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Kingston & Lark

Kingston Rd & Lark St · Toronto, Ontario · The Beaches · Ward 19, Beaches-East York

In The Beaches, Kingston & Lark is an intersection of typical volume. It has a school within 250 m and parks at the corner. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
7,044
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 16, 2000
234 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
23
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 15 property damage · #3217 of 5,508
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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
3 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 880 vehicles an hour, 76% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 30 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 2.3 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 30%, from 10 in 2016–2020 to 13 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Kingston & Lark

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
503501506 nearest 85 m
TTC bus
312292 nearest 238 m
Blue Night
301306322
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m — Kingston Rd at Dixon Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Queen St. E / Eastern Ave 216 m · 15 docks · 15 stations, 421 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 (12)
  • Academy of Thought and Industry TorontoPrivate · 224 m
  • Kew Beach Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 719 m
  • Bowmore Road Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 809 m
  • Kew Park Montessori School - HiawathaPrivate · 865 m
  • Duke of Connaught Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 891 m
  • Boardwalk Montessori SchoolPrivate · 894 m
  • and 6 more
Parks (29)
  • Edgewood Parkette141 m
  • Orchard Park206 m
  • Jeff Sloan Playground211 m
  • Measurement Park314 m
  • Maughan Crescent Parkette341 m
  • Cairns Avenue Parkette425 m
  • and 23 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Gerrard/Ashdale branch917 m
  • Toronto Public Library Beaches branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Woodbine BeachNature/ Park · 887 m
  • Ashbridges Bay ParkNature/ Park · 1 km
  • Kew Gardens ParkNature/ Park · 1.1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 124 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Sid's Gourmet Pizza, 30 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 124 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 21 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Sid's Gourmet Pizza · 66 Kingston Rd30 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Toby's Food Mart · 86 Kingston Rdgrocery61 mPassed, Mar 2025
Edgewood Villa · 17 Edgewood Ave154 mPassed, May 2026
Major Convenience · 1718 Queen St E, Unit-7grocery173 mPassed, Feb 2025
Parkview Smoke& Variety Plus Inc · 1712 Queen St Egrocery182 mPassed, Feb 2025
Country Style · 1708 Queen St E185 mPassed, Feb 2025
History · 1663 Queen St E310 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Greenwood Teletheatre · 1661 Queen St E321 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction

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 Woodbine Park Washroom, 472 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 165 m away at Orchard Park.

  • Woodbine Park Washroom · 1695 Queen St E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    472 m
  • Automated public toilet, 1681 Lake Shore Blvd E
    24 hours · accessible
    667 m
  • Donald D. Summerville Olympic Outdoor Pool Washroom · 1867 Lake Shore Blvd E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    721 m
Drinking water
Orchard Park drinking fountain · 165 m; Woodbine Park bottle filling station · 473 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

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,039 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Coxwell Early Learning & Child Care Centre (443 m, 34 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,039 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 13
  • Coxwell Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 1631 Queen St E
    34 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    443 m
  • Brightpath Academy - the Beach Clubzone · 1921 Queen St E
    72 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    607 m
  • Brightpath Academy - the Beach · 1925 Queen St E
    111 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    616 m
  • Bumble Bee Academy · 1560 Queen St E
    63 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    688 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 227 (530 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (456 m) and the nearest ambulance station 2.0 km away.

FireFire Station 227 · 530 m1904 Queen St E
Police55 Division · 456 m101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 46 · 2 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

37 registered apartment buildings with 1,100 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 13 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 12 Kingston Rd (89 m, 16 units, 3 storeys, built 1970), which scored 93 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 41 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings37 · 1,100 units · 13 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202641 across the 37
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest7 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
12 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc163197093 · Aug 2026389 m
10 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc163197090 · Jul 20257109 m
8 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc163197094 · Aug 20263123 m
6 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc163197097 · Aug 20260150 m
4 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc164197092 · Aug 20260161 m
2-12 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc164197094 · Jul 20250172 m
136 Kingston Rdsocial housing · Aykler Real Estate Inc.944195975 · Aug 20265182 m
23 Edgewood Avesocial housing · Aykler Real Estate Inc.244195994 · Oct 20250195 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 lots411 lots · ≈18,650 spaces · 56 ha
Within 500 m51 lots · ≈1,660 spaces
Green P (public)20 car parks · about 1,157 spaces
EV charging (City)1760 Queen St E. · 170 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking29 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
116 Winners Crcl · Surface231 m1052% (Q1 2026)
118 Sarah Ashbridge Ave · Surface251 m2440% (Q1 2026)
116 Joseph Duggan Rd · Surface292 m2441% (Q1 2026)
192 Boardwalk Dr · Surface362 m2445% (Q1 2026)
1167 Eastern Ave · Surface363 m6632% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 19 m away, ≈25 spaces; 79 m away, ≈11 spaces; 142 m away, ≈24 spaces; 147 m away, ≈37 spaces; 157 m away, ≈3 spaces; 161 m away, ≈11 spaces. More EV charging: 1834 Queen St E (276 m, 2 ports); 1856 Queen St E. (354 m, 2 ports); 166 Woodbine Ave (471 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 — 8-hour, Nov 16, 2000

