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Queen & Brookfield

Queen St W & Brookfield St · Toronto, Ontario · West Queen West · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York · West Queen West BIA

Queen & Brookfield, in West Queen West, in central Toronto, is a moderately travelled crossing, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: Exhibition GO 939 m away and 15 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
8,674
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 24, 2018
4,158 pedestrians · 1,082 cyclists
Collisions
66
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
9 with an injury · 43 property damage · #1664 of 5,508 · +5 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
6 streetcar routes · 2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 43 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,080 vehicles, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 2.1 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 12.5% of vehicle volume, about 16× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 6.6 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 31%, from 39 in 2016–2020 to 27 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Queen & Brookfield

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 West939 m
Streetcar
501504508505511509 nearest 83 m
TTC bus
6329 nearest 97 m
Express
929
Blue Night
301304305363329307
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Queen St West at Ossington Ave; Ossington Ave at Queen St West
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Queen St W / Ossington Ave 34 m · 43 docks · 41 stations, 874 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)
  • Givins Shaw Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 312 m
  • Discovering Minds Montessori SchoolPrivate · 705 m
  • Alexander Muir Gladstone Ave & the GroveEnglish Public · 748 m
  • Pope Francis Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 857 m
  • Niagara Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 945 m
  • Charles G Fraser Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 11 more
Parks (39)
  • Paul E. Garfinkel Park130 m
  • Osler Playground293 m
  • Joseph Workman Park318 m
  • Lisgar Park347 m
  • Massey Harris Park605 m
  • Rita Cox Park618 m
  • and 33 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch1.5 km
Places of interest
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 284 m
  • Coca-Cola Coliseum (formerly Ricoh Coliseum)Sports / Entertainment Venue · 1.1 km
  • Exhibition PlaceConvention & Trade Centres · 1.2 km
  • Enercare CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 1.2 km
  • BMO FieldSports / Entertainment Venue · 1.2 km
  • Queen Elizabeth TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.3 km
  • Beanfield CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 1.3 km
  • Medieval Times Dinner and TournamentPerforming Arts · 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 65 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores, and 354 eating places within a kilometre — 4.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Apt200, 15 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in December 2025 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés65 within 300 m · 354 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 46 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Apt200 · 1032 Queen St W Flr-215 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction
And/Ore · 1040 Queen St W36 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Prequel & Co Apothecary · 1036 Queen St W36 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Prequel & Co Apothecary · 1036 Queen St W36 mPassed, May 2025
And/Ore · 1040 Queen St W36 mPassed, May 2025 · 2 infractions
Kafe · 1024 Queen St W40 mPassed, Jul 2026
Buno Coffee · 1048 Queen St W56 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Imperfect Fresh Eats · 1051 Queen St W57 mPassed, Jan 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 Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 485 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 113 m away at Paul E. Garfinkel Park.

  • Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 155 Crawford St
    View centre hours · accessible
    485 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Playground Washroom · 790 Queen St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    515 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Park North Baseball Diamond Washroom · 790 Queen St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    802 m
Drinking water
Paul E. Garfinkel Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 113 m; Osler Playground bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 282 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

14 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,082 spaces; ten accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Queen Street Childcare Centre (235 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km14 centres · 1,082 spaces
Fee subsidy10 of 14
  • Queen Street Childcare Centre · 10 White Squirrel Way
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    235 m
  • Givins/Shaw School Community Day Care · 49 Givins St
    121 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    312 m
  • Kids & Company King and Highline · 1100 King St W
    74 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    463 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Community Children's Group/Care (Crawford Street) · 155 Crawford St
    35 spaces · school age · fee subsidy
    485 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 331 (904 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (948 m) and the nearest ambulance station 845 m away.

FireFire Station 331 · 904 m33 Claremont St
Police14 Division · 948 m350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 845 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

