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Station & York

Station St & York St · Toronto, Ontario · St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York · Financial District BIA

Station & York is a mid-volume intersection, with more people on foot than in cars and a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands, in the downtown core. It has Union Station at the corner. Nearby: Union Station GO 140 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
15,531
vehicles · 14-hour count, Sep 11, 2025
23,081 pedestrians · 1,089 cyclists · #1253 busiest
Collisions
19
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 13 property damage · #3527 of 5,508 · +3 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
Union Station
subway station within 250 m
6 streetcar routes · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 62 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,110 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, about the citywide median. Pedestrians outnumber vehicles 1.5 to 1 — rare for a Toronto intersection, where the median is one pedestrian for every 13 vehicles. Cyclists were 7.0% of vehicle volume, about 9.0× the typical share. That comes with about 1.9 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 1.2 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Station & York

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Union Station (Line 1)103 m; St Andrew Station (Line 1)306 m; King Station (Line 1)547 m; Osgoode Station (Line 1)713 m; Queen Station (Line 1)852 m
GO Transit
Union Station GO — Barrie, Kitchener, Lakeshore East, Lakeshore West, Milton, Richmond Hill, Stouffville140 m; GO bus 16 Hamilton / Toronto Express31 Guelph / Toronto21 Milton65 Newmarket / Toronto61 Richmond Hill68 Barrie / Newmarket71 Stouffville90 Lakeshore East18 Lakeshore West35 Union Pearson Express at Union Station Bus Terminal437 m
UP Express
UP Express Union Station 122 m — trains to Pearson
VIA Rail
Toronto 157 m
Streetcar
509510503504508501 nearest 263 m
TTC bus
114121202199775 nearest 273 m
Blue Night
310304301320
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Front St W / University Ave (2) 68 m · 19 docks · 60 stations, 1,389 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 (28)
  • Victoria Street LINCEnglish Public · 788 m
  • Keystone International SchoolsPrivate · 813 m
  • OCAD University - Inclusive Design InstituteUniversity · 1 km
  • Downtown Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • OCAD University - Student CentreUniversity · 1 km
  • St Michael Catholic Elementary School - Bldg 1English Separate · 1.1 km
  • and 22 more
Parks (48)
  • Olympic Park314 m
  • Simcoe Park369 m
  • Roundhouse Park486 m
  • David Pecaut Square492 m
  • Love Park499 m
  • Bobbie Rosenfeld Park538 m
  • and 42 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library St. Lawrence branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Toronto Tourist Information CentreVisitor Information · 39 m
  • Travellers' Aid Society of TorontoVisitor Information · 141 m
  • Union StationTransportation · 159 m
  • Scotiabank ArenaSports / Entertainment Venue · 296 m
  • Design ExchangeMuseum · 356 m
  • Metro Toronto Convention CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 376 m
  • Roy Thomson HallPerforming Arts · 389 m
  • The Second CityPerforming Arts · 392 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 165 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 12 grocery and convenience stores, and 370 eating places within a kilometre — 5.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Royal York - Clockwork, 88 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2025.

Restaurants & cafés165 within 300 m · 370 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience12 within 300 m · 30 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Royal York - Clockwork · 100 Front St W88 mPassed, Aug 2025
Royal York - Fairmont Gold Lounge · 100 Front St W88 mPassed, Jun 2026
Royal York - Main Kitchen · 100 Front St W88 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction
Royal York - Reign · 100 Front St W88 mPassed, Oct 2025
Unique Gift & Convenience · 100 Front St Wgrocery88 mPassed, Apr 2025
Chipotle Mexican Grill · 123 Front St W94 mPassed, Jun 2026
Kellys Landing · 123 Front St W94 mPassed, Jun 2026
Starbucks Coffee · 123 Front St W94 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 Union Station, 170 m away, Mon-Sun 5:30am-12:45am; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 451 m away at Roundhouse Park.

  • Union Station · 65 Front Street West
    Mon-Sun 5:30am-12:45am · accessible
    170 m
  • Metro Hall · 55 John Street
    Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed · accessible
    557 m
  • Harbour Square Park Lands Fieldhouse Washroom · 25 Queens Quay W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    739 m
Drinking water
Roundhouse Park drinking fountain · 451 m; Roundhouse Park drinking fountain · 456 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

17 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,072 spaces; 11 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Downtown Montessori at Simcoe Place (263 m, 75 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km17 centres · 1,072 spaces
Fee subsidy11 of 17
  • Downtown Montessori at Simcoe Place · 200 Front St W
    75 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    263 m
  • Kidz Kare Daycare · 15 York St
    96 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    298 m
  • Downtown Montessori at Infinity Place (Day Care Connection) · 26 Grand Trunk Cres
    65 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    315 m
  • Mothercraft Brookfield Place - 161 Bay Street · 161 Bay St
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    339 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 332 (704 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (1.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 943 m away.

