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Robinson & Palmerston

Robinson St & Palmerston Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Trinity-Bellwoods · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York

In Trinity-Bellwoods, in central Toronto, Robinson & Palmerston is a quiet local crossing, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has a bike lane and a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 15 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
3,220
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 14, 2023
1,756 pedestrians · 966 cyclists · #2130 busiest
Collisions
14
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 11 property damage · #3906 of 5,508
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
7 streetcar routes · 1 bus route within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane - Contraflow
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 230 vehicles an hour, 20% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 1.8 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 30.0% of vehicle volume, about 39× the typical share. On average 1.4 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 4.4 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Robinson & Palmerston

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501511505504508510506 nearest 181 m
TTC bus
63 nearest 844 m
Blue Night
301305304310306307363
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Bike Lane - Contraflow on Palmerston Ave installed 2022
Bike Share
Euclid Ave / Queen St W - SMART 201 m · 9 docks · 47 stations, 906 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 (32)
  • Charles G Fraser Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 195 m
  • St Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 338 m
  • Niagara Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 497 m
  • Ryerson Community School & Downtown Vocal Music AcademyEnglish Public · 501 m
  • Discovering Minds Montessori SchoolPrivate · 517 m
  • Ecole Elementaire Pierre Elliott TrudeauFrench Public · 697 m
  • and 26 more
Parks (43)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch443 m
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 369 m
  • Factory TheatrePerforming Arts · 467 m
  • Graffiti AlleyLandmark · 694 m
  • iArts MuseumMuseum · 723 m
  • Arcadia EarthAttraction · 1 km
  • Fort York National Historic SiteMuseum · 1 km
  • The WellLandmark · 1.1 km
  • Art Gallery of OntarioGallery · 1.3 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 8 grocery and convenience stores, and 363 eating places within a kilometre — 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Lost In Tokyo Parfait Shop, 161 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés57 within 300 m · 363 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience8 within 300 m · 37 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Lost In Tokyo Parfait Shop · 636 Queen St W161 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Infinity Mart · 652 Queen St W166 mPassed, Aug 2026
Mari Sixfive 8 · 658 Queen St W166 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Scoops Unlimited · 654 Queen St W169 mPassed, Sep 2026
Ngogo · 646 Queen St W Unit-646169 mPassed, Apr 2026
A & W · 650 1/2 Queen St W172 mPassed, Aug 2026
North of Brooklyn Pizzeria/ Gigi Sapi · 650 1/2 Queen St W172 mPassed, Aug 2026
Roncesvalles Fruit Market · 630 Queen St W Unit-628grocery173 mPassed, Apr 2026

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 Alexandra Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 365 m away — currently listed as closed (maintenance/repairs); in season it is open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 373 m away at Alexandra Park.

  • Alexandra Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 275 Bathurst St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    365 m
  • Harry R. Gairey Outdoor Rink Washroom · 275 Bathurst St
    View outdoor rink hours · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    392 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Park North Baseball Diamond Washroom · 790 Queen St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    549 m
Drinking water
Alexandra Park bottle filling station · 373 m; Randy Padmore Park drinking fountain · 516 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

16 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,282 spaces; 13 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Fraser School - Community Day Care Centre (195 m, 136 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km16 centres · 1,282 spaces
Fee subsidy13 of 16
  • Fraser School - Community Day Care Centre · 79 Manning Ave
    136 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    195 m
  • Garrison Creek Community Day Care · 222 Niagara St
    152 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    497 m
  • George Brown - Fashion District/Ryerson Child Care Centre · 96 Denison Ave
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    501 m
  • Jingbao (Downtown) Bilingual Children's Centre (96 Denison Avenue) · 96 Denison Ave
    65 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    501 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 331 (243 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 331 · 243 m33 Claremont St
Police52 Division · 1.5 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 36 · 1.9 km339 Queens Quay W

