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Alness & Dolomite

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

Alness & Dolomite, in York University Heights, is a moderately heavy crossing. Nearby is 6 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
10,444
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 19, 2015
47 pedestrians · 4 cyclists
Collisions
35
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 27 property damage · #2581 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
3 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 8-hour count works out to close to 1,310 vehicles, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 222 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 3.5 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions edged down 6%, from 18 in 2016–2020 to 17 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Alness & Dolomite

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
10710560 nearest 8 m
Express
960
Blue Night
329353
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Alness St at Dolomite Dr
Regional
York Region Transit 003 Thornhill105 Dufferin at Dufferin St / Dolomite Dr479 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
G Ross Lord Park 636 m · 19 docks · 2 stations, 38 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 (2)
  • Bright Start Academy SchoolPrivate · 918 m
  • Nygh Outpatient and Community Services Centre/Urban InternationalPrivate · 1.5 km
Parks (3)
  • G. Ross Lord Park1.1 km
  • Keele Reservoir1.3 km
  • Hidden Trail Park1.5 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 11 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 60 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Soloway Hot Dog Factory, 65 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés11 within 300 m · 60 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Soloway Hot Dog Factory · 917 Alness St65 mPassed, Apr 2026
Old Avenue Restaurant · 913 Alness St 574 mPassed, Aug 2026
Planet Bread · 312 Dolomite Dr Unit-11287 mPassed, May 2026
Active Kids Zone · 951 Alness St108 mPassed, Aug 2026
Aline Nasseh Artisan Chocolates · 877 Alness St Unit-22112 mPassed, May 2026
Dolsoe Korean Restaurant · 877 Alness St Unit-1112 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
4 Ever Green Always Clean · 855-877 Alness St 22112 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Khinkali House · 855-877 Alness St 877- 3112 mPassed, May 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

No City washroom within 1 km.

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

Two licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 59 spaces; one accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Playland Ltd - Daycare Centre (551 m, 18 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km2 centres · 59 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 2
  • Playland Ltd - Daycare Centre · 5050 Dufferin St
    18 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    551 m
  • Sunburst Children's Centre · 4905 Dufferin St
    41 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    602 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 141 (2.0 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (4.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.1 km away.

FireFire Station 141 · 2 km4100 Keele St
Police31 Division · 4.9 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceEMS Headquarters/EMS 53 Stn/Fire Headquarters · 2.1 km4330 Dufferin St

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots263 lots · ≈88,600 spaces · 265.8 ha
Within 500 m30 lots · ≈12,890 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 76 m away, ≈320 spaces; 119 m away, ≈2,699 spaces; 177 m away, ≈194 spaces; 183 m away, ≈1,185 spaces; 228 m away, ≈578 spaces; 275 m away, ≈40 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 — 8-hour, 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 16,183 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
AM peak hour1,366 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,730 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 19, 2015

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 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; 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

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, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 2, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions35#2581 of 5,508
With an injury3#3249 of 4,660
Property damage only27
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201444latest Mar 2, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Aug 6, 2014.

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 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.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle610street/outdoor (5), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 30, 2024. 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. Its latest count is from Nov 19, 2015, about the median for a counted intersection.

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 263 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 88,600 spaces — 30 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, 8 m); York Region Transit routes 003 Thornhill, 105 Dufferin at Dufferin St / Dolomite Dr.

What restaurants are near Alness & Dolomite?

11 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 60 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Soloway Hot Dog Factory (65 m), Old Avenue Restaurant (74 m), Planet Bread (87 m), Active Kids Zone (108 m) and Aline Nasseh Artisan Chocolates (112 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; 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 Playland Ltd - Daycare Centre (551 m, 18 spaces) and Sunburst Children's Centre (602 m, 41 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. 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 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

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