Toronto · intersection · signal 1984

King & Spencer

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

In South Parkdale, in central Toronto, King & Spencer is a busier-than-typical intersection, with a well-used cycling route through it. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
9,259
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 7, 2015
2,198 pedestrians · 858 cyclists
Collisions
67
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
8 with an injury · 42 property damage · #1634 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
3 streetcar routes · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 32 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,160 vehicles, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 4 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 9.3% of vehicle volume, about 12× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 6.7 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. The pace has been steady: 33 collisions in 2016–2020 and 34 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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King & Spencer

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
504508501 nearest 14 m
TTC bus
402294763 nearest 14 m
Express
929
Blue Night
304301329
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — King St West at Spencer Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
King St W / Cowan Ave - SMART 76 m · 16 docks · 28 stations, 543 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 Family Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 315 m
  • Dr Rita Cox - Kina Minagok Public SchoolEnglish Public · 405 m
  • Parkdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 447 m
  • Parkdale Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 729 m
  • Mary Mother of God SchoolPrivate · 858 m
  • Alexander Muir Gladstone Ave & the GroveEnglish Public · 882 m
  • and 3 more
Parks (35)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch367 m
Places of interest
  • Medieval Times Dinner and TournamentPerforming Arts · 757 m
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 811 m
  • Queen Elizabeth TheatrePerforming Arts · 1 km
  • BMO FieldSports / Entertainment Venue · 1.1 km
  • Coca-Cola Coliseum (formerly Ricoh Coliseum)Sports / Entertainment Venue · 1.3 km
Signal
1984, activated 2003 · SAP · 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 28 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 249 eating places within a kilometre — 3.4× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is King's Milk, 16 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2025.

Restaurants & cafés28 within 300 m · 249 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 48 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
King's Milk · 1265 King St W16 mPassed, Aug 2025
King's Milk & Grocery · 1265 King St Wgrocery29 mPassed, Aug 2026
The Abbott · 99 Spencer Ave34 mPassed, Jun 2025
The Abbott · 99 Spencer Ave35 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
The Sand Trap Golf Simulator and Lounge · 1306 King St W42 mPassed, Mar 2026
Domino's Pizza · 1313 King St W75 mPassed, Jun 2026
Pharmacy Bar · 1318 King St W75 mPassed, Sep 2025
Bailey House · 1330 King St W123 mPassed, Jan 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 Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 330 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 208 m away at Spencer - Cowan Parkette.

  • Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 220 Cowan Ave
    View centre hours
    330 m
  • Automated public toilet, 1275 Lake Shore Blvd W
    24 hours · accessible
    753 m
Drinking water
Spencer - Cowan Parkette drinking fountain · 208 m; Masaryk Park drinking fountain · 275 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 756 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Sunflower House (246 m, 44 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km9 centres · 756 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 9
  • Sunflower House · 162 Dunn Ave
    44 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    246 m
  • Parkdale Early Learning Centre - Cdi - 119 Close Ave. · 119 Close Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    303 m
  • Holy Family Childcare Centre-Queen Victoria · 141 Close Ave
    25 spaces · school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    315 m
  • Bonaventure Child Care Centre · 295 Dufferin St
    67 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    352 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 346 (920 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 437 m away.

FireFire Station 346 · 920 m90 Quebec St
Police14 Division · 1.5 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 437 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

120 registered apartment buildings with 9,665 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 21 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 5.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 1 Elm Grove Ave (79 m, 12 units, 3 storeys, built 1931), which scored 84 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 120 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 290 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 74 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings120 · 9,665 units · 21 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026290 across the 120
Open fire-code violations74
Tallest35 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1 Elm Grove Ave123193184 · Jul 2026079 m
12 Elm Grove Ave · Dms Property Management334196891 · Jun 2025185 m
3 Elm Grove Ave · Tga Management Services123193193 · Jul 2026086 m
1251 King St W · Signet Group Inc18914197289 · Jul 2026294 m
85 Spencer AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation577197492 · Jul 20240116 m
130 Tyndall Ave · Tyndall Manor395195794 · Jul 20250122 m
124 Tyndall Ave · Hannah Property Management Ltd.284195686 · Jul 20260134 m
77 Spencer Ave · Akelius Canada Ltd566195292 · Jul 20261145 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 lots463 lots · ≈22,290 spaces · 66.9 ha
Within 500 m99 lots · ≈2,930 spaces
Green P (public)18 car parks · about 1,545 spaces
EV charging (City)1224 KING ST W · 216 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking27 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 8 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1325 Queen St W · Surface386 m3294% (Q1 2026)
1155 King Street West · Surface555 m269 *
45 Abell St · Garage697 m12460% (Q1 2026)
14 Fuller Ave · Surface753 m4247% (Q1 2026)
1275 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface768 m120 *

