Toronto · intersection · signal 1461

Queen & John

Queen St W & John St · Toronto, Ontario · Wellington Place · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York · Toronto Downtown West BIA

In Wellington Place, in the downtown core, Queen & John is a mid-volume intersection, with more people on foot than in cars and a well-used cycling route through it. It has 2 schools within 250 m and parks at the corner. Nearby: Osgoode Station (Line 1) 375 m away and Union Station GO 1.0 km away.

Traffic volume
11,836
vehicles · 14-hour count, Sep 9, 2025
28,103 pedestrians · 2,359 cyclists · #1557 busiest
Collisions
149
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
23 with an injury · 96 property damage · #726 of 5,508 · +2 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
Osgoode Station 375 m · 7 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 23 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 850 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 73% of the median counted intersection. Pedestrians outnumber vehicles 2.4 to 1 — rare for a Toronto intersection, where the median is one pedestrian for every 13 vehicles. Cyclists were 19.9% of vehicle volume, about 26× the typical share. That comes with about 15 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 12.6 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 2.5× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 27%, from 86 in 2016–2020 to 63 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Queen & John

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Osgoode Station (Line 1)375 m; St Andrew Station (Line 1)515 m; St Patrick Station (Line 1)527 m; Union Station (Line 1)909 m; Queen Station (Line 1)1 km
GO Transit
Union Station GO — Barrie, Kitchener, Lakeshore East, Lakeshore West, Milton, Richmond Hill, Stouffville1 km
UP Express
UP Express Union Station 871 m — trains to Pearson
Streetcar
501504508510505503506 nearest 14 m
TTC bus
191397 nearest 752 m
Blue Night
301304310305306320
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Queen St West at John St
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Queen St W / John St 29 m · 23 docks · 60 stations, 1,249 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 (37)
  • OCAD University - Inclusive Design InstituteUniversity · 209 m
  • OCAD University - Student CentreUniversity · 234 m
  • OCAD University - Aboveground Art SuppliesUniversity · 289 m
  • Ogden Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 326 m
  • OCAD University - Main Building 416 977-6000University · 349 m
  • OCAD University - the Learning ZoneUniversity · 408 m
  • and 31 more
Parks (49)
  • St. Patricks Square98 m
  • Grasett Park262 m
  • Grange Park301 m
  • David Pecaut Square472 m
  • Gallery Park517 m
  • Nathan Phillips Square664 m
  • and 43 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch701 m
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • 299 Queen Street WestLandmark · 72 m
  • Yuk Yuk'sPerforming Arts · 223 m
  • Onsite Gallery [at] OCADUGallery · 246 m
  • Campbell HouseMuseum · 330 m
  • Princess of Wales TheatrePerforming Arts · 364 m
  • TIFF Bell LightboxLandmark · 373 m
  • Royal Alexandra TheatrePerforming Arts · 399 m
  • Art Gallery of OntarioGallery · 431 m
Signal
1461, activated 1983 · FT · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West · transit priority

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 116 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 12 grocery and convenience stores, and 359 eating places within a kilometre — 4.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is A Pizza, 2 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés116 within 300 m · 359 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience12 within 300 m · 41 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
A Pizza · 252 Queen St W2 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction
Garden View Convenience/Freshly Squeezed · 252 Queen St W Unit-2grocery2 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Mizzica Gelateria & Cafe · 307 Queen St W2 mPassed, Feb 2026
Oh My Gyro · 155 John St4 mPassed, Jun 2026
Nord Lyon · 250 Queen St W6 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Holy Cow Steakhouse · 254 Queen St W10 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
555 Boat Noodles - Queen West · 252 Queen St W26 mPassed, May 2026
Japan Taco · 252 Queen St W26 mPassed, Sep 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 Harrison Pool Washroom, 137 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 87 m away at St. Patricks Square.

  • Harrison Pool Washroom · 15 Stephanie St
    View centre hours
    137 m
  • Grange Park South Washroom · 26 Grange Rd W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    301 m
  • Grange Park North Washroom · 26 Grange Rd W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    312 m
Drinking water
St. Patricks Square drinking fountain · 87 m; Grange Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 261 m · off

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

23 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,525 spaces; 16 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Blue Butterfly Montessori School Inc. (94 m, 62 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km23 centres · 1,525 spaces
Fee subsidy16 of 23
  • Blue Butterfly Montessori School Inc. · 300 Richmond St W
    62 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    94 m
  • Kids & Company Queen West · 308 Queen St W
    107 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    230 m
  • Kinder College Early Learning Centre · 218 Richmond St W
    97 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    242 m
  • University Settlement Day Care Centre · 23 Grange Rd
    54 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    244 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 332 (212 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (495 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.2 km away.

