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Queen & Dunn

Queen St W & Dunn Ave · Toronto, Ontario · South Parkdale · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park · Parkdale Village BIA

At its last City count, in 2018, Queen & Dunn, in South Parkdale, in central Toronto, was an intersection of typical volume, with a strong pedestrian presence. It has parks and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
8,227
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 18, 2018
4,000 pedestrians · 355 cyclists
Collisions
97
police-reported · 2016–2025
3 killed or seriously injured · #1153 of 5,519
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
10 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
79/100
city median 48 · #378 of 5,672
46 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 80 m

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Queen & Dunn

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume8-hour count · Dec 18, 2018

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The west leg carries the load — 3,427 eastbound vehicles, or 42% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 1,375. Most cyclists arrived from the west (184 of 355). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,250 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 10% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (1,134). Trucks and buses were 6.5% 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 16,177 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west3,427eastbound · 184 bikes · 6.9% heavy
Total vehicles8,2274,000 pedestrians · 355 cyclists · 6.5% heavy
From the east3,425westbound · 137 bikes · 7.4% heavy
From the south1,375northbound · 34 bikes · 3.0% heavy

Peak hours: 1,134 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,250 from 5:00 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

2018 was the peak year (13 collisions), and 2025 closed with 5. 26% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 16 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 16% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 18% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 7 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 19, 2026.

None of the three serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 3 pedestrians were among those hurt. All happened in daylight or lit conditions (citywide, 39% of KSI collisions occur in darkness). The most recent was on May 23, 2021. Going back to 2006, the total is 6.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions97#1153 of 5,519
With an injury25#657 of 4,669
Property damage only61
Fail to remain16
Involving a pedestrian14#110 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist3#871 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
Severity not classified11
Since January 2026 (outside the window)7
Killed or seriously injured3#151 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian3#40 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
In darkness00% here vs 39% citywide
All KSI since 20066latest May 23, 2021

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

How fast traffic moves here

The City's counter on Dunn Ave between Dunn Avenue Parkette Trl and Queen St W (98 m away) recorded an average of 26 km/h in its 7-day count in August 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 34 km/h. That segment carries about 2,600 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Jameson Ave (264 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.5% of the 55,061 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dunn Ave · Dunn Avenue Parkette Trl – Queen St W · 98 mAug 2025 · 7 days2,63326 km/h34 km/h38 km/h
Queen St W · Close Ave – Lansdowne Ave · 150 mNov 2019 · 4 days6,334———
Speed sign
Jameson Ave (northbound), 264 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 33 km/h, 85th percentile 40 km/h; 0.5% at 50 km/h or more. 55,061 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

The crossing
Signal 1330, activated 1978 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West · transit priority

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Streetcar
501 504 508 nearest 17 m
TTC bus
402 47 29 nearest 17 m
Express
929
Blue Night
301 304 329
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Queen St West at Dunn Ave; Queen St West at O'hara Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Queen St W / Cowan Ave 169 m · 19 docks · 18 stations, 323 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
13 car parks · about 1,096 spaces
EV charging
1224 KING ST W · 797 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 45 Abell St (1 km), 1051 Queen Street W (1.2 km)
Bike parking
92 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 8 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
51 mapped lots within 500 m, 387 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1325 Queen St W · Surface59 m3294% (Q1 2026)
14 Fuller Ave · Surface478 m4247% (Q1 2026)
1624 Queen St W · Surface668 m3371% (Q1 2026)
45 Abell St · Garage1 km12460% (Q1 2026)
110 Dovercourt Rd · Surface1 km8over 100% (Q1 2026)

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

You can do a shop on foot from here: The Local Market is 80 m away, one of five grocery stores within 300 m. There is also a specialist food shop, Craig's Cookies, 276 m away. There are 46 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 172 eating places within a kilometre — 4.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Capital Espresso, 1 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Vina Pharmacy, 180 m away; 9 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Bickle Centre, 683 m away, then St. Joseph's Health Centre at 1.3 km. For seniors' housing: Lakeside Long Term Care Centre, a long-term care home 576 m away (two within a kilometre); Dowling Rest Home, a retirement home 812 m away. Sistering Parkdale Drop - In at Masaryk - Cowan Community Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 203 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Capital Espresso · 1349 Queen St W1 m
  • Daol Korean Restaurant · 1345 Queen St W11 m
  • Shambhala Kitchen · 1406 Queen St W18 m
  • Simpl Things · 269 Dunn Ave29 m
  • Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen · 1402 Queen St W29 m
46 within 300 m · 172 within 1 km
Grocery
The Local Market 80 m · 5 within 300 m
Food shops
Craig's Cookies 276 m · 3 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
4 convenience stores or gas bars within 300 m
Pharmacy
Vina Pharmacy 180 m · 9 within 1 km
Child care
  • Holy Family Childcare Centre-Queen Victoria · 25 spaces, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day390 m · 5 min
  • Parkdale Childcare Centre · 177 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day432 m · 5 min
  • Sunflower House · 44 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day479 m · 6 min
7 licensed centres · 633 spaces within 1 km · all accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom · hours not listed207 m
  • Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom · hours not listed1 km · 11 min
Drinking water: Masaryk Park 244 m (off); Albert Crosland Park 473 m · 6 min (off)
Health and care
  • Bickle Centre · hospital site683 m · 8 min
  • St. Joseph's Health Centre · hospital site1.3 km · 16 min
  • Lakeside Long Term Care Centre · long-term care home · 2 within 1 km576 m · 7 min
  • Dowling Rest Home · retirement home812 m · 10 min
  • Sistering Parkdale Drop - In at Masaryk - Cowan Community Centre · seniors' active living centre203 m

