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King & Dowling

King St W & Dowling Ave · Toronto, Ontario · South Parkdale · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

King & Dowling, in South Parkdale, in central Toronto, is a mid-volume intersection, with a well-used cycling route through it. It has a bike lane and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
5,774
vehicles · 8-hour count, Aug 10, 2016
908 pedestrians · 353 cyclists
Collisions
49
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
5 with an injury · 38 property damage · #2100 of 5,508 · +4 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 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows, Sharrows - Arterial - Connector
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 720 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 62% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 6 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 6.1% of vehicle volume, about 7.9× the typical share. That comes with about 4.9 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 37%, from 30 in 2016–2020 to 19 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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King & Dowling

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
504508501 nearest 16 m
TTC bus
4024729 nearest 391 m
Express
929
Blue Night
304301329
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — King St West at Dowling Ave
Cycling
Sharrows on Dowling Ave installed 2018; Sharrows - Arterial - Connector on King St W installed 2018
Bike Share
King St W / Jameson Ave - SMART 209 m · 12 docks · 18 stations, 351 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 (11)
  • Dr Rita Cox - Kina Minagok Public SchoolEnglish Public · 264 m
  • Mary Mother of God SchoolPrivate · 371 m
  • Parkdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 390 m
  • Holy Family Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 395 m
  • Parkdale Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 740 m
  • Garden Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 5 more
Parks (28)
  • Beaty Avenue Parkette279 m
  • Close Avenue Parkette294 m
  • Lakeshore Boulevard Parklands377 m
  • Close - Springhurst Parkette384 m
  • Albert Crosland Park486 m
  • Dunn Avenue Parkette519 m
  • and 22 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch701 m
  • Toronto Public Library High Park branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Medieval Times Dinner and TournamentPerforming Arts · 1.1 km
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 1.4 km
  • Queen Elizabeth TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.5 km
  • Sunnyside BeachNature/ Park · 1.5 km
Signal
2327, activated 2012 · SAP · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/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 10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 172 eating places within a kilometre — 2.4× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Bev Can Properties, 36 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés10 within 300 m · 172 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 38 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Bev Can Properties · 117 Dowling Ave36 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Dowling Rest Home · 124 Dowling Ave42 mPassed, Aug 2026
The Originals Diner · 160 Springhurst Ave, Dept-S105 mPassed, Nov 2024
Parkdale Guest House · 18 Maynard Ave116 mPassed, Jan 2026
Parkdale Pharmacy · 1439 King St W131 mPassed, Aug 2025
Communiticare Health · 96 Dowling Ave166 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Anthony's No Frills · 1435 King St Wgrocery167 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 1 infraction
Tomclo Villa · 1516 King St W207 mPassed, Sep 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 the automated public toilet at 1275 Lake Shore Blvd W, 366 m away, open around the clock; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 273 m away at Beaty Avenue Parkette (currently off).

  • Automated public toilet, 1275 Lake Shore Blvd W
    24 hours · accessible
    366 m
  • Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 220 Cowan Ave
    View centre hours
    617 m
  • Budapest Park Washroom · 1575 Lake Shore Blvd W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    862 m
Drinking water
Beaty Avenue Parkette bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 273 m · off; Close Avenue Parkette bottle filling station · 302 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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 577 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Queen Victoria Child Care Centre (264 m, 151 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km7 centres · 577 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 7
  • Queen Victoria Child Care Centre · 100 Close Ave
    151 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    264 m
  • Parkdale Early Learning Centre - Cdi - 119 Close Ave. · 119 Close Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    348 m
  • Holy Family Childcare Centre-Queen Victoria · 141 Close Ave
    25 spaces · school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    395 m
  • Sunflower House · 162 Dunn Ave
    44 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    419 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 426 (937 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 909 m away.

FireFire Station 426 · 937 m140 Lansdowne Ave
Police14 Division · 1.9 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 909 m1288 Queen St 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