34 registered apartment buildings with 4,527 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, ten of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 100 Lower Ossington Ave (86 m, 179 units, 8 storeys, built 2013), which scored 91 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 34 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 90 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 5 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings34 · 4,527 units · 10 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202690 across the 34
Open fire-code violations5
Tallest35 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
100 Lower Ossington Ave · Killam Apartment REIT1798201391 · Aug 2024086 m
55 Lisgar St · Medallion Corporation1169200596 · Aug 20261285 m
45 Lisgar St · Medallion Corporation29114201091 · Aug 202620330 m
24 Shaw Stsocial housing2009198987 · Aug 20261364 m
900 Queen St Wsocial housing · Artscape Non-Profit Housing Inc.223199681 · Jul 20241374 m
8 Beaconsfield Ave · Dsm Investment Group Limited114193291 · Jul 20250432 m
1100 King St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services - Kings Club Residences Inc.506352019100 · Aug 20262 · 1 fire463 m
180 Sudbury Stsocial housing · St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society19018201182 · Sep 20242 · 2 fire478 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 lots676 lots · ≈26,540 spaces · 79.6 ha
Within 500 m34 lots · ≈1,450 spaces
Green P (public)26 car parks · about 2,292 spaces
EV charging (City)1051 Queen Street W · 43 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking144 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 39 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
18 Ossington Ave · Surface96 m20over 100% (Q1 2026)
110 Dovercourt Rd · Surface223 m8over 100% (Q1 2026)
1030 King Street West - garage entrance via Shank St. · Garage379 m152 *
45 Abell St · Garage386 m12460% (Q1 2026)
1117 Dundas St W · Surface590 m3786% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 83 m away, ≈27 spaces; 86 m away, ≈19 spaces; 99 m away, ≈20 spaces (Green P); 149 m away, ≈45 spaces; 207 m away, ≈10 spaces; 233 m away, ≈8 spaces. More EV charging: 45 Abell St (397 m, 16 ports); 248 Shaw St (619 m, 2 ports); 283 Ossington Ave (731 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 24, 2018

The east leg carries the load — 4,272 westbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 148. Most cyclists arrived from the west (545 of 1,082). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,338 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 12% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (1,197). Trucks and buses were 5.9% 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 8 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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 north148southbound · 17 bikes · 6.1% heavy
From the west3,902eastbound · 545 bikes · 5.8% heavy
Total vehicles8,6744,158 pedestrians · 1,082 cyclists · 5.9% heavy
From the east4,272westbound · 511 bikes · 6.2% heavy
From the south352northbound · 9 bikes · 4.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,197 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,338 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · May 24, 2018

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 Brookfield St between Lane N of Queen and E of Fennings and Humbert St (129 m away) recorded an average of 27 km/h in its 3-day count in June 2018; 85% of drivers were at or under 37 km/h. That segment carries about 300 vehicles a day. The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Brookfield St · Lane N of Queen and E of Fennings – Humbert St · 129 mJun 2018 · 3 days30827 km/h37 km/h44 km/h
Queen St W · Fennings St – Dovercourt Rd · 174 mNov 2019 · 4 days6,771

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

2024 was the peak year (11 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 14% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 18 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 6% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 8, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions66#1664 of 5,508
With an injury9#1940 of 4,660
Property damage only43
Fail to remain18
Involving a pedestrian2#1946 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1318 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified14
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
All since 201482latest May 8, 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 eight thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 63% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle820street/outdoor (5), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft100street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 26, 2023. 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 Queen & Brookfield a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 66 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 & Brookfield?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from May 24, 2018, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Queen & Brookfield?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Brookfield St between Lane N of Queen and E of Fennings and Humbert St (June 2018), found an average of 27 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 37 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Queen & Brookfield?

The nearest Green P car park is 18 Ossington Ave (96 m away, 20 spaces). The City's mapping shows 676 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,540 spaces — 34 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1051 Queen Street W (43 m).

How do I get to Queen & Brookfield by transit?

Exhibition GO is 939 m away; streetcar routes 501, 504, 508, 505 and 2 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 83 m away; bus routes 63, 29, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: Queen St West at Ossington Ave, 97 m).

What restaurants are near Queen & Brookfield?

65 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 354 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Apt200 (15 m), And/Ore (36 m), Prequel & Co Apothecary (36 m), Prequel & Co Apothecary (36 m) and And/Ore (36 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 & Brookfield?

The nearest is Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 155 Crawford St, 485 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Trinity Bellwoods Playground Washroom (515 m); Trinity Bellwoods Park North Baseball Diamond Washroom (802 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 & Brookfield?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,082 spaces in total; 10 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Queen Street Childcare Centre (235 m, 49 spaces), Givins/Shaw School Community Day Care (312 m, 121 spaces) and Kids & Company King and Highline (463 m, 74 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Queen & Brookfield?

34 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,527 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 100 Lower Ossington Ave (86 m, 179 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 55 Lisgar St (285 m, 116 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 45 Lisgar St (330 m, 291 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 24 Shaw St (364 m, 200 units, RentSafeTO score 87). The average RentSafeTO score across the 34 is 89 out of 100; 2 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 & Brookfield?

Toronto Police place eight thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 West Queen West page.

What neighbourhood is Queen & Brookfield in?

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