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Pape & Queen

Pape Ave & Queen St E · Toronto, Ontario · South Riverdale · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth · Leslieville BIA

In South Riverdale, Pape & Queen is an intersection of typical volume, with heavy foot traffic. Nearby is 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
5,092
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 2, 2019
2,446 pedestrians · 51 cyclists
Collisions
67
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
16 with an injury · 42 property damage · #1639 of 5,508 · +1 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 · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 28 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 640 vehicles an hour, 55% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 2.1 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Police have logged an average of 6.7 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions edged down 14%, from 36 in 2016–2020 to 31 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Pape & Queen

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501503506 nearest 10 m
TTC bus
728331114 nearest 193 m
Blue Night
301306325
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Queen St East at Pape Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Queen St E / Pape Ave - SMART 12 m · 16 docks · 19 stations, 371 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 (13)
  • Morse Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 253 m
  • Bruce Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 356 m
  • St Joseph Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 662 m
  • Leslieville Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 767 m
  • Dundas Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 886 m
  • Riverdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 7 more
Parks (28)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch552 m
  • Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter branch837 m
  • Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch1.3 km
Signal
0876, activated 1970 · FT · transit priority

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 39 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 7 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 208 — 2.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is New Era Burgers, 39 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés39 within 300 m · 208 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience7 within 300 m · 36 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
New Era Burgers · 1001 Queen St E39 mPassed, Jul 2026
Johnson Family Bakery · 993 Queen St Egrocery39 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 2 infractions
Soy Boys Burgers · 1056 Queen St E41 mPassed, Aug 2026
Slowhand Pizza · 99 Pape Ave41 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
The Donut Factory · 101 Pape Ave44 mPassed, Apr 2026
Avling · 1042 Queen St E50 mPassed, Oct 2025
Pilot Coffee Roasters · 983 Queen St E68 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction
Boston Discount Store · 1020 Queen St E82 mPassed, Feb 2026

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 Leslie Grove Park Washroom, 348 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 356 m away at Hideaway Park.

  • Leslie Grove Park Washroom · 1158 Queen St E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    348 m
  • Morse Street Playground Washroom · 76 Morse St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    585 m
  • Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom · 870 Queen St E
    View centre hours
    625 m
Drinking water
Hideaway Park drinking fountain · 356 m; Hideaway Park dog fountain · 368 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 1,146 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Liberty Preparatory School Inc. (193 m, 39 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,146 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 13
  • Liberty Preparatory School Inc. · 181 Carlaw Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool
    193 m
  • Brightpath Leslieville · 970 Queen St E
    154 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    227 m
  • Woodgreen Community Services (Morse Child Care Centre) · 180 Carlaw Ave
    192 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    253 m
  • Mighty Kids · 14 Verral Ave
    43 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    292 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 324 (832 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (1.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 155 m away.

FireFire Station 324 · 832 m840 Gerrard St E
Police55 Division · 1.8 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 155 m126 Pape 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 21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,243 rental units — 18 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1070 Queen St E (91 m, 177 units, 5 storeys, built 1993), which scored 91 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 21 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 14 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings21 · 1,243 units · 18 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202614 across the 21
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1070 Queen St Esocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.1775199391 · Oct 2025091 m
1075 Queen St E · Imperra General Management486201698 · Aug 2026191 m
29 Louvain AveToronto Community Housing · TCH514199389 · Dec 20250113 m
55 Pape Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.605199688 · Aug 20240136 m
17 Renwick Cressocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.804199692 · Oct 20251153 m
15 Pape Avesocial housing · YWCA775198890 · Nov 20251271 m
245-247 Logan Ave · Valour Management Inc.214192790 · Jun 20240388 m
1167 Queen St EToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation405199583 · Jul 20260400 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 lots616 lots · ≈33,690 spaces · 101.1 ha
Within 500 m65 lots · ≈2,650 spaces
Green P (public)12 car parks · about 544 spaces
EV charging (City)220 Carlaw Ave. · 228 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking91 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 21 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
111 Broadview Ave · Surface1 km9256% (Q1 2026)
136 Broadview Ave · Surface1 km2273% (Q1 2026)
653 Gerrard St E · Surface1.1 km3072% (Q1 2026)
573 Gerrard St E · Surface1.3 km3675% (Q1 2026)
1091 Eastern Avenue · Surface1.6 km45 *

