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Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time
Getting here
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk
Transit & cycling
- Subway
- King Station (Line 1)924 m
- Streetcar
- 503504508501505506 nearest 158 m
- TTC bus
- 12175652021141997 nearest 55 m
- Blue Night
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- Nearest stops
- 15 surface stops within 300 m — Princess St at the Esplanade North Side; Sherbourne St at Front St East
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Princess St / Front St E 7 m · 14 docks · 54 stations, 1,218 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 (24)
- Market Lane Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 146 m
- George Brown College - St James CampusCollege · 314 m
- St Michael Catholic Elementary School - Bldg 1English Separate · 363 m
- Downtown Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 422 m
- Voice Integrative Private SchoolPrivate · 529 m
- Liberty Prep SchoolPrivate · 550 m
- and 18 more
- Community centres
- Parks (50)
- David Crombie Park178 m
- Princess Street Park229 m
- Parliament Square Park299 m
- Little Trinity Church Lands463 m
- Market Lane Park481 m
- St. James Park528 m
- and 44 more
- Library
- Toronto Public Library St. Lawrence branch149 m
- Toronto Public Library Parliament Street branch1.3 km
- Toronto Public Library City Hall branch1.4 km
- Places of interest
- Young People's TheatrePerforming Arts · 190 m
- Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)Performing Arts · 208 m
- Museum of Illusions TorontoMuseum · 255 m
- Alumnae TheatrePerforming Arts · 302 m
- Toronto's First Post OfficeMuseum · 366 m
- St. Lawrence Market and Market GalleryAttraction · 444 m
- Illuminarium TorontoAttraction · 473 m
- Thompson Landry Gallery - Stone Building & Cooperage SpaceGallery · 508 m
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 40 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 8 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 346 — 4.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Bolet's Burrito, 107 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2025.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| No Frills · 200 Front St E Nonegrocery | 49 m | Passed, Aug 2025 |
| Bolet's Burrito · 134 Lower Sherbourne St | 107 m | Passed, Jun 2025 |
| Bolet's Burrito · 134 Lower Sherbourne St | 107 m | Passed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Tim Hortons · 33 Sherbourne St | 121 m | Passed, Jul 2026 |
| Cluck Cluck's · 222 the Esplanade | 121 m | Passed, Nov 2025 |
| Moegi Sushi · 222 the Esplanade Unit-4 | 121 m | Passed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Pizza Nova · 222 the Esplanade | 121 m | Passed, Aug 2025 |
| Royal Foodland · 222 the Esplanade | 121 m | Passed, Jul 2024 |
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 St. Lawrence Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 134 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 172 m away at David Crombie Park.
- St. Lawrence Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 230 The Esplanade
View centre hours134 m - St Lawrence North · 92 Front Street East
Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm, Sat 5:00am-4:00pm, Sun Closed · accessible453 m - St Lawrence South · 91 Front Street East
Mon Closed, Tue-Fri 8:30am-7:30pm, Sat 6:30am-5:30pm, Sun 9:30am-5:30pm · accessible457 m
- Drinking water
- David Crombie Park drinking fountain · 172 m; David Crombie Park drinking fountain · 221 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 795 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St. Lawrence Co-Operative Day Care School Age (230 the Esplanade) (130 m, 74 spaces, preschool, kindergarten).
- St. Lawrence Co-Operative Day Care School Age (230 the Esplanade) · 230 the Esplanade
74 spaces · preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day130 m - St. Lawrence Co-Operative Day Care (2 Princess Street) · 2 Princess St
49 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day276 m - Distillery District Early Learning Centre · 8 Distillery Lane
85 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day423 m - St. Lawrence Infant Toddler Centre (4 Market Street) · 4 Market St
40 spaces · infant, toddler · fee subsidy · $10-a-day508 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 333 (40 m), the nearest police station 51 Division (397 m) and the nearest ambulance station 856 m away.