FireFire Station 332 · 212 m260 Adelaide St W
Police52 Division · 495 m255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 40 · 1.2 km58 Richmond St E

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

35 registered apartment buildings with 4,657 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 16 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 168 John St (53 m, 180 units, 7 storeys, built 1979), which scored 94 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 77 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 28 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings35 · 4,657 units · 16 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202677 across the 35
Open fire-code violations28
Tallest46 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
168 John StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1807197994 · Jul 2025453 m
190 John StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation264199293 · Aug 20260137 m
20 St Patrick St · Fidelity Property Management Limited25614198282 · Aug 20246 · 7 fire185 m
50 Stephanie St · Bernada Properties28424196680 · Jul 20250206 m
11 Sullivan StToronto Community Housing · TCH173192383 · Sep 20242275 m
127 St Patrick StToronto Community Housing · TCH5412198092 · Aug 20240451 m
248 Simcoe StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation5312199192 · Aug 20240474 m
50 John St · 1725460 Ontario Inc143194093 · Nov 20253490 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 lots842 lots · ≈22,290 spaces · 66.9 ha
Within 500 m58 lots · ≈1,160 spaces
Green P (public)21 car parks · about 6,559 spaces
EV charging (City)10 Soho St. · 223 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking334 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 69 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (684 m)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
363 Adelaide St W · Surface467 m2295% (Q1 2026)
105 Spadina Ave · Surface487 m14over 100% (Q1 2026)
40 Larch St · Garage588 m33231% (Q1 2026)
110 Queen St W · Garage628 m1,63628% (Q1 2026)
15 Denison Ave · Surface760 m12054% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 70 m away, ≈11 spaces; 83 m away, ≈91 spaces; 94 m away, ≈5 spaces; 144 m away, ≈8 spaces; 156 m away, ≈20 spaces; 183 m away, ≈20 spaces. More EV charging: Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (684 m, 11 ports); Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (684 m, 40 ports); 10 Portland St (710 m, 4 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 — 14-hour, Sep 9, 2025

The west leg carries the load — 4,576 eastbound vehicles, or 39% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 745. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 975 vehicles in the hour from 9:00 a.m. and 1,021 from 5:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north745southbound · 492 bikes · 4.2% heavy
From the west4,576eastbound · 729 bikes · 3.1% heavy
Total vehicles11,83628,103 pedestrians · 2,359 cyclists · 3.7% heavy
From the east4,066westbound · 563 bikes · 3.5% heavy
From the south2,449northbound · 575 bikes · 5.0% heavy
AM peak hour975 vehicles from 9:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,021 vehicles from 5:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Sep 9, 2025

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 John St between Lane S of Queen and W of John and Queen St W (24 m away, Nov 2011) recorded volume only — about 5,065 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Bulwer St (321 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 4,378 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
John St · Lane S of Queen and W of John – Queen St W · 24 mNov 2011 · 3 days5,065
Queen St W · University Ave – Simcoe St · 340 mNov 2019 · 4 days6,604

School-zone speed sign 321 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct0 · 6 km/h
Over the limit0.0%
40 km/h or more0.0%

Bulwer St (eastbound), 33 Phoebe Street · 4,378 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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

2018 was the peak year (25 collisions), and 2025 closed with 10. 15% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 36 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 24% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 12% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 24, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 12.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions149#726 of 5,508
With an injury23#726 of 4,660
Property damage only96
Fail to remain36
Involving a pedestrian9#289 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist9#169 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified30
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 2014171latest 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Mar 31, 2012.

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 ten thefts from vehicles and 16 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 4.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 5 in 2023–2025, about 1.7 a year, against 3.0 a year before that. 90% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 44% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1030street/outdoor (9), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft1620street/outdoor (7), apartment parking (5)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 18, 2024. 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 Wellington Place.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Queen & John a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 149 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 & John?

A mid-volume intersection. It ranks #1557 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 73% of the median for a counted intersection, and #43 for pedestrians.

Where can I park near Queen & John?

The nearest Green P car park is 363 Adelaide St W (467 m away, 22 spaces, 95% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 842 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,290 spaces — 58 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Soho St. (223 m).

How do I get to Queen & John by transit?

Osgoode Station (Line 1) is 375 m away; Union Station GO is 1.0 km away; streetcar routes 501, 504, 508, 510 and 3 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 14 m away; bus routes 19, 13, 97 within 1 km (nearest stop: Queen St West at John St, 752 m).

What restaurants are near Queen & John?

116 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 359 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are A Pizza (2 m), Mizzica Gelateria & Cafe (2 m), Oh My Gyro (4 m), Nord Lyon (6 m) and Holy Cow Steakhouse (10 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 & John?

The nearest is Harrison Pool Washroom, 15 Stephanie St, 137 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Grange Park South Washroom (301 m); Grange Park North Washroom (312 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 & John?

23 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,525 spaces in total; 16 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Blue Butterfly Montessori School Inc. (94 m, 62 spaces), Kids & Company Queen West (230 m, 107 spaces) and Kinder College Early Learning Centre (242 m, 97 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Queen & John?

35 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,657 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 168 John St (53 m, 180 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 190 John St (137 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 20 St Patrick St (185 m, 256 units, RentSafeTO score 82) and 50 Stephanie St (206 m, 284 units, RentSafeTO score 80). The average RentSafeTO score across the 35 is 89 out of 100. 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 & John?

Toronto Police place ten thefts from vehicles and 16 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 Wellington Place page.

What neighbourhood is Queen & John in?

Queen & John is in Wellington Place (City of Toronto neighbourhood 164). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik. The corner falls inside the Toronto Downtown West Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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