Toronto · intersection · signal 538

King & Strachan

King St W & Strachan Ave · Toronto, Ontario · West Queen West · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York

In West Queen West, in central Toronto, King & Strachan is a busier-than-typical intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has a live City traffic camera, a bike lane and a park at the corner. Nearby: 12 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
16,845
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jan 16, 2024
5,835 pedestrians · 864 cyclists · #1161 busiest
Collisions
137
police-reported · 2016–2025
1 killed or seriously injured · #779 of 5,519
Getting there
3
TTC stops within 100 m
12 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
70/100
city median 48 · #842 of 5,672
9 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 287 m

Map

Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time

Layers click a category to show or hide it · None then one category to see it alone
King & Strachan

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Live traffic camera RESCU 8134 · 14 m

Fetching the City's latest frame…
Live camera RESCU 8134 · King St W & Strachan Ave
Image
Which way is it looking?4 reference views Fixed shots from the City, not live.

The City's own feed for King & Strachan, replaced every few minutes. This card checks for a new frame every 45 seconds.

Live camera · RESCU 8134 · King St W & Strachan Ave
Live image checks for a new frame every 30 s while open · Esc to close

Traffic volume14-hour count · Jan 16, 2024

The south leg carries the load — 5,153 northbound vehicles, or 31% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 3,239. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,581 vehicles in the hour from 5:30 p.m., 10% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (1,438). Trucks and buses were 5.0% 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 16,177 vehicles. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north3,239southbound · 197 bikes · 1.5% heavy
From the west4,430eastbound · 235 bikes · 8.9% heavy
Total vehicles16,8455,835 pedestrians · 864 cyclists · 5.0% heavy
From the east4,023westbound · 202 bikes · 7.0% heavy
From the south5,153northbound · 230 bikes · 2.3% heavy

Peak hours: 1,438 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,581 from 5:30 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

2016 was the peak year (24 collisions), and 2025 closed with 10. 14% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 16 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 18% 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 Aug 22, 2026.

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 Aug 23, 2017. Going back to 2006, the total is 3.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions137#779 of 5,519
With an injury19#929 of 4,669
Property damage only106
Fail to remain16
Involving a pedestrian11#183 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist14#66 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
Severity not classified12
Since January 2026 (outside the window)7
Killed or seriously injured1
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20063latest Aug 23, 2017

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

How fast traffic moves here

The City's counter on Strachan Ave between East Liberty St and Wellington St W (265 m away) recorded an average of 33 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 42 km/h. That segment carries about 10,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
King St W · Walnut Ave – Stanley Ter · 208 mNov 2015 · 7 days21,450———
Strachan Ave · East Liberty St – Wellington St W · 265 mNov 2022 · 3 days10,05833 km/h42 km/h47 km/h

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

The crossing
Signal 0538, activated 1941 · transit priority

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Streetcar
504 508 501 509 511 nearest 16 m
TTC bus
63 29 nearest 62 m
Blue Night
304 301 363 307 329
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — King St West at Strachan Ave; Strachan Ave at Canniff St
Cycling
Bike Lane on Strachan Ave installed 2006
Bike Share
King St W / Stafford St 72 m · 15 docks · 35 stations, 795 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
22 car parks · about 1,591 spaces
EV charging
1051 Queen Street W · 1 km · 2 Level 2 ports; also 10 Palmerston Ave (1 km), 248 Shaw St (1.1 km)
Bike parking
112 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 88 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
30 mapped lots within 500 m, 489 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
803 Richmond St W · Surface406 m4856% (Q1 2026)
1030 King Street West - garage entrance via Shank St. · Garage416 m152 *—
800 Fleet Street · Surface620 m94 *—
18 Ossington Ave · Surface929 m20over 100% (Q1 2026)
250 Fort York Blvd. · Surface1 km49 *—

