · signal 2628

King & Brant

King St W & Brant St · Toronto, Ontario · Wellington Place · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York · Toronto Downtown West BIA

King & Brant is a quiet local crossing, with pedestrians outnumbering vehicles and significant cycling traffic. It sits in Wellington Place, in the downtown core. At the corner: a school within 250 m, a park and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 12 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
3,527
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 24, 2025
9,956 pedestrians · 2,147 cyclists · #2106 busiest
Collisions
110
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
10 with an injury · 67 property damage · #1007 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 3 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
7 streetcar routes · within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 57 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 250 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 22% of the median counted intersection. Pedestrians outnumber vehicles 2.8 to 1 — rare for a Toronto intersection, where the median is one pedestrian for every 13 vehicles. Cyclists were 60.9% of vehicle volume, about 79× the typical share. On average 11 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 31.2 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 6.3× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 36%, from 67 in 2016–2020 to 43 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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King & Brant

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
504508510501511505509 nearest 152 m
Blue Night
304310301305307
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
King St W / Brant St 22 m · 23 docks · 60 stations, 1,196 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 (25)
  • Alpha Alternative & Oasis AlternativeEnglish Public · 100 m
  • St Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 574 m
  • Ogden Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 598 m
  • Bishop Macdonell Catholic ElementaryEnglish Separate · 686 m
  • Jean Lumb Public SchoolEnglish Public · 686 m
  • Ryerson Community School & Downtown Vocal Music AcademyEnglish Public · 802 m
  • and 19 more
Parks (53)
  • St. Andrew's Playground198 m
  • Draper Park276 m
  • Clarence Square Park330 m
  • Victoria Memorial Square Park330 m
  • Portland Street Parkette331 m
  • Adelaide Place Parkette338 m
  • and 47 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch674 m
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch1.5 km
Places of interest
  • iArts MuseumMuseum · 148 m
  • Arcadia EarthAttraction · 225 m
  • The WellLandmark · 281 m
  • Graffiti AlleyLandmark · 338 m
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 423 m
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 563 m
  • TIFF Bell LightboxLandmark · 599 m
  • Princess of Wales TheatrePerforming Arts · 711 m
Signal
2628, activated 2023 · SAP · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/East/West · bicycle signal · pedestrian crossover

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 115 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 10 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 364 — 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Four Brothers Pizza, 34 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés115 within 300 m · 364 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience10 within 300 m · 36 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Four Brothers Pizza · 540 King St W Unit-134 mPassed, Jul 2026
Cibo Wine Bar · 522 King St Wgrocery40 mPassed, Jul 2026
Myth Restaurant · 522 King St W40 mPassed, Jul 2026
Baro · 485 King St W52 mPassed, Jun 2026
Belfast Love / Isabelle's · 548 King St W63 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Patria · 478 King St W67 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 2 infractions
Shoppers Drug Mart · 500 King St Wgrocery80 mPassed, Mar 2026
Nook · 469 King St W82 mPassed, May 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 Canoe Landing Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 626 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 193 m away at St. Andrew's Playground.

  • Canoe Landing Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 95 Fort York Blvd
    View centre hours
    626 m
  • Metro Hall · 55 John Street
    Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed · accessible
    711 m
  • Alexandra Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 275 Bathurst St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    867 m
Drinking water
St. Andrew's Playground bottle filling station · 193 m; St. Andrew's Playground dog fountain · 194 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

20 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,698 spaces; 14 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Westend Parents Daycare Centre Alpha (100 m, 26 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km20 centres · 1,698 spaces
Fee subsidy14 of 20
  • Westend Parents Daycare Centre Alpha · 20 Brant St
    26 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    100 m
  • Macaulay - the Well · 486 Front St W
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    318 m
  • Studio 1,2,3 Early Learning Centre · 401 Richmond St W
    30 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    388 m
  • Kids & Company - Front Street Site · 320 Front St W
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    541 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 332 (747 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (1.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 332 · 747 m260 Adelaide St W
Police52 Division · 1.2 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 36 · 1.1 km339 Queens Quay W

