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Richmond & Niagara (South)

Richmond St W & Niagara St (South) · Toronto, Ontario · West Queen West · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York

Richmond & Niagara (South), in West Queen West, in central Toronto, is a quiet local crossing, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has a bike lane, 2 schools within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: 12 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
2,337
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 20, 2018
1,344 pedestrians · 2,358 cyclists
Collisions
17
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 10 property damage · #3638 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
6 streetcar routes · 1 bus route within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows - Wayfinding
Bike Share: 91 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 290 vehicles an hour, 25% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 1.7 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 100.9% of vehicle volume, about 130× the typical share. On average 1.7 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Richmond & Niagara (South)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501504508511505509 nearest 106 m
TTC bus
63 nearest 434 m
Blue Night
301304305363307
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows - Wayfinding on Richmond St W installed 2016; Sharrows - Wayfinding on Niagara St installed 2016
Bike Share
Niagara St / Richmond St W 36 m · 42 docks · 50 stations, 1,071 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 (20)
  • Discovering Minds Montessori SchoolPrivate · 152 m
  • Niagara Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 156 m
  • Charles G Fraser Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 389 m
  • St Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 398 m
  • Givins Shaw Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 675 m
  • Ecole Elementaire Pierre Elliott TrudeauFrench Public · 859 m
  • and 14 more
Parks (41)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch851 m
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 536 m
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 683 m
  • Fort York National Historic SiteMuseum · 772 m
  • iArts MuseumMuseum · 806 m
  • Graffiti AlleyLandmark · 940 m
  • Arcadia EarthAttraction · 1 km
  • The WellLandmark · 1.1 km
  • Exhibition PlaceConvention & Trade Centres · 1.1 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 62 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 6 grocery and convenience stores, and 363 eating places within a kilometre — 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Ihalo Krunch, 93 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés62 within 300 m · 363 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience6 within 300 m · 37 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Assos Turkish Market and Coffee · 260 Niagara Stgrocery63 mPassed, Jan 2026
Ihalo Krunch · 831 Queen St W93 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
The Wing Spot · 841 Queen St W Unit-199 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 3 infractions
Kebab Bazari · 839 Queen St W109 mPassed, Jul 2026
Desi Bar & Grill · 815 Queen St W114 mPassed, Aug 2026
Thai Elephant · 813 Queen St W Unit-Main117 mPassed, May 2026
Sanko Trading Co. · 730 Queen St W117 mPassed, Nov 2025
Subway · 843 Queen St W119 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 Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom, 252 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 251 m away at Stanley Park North - Toronto.

  • Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom · 890 King St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    252 m
  • Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom · 700 Wellington St W
    View outdoor pool hours
    358 m
  • Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 155 Crawford St
    View centre hours · accessible
    458 m
Drinking water
Stanley Park North - Toronto drinking fountain · 251 m; Trinity Bellwoods Park drinking fountain · 320 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 1,026 spaces; 11 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Garrison Creek Community Day Care (156 m, 152 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km14 centres · 1,026 spaces
Fee subsidy11 of 14
  • Garrison Creek Community Day Care · 222 Niagara St
    152 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    156 m
  • Fraser School - Community Day Care Centre · 79 Manning Ave
    136 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    389 m
  • Downtown Kids Academy, Inc. · 905 King St W
    50 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    435 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Community Children's Group/Care (Crawford Street) · 155 Crawford St
    35 spaces · school age · fee subsidy
    475 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 331 (257 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 331 · 257 m33 Claremont St
Police14 Division · 1.5 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 35 · 1.6 km265 Manitoba Dr

