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Ulster & Palmerston

Ulster St & Palmerston Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · Palmerston-Little Italy · Ward 11, University-Rosedale

Ulster & Palmerston is a quiet local crossing, with pedestrians outnumbering vehicles and significant cycling traffic. It sits in Palmerston-Little Italy, in central Toronto. At the corner: a bike lane and a park. Nearby: Bathurst Station (Line 2) 707 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,641
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 14, 2023
1,663 pedestrians · 1,101 cyclists · #2268 busiest
Collisions
11
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 7 property damage · #4206 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Bathurst Station 707 m · 4 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane - Contraflow
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 120 vehicles, 10% of the median counted intersection. Pedestrians outnumber vehicles 1.0 to 1 — rare for a Toronto intersection, where the median is one pedestrian for every 13 vehicles. Cyclists were 67.1% of vehicle volume, about 87× the typical share. That comes with about 1.1 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 6.7 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.35× the median rate for counted intersections. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Ulster & Palmerston

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Bathurst Station (Line 2)707 m; Christie Station (Line 2)737 m; Spadina Station (Line 2)1 km
Streetcar
511506510505 nearest 197 m
TTC bus
947126 nearest 190 m
Blue Night
306310305307300
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Bike Lane - Contraflow on Palmerston Blvd installed 2023
Bike Share
Ulster St / Bathurst St 224 m · 11 docks · 31 stations, 611 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 (46)
  • Clinton Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 276 m
  • Harbord Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 312 m
  • King Edward Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Separate · 350 m
  • St Francis of Assisi Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 428 m
  • City As School TorontoPrivate · 435 m
  • Central Technical SchoolEnglish Public · 460 m
  • and 40 more
Parks (36)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch679 m
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch839 m
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch932 m
Places of interest
  • Randolph Centre for the ArtsPerforming Arts · 485 m
  • Ukrainian Museum of CanadaMuseum · 813 m
  • Al Green Theatre (at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre)Performing Arts · 1 km
  • Bata Shoe MuseumMuseum · 1.3 km
  • Art Museum at the University of TorontoGallery · 1.3 km
  • George Ignatieff TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.3 km
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 1.4 km
  • Hart House TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.5 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 6 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 359 — 4.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Native Child and Family Services, 236 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026.

Restaurants & cafés6 within 300 m · 359 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 41 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Three Star Variety · 621 Bathurst Stgrocery205 mPassed, Mar 2026
Native Child and Family Services · 558 Bathurst St236 mPassed, Sep 2026
Eon Specialty Coffee · 246 Harbord St248 mPassed, May 2026
The Big Chill · 367 Manning Ave264 mPassed, May 2025
Ojjj's Variety · 533 Manning Ave Unit-2grocery274 mPassed, Jun 2026
Stop and GO Variety · 681 Bathurst Stgrocery276 mPassed, May 2026
Krispy Kreme Harbord · 215 Harbord St293 mPassed, Aug 2026
Le Petit Chef · 536 Manning Ave296 mPassed, Aug 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 Bickford Park Washroom, 538 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 127 m away at Healey Willan Park.

  • Bickford Park Washroom · 400 Grace St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    538 m
  • Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 485 Montrose Ave
    View centre hours
    787 m
  • Christie Pits Park Washroom · 750 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    1 km
Drinking water
Healey Willan Park drinking fountain · 127 m; Bickford Park bottle filling station · 533 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

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,343 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Centro Clinton Day Care Centre (276 m, 174 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,343 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 13
  • Centro Clinton Day Care Centre · 460 Manning Ave
    174 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    276 m
  • The Neighbourhood Group King Edward Child Care · 112 Lippincott St
    105 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    350 m
  • Kensington Kids Early Learning Centre · 401 College St
    99 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    566 m
  • Montrose Child Care Centre Inc. · 301 Montrose Ave
    117 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    594 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 315 (608 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 761 m away.

FireFire Station 315 · 608 m132 Bellevue Ave
Police14 Division · 1.5 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 34 · 761 m674 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