FireFire Station 332 · 704 m260 Adelaide St W
Police52 Division · 1.2 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 36 · 943 m339 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

14 registered apartment buildings with 2,263 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, six of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 50 John St (597 m, 14 units, 3 storeys, built 1940), which scored 93 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 50 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 51 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings14 · 2,263 units · 6 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202650 across the 14
Open fire-code violations51
Tallest36 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
50 John St · 1725460 Ontario Inc143194093 · Nov 20253597 m
32 Freeland St100420220673 m
55 The EsplanadeToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation16612198380 · Jul 20250695 m
1 Church StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation11513199683 · Sep 20243795 m
85 The Esplanadesocial housing · Affordable Property Management1287199793 · Jul 20250 · 7 fire798 m
36 Church St416196583 · Nov 20250800 m
110 The Esplanadesocial housing · Affordable Property Management2059199396 · Jul 20240 · 6 fire871 m
350 Queens Quay W · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.22819198798 · Sep 202613 · 16 fire879 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 lots620 lots · ≈18,980 spaces · 56.9 ha
Within 500 m20 lots · ≈520 spaces
Green P (public)22 car parks · about 7,115 spaces
EV charging (City)40 York St · 95 m · 12 Level 2 ports
Bike parking77 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 232 bikes within 600 m · Indoor bike station, 97 Front St W (39 m)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
40 York St · Garage88 m31141% (Q1 2026)
2 Church St · Garage762 m1,97216% (Q1 2026)
110 Queen St W · Garage774 m1,63628% (Q1 2026)
37 Queen St E · Garage1 km63152% (Q1 2026)
363 Adelaide St W · Surface1 km2295% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 75 m away, ≈8 spaces; 77 m away, ≈7 spaces; 95 m away, ≈48 spaces; 97 m away, ≈3 spaces; 103 m away, ≈43 spaces; 146 m away, ≈6 spaces. More EV charging: 2 Church St. (761 m, 28 ports); Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (897 m, 11 ports); Toronto City Hall, 100 Queen St W. (897 m, 40 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, Sep 11, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The south leg carries the load — 9,754 northbound vehicles, or 63% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 311. Most cyclists arrived from the south (646 of 1,089). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,165 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,197 from 2:00 p.m. 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 recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north5,466southbound · 413 bikes · 1.8% heavy
From the west311eastbound · 30 bikes · 1.0% heavy
Total vehicles15,53123,081 pedestrians · 1,089 cyclists · 2.0% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south9,754northbound · 646 bikes · 2.1% heavy
AM peak hour1,165 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,197 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Sep 11, 2025

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 York St between Station St and University Ave (28 m away, Sep 2012) recorded volume only — about 18,423 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
York St · Station St – University Ave · 28 mSep 2012 · 3 days18,423

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

2020 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 11% of collisions here involved an injury. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 32% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 28, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 1.2 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions19#3527 of 5,508
With an injury2#4039 of 4,660
Property damage only13
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian1#3192 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201424latest May 28, 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. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Dec 20, 2007.

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 six thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 100% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle650street/outdoor (6)
Bicycle theft320street/outdoor (2), other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 15, 2025. 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 St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Station & York a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 19 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 Station & York?

A mid-volume intersection. It ranks #1253 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection, and #64 for pedestrians.

Where can I park near Station & York?

The nearest Green P car park is 40 York St (88 m away, 311 spaces, 41% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 620 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,980 spaces — 20 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 40 York St (95 m).

How do I get to Station & York by transit?

Union Station (Line 1) is 103 m away; Union Station GO is 140 m away; streetcar routes 509, 510, 503, 504 and 2 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 263 m away; bus routes 114, 121, 202, 19, 97, 75 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Station & York?

165 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 370 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Royal York - Clockwork (88 m), Royal York - Fairmont Gold Lounge (88 m), Royal York - Main Kitchen (88 m), Royal York - Reign (88 m) and Chipotle Mexican Grill (94 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 Station & York?

The nearest is Union Station, 65 Front Street West, 170 m away (Mon-Sun 5:30am-12:45am), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Metro Hall (557 m); Harbour Square Park Lands Fieldhouse Washroom (739 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 Station & York?

17 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,072 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Downtown Montessori at Simcoe Place (263 m, 75 spaces), Kidz Kare Daycare (298 m, 96 spaces) and Downtown Montessori at Infinity Place (Day Care Connection) (315 m, 65 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Station & York?

14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,263 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 50 John St (597 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 32 Freeland St (673 m, 100 units), 55 The Esplanade (695 m, 166 units, RentSafeTO score 80) and 1 Church St (795 m, 115 units, RentSafeTO score 83). The average RentSafeTO score across the 14 is 91 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 Station & York?

Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. 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 St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands page.

What neighbourhood is Station & York in?

Station & York is in St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands (City of Toronto neighbourhood 166). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik. The corner falls inside the Financial District Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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