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Airdrie & Lea

Airdrie Rd & Lea Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Leaside-Bennington · Ward 15, Don Valley West

Airdrie & Lea, in Leaside-Bennington, is a lightly travelled intersection, with heavy foot traffic. At the corner: parks. Nearby: Laird Station (Line 5) 874 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,308
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 25, 2023
416 pedestrians · 57 cyclists · #2303 busiest
Collisions
4
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 2 property damage · #5110 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
Laird Station 874 m · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 90 vehicles, 8% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 3 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 4.4% of vehicle volume, about 5.6× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 0.4 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Airdrie & Lea

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Laird Station (Line 5)874 m
TTC bus
8815651112834 nearest 161 m
Blue Night
334354
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
165 McRae Dr 210 m · 15 docks · 7 stations, 106 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 (11)
  • Bessborough Drive Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 426 m
  • St Anselm Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 490 m
  • Rolph Road Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 613 m
  • Polaris Learning Centre SchoolPrivate · 791 m
  • Leaside High SchoolEnglish Public · 849 m
  • Children's Garden Junior SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • and 5 more
Community centres
Parks (15)
  • Trace Manes Park159 m
  • Father Caulfield Park591 m
  • Howard Talbot Park884 m
  • Sandy Bruce Park1 km
  • Radar Park1 km
  • Bessborough Parkette1 km
  • and 9 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Leaside branch206 m

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 7 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 135. The nearest is Avoca Chocolatier, 118 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in November 2025.

Restaurants & cafés7 within 300 m · 135 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 22 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
China Food · 854 Millwood Rdgrocery109 mPassed, Aug 2026
Avoca Chocolatier · 850 Millwood Rd118 mPassed, Nov 2025
Leaside Children's House · 839 Millwood Rd179 mPassed, Feb 2026
Churchill's Fine Gourmet Gifts · 882 Millwood Rd230 mPassed, Mar 2025
Nigiri Ya · 897 Millwood Rd260 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
My Tots Kitchen · 822 Millwood Rd263 mPassed, Aug 2026
La Casetta · 900 Millwood Rd Bldg-1st Floor267 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 2 infractions
Bravo Pizza · 901 Millwood Rd270 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions

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 Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom, 147 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 156 m away at Trace Manes Park.

  • Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom · 110 Rumsey Rd
    View centre hours · accessible
    147 m
Drinking water
Trace Manes Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 156 m; Trace Manes Park bottle filling station · 163 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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,438 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Leaside Children's House (180 m, 41 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km10 centres · 1,438 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 10
  • Leaside Children's House · 839 Millwood Rd
    41 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    180 m
  • Trace Manes School (8603758 Canada Inc) · 822 Millwood Rd
    26 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    263 m
  • Brightpath Academy - Leaside · 235 McRae Dr
    107 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    388 m
  • Bessborough Child Care Centre · 211 Bessborough Dr
    125 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    426 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 321 (379 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (2.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 321 · 379 m231 McRae Dr
Police53 Division · 2.8 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 1.8 km1300 Pape 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

Within a kilometre there are 24 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 797 rental units. The nearest is 870 Millwood Rd (103 m, 11 units, 3 storeys, built 1950), which scored 85 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 9 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 9 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings24 · 797 units
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20269 across the 24
Open fire-code violations9
Tallest7 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
870 Millwood Rd · Markar Limited113195085 · Jul 20240103 m
872 Millwood Rd103193997 · Aug 20251142 m
855 Millwood Rd · Hannah Property Management Ltd.223196089 · Aug 20251149 m
841 Millwood Rd · Hannah Property Management Ltd.173196089 · Aug 20240169 m
871 Millwood Rd · Wilanmar Holdings Ltd.153194781 · Jul 20240180 m
823 Millwood Rd · Thriving Property Management134195083 · Aug 20240277 m
18 Kenrae Rd · Dream Development Group Corporation133195698 · Oct 20250293 m
715 Millwood Rd143195095 · Aug 20252683 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 lots467 lots · ≈49,240 spaces · 147.7 ha
Within 500 m42 lots · ≈2,640 spaces
Green P (public)5 car parks · about 198 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking2 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
709 Millwood Rd · Garage700 m2078% (Q1 2026)
1503 Bayview Avw · Surface728 m2465% (Q1 2026)
1670 Bayview Ave · Surface917 m33 *
650 Mount Pleasant Rd · Garage1.9 km6841% (Q1 2026)
730 Mount Pleasant Rd · Garage2 km5342% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 95 m away, ≈27 spaces; 155 m away, ≈13 spaces; 174 m away, ≈17 spaces; 182 m away, ≈4 spaces; 196 m away, ≈9 spaces; 208 m away, ≈34 spaces.

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, Oct 25, 2023

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 533 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 41% of the total, against 303 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 152 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 106 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.2% 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 north472southbound · 20 bikes · 0.8% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 2 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles1,308416 pedestrians · 57 cyclists · 1.2% heavy
From the east303westbound · 13 bikes · 1.0% heavy
From the south533northbound · 22 bikes · 1.7% heavy
AM peak hour106 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour152 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 25, 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 Airdrie Rd between Hanna Rd and Millwood Rd, 265 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in April 2002 put the average speed at 39 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 48 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 53 km/h or more. That segment carries about 800 vehicles a day. Lea Ave between Sutherland Dr and Lane E of Sutherland and N of Lea measured slower: 32 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (Apr 2002). The reading is 24 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lea Ave · Sutherland Dr – Lane E of Sutherland and N of Lea · 127 mApr 2002 · 24 h62732 km/h39 km/h43 km/h
Airdrie Rd · Hanna Rd – Millwood Rd · 265 mApr 2002 · 24 h77439 km/h48 km/h53 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

The worst year was 2016, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 75% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Nov 1, 2021.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions4#5110 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only2
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 20144latest Nov 1, 2021

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

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 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 Leaside-Bennington.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Airdrie & Lea a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 4 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 Airdrie & Lea?

A lightly travelled intersection. It ranks #2303 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 8% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Airdrie & Lea?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Airdrie Rd between Hanna Rd and Millwood Rd (April 2002), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Airdrie & Lea?

The nearest Green P car park is 709 Millwood Rd (700 m away, 20 spaces, 78% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 467 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 49,240 spaces — 42 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Airdrie & Lea by transit?

Laird Station (Line 5) is 874 m away; bus routes 88, 156, 51, 11, 28, 34 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Airdrie & Lea?

7 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 135 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Avoca Chocolatier (118 m), Leaside Children's House (179 m), Churchill's Fine Gourmet Gifts (230 m), Nigiri Ya (260 m) and My Tots Kitchen (263 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 Airdrie & Lea?

The nearest is Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom, 110 Rumsey Rd, 147 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. 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 Airdrie & Lea?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,438 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Leaside Children's House (180 m, 41 spaces), Trace Manes School (8603758 Canada Inc) (263 m, 26 spaces) and Brightpath Academy - Leaside (388 m, 107 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Airdrie & Lea?

24 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 797 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 870 Millwood Rd (103 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 872 Millwood Rd (142 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 855 Millwood Rd (149 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 841 Millwood Rd (169 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 24 is 91 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 Airdrie & Lea?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no 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 Leaside-Bennington page.

What neighbourhood is Airdrie & Lea in?

Airdrie & Lea is in Leaside-Bennington (City of Toronto neighbourhood 056). It is in Ward 15, Don Valley West, represented by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin.

Sources

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