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King & Springhurst

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

King & Springhurst, in South Parkdale, in central Toronto, is a mid-volume intersection, with significant cycling traffic. At the corner: a school within 250 m and a park. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
10,332
vehicles · 14-hour count, Apr 30, 2025
2,726 pedestrians · 538 cyclists · #1680 busiest
Collisions
30
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 17 property damage · #2792 of 5,508 · +2 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
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 12 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 740 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 64% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 4 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 5.2% of vehicle volume, about 6.7× the typical share. That comes with about 3 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 2.9 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions edged up 14%, from 14 in 2016–2020 to 16 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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King & Springhurst

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
504508501 nearest 80 m
TTC bus
4024729 nearest 389 m
Express
929
Blue Night
304301329
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — King St West at Dowling Ave; King St West at Jameson Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
King St W / Jameson Ave - SMART 111 m · 12 docks · 19 stations, 366 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 · 172 m
  • Holy Family Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 305 m
  • Parkdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 326 m
  • Mary Mother of God SchoolPrivate · 420 m
  • Parkdale Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 702 m
  • Fern Avenue Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 5 more
Parks (29)
  • Close Avenue Parkette195 m
  • Close - Springhurst Parkette313 m
  • Beaty Avenue Parkette342 m
  • Lakeshore Boulevard Parklands405 m
  • Dunn Avenue Parkette428 m
  • Albert Crosland Park497 m
  • and 23 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch619 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 · 1.3 km
  • Queen Elizabeth TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.4 km

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 7 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 174 — 2.4× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is The Originals Diner, 5 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in November 2024.

Restaurants & cafés7 within 300 m · 174 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 38 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Originals Diner · 160 Springhurst Ave, Dept-S5 mPassed, Nov 2024
Parkdale Pharmacy · 1439 King St W34 mPassed, Aug 2025
Anthony's No Frills · 1435 King St Wgrocery67 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 1 infraction
Bev Can Properties · 117 Dowling Ave77 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Parkdale Guest House · 18 Maynard Ave80 mPassed, Jan 2026
Central Market · 1430 King St W Unit-105grocery113 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 1 infraction
Super Variety & Dry Cleaners · 1430 King St Wgrocery113 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 2 infractions
Dowling Rest Home · 124 Dowling Ave129 mPassed, Aug 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, 381 m away, open around the clock; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 203 m away at Close Avenue Parkette.

  • Automated public toilet, 1275 Lake Shore Blvd W
    24 hours · accessible
    381 m
  • Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 220 Cowan Ave
    View centre hours
    534 m
  • Budapest Park Washroom · 1575 Lake Shore Blvd W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    1 km
Drinking water
Close Avenue Parkette bottle filling station · 203 m; Beaty Avenue Parkette bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 332 m · off

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 (172 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
    172 m
  • Parkdale Early Learning Centre - Cdi - 119 Close Ave. · 119 Close Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    250 m
  • Holy Family Childcare Centre-Queen Victoria · 141 Close Ave
    25 spaces · school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    305 m
  • Sunflower House · 162 Dunn Ave
    44 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    322 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 426 (919 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 821 m away.

FireFire Station 426 · 919 m140 Lansdowne Ave
Police14 Division · 1.8 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 821 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

Within a kilometre there are 120 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 9,022 rental units, 5.2× the median for a Toronto intersection — 21 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1447 King St W (33 m, 59 units, 6 storeys, built 1992), which scored 95 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 299 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 72 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings120 · 9,022 units · 21 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026299 across the 120
Open fire-code violations72
Tallest23 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1447 King St WToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation596199295 · Jul 2026033 m
115 Dowling Ave · Metcap Living Management Inc709196599 · Jul 2025381 m
1430 King St W · 1173283 Ontario Limited777196794 · Aug 20262 · 7 fire93 m
146 Jameson Ave · Metcap Living Management Inc284195692 · Jul 2025295 m
160 Jameson Ave · 1169676 Ontario Ltd967196787 · Sep 20260105 m
140 Jameson Ave · Metcap Living Management Inc.234195594 · Jun 20253106 m
22 Maynard Ave · St. Felix Centre363197893 · Jul 20250107 m
130 Jameson Ave · Myriad Property Management1087195590 · Sep 20245116 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 lots414 lots · ≈19,940 spaces · 59.8 ha
Within 500 m61 lots · ≈1,770 spaces
Green P (public)14 car parks · about 1,289 spaces
EV charging (City)1224 KING ST W · 761 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking28 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1275 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface345 m120 *
14 Fuller Ave · Surface466 m4247% (Q1 2026)
1624 Queen St W · Surface501 m3371% (Q1 2026)
1325 Queen St W · Surface534 m3294% (Q1 2026)
1155 King Street West · Surface1.1 km269 *

