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Queen & Berkshire

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

In South Riverdale, Queen & Berkshire is an intersection of typical volume. It has a school within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
6,764
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 8, 2015
672 pedestrians · 263 cyclists
Collisions
20
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
6 with an injury · 10 property damage · #3433 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
3
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: 15 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 850 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 73% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 10 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. Cyclists were 3.9% of vehicle volume, about 5.0× the typical share. That comes with about 2 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 50%, from 8 in 2016–2020 to 12 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Queen & Berkshire

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501503506 nearest 29 m
TTC bus
833172114 nearest 62 m
Blue Night
301306325
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Queen St East at Jones Ave; Jones Ave at Queen St East
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Queen St E / Rushbrooke Ave 74 m · 15 docks · 18 stations, 338 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 (14)
  • Bruce Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 170 m
  • St Joseph Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 377 m
  • Leslieville Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 533 m
  • Morse Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 615 m
  • Riverdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 842 m
  • Duke of Connaught Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 8 more
Parks (26)
  • Leslie Grove Park70 m
  • 58 Curzon Street Park262 m
  • Maple Leaf Forever Park439 m
  • Hideaway Park445 m
  • John Chang Neighbourhood Park709 m
  • Carlaw-Dundas Triangle Park740 m
  • and 20 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch392 m
  • Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library Gerrard/Ashdale branch1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 38 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 177 eating places within a kilometre — 2.4× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Nola Eatery & Bar, 27 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés38 within 300 m · 177 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 33 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Nola Eatery & Bar · 1161 Queen St E27 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 3 infractions
Tango Palace Coffee Company · 1154 Queen St E42 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction
Kibo Sushi · 1169 Queen St E48 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Leslieville Meat Market · 1160 Queen St Egrocery57 mPassed, Jun 2026
Completo · 1148 Queen St E58 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction
The Belly Buster Submarines · 1162 Queen St E64 mPassed, Jun 2026
Raise the Root · 1164 Queen St E70 mPassed, Jan 2026
Radical Road Brewing · 1177 Queen St E71 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction

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, 32 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 65 m away at Leslie Grove Park.

  • Leslie Grove Park Washroom · 1158 Queen St E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    32 m
  • Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom · 953 Gerrard St E
    View centre hours
    780 m
  • Greenwood Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom · 150 Greenwood Ave
    View facility hours
    821 m
Drinking water
Leslie Grove Park drinking fountain · 65 m; Hideaway Park drinking fountain · 436 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

12 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,124 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Bruce Woodgreen Early Learning Centre (170 m, 151 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km12 centres · 1,124 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 12
  • Bruce Woodgreen Early Learning Centre · 51 Larchmount Ave
    151 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    170 m
  • Mackie Sunshine Child Care Inc.st. Joseph's Sunshine · 176 Leslie St
    30 spaces · school age
    377 m
  • St. Joseph Jr YMCA · 176 Leslie St
    72 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    377 m
  • Woodgreen Community Services (Leslieville Child Care) · 254 Leslie St
    85 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    533 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 326 (675 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 427 m away.

FireFire Station 326 · 675 m30 Knox Ave
Police55 Division · 1.5 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 427 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

