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Alhambra & Bloor

Alhambra Ave & Bloor St W · Toronto, Ontario · High Park-Swansea · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park · Bloor By The Park BIA

In High Park-Swansea, Alhambra & Bloor is a busier-than-typical intersection. At the corner: Dundas West Station, a protected bikeway and a school within 250 m. Nearby: Bloor GO 308 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
10,451
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 24, 2005
538 pedestrians · 12 cyclists
Collisions
18
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 12 property damage · #3537 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
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
Dundas West Station
subway station within 250 m
4 streetcar routes · 10 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,310 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 19 vehicles, close to the citywide median. On average 1.8 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Alhambra & Bloor

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Dundas West Station (Line 2)149 m; Keele Station (Line 2)394 m; Lansdowne Station (Line 2)1 km
GO Transit
Bloor GO — Kitchener308 m
UP Express
Bloor GO/UP 308 m — trains to Pearson
Streetcar
505504506512 nearest 79 m
TTC bus
168402408041891894720326 nearest 97 m
Express
941989
Blue Night
305304306300340341
Nearest stops
14 surface stops within 300 m — Dundas West Station; Dundas St West at Dundas West Outer Platform
Cycling
Cycle Track on Bloor St W installed 2020
Bike Share
Dundas St W / Edna Ave 163 m · 15 docks · 20 stations, 321 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 (25)
  • Bishop Marrocco Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 163 m
  • Tamarack West Outdoor SchoolPrivate · 430 m
  • Westminster Classical Christian Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 453 m
  • Howard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 636 m
  • Keele St Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 647 m
  • Perth Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 764 m
  • and 19 more
Community centres
  • Keele Community Centre655 m
Parks (22)
  • Chelsea Avenue Playground215 m
  • West Toronto Railpath400 m
  • Perth Avenue Parkette433 m
  • Ritchie Avenue Parkette458 m
  • Erwin Krickhahn Park716 m
  • Lithuania Park798 m
  • and 16 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Junction Triangle (formely Perth/Dupont) branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library High Park branch1.3 km
  • Toronto Public Library Annette Street branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Taras H. Shevchenko MuseumMuseum · 114 m
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 711 m
  • High ParkNature/ Park · 1.3 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 36 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 7 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 164 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Bawara, 5 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés36 within 300 m · 164 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience7 within 300 m · 35 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Bawara · 1570 Bloor St W5 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Cherie Cherry · 1572 Bloor St W23 mPassed, May 2026
Scotty's Variety Store · 1580 Bloor St Wgrocery31 mPassed, Jun 2024
Capone's Cocktail Lounge · 1573 Bloor St W34 mPassed, Jun 2024 · 2 infractions
Lithuanian House · 1573 Bloor St W34 mPassed, Mar 2026
Fresh Picked Fruit Market · 1576 Bloor St Wgrocery34 mPassed, Jan 2025
Hoyra · 1566 Bloor St W35 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Outpost Coffee Roasters · 1578 Bloor St W40 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 Keele Community Centre Washroom, 650 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 214 m away at Chelsea Avenue Playground.

  • Keele Community Centre Washroom · 181 Glenlake Ave
    View centre hours
    650 m
  • Campbell Avenue Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 225 Campbell Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    877 m
  • Perth Square Park Washroom · 350 Perth Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    885 m
Drinking water
Chelsea Avenue Playground bottle filling station · 214 m; Ritchie Avenue Parkette drinking fountain · 444 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

14 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,371 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is The Village Nursery School (234 m, 18 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km14 centres · 1,371 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 14
  • The Village Nursery School · 2241 Dundas St W
    18 spaces · preschool
    234 m
  • Ola Day Care Inc. · 2211 Dundas St W
    36 spaces · toddler, preschool
    302 m
  • Candy Factory Swallows Day Care (the) · 1411 Bloor St W
    75 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    536 m
  • Tiny Explorers Academy · 404 Roncesvalles Ave
    134 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    577 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 423 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 11 Division (1.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.

