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Yonge & Harbour

Yonge St & Harbour St · Toronto, Ontario · St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York · The Waterfront BIA

In St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands, in the downtown core, Yonge & Harbour is a lightly travelled intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence. It has a bike lane and parks at the corner. Nearby: Union Station (Line 1) 498 m away and Union Station GO 511 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
4,645
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jan 20, 2026
1,834 pedestrians · 167 cyclists · #2040 busiest
Collisions
19
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 14 property damage · #3525 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
Union Station 498 m · 6 streetcar routes · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 81 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 330 vehicles, 29% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 2.5 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 3.6% of vehicle volume, about 4.6× the typical share. That comes with about 1.9 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 4.1 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Yonge & Harbour

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)498 m; King Station (Line 1)663 m; St Andrew Station (Line 1)886 m
GO Transit
Union Station GO — Barrie, Kitchener, Lakeshore East, Lakeshore West, Milton, Richmond Hill, Stouffville511 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 Terminal199 m
UP Express
UP Express Union Station 691 m — trains to Pearson
VIA Rail
Toronto 470 m
Streetcar
509510503504508501 nearest 191 m
TTC bus
11420212119977565 nearest 104 m
Blue Night
310304301320365
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Yonge St at Queens Quay East North Side
Cycling
Bike Lane on Yonge St installed 2008
Bike Share
12 Harbour St 83 m · 15 docks · 60 stations, 1,472 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 (12)
  • Downtown Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 674 m
  • St Michael Catholic Elementary School - Bldg 1English Separate · 728 m
  • George Brown College - Waterfront CampusCollege · 795 m
  • Keystone International SchoolsPrivate · 873 m
  • Victoria Street LINCEnglish Public · 943 m
  • George Brown College - St James CampusCollege · 1 km
  • and 6 more
Parks (39)
  • 50 Queens Quay East Park225 m
  • Harbour Square Park Lands291 m
  • Pier 27 Promenade Park315 m
  • Love Park436 m
  • Toronto Waterfront Park513 m
  • 120 Queens Quay E Park533 m
  • and 33 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library St. Lawrence branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library City Hall branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Union Station Bus TerminalTransportation · 232 m
  • Jack Layton Ferry TerminalTransportation · 308 m
  • Harbour Square ParkNature/ Park · 309 m
  • Redpath Sugar MuseumMuseum · 320 m
  • Scotiabank ArenaSports / Entertainment Venue · 323 m
  • The Second CityPerforming Arts · 436 m
  • Meridian Hall (formerly Sony Centre for the Performing Arts)Performing Arts · 441 m
  • Union StationTransportation · 507 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 77 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 7 grocery and convenience stores, and 365 eating places within a kilometre — 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Firkin On Harbour, 56 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés77 within 300 m · 365 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience7 within 300 m · 35 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Firkin On Harbour · 10 Yonge St56 mPassed, Jun 2026
The Butcher Chef · 8 Harbour Stgrocery60 mPassed, Jun 2026
Harbourfront Cafe 2025 · 1 Yonge St66 mPassed, Apr 2025
The Sweet Scoop · 16a Yonge St81 mPassed, Apr 2026
Kibo Sushi Yonge · 16 Yonge St91 mPassed, Apr 2026
Mama Lee's Korean Kitchen · 16 Yonge St91 mPassed, Apr 2026
Mr. Pizza · 16 Yonge St91 mPassed, Jun 2026
Subway · 16 Yonge St91 mPassed, Jul 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 Jack Layton Ferry Terminal Washroom, 277 m away, open 6:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 265 m away at 50 Queens Quay East Park.

  • Jack Layton Ferry Terminal Washroom · 25 Queens Quay W
    6:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. · accessible
    277 m
  • Harbour Square Park Lands Fieldhouse Washroom · 25 Queens Quay W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    302 m
  • Union Station · 65 Front Street West
    Mon-Sun 5:30am-12:45am · accessible
    503 m
Drinking water
50 Queens Quay East Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 265 m; Love Park bottle filling station · 402 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

11 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 649 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Pinnacle Jr YMCA (95 m, 44 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km11 centres · 649 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 11
  • Pinnacle Jr YMCA · 12 Yonge St
    44 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    95 m
  • Kidz Kare Daycare · 15 York St
    96 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    458 m
  • Mothercraft Brookfield Place - 161 Bay Street · 161 Bay St
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    507 m
  • Waterclub Jr YMCA · 208 Queens Quay W
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    587 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 333 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 51 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 333 · 1.1 km207 Front St E
Police51 Division · 1.5 km51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 40 · 1.1 km58 Richmond St E