20 registered apartment buildings with 1,092 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 17 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1167 Queen St E (34 m, 40 units, 5 storeys, built 1995), which scored 83 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 20 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 9 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings20 · 1,092 units · 17 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20269 across the 20
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1167 Queen St EToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation405199583 · Jul 2026034 m
1187-1189 Queen St Esocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes344198891 · Aug 20260134 m
54 Marigold Avesocial housing · Houses Opening Today Toronto Inc.294199691 · Aug 20260189 m
1075 Queen St E · Imperra General Management486201698 · Aug 20261282 m
1070 Queen St Esocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.1775199391 · Oct 20250287 m
29 Louvain AveToronto Community Housing · TCH514199389 · Dec 20250293 m
802 Eastern Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.163199594 · Aug 20260294 m
67 Curzon Stsocial housing · St Josephs Seniors Citizens Apartments914198093 · Jul 20240316 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 lots603 lots · ≈33,890 spaces · 101.7 ha
Within 500 m61 lots · ≈2,600 spaces
Green P (public)15 car parks · about 1,095 spaces
EV charging (City)43 Alton Ave · 483 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking64 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1091 Eastern Avenue · Surface1.2 km45 *
111 Broadview Ave · Surface1.4 km9256% (Q1 2026)
151 Hiawatha Road · Surface1.4 km50 *
653 Gerrard St E · Surface1.4 km3072% (Q1 2026)
136 Broadview Ave · Surface1.4 km2273% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 37 m away, ≈11 spaces; 62 m away, ≈26 spaces; 72 m away, ≈39 spaces; 101 m away, ≈6 spaces; 104 m away, ≈2 spaces; 108 m away, ≈15 spaces. More EV charging: 220 Carlaw Ave. (584 m, 2 ports); 963 Gerrard St E (811 m, 2 ports); 1715 DUNDAS ST E (876 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, Dec 8, 2015

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The east leg carries the load — 3,704 westbound vehicles, or 55% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 1. Most cyclists arrived from the east (150 of 263). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,010 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,006 from 5:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 6.7% 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 · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west3,059eastbound · 109 bikes · 6.7% heavy
Total vehicles6,764672 pedestrians · 263 cyclists · 6.7% heavy
From the east3,704westbound · 150 bikes · 6.6% heavy
From the south1northbound · 4 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,010 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,006 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 8, 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 Queen St E between Pape Ave and Winnifred Ave (253 m away) recorded an average of 32 km/h in its 3-day count in October 2004; 85% of drivers were at or under 42 km/h. That segment carries about 500 vehicles a day. The reading is 22 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Berkshire Avenue between Queen St E and Eastern Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Berkshire Ave · Eastern Ave – Lane S of Queen and W of Rushbrooke · 177 mMay 2014 · 44 days1,858
Queen St E · Pape Ave – Winnifred Ave · 253 mOct 2004 · 3 days48032 km/h42 km/h46 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Berkshire Avenue · Queen St E – Eastern Ave
    3 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

2022 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 30% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 15% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 24, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions20#3433 of 5,508
With an injury6#2519 of 4,660
Property damage only10
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian2#1936 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2256 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201428latest Jun 24, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Apr 28, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle321other (1), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft100house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 28, 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 Queen & Berkshire a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 20 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 & Berkshire?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Dec 8, 2015, 73% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Queen & Berkshire?

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.

Where can I park near Queen & Berkshire?

The nearest Green P car park is 1091 Eastern Avenue (1.2 km away, 45 spaces). The City's mapping shows 603 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 33,890 spaces — 61 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 43 Alton Ave (483 m).

How do I get to Queen & Berkshire by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503, 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 29 m away; bus routes 83, 31, 72, 114 within 1 km (nearest stop: Queen St East at Jones Ave, 62 m).

What restaurants are near Queen & Berkshire?

38 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 177 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Nola Eatery & Bar (27 m), Tango Palace Coffee Company (42 m), Kibo Sushi (48 m), Completo (58 m) and The Belly Buster Submarines (64 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 & Berkshire?

The nearest is Leslie Grove Park Washroom, 1158 Queen St E, 32 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom (780 m); Greenwood Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom (821 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 & Berkshire?

12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,124 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bruce Woodgreen Early Learning Centre (170 m, 151 spaces), Mackie Sunshine Child Care Inc.st. Joseph's Sunshine (377 m, 30 spaces) and St. Joseph Jr YMCA (377 m, 72 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Queen & Berkshire?

20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,092 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1167 Queen St E (34 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 1187-1189 Queen St E (134 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 54 Marigold Ave (189 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 1075 Queen St E (282 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 20 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 Queen & Berkshire?

Toronto Police place three 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 Queen & Berkshire in?

Queen & Berkshire 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

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