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King & Widmer

King St W & Widmer St · Toronto, Ontario · Wellington Place · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York · Toronto Downtown West BIA

King & Widmer, in Wellington Place, in the downtown core, was a mid-volume intersection, with a well-used cycling route through it — that was the City's last count here, in 2011. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: St Andrew Station (Line 1) 591 m away.

Traffic
6,565
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 20, 2011
266 pedestrians · 1,262 cyclists
Collisions
59
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #1813 of 5,519
Getting there
3
TTC stops within 100 m
St Andrew Station 591 m · 14 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
76/100
city median 48 · #506 of 5,672
84 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 240 m

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King & Widmer

Traffic and safety

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

Traffic volume8-hour count · Jun 20, 2011

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 3,292 eastbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 285. Most cyclists arrived from the west (671 of 1,262). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 955 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 930 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 8.0% 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 15 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2011, not today's volume. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.

From the north285southbound · 36 bikes · 7.0% heavy
From the west3,292eastbound · 671 bikes · 7.5% heavy
Total vehicles6,565266 pedestrians · 1,262 cyclists · 8.0% heavy
From the east2,988westbound · 555 bikes · 8.5% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy

Peak hours: 955 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 930 from 4:45 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 (13 collisions), and 2025 closed with 10. 8% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 17 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 29% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% 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 Jul 10, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Aug 5, 2006.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions59#1813 of 5,519
With an injury5
Property damage only39
Fail to remain17
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist2#1200 of 2,576
Severity not classified15
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20061latest Aug 5, 2006

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.

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

Subway
St Andrew Station (Line 1)591 m · 7 min; Osgoode Station (Line 1)818 m · 10 min; Union Station (Line 1)1 km · 11 min
UP Express
UP Express Union Station 885 m · 11 min — trains to Pearson
Streetcar
504 508 510 501 503 nearest 63 m
TTC bus
19 97 nearest 922 m · 11 min
Blue Night
304 310 301 307
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — King St West at Blue Jays Way East Side; King St West at John St West Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Widmer St / King St W 13 m · 11 docks · 60 stations, 1,189 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
17 car parks · about 6,089 spaces
EV charging
10 Soho St. · 578 m · 4 Level 2 ports; also 40 York St (829 m), 10 Portland St (856 m)
Bike parking
197 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 79 bikes within 600 m · Indoor bike station, 97 Front St W (901 m)
Other lots
21 mapped lots within 500 m, 497 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
363 Adelaide St W · Surface418 m2295% (Q1 2026)
105 Spadina Ave · Surface471 m14over 100% (Q1 2026)
40 York St · Garage854 m31141% (Q1 2026)
15 Denison Ave · Surface1 km12054% (Q1 2026)
2 Portland St · Garage1.1 km3797% (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

You can do a shop on foot from here: Bulk Barn is 240 m away, one of two grocery stores within 300 m. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. There are 84 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 La Fenice Tuscan Grill, 27 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 125 m away; 10 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is SickKids, 1.5 km away, then Toronto Rehab University Centre at 1.6 km. University Settlement Elderly Persons Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 813 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • La Fenice Tuscan Grill · 319 King St W Unit-127 m
  • Pigeon Cafe · 337 King St W Flr-151 m
  • Gabby's · 309 King St W54 m
  • King Street Social Kitchen and Bar · 370 King St W Unit-162 m
  • Mix Bistro Bar · 370 King St W62 m
84 within 300 m · 372 within 1 km
Grocery
Bulk Barn 240 m · 2 within 300 m
Food shops
Soma Chocolate 424 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Shoppers Drug Mart 125 m · 10 within 1 km
Child care
  • Metro Hall Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day207 m
  • Blue Butterfly Montessori School Inc. · 62 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day336 m · 4 min
  • Kids & Company - Front Street Site · 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day366 m · 4 min
15 licensed centres · 991 spaces within 1 km · 10 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Metro Hall · Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed · accessible207 m
  • Harrison Pool Washroom · hours not listed672 m · 8 min
Drinking water: Clarence Square Park 445 m · 5 min
Health and care
  • SickKids · hospital site1.5 km · 18 min
  • Toronto Rehab University Centre · hospital site1.6 km · 19 min
  • University Settlement Elderly Persons Centre · seniors' active living centre813 m · 10 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 (33)
  • Grasett Park152 m
  • David Pecaut Square306 m · 4 min
  • Clarence Square Park450 m · 5 min
  • Isabella Valancy Crawford Park484 m · 6 min
  • Simcoe Park618 m · 7 min
and 28 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (19)
  • Alpha Alternative & Oasis AlternativeEnglish Public · 670 m · 8 min
  • Ogden Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 723 m · 9 min
  • OCAD University - Inclusive Design InstituteUniversity · 775 m · 9 min
  • OCAD University - Student CentreUniversity · 797 m · 9 min
  • OCAD University - Aboveground Art SuppliesUniversity · 867 m · 10 min
and 14 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch1.5 km · 17 min
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch1.5 km · 18 min
Places of interest
  • TIFF Bell LightboxLandmark · 60 m
  • Princess of Wales TheatrePerforming Arts · 180 m
  • Royal Alexandra TheatrePerforming Arts · 307 m · 4 min
  • Canada's Walk of FameLandmark · 366 m · 4 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.