Within a kilometre there are 31 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,918 rental units — six social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 378 Markham St (137 m, 17 units, 4 storeys, built 1900), which scored 95 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 31 scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 20 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 17 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings31 · 1,918 units · 6 social housing
RentSafeTO score86 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202620 across the 31
Open fire-code violations17
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
378 Markham St · Berkley Property Management Inc174190095 · Jul 20260137 m
456 Palmerston Blvd324190481 · Aug 20250218 m
469 Palmerston Blvd10319320261 m
481 Palmerston Blvd113190787 · Aug 20250317 m
686 Bathurst St · Stein & Regency Construction Management Co.244194793 · Dec 20250331 m
555 College St · CAPREIT619202298 · Oct 20250442 m
72 Clinton StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1577198991 · Oct 20252 · 2 fire489 m
153 Borden Stsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes453198774 · Sep 20252492 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 lots974 lots · ≈24,430 spaces · 73.3 ha
Within 500 m52 lots · ≈700 spaces
Green P (public)31 car parks · about 2,527 spaces
EV charging (City)74 Clinton Street · 446 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking30 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 72 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
80 Clinton Street · Surface411 m25 *
74 Clinton Street · Garage424 m79 *
157 Beatrice St · Surface650 m1864% (Q1 2026)
365 Lippincott St · Surface655 m13654% (Q1 2026)
557 Palmerston Ave · Surface658 m5580% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 49 m away, ≈5 spaces; 59 m away, ≈3 spaces; 76 m away, ≈8 spaces; 99 m away, ≈10 spaces; 184 m away, ≈5 spaces; 188 m away, ≈3 spaces. More EV charging: 365 Lippincott St. (687 m, 10 ports); 705 Shaw St (927 m, 2 ports); 19 Spadina Rd (1.1 km, 6 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, Nov 14, 2023

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 943 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 57% of the total, against 26 from the south. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 288 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 64% above the afternoon peak from 4:30 p.m. (176). Heavy vehicles made up 1.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north26southbound · 387 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west943eastbound · 139 bikes · 2.2% heavy
Total vehicles1,6411,663 pedestrians · 1,101 cyclists · 1.8% heavy
From the east646westbound · 154 bikes · 1.4% heavy
From the south26northbound · 421 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour288 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour176 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 14, 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

On Ulster St between Wayne and Shuster Lane and Palmerston Blvd, 26 m from the corner, a 3-day count in October 2025 put the average speed at 24 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 32 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 35 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,300 vehicles a day. Palmerston Blvd between Ulster St and Harbord St measured slower: 22 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 32 km/h (Nov 2023). At the school-zone speed sign on Harbord St (238 m away, 40 km/h limit), 1.8% of the 45,951 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ulster St · Wayne and Shuster Lane – Palmerston Blvd · 26 mOct 2025 · 3 days2,27024 km/h32 km/h35 km/h
Palmerston Blvd · Ulster St – Harbord St · 100 mNov 2023 · 3 days90722 km/h32 km/h35 km/h

School-zone speed sign 238 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct36 · 42 km/h
Over the limit8.1%
50 km/h or more1.8%

Harbord St (eastbound), S Side Harbord St In Front of P97 · 45,951 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 2 collisions. 2 collisions (18%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (9%). The most recent report on file is from Oct 25, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 6.7 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions11#4206 of 5,508
With an injury2#3886 of 4,660
Property damage only7
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2212 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 201412latest Oct 25, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

Four thefts from vehicles and four bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle400street/outdoor (4)
Bicycle theft410house driveway/garage (3), apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 8, 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 Palmerston-Little Italy.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Ulster & Palmerston a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 11 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 Ulster & Palmerston?

A quiet local crossing. It ranks #2268 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 10% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Ulster & Palmerston?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ulster St between Wayne and Shuster Lane and Palmerston Blvd (October 2025), found an average of 24 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 32 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 238 m away (40 km/h), 1.8% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Ulster & Palmerston?

The nearest Green P car park is 80 Clinton Street (411 m away, 25 spaces). The City's mapping shows 974 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,430 spaces — 52 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 74 Clinton Street (446 m).

How do I get to Ulster & Palmerston by transit?

Bathurst Station (Line 2) is 707 m away; streetcar routes 511, 506, 510, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 197 m away; bus routes 94, 7, 126 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Ulster & Palmerston?

6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 359 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Native Child and Family Services (236 m), Eon Specialty Coffee (248 m), The Big Chill (264 m), Krispy Kreme Harbord (293 m) and Le Petit Chef (296 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 Ulster & Palmerston?

The nearest is Bickford Park Washroom, 400 Grace St, 538 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre Washroom (787 m); Christie Pits Park Washroom (1.0 km). 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 Ulster & Palmerston?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,343 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Centro Clinton Day Care Centre (276 m, 174 spaces), The Neighbourhood Group King Edward Child Care (350 m, 105 spaces) and Kensington Kids Early Learning Centre (566 m, 99 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Ulster & Palmerston?

31 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,918 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 378 Markham St (137 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 456 Palmerston Blvd (218 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 469 Palmerston Blvd (261 m, 10 units) and 481 Palmerston Blvd (317 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 87). The average RentSafeTO score across the 31 is 86 out of 100; 1 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 Ulster & Palmerston?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and four 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 Palmerston-Little Italy page.

What neighbourhood is Ulster & Palmerston in?

Ulster & Palmerston is in Palmerston-Little Italy (City of Toronto neighbourhood 080). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe.

Sources

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