Nearest lots: 28 m away, ≈13 spaces; 35 m away, ≈8 spaces; 39 m away, ≈7 spaces; 66 m away, ≈14 spaces; 83 m away, ≈36 spaces; 97 m away, ≈9 spaces. More EV charging: 963 Gerrard St E (760 m, 2 ports); 43 Alton Ave (844 m, 2 ports); 500 Commissioners St (948 m, 2 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, Mar 2, 2019 (a weekend day)

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 2,270 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 45% of the total, against 497 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 726 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 487 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Trucks and buses were 6.1% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 8 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2019, 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 north497southbound · 6 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west1,783eastbound · 16 bikes · 8.7% heavy
Total vehicles5,0922,446 pedestrians · 51 cyclists · 6.1% heavy
From the east2,270westbound · 24 bikes · 6.7% heavy
From the south542northbound · 5 bikes · 0.7% heavy
AM peak hour487 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour726 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 2, 2019 · 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 Queen St E between Pape Ave and Winnifred Ave, 118 m from the corner, a 3-day count in October 2004 put the average speed at 32 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 42 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 46 km/h or more. That segment carries about 500 vehicles a day. Pape Ave between Brighton Ave and Audley Ave measured slower: 31 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (Jun 2011). The reading is 22 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Carlaw Ave (216 m away, 30 km/h limit), 20% of the 96,853 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Queen St E · Pape Ave – Winnifred Ave · 118 mOct 2004 · 3 days48032 km/h42 km/h46 km/h
Pape Ave · Brighton Ave – Audley Ave · 332 mJun 2011 · 3 days2,61731 km/h39 km/h44 km/h

School-zone speed sign 216 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct34 · 41 km/h
Over the limit49%
40 km/h or more20%

Carlaw Ave (southbound), 180 Carlaw Avenue · 96,853 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 2017, with 11 collisions; 2025 recorded 4. 16 collisions (24%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 13 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 10 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (15%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 15, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions67#1639 of 5,508
With an injury16#1130 of 4,660
Property damage only42
Fail to remain13
Involving a pedestrian4#1014 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist6#354 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified9
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201483latest May 15, 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

No thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 7, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle000
Bicycle theft101commercial premises (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 7, 2026. 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 South Riverdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Pape & Queen a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 67 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 Pape & Queen?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Mar 2, 2019, 55% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Pape & Queen?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Queen St E between Pape Ave and Winnifred Ave (October 2004), 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. At the school-zone speed sign 216 m away (30 km/h), 20% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Pape & Queen?

The nearest Green P car park is 111 Broadview Ave (1.0 km away, 92 spaces, 56% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 616 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 33,690 spaces — 65 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 220 Carlaw Ave. (228 m).

How do I get to Pape & Queen by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503, 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 10 m away; bus routes 72, 83, 31, 114 within 1 km (nearest stop: Queen St East at Pape Ave, 193 m).

What restaurants are near Pape & Queen?

39 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 208 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are New Era Burgers (39 m), Soy Boys Burgers (41 m), Slowhand Pizza (41 m), The Donut Factory (44 m) and Avling (50 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 Pape & Queen?

The nearest is Leslie Grove Park Washroom, 1158 Queen St E, 348 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Morse Street Playground Washroom (585 m); Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom (625 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 Pape & Queen?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,146 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Liberty Preparatory School Inc. (193 m, 39 spaces), Brightpath Leslieville (227 m, 154 spaces) and Woodgreen Community Services (Morse Child Care Centre) (253 m, 192 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Pape & Queen?

21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,243 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1070 Queen St E (91 m, 177 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 1075 Queen St E (91 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 29 Louvain Ave (113 m, 51 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 55 Pape Ave (136 m, 60 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 21 is 89 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. 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 Pape & Queen?

Toronto Police place no thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 South Riverdale page.

What neighbourhood is Pape & Queen in?

Pape & Queen is in South Riverdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 070). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher. The corner falls inside the Leslieville Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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