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

23 registered apartment buildings with 3,723 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 11 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 798 Richmond St W (31 m, 525 units, 13 storeys, built 1970), which scored 89 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 23 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 42 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings23 · 3,723 units · 11 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202642 across the 23
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest31 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
798 Richmond St W · Akelius Canada Ltd52513197089 · Jul 2025731 m
800 Adelaide St Wsocial housing · Homes First Society503198788 · Aug 20260142 m
15 Gore Vale Ave · Terrance Goldthorpe103192645 · Aug 20260243 m
575 Adelaide St WToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation15011198384 · Aug 20241467 m
115 Euclid Ave163193088 · Jul 20260490 m
900 Queen St Wsocial housing · Artscape Non-Profit Housing Inc.223199681 · Jul 20241495 m
165 Bathurst St · Hazelview Properties Inc476191879 · Jul 20251509 m
552 Adelaide St Wsocial housing · Par-Med Property Services Inc.845200593 · Jul 20250568 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 lots767 lots · ≈27,210 spaces · 81.6 ha
Within 500 m69 lots · ≈1,150 spaces
Green P (public)25 car parks · about 2,438 spaces
EV charging (City)10 Palmerston Ave · 330 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking167 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 76 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
803 Richmond St W · Surface120 m4856% (Q1 2026)
1030 King Street West - garage entrance via Shank St. · Garage647 m152 *
201 Claremont St · Surface750 m4361% (Q1 2026)
18 Ossington Ave · Surface792 m20over 100% (Q1 2026)
15 Denison Ave · Surface826 m12054% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 65 m away, ≈9 spaces; 83 m away, ≈11 spaces; 92 m away, ≈6 spaces; 102 m away, ≈9 spaces; 107 m away, ≈40 spaces (Green P); 127 m away, ≈6 spaces. More EV charging: 248 Shaw St (846 m, 2 ports); 10 Portland St (869 m, 4 ports); 1051 Queen Street W (899 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, Jun 20, 2018

The south leg carries the load — 1,273 northbound vehicles, or 54% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 5. Most cyclists arrived from the east (1,387 of 2,358). Morning rush is the busier period: 372 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:15 a.m., compared with 305 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 8 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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 north1,054southbound · 637 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the west5eastbound · 109 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles2,3371,344 pedestrians · 2,358 cyclists · 3.0% heavy
From the east5westbound · 1,387 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south1,273northbound · 225 bikes · 3.0% heavy
AM peak hour372 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour305 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 20, 2018

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 counter on Richmond St W between Lane W of Tecumseth and S of Queen and Niagara St (108 m away) recorded an average of 27 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 37 km/h. That segment carries about 2,000 vehicles a day. Niagara St between Stanley Ave and Adelaide St W measured slower: 27 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 35 km/h (Sep 2025).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Richmond St W · Lane W of Tecumseth and S of Queen – Niagara St · 108 mNov 2023 · 3 days1,99827 km/h37 km/h40 km/h
Niagara St · Stanley Ave – Adelaide St W · 159 mSep 2025 · 14 days3,43227 km/h35 km/h40 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

2023 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 6% of collisions here involved an injury. 7 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 41% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 12% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 24, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions17#3638 of 5,508
With an injury1#4419 of 4,660
Property damage only10
Fail to remain7
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist2#1281 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201421latest Jan 24, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place eight thefts from vehicles and seven bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 3 in 2023–2025, about 1.0 a year, against 1.7 a year before that. 75% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 43% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle810street/outdoor (6), apartment parking (2)
Bicycle theft720apartment parking (3), street/outdoor (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 24, 2024. 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 West Queen West.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Richmond & Niagara (South) a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 17 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 Richmond & Niagara (South)?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Jun 20, 2018, 25% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Richmond & Niagara (South)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Richmond St W between Lane W of Tecumseth and S of Queen and Niagara St (November 2023), found an average of 27 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 37 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Richmond & Niagara (South)?

The nearest Green P car park is 803 Richmond St W (120 m away, 48 spaces, 56% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 767 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,210 spaces — 69 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Palmerston Ave (330 m).

How do I get to Richmond & Niagara (South) by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 504, 508, 511 and 2 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 106 m away; bus route 63 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Richmond & Niagara (South)?

62 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 363 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Ihalo Krunch (93 m), The Wing Spot (99 m), Kebab Bazari (109 m), Desi Bar & Grill (114 m) and Thai Elephant (117 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 Richmond & Niagara (South)?

The nearest is Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom, 890 King St W, 252 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom (358 m); Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom (458 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 Richmond & Niagara (South)?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,026 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Garrison Creek Community Day Care (156 m, 152 spaces), Fraser School - Community Day Care Centre (389 m, 136 spaces) and Downtown Kids Academy, Inc. (435 m, 50 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Richmond & Niagara (South)?

23 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,723 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 798 Richmond St W (31 m, 525 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 800 Adelaide St W (142 m, 50 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 15 Gore Vale Ave (243 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 45) and 575 Adelaide St W (467 m, 150 units, RentSafeTO score 84). The average RentSafeTO score across the 23 is 87 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. 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 Richmond & Niagara (South)?

Toronto Police place eight thefts from vehicles and seven bicycle thefts 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 West Queen West page.

What neighbourhood is Richmond & Niagara (South) in?

Richmond & Niagara (South) is in West Queen West (City of Toronto neighbourhood 162). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik.

Sources

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