FireFire Station 423 · 1.3 km358 Keele St
Police11 Division · 1.8 km2054 Davenport Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 32 · 1.3 km9 Clendenan 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 36 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 5,562 rental units — eight social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1585 Bloor St W (84 m, 48 units, 3 storeys, built 1930), which scored 92 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 55 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 11 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings36 · 5,562 units · 8 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202655 across the 36
Open fire-code violations11
Tallest30 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1585 Bloor St W483193092 · Aug 2025084 m
1639 Bloor St W · Greenwin Corp.466196092 · Aug 20260162 m
2350 Dundas St W · Creccal Investments Ltd45729197694 · Sep 20245163 m
2360 Dundas St W · Creccal Investments Ltd63829197694 · Aug 20252164 m
1624 Bloor St Wsocial housing · Aykler Real Estate Inc.946199297 · Aug 20254175 m
1643 Bloor St W · Berkley Property Management Inc243193076 · Aug 20260189 m
2376 Dundas St W · Dun West Properties Ltd3942720230198 m
470 Roncesvalles Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc494196096 · Aug 20252369 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 lots577 lots · ≈22,130 spaces · 66.4 ha
Within 500 m44 lots · ≈2,120 spaces
Green P (public)11 car parks · about 596 spaces
EV charging (City)2285 Dundas St W · 157 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking123 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 42 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Keele Lot - 400 Indian Road · Surface270 m187 *
2201 Dundas St W · Surface357 m1070% (Q1 2026)
695 Lansdowne Ave · Surface949 m16over 100% (Q1 2026)
9 Emerson Ave · Surface1.2 km4963% (Q1 2026)
351 Keele St · Surface1.3 km7270% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 36 m away, ≈4 spaces; 43 m away, ≈9 spaces; 50 m away, ≈12 spaces; 53 m away, ≈3 spaces; 63 m away, ≈3 spaces; 76 m away, ≈7 spaces. More EV charging: 2251 Dundas St W (217 m, 2 ports); 430 Roncesvalles Ave (488 m, 2 ports); 64 Annette St (1.1 km, 2 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 24, 2005

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 6,076 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 58% of the total, against 150 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,636 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,639 from 4:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 21 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2005, 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 west6,076eastbound · 0 bikes · 2.9% heavy
Total vehicles10,451538 pedestrians · 12 cyclists · 3.4% heavy
From the east4,225westbound · 12 bikes · 3.8% heavy
From the south150northbound · 0 bikes · 12.7% heavy
AM peak hour1,636 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,639 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 24, 2005

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 Bloor St W between Perth Ave and Dundas St W, 223 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2026 put the average speed at 33 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 40 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 45 km/h or more. That segment carries about 18,700 vehicles a day. Alhambra Ave between Radford Ave and Indian Trl measured slower: 29 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Mar 2025). At the school-zone speed sign on Dundas St W (190 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 4,185 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Alhambra Ave · Radford Ave – Indian Trl · 167 mMar 2025 · 3 days97229 km/h38 km/h44 km/h
Bloor St W · Perth Ave – Dundas St W · 223 mApr 2026 · 3 days18,74033 km/h40 km/h45 km/h

School-zone speed sign 190 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct0 · 20 km/h
Over the limit0.0%
50 km/h or more0.0%

Dundas St W (northbound), 2258 Dundas Street West · 4,185 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 worst year was 2021, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 3 collisions (17%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (11%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 29, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions18#3537 of 5,508
With an injury3#3196 of 4,660
Property damage only12
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian1#2239 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1615 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201424latest Mar 29, 2026

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

Two thefts from vehicles and two 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 vehicle200other (1), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft210apartment parking (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 1, 2023. 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 High Park-Swansea.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Alhambra & Bloor a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 18 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 Alhambra & Bloor?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 24, 2005, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Alhambra & Bloor?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Bloor St W between Perth Ave and Dundas St W (April 2026), found an average of 33 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 40 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 190 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Alhambra & Bloor?

The nearest Green P car park is Keele Lot - 400 Indian Road (270 m away, 187 spaces). The City's mapping shows 577 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,130 spaces — 44 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2285 Dundas St W (157 m).

How do I get to Alhambra & Bloor by transit?

Dundas West Station (Line 2) is 149 m away; Bloor GO is 308 m away; streetcar routes 505, 504, 506, 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 79 m away; bus routes 168, 402, 40, 80, 41, 89, 189, 47 and 4 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Dundas West Station, 97 m).

What restaurants are near Alhambra & Bloor?

36 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 164 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Bawara (5 m), Cherie Cherry (23 m), Capone's Cocktail Lounge (34 m), Lithuanian House (34 m) and Hoyra (35 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 Alhambra & Bloor?

The nearest is Keele Community Centre Washroom, 181 Glenlake Ave, 650 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Campbell Avenue Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (877 m); Perth Square Park Washroom (885 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 Alhambra & Bloor?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,371 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are The Village Nursery School (234 m, 18 spaces), Ola Day Care Inc. (302 m, 36 spaces) and Candy Factory Swallows Day Care (the) (536 m, 75 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Alhambra & Bloor?

36 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,562 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1585 Bloor St W (84 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 1639 Bloor St W (162 m, 46 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 2350 Dundas St W (163 m, 457 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 2360 Dundas St W (164 m, 638 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 36 is 92 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 Alhambra & Bloor?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and two 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 High Park-Swansea page.

What neighbourhood is Alhambra & Bloor in?

Alhambra & Bloor is in High Park-Swansea (City of Toronto neighbourhood 087). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks. The corner falls inside the Bloor By The Park Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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