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Queen & Willow

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

In The Beaches, Queen & Willow is a mid-volume intersection, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. At the corner: a bike lane and 2 schools within 250 m. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
5,774
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 25, 2022
2,114 pedestrians · 416 cyclists
Collisions
41
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 32 property damage · #2368 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
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

The latest City count averages about 720 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 62% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 2.7 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 7.2% of vehicle volume, about 9.3× the typical share. On average 4.1 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 56%, from 16 in 2016–2020 to 25 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Queen & Willow

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501503 nearest 81 m
TTC bus
1264404117 nearest 754 m
Blue Night
301322316324
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Queen St East at Silver Birch Ave; Queen St East at Beech Ave
Cycling
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Willow Ave installed 2024
Bike Share
Queen St. E / Spruce Hill Rd. 218 m · 15 docks · 8 stations, 183 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)
  • The Cole AcademyPrivate · 69 m
  • The Claremont SchoolPrivate · 102 m
  • St Denis Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 288 m
  • Balmy Beach Community SchoolEnglish Public · 483 m
  • Avalon Children's Montessori SchoolPrivate · 508 m
  • Neil McNeil Catholic High SchoolEnglish Separate · 763 m
  • and 12 more
Parks (9)
  • Balmy Beach Park375 m
  • Ivan Forrest Gardens517 m
  • Neville Park Blvd Ravine651 m
  • Glen Stewart Park759 m
  • Kew Gardens1.1 km
  • Blantyre Park1.2 km
  • and 3 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Beaches branch1 km
Places of interest
  • Balmy Beach ParkNature/ Park · 311 m
  • Kew Gardens ParkNature/ Park · 1.1 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 24 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 91. The nearest is The Haven Cafe, 29 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés24 within 300 m · 91 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Beach Plaza Variety · 2254 Queen St Egrocery26 mPassed, Mar 2026
The Haven Cafe · 2256 Queen St E29 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 3 infractions
955 Chinese Food · 2252 Queen St Egrocery37 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Hokubu Ramen · 2250 Queen St E38 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
Bagels On Fire · 2248 Queen St E41 mPassed, Mar 2026
The Remarkable Bean · 2242 Queen St E57 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Sandy's Independent Grocery · 2266 Queen St Egrocery58 mPassed, Mar 2026
The Creative Preschool of East Toronto · 2423 Queen St E Lower Level69 mPassed, Jun 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 Silverbirch Boat House Washroom, 314 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 319 m away at Balmy Beach Park.

  • Silverbirch Boat House Washroom · 2 Silver Birch Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    314 m
Drinking water
Balmy Beach Park drinking fountain · 319 m; Balmy Beach Park bottle filling station · 323 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 (69 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
    69 m
  • Ma Premiere Ecole · 2383 Queen St E
    28 spaces · preschool
    74 m
  • Lakeside Co-Operative Playschool Inc. · 2226 Queen St E
    25 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    133 m
  • Lullaboo Nursery and Childcare Center · 2316 Queen St E
    215 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    249 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 226 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.3 km away.

