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Alness & Dolomite

Alness St & Dolomite Dr · Toronto, Ontario · York University Heights · Ward 6, York Centre · DuKe Heights BIA

Alness & Dolomite sits in York University Heights. At the City's last count here, in 2015, it was a moderately heavy crossing. Nearby are 6 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
10,444
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 19, 2015
47 pedestrians · 4 cyclists
Collisions
35
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #2581 of 5,519
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
6 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
28/100
city median 48
5 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 579 m

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Alness & Dolomite

Traffic and safety

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

Traffic volume8-hour count · Nov 19, 2015

The north leg carries the load — 4,991 southbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 63. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,730 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 27% above the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. (1,366). Trucks and buses were 6.0% 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 16,177 vehicles. The count is 11 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2015, 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 north4,991southbound · 2 bikes · 5.5% heavy
From the west63eastbound · 0 bikes · 36.5% heavy
Total vehicles10,44447 pedestrians · 4 cyclists · 6.0% heavy
From the east903westbound · 0 bikes · 8.0% heavy
From the south4,487northbound · 2 bikes · 5.8% heavy

Peak hours: 1,366 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 1,730 from 4:30 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

2024 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 9% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 24, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Aug 6, 2014.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions35#2581 of 5,519
With an injury3
Property damage only27
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20061latest Aug 6, 2014

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.

Speeds here, last measured in 2009

The City's counter on Alness St between Dolomite Dr and Flint Rd (186 m away) recorded an average of 50 km/h in its 24-hour count in April 2009; 85% of drivers were at or under 59 km/h. That segment carries about 12,600 vehicles a day. The reading is 17 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Alness St · Dolomite Dr – Flint Rd · 186 mApr 2009 · 24 h12,58150 km/h59 km/h64 km/h

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.

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

TTC bus
107 105 60 nearest 11 m
Express
960
Blue Night
329 353
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Alness St at Dolomite Dr
Regional
York Region Transit 003 Thornhill 105 Dufferin at Dufferin St / Dolomite Dr493 m · 6 min
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
G Ross Lord Park 875 m · 10 min · 19 docks · 1 station, 19 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
none within 2 km
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
15 mapped lots within 500 m, 159 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; 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

The nearest grocery store is Anush Market, 579 m away; 2 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. Two specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest Planet Bread at 88 m. There are 5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 21 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Old Avenue Restaurant, 75 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Loblaw Pharmacy, 1.0 km away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Old Avenue Restaurant · 913 Alness St 575 m
  • Soloway Hot Dog Factory · 917 Alness St87 m
  • Dolsoe Korean Restaurant · 877 Alness St Unit-1148 m
  • 4 Ever Green Always Clean · 855-877 Alness St 22148 m
  • Khinkali House · 855-877 Alness St 877- 3148 m
5 within 300 m · 21 within 1 km
Grocery
Anush Market 579 m · 7 min · 2 within 1 km
Food shops
Planet Bread 88 m · 2 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
Pharmacy
Loblaw Pharmacy 1 km · 12 min
Child care
  • Sunburst Children's Centre · 41 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day602 m · 7 min
  • Playland Ltd - Daycare Centre · 18 spaces, preschool · $10-a-day826 m · 10 min
2 licensed centres · 59 spaces within 1 km · 1 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

Schools
  • Bright Start Academy SchoolPrivate · 1.3 km · 15 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 park, a community centre, a library, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.

28of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food16/30

    2 grocery stores within 1 km · 5 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit10/28

    3 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation0/10

    none within a walk

  • Schools and child care2/8

    nearest school 1.3 km · 2 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 83% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle610street/outdoor (5), commercial premises (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 York University Heights.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Alness & Dolomite a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 35 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 Alness & Dolomite?

A moderately heavy crossing at the City's last count here, in 2015. Its latest count is from Nov 19, 2015, about today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Alness & Dolomite a walkable intersection?

Alness & Dolomite scores 28 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; 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: 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 5 places to eat within 300 m; 3 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km; nearest school 1.3 km · 2 licensed child cares within 1 km.

How fast do cars go at Alness & Dolomite?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Alness St between Dolomite Dr and Flint Rd (April 2009), found an average of 50 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 59 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Alness & Dolomite?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 159 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 52,100 spaces — 15 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Alness & Dolomite by transit?

Bus routes 107, 105, 60, 960 within 1 km (nearest stop: Alness St at Dolomite Dr, 11 m); York Region Transit routes 003 Thornhill, 105 Dufferin at Dufferin St / Dolomite Dr.

What restaurants are near Alness & Dolomite?

5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 21 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Old Avenue Restaurant (75 m), Soloway Hot Dog Factory (87 m), Dolsoe Korean Restaurant (148 m), 4 Ever Green Always Clean (148 m) and Khinkali House (148 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Alness & Dolomite?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 59 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Sunburst Children's Centre (602 m, 41 spaces) and Playland Ltd - Daycare Centre (826 m, 18 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at Alness & Dolomite?

Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the York University Heights page.

What neighbourhood is Alness & Dolomite in?

Alness & Dolomite is in York University Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 027), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak. The corner falls inside the DuKe Heights Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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