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Spadina & St Andrew

Spadina Ave & St Andrew St · Toronto, Ontario · Kensington-Chinatown · Ward 11, University-Rosedale · Chinatown BIA

Spadina & St Andrew, in Kensington-Chinatown, in the downtown core, is an intersection of typical volume, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: St Patrick Station (Line 1) 829 m away.

Traffic volume
7,951
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 10, 2023
5,272 pedestrians · 1,171 cyclists
Collisions
43
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 35 property damage · #2292 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 3 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
St Patrick Station 829 m · 5 streetcar routes · 2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 20 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 990 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 1.5 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 14.7% of vehicle volume, about 19× the typical share. That comes with about 4.3 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 28%, from 25 in 2016–2020 to 18 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Spadina & St Andrew

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
St Patrick Station (Line 1)829 m; Queen's Park Station (Line 1)861 m; Osgoode Station (Line 1)1 km
Streetcar
510505506511501 nearest 117 m
TTC bus
1394 nearest 818 m
Blue Night
310305306301307
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Baldwin St / Spadina Ave - SMART 59 m · 20 docks · 51 stations, 1,014 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 (42)
  • Beverley & Subway Academy TwoEnglish Public · 290 m
  • Heydon Park Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 335 m
  • Cornerstone Preparatory School - Main CampusPrivate · 375 m
  • Braemar College Private Secondary SchoolPrivate · 425 m
  • Ryerson Community School & Downtown Vocal Music AcademyEnglish Public · 459 m
  • Westside Montessori Elementary SchoolPrivate · 478 m
  • and 36 more
Parks (36)
  • Glasgow Street Parkette263 m
  • Julius Deutsch Park281 m
  • Bellevue Square Park314 m
  • Sonya's Park324 m
  • Lillian H. Smith Park369 m
  • Randy Padmore Park540 m
  • and 30 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch400 m
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch608 m
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Art Gallery of OntarioGallery · 498 m
  • Graffiti AlleyLandmark · 720 m
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 720 m
  • 299 Queen Street WestLandmark · 859 m
  • Ukrainian Museum of CanadaMuseum · 889 m
  • Textile Museum of CanadaMuseum · 1 km
  • Yuk Yuk'sPerforming Arts · 1 km
  • Campbell HouseMuseum · 1 km
Signal
1146, activated 1984 · SAP · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South · transit priority

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 209 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 31 grocery and convenience stores, and 351 eating places within a kilometre — 4.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Pho Hung Vietnamese Restaurant, 10 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés209 within 300 m · 351 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience31 within 300 m · 49 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Pho Hung Vietnamese Restaurant · 350 Spadina Ave10 mPassed, May 2026
The Scott Mission · 346 Spadina Ave12 mPassed, Jul 2026
Chine · 327 Spadina Ave15 mPassed, Feb 2025 · 4 infractions
Saigon Lotus · 6 St Andrew St32 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
August 8 Dim Sum & Sushi · 331 Spadina Ave33 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 2 infractions
Taste of China Seafood · 338 Spadina Avegrocery35 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 2 infractions
Isaan Der Thai Kitchen and Bar · 327 Spadina Ave37 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Chaoshan Beef Hot Pot · 354 Spadina Ave40 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 4 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 Bellevue Square Park Washroom, 295 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 262 m away at Julius Deutsch Park.

  • Bellevue Square Park Washroom · 5 Bellevue Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    295 m
  • Harry R. Gairey Outdoor Rink Washroom · 275 Bathurst St
    View outdoor rink hours · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    586 m
  • Alexandra Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 275 Bathurst St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    601 m
Drinking water
Julius Deutsch Park drinking fountain · 262 m; Glasgow Parkette bottle filling station · 271 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

22 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,586 spaces; 15 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Children's Primary Centre (375 m, 44 spaces, preschool, kindergarten).

Within 1 km22 centres · 1,586 spaces
Fee subsidy15 of 22
  • Children's Primary Centre · 177 Beverley St
    44 spaces · preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    375 m
  • George Brown - Fashion District/Ryerson Child Care Centre · 96 Denison Ave
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    459 m
  • Jingbao (Downtown) Bilingual Children's Centre (96 Denison Avenue) · 96 Denison Ave
    65 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    459 m
  • The Neighbourhood Group Bellevue Child Care · 91 Bellevue Ave
    34 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    469 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 315 (565 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (716 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 315 · 565 m132 Bellevue Ave
Police52 Division · 716 m255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 34 · 1.7 km674 Markham St

