Toronto · intersection · signal 1716

King & Tecumseth

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

King & Tecumseth is a lightly travelled intersection, with more people on foot than in cars and a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in West Queen West, in central Toronto. It has a bike lane and a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 16 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
6,262
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jul 23, 2024
9,427 pedestrians · 2,613 cyclists · #1943 busiest
Collisions
142
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
26 with an injury · 95 property damage · #757 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 2 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
7 streetcar routes · 2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows, Bike Lane
Bike Share: 30 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 450 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 39% of the median counted intersection. Pedestrians outnumber vehicles 1.5 to 1 — rare for a Toronto intersection, where the median is one pedestrian for every 13 vehicles. Cyclists were 41.7% of vehicle volume, about 54× the typical share. That comes with about 14 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 22.7 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 4.6× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 23%, from 80 in 2016–2020 to 62 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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King & Tecumseth

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
504508511501509510505 nearest 15 m
TTC bus
6329 nearest 569 m
Blue Night
304301310305307363329
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — King St West at Tecumseth St
Cycling
Sharrows on Tecumseth St installed 2022; Bike Lane on Tecumseth St installed 2022
Bike Share
King St W / Tecumseth St 25 m · 19 docks · 60 stations, 1,254 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 (15)
  • Niagara Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 248 m
  • St Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 276 m
  • Discovering Minds Montessori SchoolPrivate · 512 m
  • Alpha Alternative & Oasis AlternativeEnglish Public · 622 m
  • Charles G Fraser Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 663 m
  • Ryerson Community School & Downtown Vocal Music AcademyEnglish Public · 906 m
  • and 9 more
Parks (49)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch608 m
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch1 km
Places of interest
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 302 m
  • Fort York National Historic SiteMuseum · 472 m
  • iArts MuseumMuseum · 497 m
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 614 m
  • Arcadia EarthAttraction · 667 m
  • Graffiti AlleyLandmark · 742 m
  • The WellLandmark · 765 m
  • Exhibition PlaceConvention & Trade Centres · 1.1 km
Signal
1716, activated 1995 · SA2 · 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 42 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores, and 365 eating places within a kilometre — 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Sizzler Kabab, 15 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026.

Restaurants & cafés42 within 300 m · 365 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 35 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Sizzler Kabab · 754 King St W15 mPassed, Mar 2026
Bamboo Buddha · 752 King St W20 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Ichiban Sushi · 750 King St W25 mPassed, May 2026
Shy Coffee Co. · 766 King St W28 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Freshslice Pizza · 744 King St W39 mPassed, Apr 2026
Donna Fernanda Ristorante & Pizzeria · 740 King St W53 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 3 infractions
Shoppers Drug Mart · 761 King St Wgrocery61 mPassed, Apr 2026
Rchive · 780 King St W77 mPassed, Nov 2024

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 Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom, 277 m away, View outdoor pool hours. A drinking fountain is 288 m away at Stanley Park South - Toronto.

  • Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom · 700 Wellington St W
    View outdoor pool hours
    277 m
  • Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom · 890 King St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    334 m
  • Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 155 Crawford St
    View centre hours · accessible
    836 m
Drinking water
Stanley Park South - Toronto drinking fountain · 288 m; Stanley Park North - Toronto drinking fountain · 360 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

14 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,217 spaces; 12 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Garrison Creek Community Day Care (248 m, 152 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km14 centres · 1,217 spaces
Fee subsidy12 of 14
  • Garrison Creek Community Day Care · 222 Niagara St
    152 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    248 m
  • City Kids Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 34 Bathurst St
    72 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    357 m
  • Downtown Kids Academy, Inc. · 905 King St W
    50 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    593 m
  • Westend Parents Daycare Centre Alpha · 20 Brant St
    26 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    622 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 331 (568 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (1.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 331 · 568 m33 Claremont St
Police52 Division · 1.7 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 36 · 1.5 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

29 registered apartment buildings with 5,203 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 14 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 575 Adelaide St W (182 m, 150 units, 11 storeys, built 1983), which scored 84 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 29 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 50 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings29 · 5,203 units · 14 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202650 across the 29
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest46 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
575 Adelaide St WToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation15011198384 · Aug 20241182 m
552 Adelaide St Wsocial housing · Par-Med Property Services Inc.845200593 · Jul 20250331 m
39 Niagara St · Minto Properties50119201999 · Jul 202510391 m
165 Bathurst St · Hazelview Properties Inc476191879 · Jul 20251394 m
800 Adelaide St Wsocial housing · Homes First Society503198788 · Aug 20260409 m
798 Richmond St W · Akelius Canada Ltd52513197089 · Jul 20257413 m
50 Portland St · Morguard23210200596 · Aug 20260426 m
163 Portland Stsocial housing · Par-Med Property Services Inc.464199185 · Jul 20243554 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 lots701 lots · ≈25,530 spaces · 76.6 ha
Within 500 m68 lots · ≈1,300 spaces
Green P (public)27 car parks · about 4,385 spaces
EV charging (City)10 Palmerston Ave · 450 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking172 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 42 bikes within 600 m · Indoor bike station, 97 Front St W (1.9 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
803 Richmond St W · Surface461 m4856% (Q1 2026)
2 Portland St · Garage529 m3797% (Q1 2026)
15 Denison Ave · Surface685 m12054% (Q1 2026)
250 Fort York Blvd. · Surface696 m49 *
800 Fleet Street · Surface815 m94 *