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (27)
  • Dunn Avenue Parkette222 m
  • Masaryk Park251 m · 3 min
  • Gwynne Avenue Parkette414 m · 5 min
  • Pat Capponi Parkette452 m · 5 min
  • Parkdale Amphitheatre483 m · 6 min
and 22 more within 1.5 km
Schools (9)
  • Parkdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 274 m · 3 min
  • Holy Family Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 390 m · 5 min
  • Parkdale Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 432 m · 5 min
  • Mary Mother of God SchoolPrivate · 605 m · 7 min
  • Dr Rita Cox - Kina Minagok Public SchoolEnglish Public · 731 m · 9 min
and 4 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch166 m
Places of interest
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 0.9 km · 11 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

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Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #378 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food30/30

    5 grocery stores within 300 m · 46 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit15/28

    8 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go8/14

    library 166 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation10/10

    5 parks within 500 m · 3 community centres within 800 m

  • Schools and child care8/8

    3 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot8/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

110 registered apartment buildings with 8,139 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 20 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 7.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 7 O'Hara Ave (105 m, 16 units, 4 storeys, built 1970), which scored 83 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 110 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
7 O'Hara Ave · Kpm Kingsway Property Management164197083 · Jun 2024105 m
15 O'Hara Ave · Kpm Kingsway Property Management324197091 · Jul 2024125 m
245 Dunn Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation38420197184 · Sep 2024135 m
240 Dunn Ave social housing · Howard & Associates725199296 · Sep 2024158 m
22 O'Hara Ave Toronto Community Housing · TCH133191897 · Jul 2024164 m
1387 Queen St W social housing · Ecuhome Corporation234191091 · Jun 2025178 m

110 registered buildings · 8,139 units · 20 social housing · tallest 23 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

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 ten bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 5.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 7 in 2023–2025, about 2.3 a year, against 3.6 a year before that. 86% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 60% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 4 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 28, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle2262street/outdoor (19), apartment parking (2)
Bicycle theft1012street/outdoor (6), apartment parking (3)

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 Parkdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Queen & Dunn a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 3 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#151 of 1,505), out of 97 reported 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 Queen & Dunn?

An intersection of typical volume at the City's last count here, in 2018. Its latest count is from Dec 18, 2018, about today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Queen & Dunn a walkable intersection?

Queen & Dunn scores 79 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #378 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 5 grocery stores within 300 m · 46 places to eat within 300 m; 5 parks within 500 m · 3 community centres within 800 m; 3 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.

How fast do cars go at Queen & Dunn?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Dunn Ave between Dunn Avenue Parkette Trl and Queen St W (August 2025), found an average of 26 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 34 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 264 m away (40 km/h), 0.5% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Queen & Dunn?

The nearest Green P car park is 1325 Queen St W (59 m away, 32 spaces, 94% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 387 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 15,470 spaces — 51 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1224 KING ST W (797 m).

How do I get to Queen & Dunn by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 504, 508 stop within 1 km, the nearest 17 m away; bus routes 402, 47, 29, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: Queen St West at Dunn Ave, 17 m).

What restaurants are near Queen & Dunn?

46 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 172 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Capital Espresso (1 m), Daol Korean Restaurant (11 m), Shambhala Kitchen (18 m), Simpl Things (29 m) and Popeye's Louisiana Kitchen (29 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Queen & Dunn?

The nearest is Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 220 Cowan Ave, 207 m away. Next nearest: Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom (1.0 km).

Is there child care near Queen & Dunn?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 633 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Holy Family Childcare Centre-Queen Victoria (390 m, 25 spaces), Parkdale Childcare Centre (432 m, 177 spaces) and Sunflower House (479 m, 44 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Queen & Dunn?

110 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 8,139 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 7 O'Hara Ave (105 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 15 O'Hara Ave (125 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 245 Dunn Ave (135 m, 384 units, RentSafeTO score 84) and 240 Dunn Ave (158 m, 72 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 110 is 89 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at Queen & Dunn?

Toronto Police place 22 thefts from vehicles and ten bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 4 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the South Parkdale page.

What neighbourhood is Queen & Dunn in?

Queen & Dunn is in South Parkdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 085), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks. The corner falls inside the Parkdale Village Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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