FireFire Station 226 · 1.4 km87 Main St
Police55 Division · 2.5 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 42 · 2.3 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 48 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,214 rental units, 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2401 Queen St E (31 m, 21 units, 3 storeys, built 1920), which scored 85 out of 100 at its October 2025 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 15 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings48 · 1,214 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202653 across the 48
Open fire-code violations15
Tallest16 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2401 Queen St E · West Wood Holding Inc213192085 · Oct 20252 · 5 fire31 m
84 Willow Ave · West Wood Holding Inc183192088 · Aug 2025239 m
2405 Queen St E · West Wood Holding Inc233192099 · Aug 2026144 m
82 Willow Ave · West Wood Holding Inc183192098 · Aug 2026250 m
2393 Queen St E · West Wood Holding Inc243192081 · Oct 2025263 m
85 Beech Ave · Micron Air Systems Inc123192497 · Aug 2026090 m
85 Silver Birch Ave · Cogir Real Estate164192092 · Aug 20261114 m
83 Silver Birch Ave · Cogir Real Estate164192091 · Sep 20241118 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 lots228 lots · ≈12,560 spaces · 37.7 ha
Within 500 m25 lots · ≈360 spaces
Green P (public)8 car parks · about 301 spaces
EV charging (City)2150 Queen Street East · 475 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking25 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 8 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
117 Hammersmith Ave · Surface659 m2947% (Q1 2026)
136 Wineva Ave. · Surface796 m28 *
85 Lee Ave · Surface1 km6861% (Q1 2026)
197 Blantyre Ave · Surface1.1 km8329% (Q1 2026)
166 Woodbine Ave · Surface1.7 km2146% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 74 m away, ≈55 spaces; 83 m away, ≈8 spaces; 111 m away, ≈7 spaces; 119 m away, ≈2 spaces; 133 m away, ≈20 spaces; 152 m away, ≈11 spaces. More EV charging: 117 Hammersmith Ave (677 m, 6 ports); 912 Kingston Road (870 m, 2 ports); 1981 Queen Street East (1.2 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, Jun 25, 2022 (a weekend day)

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 2,851 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 53 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the east (179 of 416). Evening rush dominates here: 864 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 573 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 4 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 north306southbound · 36 bikes · 0.7% heavy
From the west2,564eastbound · 154 bikes · 3.1% heavy
Total vehicles5,7742,114 pedestrians · 416 cyclists · 2.7% heavy
From the east2,851westbound · 179 bikes · 2.7% heavy
From the south53northbound · 47 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour573 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour864 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 25, 2022 · weekend

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 Willow Ave between Park Ave and Queen St E, 108 m from the corner, a 3-day count in September 2021 put the average speed at 30 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 39 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 43 km/h or more. That segment carries about 600 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 4 speed humps slow traffic on Willow Avenue between Queen St E and Pine Ave, and 1 more calmed segment ends here.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Queen St E · Beech Ave – Willow Ave · 53 mNov 2019 · 4 days6,717
Willow Ave · Park Ave – Queen St E · 108 mSep 2021 · 3 days61330 km/h39 km/h43 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Willow Avenue · Queen St E – Pine Ave
    4 speed humps
  • Willow Avenue · Queen St E – Park 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 8 collisions. 2 collisions (5%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 7 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low 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 May 15, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions41#2368 of 5,508
With an injury2#3909 of 4,660
Property damage only32
Fail to remain7
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2266 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201448latest May 15, 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

Two thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft110apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 5, 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 The Beaches.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Queen & Willow a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 41 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 & Willow?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Jun 25, 2022, 62% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Queen & Willow?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Willow Ave between Park Ave and Queen St E (September 2021), found an average of 30 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 39 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Queen & Willow?

The nearest Green P car park is 117 Hammersmith Ave (659 m away, 29 spaces, 47% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 228 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,560 spaces — 25 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2150 Queen Street East (475 m).

How do I get to Queen & Willow by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503 stop within 1 km, the nearest 81 m away; bus routes 12, 64, 404, 117 within 1 km (nearest stop: Queen St East at Silver Birch Ave, 754 m).

What restaurants are near Queen & Willow?

24 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 91 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Haven Cafe (29 m), Hokubu Ramen (38 m), Bagels On Fire (41 m), The Remarkable Bean (57 m) and The Creative Preschool of East Toronto (69 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 & Willow?

The nearest is Silverbirch Boat House Washroom, 2 Silver Birch Ave, 314 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 & Willow?

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 (69 m, 32 spaces), Ma Premiere Ecole (74 m, 28 spaces) and Lakeside Co-Operative Playschool Inc. (133 m, 25 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Queen & Willow?

48 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,214 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2401 Queen St E (31 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 84 Willow Ave (39 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 2405 Queen St E (44 m, 23 units, RentSafeTO score 99) and 82 Willow Ave (50 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 48 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 & Willow?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles 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 The Beaches page.

What neighbourhood is Queen & Willow in?

Queen & Willow 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