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Niagara & Tecumseth

Niagara St & Tecumseth St · Toronto, Ontario · West Queen West · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York

Niagara & Tecumseth, in West Queen West, in the downtown core, is a lightly travelled intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has a protected bikeway at the corner. Nearby: 12 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
2,947
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jul 23, 2024
2,609 pedestrians · 472 cyclists
Collisions
17
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
12 routes within 1 km · protected bikeway
Within a walk
64/100
city median 48 · #1,302 of 5,672
12 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 293 m

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Niagara & Tecumseth

Traffic and safety

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

Traffic volume14-hour count · Jul 23, 2024

The west leg carries the load — 2,725 eastbound vehicles, or 92% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 5. Most cyclists arrived from the west (203 of 472). Morning rush is the busier period: 300 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:15 a.m., compared with 260 from 6:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north13southbound · 132 bikes · 7.7% heavy
From the west2,725eastbound · 203 bikes · 2.9% heavy
Total vehicles2,9472,609 pedestrians · 472 cyclists · 3.2% heavy
From the east5westbound · 64 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south204northbound · 73 bikes · 6.9% heavy

Peak hours: 300 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 260 from 6:15 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

2023 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 12% of collisions here involved an injury. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 53% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 18% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 2, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions175.8 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles
With an injury2
Property damage only7
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian2
Involving a cyclist1
Involving a motorcyclist1
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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 Tecumseth St between Whitaker Ave and Adelaide St W (344 m away) recorded an average of 21 km/h in its 7-day count in September 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 30 km/h. That segment carries about 2,100 vehicles a day. Niagara St between Lane E of Bathurst and S of Wellington and Bathurst St measured slower: 21 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 30 km/h (Jul 2026).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Niagara St · Lane E of Bathurst and S of Wellington – Bathurst St · 241 mJul 2026 · 7 days2,21421 km/h30 km/h35 km/h
Tecumseth St · Whitaker Ave – Adelaide St W · 344 mSep 2025 · 7 days2,08621 km/h30 km/h35 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.

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

Streetcar
511 504 508 501 509 510 nearest 224 m
TTC bus
63 nearest 686 m · 8 min
Blue Night
304 301 310 307 363
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Cycle Track - Contraflow on Tecumseth St installed 2022
Bike Share
Niagara St / Tecumseth St 0 m · 15 docks · 43 stations, 884 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
21 car parks · about 2,509 spaces
EV charging
10 Palmerston Ave · 684 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 10 Portland St (1.1 km), 1051 Queen Street W (1.6 km)
Bike parking
73 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 60 bikes within 600 m · Indoor bike station, 97 Front St W (2 km)
Other lots
30 mapped lots within 500 m, 451 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
2 Portland St · Garage541 m3797% (Q1 2026)
803 Richmond St W · Surface725 m4856% (Q1 2026)
545 Lake Shore Boulevard West · Surface947 m110 *—
800 Fleet Street · Surface1.1 km94 *—
250 Fort York Blvd. · Surface1.1 km49 *—

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: Farm Boy is 293 m away. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. There are 12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 316 eating places within a kilometre — 7.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Domino's Pizza, 132 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 260 m away; 10 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Toronto Western Hospital, 1.5 km away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Domino's Pizza · 51 Niagara St132 m
  • The Old York Tavern · 167 Niagara St153 m
  • Edulis · 169 Niagara St160 m
  • Booster Juice · 35 Bathurst St237 m
  • Sizzler Kabab · 754 King St W249 m
12 within 300 m · 316 within 1 km
Grocery
Farm Boy 293 m · 3 min · 12 within 1 km
Food shops
Big Fat Cookies 717 m · 9 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Shoppers Drug Mart 260 m · 3 min · 10 within 1 km
Child care
  • City Kids Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 72 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day236 m
  • Garrison Creek Community Day Care · 152 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day469 m · 6 min
  • Macaulay - the Well · 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day717 m · 9 min
7 licensed centres · 447 spaces within 1 km · 6 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom · hours not listed336 m · 4 min
  • Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible453 m · 5 min
Drinking water: Victoria Memorial Square Park 341 m · 4 min; Stanley Park South - Toronto 341 m · 4 min
Health and care
  • Toronto Western Hospital · hospital site1.5 km · 18 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)
and 27 more within 1.5 km
Schools (11)
  • Niagara Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 469 m · 6 min
  • St Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 631 m · 8 min
  • Discovering Minds Montessori SchoolPrivate · 752 m · 9 min
  • Alpha Alternative & Oasis AlternativeEnglish Public · 941 m · 11 min
  • Charles G Fraser Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
and 6 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch567 m · 7 min
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch1.4 km · 17 min
Places of interest
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 656 m · 8 min
  • iArts MuseumMuseum · 712 m · 8 min
  • Arcadia EarthAttraction · 716 m · 9 min
  • The WellLandmark · 895 m · 11 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.

