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Kingston & Lee

Kingston Rd & Lee Ave · Toronto, Ontario · East End-Danforth · Ward 19, Beaches-East York

Kingston & Lee, in East End-Danforth, is an above-average intersection for traffic. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: Danforth GO 926 m away and 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
11,615
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 19, 2022
472 pedestrians · 107 cyclists
Collisions
85
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
15 with an injury · 58 property damage · #1306 of 5,508 · +6 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
3 streetcar routes · 4 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 1,450 vehicles an hour, 1.26× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 25 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 8.5 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 27%, from 49 in 2016–2020 to 36 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Kingston & Lee

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
Danforth GO — Lakeshore East926 m
Streetcar
503506501 nearest 20 m
TTC bus
6440492135 nearest 269 m
Blue Night
306301322
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Kingston Rd at Lee Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Southwood Dr / Kingston Rd - SMART 262 m · 12 docks · 8 stations, 140 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 (23)
  • Norway Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 453 m
  • Glen Ames Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 495 m
  • Williamson Road Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 501 m
  • Beaches Alternative Jr & Kimberley JrEnglish Public · 523 m
  • St John Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 577 m
  • Notre Dame Catholic High SchoolEnglish Separate · 704 m
  • and 17 more
Parks (26)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Main Street branch600 m
  • Toronto Public Library Beaches branch920 m
Places of interest
  • 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 10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 103 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Neighbours Community Homes, 43 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026.

Restaurants & cafés10 within 300 m · 103 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 16 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Neighbours Community Homes · 550 Kingston Rd43 mPassed, Mar 2026
Atrium at Kew Beach · 500 Kingston Rd129 mPassed, May 2026
Loft Community Services · 505 Kingston Rd138 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Pizza Hut · 609 Kingston Rd213 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Paper Route Cafe · 462 Kingston Rd231 mPassed, Sep 2025
Seaspray · 629 Kingston Rd242 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Tim Hortons · 637 Kingston Rd256 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Kingston 's Convenience · 452 Kingston Rdgrocery260 mPassed, Aug 2025

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 Norwood Park Washroom, 453 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 478 m away at Norwood Park.

  • Norwood Park Washroom · 16 Norwood Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    453 m
  • Beaches Recreation Centre Washroom · 6 Williamson Rd
    View centre hours
    501 m
  • Kew Gardens Playground Washroom · 2075 Queen St E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    1 km
Drinking water
Norwood Park drinking fountain · 478 m; Cassels Avenue Playground drinking fountain · 488 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

19 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,365 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Waverley Road Montessori School (215 m, 29 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km19 centres · 1,365 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 19
  • Waverley Road Montessori School · 646 Kingston Rd
    29 spaces · toddler, preschool
    215 m
  • Apple Jacks Preschool · 19 Benlamond Ave
    47 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    269 m
  • Bumble Bee Academy · 668 Kingston Rd
    47 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    318 m
  • Leroux Froebel Bilingual School · 72 Main St
    104 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    350 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 226 (452 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (1.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.

FireFire Station 226 · 452 m87 Main St
Police55 Division · 1.6 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

