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Allen & Eglinton (West)

Allen Rd & Eglinton Ave W (West) · Toronto, Ontario · Humewood-Cedarvale · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

Allen & Eglinton (West), in Humewood-Cedarvale, is a busier-than-typical intersection. At the corner: a live City traffic camera, Cedarvale Station and a park.

Traffic
31,663
vehicles · 14-hour count, Mar 24, 2026
3,375 pedestrians · 74 cyclists · #285 busiest
Collisions
151
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #709 of 5,519
Getting there
Cedarvale Station
subway station within 250 m
13 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
64/100
city median 48 · #1,248 of 5,672
3 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 476 m

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Allen & Eglinton (West)

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Live traffic camera RESCU 9400 · 19 m

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Live camera RESCU 9400 · W R Allen Rd S & Eglinton Ave W
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Live camera · RESCU 9400 · W R Allen Rd S & Eglinton Ave W
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Traffic volume14-hour count · Mar 24, 2026

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 18,887 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 60% of the total, against 2,136 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the west (41 of 74). Evening rush dominates here: 2,462 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 2,261 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north18,887southbound · 6 bikes · 2.5% heavy
From the west10,640eastbound · 41 bikes · 2.7% heavy
Total vehicles31,6633,375 pedestrians · 74 cyclists · 3.7% heavy
From the east2,136westbound · 27 bikes · 19.2% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy

Peak hours: 2,261 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 2,462 from 4:45 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

The worst year was 2016, with 29 collisions; 2025 recorded 21. 22 collisions (15%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 14 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (1%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 9 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 24, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions151#709 of 5,519
With an injury22#749 of 4,669
Property damage only117
Fail to remain14
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1
Involving a motorcyclist2
Severity not classified12
Since January 2026 (outside the window)9
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

How fast traffic moves here

On Eglinton Ave W between Park Hill Rd and Fairleigh Cres, 114 m from the corner, a 3-day count in August 2004 put the average speed at 34 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 47 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 54 km/h or more. That segment carries about 25,800 vehicles a day. The reading is 22 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Eglinton Ave W (99 m away, 50 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 108,880 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Eglinton Ave W · Park Hill Rd – Fairleigh Cres · 114 mAug 2004 · 3 days25,79834 km/h47 km/h54 km/h
Speed sign
Eglinton Ave W (westbound), 99 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 35 km/h, 85th percentile 40 km/h; 0.0% at 60 km/h or more. 108,880 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

The crossing
Signal 0772, activated 1976 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
Cedarvale Station (Line 1, Line 5)34 m; Oakwood Station (Line 5)540 m · 6 min; Forest Hill Station (Line 5)941 m · 11 min
TTC bus
63 90 164 109 34 7 33 nearest 47 m
Blue Night
334 363 307
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Eglinton Ave West at Everden Rd - Cedarvale Station; Cedarvale Station
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Eglinton West Subway Station 29 m · 19 docks · 5 stations, 81 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
7 car parks · about 324 spaces
EV charging
168 Chiltern Hill Rd · 761 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking
13 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
21 mapped lots within 500 m, 372 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1531 Eglinton Ave W · Surface369 m2041% (Q1 2026)
995 Eglinton Ave W · Surface459 m3342% (Q1 2026)
168 Chiltern Hill Rd · Garage686 m6834% (Q1 2026)
912 Eglinton Ave W · Surface712 m2662% (Q1 2026)
9 Shortt St · Surface1.3 km13827% (Q1 2026)

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is All Season Food Market, 476 m away. A specialist food shop is closer still: Bubbis Cookie, 259 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 3 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 76. The nearest is Coffee Time, 258 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Drug Centre Discount Pharmacy, 271 m away; 9 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Coffee Time · 1471 Eglinton Ave W258 m · 3 min
  • Jer's · 1481 Eglinton Ave W280 m · 3 min
  • Doughbox Wood Fired Pizza and Pasta · 1466 Eglinton Ave W Unit-1292 m · 3 min
  • Thobors Cafe Gourmand · 1116 Eglinton Ave W397 m · 5 min
  • Chicken N Dough · 1100 Eglinton Ave W403 m · 5 min
3 within 300 m · 76 within 1 km
Grocery
All Season Food Market 476 m · 6 min · 2 within 1 km
Food shops
Bubbis Cookie 259 m · 3 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Drug Centre Discount Pharmacy 271 m · 3 min · 9 within 1 km
Child care
  • Beth Sholom First Foundations Community Preschool · 88 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day150 m
  • The Village Shul and Learning Centre of Toronto · 70 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day453 m · 5 min
  • J.R. Wilcox Day Care Centre · 161 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day506 m · 6 min
7 licensed centres · 593 spaces within 1 km · 4 accept City fee subsidy