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 56 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 7,277 rental units, 2.4× the median for a Toronto intersection — 39 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 31 Princess St (40 m, 82 units, 10 storeys, built 1994), which scored 81 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 56 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 113 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 79 fire-code violations are open across them.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Princess Stsocial housing · Kral Property Management Inc. | 82 | 10 | 1994 | 81 · Jun 2024 | 0 | 40 m |
| 171 Front St EToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 61 | 3 | 1982 | 93 · Nov 2025 | 0 | 164 m |
| 176 The EsplanadeToronto Community Housing · TCH | 220 | 7 | 2006 | 95 · Nov 2025 | 2 · 1 fire | 181 m |
| 15 Scadding AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 251 | 9 | 1982 | 84 · Jul 2025 | 4 · 1 fire | 185 m |
| 501 Adelaide St EToronto Community Housing · Greenwin | 180 | 13 | 2009 | 90 · Nov 2025 | 0 · 1 fire | 274 m |
| 33 Hahn Plsocial housing · Les Centres D'accueil Heritage (Owns and Manages Bldg Cah Is Not A Property Mngmt Co) | 135 | 8 | 1980 | 84 · Jul 2025 | 5 · 4 fire | 317 m |
| 5 Hahn Plsocial housing · St Clare's Multifaith Housing | 32 | 4 | 1980 | 90 · Sep 2024 | 0 | 342 m |
| 140 The EsplanadeToronto Community Housing · TCH | 102 | 7 | 1993 | 81 · Nov 2025 | 1 | 358 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
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 271 Front Street East · Surface | 303 m | 83 * | — |
| 44 Parliament Street · Surface | 324 m | 120 * | — |
| 323 Richmond St E · Garage | 389 m | 252 | 53% (Q1 2026) |
| 31A Parliament Street · Surface | 392 m | 230 * | — |
| 373 Front Street East · Surface | 607 m | 450 * | — |
Nearest lots: 46 m away, ≈41 spaces; 78 m away, ≈49 spaces; 99 m away, ≈32 spaces; 153 m away, ≈28 spaces; 181 m away, ≈15 spaces; 185 m away, ≈24 spaces. More EV charging: 51 Dockside Dr. (705 m, 5 ports); 51 Dockside Dr (705 m, 6 ports); Yonge Street at Dundas St. (1.3 km, 8 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, 2021
This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 900 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 58% of the total, against 76 from the east. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 254 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m., 9% above the afternoon peak from 5:00 p.m. (232). Trucks and buses were 8.7% 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 is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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.
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 Princess St between Duke Mews and Adelaide St E, 226 m from the corner, a 3-day count in August 2020 put the average speed at 25 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 33 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 38 km/h or more. That segment carries about 700 vehicles a day. The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princess St · Duke Mews – Adelaide St E · 226 m | Aug 2020 · 3 days | 728 | 25 km/h | 33 km/h | 38 km/h |
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
Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.
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
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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Princess & Nicholson a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025 and police reported no collisions of any severity. 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 Princess & Nicholson?
A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Nov 16, 2021, 17% of the median for a counted intersection.
How fast do cars go at Princess & Nicholson?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Princess St between Duke Mews and Adelaide St E (August 2020), found an average of 25 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 33 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Princess & Nicholson?
The nearest Green P car park is 271 Front Street East (303 m away, 83 spaces). The City's mapping shows 669 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 28,280 spaces — 52 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2 Church St. (678 m).
How do I get to Princess & Nicholson by transit?
King Station (Line 1) is 924 m away; streetcar routes 503, 504, 508, 501 and 2 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 158 m away; bus routes 121, 75, 65, 202, 114, 19, 97 within 1 km (nearest stop: Princess St at the Esplanade North Side, 55 m).
What restaurants are near Princess & Nicholson?
40 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 346 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Bolet's Burrito (107 m), Bolet's Burrito (107 m), Tim Hortons (121 m), Cluck Cluck's (121 m) and Moegi Sushi (121 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 Princess & Nicholson?
The nearest is St. Lawrence Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 230 The Esplanade, 134 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: St Lawrence North (453 m); St Lawrence South (457 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 Princess & Nicholson?
13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 795 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Lawrence Co-Operative Day Care School Age (230 the Esplanade) (130 m, 74 spaces), St. Lawrence Co-Operative Day Care (2 Princess Street) (276 m, 49 spaces) and Distillery District Early Learning Centre (423 m, 85 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Princess & Nicholson?
56 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 7,277 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 31 Princess St (40 m, 82 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 171 Front St E (164 m, 61 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 176 The Esplanade (181 m, 220 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 15 Scadding Ave (185 m, 251 units, RentSafeTO score 84). The average RentSafeTO score across the 56 is 90 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.
What neighbourhood is Princess & Nicholson in?
Princess & Nicholson is in St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands (City of Toronto neighbourhood 166). It is in Ward 13, Toronto Centre, represented by Councillor Chris Moise. The corner falls inside the Old Town Toronto Business Improvement Area.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Nov 16, 2021.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Aug 29, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Fire Station Locations, Police Facility Locations, Ambulance Station Locations.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport with the Ontario LTB Order Catalogue and Toronto Fire Services inspection data (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 13 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting here: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Walking distance: City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Parking: Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations.
- Coordinates: 43.65024, -79.36647 · centreline node 14036494.