Toronto · intersection · signal 174

Queen St E & River St

Toronto, Ontario · Moss Park · Ward 13, Toronto Centre

In Moss Park, in central Toronto, Queen St E & River St is a mid-volume intersection, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. At the corner: a protected bikeway, parks and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 15 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
12,563
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 25, 2025
5,040 pedestrians · 1,950 cyclists · #1504 busiest
Collisions
72
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
20 with an injury · 41 property damage · #1519 of 5,508 · +3 since Jan 2026
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
6
TTC stops within 100 m
6 streetcar routes · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 900 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 78% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 2.5 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 15.5% of vehicle volume, about 20× the typical share. On average 7.2 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 5.7 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 43%, from 46 in 2016–2020 to 26 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Queen St E & River St

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501503504508505506 nearest 14 m
TTC bus
12120265114 nearest 14 m
Blue Night
301304305306365
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — River St at Queen St East; Queen St East at River St
Cycling
Cycle Track on River St installed 2003
Bike Share
King St E / River St 67 m · 15 docks · 36 stations, 715 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 (19)
  • Nelson Mandela Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 339 m
  • Inglenook Community SchoolEnglish Public · 442 m
  • St Paul Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 468 m
  • Queen Alexandra Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 703 m
  • Liberty Prep SchoolPrivate · 710 m
  • George Brown College - Young Centre For the Performing ArtsCollege · 728 m
  • and 13 more
Parks (47)
  • King/Queen Triangle46 m
  • Louis March Park209 m
  • Underpass Park225 m
  • Percy Park268 m
  • Bright Street Playground288 m
  • Regent Park Athletic Grounds303 m
  • and 41 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter branch749 m
  • Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Parliament Street branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Native Earth Performing Arts & Aki StudioPerforming Arts · 538 m
  • Young Centre for the Performing ArtsPerforming Arts · 721 m
  • Soulpepper Theatre CompanyPerforming Arts · 786 m
  • The Distillery Historic DistrictLandmark · 820 m
  • Alumnae TheatrePerforming Arts · 853 m
  • Illuminarium TorontoAttraction · 889 m
  • Thompson Landry Gallery - Stone Building & Cooperage SpaceGallery · 897 m
  • Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)Performing Arts · 1 km
Signal
0174, activated 1954 · FT · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · 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

Toronto Public Health inspects 15 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 240 — 3.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Fusilli Ristorante, 56 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in December 2025 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés15 within 300 m · 240 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 40 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Fusilli Ristorante · 531 Queen St E56 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction
Amor Shawarma · 514 King St E101 mPassed, Oct 2025
Tim Hortons · 589 King St E Ground Flo110 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Ladybug Wine Bar · 510 King St E Unit-7grocery129 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 1 infraction
Ranik Market · 510 King St E Unit-6grocery129 mPassed, May 2026
Impact Kitchen · 573 King St E150 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Apocalatte · 32 Trolley Cres161 mPassed, May 2026
The Rosebud · 498 King St E163 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 2 infractions

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 Regent Park Athletic Grounds Outdoor Rink Washroom, 277 m away, View outdoor rink hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 183 m away at Louis March Park.

  • Regent Park Athletic Grounds Outdoor Rink Washroom · 480 Shuter St
    View outdoor rink hours · accessible
    277 m
  • Regent Park Community Centre Washroom · 402 Shuter St
    View centre hours
    428 m
  • Corktown Common Pavilion Washroom · 155 Bayview Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    549 m
Drinking water
Louis March Park drinking fountain · 183 m; Underpass Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 214 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