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (15)
  • Ben Nobleman Park177 m
  • Wembley Parkette589 m · 7 min
  • Laughlin Park796 m · 9 min
  • Nicol Macnicol Parkette0.9 km · 11 min
  • Glen Cedar Park1 km · 12 min
and 10 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (14)
  • The Village Shul Synagogue & Supplmentary SchoolPrivate · 453 m · 5 min
  • J R Wilcox Community SchoolEnglish Public · 507 m · 6 min
  • West Preparatory Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 735 m · 9 min
  • Cedarvale Community SchoolEnglish Public · 811 m · 10 min
  • St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 888 m · 11 min
and 9 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Maria A. Shchuka branch940 m · 11 min
  • Toronto Public Library Forest Hill branch1.3 km · 16 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

Not within a walk: a public washroom or a care or retirement home.

64of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,248 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food13/30

    2 grocery stores within 1 km · 3 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit28/28

    Cedarvale Station · 10 stops within 300 m · 13 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 940 m away

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.1 km

  • Schools and child care7/8

    1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot6/10

    traffic signal · accessible signals

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are 29 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,284 rental units — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1071 Eglinton Ave W (188 m, 33 units, 3 storeys, built 1955), which scored 87 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
1071 Eglinton Ave W · Jennic Investments Inc.333195587 · Oct 2025188 m
1065 Eglinton Ave W · Sterling Karamar Property Management344195597 · Aug 2026227 m
1480 Eglinton Ave W114195894 · Jul 2025320 m · 4 min
1490 Eglinton Ave W · Hallpine Investments Inc.344195594 · Aug 2026351 m · 4 min
1500 Eglinton Ave W · Shelborne Property Management Inc344195494 · Jul 2026365 m · 4 min
989 Eglinton Ave W · Dms Property Management Ltd.1467198091 · Sep 2025533 m · 6 min

29 registered buildings · 2,284 units · 4 social housing · tallest 18 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

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.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000—

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 Humewood-Cedarvale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Allen & Eglinton (West) a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 151 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 Allen & Eglinton (West)?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #285 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.96× the median for a counted intersection.

Is Allen & Eglinton (West) a walkable intersection?

Allen & Eglinton (West) scores 64 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,248 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: Cedarvale Station · 10 stops within 300 m · 13 routes within 1 km; 1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · accessible signals.

How fast do cars go at Allen & Eglinton (West)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Eglinton Ave W between Park Hill Rd and Fairleigh Cres (August 2004), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 99 m away (50 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Allen & Eglinton (West)?

The nearest Green P car park is 1531 Eglinton Ave W (369 m away, 20 spaces, 41% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 372 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 11,310 spaces — 21 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 168 Chiltern Hill Rd (761 m).

How do I get to Allen & Eglinton (West) by transit?

Cedarvale Station (Line 1, Line 5) is 34 m away; bus routes 63, 90, 164, 109, 34, 7, 33 within 1 km (nearest stop: Eglinton Ave West at Everden Rd - Cedarvale Station, 47 m).

What restaurants are near Allen & Eglinton (West)?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 76 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Coffee Time (258 m), Jer's (280 m), Doughbox Wood Fired Pizza and Pasta (292 m), Thobors Cafe Gourmand (397 m) and Chicken N Dough (403 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Allen & Eglinton (West)?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 120 m away at Ben Nobleman Park.

Is there child care near Allen & Eglinton (West)?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 593 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Beth Sholom First Foundations Community Preschool (150 m, 88 spaces), The Village Shul and Learning Centre of Toronto (453 m, 70 spaces) and J.R. Wilcox Day Care Centre (506 m, 161 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Allen & Eglinton (West)?

29 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,284 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1071 Eglinton Ave W (188 m, 33 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 1065 Eglinton Ave W (227 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 1480 Eglinton Ave W (320 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 1490 Eglinton Ave W (351 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 29 is 91 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Allen & Eglinton (West)?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Humewood-Cedarvale page.

What neighbourhood is Allen & Eglinton (West) in?

Allen & Eglinton (West) is in Humewood-Cedarvale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 106). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow.

Sources

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