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Royal York & Melrose (South)

Royal York Rd & Melrose St (South) · Toronto, Ontario · Mimico-Queensway · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore · Mimico Village BIA

In Mimico-Queensway, Royal York & Melrose (South) is a moderately travelled crossing. At the corner: a bike lane and 2 schools within 250 m. Nearby: Mimico GO 426 m away and 6 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
8,872
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 2, 2023
648 pedestrians · 56 cyclists
Collisions
28
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 23 property damage · #2925 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,110 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 14 vehicles, close to the citywide median. That comes with about 2.8 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 33%, from 12 in 2016–2020 to 16 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Royal York & Melrose (South)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
Mimico GO — Lakeshore West426 m
TTC bus
768015110 nearest 87 m
Blue Night
315337
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Royal York Rd at Algoma St; Portland St at Royal York Rd
Cycling
Bike Lane on Royal York Rd installed 2004
Bike Share
Windsor St / Newcastle St 380 m · 31 docks · 5 stations, 108 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 (15)
  • Oak LearnersPrivate · 98 m
  • George R Gauld Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 143 m
  • St Louis Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 655 m
  • St Leo Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 691 m
  • The Mildenhall Montessori SchoolPrivate · 751 m
  • St Leo Catholic Elementary School (Future Address For Main Entrance)English Separate · 779 m
  • and 9 more
Community centres
Parks (22)
  • Coronation Park - Etobicoke406 m
  • Alan - Oxford Parkette491 m
  • Winslow - Dalesford Parkette589 m
  • Queens Avenue Parkette672 m
  • Stanley Avenue Park704 m
  • Manchester Park800 m
  • and 16 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Mimico Centennial branch753 m
  • Toronto Public Library Humber Bay branch1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 6 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 73. The nearest is The Bread Essentials, 25 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés6 within 300 m · 73 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 12 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Bread Essentials · 406 Royal York Rd25 mPassed, Apr 2026
Royal Convenience · 407 Royal York Rdgrocery31 mPassed, Nov 2025
Monte's Premium Meats · 409 Royal York Rdgrocery35 mPassed, Jul 2025
Revolver Pizza Co · 388 Royal York Rd Bldg-1117 mPassed, Apr 2026
Choux Lab · 386 Royal York Rd121 mPassed, Mar 2026
J&j Royal's Restaurant · 384 Royal York Rd128 mPassed, Jul 2026
Jimmy's Coffee · 380 Royal York Rd136 mPassed, Jun 2026
Sanremo Bakery · 374 Royal York Rdgrocery150 mPassed, Sep 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 Ourland Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 797 m away, View outdoor pool hours.

  • Ourland Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 36 Ourland Ave
    View outdoor pool hours
    797 m
  • Ourland Community Centre Washroom · 18 Ourland Ave
    View centre hours
    864 m
  • Queensway Outdoor Rink Washroom · 1 Third St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    890 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 871 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Early Adventures Nursery School & Child Care (143 m, 95 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km10 centres · 871 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 10
  • Early Adventures Nursery School & Child Care · 200 Melrose St
    95 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    143 m
  • Plasp St. Louis C.s. · 11 Morgan Ave
    73 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    655 m
  • The Mildenhall School · 35 Ourland Ave
    76 spaces · kindergarten
    751 m
  • St. Leo's YMCA Child Care · 271 Royal York Rd
    135 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    779 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 433 (934 m), the nearest police station 22 Division (3.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.3 km away.

FireFire Station 433 · 934 m615 Royal York Rd
Police22 Division · 3.5 km3699 Bloor Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 38 · 2.3 km259 Horner Ave

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

Within a kilometre there are 11 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 576 rental units — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 340 Royal York Rd (336 m, 307 units, 16 storeys, built 1972), which scored 98 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 9 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings11 · 576 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20269 across the 11
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest16 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
340 Royal York RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation30716197298 · Aug 20245336 m
66 Station Rd163195992 · Aug 20250618 m
110 Stanley Avesocial housing163195975 · Aug 20240664 m
773 The Queenswaysocial housing · Greenwin Corp.633199397 · Nov 20250746 m
781 The Queenswaysocial housing · Greenwin Corp.663199397 · Jun 20240774 m
25 Elizabeth St293196282 · Aug 20250810 m
17 Station Rd · Jerawan Basil143195986 · Sep 20240863 m
51 Stanley Ave123195176 · Jul 20240931 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 lots685 lots · ≈52,050 spaces · 156.1 ha
Within 500 m74 lots · ≈2,310 spaces
Green P (public)11 car parks · about 614 spaces
EV charging (City)625 The Queensway · 912 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking14 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
5 Dayton Ave · Surface696 m1632% (Q1 2026)
575 Royal York Rd · Surface820 m2832% (Q1 2026)
16 Superior Ave · Surface1 km2343% (Q1 2026)
2300 LAKE SHORE BLVD W · Surface1.1 km2428% (Q1 2026)
2225 Lake shore Blvd West (Parks) · Surface1.6 km80 *

