Toronto · intersection · signal 2643

Queen & Silver Birch

Queen St E & Silver Birch Ave · Toronto, Ontario · The Beaches · Ward 19, Beaches-East York · The Beach BIA

Queen & Silver Birch, in The Beaches, is a moderately travelled crossing. At the corner: a bike lane, 2 schools within 250 m and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
6,147
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 18, 2023
1,502 pedestrians · 60 cyclists
Collisions
54
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
8 with an injury · 36 property damage · #1952 of 5,508 · +2 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
2 streetcar routes · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings)
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 770 vehicles, 66% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 4 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. That comes with about 5.4 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 25%, from 24 in 2016–2020 to 30 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Queen & Silver Birch

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501503 nearest 13 m
TTC bus
1240411764 nearest 706 m
Blue Night
301322316324
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Queen St East at Silver Birch Ave
Cycling
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Silver Birch Ave installed 2012; Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Queen St E installed 2012
Bike Share
Queen St. E / Spruce Hill Rd. 309 m · 15 docks · 7 stations, 157 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 (17)
  • The Cole AcademyPrivate · 48 m
  • The Claremont SchoolPrivate · 86 m
  • St Denis Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 376 m
  • Balmy Beach Community SchoolEnglish Public · 521 m
  • Avalon Children's Montessori SchoolPrivate · 599 m
  • Neil McNeil Catholic High SchoolEnglish Separate · 711 m
  • and 11 more
Parks (9)
  • Balmy Beach Park427 m
  • Neville Park Blvd Ravine599 m
  • Ivan Forrest Gardens607 m
  • Glen Stewart Park807 m
  • Blantyre Park1.2 km
  • Kew Gardens1.2 km
  • and 3 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Beaches branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Balmy Beach ParkNature/ Park · 297 m
  • Kew Gardens ParkNature/ Park · 1.2 km
Signal
2643, activated 2023 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

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 25 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 87. The nearest is The Hideout On the Beach, 34 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés25 within 300 m · 87 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Hideout On the Beach · 2282 Queen St E34 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
The Hideout On the Beach · 2282 Queen St E35 mPassed, Jul 2025 · 2 infractions
The Creative Preschool of East Toronto · 2423 Queen St E Lower Level48 mPassed, Jun 2026
Sandy's Independent Grocery · 2266 Queen St Egrocery57 mPassed, Mar 2026
The Haven Cafe · 2256 Queen St E106 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 3 infractions
Beach Plaza Variety · 2254 Queen St Egrocery111 mPassed, Mar 2026
Belgian Chocolate Shop · 2455 Queen St E115 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 2 infractions
955 Chinese Food · 2252 Queen St Egrocery119 mPassed, Jun 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 Silverbirch Boat House Washroom, 315 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 315 m away at Balmy Beach Park.

  • Silverbirch Boat House Washroom · 2 Silver Birch Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    315 m
Drinking water
Balmy Beach Park drinking fountain · 315 m; Balmy Beach Park bottle filling station · 326 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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 741 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is The Creative Preschool of East Toronto - St. Aidan's In the Beach (48 m, 32 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km10 centres · 741 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 10
  • The Creative Preschool of East Toronto - St. Aidan's In the Beach · 2423 Queen St E
    32 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    48 m
  • Lullaboo Nursery and Childcare Center · 2316 Queen St E
    215 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    158 m
  • Ma Premiere Ecole · 2383 Queen St E
    28 spaces · preschool
    164 m
  • Lakeside Co-Operative Playschool Inc. · 2226 Queen St E
    25 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    223 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 226 (1.5 km), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.2 km away.

FireFire Station 226 · 1.5 km87 Main St
Police55 Division · 2.6 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 42 · 2.2 km1535 Kingston Rd