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 1,865 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, ten of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 32 Freeland St (154 m, 100 units, 4 storeys, built 2022). None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 13 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 15 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings14 · 1,865 units · 10 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202613 across the 14
Open fire-code violations15
Tallest13 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
32 Freeland St100420220154 m
99 Lake Shore Blvd E · Element Property Management Inc20511202398 · Jun 20262404 m
55 The EsplanadeToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation16612198380 · Jul 20250450 m
1 Church StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation11513199683 · Sep 20243510 m
85 The Esplanadesocial housing · Affordable Property Management1287199793 · Jul 20250 · 7 fire537 m
110 The Esplanadesocial housing · Affordable Property Management2059199396 · Jul 20240 · 6 fire627 m
49 Henry Lane TerToronto Community Housing · TCH155198084 · Jul 20250637 m
25 Henry Lane TerToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1966197977 · Jul 20251662 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 lots461 lots · ≈16,560 spaces · 49.7 ha
Within 500 m27 lots · ≈1,920 spaces
Green P (public)20 car parks · about 6,670 spaces
EV charging (City)2 Church St. · 445 m · 24 Level 2 + 4 fast ports
Bike parking138 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 223 bikes within 600 m · Indoor bike station, 25 York St (489 m)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
2 Church St · Garage444 m1,97216% (Q1 2026)
40 York St · Garage679 m31141% (Q1 2026)
185 Queens Quay East · Surface741 m83 *
51 Dockside Dr · Garage761 m30619% (Q1 2026)
87 Richmond St E · Surface1.1 km2092% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 27 m away, ≈21 spaces; 106 m away, ≈57 spaces; 116 m away, ≈32 spaces; 132 m away, ≈44 spaces; 186 m away, ≈30 spaces; 188 m away, ≈227 spaces. More EV charging: 40 York St (704 m, 12 ports); 51 Dockside Dr. (795 m, 5 ports); 51 Dockside Dr (795 m, 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, Jan 20, 2026

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The north leg carries the load — 1,962 southbound vehicles, or 42% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 1,274. Most cyclists arrived from the north (87 of 167). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 472 vehicles in the hour from 5:15 p.m., 24% above the morning peak from 9:00 a.m. (381). Trucks and buses were 5.9% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north1,962southbound · 87 bikes · 5.2% heavy
From the west1,274eastbound · 3 bikes · 6.8% heavy
Total vehicles4,6451,834 pedestrians · 167 cyclists · 5.9% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south1,409northbound · 77 bikes · 6.2% heavy
AM peak hour381 vehicles from 9:00 a.m.
PM peak hour472 vehicles from 5:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jan 20, 2026

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 Yonge St between Downes St and Lake Shore Blvd E (43 m away, Oct 2012) recorded volume only — about 4,525 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Yonge St · Downes St – Lake Shore Blvd E · 43 mOct 2012 · 3 days4,525
Harbour St · Bay St – York St · 339 mMay 2011 · 24 h19,917

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

2016 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 11% of collisions here involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 16% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Dec 13, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 4.1 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions19#3525 of 5,508
With an injury2#4037 of 4,660
Property damage only14
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian1#3171 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
All since 201437latest Dec 13, 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 four thefts from vehicles and 17 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 4 in 2023–2025, about 1.3 a year, against 2.4 a year before that. 76% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jan 15, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle400street/outdoor (3), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft1741apartment parking (13), street/outdoor (3)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 15, 2026. 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 Yonge & Harbour 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 Yonge & Harbour?

A lightly travelled intersection. It ranks #2040 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 29% of the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Yonge & Harbour?

The nearest Green P car park is 2 Church St (444 m away, 1,972 spaces, 16% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 461 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,560 spaces — 27 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2 Church St. (445 m).

How do I get to Yonge & Harbour by transit?

Union Station (Line 1) is 498 m away; Union Station GO is 511 m away; streetcar routes 509, 510, 503, 504 and 2 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 191 m away; bus routes 114, 202, 121, 19, 97, 75, 65 within 1 km (nearest stop: Yonge St at Queens Quay East North Side, 104 m).

What restaurants are near Yonge & Harbour?

77 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 365 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Firkin On Harbour (56 m), Harbourfront Cafe 2025 (66 m), The Sweet Scoop (81 m), Kibo Sushi Yonge (91 m) and Mama Lee's Korean Kitchen (91 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 Yonge & Harbour?

The nearest is Jack Layton Ferry Terminal Washroom, 25 Queens Quay W, 277 m away (open 6:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Harbour Square Park Lands Fieldhouse Washroom (302 m); Union Station (503 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 Yonge & Harbour?

11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 649 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Pinnacle Jr YMCA (95 m, 44 spaces), Kidz Kare Daycare (458 m, 96 spaces) and Mothercraft Brookfield Place - 161 Bay Street (507 m, 52 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Yonge & Harbour?

14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,865 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 32 Freeland St (154 m, 100 units), 99 Lake Shore Blvd E (404 m, 205 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 55 The Esplanade (450 m, 166 units, RentSafeTO score 80) and 1 Church St (510 m, 115 units, RentSafeTO score 83). The average RentSafeTO score across the 14 is 88 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 Yonge & Harbour?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and 17 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 Yonge & Harbour in?

Yonge & Harbour 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 The Waterfront Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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