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Queens Quay & Bay

Queens Quay W & Bay St · Toronto, Ontario · St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York · The Waterfront BIA

In St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands, in the downtown core, Queens Quay & Bay is a moderately travelled crossing, with pedestrians outnumbering vehicles and significant cycling traffic. At the corner: a live City traffic camera, a bike lane and a park. Nearby: Union Station (Line 1) 618 m away and Union Station GO 758 m away.

Traffic
15,954
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 5, 2024
27,488 pedestrians · 4,420 cyclists
Collisions
221
police-reported · 2016–2025
1 killed or seriously injured · #444 of 5,519
Getting there
4
TTC stops within 100 m
Union Station 618 m · 16 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
79/100
city median 48 · #368 of 5,672
42 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 257 m

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Queens Quay & Bay

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 8115 · 10 m

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Live camera RESCU 8115 · Queens Quay W & Bay St / Harbour Sq
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Live camera · RESCU 8115 · Queens Quay W & Bay St / Harbour Sq
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Traffic volume14-hour count · Jun 5, 2024

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 7,170 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 45% of the total, against 668 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the east (2,027 of 4,420). Evening rush dominates here: 1,459 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:30 p.m., against 1,319 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Trucks and buses were 6.6% 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 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north2,797southbound · 372 bikes · 8.3% heavy
From the west5,319eastbound · 1,897 bikes · 7.0% heavy
Total vehicles15,95427,488 pedestrians · 4,420 cyclists · 6.6% heavy
From the east7,170westbound · 2,027 bikes · 6.3% heavy
From the south668northbound · 124 bikes · 0.0% heavy

Peak hours: 1,319 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,459 from 5:30 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

The worst year was 2024, with 29 collisions; 2025 recorded 26. 30 collisions (14%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 44 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 25 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (11%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 23 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 24, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Sep 6, 2023.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions221#444 of 5,519
With an injury30#512 of 4,669
Property damage only150
Fail to remain44
Involving a pedestrian6#570 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist19#26 of 2,576
Severity not classified41
Since January 2026 (outside the window)23
Killed or seriously injured1
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Sep 6, 2023

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 2021

On Bay St between Bay St N and Lake Shore Blvd W, 195 m from the corner, a 5-day count in September 2021 put the average speed at 34 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 42 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 47 km/h or more. That segment carries about 8,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Queens Quay W · Yonge St – Bay St · 98 mDec 2009 · 3 days15,283———
Bay St · Bay St N – Lake Shore Blvd W · 195 mSep 2021 · 5 days8,38834 km/h42 km/h47 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 2416, activated 1963 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · transit priority

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

Subway
Union Station (Line 1)618 m · 7 min; King Station (Line 1)940 m · 11 min
GO Transit
Union Station GO — Barrie, Kitchener, Lakeshore East, Lakeshore West, Milton, Richmond Hill, Stouffville758 m · 9 min; GO bus 31 Guelph / Toronto 21 Milton 16 Hamilton / Toronto Express 71 Stouffville 90 Lakeshore East 65 Newmarket / Toronto 61 Richmond Hill 68 Barrie / Newmarket 18 Lakeshore West 35 Union Pearson Express at Union Station Bus Terminal399 m · 5 min
UP Express
UP Express Union Station 1 km · 12 min — trains to Pearson
VIA Rail
Toronto 604 m · 7 min
Streetcar
509 510 503 504 508 nearest 36 m
TTC bus
114 202 121 19 97 75 nearest 71 m
Blue Night
310 304 320
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Queens Quay/Ferry Docks Station; Bay St at Queens Quay West North Side - Jack Layton Ferry Terminal
Cycling
Bike Lane on Bay St installed 2015; Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard on Martin Goodman / Waterfront Trl installed 2015
Bike Share
Jack Layton Ferry Terminal 18 m · 23 docks · 32 stations, 807 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
14 car parks · about 6,043 spaces
EV charging
40 York St · 921 m · 12 Level 2 ports; also 2 Church St. (1 km), 51 Dockside Dr. (1.1 km)
Bike parking
144 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 86 bikes within 600 m · Indoor bike station, 25 York St (612 m)
Other lots
16 mapped lots within 500 m, 206 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
40 York St · Garage882 m31141% (Q1 2026)
185 Queens Quay East · Surface1 km83 *—
2 Church St · Garage1 km1,97216% (Q1 2026)
51 Dockside Dr · Garage1 km30619% (Q1 2026)
110 Queen St W · Garage1.4 km1,63628% (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

