Map
Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time
Getting here
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk
Transit & cycling
- Subway
- Museum Station (Line 1)259 m; St George Station (Line 1, Line 2)464 m; Queen's Park Station (Line 1)612 m; Bay Station (Line 2)654 m; Spadina Station (Line 1, Line 2)717 m; Wellesley Station (Line 1)1 km
- Streetcar
- 506510 nearest 535 m
- TTC bus
- 9413261912797 nearest 11 m
- Blue Night
- 306310300320
- Nearest stops
- 6 surface stops within 300 m — Hoskin Ave at Tower Rd - Trinity College; Hoskin Ave at Tower Rd - Wycliffe College
- Cycling
- Cycle Track on Hoskin Ave installed 2001
- Bike Share
- Queen's Park Cres W / Hoskin Ave 148 m · 23 docks · 54 stations, 1,058 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 (58)
- Munk School of Global Affairs Graham Library - U of T, Bldg 12cUniversity · 82 m
- Munk School of Global Affairs at Trinity - U of T, Bldg 12aUniversity · 83 m
- Rotman School of Management - U of T, Bldg 134University · 231 m
- School of Graduate Studies - U of T, Bldg 43University · 322 m
- Munk School of Global Affairs at the Observatory - U of T, Bldg 89University · 383 m
- Toronto School of Theology - U of T, Bldg 434University · 406 m
- and 52 more
- Parks (56)
- Queen's Park269 m
- Bloor - Bedford Parkette421 m
- Huron - Washington Parkette498 m
- Clover Hill Park617 m
- Taddle Creek Park632 m
- Matt Cohen Park637 m
- and 50 more
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch777 m
- Toronto Public Library Spadina Road branch790 m
- Toronto Public Library Yorkville branch1 km
- Places of interest
- Hart House TheatrePerforming Arts · 134 m
- George Ignatieff TheatrePerforming Arts · 152 m
- Art Museum at the University of TorontoGallery · 171 m
- Royal Ontario MuseumMuseum · 343 m
- Koerner Hall (at the Telus Centre for Performance and Learning)Performing Arts · 356 m
- Royal Conservatory of MusicPerforming Arts · 367 m
- Isabel Bader TheatrePerforming Arts · 385 m
- Gardiner MuseumMuseum · 429 m
- Signal
- 0839, activated 1960 · PA - IPS · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal
Around the corner
Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node
Restaurants & food
There are 20 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 371 eating places within a kilometre — 5.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Acacia Cafe, 116 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 3 infractions noted.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Acacia Cafe · 5 Hoskin Ave | 116 m | Passed, May 2026 · 3 infractions |
| The Arbor Room · 7 Hart House Crcl | 140 m | Passed, Aug 2026 |
| The Gallery Grill - Hart House · 7 Hart House Crcl | 140 m | Passed, Mar 2026 |
| The Buttery · 15 Devonshire Pl None | 147 m | Passed, Feb 2026 |
| Edward Johnson Building Music Cafe · 80 Queen's Park | 225 m | Passed, Feb 2026 |
| Diabolo's Coffee Bar · 15 Kings College Crcl | 229 m | Passed, Feb 2026 |
| The Red Truck · 120 St George St | 231 m | Passed, May 2026 |
| John Robarts Research Library · 130 St George St | 243 m | Passed, May 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
No public washroom is listed within a kilometre, but there is a drinking fountain 262 m away at Queen's Park.
No City washroom within 1 km.
- Drinking water
- Queen's Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 262 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
20 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,738 spaces; 11 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Campus Community Co-Operative Day Care (404 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).
- Campus Community Co-Operative Day Care · 370 Huron St
49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day404 m - Huron Playschool Co-Operative · 383 Huron St
16 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day428 m - University of Toronto Early Learning Centre - Glen Morris · 7 Glen Morris St
96 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day443 m - University of Toronto Early Learning Centre - O.i.s.e. · 252 Bloor St W
26 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day480 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 314 (906 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (1.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.
