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Queen & Caroline

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

Queen & Caroline, in South Riverdale, 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.

Traffic volume
6,448
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 8, 2015
808 pedestrians · 313 cyclists
Collisions
43
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 25 property damage · #2289 of 5,508 · +3 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 2 before 2016
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: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 810 vehicles an hour, 70% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 8 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 4.9% of vehicle volume, about 6.3× the typical share. On average 4.3 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 15%, from 20 in 2016–2020 to 23 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Queen & Caroline

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501503506 nearest 14 m
TTC bus
837231114 nearest 216 m
Blue Night
301306325
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Queen St East at Caroline Ave; Queen St East at Brooklyn Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Queen St E / Pape Ave - SMART 204 m · 16 docks · 19 stations, 370 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 · 201 m
  • Morse Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 445 m
  • St Joseph Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 495 m
  • Leslieville Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 625 m
  • Riverdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 883 m
  • Pape Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 8 more
Parks (27)
  • Leslie Grove Park184 m
  • Hideaway Park357 m
  • 58 Curzon Street Park382 m
  • John Chang Neighbourhood Park544 m
  • Maple Leaf Forever Park610 m
  • Carlaw-Dundas Triangle Park611 m
  • and 21 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch435 m
  • Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch1.5 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 39 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores, and 189 eating places within a kilometre — 2.6× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Fangio Trattoria, 20 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés39 within 300 m · 189 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 37 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Fangio Trattoria · 1111 Queen St E20 mPassed, Jun 2026
Bar Mini · 1118 Queen St E24 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 3 infractions
Goods & Provisions · 1124 Queen St E27 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 1 infraction
Simit & Chai · 1114 Queen St E30 mPassed, Oct 2025
1117 Meats and Pantry · 1117 Queen St Wgrocery32 mPassed, Mar 2026
The Remarkable Bean · 1103 Queen St E40 mPassed, Jun 2026
Wingzilla · 1129 Queen St E43 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Bobbette & Belle Inc. · 1121 Queen St E44 mPassed, Jun 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, 149 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 203 m away at Leslie Grove Park.

  • Leslie Grove Park Washroom · 1158 Queen St E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    149 m
  • Morse Street Playground Washroom · 76 Morse St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    717 m
  • Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom · 953 Gerrard St E
    View centre hours
    729 m
Drinking water
Leslie Grove Park drinking fountain · 203 m; Hideaway Park drinking fountain · 355 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 946 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Bruce Woodgreen Early Learning Centre (201 m, 151 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km11 centres · 946 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 11
  • Bruce Woodgreen Early Learning Centre · 51 Larchmount Ave
    151 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    201 m
  • Liberty Preparatory School Inc. · 181 Carlaw Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool
    386 m
  • Brightpath Leslieville · 970 Queen St E
    154 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    425 m
  • Woodgreen Community Services (Morse Child Care Centre) · 180 Carlaw Ave
    192 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    445 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 326 (833 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (1.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 273 m away.

FireFire Station 326 · 833 m30 Knox Ave
Police55 Division · 1.6 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 273 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

21 registered apartment buildings with 1,245 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 18 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1075 Queen St E (111 m, 48 units, 6 storeys, built 2016), which scored 98 out of 100 at its August 2026 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 · 1,245 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
1075 Queen St E · Imperra General Management486201698 · Aug 20261111 m
1070 Queen St Esocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.1775199391 · Oct 20250117 m
29 Louvain AveToronto Community Housing · TCH514199389 · Dec 20250132 m
1167 Queen St EToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation405199583 · Jul 20260202 m
17 Renwick Cressocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.804199692 · Oct 20251204 m
55 Pape Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.605199688 · Aug 20240228 m
1187-1189 Queen St Esocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes344198891 · Aug 20260305 m
15 Pape Avesocial housing · YWCA775198890 · Nov 20251307 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 lots602 lots · ≈33,750 spaces · 101.3 ha
Within 500 m73 lots · ≈3,300 spaces
Green P (public)14 car parks · about 1,086 spaces
EV charging (City)220 Carlaw Ave. · 416 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking78 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 21 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
111 Broadview Ave · Surface1.2 km9256% (Q1 2026)
136 Broadview Ave · Surface1.2 km2273% (Q1 2026)
653 Gerrard St E · Surface1.3 km3072% (Q1 2026)
1091 Eastern Avenue · Surface1.4 km45 *
573 Gerrard St E · Surface1.5 km3675% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 40 m away, ≈12 spaces; 43 m away, ≈20 spaces; 72 m away, ≈15 spaces; 81 m away, ≈6 spaces; 103 m away, ≈39 spaces; 120 m away, ≈9 spaces. More EV charging: 43 Alton Ave (649 m, 2 ports); 963 Gerrard St E (765 m, 2 ports); 500 Commissioners St (928 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 — 3,622 westbound vehicles, or 56% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 7. Most cyclists arrived from the east (167 of 313). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 953 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 966 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 7.1% 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 · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west2,819eastbound · 134 bikes · 7.2% heavy
Total vehicles6,448808 pedestrians · 313 cyclists · 7.1% heavy
From the east3,622westbound · 167 bikes · 6.9% heavy
From the south7northbound · 12 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour953 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour966 vehicles from 4:45 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 (81 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 Caroline Avenue between Queen St E and Eastern Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Caroline Ave · Lane S of Queen and E of Winnifred – Queen St E · 22 mMay 2014 · 44 days673
Queen St E · Pape Ave – Winnifred Ave · 81 mOct 2004 · 3 days48032 km/h42 km/h46 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Caroline 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

2019 was the peak year (8 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 9% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 15 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 35% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 7% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions43#2289 of 5,508
With an injury4#3062 of 4,660
Property damage only25
Fail to remain15
Involving a pedestrian2#1937 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2257 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified14
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201455latest Apr 17, 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. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Jun 30, 2010.

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 22 thefts from vehicles and 12 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 5.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 3.4 a year. 64% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 42% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 6 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 25, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle2284street/outdoor (14), house driveway/garage (3)
Bicycle theft1242apartment parking (5), house driveway/garage (4)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 25, 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 & Caroline a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 43 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 & Caroline?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Dec 8, 2015, 70% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Queen & Caroline?

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 & Caroline?

The nearest Green P car park is 111 Broadview Ave (1.2 km away, 92 spaces, 56% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 602 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 33,750 spaces — 73 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 220 Carlaw Ave. (416 m).

How do I get to Queen & Caroline by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503, 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 14 m away; bus routes 83, 72, 31, 114 within 1 km (nearest stop: Queen St East at Caroline Ave, 216 m).

What restaurants are near Queen & Caroline?

39 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 189 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Fangio Trattoria (20 m), Bar Mini (24 m), Goods & Provisions (27 m), Simit & Chai (30 m) and The Remarkable Bean (40 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 & Caroline?

The nearest is Leslie Grove Park Washroom, 1158 Queen St E, 149 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Morse Street Playground Washroom (717 m); Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom (729 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 & Caroline?

11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 946 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bruce Woodgreen Early Learning Centre (201 m, 151 spaces), Liberty Preparatory School Inc. (386 m, 39 spaces) and Brightpath Leslieville (425 m, 154 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Queen & Caroline?

21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,245 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1075 Queen St E (111 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 1070 Queen St E (117 m, 177 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 29 Louvain Ave (132 m, 51 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 1167 Queen St E (202 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 83). 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 Queen & Caroline?

Toronto Police place 22 thefts from vehicles and 12 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 6 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 & Caroline in?

Queen & Caroline 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