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King & University

King St W & University Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Yonge-Bay Corridor · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York · Financial District BIA

In Yonge-Bay Corridor, in the downtown core, King & University is a moderately heavy crossing, with more people on foot than in cars and a well-used cycling route through it. It has a live City traffic camera, St Andrew Station and a protected bikeway at the corner. Nearby: Union Station GO 539 m away.

Traffic
19,440
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 3, 2025
43,822 pedestrians · 3,732 cyclists · #945 busiest
Collisions
183
police-reported · 2016–2025
1 killed or seriously injured · #568 of 5,519
Getting there
St Andrew Station
subway station within 250 m
23 routes within 1 km · protected bikeway
Within a walk
85/100
city median 48 · #167 of 5,672
133 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 108 m

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King & University

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 8148 · 17 m

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Live camera RESCU 8148 · University Ave & King St W
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Live camera · RESCU 8148 · University Ave & King St W
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Traffic volume14-hour count · Jun 3, 2025

The north leg carries the load — 8,815 southbound vehicles, or 45% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 1,316. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,474 vehicles in the hour from 9:00 a.m. and 1,587 from 5:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.2% 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 17 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north8,815southbound · 962 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the west1,316eastbound · 1,088 bikes · 21.0% heavy
Total vehicles19,44043,822 pedestrians · 3,732 cyclists · 5.2% heavy
From the east1,406westbound · 1,128 bikes · 17.8% heavy
From the south7,903northbound · 554 bikes · 2.9% heavy

Peak hours: 1,474 vehicles in the hour from 9:00 a.m. and 1,587 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

2017 was the peak year (34 collisions), and 2025 closed with 13. 19% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 23 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 10% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 13 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 30, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Mar 24, 2016. Going back to 2006, the total is 4.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions183#568 of 5,519
With an injury35#415 of 4,669
Property damage only132
Fail to remain23
Involving a pedestrian11#197 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist7#279 of 2,576
Severity not classified16
Since January 2026 (outside the window)13
Killed or seriously injured1
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20064latest Mar 24, 2016

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 University Ave between Pearl St and Lane S of Adelaide and W of University (90 m away) recorded an average of 27 km/h in its 3-day count in June 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 38 km/h. That segment carries about 24,500 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
King St W · University Ave – Emily St · 26 mNov 2015 · 7 days6,546———
University Ave · Pearl St – Lane S of Adelaide and W of University · 90 mJun 2025 · 3 days24,50627 km/h38 km/h44 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 0077, activated 1932 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

Subway
St Andrew Station (Line 1)74 m; Osgoode Station (Line 1)342 m · 4 min; Union Station (Line 1)434 m · 5 min; King Station (Line 1)639 m · 8 min; St Patrick Station (Line 1)757 m · 9 min; Queen Station (Line 1)930 m · 11 min
GO Transit
Union Station GO — Barrie, Kitchener, Lakeshore East, Lakeshore West, Milton, Richmond Hill, Stouffville539 m · 6 min
UP Express
UP Express Union Station 550 m · 7 min — trains to Pearson
VIA Rail
Toronto 596 m · 7 min
Streetcar
503 504 508 501 509 510 505 nearest 101 m
TTC bus
19 97 114 202 121 nearest 399 m · 5 min
Blue Night
304 301 310 305 320
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Cycle Track on University Ave installed 2022
Bike Share
University Ave / King St W - SMART 13 m · 23 docks · 60 stations, 1,319 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
16 car parks · about 6,175 spaces
EV charging
40 York St · 306 m · 12 Level 2 ports; also Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (917 m), Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (917 m)
Bike parking
157 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 45 bikes within 600 m · Indoor bike station, 97 Front St W (378 m)
Other lots
18 mapped lots within 500 m, 505 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
40 York St · Garage331 m31141% (Q1 2026)
110 Queen St W · Garage620 m1,63628% (Q1 2026)
363 Adelaide St W · Surface941 m2295% (Q1 2026)
105 Spadina Ave · Surface1 km14over 100% (Q1 2026)
130 Elizabeth Street - Toronto Coach Terminal · Surface1.1 km27 *—