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 46 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,192 rental units, 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 85 Silver Birch Ave (32 m, 16 units, 4 storeys, built 1920), which scored 92 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 53 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 7 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings46 · 1,192 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202653 across the 46
Open fire-code violations7
Tallest16 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
85 Silver Birch Ave · Cogir Real Estate164192092 · Aug 2026132 m
83 Silver Birch Ave · Cogir Real Estate164192091 · Sep 2024146 m
2405 Queen St E · West Wood Holding Inc233192099 · Aug 2026170 m
2449 Queen St E · Westwood Holdings Inc294192083 · Oct 2025275 m
2401 Queen St E · West Wood Holding Inc213192085 · Oct 20252 · 5 fire88 m
2451 Queen St E · West Wood Holding Inc294192087 · Oct 2025292 m
2453 Queen St E164192087 · Oct 20252106 m
82 Willow Ave · West Wood Holding Inc183192098 · Aug 20262128 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 lots213 lots · ≈9,210 spaces · 27.6 ha
Within 500 m24 lots · ≈860 spaces
Green P (public)7 car parks · about 277 spaces
EV charging (City)2150 Queen Street East · 566 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking29 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 8 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
117 Hammersmith Ave · Surface750 m2947% (Q1 2026)
136 Wineva Ave. · Surface887 m28 *
197 Blantyre Ave · Surface1 km8329% (Q1 2026)
85 Lee Ave · Surface1.1 km6861% (Q1 2026)
166 Woodbine Ave · Surface1.8 km2146% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 28 m away, ≈7 spaces; 39 m away, ≈55 spaces; 65 m away, ≈11 spaces; 67 m away, ≈19 spaces; 173 m away, ≈8 spaces; 192 m away, ≈20 spaces. More EV charging: 117 Hammersmith Ave (768 m, 6 ports); 912 Kingston Road (873 m, 2 ports); 1981 Queen Street East (1.3 km, 1 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, Apr 18, 2023

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 3,060 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 230 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the east (32 of 60). Evening rush dominates here: 1,042 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 861 in the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 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 north284southbound · 3 bikes · 3.2% heavy
From the west3,060eastbound · 24 bikes · 2.5% heavy
Total vehicles6,1471,502 pedestrians · 60 cyclists · 2.5% heavy
From the east2,573westbound · 32 bikes · 2.1% heavy
From the south230northbound · 1 bikes · 5.2% heavy
AM peak hour861 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,042 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 18, 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

On Silver Birch Ave between Queen St E and Pine Ave, 209 m from the corner, a 6-day count in January 2001 put the average speed at 37 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 47 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 54 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,000 vehicles a day. Queen St E between Nursewood Rd and Victoria Park Ave measured slower: 40 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 47 km/h (Nov 2021). The reading is 25 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Silver Birch Ave · Queen St E – Pine Ave · 209 mJan 2001 · 6 days1,01237 km/h47 km/h54 km/h
Queen St E · Nursewood Rd – Victoria Park Ave · 380 mNov 2021 · 2 days5,14740 km/h47 km/h51 km/h

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 11 collisions. 8 collisions (15%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 4 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 26, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions54#1952 of 5,508
With an injury8#2111 of 4,660
Property damage only36
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian2#1942 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1313 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified10
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201474latest Mar 26, 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

Three thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Apr 23, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle301street/outdoor (2), other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 23, 2026. 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 & Silver Birch a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 54 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 & Silver Birch?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 18, 2023, 66% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Queen & Silver Birch?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Silver Birch Ave between Queen St E and Pine Ave (January 2001), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Queen & Silver Birch?

The nearest Green P car park is 117 Hammersmith Ave (750 m away, 29 spaces, 47% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 213 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 9,210 spaces — 24 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2150 Queen Street East (566 m).

How do I get to Queen & Silver Birch by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503 stop within 1 km, the nearest 13 m away; bus routes 12, 404, 117, 64 within 1 km (nearest stop: Queen St East at Silver Birch Ave, 706 m).

What restaurants are near Queen & Silver Birch?

25 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 87 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Hideout On the Beach (34 m), The Hideout On the Beach (35 m), The Creative Preschool of East Toronto (48 m), The Haven Cafe (106 m) and Belgian Chocolate Shop (115 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 & Silver Birch?

The nearest is Silverbirch Boat House Washroom, 2 Silver Birch Ave, 315 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. 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 & Silver Birch?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 741 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are The Creative Preschool of East Toronto - St. Aidan's In the Beach (48 m, 32 spaces), Lullaboo Nursery and Childcare Center (158 m, 215 spaces) and Ma Premiere Ecole (164 m, 28 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Queen & Silver Birch?

46 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,192 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 85 Silver Birch Ave (32 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 83 Silver Birch Ave (46 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 2405 Queen St E (70 m, 23 units, RentSafeTO score 99) and 2449 Queen St E (75 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 83). The average RentSafeTO score across the 46 is 90 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 & Silver Birch?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 The Beaches page.

What neighbourhood is Queen & Silver Birch in?

Queen & Silver Birch 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