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Queen & Knox

Queen St E & Knox Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Greenwood-Coxwell · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth · Leslieville BIA

In Greenwood-Coxwell, Queen & Knox is a mid-volume intersection. At the corner: a bike lane and parks. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
4,738
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 22, 2022
389 pedestrians · 177 cyclists
Collisions
15
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 9 property damage · #3814 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
4
TTC stops within 100 m
3 streetcar routes · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane - Contraflow
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 590 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 51% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 12 vehicles, close to the citywide median. Cyclists were 3.7% of vehicle volume, about 4.8× the typical share. On average 1.5 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Queen & Knox

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501503506 nearest 40 m
TTC bus
318322114 nearest 53 m
Blue Night
301306322325
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m — Queen St East at Greenwood Ave; Greenwood Ave at Queen St East
Cycling
Bike Lane - Contraflow on Knox Ave installed 2007
Bike Share
Queen St E / Alton Av 165 m · 19 docks · 17 stations, 376 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 (12)
  • Duke of Connaught Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 391 m
  • St Joseph Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 507 m
  • Leslieville Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 621 m
  • Bruce Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 689 m
  • Kew Park Montessori School - HiawathaPrivate · 807 m
  • Riverdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 6 more
Community centres
Parks (26)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch713 m
  • Toronto Public Library Gerrard/Ashdale branch1 km
Places of interest
  • Ashbridges Bay ParkNature/ Park · 1.3 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 20 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 6 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 147 — 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Flying Squirrel Motorcycle Cafe, 21 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026.

Restaurants & cafés20 within 300 m · 147 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience6 within 300 m · 24 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Flying Squirrel Motorcycle Cafe · 1347 Queen St E21 mPassed, Feb 2026
International Palace of Joy · 1347 Queen St E21 mPassed, Jun 2025
Robinson Bread · 1354 Queen St W, Unit-729 mPassed, Dec 2024
Queen Convenience · 1348 Queen St Egrocery42 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
KFC · 1364 Queen St E44 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 1 infraction
KFC · 1364 Queen St E45 mPassed, Aug 2026
Mission Works · 1346 Queen St E47 mPassed, Mar 2025 · 2 infractions
Mission Works · 1346 Queen St E47 mPassed, Aug 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 S.h. Armstrong Community Centre Washroom, 328 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 195 m away at Maple Leaf Forever Park.

  • S.h. Armstrong Community Centre Washroom · 56 Woodfield Rd
    View centre hours · accessible
    328 m
  • Jonathan Ashbridge Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 1515 Queen St E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    505 m
  • Greenwood Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 150 Greenwood Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    620 m
Drinking water
Maple Leaf Forever Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 195 m; Greenwood Park dog fountain · 443 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

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 895 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Woodgreen Community Services (Woodfield Child Care Centre) (391 m, 178 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km13 centres · 895 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 13
  • Woodgreen Community Services (Woodfield Child Care Centre) · 70 Woodfield Rd
    178 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    391 m
  • Mackie Sunshine Child Care Inc.st. Joseph's Sunshine · 176 Leslie St
    30 spaces · school age
    507 m
  • St. Joseph Jr YMCA · 176 Leslie St
    72 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    507 m
  • Bumble Bee Academy · 1560 Queen St E
    63 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    591 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 326 (308 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (890 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 326 · 308 m30 Knox Ave
Police55 Division · 890 m101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 1 km126 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