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

33 registered apartment buildings with 2,802 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 16 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 123 D'Arcy St (117 m, 24 units, 3 storeys, built 1985), which scored 88 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 49 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 18 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings33 · 2,802 units · 16 social housing
RentSafeTO score86 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202649 across the 33
Open fire-code violations18
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
123 D'Arcy St · 583647 Ontario Limited243198588 · Sep 20250117 m
123 Huron St · Phymetrix Ltd.183191486 · Aug 20260227 m
15 Larch StToronto Community Housing · TCH203199371 · Aug 20240258 m
76 Grange AveToronto Community Housing · TCH113199380 · Jul 20250285 m
69 Baldwin St · Dpm2 Ltd173192798 · Jul 20260286 m
160 Huron St · Akelius Canada Ltd695180598 · Jul 20263299 m
162 Huron St · 1771105 Ontario Ltd184190397 · Jul 20260316 m
170 Vanauley WalkToronto Community Housing · Atikson Co-Op406196988 · Aug 20260339 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 lots929 lots · ≈21,640 spaces · 64.9 ha
Within 500 m108 lots · ≈1,790 spaces
Green P (public)37 car parks · about 6,301 spaces
EV charging (City)10 Soho St. · 632 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking217 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 94 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (1.2 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
20 St Andrew St · Garage118 m41727% (Q1 2026)
40 Larch St · Garage205 m33231% (Q1 2026)
35 Bellevue Avenue · Surface367 m91 *
205 Mc Caul St · Surface587 m3979% (Q1 2026)
15 Denison Ave · Surface678 m12054% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 40 m away, ≈2 spaces; 61 m away, ≈2 spaces; 63 m away, ≈12 spaces; 65 m away, ≈17 spaces; 66 m away, ≈4 spaces; 72 m away, ≈5 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Portland St (808 m, 4 ports); 10 Palmerston Ave (1 km, 2 ports); 91 Elizabeth St (1.1 km, 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, May 10, 2023

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The south leg carries the load — 4,208 northbound vehicles, or 53% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 211. Most cyclists arrived from the north (607 of 1,171). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,084 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 9% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (990). Heavy vehicles made up 4.2% 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. 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 north3,532southbound · 607 bikes · 5.1% heavy
From the west211eastbound · 72 bikes · 3.3% heavy
Total vehicles7,9515,272 pedestrians · 1,171 cyclists · 4.2% heavy
From the east0westbound · 35 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south4,208northbound · 457 bikes · 3.4% heavy
AM peak hour990 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,084 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · May 10, 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 most recent midblock count on Spadina Ave between D'arcy St and St Andrew St (28 m away, Sep 2009) recorded volume only — about 11,192 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Spadina Ave · D'arcy St – St Andrew St · 28 mSep 2009 · 3 days11,192

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

2016 was the peak year (8 collisions), and 2025 closed with 5. 2% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 14, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions43#2292 of 5,508
With an injury1#4553 of 4,660
Property damage only35
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian1#3020 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2375 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201459latest Jun 14, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 3 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Jul 24, 2015.

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 22 thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 4.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 5 in 2023–2025, about 1.7 a year, against 3.1 a year before that. 82% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 80% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Apr 13, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle2240street/outdoor (18), commercial premises (2)
Bicycle theft511street/outdoor (4), commercial premises (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 13, 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 Kensington-Chinatown.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Spadina & St Andrew a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 43 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 Spadina & St Andrew?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from May 10, 2023, about the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Spadina & St Andrew?

The nearest Green P car park is 20 St Andrew St (118 m away, 417 spaces, 27% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 929 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,640 spaces — 108 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 10 Soho St. (632 m).

How do I get to Spadina & St Andrew by transit?

St Patrick Station (Line 1) is 829 m away; streetcar routes 510, 505, 506, 511 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 117 m away; bus routes 13, 94 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Spadina & St Andrew?

209 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 351 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Pho Hung Vietnamese Restaurant (10 m), The Scott Mission (12 m), Chine (15 m), Saigon Lotus (32 m) and August 8 Dim Sum & Sushi (33 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 Spadina & St Andrew?

The nearest is Bellevue Square Park Washroom, 5 Bellevue Ave, 295 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Harry R. Gairey Outdoor Rink Washroom (586 m); Alexandra Park Outdoor Pool Washroom (601 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 Spadina & St Andrew?

22 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,586 spaces in total; 15 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Children's Primary Centre (375 m, 44 spaces), George Brown - Fashion District/Ryerson Child Care Centre (459 m, 56 spaces) and Jingbao (Downtown) Bilingual Children's Centre (96 Denison Avenue) (459 m, 65 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Spadina & St Andrew?

33 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,802 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 123 D'Arcy St (117 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 123 Huron St (227 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 15 Larch St (258 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 71) and 76 Grange Ave (285 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 80). The average RentSafeTO score across the 33 is 86 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 Spadina & St Andrew?

Toronto Police place 22 thefts from vehicles and five 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 Kensington-Chinatown page.

What neighbourhood is Spadina & St Andrew in?

Spadina & St Andrew is in Kensington-Chinatown (City of Toronto neighbourhood 078). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe. The corner falls inside the Chinatown Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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