Nearest lots: 36 m away, ≈19 spaces; 61 m away, ≈3 spaces; 61 m away, ≈20 spaces; 75 m away, ≈16 spaces; 80 m away, ≈27 spaces; 80 m away, ≈31 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Portland St (649 m, 4 ports); 10 Soho St. (1.2 km, 4 ports); 1051 Queen Street W (1.2 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 — 14-hour, Jul 23, 2024

The west leg carries the load — 2,809 eastbound vehicles, or 45% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 310. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 679 vehicles in the hour from 7:00 p.m., 51% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (451). Heavy vehicles made up 3.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north310southbound · 472 bikes · 3.5% heavy
From the west2,809eastbound · 908 bikes · 3.7% heavy
Total vehicles6,2629,427 pedestrians · 2,613 cyclists · 3.9% heavy
From the east2,345westbound · 941 bikes · 3.6% heavy
From the south798northbound · 292 bikes · 5.9% heavy
AM peak hour451 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour679 vehicles from 7:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jul 23, 2024

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 counter on Tecumseth St between Whitaker Ave and Adelaide St W (110 m away) recorded an average of 21 km/h in its 7-day count in September 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 30 km/h. That segment carries about 2,100 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Tecumseth St · Whitaker Ave – Adelaide St W · 110 mSep 2025 · 7 days2,08621 km/h30 km/h35 km/h
King St W · Walnut Ave – Stanley Ter · 352 mNov 2015 · 7 days21,450

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 (19 collisions), and 2025 closed with 8. 18% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 26 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 15% 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 Feb 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 22.7 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions142#757 of 5,508
With an injury26#620 of 4,660
Property damage only95
Fail to remain26
Involving a pedestrian10#228 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist12#94 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist2
With a fatality0
Severity not classified21
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 2014175latest Feb 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Nov 9, 2012.

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 39 thefts from vehicles and 42 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 14× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 8.1 a year. 77% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 45% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle39130street/outdoor (30), apartment parking (8)
Bicycle theft4290apartment parking (19), street/outdoor (11)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 25, 2025. 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 & Tecumseth a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 142 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 & Tecumseth?

A lightly travelled intersection. It ranks #1943 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 39% of the median for a counted intersection, and #221 for pedestrians.

How fast do cars go at King & Tecumseth?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Tecumseth St between Whitaker Ave and Adelaide St W (September 2025), found an average of 21 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 30 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near King & Tecumseth?

The nearest Green P car park is 803 Richmond St W (461 m away, 48 spaces, 56% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 701 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 25,530 spaces — 68 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Palmerston Ave (450 m).

How do I get to King & Tecumseth by transit?

Streetcar routes 504, 508, 511, 501 and 3 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 15 m away; bus routes 63, 29 within 1 km (nearest stop: King St West at Tecumseth St, 569 m).

What restaurants are near King & Tecumseth?

42 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 365 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Sizzler Kabab (15 m), Bamboo Buddha (20 m), Ichiban Sushi (25 m), Shy Coffee Co. (28 m) and Freshslice Pizza (39 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 & Tecumseth?

The nearest is Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom, 700 Wellington St W, 277 m away (View outdoor pool hours). Next nearest: Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom (334 m); Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom (836 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 & Tecumseth?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,217 spaces in total; 12 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Garrison Creek Community Day Care (248 m, 152 spaces), City Kids Early Learning & Child Care Centre (357 m, 72 spaces) and Downtown Kids Academy, Inc. (593 m, 50 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near King & Tecumseth?

29 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,203 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 575 Adelaide St W (182 m, 150 units, RentSafeTO score 84), 552 Adelaide St W (331 m, 84 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 39 Niagara St (391 m, 501 units, RentSafeTO score 99) and 165 Bathurst St (394 m, 47 units, RentSafeTO score 79). The average RentSafeTO score across the 29 is 89 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 & Tecumseth?

Toronto Police place 39 thefts from vehicles and 42 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 West Queen West page.

What neighbourhood is King & Tecumseth in?

King & Tecumseth 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