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Richmond & Walnut (West)

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

Richmond & Walnut (West) is a quiet local crossing, with a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in West Queen West, in central Toronto. 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
1,234
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 25, 2018
299 pedestrians · 163 cyclists
Collisions
28
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 17 property damage · #2931 of 5,508 · +3 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 150 vehicles an hour, 13% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 4 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 13.2% of vehicle volume, about 17× the typical share. On average 2.8 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 33%, from 12 in 2016–2020 to 16 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Richmond & Walnut (West)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501504508511505509 nearest 150 m
TTC bus
63 nearest 360 m
Blue Night
301304305363307
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows - Wayfinding on Richmond St W installed 2016
Bike Share
803 Richmond St W 35 m · 23 docks · 48 stations, 1,043 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 (21)
  • Discovering Minds Montessori SchoolPrivate · 40 m
  • Niagara Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 226 m
  • Charles G Fraser Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 440 m
  • St Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 517 m
  • Givins Shaw Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 575 m
  • Ecole Elementaire Pierre Elliott TrudeauFrench Public · 852 m
  • and 15 more
Parks (40)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch933 m
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 653 m
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 798 m
  • Fort York National Historic SiteMuseum · 811 m
  • iArts MuseumMuseum · 919 m
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 1 km
  • Graffiti AlleyLandmark · 1.1 km
  • Exhibition PlaceConvention & Trade Centres · 1.1 km
  • Enercare CentreConvention & 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 57 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores, and 361 eating places within a kilometre — 4.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is The Spice Trader, 104 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in December 2024.

Restaurants & cafés57 within 300 m · 361 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 39 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Spice Trader · 877 Queen St W104 mPassed, Dec 2024
Little Ese · 875 Queen St W108 mPassed, Apr 2026
Noce · 875 Queen St W108 mPassed, Apr 2024
7-Eleven · 873 Queen St Wgrocery116 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Smoque N'bones · 869 Queen St W116 mPassed, Apr 2026
Piragua · 893 Queen St W117 mPassed, Mar 2025
Plush Cafe and Bar · 897 Queen St W117 mPassed, Apr 2026
Mother · 874 Queen St W120 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 3 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 Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom, 248 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 223 m away at Trinity Bellwoods Park.

  • Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom · 890 King St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    248 m
  • Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 155 Crawford St
    View centre hours · accessible
    367 m
  • Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom · 700 Wellington St W
    View outdoor pool hours
    377 m
Drinking water
Trinity Bellwoods Park drinking fountain · 223 m; Stanley Park North - Toronto drinking fountain · 235 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 843 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Garrison Creek Community Day Care (226 m, 152 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km10 centres · 843 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 10
  • Garrison Creek Community Day Care · 222 Niagara St
    152 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    226 m
  • Downtown Kids Academy, Inc. · 905 King St W
    50 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    354 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Community Children's Group/Care (Crawford Street) · 155 Crawford St
    35 spaces · school age · fee subsidy
    386 m
  • Fraser School - Community Day Care Centre · 79 Manning Ave
    136 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    440 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 331 (306 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 331 · 306 m33 Claremont St
Police14 Division · 1.4 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 35 · 1.5 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

19 registered apartment buildings with 3,234 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, eight of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 798 Richmond St W (97 m, 525 units, 13 storeys, built 1970), which scored 89 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 19 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 39 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings19 · 3,234 units · 8 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202639 across the 19
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest31 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
798 Richmond St W · Akelius Canada Ltd52513197089 · Jul 2025797 m
800 Adelaide St Wsocial housing · Homes First Society503198788 · Aug 2026098 m
15 Gore Vale Ave · Terrance Goldthorpe103192645 · Aug 20260211 m
900 Queen St Wsocial housing · Artscape Non-Profit Housing Inc.223199681 · Jul 20241384 m
24 Shaw Stsocial housing2009198987 · Aug 20261496 m
115 Euclid Ave163193088 · Jul 20260554 m
575 Adelaide St WToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation15011198384 · Aug 20241578 m
138 Claremont Stsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes183199490 · Aug 20250585 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 lots771 lots · ≈27,650 spaces · 82.9 ha
Within 500 m55 lots · ≈900 spaces
Green P (public)25 car parks · about 2,431 spaces
EV charging (City)10 Palmerston Ave · 436 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking168 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 76 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
803 Richmond St W · Surface18 m4856% (Q1 2026)
1030 King Street West - garage entrance via Shank St. · Garage532 m152 *
18 Ossington Ave · Surface678 m20over 100% (Q1 2026)
201 Claremont St · Surface774 m4361% (Q1 2026)
800 Fleet Street · Surface881 m94 *