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

You can do a shop on foot from here: Jordan's No Frills is 287 m away. There are 9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 238 eating places within a kilometre — 5.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Ali Baba 's, 50 m away. The nearest pharmacy is East Liberty Village Pharmacy, 43 m away; 9 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Toronto Western Hospital, 1.9 km away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Ali Baba 's · 901 King St W50 m
  • My Roti Place/My Dosa Place · 901 King St W50 m
  • Pizza Nova · 901 King St W Unit-100a50 m
  • The Coffee · 901 King St W Unit-10950 m
  • Koh Rawi Thai Kitchen & Bar · 934 King St W68 m
9 within 300 m · 238 within 1 km
Grocery
Jordan's No Frills 287 m · 3 min · 9 within 1 km
Food shops
Bocados Bake Shop 392 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
East Liberty Village Pharmacy 43 m · 9 within 1 km
Child care
  • Downtown Kids Academy, Inc. · 50 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day65 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Liberty Village Child Care Centre · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day431 m · 5 min
  • Garrison Creek Community Day Care · 152 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day493 m · 6 min
9 licensed centres · 620 spaces within 1 km · 6 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible248 m
  • Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom · hours not listed369 m · 4 min
Drinking water: Massey Harris Park 152 m; Stanley Park North - Toronto 209 m
Health and care
  • Toronto Western Hospital · hospital site1.9 km · 22 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (29)
and 24 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (8)
  • Discovering Minds Montessori SchoolPrivate · 415 m · 5 min
  • Niagara Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 493 m · 6 min
  • Givins Shaw Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 888 m · 11 min
  • St Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km · 11 min
  • Charles G Fraser Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
and 3 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch1.2 km · 15 min
Places of interest
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 1 km · 12 min
  • Beanfield CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 1 km · 12 min
  • Fort York National Historic SiteMuseum · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • iArts MuseumMuseum · 1.1 km · 13 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

70of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #842 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food26/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 9 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit17/28

    8 stops within 300 m · 12 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 1.2 km away · 8 places of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation10/10

    5 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care8/8

    2 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot4/10

    traffic signal

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

13 registered apartment buildings with 3,453 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 800 Adelaide St W (336 m, 50 units, 3 storeys, built 1987), which scored 88 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 13 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
800 Adelaide St W social housing · Homes First Society503198788 · Aug 2026336 m · 4 min
25 Ordnance St · Bentallgreenoak Residential Services333312021100 · Jul 2025369 m · 4 min
15 Solidarity Way · Rhapsody Property Management440262021100 · Aug 2024388 m · 5 min
24 Shaw St social housing2009198987 · Aug 2026429 m · 5 min
11 Ordnance St · Bentallgreenoak Residential Service246242021100 · Jul 2025508 m · 6 min
798 Richmond St W · Akelius Canada Ltd52513197089 · Jul 2025540 m · 6 min

13 registered buildings · 3,453 units · 4 social housing · tallest 35 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Thefts reported at this corner

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

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410street/outdoor (4)
Bicycle theft110street/outdoor (1)

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 West Queen West.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is King & Strachan a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 137 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 King & Strachan?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #1161 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection, and #359 for pedestrians.

Is King & Strachan a walkable intersection?

King & Strachan scores 70 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #842 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 5 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 2 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 grocery store within 300 m · 9 places to eat within 300 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal.

How fast do cars go at King & Strachan?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Strachan Ave between East Liberty St and Wellington St W (November 2022), found an average of 33 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 King & Strachan?

The nearest Green P car park is 803 Richmond St W (406 m away, 48 spaces, 56% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 489 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,690 spaces — 30 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1051 Queen Street W (1.0 km).

How do I get to King & Strachan by transit?

Streetcar routes 504, 508, 501, 509 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 16 m away; bus routes 63, 29 within 1 km (nearest stop: King St West at Strachan Ave, 62 m).

What restaurants are near King & Strachan?

9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 238 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Ali Baba 's (50 m), My Roti Place/My Dosa Place (50 m), Pizza Nova (50 m), The Coffee (50 m) and Koh Rawi Thai Kitchen & Bar (68 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near King & Strachan?

The nearest is Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom, 890 King St W, 248 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom (369 m); Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom (579 m).

Is there child care near King & Strachan?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 620 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Downtown Kids Academy, Inc. (65 m, 50 spaces), Network Child Care Services - Liberty Village Child Care Centre (431 m, 49 spaces) and Garrison Creek Community Day Care (493 m, 152 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near King & Strachan?

13 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,453 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 800 Adelaide St W (336 m, 50 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 25 Ordnance St (369 m, 333 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 15 Solidarity Way (388 m, 440 units, RentSafeTO score 100) and 24 Shaw St (429 m, 200 units, RentSafeTO score 87). The average RentSafeTO score across the 13 is 89 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at King & Strachan?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the West Queen West page.

What neighbourhood is King & Strachan in?

King & Strachan is in West Queen West (City of Toronto neighbourhood 162). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik.

Sources

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