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Queen & Beaconsfield

Queen St W & Beaconsfield Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Little Portugal · Ward 9, Davenport · West Queen West BIA

Queen & Beaconsfield is a busier-than-typical intersection, with a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in Little Portugal, in central Toronto. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: Exhibition GO 1.0 km away and 13 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
10,504
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 19, 2015
724 pedestrians · 848 cyclists
Collisions
64
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
8 with an injury · 44 property damage · #1709 of 5,508 · +2 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
4 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 20 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,310 vehicles, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 15 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. Cyclists were 8.1% of vehicle volume, about 10× the typical share. That comes with about 6.4 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions edged down 6%, from 33 in 2016–2020 to 31 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Queen & Beaconsfield

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
Exhibition GO — Lakeshore West1 km
Streetcar
501504508505 nearest 185 m
TTC bus
2963402 nearest 314 m
Express
929
Blue Night
301304305329363
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Lisgar St / Queen St W - SMART 97 m · 20 docks · 36 stations, 746 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 (17)
  • Alexander Muir Gladstone Ave & the GroveEnglish Public · 470 m
  • Givins Shaw Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 673 m
  • Holy Family Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 925 m
  • Parkdale Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Parkdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Pope Francis Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • and 11 more
Parks (40)
  • Lisgar Park103 m
  • Paul E. Garfinkel Park273 m
  • Pessoa Park320 m
  • Rita Cox Park325 m
  • Parkdale Amphitheatre360 m
  • Osler Playground394 m
  • and 34 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch663 m
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 121 m
  • Medieval Times Dinner and TournamentPerforming Arts · 1.2 km
  • Queen Elizabeth TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.2 km
  • Coca-Cola Coliseum (formerly Ricoh Coliseum)Sports / Entertainment Venue · 1.2 km
  • BMO FieldSports / Entertainment Venue · 1.2 km
  • Exhibition PlaceConvention & Trade Centres · 1.3 km
  • Enercare CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 1.3 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 45 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 8 grocery and convenience stores, and 352 eating places within a kilometre — 4.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Death and Taxes Free House, 16 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés45 within 300 m · 352 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience8 within 300 m · 48 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Death and Taxes Free House · 1154 Queen St W16 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
The Drake Hotel · 1150 Queen St W20 mPassed, Feb 2026
Mabel's Bakery · 1156 Queen St Wgrocery26 mPassed, May 2026
Ready GO 247 Convenience · 1153 Queen St Wgrocery35 mPassed, Jul 2025
The Grand Order of Divine Sweets · 1162 Queen St W42 mPassed, Aug 2026
Saigon Pai · 1138 Queen St W51 mPassed, Jul 2026
Florette · 1168 Queen St W56 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Han Kki · 1170 Queen St W57 mPassed, Aug 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 Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 732 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 286 m away at Paul E. Garfinkel Park.

  • Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 220 Cowan Ave
    View centre hours
    732 m
  • Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom · 66 Sheridan Ave
    View centre hours
    829 m
  • Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 155 Crawford St
    View centre hours · accessible
    874 m
Drinking water
Paul E. Garfinkel Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 286 m; Rita Cox Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 320 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

11 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 758 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Queen Street Childcare Centre (342 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km11 centres · 758 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 11
  • Queen Street Childcare Centre · 10 White Squirrel Way
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    342 m
  • Kids & Company King and Highline · 1100 King St W
    74 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    379 m
  • Bonaventure Child Care Centre · 295 Dufferin St
    67 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    387 m
  • Alexander Muir Gladstone Jr YMCA · 108 Gladstone Ave
    120 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    470 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 346 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 14 Division (929 m) and the nearest ambulance station 447 m away.

FireFire Station 346 · 1.1 km90 Quebec St
Police14 Division · 929 m350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 447 m1288 Queen St W

