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Queen & Kingston

Queen St E & Kingston Rd · Toronto, Ontario · The Beaches · Ward 19, Beaches-East York · The Beach BIA

Queen & Kingston, in The Beaches, is a mid-volume intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence. It has a live City traffic camera and a park at the corner. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
13,431
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 20, 2024
5,382 pedestrians · 650 cyclists
Collisions
163
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #652 of 5,519
Getting there
6
TTC stops within 100 m
7 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
63/100
city median 48 · #1,375 of 5,672
9 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 300 m

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Queen & Kingston

Traffic and safety

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

Live traffic camera RESCU 8203 · 27 m

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Live camera RESCU 8203 · Queen St & Kingston Rd / Eastern Ave · 27 m from the node
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Live camera · RESCU 8203 · Queen St & Kingston Rd / Eastern Ave
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Traffic volume14-hour count · Oct 20, 2024 · weekend

Traffic is spread evenly across the approaches, from 3,028 vehicles entering from the south to 3,753 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the east (263 of 650). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,319 vehicles in the hour from 3:15 p.m., 59% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (827). Heavy vehicles made up 2.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count was taken on a Sunday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north3,527southbound · 76 bikes · 0.9% heavy
From the west3,123eastbound · 222 bikes · 5.4% heavy
Total vehicles13,4315,382 pedestrians · 650 cyclists · 2.2% heavy
From the east3,753westbound · 263 bikes · 1.7% heavy
From the south3,028northbound · 89 bikes · 1.1% heavy

Peak hours: 827 vehicles in the hour from 9:30 a.m. and 1,319 from 3:15 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

2019 was the peak year (22 collisions), and 2025 closed with 14. 8% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 17 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 1% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 11 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 22, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 5 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Jun 9, 2014.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions163#652 of 5,519
With an injury13#1377 of 4,669
Property damage only134
Fail to remain17
Involving a pedestrian2
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
Severity not classified16
Since January 2026 (outside the window)11
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20065latest Jun 9, 2014

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.

Speeds here, last measured in 2022

The City's counter on Eastern Ave between Emdaabiimok Ave and Woodbine Park Trl (273 m away) recorded an average of 40 km/h in its 3-day count in August 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 48 km/h. That segment carries about 6,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Queen St E · Eastern Ave – Orchard Park Blvd · 135 mJun 2013 · 24 h6,588———
Eastern Ave · Emdaabiimok Ave – Woodbine Park Trl · 273 mAug 2022 · 3 days6,09240 km/h48 km/h51 km/h

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 1388, activated 1981 · leading pedestrian interval East/West · transit priority

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

Streetcar
503 501 nearest 28 m
TTC bus
31 22 92 nearest 27 m
Blue Night
301 322
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Eastern Ave at Queen St East; Queen St East at Kingston Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Queen St. E / Eastern Ave 26 m · 15 docks · 10 stations, 288 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
15 car parks · about 1,008 spaces
EV charging
1760 Queen St E. · 128 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 1834 Queen St E (363 m), 1856 Queen St E. (447 m)
Bike parking
36 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
42 mapped lots within 500 m, 279 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1167 Eastern Ave · Surface147 m6632% (Q1 2026)
116 Winners Crcl · Surface194 m1052% (Q1 2026)
1141 Eastern Ave · Surface255 m1858% (Q1 2026)
118 Sarah Ashbridge Ave · Surface295 m2440% (Q1 2026)
116 Joseph Duggan Rd · Surface371 m2441% (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: Toby's Food Mart is 300 m away. For everything else there are two convenience stores and gas bars within 300 m. There are 9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 60 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Country Style, 53 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Woods Drug Store, 407 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. Applegrove Community Complex runs a seniors' active living programme 831 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Country Style · 1708 Queen St E53 m
  • History · 1663 Queen St E114 m
  • Greenwood Teletheatre · 1661 Queen St E125 m
  • Casa Di Giorgio Ristorante · 1646 Queen St E225 m
  • Harvey's · 1641 Queen St E225 m
9 within 300 m · 60 within 1 km
Grocery
Toby's Food Mart 300 m · 4 min · 6 within 1 km
Food shops
Ambrosia Natural Food 526 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
2 convenience stores or gas bars within 300 m
Pharmacy
Woods Drug Store 407 m · 5 min · 4 within 1 km
Child care
  • Coxwell Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 34 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day288 m · 3 min
  • Bumble Bee Academy · 63 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day563 m · 7 min
  • Brightpath Academy - the Beach Clubzone · 72 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day713 m · 8 min
7 licensed centres · 674 spaces within 1 km · 3 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Woodbine Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible302 m · 4 min
  • Automated public toilet, 1681 Lake Shore Blvd E · 24 hours · accessible563 m · 7 min
Drinking water: Woodbine Park 299 m · 4 min
Health and care
  • Applegrove Community Complex · seniors' active living centre831 m · 10 min

