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The Queensway & Ellis

The Queensway & Ellis Ave · Toronto, Ontario · High Park-Swansea · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

The Queensway & Ellis, in High Park-Swansea, is a moderately heavy crossing. It has a live City traffic camera, a bike lane and a park at the corner. Nearby: 6 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
16,297
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 4, 2016
455 pedestrians · 492 cyclists
Collisions
110
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
21 with an injury · 84 property damage · #1012 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
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
4
TTC stops within 100 m
2 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane, Sharrows, Multi-Use Trail
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,040 vehicles an hour, 1.76× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 36 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Cyclists were 3.0% of vehicle volume, about 3.9× the typical share. On average 11 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 3.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 20%, from 61 in 2016–2020 to 49 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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The Queensway & Ellis

Live traffic camera

The City's RESCU camera at The Queensway & Ellis Ave — a 320 × 240 still the City replaces every few minutes, with the frame's age and its four fixed reference views

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Live camera RESCU 8026 · The Queensway & Ellis Ave
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Fixed views the City's reference still for each direction

The City's own feed for The Queensway & Ellis, published as a 320 × 240 still that its server replaces every few minutes — the card checks for a new frame every 45 seconds while you are on the page (Reload checks now) and says whether the frame changed. The fixed views are the City's reference stills showing where the camera points in each direction.

Live camera · RESCU 8026 · The Queensway & Ellis Ave
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Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501508 nearest 58 m
TTC bus
8077203 nearest 24 m
Blue Night
301
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — The Queensway at Ellis Ave; The Queensway at Ellis Ave West Side
Cycling
Bike Lane on Ellis Ave installed 2020; Bike Lane on The Queensway installed 2007; Sharrows on Ellis Ave installed 2006; Multi-Use Trail on High Park Trl installed 2001
Bike Share
Ellis Ave / The Queensway 95 m · 19 docks · 12 stations, 264 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 (2)
  • Swansea Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • High Park Gardens Montessori SchoolPrivate · 1.4 km
Parks (18)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Swansea Memorial branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Colborne LodgeMuseum · 597 m
  • Sunnyside BeachNature/ Park · 759 m
  • High ParkNature/ Park · 1 km
Signal
0561, activated 1967 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 5 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Windermere Early Learning, 351 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Sunshine Foods Convenience · 12 Windermere Avegrocery329 mPassed, Dec 2025
Windermere Early Learning · 103 the Queensway351 mPassed, Aug 2026
Petro Canada · 90 the Queenswaygrocery413 mPassed, Jun 2026
Cheese Boutique Giftware · 29 Ripley Ave Bldg--640 mPassed, Jul 2026
Cheese Boutique · 45 Ripley Ave708 mPassed, Jul 2026
Petro Canada · 8 South Kingswaygrocery723 mPassed, Jan 2024
Petro Canada · 8 South Kingswaygrocery724 mPassed, Jul 2026
Hooked · 18 Ripley Ave740 mPassed, Aug 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 Sir Casimir Gzowski Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 298 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 145 m away at Sunnyside Bike Park.

  • Sir Casimir Gzowski Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 2001 Lake Shore Blvd W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    298 m
  • High Park Children's Garden Washroom · 1873 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    603 m
  • High Park Colborne Lodge Coach House Washroom · 1873 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    605 m
Drinking water
Sunnyside Bike Park bottle filling station · 145 m; Sir Casimir Gzowski Park drinking fountain · 272 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

One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 57 spaces; it accepts City fee subsidy. The nearest is Windermere Early Learning Centre (344 m, 57 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km1 centre · 57 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 1
  • Windermere Early Learning Centre · 103 the Queensway
    57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    344 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 425 (1.5 km), the nearest police station 14 Division (3.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 425 · 1.5 km83 Deforest Rd
Police14 Division · 3.6 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 32 · 1.7 km9 Clendenan 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

