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Kingston & Elmer

Kingston Rd & Elmer Ave · Toronto, Ontario · The Beaches · Ward 19, Beaches-East York

Kingston & Elmer, in The Beaches, is an intersection of typical volume. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
14,009
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 20, 2024
800 pedestrians · 320 cyclists · #1380 busiest
Collisions
27
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
7 with an injury · 13 property damage · #2973 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
3 streetcar routes · 2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,000 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 18 vehicles, close to the citywide median. Cyclists were 2.3% of vehicle volume, about 2.9× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 2.7 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 1.9 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions edged down 7%, from 14 in 2016–2020 to 13 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Kingston & Elmer

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
503506501 nearest 13 m
TTC bus
9264 nearest 245 m
Blue Night
306301322
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Kingston Rd at Elmer Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Heyworth Cres / Kingston Rd 104 m · 19 docks · 6 stations, 110 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 (21)
  • Norway Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 79 m
  • Glen Ames Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 624 m
  • Williamson Road Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 691 m
  • Bowmore Road Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 692 m
  • Boardwalk Montessori SchoolPrivate · 803 m
  • Kew Beach Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 844 m
  • and 15 more
Parks (30)
  • Love Crescent Parkette417 m
  • Cassels Avenue Playground492 m
  • Jeff Sloan Playground660 m
  • Norwood Park755 m
  • Fairmount Park790 m
  • Wildwood Crescent Playground826 m
  • and 24 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Beaches branch862 m
  • Toronto Public Library Main Street branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Gerrard/Ashdale branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Kew Gardens ParkNature/ Park · 1 km
Signal
1971, activated 2004 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 102. The nearest is K & S Milk Store, 188 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2025.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 102 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 12 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
K & S Milk Store · 438 Kingston Rd188 mPassed, Aug 2025
Kingston 's Convenience · 452 Kingston Rdgrocery217 mPassed, Aug 2025
Paper Route Cafe · 462 Kingston Rd248 mPassed, Sep 2025
Loft Community Services · 505 Kingston Rd335 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Atrium at Kew Beach · 500 Kingston Rd360 mPassed, May 2026
Neighbours Community Homes · 550 Kingston Rd472 mPassed, Mar 2026
Pizza Hut · 609 Kingston Rd671 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Today's Menu · 1933 Gerrard St E678 mPassed, Sep 2024 · 2 infractions

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 Beaches Recreation Centre Washroom, 604 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 477 m away at Cassels Avenue Playground.

  • Beaches Recreation Centre Washroom · 6 Williamson Rd
    View centre hours
    604 m
  • Fairmount Park Community Centre Washroom · 1725 Gerrard St E
    View centre hours
    734 m
  • Norwood Park Washroom · 16 Norwood Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    750 m
Drinking water
Cassels Avenue Playground drinking fountain · 477 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

18 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,377 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Norway School Age YMCA (79 m, 99 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km18 centres · 1,377 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 18
  • Norway School Age YMCA · 390 Kingston Rd
    99 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    79 m
  • Waverley Road Montessori School · 646 Kingston Rd
    29 spaces · toddler, preschool
    681 m
  • Williamson Road Day Care Centre · 24 Williamson Rd
    116 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    691 m
  • Bowmore · 80 Bowmore Rd
    89 spaces · preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    692 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 227 (730 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (1.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.

FireFire Station 227 · 730 m1904 Queen St E
Police55 Division · 1.2 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 46 · 1.3 km105 Cedarvale Ave

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

Within a kilometre there are 50 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,161 rental units, 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection — 16 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 320 Kingston Rd (153 m, 36 units, 3 storeys, built 1954), which scored 95 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 67 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 11 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings50 · 2,161 units · 16 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202667 across the 50
Open fire-code violations11
Tallest9 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
320 Kingston RdToronto Community Housing · TCH363195495 · Jul 20251153 m
441 Kingston Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.153192089 · Aug 20260192 m
419 Woodbine Ave113196093 · Nov 20250239 m
485 Kingston Rd · Twelvestone Realty Advisors Inc.1159195888 · Aug 20261269 m
474 Kingston Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.384195895 · Jul 20261300 m
501 Kingston Rd · Akelius Canada Ltd757195098 · Jul 20254 · 2 fire310 m
592 Woodbine Ave · Villettes Apartments365196693 · Nov 20250327 m
619 Woodbine Ave · Signet Group Inc504195699 · Nov 20251337 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 lots433 lots · ≈15,770 spaces · 47.3 ha
Within 500 m16 lots · ≈3,230 spaces
Green P (public)20 car parks · about 1,157 spaces
EV charging (City)29 Bowmore Rd · 615 m · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parking3 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
166 Woodbine Ave · Surface829 m2146% (Q1 2026)
192 Boardwalk Dr · Surface864 m2445% (Q1 2026)
85 Lee Ave · Surface864 m6861% (Q1 2026)
116 Joseph Duggan Rd · Surface912 m2441% (Q1 2026)
136 Wineva Ave. · Surface940 m28 *