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

74 registered apartment buildings with 6,947 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 20 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 8 Beaconsfield Ave (64 m, 11 units, 4 storeys, built 1932), which scored 91 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 74 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 162 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 35 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings74 · 6,947 units · 20 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026162 across the 74
Open fire-code violations35
Tallest35 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
8 Beaconsfield Ave · Dsm Investment Group Limited114193291 · Jul 2025064 m
1176 Queen St W253191554 · Jul 2026083 m
180 Sudbury Stsocial housing · St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society19018201182 · Sep 20242 · 2 fire129 m
55 Lisgar St · Medallion Corporation1169200596 · Aug 20261146 m
45 Lisgar St · Medallion Corporation29114201091 · Aug 202620205 m
345 Dufferin Stsocial housing · Dms Property Management Ltd.2008198483 · Jul 20253318 m
1100 King St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services - Kings Club Residences Inc.506352019100 · Aug 20262 · 1 fire379 m
295 Dufferin St0015387 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 lots611 lots · ≈25,730 spaces · 77.2 ha
Within 500 m40 lots · ≈1,170 spaces
Green P (public)21 car parks · about 1,517 spaces
EV charging (City)45 Abell St · 180 m · 12 Level 2 + 4 fast ports
Bike parking109 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 78 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
45 Abell St · Garage142 m12460% (Q1 2026)
110 Dovercourt Rd · Surface187 m8over 100% (Q1 2026)
18 Ossington Ave · Surface478 m20over 100% (Q1 2026)
1155 King Street West · Surface574 m269 *
34 Hanna Ave · Surface663 m14669% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 15 m away, ≈26 spaces; 80 m away, ≈25 spaces; 96 m away, ≈4 spaces; 112 m away, ≈2 spaces; 145 m away, ≈14 spaces; 155 m away, ≈7 spaces. More EV charging: 1051 Queen Street W (356 m, 2 ports); 1224 KING ST W (545 m, 2 ports); 283 Ossington Ave (885 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, May 19, 2015

Traffic is spread evenly across the approaches, from 5,250 vehicles entering from the east to 5,254 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the east (490 of 848). Morning rush is the busier period: 1,770 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:00 a.m., compared with 1,615 from 4:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.1% 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 11 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2015, 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 · 9 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west5,254eastbound · 349 bikes · 4.4% heavy
Total vehicles10,504724 pedestrians · 848 cyclists · 5.1% heavy
From the east5,250westbound · 490 bikes · 5.8% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,770 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,615 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · May 19, 2015

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 Beaconsfield Ave between Lane N of Queen and E of Northcote and Lane S of Argyle and E of Northcote (155 m away) recorded an average of 32 km/h in its 3-day count in October 2011; 85% of drivers were at or under 42 km/h. That segment carries about 1,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 15 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Queen St W · Dovercourt Rd – Lisgar St · 150 mNov 2019 · 4 days8,576
Beaconsfield Ave · Lane N of Queen and E of Northcote – Lane S of Argyle and E of Northcote · 155 mOct 2011 · 3 days95532 km/h42 km/h48 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

2022 was the peak year (9 collisions), and 2025 closed with 5. 13% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 17 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 27% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 11, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions64#1709 of 5,508
With an injury8#2112 of 4,660
Property damage only44
Fail to remain17
Involving a pedestrian1#2913 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1315 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified12
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201481latest Feb 11, 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 Oct 20, 2015.

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 14 thefts from vehicles and 37 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 8.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 9 in 2023–2025, about 3.0 a year, against 6.0 a year before that. 50% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 62% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1430street/outdoor (7), apartment parking (5)
Bicycle theft3760apartment parking (23), street/outdoor (10)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 6, 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 Little Portugal.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Queen & Beaconsfield a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 64 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 Queen & Beaconsfield?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from May 19, 2015, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Queen & Beaconsfield?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Beaconsfield Ave between Lane N of Queen and E of Northcote and Lane S of Argyle and E of Northcote (October 2011), 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 Queen & Beaconsfield?

The nearest Green P car park is 45 Abell St (142 m away, 124 spaces, 60% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 611 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 25,730 spaces — 40 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 45 Abell St (180 m).

How do I get to Queen & Beaconsfield by transit?

Exhibition GO is 1.0 km away; streetcar routes 501, 504, 508, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 185 m away; bus routes 29, 63, 402, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Queen & Beaconsfield?

45 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 352 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Death and Taxes Free House (16 m), The Drake Hotel (20 m), The Grand Order of Divine Sweets (42 m), Saigon Pai (51 m) and Florette (56 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 Queen & Beaconsfield?

The nearest is Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 220 Cowan Ave, 732 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom (829 m); Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom (874 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 Queen & Beaconsfield?

11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 758 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Queen Street Childcare Centre (342 m, 49 spaces), Kids & Company King and Highline (379 m, 74 spaces) and Bonaventure Child Care Centre (387 m, 67 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Queen & Beaconsfield?

74 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 6,947 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 8 Beaconsfield Ave (64 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 1176 Queen St W (83 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 54), 180 Sudbury St (129 m, 190 units, RentSafeTO score 82) and 55 Lisgar St (146 m, 116 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 74 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.

How many thefts are reported at Queen & Beaconsfield?

Toronto Police place 14 thefts from vehicles and 37 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 Little Portugal page.

What neighbourhood is Queen & Beaconsfield in?

Queen & Beaconsfield is in Little Portugal (City of Toronto neighbourhood 084). It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo. The corner falls inside the West Queen West Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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