The north leg carries the load — 3,678 southbound vehicles, or 52% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 45. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,298 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 15% above the morning peak from 7:30 a.m. (1,126). Trucks and buses were 7.1% 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 16,183 vehicles. The count is 26 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2000, 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 north3,678southbound · 0 bikes · 6.7% heavy
From the west45eastbound · 0 bikes · 4.4% heavy
Total vehicles7,044234 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 7.1% heavy
From the east64westbound · 0 bikes · 6.3% heavy
From the south3,257northbound · 0 bikes · 7.5% heavy
AM peak hour1,126 vehicles from 7:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,298 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 16, 2000

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 Lark St between Queen St E and Kingston Rd (84 m away) recorded an average of 32 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2000; 85% of drivers were at or under 42 km/h. That segment carries about 400 vehicles a day. Orchard Park Blvd between Lane N of Queen and W of Orchard Park Blvd and Orchard Park Trl measured slower: 24 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 33 km/h (Sep 2021). The reading is 26 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Lark Street between Kingston Rd and Queen St E (installed 2003).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lark St · Queen St E – Kingston Rd · 84 mNov 2000 · 3 days35132 km/h42 km/h46 km/h
Orchard Park Blvd · Lane N of Queen and W of Orchard Park Blvd – Orchard Park Trl · 241 mSep 2021 · 3 days25124 km/h33 km/h38 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Lark Street · Kingston Rd – Queen St E
    3 speed humps
    installed 2003

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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 6 collisions. 13% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 22% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Nov 28, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions23#3217 of 5,508
With an injury3#3342 of 4,660
Property damage only15
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
All since 201429latest Nov 28, 2025

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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place nine thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 2 in 2023–2025, about 0.7 a year, against 1.3 a year before that. 67% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle920street/outdoor (6), house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft200house driveway/garage (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 8, 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 The Beaches.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Kingston & Lark a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 23 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 & Lark?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Nov 16, 2000, 76% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Kingston & Lark?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lark St between Queen St E and Kingston Rd (November 2000), found an average of 32 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 42 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Kingston & Lark?

The nearest Green P car park is 116 Winners Crcl (231 m away, 10 spaces, 52% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 411 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,650 spaces — 51 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1760 Queen St E. (170 m).

How do I get to Kingston & Lark by transit?

Streetcar routes 503, 501, 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 85 m away; bus routes 31, 22, 92 within 1 km (nearest stop: Kingston Rd at Dixon Ave, 238 m).

What restaurants are near Kingston & Lark?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 124 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Sid's Gourmet Pizza (30 m), Edgewood Villa (154 m), Country Style (185 m), History (310 m) and Greenwood Teletheatre (321 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 & Lark?

The nearest is Woodbine Park Washroom, 1695 Queen St E, 472 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: the automated public toilet at 1681 Lake Shore Blvd E (667 m); Donald D. Summerville Olympic Outdoor Pool Washroom (721 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 & Lark?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,039 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Coxwell Early Learning & Child Care Centre (443 m, 34 spaces), Brightpath Academy - the Beach Clubzone (607 m, 72 spaces) and Brightpath Academy - the Beach (616 m, 111 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Kingston & Lark?

37 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,100 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 12 Kingston Rd (89 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 10 Kingston Rd (109 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 8 Kingston Rd (123 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 6 Kingston Rd (150 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 37 is 91 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 & Lark?

Toronto Police place nine thefts from vehicles and two 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 & Lark in?

Kingston & Lark 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