14 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,071 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Kinder College Early Learning Centre (284 m, 103 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km14 centres · 1,071 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 14
  • Kinder College Early Learning Centre · 25 Nicholas Ave
    103 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    284 m
  • George Brown - Nelson Mandela Child Care Centre · 440 Shuter St
    179 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    339 m
  • Eyet Early Learning Centre (Tom's Place) · 80 Sackville St
    52 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    468 m
  • Boulton Avenue Child Care Centre · 131 Broadview Ave
    72 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    598 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 325 (706 m), the nearest police station 51 Division (753 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 325 · 706 m475 Dundas St E
Police51 Division · 753 m51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 1.6 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 45 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 5,580 rental units — 35 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 540 Queen St E (91 m, 44 units, 6 storeys, built 1984), which scored 93 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 122 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 60 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings45 · 5,580 units · 35 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026122 across the 45
Open fire-code violations60
Tallest29 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
540 Queen St EToronto Community Housing · TCH446198493 · Nov 2025191 m
585 King St EToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1288201499 · Nov 20250114 m
40 Lower River StToronto Community Housing · TCH594201497 · Jun 20260134 m
45 St Lawrence StToronto Community Housing · TCH504198096 · Jun 20264156 m
25 Nicholas Ave · Daniels Gateway Rentals34629202197 · Oct 20252284 m
20 Palace Stsocial housing · Fred Victor Centre1081096 · Dec 20250396 m
123 Sackville StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation203198581 · Jun 20242403 m
50 Matilda StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation564200895 · Nov 20250426 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 lots779 lots · ≈31,670 spaces · 95 ha
Within 500 m74 lots · ≈2,000 spaces
Green P (public)21 car parks · about 4,956 spaces
EV charging (City)220 Carlaw Ave. · 1.4 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking130 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 80 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
83 Tannery Road · Garage404 m27 *
100 Cooperage Street · Garage425 m86 *
40 Rolling Mills Rd. · Garage526 m25 *
136 Broadview Ave · Surface565 m2273% (Q1 2026)
111 Broadview Ave · Surface579 m9256% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 38 m away, ≈27 spaces; 69 m away, ≈91 spaces; 90 m away, ≈9 spaces; 100 m away, ≈2 spaces; 102 m away, ≈3 spaces; 104 m away, ≈3 spaces. More EV charging: 188 Carlton St (1.4 km, 1 ports); 186 Carlton St (1.4 km, 1 ports); 51 Dockside Dr. (1.7 km, 5 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, Jun 25, 2025

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 4,576 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 36% of the total, against 2,442 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 1,216 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 1,079 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 15 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north2,680southbound · 493 bikes · 5.6% heavy
From the west4,576eastbound · 398 bikes · 3.4% heavy
Total vehicles12,5635,040 pedestrians · 1,950 cyclists · 4.8% heavy
From the east2,865westbound · 661 bikes · 3.5% heavy
From the south2,442northbound · 398 bikes · 8.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,079 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,216 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 25, 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 Queen St E between Fee Pl and River St (51 m away, Nov 2015) recorded volume only — about 10,776 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Shuter St (340 m away, 30 km/h limit), 21% of the 57,521 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Queen St E · Fee Pl – River St · 51 mNov 2015 · 7 days10,776

School-zone speed sign 340 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct34 · 41 km/h
Over the limit47%
40 km/h or more21%

Shuter St (eastbound), 437 Shuter St · 57,521 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

The worst year was 2017, with 14 collisions; 2025 recorded 5. 20 collisions (28%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 9 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (13%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 11, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 5.7 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions72#1519 of 5,508
With an injury20#875 of 4,660
Property damage only41
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian4#1015 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist5#476 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist2
With a fatality0
Severity not classified11
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 2014107latest Jun 11, 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. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Sep 29, 2015.

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

11 thefts from vehicles and three bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 1 in 2023–2025, about 0.3 a year, against 1.9 a year before that. 64% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jan 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1111street/outdoor (7), commercial premises (2)
Bicycle theft300street/outdoor (2), other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 17, 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 Moss Park.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Queen St E & River St a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 72 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 St E & River St?

A mid-volume intersection. It ranks #1504 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 78% of the median for a counted intersection, and #403 for pedestrians.

Where can I park near Queen St E & River St?

The nearest Green P car park is 83 Tannery Road (404 m away, 27 spaces). The City's mapping shows 779 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 31,670 spaces — 74 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 220 Carlaw Ave. (1.4 km).

How do I get to Queen St E & River St by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503, 504, 508 and 2 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 14 m away; bus routes 121, 202, 65, 114 within 1 km (nearest stop: River St at Queen St East, 14 m).

What restaurants are near Queen St E & River St?

15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 240 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Fusilli Ristorante (56 m), Amor Shawarma (101 m), Tim Hortons (110 m), Impact Kitchen (150 m) and Apocalatte (161 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 St E & River St?

The nearest is Regent Park Athletic Grounds Outdoor Rink Washroom, 480 Shuter St, 277 m away (View outdoor rink hours), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Regent Park Community Centre Washroom (428 m); Corktown Common Pavilion Washroom (549 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 St E & River St?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,071 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kinder College Early Learning Centre (284 m, 103 spaces), George Brown - Nelson Mandela Child Care Centre (339 m, 179 spaces) and Eyet Early Learning Centre (Tom's Place) (468 m, 52 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Queen St E & River St?

45 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,580 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 540 Queen St E (91 m, 44 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 585 King St E (114 m, 128 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 40 Lower River St (134 m, 59 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 45 St Lawrence St (156 m, 50 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 45 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 St E & River St?

Toronto Police place 11 thefts from vehicles and three 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 Moss Park page.

What neighbourhood is Queen St E & River St in?

Queen St E & River St is in Moss Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 073). It is in Ward 13, Toronto Centre, represented by Councillor Chris Moise.

Sources

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