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

26 registered apartment buildings with 2,716 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 15 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 115 Euclid Ave (170 m, 16 units, 3 storeys, built 1930), which scored 88 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 26 scored below 70; the average is 84, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 29 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 9 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings26 · 2,716 units · 15 social housing
RentSafeTO score84 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202629 across the 26
Open fire-code violations9
Tallest19 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
115 Euclid Ave163193088 · Jul 20260170 m
165 Bathurst St · Hazelview Properties Inc476191879 · Jul 20251332 m
138 Claremont Stsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes183199490 · Aug 20250399 m
798 Richmond St W · Akelius Canada Ltd52513197089 · Jul 20257418 m
15 Gore Vale Ave · Terrance Goldthorpe103192645 · Aug 20260423 m
552 Adelaide St Wsocial housing · Par-Med Property Services Inc.845200593 · Jul 20250483 m
575 Adelaide St WToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation15011198384 · Aug 20241498 m
163 Portland Stsocial housing · Par-Med Property Services Inc.464199185 · Jul 20243510 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 lots815 lots · ≈26,680 spaces · 80 ha
Within 500 m71 lots · ≈970 spaces
Green P (public)33 car parks · about 4,705 spaces
EV charging (City)10 Palmerston Ave · 116 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking142 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 73 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (2 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
201 Claremont St · Surface500 m4361% (Q1 2026)
803 Richmond St W · Surface515 m4856% (Q1 2026)
15 Denison Ave · Surface545 m12054% (Q1 2026)
35 Bellevue Avenue · Surface723 m91 *
20 St Andrew St · Garage871 m41727% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 165 m away, ≈9 spaces; 170 m away, ≈10 spaces; 178 m away, ≈13 spaces; 180 m away, ≈4 spaces; 181 m away, ≈6 spaces; 194 m away, ≈8 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Portland St (659 m, 4 ports); 248 Shaw St (895 m, 2 ports); 74 Clinton Street (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 — 14-hour, Nov 14, 2023

The east leg carries the load — 1,971 westbound vehicles, or 61% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 37. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 358 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 38% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (260). Heavy vehicles made up 2.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north64southbound · 316 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west1,148eastbound · 166 bikes · 2.1% heavy
Total vehicles3,2201,756 pedestrians · 966 cyclists · 2.0% heavy
From the east1,971westbound · 137 bikes · 2.1% heavy
From the south37northbound · 347 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour260 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour358 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 14, 2023

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 Robinson St between Markham St and Palmerston Ave (52 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. Palmerston Ave between Wolseley St and Lane S of Robinson and W of Palmerston measured slower: 23 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 32 km/h (Nov 2023).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Robinson St · Markham St – Palmerston Ave · 52 mJul 2026 · 7 days3,41127 km/h34 km/h39 km/h
Palmerston Ave · Wolseley St – Lane S of Robinson and W of Palmerston · 73 mNov 2023 · 3 days1,05823 km/h32 km/h36 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 3 collisions. 7% of collisions here involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 21% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Aug 8, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 4.4 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions14#3906 of 5,508
With an injury1#4448 of 4,660
Property damage only11
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian1#2863 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1292 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 201418latest Aug 8, 2025

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 two thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Mar 8, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle211street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft100other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 8, 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 Trinity-Bellwoods.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Robinson & Palmerston a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 14 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 & Palmerston?

A quiet local crossing. It ranks #2130 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 20% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Robinson & Palmerston?

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 & Palmerston?

The nearest Green P car park is 201 Claremont St (500 m away, 43 spaces, 61% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 815 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,680 spaces — 71 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Palmerston Ave (116 m).

How do I get to Robinson & Palmerston by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 511, 505, 504 and 3 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 181 m away; bus route 63 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Robinson & Palmerston?

57 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 Lost In Tokyo Parfait Shop (161 m), Infinity Mart (166 m), Mari Sixfive 8 (166 m), Scoops Unlimited (169 m) and Ngogo (169 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 Robinson & Palmerston?

The nearest is Alexandra Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 275 Bathurst St, 365 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 (392 m); Trinity Bellwoods Park North Baseball Diamond 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 Robinson & Palmerston?

16 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,282 spaces in total; 13 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Fraser School - Community Day Care Centre (195 m, 136 spaces), Garrison Creek Community Day Care (497 m, 152 spaces) and George Brown - Fashion District/Ryerson Child Care Centre (501 m, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Robinson & Palmerston?

26 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,716 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 115 Euclid Ave (170 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 165 Bathurst St (332 m, 47 units, RentSafeTO score 79), 138 Claremont St (399 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 798 Richmond St W (418 m, 525 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 26 is 84 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 Robinson & Palmerston?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Trinity-Bellwoods page.

What neighbourhood is Robinson & Palmerston in?

Robinson & Palmerston is in Trinity-Bellwoods (City of Toronto neighbourhood 081). 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