117 registered apartment buildings with 8,629 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 20 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 5.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 122 Dowling Ave (30 m, 27 units, 5 storeys, built 1930), which scored 93 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 291 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 71 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings117 · 8,629 units · 20 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026291 across the 117
Open fire-code violations71
Tallest23 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
122 Dowling Ave · Akeliuscanadaltd275193093 · Jul 2025030 m
120 Dowling Ave · Pergos Developments183190093 · Jul 2025232 m
115 Dowling Ave · Metcap Living Management Inc709196599 · Jul 2025356 m
1465 King St W483191785 · Jul 2025058 m
1447 King St WToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation596199295 · Jul 2026076 m
1475 King St W · Golden Equity Properties444196087 · Jul 20259101 m
146 Dowling Ave · Hannah Property Management Ltd.687197383 · Jun 20262 · 5 fire117 m
99 Dowling Ave · Metcap Living Management Inc.1115195594 · Jul 20256119 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 lots406 lots · ≈19,750 spaces · 59.3 ha
Within 500 m54 lots · ≈1,820 spaces
Green P (public)14 car parks · about 1,439 spaces
EV charging (City)1224 KING ST W · 861 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking22 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1275 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface313 m120 *
1624 Queen St W · Surface444 m3371% (Q1 2026)
14 Fuller Ave · Surface465 m4247% (Q1 2026)
1325 Queen St W · Surface611 m3294% (Q1 2026)
1575 Lake Shore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface1 km193 *

Nearest lots: 66 m away, ≈33 spaces; 126 m away, ≈17 spaces; 126 m away, ≈6 spaces; 148 m away, ≈12 spaces; 177 m away, ≈58 spaces; 177 m away, ≈75 spaces. More EV charging: 45 Abell St (1.3 km, 16 ports); 1051 Queen Street W (1.7 km, 2 ports); 430 Roncesvalles Ave (2 km, 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, Aug 10, 2016

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The west leg carries the load — 3,242 eastbound vehicles, or 56% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 199. Most cyclists arrived from the west (180 of 353). Morning rush is the busier period: 929 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:00 a.m., compared with 842 from 4:15 p.m. Trucks and buses were 13.8% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 10 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2016, 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 · 25 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west3,242eastbound · 180 bikes · 12.6% heavy
Total vehicles5,774908 pedestrians · 353 cyclists · 13.8% heavy
From the east2,333westbound · 106 bikes · 15.0% heavy
From the south199northbound · 42 bikes · 18.6% heavy
AM peak hour929 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour842 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Aug 10, 2016

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 most recent midblock count on King St W between Beaty Boulevard Parkette Trl and Triller Ave (360 m away, Nov 2015) recorded volume only — about 14,018 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Jameson Ave (294 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 38,849 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
King St W · Beaty Boulevard Parkette Trl – Triller Ave · 360 mNov 2015 · 3 days14,018

School-zone speed sign 294 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct32 · 38 km/h
Over the limit1.3%
50 km/h or more0.1%

Jameson Ave (northbound), 109 Jameson Ave · 38,849 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 (9 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 10% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 7 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 12% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 21, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions49#2100 of 5,508
With an injury5#2709 of 4,660
Property damage only38
Fail to remain7
Involving a pedestrian4#958 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1195 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201467latest Jun 21, 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.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and seven bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.4 a year. 71% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 57% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle710street/outdoor (5), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft730apartment parking (4), street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 4, 2024. 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 Parkdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is King & Dowling a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 49 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 & Dowling?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Aug 10, 2016, 62% of the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near King & Dowling?

The nearest Green P car park is 1275 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (Parks) (313 m away, 120 spaces). The City's mapping shows 406 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,750 spaces — 54 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1224 KING ST W (861 m).

How do I get to King & Dowling by transit?

Streetcar routes 504, 508, 501 stop within 1 km, the nearest 16 m away; bus routes 402, 47, 29, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: King St West at Dowling Ave, 391 m).

What restaurants are near King & Dowling?

10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 172 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Bev Can Properties (36 m), Dowling Rest Home (42 m), The Originals Diner (105 m), Parkdale Guest House (116 m) and Parkdale Pharmacy (131 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 & Dowling?

The nearest is the automated public toilet at 1275 Lake Shore Blvd W, 366 m away (open around the clock), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom (617 m); Budapest Park Washroom (862 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 & Dowling?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 577 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Queen Victoria Child Care Centre (264 m, 151 spaces), Parkdale Early Learning Centre - Cdi - 119 Close Ave. (348 m, 49 spaces) and Holy Family Childcare Centre-Queen Victoria (395 m, 25 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near King & Dowling?

117 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 8,629 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 122 Dowling Ave (30 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 120 Dowling Ave (32 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 115 Dowling Ave (56 m, 70 units, RentSafeTO score 99) and 1465 King St W (58 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 85). The average RentSafeTO score across the 117 is 90 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 & Dowling?

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and seven bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. 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 Parkdale page.

What neighbourhood is King & Dowling in?

King & Dowling is in South Parkdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 085), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.

Sources

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