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Tower & Hoskin

Tower Rd & Hoskin Ave · Toronto, Ontario · University · Ward 11, University-Rosedale

In University, in the downtown core, Tower & Hoskin is a moderately travelled crossing, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has a protected bikeway, 3 schools within 250 m and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: Museum Station (Line 1) 259 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
6,686
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 3, 2011
3,033 pedestrians · 1,275 cyclists
Collisions
13
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 11 property damage · #4013 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
Museum Station 259 m · 2 streetcar routes · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 23 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 840 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 72% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 2.2 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 19.1% of vehicle volume, about 25× the typical share. That comes with about 1.3 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Tower & Hoskin

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.

Restaurants & cafés20 within 300 m · 371 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 29 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Acacia Cafe · 5 Hoskin Ave116 mPassed, May 2026 · 3 infractions
The Arbor Room · 7 Hart House Crcl140 mPassed, Aug 2026
The Gallery Grill - Hart House · 7 Hart House Crcl140 mPassed, Mar 2026
The Buttery · 15 Devonshire Pl None147 mPassed, Feb 2026
Edward Johnson Building Music Cafe · 80 Queen's Park225 mPassed, Feb 2026
Diabolo's Coffee Bar · 15 Kings College Crcl229 mPassed, Feb 2026
The Red Truck · 120 St George St231 mPassed, May 2026
John Robarts Research Library · 130 St George St243 mPassed, 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).

Within 1 km20 centres · 1,738 spaces
Fee subsidy11 of 20
  • Campus Community Co-Operative Day Care · 370 Huron St
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    404 m
  • Huron Playschool Co-Operative · 383 Huron St
    16 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    428 m
  • University of Toronto Early Learning Centre - Glen Morris · 7 Glen Morris St
    96 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    443 m
  • University of Toronto Early Learning Centre - O.i.s.e. · 252 Bloor St W
    26 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    480 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.

FireFire Station 314 · 906 m12 Grosvenor St
Police52 Division · 1.3 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 45 · 1.1 km135 Davenport Rd

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.

Registered buildings64 · 7,165 units · 8 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026120 across the 64
Open fire-code violations45
Tallest51 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
409 Huron St · Impressions Group424189853 · Sep 20253 · 14 fire464 m
341 Bloor St WToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation32618198082 · Sep 20255490 m
131 Bloor St W · Morguard Corporation15714196390 · Sep 20263524 m
2 St Thomas St · Bentallgreenoak24826201796 · Oct 20256553 m
8 St Thomas St · Bentallgreenoak164192689 · Aug 20260570 m
50 Prince Arthur Ave14919196886 · Aug 20240 · 6 fire578 m
20 Prince Arthur Ave · Hollyburn Properties Ltd19323196883 · Jul 20247582 m
145 St George St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.13012196096 · Aug 20265591 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 lots1,070 lots · ≈24,840 spaces · 74.5 ha
Within 500 m50 lots · ≈2,280 spaces
Green P (public)30 car parks · about 5,762 spaces
EV charging (City)19 Spadina Rd · 760 m · 6 Level 2 ports
Bike parking55 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (1.6 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
9 Bedford Rd · Garage488 m37151% (Q1 2026)
465 Huron Street · Surface589 m15 *
9 Madison Ave. · Surface654 m38 *
4 Spadina Road · Surface719 m51 *
74 Yorkville Ave · Garage748 m17575% (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.

From the north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west3,255eastbound · 655 bikes · 4.4% heavy
Total vehicles6,6863,033 pedestrians · 1,275 cyclists · 4.2% heavy
From the east3,366westbound · 448 bikes · 3.9% heavy
From the south65northbound · 172 bikes · 6.2% heavy
AM peak hour1,043 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour962 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 3, 2011

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 segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Hoskin Ave · Devonshire Pl – St George St · 167 mNov 2010 · 3 days15,163

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

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions13#4013 of 5,508
With an injury2#3994 of 4,660
Property damage only11
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 201416latest 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

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle210street/outdoor (1), school/campus (1)
Bicycle theft600school/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