Nearest lots: 20 m away, ≈40 spaces (Green P); 41 m away, ≈8 spaces (Green P); 49 m away, ≈17 spaces; 80 m away, ≈13 spaces; 87 m away, ≈10 spaces; 101 m away, ≈22 spaces. More EV charging: 248 Shaw St (779 m, 2 ports); 1051 Queen Street W (781 m, 2 ports); 10 Portland St (1 km, 4 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 25, 2018

The east leg carries the load — 622 westbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 8. Most cyclists arrived from the east (118 of 163). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 222 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 19% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (187). Heavy vehicles made up 3.4% 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 north494southbound · 29 bikes · 3.0% heavy
From the west8eastbound · 16 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles1,234299 pedestrians · 163 cyclists · 3.4% heavy
From the east622westbound · 118 bikes · 4.2% heavy
From the south110northbound · 0 bikes · 0.9% heavy
AM peak hour187 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour222 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 25, 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 (225 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. Walnut Ave between Stanley Ave and Lane S of Adelaide and E of Walnut measured slower: 27 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 35 km/h (Dec 2025).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Walnut Ave · Stanley Ave – Lane S of Adelaide and E of Walnut · 187 mDec 2025 · 3 days50527 km/h35 km/h39 km/h
Richmond St W · Lane W of Tecumseth and S of Queen – Niagara St · 225 mNov 2023 · 3 days1,99827 km/h37 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 6 collisions. 7% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 39% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 7, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions28#2931 of 5,508
With an injury2#4006 of 4,660
Property damage only17
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2474 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified9
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201436latest May 7, 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 27 thefts from vehicles and 12 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 6.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 3.9 a year. 74% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 25% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 24, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle2791street/outdoor (20), apartment parking (4)
Bicycle theft1210apartment parking (3), commercial premises (3)

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

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Richmond & Walnut (West) a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 28 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 & Walnut (West)?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 25, 2018, 13% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Richmond & Walnut (West)?

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 & Walnut (West)?

The nearest Green P car park is 803 Richmond St W (18 m away, 48 spaces, 56% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 771 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,650 spaces — 55 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Palmerston Ave (436 m).

How do I get to Richmond & Walnut (West) by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 504, 508, 511 and 2 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 150 m away; bus route 63 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Richmond & Walnut (West)?

57 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 361 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Spice Trader (104 m), Little Ese (108 m), Noce (108 m), Smoque N'bones (116 m) and Piragua (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 & Walnut (West)?

The nearest is Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom, 890 King St W, 248 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom (367 m); Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom (377 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 & Walnut (West)?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 843 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Garrison Creek Community Day Care (226 m, 152 spaces), Downtown Kids Academy, Inc. (354 m, 50 spaces) and Trinity Bellwoods Community Children's Group/Care (Crawford Street) (386 m, 35 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Richmond & Walnut (West)?

19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,234 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 798 Richmond St W (97 m, 525 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 800 Adelaide St W (98 m, 50 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 15 Gore Vale Ave (211 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 45) and 900 Queen St W (384 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 81). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 is 88 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 & Walnut (West)?

Toronto Police place 27 thefts from vehicles and 12 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 West Queen West page.

What neighbourhood is Richmond & Walnut (West) in?

Richmond & Walnut (West) 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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