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Robinson & Bathurst

Robinson St & Bathurst St · Toronto, Ontario · Kensington-Chinatown · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York

Robinson & Bathurst, in Kensington-Chinatown, in the downtown core, is a moderately travelled crossing, with a well-used cycling route through it. It has an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 13 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
12,323
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jul 30, 2026
3,374 pedestrians · 632 cyclists
Collisions
74
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #1470 of 5,519
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
13 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
82/100
city median 48 · #234 of 5,672
26 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 211 m

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Robinson & Bathurst

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume14-hour count · Jul 30, 2026

The south leg carries the load — 5,107 northbound vehicles, or 41% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 1,133. Most cyclists arrived from the south (253 of 632). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,058 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 21% above the morning peak from 7:15 a.m. (873). Heavy vehicles made up 2.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north4,944southbound · 199 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the west1,139eastbound · 85 bikes · 1.0% heavy
Total vehicles12,3233,374 pedestrians · 632 cyclists · 2.2% heavy
From the east1,133westbound · 95 bikes · 2.1% heavy
From the south5,107northbound · 253 bikes · 2.2% heavy

Peak hours: 873 vehicles in the hour from 7:15 a.m. and 1,058 from 5:00 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 13 collisions. 15% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 13 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 9% 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 Sep 16, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Jun 2, 2013.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions74#1470 of 5,519
With an injury11#1544 of 4,669
Property damage only53
Fail to remain13
Involving a pedestrian3#1142 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist4#539 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
Severity not classified10
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20062latest Jun 2, 2013

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.

How fast traffic moves here

The City's counter on Robinson St between Markham St and Palmerston Ave (154 m away) recorded an average of 27 km/h in its 7-day count in July 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 34 km/h. That segment carries about 3,400 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Robinson St · Markham St – Palmerston Ave · 154 mJul 2026 · 7 days3,41127 km/h34 km/h39 km/h
Bathurst St · Lane S of Dundas and W of Bathurst – Dundas St W · 351 mMay 2015 · 7 days10,799———

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 1808, activated 1998 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West · transit priority

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

Streetcar
511 501 505 504 508 510 506 nearest 28 m
Blue Night
301 305 304 310 306 307
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Bathurst St at Carr St; Bathurst St at Robinson St
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Richmond St W / Bathurst St 327 m · 4 min · 15 docks · 30 stations, 570 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
23 car parks · about 3,554 spaces
EV charging
10 Palmerston Ave · 324 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 10 Portland St (654 m), 10 Soho St. (1.1 km)
Bike parking
108 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 46 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
41 mapped lots within 500 m, 581 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
15 Denison Ave · Surface453 m12054% (Q1 2026)
35 Bellevue Avenue · Surface805 m91 *—
201 Claremont St · Surface871 m4361% (Q1 2026)
803 Richmond St W · Surface918 m4856% (Q1 2026)
20 St Andrew St · Garage1 km41727% (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

You can do a shop on foot from here: Super Queen's Market is 211 m away, one of four grocery stores within 300 m. A specialist food shop is closer still: Kayzpopz Boutique Bakery, 122 m away. There are 26 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 364 eating places within a kilometre — 8.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 416 Snack Bar, 151 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 317 m away; 12 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Toronto Western Hospital, 526 m away, then Kensington Eye Institute at 1.2 km. Scadding Court Community Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 395 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • 416 Snack Bar · 181 Bathurst St151 m
  • Future Social · 570 Queen St W178 m
  • Esquire Souvlaki Steak and Grill · 566 Queen St W187 m
  • Koz Bingol Express · 655 Queen St W190 m
  • Habibz Corner · 578 Queen St W202 m
26 within 300 m · 364 within 1 km
Grocery
Super Queen's Market 211 m · 4 within 300 m
Food shops
Kayzpopz Boutique Bakery 122 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
3 convenience stores or gas bars within 300 m
Pharmacy
Shoppers Drug Mart 317 m · 4 min · 12 within 1 km
Child care
  • Alexandra Park Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 36 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day470 m · 6 min
  • George Brown - Fashion District/Ryerson Child Care Centre · 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day508 m · 6 min
  • Jingbao (Downtown) Bilingual Children's Centre (96 Denison Avenue) · 65 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day508 m · 6 min
8 licensed centres · 642 spaces within 1 km · 7 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Alexandra Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs310 m · 4 min
  • Harry R. Gairey Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs349 m · 4 min
Drinking water: Alexandra Park 263 m · 3 min; Randy Padmore Park 330 m · 4 min
Health and care
  • Toronto Western Hospital · hospital site526 m · 6 min
  • Kensington Eye Institute · hospital site1.2 km · 14 min
  • Scadding Court Community Centre · seniors' active living centre395 m · 5 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 (22)
  • Alexandra Park272 m · 3 min
  • Randy Padmore Park347 m · 4 min
  • Portland Street Parkette545 m · 6 min
  • Adelaide Place Parkette574 m · 7 min
  • St. Andrew's Playground708 m · 8 min
and 17 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (16)
  • St Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 408 m · 5 min
  • Ryerson Community School & Downtown Vocal Music AcademyEnglish Public · 508 m · 6 min
  • Charles G Fraser Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 519 m · 6 min
  • Alpha Alternative & Oasis AlternativeEnglish Public · 843 m · 10 min
  • Niagara Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 867 m · 10 min
and 11 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch409 m · 5 min
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch1.2 km · 14 min
Places of interest
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 249 m
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 423 m · 5 min
  • Graffiti AlleyLandmark · 664 m · 8 min
  • iArts MuseumMuseum · 779 m · 9 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 care or retirement home.

