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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 at the corner. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
6,262
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jul 23, 2024
9,427 pedestrians · 2,613 cyclists
Collisions
142
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #757 of 5,519
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
11 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
66/100
city median 48 · #1,139 of 5,672
32 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 368 m

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King & Tecumseth

Traffic and safety

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

Traffic volume14-hour count · 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 16,177 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

Peak hours: 451 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 679 from 7:00 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

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, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 13, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Nov 9, 2012.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions142#757 of 5,519
With an injury26#620 of 4,669
Property damage only95
Fail to remain26
Involving a pedestrian10#228 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist12#94 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist2
Severity not classified21
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20062latest Nov 9, 2012

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 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; 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 1716, activated 1995 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West · transit priority

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

Streetcar
504 508 511 501 510 nearest 15 m
TTC bus
63 nearest 622 m · 7 min
Blue Night
304 301 310 307 363
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 · 38 stations, 730 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
23 car parks · about 2,320 spaces
EV charging
10 Palmerston Ave · 450 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 10 Portland St (905 m), 1051 Queen Street W (1.5 km)
Bike parking
135 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 45 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
51 mapped lots within 500 m, 501 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
803 Richmond St W · Surface608 m4856% (Q1 2026)
2 Portland St · Garage728 m3797% (Q1 2026)
15 Denison Ave · Surface1 km12054% (Q1 2026)
1030 King Street West - garage entrance via Shank St. · Garage1 km152 *—
105 Spadina Ave · Surface1 km14over 100% (Q1 2026)

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

The nearest grocery store is Three Stars Food and Grocery, 368 m away; 13 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. There are 32 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 359 eating places within a kilometre — 8.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Sizzler Kabab, 15 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 76 m away, one of two within 300 m. The nearest hospital site is Toronto Western Hospital, 1.3 km away, then Kensington Eye Institute at 2.0 km.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Sizzler Kabab · 754 King St W15 m
  • Bamboo Buddha · 752 King St W20 m
  • Ichiban Sushi · 750 King St W25 m
  • Shy Coffee Co. · 766 King St W28 m
  • Freshslice Pizza · 744 King St W42 m
32 within 300 m · 359 within 1 km
Grocery
Three Stars Food and Grocery 368 m · 4 min · 13 within 1 km
Food shops
The Roasted Nut 664 m · 8 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Shoppers Drug Mart 76 m · 10 within 1 km
Child care
  • Garrison Creek Community Day Care · 152 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day352 m · 4 min
  • City Kids Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 72 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day470 m · 6 min
  • Downtown Kids Academy, Inc. · 50 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day625 m · 7 min
7 licensed centres · 547 spaces within 1 km · 6 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible338 m · 4 min
  • Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom · hours not listed378 m · 5 min
Drinking water: Stanley Park North - Toronto 388 m · 5 min; Stanley Park South - Toronto 394 m · 5 min
Health and care
  • Toronto Western Hospital · hospital site1.3 km · 15 min
  • Kensington Eye Institute · hospital site2 km · 23 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
Schools (13)
  • Niagara Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 352 m · 4 min
  • St Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 397 m · 5 min
  • Discovering Minds Montessori SchoolPrivate · 635 m · 8 min
  • Alpha Alternative & Oasis AlternativeEnglish Public · 759 m · 9 min
  • Charles G Fraser Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 866 m · 10 min
and 8 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch800 m · 10 min
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch1.2 km · 14 min
Places of interest
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 422 m · 5 min
  • iArts MuseumMuseum · 530 m · 6 min
  • Arcadia EarthAttraction · 840 m · 10 min
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 864 m · 10 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.

66of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,139 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food21/30

    13 grocery stores within 1 km · 32 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit15/28

    10 stops within 300 m · 11 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go10/14

    library 800 m away · 1 place of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation6/10

    2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1 km

  • Schools and child care8/8

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

  • Crossing on foot6/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking

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

17 registered apartment buildings with 3,354 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, five of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 575 Adelaide St W (325 m, 150 units, 11 storeys, built 1983), which scored 84 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 17 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
575 Adelaide St W Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation15011198384 · Aug 2024325 m · 4 min
552 Adelaide St W social housing · Par-Med Property Services Inc.845200593 · Jul 2025458 m · 5 min
800 Adelaide St W social housing · Homes First Society503198788 · Aug 2026500 m · 6 min
798 Richmond St W · Akelius Canada Ltd52513197089 · Jul 2025523 m · 6 min
50 Portland St · Morguard23210200596 · Aug 2026524 m · 6 min
39 Niagara St · Minto Properties50119201999 · Jul 2025533 m · 6 min

17 registered buildings · 3,354 units · 5 social housing · tallest 36 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 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)

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. Its latest count is from Jul 23, 2024, 39% of the median for a counted intersection, and #221 for pedestrians.

Is King & Tecumseth a walkable intersection?

King & Tecumseth scores 66 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,139 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: 2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; library 800 m away · 1 place of interest within 500 m; 13 grocery stores within 1 km · 32 places to eat within 300 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking.

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 (608 m away, 48 spaces, 56% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 501 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,370 spaces — 51 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 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 15 m away; bus route 63 within 1 km (nearest stop: King St West at Tecumseth St, 622 m).

What restaurants are near King & Tecumseth?

32 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 359 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Sizzler Kabab (15 m), Bamboo Buddha (20 m), Ichiban Sushi (25 m), Shy Coffee Co. (28 m) and Freshslice Pizza (42 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near King & Tecumseth?

The nearest is Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom, 890 King St W, 338 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom (378 m).

Is there child care near King & Tecumseth?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 547 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Garrison Creek Community Day Care (352 m, 152 spaces), City Kids Early Learning & Child Care Centre (470 m, 72 spaces) and Downtown Kids Academy, Inc. (625 m, 50 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near King & Tecumseth?

17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,354 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 575 Adelaide St W (325 m, 150 units, RentSafeTO score 84), 552 Adelaide St W (458 m, 84 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 800 Adelaide St W (500 m, 50 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 798 Richmond St W (523 m, 525 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 17 is 89 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.

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. 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