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 29 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 5,074 rental units — 14 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 435 Wellington St W (206 m, 160 units, 13 storeys, built 2023), which scored 98 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 77 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 40 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings29 · 5,074 units · 14 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202677 across the 29
Open fire-code violations40
Tallest46 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
435 Wellington St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services LP16013202398 · Jul 20241206 m
425 Wellington St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services LP17113202399 · Jul 20241222 m
57 Spadina Ave · Tricon286362022100 · Jun 20242252 m
50 Portland St · Morguard23210200596 · Aug 20260256 m
450 Front St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services592462023100 · Jul 20252300 m
525 Richmond St W10310200381 · Aug 20240313 m
163 Portland Stsocial housing · Par-Med Property Services Inc.464199185 · Jul 20243370 m
552 Adelaide St Wsocial housing · Par-Med Property Services Inc.845200593 · Jul 20250395 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 lots677 lots · ≈20,940 spaces · 62.8 ha
Within 500 m66 lots · ≈2,150 spaces
Green P (public)27 car parks · about 6,797 spaces
EV charging (City)10 Portland St · 270 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking286 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 54 bikes within 600 m · Indoor bike station, 97 Front St W (1.2 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
105 Spadina Ave · Surface272 m14over 100% (Q1 2026)
363 Adelaide St W · Surface293 m2295% (Q1 2026)
2 Portland St · Garage389 m3797% (Q1 2026)
15 Denison Ave · Surface442 m12054% (Q1 2026)
40 Larch St · Garage892 m33231% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 33 m away, ≈13 spaces; 45 m away, ≈22 spaces; 78 m away, ≈15 spaces; 97 m away, ≈53 spaces; 106 m away, ≈36 spaces; 109 m away, ≈5 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Soho St. (626 m, 4 ports); 10 Palmerston Ave (784 m, 2 ports); 40 York St (1.2 km, 12 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 — 14-hour, Jun 24, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 1,956 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 55% of the total, against 432 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the east (1,061 of 2,147). Evening rush dominates here: 386 vehicles in the peak hour from 3:45 p.m., against 186 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Trucks and buses were 18.1% 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 15 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north432southbound · 208 bikes · 5.3% heavy
From the west1,139eastbound · 875 bikes · 26.3% heavy
Total vehicles3,5279,956 pedestrians · 2,147 cyclists · 18.1% heavy
From the east1,956westbound · 1,061 bikes · 16.2% heavy
From the south0northbound · 3 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour186 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour386 vehicles from 3:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 24, 2025

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

On Brant St between King St W and Lane S of Adelaide and E of Brant, 54 m from the corner, a 3-day count in March 2022 put the average speed at 26 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 37 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 42 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Brant St · King St W – Lane S of Adelaide and E of Brant · 54 mMar 2022 · 3 days1,97726 km/h37 km/h42 km/h
King St W · Spadina Ave – Brant St · 107 mNov 2015 · 7 days20,065

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 worst year was 2017, with 25 collisions; 2025 recorded 11. 10 collisions (9%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 38 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 35% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 10 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (9%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 10, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 31.2 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions110#1007 of 5,508
With an injury10#1718 of 4,660
Property damage only67
Fail to remain38
Involving a pedestrian6#577 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist4#610 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified33
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 2014153latest May 10, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 3 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Dec 6, 2015.

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

12 thefts from vehicles and 11 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 3.8× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 5 in 2023–2025, about 1.7 a year, against 2.6 a year before that. 92% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 45% of the bike thefts were from commercial premises — shops, offices and their lots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jan 28, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1231street/outdoor (11), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft1120commercial premises (5), street/outdoor (5)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 28, 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 Wellington Place.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is King & Brant a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 110 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 King & Brant?

A quiet local crossing. It ranks #2106 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 22% of the median for a counted intersection, and #211 for pedestrians.

How fast do cars go at King & Brant?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Brant St between King St W and Lane S of Adelaide and E of Brant (March 2022), found an average of 26 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 37 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near King & Brant?

The nearest Green P car park is 105 Spadina Ave (272 m away, 14 spaces). The City's mapping shows 677 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,940 spaces — 66 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Portland St (270 m).

How do I get to King & Brant by transit?

Streetcar routes 504, 508, 510, 501 and 3 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 152 m away.

What restaurants are near King & Brant?

115 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 364 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Four Brothers Pizza (34 m), Myth Restaurant (40 m), Baro (52 m), Belfast Love / Isabelle's (63 m) and Patria (67 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 King & Brant?

The nearest is Canoe Landing Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 95 Fort York Blvd, 626 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Metro Hall (711 m); Alexandra Park Outdoor Pool Washroom (867 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 King & Brant?

20 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,698 spaces in total; 14 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Westend Parents Daycare Centre Alpha (100 m, 26 spaces), Macaulay - the Well (318 m, 62 spaces) and Studio 1,2,3 Early Learning Centre (388 m, 30 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near King & Brant?

29 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,074 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 435 Wellington St W (206 m, 160 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 425 Wellington St W (222 m, 171 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 57 Spadina Ave (252 m, 286 units, RentSafeTO score 100) and 50 Portland St (256 m, 232 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 29 is 89 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.

How many thefts are reported at King & Brant?

Toronto Police place 12 thefts from vehicles and 11 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 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 Wellington Place page.

What neighbourhood is King & Brant in?

King & Brant is in Wellington Place (City of Toronto neighbourhood 164). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik. The corner falls inside the Toronto Downtown West Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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