Within a kilometre there are 28 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,168 rental units — 20 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 85 Laing St (109 m, 13 units, 3 storeys, built 1921), which scored 80 out of 100 at its December 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 13 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 4 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings28 · 1,168 units · 20 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202613 across the 28
Open fire-code violations4
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
85 Laing St133192180 · Dec 20251109 m
137 Sears Stsocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.173199590 · Nov 20250153 m
1615 Dundas St EToronto Community Housing · TCH814196092 · Aug 20261307 m
970 Eastern Avesocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes144198993 · Dec 20251399 m
802 Eastern Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.163199594 · Aug 20260424 m
1480 Queen St Esocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes254199097 · Oct 20250 · 1 fire427 m
54 Marigold Avesocial housing · Houses Opening Today Toronto Inc.294199691 · Aug 20260479 m
1187-1189 Queen St Esocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes344198891 · Aug 20260485 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 lots542 lots · ≈31,670 spaces · 95 ha
Within 500 m62 lots · ≈3,570 spaces
Green P (public)14 car parks · about 1,005 spaces
EV charging (City)43 Alton Ave · 217 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking33 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1091 Eastern Avenue · Surface625 m45 *
151 Hiawatha Road · Surface1 km50 *
1141 Eastern Ave · Surface1 km1858% (Q1 2026)
268 Rhodes Ave · Surface1 km3968% (Q1 2026)
1167 Eastern Ave · Surface1.1 km6632% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 35 m away, ≈8 spaces; 50 m away, ≈10 spaces; 50 m away, ≈21 spaces; 78 m away, ≈5 spaces; 107 m away, ≈6 spaces; 113 m away, ≈7 spaces. More EV charging: 1715 DUNDAS ST E (387 m, 2 ports); 1582 Queen Street East (667 m, 2 ports); 1313 Gerrard ST E (778 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 22, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 2,443 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 4 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the east (93 of 177). Evening rush dominates here: 733 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 586 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Trucks and buses were 8.7% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 west2,443eastbound · 73 bikes · 8.1% heavy
Total vehicles4,738389 pedestrians · 177 cyclists · 8.7% heavy
From the east2,291westbound · 93 bikes · 9.4% heavy
From the south4northbound · 11 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour586 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour733 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 22, 2022

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

On Knox Ave between Memory Lane and Queen St E, 32 m from the corner, a 3-day count in June 2026 put the average speed at 21 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 29 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 33 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,100 vehicles a day. 1 speed hump slow traffic on Knox Avenue between Eastern Ave and Queen St E, and 1 more calmed segment ends here.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Knox Ave · Memory Lane – Queen St E · 32 mJun 2026 · 3 days1,07021 km/h29 km/h33 km/h
Queen St E · Greenwood Ave – Vancouver Ave · 114 mJun 2013 · 24 h6,657

Traffic calming

  • Knox Avenue · Eastern Ave – Queen St E
    1 speed hump
  • Knox Avenue · Queen St E – Eastern Ave
    2 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 worst year was 2024, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 3 collisions (20%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%). The most recent report on file is from Nov 23, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions15#3814 of 5,508
With an injury3#3424 of 4,660
Property damage only9
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2262 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
All since 201427latest Nov 23, 2025

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. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jul 21, 2007.

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

One theft from a vehicle and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft100apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 21, 2017. 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 Greenwood-Coxwell.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Queen & Knox a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 15 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 & Knox?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Mar 22, 2022, 51% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Queen & Knox?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Knox Ave between Memory Lane and Queen St E (June 2026), found an average of 21 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 29 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Queen & Knox?

The nearest Green P car park is 1091 Eastern Avenue (625 m away, 45 spaces). The City's mapping shows 542 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 31,670 spaces — 62 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 43 Alton Ave (217 m).

How do I get to Queen & Knox by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503, 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 40 m away; bus routes 31, 83, 22, 114 within 1 km (nearest stop: Queen St East at Greenwood Ave, 53 m).

What restaurants are near Queen & Knox?

20 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 147 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Flying Squirrel Motorcycle Cafe (21 m), International Palace of Joy (21 m), Robinson Bread (29 m), KFC (44 m) and KFC (45 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 & Knox?

The nearest is S.h. Armstrong Community Centre Washroom, 56 Woodfield Rd, 328 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Jonathan Ashbridge Park Fieldhouse Washroom (505 m); Greenwood Park Fieldhouse Washroom (620 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 & Knox?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 895 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Woodgreen Community Services (Woodfield Child Care Centre) (391 m, 178 spaces), Mackie Sunshine Child Care Inc.st. Joseph's Sunshine (507 m, 30 spaces) and St. Joseph Jr YMCA (507 m, 72 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Queen & Knox?

28 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,168 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 85 Laing St (109 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 80), 137 Sears St (153 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 1615 Dundas St E (307 m, 81 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 970 Eastern Ave (399 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 28 is 91 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 & Knox?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and one bicycle theft 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 Greenwood-Coxwell page.

What neighbourhood is Queen & Knox in?

Queen & Knox is in Greenwood-Coxwell (City of Toronto neighbourhood 065). 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