Five registered apartment buildings with 315 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 65 Windermere Ave (434 m, 92 units, 6 storeys, built 1962), which scored 95 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 16 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings5 · 315 units
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202616 across the 5
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
65 Windermere Ave · Greenwin Corp.926196295 · Jul 20253434 m
75 Windermere Ave · Greenwin Corp.526196295 · Sep 20262477 m
93 Coe Hill Dr · Aman's Renovations & Property Management384195889 · Jul 20263631 m
99 Coe Hill Dr · Trivest Developments Corporation864195794 · Jul 20255676 m
101 Coe Hill Dr473195594 · Jul 20263723 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 lots318 lots · ≈18,360 spaces · 55.1 ha
Within 500 m16 lots · ≈930 spaces
Green P (public)10 car parks · about 1,274 spaces
EV charging (City)265 Armadale Ave · 1.9 km · 8 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
2001 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Parks) · Surface344 m187 *
2001 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Parks) · Surface458 m185 *
1575 Lake Shore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface1.2 km193 *
15 Marine Parade Drive · Surface1.5 km14 *
255 Kennedy Ave · Surface1.7 km5665% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 147 m away, ≈18 spaces; 217 m away, ≈39 spaces; 316 m away, ≈56 spaces; 323 m away, ≈22 spaces; 329 m away, ≈168 spaces; 335 m away, ≈19 spaces. More EV charging: 430 Roncesvalles Ave (2 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, Oct 4, 2016

The west leg carries the load — 6,721 eastbound vehicles, or 41% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 1,534. Morning rush is the busier period: 3,027 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:00 a.m., compared with 2,704 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 10 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2016, not today's volume. 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 north1,534southbound · 119 bikes · 0.9% heavy
From the west6,721eastbound · 108 bikes · 3.8% heavy
Total vehicles16,297455 pedestrians · 492 cyclists · 3.4% heavy
From the east6,434westbound · 192 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the south1,608northbound · 73 bikes · 3.0% heavy
AM peak hour3,027 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,704 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 4, 2016

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 The Queensway between Ellis Ave and Coe Hill Dr (80 m away) recorded an average of 52 km/h in its 24-hour count in March 2015; 85% of drivers were at or under 61 km/h. That segment carries about 23,300 vehicles a day. Ellis Ave between Ellis Gdns and Woodland Hts measured slower: 49 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 57 km/h (Dec 2011). The reading is 11 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
The Queensway · Ellis Ave – Coe Hill Dr · 80 mMar 2015 · 24 h23,30352 km/h61 km/h67 km/h
Ellis Ave · Ellis Gdns – Woodland Hts · 237 mDec 2011 · 24 h3,95249 km/h57 km/h61 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

2024 was the peak year (18 collisions), and 2025 closed with 6. 19% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 5% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 27, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions110#1012 of 5,508
With an injury21#826 of 4,660
Property damage only84
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian1#3071 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1389 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 2014127latest May 27, 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

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is The Queensway & Ellis a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 110 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 The Queensway & Ellis?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Oct 4, 2016, 1.76× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at The Queensway & Ellis?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on The Queensway between Ellis Ave and Coe Hill Dr (March 2015), found an average of 52 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 61 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near The Queensway & Ellis?

The nearest Green P car park is 2001 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Parks) (344 m away, 187 spaces). The City's mapping shows 318 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,360 spaces — 16 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 265 Armadale Ave (1.9 km).

How do I get to The Queensway & Ellis by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 508 stop within 1 km, the nearest 58 m away; bus routes 80, 77, 203 within 1 km (nearest stop: The Queensway at Ellis Ave, 24 m).

What restaurants are near The Queensway & Ellis?

None within 300 m, and 5 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Windermere Early Learning (351 m), Cheese Boutique Giftware (640 m), Cheese Boutique (708 m) and Hooked (740 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 The Queensway & Ellis?

The nearest is Sir Casimir Gzowski Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 2001 Lake Shore Blvd W, 298 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: High Park Children's Garden Washroom (603 m); High Park Colborne Lodge Coach House Washroom (605 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 The Queensway & Ellis?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 57 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Windermere Early Learning Centre (344 m, 57 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near The Queensway & Ellis?

Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 315 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 65 Windermere Ave (434 m, 92 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 75 Windermere Ave (477 m, 52 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 93 Coe Hill Dr (631 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 99 Coe Hill Dr (676 m, 86 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 93 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.

What neighbourhood is The Queensway & Ellis in?

The Queensway & Ellis is in High Park-Swansea (City of Toronto neighbourhood 087). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.

Sources

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