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 (19)
  • Measurement Park107 m
  • Orchard Park279 m · 3 min
  • Woodbine Park398 m · 5 min
  • Edgewood Parkette454 m · 5 min
  • Jeff Sloan Playground483 m · 6 min
and 14 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (7)
  • Academy of Thought and Industry TorontoPrivate · 269 m · 3 min
  • Duke of Connaught Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 870 m · 10 min
  • Kew Beach Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 900 m · 11 min
  • Boardwalk Montessori SchoolPrivate · 1 km · 12 min
  • Norway Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 min
and 2 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Beaches branch1.2 km · 14 min
  • Toronto Public Library Gerrard/Ashdale branch1.3 km · 16 min
Places of interest
  • Woodbine BeachNature/ Park · 900 m · 11 min
  • Ashbridges Bay ParkNature/ Park · 1.2 km · 14 min
  • Kew Gardens ParkNature/ Park · 1.4 km · 16 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.

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

63of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,375 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food26/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 9 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit13/28

    7 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 1.2 km away · 3 places of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation7/10

    5 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.2 km

  • Schools and child care6/8

    1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot6/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking

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

29 registered apartment buildings with 849 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 11 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2-12 Kingston Rd (55 m, 16 units, 4 storeys, built 1970), which scored 94 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
2-12 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc164197094 · Jul 202555 m
4 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc164197092 · Aug 202682 m
6 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc163197097 · Aug 202695 m
8 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc163197094 · Aug 2026114 m
10 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc163197090 · Jul 2025132 m
12 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital Properties Inc163197093 · Aug 2026138 m

29 registered buildings · 849 units · 11 social housing · tallest 6 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 seven thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 4 in 2023–2025, about 1.3 a year, against 1.0 a year before that. 86% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 23, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle742street/outdoor (6), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft400street/outdoor (2), commercial premises (1)

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 The Beaches.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Queen & Kingston a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 163 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 & Kingston?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 20, 2024, 83% of the median for a counted intersection, and #388 for pedestrians.

Is Queen & Kingston a walkable intersection?

Queen & Kingston scores 63 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,375 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: 1 grocery store within 300 m · 9 places to eat within 300 m; 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 5 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.2 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking.

How fast do cars go at Queen & Kingston?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Eastern Ave between Emdaabiimok Ave and Woodbine Park Trl (August 2022), found an average of 40 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Queen & Kingston?

The nearest Green P car park is 1167 Eastern Ave (147 m away, 66 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 279 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 13,720 spaces — 42 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1760 Queen St E. (128 m).

How do I get to Queen & Kingston by transit?

Streetcar routes 503, 501 stop within 1 km, the nearest 28 m away; bus routes 31, 22, 92 within 1 km (nearest stop: Eastern Ave at Queen St East, 27 m).

What restaurants are near Queen & Kingston?

9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 60 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Country Style (53 m), History (114 m), Greenwood Teletheatre (125 m), Casa Di Giorgio Ristorante (225 m) and Harvey's (225 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Queen & Kingston?

The nearest is Woodbine Park Washroom, 1695 Queen St E, 302 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: the automated public toilet at 1681 Lake Shore Blvd E (563 m); Jonathan Ashbridge Park Fieldhouse Washroom (734 m).

Is there child care near Queen & Kingston?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 674 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Coxwell Early Learning & Child Care Centre (288 m, 34 spaces), Bumble Bee Academy (563 m, 63 spaces) and Brightpath Academy - the Beach Clubzone (713 m, 72 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Queen & Kingston?

29 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 849 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2-12 Kingston Rd (55 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 4 Kingston Rd (82 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 6 Kingston Rd (95 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 8 Kingston Rd (114 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 29 is 91 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Queen & Kingston?

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the The Beaches page.

What neighbourhood is Queen & Kingston in?

Queen & Kingston is in The Beaches (City of Toronto neighbourhood 063). It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford. The corner falls inside the The Beach Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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