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: Pinto Market is 108 m away, one of two grocery stores within 300 m. Four specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest Marcello's Market & Deli at 48 m. There are 133 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 372 eating places within a kilometre — 9.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Brandor Coffee, 10 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Twig Pharmacy, 134 m away; 12 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is SickKids, 1.0 km away, then Toronto Rehab University Centre at 1.1 km. University Settlement Elderly Persons Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 1.0 km away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Brandor Coffee · 100 University Ave10 m
  • Fast Fresh Foods · 145 King St W #2448 m
  • Modern Wok · 145 King St W48 m
  • Modus Ristorante · 145 King St W48 m
  • The Second Cup · 145 King St W #1648 m
133 within 300 m · 372 within 1 km
Grocery
Pinto Market 108 m · 2 within 300 m
Food shops
Marcello's Market & Deli 48 m · 4 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
Convenience
3 convenience stores or gas bars within 300 m
Pharmacy
Twig Pharmacy 134 m · 12 within 1 km
Child care
  • Kids & Company St Andrews · 37 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day157 m
  • George Brown - Richmond Adelaide Childcare Centre · 65 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day311 m · 4 min
  • Downtown Montessori at Simcoe Place · 75 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day419 m · 5 min
14 licensed centres · 897 spaces within 1 km · 8 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Metro Hall · Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed · accessible508 m · 6 min
  • Union Station · Mon-Sun 5:30am-12:45am · accessible554 m · 7 min
Health and care
  • SickKids · hospital site1 km · 12 min
  • Toronto Rehab University Centre · hospital site1.1 km · 13 min
  • University Settlement Elderly Persons Centre · seniors' active living centre1 km · 12 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 (32)
  • David Pecaut Square357 m · 4 min
  • Simcoe Park591 m · 7 min
  • Grasett Park645 m · 8 min
  • Olympic Park730 m · 9 min
  • St. Patricks Square766 m · 9 min
and 27 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (21)
  • OCAD University - Inclusive Design InstituteUniversity · 806 m · 10 min
  • OCAD University - Student CentreUniversity · 828 m · 10 min
  • Victoria Street LINCEnglish Public · 856 m · 10 min
  • Keystone International SchoolsPrivate · 879 m · 10 min
  • OCAD University - Aboveground Art SuppliesUniversity · 918 m · 11 min
and 16 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch941 m · 11 min
  • Toronto Public Library St. Lawrence branch1.5 km · 17 min
Places of interest
  • The 48th Highlanders MuseumMuseum · 82 m
  • Canada's Walk of FameLandmark · 175 m
  • Roy Thomson HallPerforming Arts · 231 m
  • Royal Alexandra TheatrePerforming Arts · 252 m · 3 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.

85of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #167 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food30/30

    2 grocery stores within 300 m · 133 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit27/28

    St Andrew Station · 4 stops within 300 m · 23 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go12/14

    library 941 m away · 8 places of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 0.8 km

  • Schools and child care5/8

    nearest school 0.8 km · 4 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot6/10

    traffic signal · accessible signals

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

Ten registered apartment buildings with 1,338 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, five of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 50 John St (528 m, 14 units, 3 storeys, built 1940), which scored 93 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
50 John St · 1725460 Ontario Inc143194093 · Nov 2025528 m · 6 min
20 St Patrick St · Fidelity Property Management Limited25614198282 · Aug 2024645 m · 8 min
168 John St Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1807197994 · Jul 2025822 m · 10 min
248 Simcoe St Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation5312199192 · Aug 2024866 m · 10 min
57 Spadina Ave · Tricon286362022100 · Jun 2024906 m · 11 min
190 John St Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation264199293 · Aug 2026912 m · 11 min

10 registered buildings · 1,338 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 four thefts from vehicles and six bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 1 in 2023–2025, about 0.3 a year, against 1.3 a year before that. 83% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle400street/outdoor (4)
Bicycle theft610street/outdoor (5), commercial premises (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 Yonge-Bay Corridor.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is King & University a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 183 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 & University?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #945 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.20× the median for a counted intersection, and #10 for pedestrians.

Is King & University a walkable intersection?

King & University scores 85 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #167 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 grocery stores within 300 m · 133 places to eat within 300 m; St Andrew Station · 4 stops within 300 m · 23 routes within 1 km; library 941 m away · 8 places of interest within 500 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · accessible signals.

How fast do cars go at King & University?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on University Ave between Pearl St and Lane S of Adelaide and W of University (June 2025), found an average of 27 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 38 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near King & University?

The nearest Green P car park is 40 York St (331 m away, 311 spaces, 41% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 505 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,770 spaces — 18 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 40 York St (306 m).

How do I get to King & University by transit?

St Andrew Station (Line 1) is 74 m away; Union Station GO is 539 m away; streetcar routes 503, 504, 508, 501 and 3 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 101 m away; bus routes 19, 97, 114, 202, 121 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near King & University?

133 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 372 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Brandor Coffee (10 m), Fast Fresh Foods (48 m), Modern Wok (48 m), Modus Ristorante (48 m) and The Second Cup (48 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near King & University?

The nearest is Metro Hall, 55 John Street, 508 m away (Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Union Station (554 m); Nathan Phillips Square Outdoor Rink Washroom (676 m).

Is there child care near King & University?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 897 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kids & Company St Andrews (157 m, 37 spaces), George Brown - Richmond Adelaide Childcare Centre (311 m, 65 spaces) and Downtown Montessori at Simcoe Place (419 m, 75 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near King & University?

Ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,338 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 50 John St (528 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 20 St Patrick St (645 m, 256 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 168 John St (822 m, 180 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 248 Simcoe St (866 m, 53 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 10 is 90 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at King & University?

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

What neighbourhood is King & University in?

King & University is in Yonge-Bay Corridor (City of Toronto neighbourhood 170). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik. The corner falls inside the Financial District Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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