76of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #506 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 · 84 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit22/28

    St Andrew Station 0.6 km · 5 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go9/14

    library 1.5 km away · 7 places of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation10/10

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

  • Schools and child care5/8

    nearest school 0.7 km · 3 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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 2,456 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 50 John St (227 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 91, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
50 John St · 1725460 Ontario Inc143194093 · Nov 2025227 m
57 Spadina Ave · Tricon286362022100 · Jun 2024383 m · 5 min
168 John St Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1807197994 · Jul 2025557 m · 7 min
425 Wellington St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services LP17113202399 · Jul 2024649 m · 8 min
190 John St Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation264199293 · Aug 2026650 m · 8 min
435 Wellington St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services LP16013202398 · Jul 2024696 m · 8 min

13 registered buildings · 2,456 units · 4 social housing · tallest 46 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 29 thefts from vehicles and nine bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 6.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 16 in 2023–2025, about 5.3 a year, against 3.1 a year before that. 66% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 33% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 4 more have been reported, the latest on Apr 26, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle29124street/outdoor (19), commercial premises (7)
Bicycle theft940street/outdoor (3), commercial premises (2)

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 Wellington Place.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is King & Widmer a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 59 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 & Widmer?

A mid-volume intersection at the City's last count here, in 2011. Its latest count is from Jun 20, 2011, 71% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is King & Widmer a walkable intersection?

King & Widmer scores 76 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #506 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 · 84 places to eat within 300 m; 4 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; St Andrew Station 0.6 km · 5 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km.

Where can I park near King & Widmer?

The nearest Green P car park is 363 Adelaide St W (418 m away, 22 spaces, 95% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 497 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,450 spaces — 21 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Soho St. (578 m).

How do I get to King & Widmer by transit?

St Andrew Station (Line 1) is 591 m away; streetcar routes 504, 508, 510, 501 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 63 m away; bus routes 19, 97 within 1 km (nearest stop: King St West at Blue Jays Way East Side, 922 m).

What restaurants are near King & Widmer?

84 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 La Fenice Tuscan Grill (27 m), Pigeon Cafe (51 m), Gabby's (54 m), King Street Social Kitchen and Bar (62 m) and Mix Bistro Bar (62 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near King & Widmer?

The nearest is Metro Hall, 55 John Street, 207 m away (Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Harrison Pool Washroom (672 m); Grange Park South Washroom (837 m).

Is there child care near King & Widmer?

15 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 991 spaces in total; 10 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Metro Hall Early Learning & Child Care Centre (207 m, 62 spaces), Blue Butterfly Montessori School Inc. (336 m, 62 spaces) and Kids & Company - Front Street Site (366 m, 62 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near King & Widmer?

13 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,456 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 50 John St (227 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 57 Spadina Ave (383 m, 286 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 168 John St (557 m, 180 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 425 Wellington St W (649 m, 171 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 13 is 91 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at King & Widmer?

Toronto Police place 29 thefts from vehicles and nine bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 4 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Wellington Place page.

What neighbourhood is King & Widmer in?

King & Widmer is in Wellington Place (City of Toronto neighbourhood 164). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik. The corner falls inside the Toronto Downtown West Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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