64of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,302 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food26/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 12 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit17/28

    6 stops within 300 m · 12 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go8/14

    library 567 m away · 8 places of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation6/10

    2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.1 km

  • Schools and child care7/8

    1 school within 500 m · 2 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

19 registered apartment buildings with 4,086 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, seven of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 39 Niagara St (301 m, 501 units, 19 storeys, built 2019), which scored 99 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 19 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
39 Niagara St · Minto Properties50119201999 · Jul 2025301 m · 4 min
50 Portland St · Morguard23210200596 · Aug 2026522 m · 6 min
575 Adelaide St W Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation15011198384 · Aug 2024559 m · 7 min
800 Adelaide St W social housing · Homes First Society503198788 · Aug 2026617 m · 7 min
798 Richmond St W · Akelius Canada Ltd52513197089 · Jul 2025640 m · 8 min
552 Adelaide St W social housing · Par-Med Property Services Inc.845200593 · Jul 2025692 m · 8 min

19 registered buildings · 4,086 units · 7 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 eight thefts from vehicles and 15 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.8× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 2.3 a year. 63% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 67% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Apr 19, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle821street/outdoor (5), apartment parking (3)
Bicycle theft1540apartment parking (10), street/outdoor (3)

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 West Queen West.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Niagara & Tecumseth a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 17 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 Niagara & Tecumseth?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Jul 23, 2024, 18% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is Niagara & Tecumseth a walkable intersection?

Niagara & Tecumseth scores 64 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,302 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: 1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 grocery store within 300 m · 12 places to eat within 300 m; 6 stops within 300 m · 12 routes within 1 km.

How fast do cars go at Niagara & Tecumseth?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Tecumseth St between Whitaker Ave and Adelaide St W (September 2025), found an average of 21 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 30 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Niagara & Tecumseth?

The nearest Green P car park is 2 Portland St (541 m away, 37 spaces, 97% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 451 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,090 spaces — 30 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Palmerston Ave (684 m).

How do I get to Niagara & Tecumseth by transit?

Streetcar routes 511, 504, 508, 501 and 2 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 224 m away; bus route 63 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Niagara & Tecumseth?

12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 316 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Domino's Pizza (132 m), The Old York Tavern (153 m), Edulis (160 m), Booster Juice (237 m) and Sizzler Kabab (249 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Niagara & Tecumseth?

The nearest is Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom, 700 Wellington St W, 336 m away. Next nearest: Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom (453 m).

Is there child care near Niagara & Tecumseth?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 447 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are City Kids Early Learning & Child Care Centre (236 m, 72 spaces), Garrison Creek Community Day Care (469 m, 152 spaces) and Macaulay - the Well (717 m, 62 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Niagara & Tecumseth?

19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,086 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 39 Niagara St (301 m, 501 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 50 Portland St (522 m, 232 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 575 Adelaide St W (559 m, 150 units, RentSafeTO score 84) and 800 Adelaide St W (617 m, 50 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 is 90 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at Niagara & Tecumseth?

Toronto Police place eight thefts from vehicles and 15 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the West Queen West page.

What neighbourhood is Niagara & Tecumseth in?

Niagara & Tecumseth is in West Queen West (City of Toronto neighbourhood 162). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik.

Sources

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