Nearest lots: 39 m away, ≈29 spaces; 116 m away, ≈14 spaces; 162 m away, ≈7 spaces; 226 m away, ≈15 spaces; 228 m away, ≈5 spaces; 233 m away, ≈74 spaces. More EV charging: 1981 Queen Street East (782 m, 1 ports); 1856 Queen St E. (815 m, 2 ports); 166 Woodbine Ave (820 m, 6 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, Oct 20, 2024 (a weekend day)

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 7,104 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 51% of the total, against 311 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the east (161 of 320). Evening rush dominates here: 1,290 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:30 p.m., against 1,011 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 0.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Sunday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 23 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north0southbound · 2 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west6,594eastbound · 123 bikes · 1.0% heavy
Total vehicles14,009800 pedestrians · 320 cyclists · 0.9% heavy
From the east7,104westbound · 161 bikes · 0.9% heavy
From the south311northbound · 34 bikes · 1.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,011 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,290 vehicles from 2:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 20, 2024 · weekend

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

On Kingston Rd between Heyworth Cres and Elmer Ave, 0 m from the corner, a 4-day count in June 2001 put the average speed at 30 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 37 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 42 km/h or more. That segment carries about 600 vehicles a day. Elmer Ave between Norway Ave and Rhyl Ave measured slower: 28 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 35 km/h (Sep 2018). The reading is 25 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Kingston Rd (45 m away, 40 km/h limit), 11% of the 192,382 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Elmer Avenue between Kingston Rd and Norway Avenue West Branch.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Kingston Rd · Heyworth Cres – Elmer Ave · 0 mJun 2001 · 4 days63630 km/h37 km/h42 km/h
Elmer Ave · Norway Ave – Rhyl Ave · 180 mSep 2018 · 3 days1,07728 km/h35 km/h39 km/h

School-zone speed sign 45 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct39 · 48 km/h
Over the limit27%
50 km/h or more11%

Kingston Rd (westbound), Burncrest Road · 192,382 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Elmer Avenue · Kingston Rd – Norway Avenue West Branch
    3 speed humps

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

The worst year was 2019, with 6 collisions; 2025 recorded 4. 7 collisions (26%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 7 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 26% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 31, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 1.9 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions27#2973 of 5,508
With an injury7#2261 of 4,660
Property damage only13
Fail to remain7
Involving a pedestrian1#2645 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201434latest May 31, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

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

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 14, 2020. 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 The Beaches.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Kingston & Elmer a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 27 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 Kingston & Elmer?

An intersection of typical volume. It ranks #1380 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Kingston & Elmer?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Kingston Rd between Heyworth Cres and Elmer Ave (June 2001), found an average of 30 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 37 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 45 m away (40 km/h), 11% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Kingston & Elmer?

The nearest Green P car park is 166 Woodbine Ave (829 m away, 21 spaces, 46% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 433 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 15,770 spaces — 16 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 29 Bowmore Rd (615 m).

How do I get to Kingston & Elmer by transit?

Streetcar routes 503, 506, 501 stop within 1 km, the nearest 13 m away; bus routes 92, 64 within 1 km (nearest stop: Kingston Rd at Elmer Ave, 245 m).

What restaurants are near Kingston & Elmer?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 102 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are K & S Milk Store (188 m), Paper Route Cafe (248 m), Loft Community Services (335 m), Atrium at Kew Beach (360 m) and Neighbours Community Homes (472 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 Kingston & Elmer?

The nearest is Beaches Recreation Centre Washroom, 6 Williamson Rd, 604 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Fairmount Park Community Centre Washroom (734 m); Norwood Park Washroom (750 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 Kingston & Elmer?

18 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,377 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Norway School Age YMCA (79 m, 99 spaces), Waverley Road Montessori School (681 m, 29 spaces) and Williamson Road Day Care Centre (691 m, 116 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Kingston & Elmer?

50 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,161 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 320 Kingston Rd (153 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 441 Kingston Rd (192 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 419 Woodbine Ave (239 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 485 Kingston Rd (269 m, 115 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 50 is 90 out of 100. 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 Kingston & Elmer?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no 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 The Beaches page.

What neighbourhood is Kingston & Elmer in?

Kingston & Elmer is in The Beaches (City of Toronto neighbourhood 063). It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford.

Sources

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