82of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #234 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food30/30

    4 grocery stores within 300 m · 26 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit17/28

    7 stops within 300 m · 13 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go12/14

    library 409 m away · 2 places of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation9/10

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

  • Schools and child care6/8

    1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot8/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking · 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

18 registered apartment buildings with 2,326 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, nine of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 165 Bathurst St (254 m, 47 units, 6 storeys, built 1918), which scored 79 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 18 scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
165 Bathurst St · Hazelview Properties Inc476191879 · Jul 2025254 m · 3 min
115 Euclid Ave163193088 · Jul 2026436 m · 5 min
91 Augusta Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation25714196886 · Jul 2025498 m · 6 min
163 Portland St social housing · Par-Med Property Services Inc.464199185 · Jul 2024506 m · 6 min
552 Adelaide St W social housing · Par-Med Property Services Inc.845200593 · Jul 2025515 m · 6 min
575 Adelaide St W Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation15011198384 · Aug 2024527 m · 6 min

18 registered buildings · 2,326 units · 9 social housing · tallest 19 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

Toronto Police place 18 thefts from vehicles and 18 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 6.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 3.6 a year. 83% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 44% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1880street/outdoor (15), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft1840street/outdoor (8), apartment parking (4)

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 Kensington-Chinatown.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Robinson & Bathurst a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 74 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 Robinson & Bathurst?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Jul 30, 2026, 76% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is Robinson & Bathurst a walkable intersection?

Robinson & Bathurst scores 82 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #234 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 grocery stores within 300 m · 26 places to eat within 300 m; 2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; library 409 m away · 2 places of interest within 500 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.

How fast do cars go at Robinson & Bathurst?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Robinson St between Markham St and Palmerston Ave (July 2026), found an average of 27 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 34 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Robinson & Bathurst?

The nearest Green P car park is 15 Denison Ave (453 m away, 120 spaces, 54% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 581 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 13,560 spaces — 41 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Palmerston Ave (324 m).

How do I get to Robinson & Bathurst by transit?

Streetcar routes 511, 501, 505, 504 and 3 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 28 m away.

What restaurants are near Robinson & Bathurst?

26 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 364 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are 416 Snack Bar (151 m), Future Social (178 m), Esquire Souvlaki Steak and Grill (187 m), Koz Bingol Express (190 m) and Habibz Corner (202 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Robinson & Bathurst?

The nearest is Alexandra Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 275 Bathurst St, 310 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). The City currently lists it as closed: maintenance/repairs. Next nearest: Harry R. Gairey Outdoor Rink Washroom (349 m); Bellevue Square Park Washroom (733 m).

Is there child care near Robinson & Bathurst?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 642 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Alexandra Park Early Learning & Child Care Centre (470 m, 36 spaces), George Brown - Fashion District/Ryerson Child Care Centre (508 m, 56 spaces) and Jingbao (Downtown) Bilingual Children's Centre (96 Denison Avenue) (508 m, 65 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Robinson & Bathurst?

18 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,326 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 165 Bathurst St (254 m, 47 units, RentSafeTO score 79), 115 Euclid Ave (436 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 91 Augusta Ave (498 m, 257 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 163 Portland St (506 m, 46 units, RentSafeTO score 85). The average RentSafeTO score across the 18 is 85 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at Robinson & Bathurst?

Toronto Police place 18 thefts from vehicles and 18 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Kensington-Chinatown page.

What neighbourhood is Robinson & Bathurst in?

Robinson & Bathurst is in Kensington-Chinatown (City of Toronto neighbourhood 078). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik.

Sources

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