Nearest lots: 100 m away, ≈15 spaces; 104 m away, ≈75 spaces; 117 m away, ≈58 spaces; 131 m away, ≈33 spaces; 157 m away, ≈37 spaces; 162 m away, ≈22 spaces. More EV charging: 45 Abell St (1.2 km, 16 ports); 1051 Queen Street W (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 — 14-hour, Apr 30, 2025

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 5,053 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 323 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the east (258 of 538). Evening rush dominates here: 945 vehicles in the peak hour from 6:00 p.m., against 859 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 16 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north323southbound · 12 bikes · 4.3% heavy
From the west5,053eastbound · 235 bikes · 3.2% heavy
Total vehicles10,3322,726 pedestrians · 538 cyclists · 3.2% heavy
From the east4,424westbound · 258 bikes · 3.0% heavy
From the south532northbound · 33 bikes · 3.4% heavy
AM peak hour859 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour945 vehicles from 6:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Apr 30, 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

The City's most recent midblock count on King St W between Dowling Ave and Beaty Ave (155 m away, Aug 2015) recorded volume only — about 13,298 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Jameson Ave (218 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. 5 speed humps slow traffic on Springhurst Avenue between Jameson Ave and King St W.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
King St W · Dowling Ave – Beaty Ave · 155 mAug 2015 · 3 days13,298

School-zone speed sign 218 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.

Traffic calming

  • Springhurst Avenue · Jameson Ave – King St W
    5 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 6 collisions. 2 collisions (7%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 12 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 40% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.9 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions30#2792 of 5,508
With an injury2#3777 of 4,660
Property damage only17
Fail to remain12
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#1991 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified11
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201438latest Jun 17, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

Five thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Mar 14, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle511street/outdoor (3), house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft100apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 14, 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 & Springhurst a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 30 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 & Springhurst?

A mid-volume intersection. It ranks #1680 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 64% of the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near King & Springhurst?

The nearest Green P car park is 1275 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (Parks) (345 m away, 120 spaces). The City's mapping shows 414 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,940 spaces — 61 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1224 KING ST W (761 m).

How do I get to King & Springhurst by transit?

Streetcar routes 504, 508, 501 stop within 1 km, the nearest 80 m away; bus routes 402, 47, 29, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: King St West at Dowling Ave, 389 m).

What restaurants are near King & Springhurst?

7 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 174 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Originals Diner (5 m), Parkdale Pharmacy (34 m), Bev Can Properties (77 m), Parkdale Guest House (80 m) and Dowling Rest Home (129 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 & Springhurst?

The nearest is the automated public toilet at 1275 Lake Shore Blvd W, 381 m away (open around the clock), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom (534 m); Budapest Park 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 King & Springhurst?

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 (172 m, 151 spaces), Parkdale Early Learning Centre - Cdi - 119 Close Ave. (250 m, 49 spaces) and Holy Family Childcare Centre-Queen Victoria (305 m, 25 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near King & Springhurst?

120 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 9,022 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1447 King St W (33 m, 59 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 115 Dowling Ave (81 m, 70 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 1430 King St W (93 m, 77 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 146 Jameson Ave (95 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 120 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 & Springhurst?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 South Parkdale page.

What neighbourhood is King & Springhurst in?

King & Springhurst 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