39 registered apartment buildings with 1,752 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 12 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 550 Kingston Rd (42 m, 138 units, 7 storeys, built 1985), which scored 96 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 36 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 11 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings39 · 1,752 units · 12 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202636 across the 39
Open fire-code violations11
Tallest9 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
550 Kingston Rdsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes1387198596 · Jul 20261442 m
530 Kingston RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation903195490 · Jul 2026151 m
567 Kingston Rd · Linfred Investment154195092 · Aug 2026088 m
520 Kingston RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1085199292 · Jul 20251105 m
569 Kingston Rd · Linfred Investments154194088 · Jul 20250124 m
600 Kingston Rd · Hazelview Property Services Inc688195790 · Aug 20261137 m
501 Kingston Rd · Akelius Canada Ltd757195098 · Jul 20254 · 2 fire161 m
474 Kingston Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.384195895 · Jul 20261186 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 lots439 lots · ≈18,980 spaces · 56.9 ha
Within 500 m25 lots · ≈780 spaces
Green P (public)19 car parks · about 1,080 spaces
EV charging (City)2219 Gerrard Street East · 681 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking12 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
136 Wineva Ave. · Surface873 m28 *
85 Lee Ave · Surface893 m6861% (Q1 2026)
117 Hammersmith Ave · Surface901 m2947% (Q1 2026)
72 Amroth Ave · Surface1.2 km5050% (Q1 2026)
166 Woodbine Ave · Surface1.2 km2146% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 43 m away, ≈30 spaces; 75 m away, ≈106 spaces; 128 m away, ≈14 spaces; 138 m away, ≈37 spaces; 154 m away, ≈13 spaces; 169 m away, ≈29 spaces. More EV charging: 2231 Gerrard Street East (730 m, 1 ports); 216 Oakcrest Ave (863 m, 2 ports); 117 Hammersmith Ave (897 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, Oct 19, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The west leg carries the load — 5,738 eastbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 334. Most cyclists arrived from the east (64 of 107). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,805 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,889 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west5,738eastbound · 39 bikes · 4.8% heavy
Total vehicles11,615472 pedestrians · 107 cyclists · 4.6% heavy
From the east5,543westbound · 64 bikes · 4.5% heavy
From the south334northbound · 4 bikes · 3.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,805 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,889 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 19, 2022

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 Lee Ave between Glen Ames and Long Cres (252 m away) recorded an average of 31 km/h in its 3-day count in August 2020; 85% of drivers were at or under 39 km/h. That segment carries about 800 vehicles a day. The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Lee Avenue between Kingston Rd and Norway Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Kingston Rd · Waverley Rd – Lee Ave · 127 mApr 2017 · 24 h11,854
Lee Ave · Glen Ames – Long Cres · 252 mAug 2020 · 3 days82231 km/h39 km/h43 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Lee Avenue · Kingston Rd – Norway Ave
    2 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

2019 was the peak year (14 collisions), and 2025 closed with 9. 18% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 14 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 16% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 19, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions85#1306 of 5,508
With an injury15#1193 of 4,660
Property damage only58
Fail to remain14
Involving a pedestrian2#1824 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2009 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist2
With a fatality0
Severity not classified12
Since January 2026 (outside the window)6
All since 2014103latest Jun 19, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Sep 9, 2009.

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 three thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 80% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle300street/outdoor (2), other (1)
Bicycle theft520apartment parking (4), other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 1, 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 East End-Danforth.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Kingston & Lee a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 85 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 & Lee?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Oct 19, 2022, 1.26× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Kingston & Lee?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lee Ave between Glen Ames and Long Cres (August 2020), found an average of 31 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 39 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Kingston & Lee?

The nearest Green P car park is 136 Wineva Ave. (873 m away, 28 spaces). The City's mapping shows 439 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,980 spaces — 25 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2219 Gerrard Street East (681 m).

How do I get to Kingston & Lee by transit?

Danforth GO is 926 m away; streetcar routes 503, 506, 501 stop within 1 km, the nearest 20 m away; bus routes 64, 404, 92, 135 within 1 km (nearest stop: Kingston Rd at Lee Ave, 269 m).

What restaurants are near Kingston & Lee?

10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 103 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Neighbours Community Homes (43 m), Atrium at Kew Beach (129 m), Loft Community Services (138 m), Pizza Hut (213 m) and Paper Route Cafe (231 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 & Lee?

The nearest is Norwood Park Washroom, 16 Norwood Rd, 453 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Beaches Recreation Centre Washroom (501 m); Kew Gardens Playground Washroom (1.0 km). 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 & Lee?

19 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,365 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Waverley Road Montessori School (215 m, 29 spaces), Apple Jacks Preschool (269 m, 47 spaces) and Bumble Bee Academy (318 m, 47 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Kingston & Lee?

39 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,752 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 550 Kingston Rd (42 m, 138 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 530 Kingston Rd (51 m, 90 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 567 Kingston Rd (88 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 520 Kingston Rd (105 m, 108 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 39 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 & Lee?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and five 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 East End-Danforth page.

What neighbourhood is Kingston & Lee in?

Kingston & Lee is in East End-Danforth (City of Toronto neighbourhood 062). 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