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
64 registered apartment buildings with 7,165 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, eight of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 409 Huron St (464 m, 42 units, 4 storeys, built 1898), which scored 53 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 64 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 120 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 45 fire-code violations are open across them.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 409 Huron St · Impressions Group | 42 | 4 | 1898 | 53 · Sep 2025 | 3 · 14 fire | 464 m |
| 341 Bloor St WToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 326 | 18 | 1980 | 82 · Sep 2025 | 5 | 490 m |
| 131 Bloor St W · Morguard Corporation | 157 | 14 | 1963 | 90 · Sep 2026 | 3 | 524 m |
| 2 St Thomas St · Bentallgreenoak | 248 | 26 | 2017 | 96 · Oct 2025 | 6 | 553 m |
| 8 St Thomas St · Bentallgreenoak | 16 | 4 | 1926 | 89 · Aug 2026 | 0 | 570 m |
| 50 Prince Arthur Ave | 149 | 19 | 1968 | 86 · Aug 2024 | 0 · 6 fire | 578 m |
| 20 Prince Arthur Ave · Hollyburn Properties Ltd | 193 | 23 | 1968 | 83 · Jul 2024 | 7 | 582 m |
| 145 St George St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc. | 130 | 12 | 1960 | 96 · Aug 2026 | 5 | 591 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
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Bedford Rd · Garage | 488 m | 371 | 51% (Q1 2026) |
| 465 Huron Street · Surface | 589 m | 15 * | — |
| 9 Madison Ave. · Surface | 654 m | 38 * | — |
| 4 Spadina Road · Surface | 719 m | 51 * | — |
| 74 Yorkville Ave · Garage | 748 m | 175 | 75% (Q1 2026) |
Nearest lots: 50 m away, ≈17 spaces; 52 m away, ≈9 spaces; 68 m away, ≈18 spaces; 71 m away, ≈22 spaces; 95 m away, ≈32 spaces; 143 m away, ≈24 spaces. More EV charging: 74 Yorkville Ave (806 m, 9 ports); 9 Wellesley St W. (842 m, 8 ports); 20 Charles St E. (1 km, 23 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 3, 2011
This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The east leg carries the load — 3,366 westbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 65. Most cyclists arrived from the west (655 of 1,275). Morning rush is the busier period: 1,043 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:15 a.m., compared with 962 from 5:00 p.m. 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 15 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2011, 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.
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 Hoskin Ave between Devonshire Pl and St George St (167 m away, Nov 2010) recorded volume only — about 15,163 vehicles a day — with no speed data.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoskin Ave · Devonshire Pl – St George St · 167 m | Nov 2010 · 3 days | 15,163 | — | — | — |
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
2023 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 15% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Nov 2, 2025.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 13 | #4013 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 2 | #3994 of 4,660 |
| Property damage only | 11 | |
| Fail to remain | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| All since 2014 | 16 | latest Nov 2, 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 six bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 100% of the bike thefts were from school or campus property.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 2 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (1), school/campus (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 6 | 0 | 0 | school/campus (6) |
Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 14, 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 University.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Tower & Hoskin a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 13 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 Tower & Hoskin?
A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Oct 3, 2011, 72% of the median for a counted intersection.
Where can I park near Tower & Hoskin?
The nearest Green P car park is 9 Bedford Rd (488 m away, 371 spaces, 51% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 1,070 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,840 spaces — 50 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 19 Spadina Rd (760 m).
How do I get to Tower & Hoskin by transit?
Museum Station (Line 1) is 259 m away; streetcar routes 506, 510 stop within 1 km, the nearest 535 m away; bus routes 94, 13, 26, 19, 127, 97 within 1 km (nearest stop: Hoskin Ave at Tower Rd - Trinity College, 11 m).
What restaurants are near Tower & Hoskin?
20 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 371 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Acacia Cafe (116 m), The Arbor Room (140 m), The Gallery Grill - Hart House (140 m), The Buttery (147 m) and Edward Johnson Building Music Cafe (225 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 Tower & Hoskin?
Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 262 m away at Queen's Park. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.
Is there child care near Tower & Hoskin?
20 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,738 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Campus Community Co-Operative Day Care (404 m, 49 spaces), Huron Playschool Co-Operative (428 m, 16 spaces) and University of Toronto Early Learning Centre - Glen Morris (443 m, 96 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Tower & Hoskin?
64 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 7,165 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 409 Huron St (464 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 53), 341 Bloor St W (490 m, 326 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 131 Bloor St W (524 m, 157 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 2 St Thomas St (553 m, 248 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 64 is 90 out of 100; 2 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 Tower & Hoskin?
Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and six 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 University page.
What neighbourhood is Tower & Hoskin in?
Tower & Hoskin is in University (City of Toronto neighbourhood 079). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Oct 3, 2011.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Aug 29, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Fire Station Locations, Police Facility Locations, Ambulance Station Locations.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport with the Ontario LTB Order Catalogue and Toronto Fire Services inspection data (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Sep 14, 2025.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 11 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting here: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Walking distance: City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Parking: Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations.
- Coordinates: 43.66469, -79.39570 · centreline node 13464402.