A grocery store is within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Navs Grocery, 257 m away. Two specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest Harbour Castle Pastry at 43 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 42 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 361 — 8.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is My Roti Place, 24 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Rexall, 115 m away; 12 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is St. Michael's Hospital, 1.7 km away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • My Roti Place · 12 Queens Quay W Unit-10224 m
  • Sake Sushi · 12 Queens Quay W Unit-424 m
  • Tim Hortons · 12 Queens Quay W24 m
  • Don Alfonso 1890 Toronto · 1 Harbour Sq Flr-3843 m
  • Harbour Coffee Bar · 1 Harbour Sq43 m
42 within 300 m · 361 within 1 km
Grocery
Navs Grocery 257 m · 3 min · 13 within 1 km
Food shops
Harbour Castle Pastry 43 m · 2 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Rexall 115 m · 12 within 1 km
Child care
  • Pinnacle Jr YMCA · 44 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day311 m · 4 min
  • Waterclub Jr YMCA · 52 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day436 m · 5 min
  • Kidz Kare Daycare · 96 spaces, toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day512 m · 6 min
6 licensed centres · 384 spaces within 1 km · 5 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Harbour Square Park Lands Fieldhouse Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs146 m
  • Jack Layton Ferry Terminal Washroom · 6:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. · accessible154 m
Drinking water: Love Park 348 m · 4 min; 50 Queens Quay East Park 492 m · 6 min
Health and care
  • St. Michael's Hospital · hospital site1.7 km · 20 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 (29)
  • Harbour Square Park Lands114 m
  • Love Park296 m · 4 min
  • Toronto Waterfront Park315 m · 4 min
  • 50 Queens Quay East Park472 m · 6 min
  • Pier 27 Promenade Park516 m · 6 min
and 24 more within 1.5 km
Schools
  • George Brown College - Waterfront CampusCollege · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Downtown Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 min
  • Keystone International SchoolsPrivate · 1.3 km · 15 min
  • Victoria Street LINCEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 15 min
  • St Michael Catholic Elementary School - Bldg 1English Separate · 1.3 km · 16 min
Places of interest
  • Harbour Square ParkNature/ Park · 109 m
  • Jack Layton Ferry TerminalTransportation · 160 m
  • Scotiabank ArenaSports / Entertainment Venue · 345 m · 4 min
  • Union Station Bus TerminalTransportation · 377 m · 4 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 library or a care or retirement home.

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Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #368 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food28/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 42 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit23/28

    Union Station 0.6 km · 7 stops within 300 m · 16 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go7/14

    5 places of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation10/10

    4 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care5/8

    nearest school 1.1 km · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot6/10

    traffic signal · accessible signals

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

Within a kilometre there are five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 714 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 32 Freeland St (531 m, 100 units, 4 storeys, built 2022). None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
32 Freeland St10042022—531 m · 6 min
99 Lake Shore Blvd E · Element Property Management Inc20511202398 · Jun 2026787 m · 9 min
55 The Esplanade Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation16612198380 · Jul 2025862 m · 10 min
85 The Esplanade social housing · Affordable Property Management1287199793 · Jul 20251 km · 11 min
1 Church St Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation11513199683 · Sep 20241 km · 12 min

5 registered buildings · 714 units · 3 social housing · tallest 13 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

22 thefts from vehicles and 71 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 16× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 9.3 a year. 45% of the vehicle thefts were from commercial premises — shops, offices and their lots; 56% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 13, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle2270commercial premises (10), street/outdoor (8)
Bicycle theft71242street/outdoor (40), commercial premises (14)

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 St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Queens Quay & Bay a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 221 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Queens Quay & Bay?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Jun 5, 2024, about the median for a counted intersection, and #45 for pedestrians.

Is Queens Quay & Bay a walkable intersection?

Queens Quay & Bay scores 79 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #368 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: 4 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 1 grocery store within 300 m · 42 places to eat within 300 m; Union Station 0.6 km · 7 stops within 300 m · 16 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · accessible signals.

How fast do cars go at Queens Quay & Bay?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Bay St between Bay St N and Lake Shore Blvd W (September 2021), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 42 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Queens Quay & Bay?

The nearest Green P car park is 40 York St (882 m away, 311 spaces, 41% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 206 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 8,940 spaces — 16 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 40 York St (921 m).

How do I get to Queens Quay & Bay by transit?

Union Station (Line 1) is 618 m away; Union Station GO is 758 m away; streetcar routes 509, 510, 503, 504 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 36 m away; bus routes 114, 202, 121, 19, 97, 75 within 1 km (nearest stop: Queens Quay/Ferry Docks Station, 71 m).

What restaurants are near Queens Quay & Bay?

42 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 361 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are My Roti Place (24 m), Sake Sushi (24 m), Tim Hortons (24 m), Don Alfonso 1890 Toronto (43 m) and Harbour Coffee Bar (43 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Queens Quay & Bay?

The nearest is Harbour Square Park Lands Fieldhouse Washroom, 25 Queens Quay W, 146 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. The City currently lists it as closed: maintenance/repairs. Next nearest: Jack Layton Ferry Terminal Washroom (154 m); Union Station (717 m).

Is there child care near Queens Quay & Bay?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 384 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Pinnacle Jr YMCA (311 m, 44 spaces), Waterclub Jr YMCA (436 m, 52 spaces) and Kidz Kare Daycare (512 m, 96 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Queens Quay & Bay?

Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 714 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 32 Freeland St (531 m, 100 units), 99 Lake Shore Blvd E (787 m, 205 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 55 The Esplanade (862 m, 166 units, RentSafeTO score 80) and 85 The Esplanade (1.0 km, 128 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 89 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Queens Quay & Bay?

Toronto Police place 22 thefts from vehicles and 71 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 St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands page.

What neighbourhood is Queens Quay & Bay in?

Queens Quay & Bay is in St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands (City of Toronto neighbourhood 166). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik. The corner falls inside the The Waterfront Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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