Nearest lots: 42 m away, ≈14 spaces; 43 m away, ≈11 spaces; 68 m away, ≈20 spaces; 70 m away, ≈18 spaces; 75 m away, ≈20 spaces; 81 m away, ≈26 spaces. More EV charging: 45 Abell St (689 m, 16 ports); 1051 Queen Street W (1 km, 2 ports); 283 Ossington Ave (1.6 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, Oct 7, 2015

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The west leg carries the load — 4,504 eastbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 617. Most cyclists arrived from the west (470 of 858). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,307 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 1,270 from 4:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 11.4% 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 11 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2015, 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 · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west4,504eastbound · 470 bikes · 13.7% heavy
Total vehicles9,2592,198 pedestrians · 858 cyclists · 11.4% heavy
From the east4,138westbound · 265 bikes · 7.7% heavy
From the south617northbound · 123 bikes · 19.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,307 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,270 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 7, 2015

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 Dufferin St and Gwynne Ave (233 m away, Nov 2015) recorded volume only — about 18,771 vehicles a day — with no speed data. 6 speed humps slow traffic on Spencer Avenue between Springhurst Ave and King St W.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
King St W · Dufferin St – Gwynne Ave · 233 mNov 2015 · 3 days18,771

Traffic calming

  • Spencer Avenue · Springhurst Ave – King St W
    6 speed humps

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

2023 was the peak year (12 collisions), and 2025 closed with 10. 12% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 19 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 28% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 19% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 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
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions67#1634 of 5,508
With an injury8#2073 of 4,660
Property damage only42
Fail to remain19
Involving a pedestrian7#452 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist6#340 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified17
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201485latest 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. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Feb 20, 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 16 thefts from vehicles and 14 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 6 in 2023–2025, about 2.0 a year, against 3.4 a year before that. 44% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 36% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 3 more have been reported, the latest on May 26, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1651street/outdoor (7), house driveway/garage (3)
Bicycle theft1412apartment parking (5), street/outdoor (5)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 26, 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 Parkdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is King & Spencer a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 67 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 & Spencer?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 7, 2015, about the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near King & Spencer?

The nearest Green P car park is 1325 Queen St W (386 m away, 32 spaces, 94% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 463 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,290 spaces — 99 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1224 KING ST W (216 m).

How do I get to King & Spencer by transit?

Streetcar routes 504, 508, 501 stop within 1 km, the nearest 14 m away; bus routes 402, 29, 47, 63, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: King St West at Spencer Ave, 14 m).

What restaurants are near King & Spencer?

28 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 249 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are King's Milk (16 m), The Abbott (34 m), The Abbott (35 m), The Sand Trap Golf Simulator and Lounge (42 m) and Domino's Pizza (75 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 & Spencer?

The nearest is Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 220 Cowan Ave, 330 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: the automated public toilet at 1275 Lake Shore Blvd W (753 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 & Spencer?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 756 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Sunflower House (246 m, 44 spaces), Parkdale Early Learning Centre - Cdi - 119 Close Ave. (303 m, 49 spaces) and Holy Family Childcare Centre-Queen Victoria (315 m, 25 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near King & Spencer?

120 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 9,665 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1 Elm Grove Ave (79 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 84), 12 Elm Grove Ave (85 m, 33 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 3 Elm Grove Ave (86 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 1251 King St W (94 m, 189 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 120 is 90 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 King & Spencer?

Toronto Police place 16 thefts from vehicles and 14 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 3 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 Parkdale page.

What neighbourhood is King & Spencer in?

King & Spencer 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