Nearest lots: 29 m away, ≈4 spaces; 35 m away, ≈26 spaces; 52 m away, ≈41 spaces; 54 m away, ≈19 spaces; 56 m away, ≈20 spaces; 77 m away, ≈11 spaces. More EV charging: 2390 Lake Shore Blvd W (1 km, 1 ports); 2300 Lakeshore Blvd W. (1.1 km, 7 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, May 2, 2023

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 4,275 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 190 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 1,417 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 1,247 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. 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 north4,123southbound · 22 bikes · 3.5% heavy
From the west190eastbound · 5 bikes · 5.8% heavy
Total vehicles8,872648 pedestrians · 56 cyclists · 3.8% heavy
From the east284westbound · 6 bikes · 5.6% heavy
From the south4,275northbound · 23 bikes · 4.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,247 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,417 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · May 2, 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

On Melrose St between Lane W of Royal York and N of Melrose and Carnarvon Ave, 169 m from the corner, a 3-day count in August 2023 put the average speed at 37 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 48 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 54 km/h or more. That segment carries about 700 vehicles a day. Royal York Rd between Simpson Ave and Portland St measured slower: 39 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Nov 2017). At the school-zone speed sign on Algoma St (227 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 9,073 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Royal York Rd · Simpson Ave – Portland St · 134 mNov 2017 · 24 h12,61639 km/h48 km/h54 km/h
Melrose St · Lane W of Royal York and N of Melrose – Carnarvon Ave · 169 mAug 2023 · 3 days69437 km/h48 km/h54 km/h

School-zone speed sign 227 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct27 · 36 km/h
Over the limit0.8%
50 km/h or more0.0%

Algoma St (westbound), Opp 22 Algoma St · 9,073 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 worst year was 2024, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 3. 4 collisions (14%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 7% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Oct 22, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions28#2925 of 5,508
With an injury4#3079 of 4,660
Property damage only23
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 201428latest Oct 22, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 14, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle201street/outdoor (1), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 14, 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 Mimico-Queensway.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Royal York & Melrose (South) 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 Royal York & Melrose (South)?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from May 2, 2023, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Royal York & Melrose (South)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Melrose St between Lane W of Royal York and N of Melrose and Carnarvon Ave (August 2023), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 227 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Royal York & Melrose (South)?

The nearest Green P car park is 5 Dayton Ave (696 m away, 16 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 685 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 52,050 spaces — 74 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 625 The Queensway (912 m).

How do I get to Royal York & Melrose (South) by transit?

Mimico GO is 426 m away; bus routes 76, 80, 15, 110 within 1 km (nearest stop: Royal York Rd at Algoma St, 87 m).

What restaurants are near Royal York & Melrose (South)?

6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 73 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Bread Essentials (25 m), Revolver Pizza Co (117 m), Choux Lab (121 m), J&j Royal's Restaurant (128 m) and Jimmy's Coffee (136 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 Royal York & Melrose (South)?

The nearest is Ourland Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 36 Ourland Ave, 797 m away (View outdoor pool hours). Next nearest: Ourland Community Centre Washroom (864 m); Queensway Outdoor Rink Washroom (890 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 Royal York & Melrose (South)?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 871 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Early Adventures Nursery School & Child Care (143 m, 95 spaces), Plasp St. Louis C.s. (655 m, 73 spaces) and The Mildenhall School (751 m, 76 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Royal York & Melrose (South)?

11 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 576 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 340 Royal York Rd (336 m, 307 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 66 Station Rd (618 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 110 Stanley Ave (664 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 75) and 773 The Queensway (746 m, 63 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 11 is 90 out of 100. 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 Royal York & Melrose (South)?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no 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 Mimico-Queensway page.

What neighbourhood is Royal York & Melrose (South) in?

Royal York & Melrose (South) is in Mimico-Queensway (City of Toronto neighbourhood 160). It is in Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, represented by Councillor Amber Morley. The corner falls inside the Mimico Village Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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