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Queen & Gore Vale

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

In West Queen West, in central Toronto, Queen & Gore Vale is a moderately travelled crossing, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
7,473
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 21, 2023
2,311 pedestrians · 781 cyclists
Collisions
49
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
8 with an injury · 32 property damage · #2109 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
5 streetcar routes · 1 bus route within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 26 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 930 vehicles an hour, 81% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 3 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 10.5% of vehicle volume, about 13× the typical share. On average 4.9 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 33%, from 21 in 2016–2020 to 28 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Queen & Gore Vale

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501504508505511 nearest 121 m
TTC bus
63 nearest 396 m
Blue Night
301304305363307
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Walnut Ave / Queen St W 39 m · 15 docks · 41 stations, 854 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 (18)
  • Discovering Minds Montessori SchoolPrivate · 95 m
  • Niagara Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 323 m
  • Charles G Fraser Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 356 m
  • Givins Shaw Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 503 m
  • St Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 551 m
  • Ecole Elementaire Pierre Elliott TrudeauFrench Public · 733 m
  • and 12 more
Community centres
Parks (41)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch864 m
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 697 m
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 790 m
  • Fort York National Historic SiteMuseum · 926 m
  • iArts MuseumMuseum · 1 km
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 1 km
  • Graffiti AlleyLandmark · 1.1 km
  • Exhibition PlaceConvention & Trade Centres · 1.2 km
  • Enercare CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 1.2 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 49 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 364 — 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is The Done Right Inn, 8 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2024 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés49 within 300 m · 364 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 36 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Done Right Inn · 861 Queen St W8 mPassed, Apr 2024 · 2 infractions
7-Eleven · 873 Queen St Wgrocery12 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Mother · 874 Queen St W12 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 3 infractions
The Spice Trader · 877 Queen St W15 mPassed, Dec 2024
Little Ese · 875 Queen St W15 mPassed, Apr 2026
Noce · 875 Queen St W15 mPassed, Apr 2024
Nadege Patisserie · 780 Queen St W16 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Piragua · 893 Queen St W33 mPassed, Mar 2025

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, 282 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 152 m away at Trinity Bellwoods Park.

  • Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 155 Crawford St
    View centre hours · accessible
    282 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Playground Washroom · 790 Queen St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    284 m
  • Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom · 890 King St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    367 m
Drinking water
Trinity Bellwoods Park drinking fountain · 152 m; Trinity Bellwoods Park drinking fountain · 286 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 964 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Trinity Bellwoods Community Children's Group/Care (Crawford Street) (298 m, 35 spaces, school age).

Within 1 km12 centres · 964 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 12
  • Trinity Bellwoods Community Children's Group/Care (Crawford Street) · 155 Crawford St
    35 spaces · school age · fee subsidy
    298 m
  • Garrison Creek Community Day Care · 222 Niagara St
    152 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    323 m
  • Fraser School - Community Day Care Centre · 79 Manning Ave
    136 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    356 m
  • Downtown Kids Academy, Inc. · 905 King St W
    50 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    449 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 331 (230 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 331 · 230 m33 Claremont St
Police14 Division · 1.3 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 35 · 1.5 km265 Manitoba Dr

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

Within a kilometre there are 20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,350 rental units — eight social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 15 Gore Vale Ave (94 m, 10 units, 3 storeys, built 1926), which scored 45 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 20 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 40 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings20 · 3,350 units · 8 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202640 across the 20
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest31 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
15 Gore Vale Ave · Terrance Goldthorpe103192645 · Aug 2026094 m
798 Richmond St W · Akelius Canada Ltd52513197089 · Jul 20257147 m
800 Adelaide St Wsocial housing · Homes First Society503198788 · Aug 20260217 m
900 Queen St Wsocial housing · Artscape Non-Profit Housing Inc.223199681 · Jul 20241339 m
138 Claremont Stsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes183199490 · Aug 20250474 m
115 Euclid Ave163193088 · Jul 20260475 m
24 Shaw Stsocial housing2009198987 · Aug 20261525 m
100 Lower Ossington Ave · Killam Apartment REIT1798201391 · Aug 20240635 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 lots796 lots · ≈28,070 spaces · 84.2 ha
Within 500 m51 lots · ≈770 spaces
Green P (public)27 car parks · about 2,504 spaces
EV charging (City)10 Palmerston Ave · 417 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking153 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 76 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
803 Richmond St W · Surface138 m4856% (Q1 2026)
1030 King Street West - garage entrance via Shank St. · Garage568 m152 *
18 Ossington Ave · Surface639 m20over 100% (Q1 2026)
201 Claremont St · Surface665 m4361% (Q1 2026)
1117 Dundas St W · Surface803 m3786% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 31 m away, ≈7 spaces; 37 m away, ≈22 spaces; 45 m away, ≈10 spaces; 59 m away, ≈6 spaces; 66 m away, ≈8 spaces; 74 m away, ≈4 spaces. More EV charging: 248 Shaw St (672 m, 2 ports); 1051 Queen Street W (754 m, 2 ports); 283 Ossington Ave (940 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, Mar 21, 2023

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 3,697 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 695 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the east (413 of 781). Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 1,220 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m., 11% above the afternoon peak from 5:00 p.m. (1,099). Heavy vehicles made up 3.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 4 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. 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 north695southbound · 87 bikes · 3.6% heavy
From the west3,697eastbound · 281 bikes · 3.3% heavy
Total vehicles7,4732,311 pedestrians · 781 cyclists · 3.5% heavy
From the east3,081westbound · 413 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,220 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,099 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 21, 2023

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 most recent midblock count on Queen St W between Gore Vale Ave and Strachan Ave (72 m away, Nov 2015) recorded volume only — about 20,724 vehicles a day — with no speed data. 6 speed humps slow traffic on Gore Vale Avenue between Dundas St W and Queen St W.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Queen St W · Gore Vale Ave – Strachan Ave · 72 mNov 2015 · 7 days20,724

Traffic calming

  • Gore Vale Avenue · Dundas St W – Queen St W
    6 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 10 collisions. 8 collisions (16%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 8 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (16%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 1, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions49#2109 of 5,508
With an injury8#2113 of 4,660
Property damage only32
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian2#1947 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist6#358 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified9
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201458latest Feb 1, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

Four thefts from vehicles and 26 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 3 in 2023–2025, about 1.0 a year, against 3.9 a year before that. 69% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle400street/outdoor (4)
Bicycle theft2630apartment parking (18), street/outdoor (6)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 16, 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 West Queen West.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Queen & Gore Vale a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 49 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 & Gore Vale?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Mar 21, 2023, 81% of the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Queen & Gore Vale?

The nearest Green P car park is 803 Richmond St W (138 m away, 48 spaces, 56% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 796 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 28,070 spaces — 51 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Palmerston Ave (417 m).

How do I get to Queen & Gore Vale by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 504, 508, 505 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 121 m away; bus route 63 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Queen & Gore Vale?

49 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 364 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Done Right Inn (8 m), Mother (12 m), The Spice Trader (15 m), Little Ese (15 m) and Noce (15 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 & Gore Vale?

The nearest is Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 155 Crawford St, 282 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Trinity Bellwoods Playground Washroom (284 m); Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom (367 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 & Gore Vale?

12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 964 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Trinity Bellwoods Community Children's Group/Care (Crawford Street) (298 m, 35 spaces), Garrison Creek Community Day Care (323 m, 152 spaces) and Fraser School - Community Day Care Centre (356 m, 136 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Queen & Gore Vale?

20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,350 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 15 Gore Vale Ave (94 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 45), 798 Richmond St W (147 m, 525 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 800 Adelaide St W (217 m, 50 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 900 Queen St W (339 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 81). The average RentSafeTO score across the 20 is 88 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 & Gore Vale?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and 26 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 West Queen West page.

What neighbourhood is Queen & Gore Vale in?

Queen & Gore Vale 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