Toronto · intersection

Anndale & Bales

Anndale Dr & Bales Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Avondale · Ward 18, Willowdale · Yonge North York BIA

Anndale & Bales is a lightly travelled intersection, with heavy foot traffic. It sits in Avondale. At the corner: Sheppard-Yonge Station.

Traffic
6,498
vehicles · 14-hour count, Mar 25, 2026
6,212 pedestrians · 101 cyclists
Collisions
47
police-reported · 2016–2025
1 killed or seriously injured · #2146 of 5,519
Getting there
Sheppard-Yonge Station
subway station within 250 m
10 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
73/100
city median 48 · #644 of 5,672
37 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 191 m

Map

Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time

Layers click a category to show or hide it · None then one category to see it alone
Anndale & Bales

Traffic and safety

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

Traffic volume14-hour count · Mar 25, 2026

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 1,915 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 29% of the total, against 1,153 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the south (43 of 101). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 757 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 732 from 5:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.3% 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 north1,153southbound · 26 bikes · 1.5% heavy
From the west1,839eastbound · 13 bikes · 1.0% heavy
Total vehicles6,4986,212 pedestrians · 101 cyclists · 1.3% heavy
From the east1,591westbound · 19 bikes · 1.3% heavy
From the south1,915northbound · 43 bikes · 1.6% heavy

Peak hours: 757 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 732 from 5:15 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 2023, with 9 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 6 collisions (13%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 4% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 12 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 25, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Dec 17, 2023.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions47#2146 of 5,519
With an injury6
Property damage only39
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian2#1540 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)12
Killed or seriously injured1#660 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#347 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20061latest Dec 17, 2023

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 Anndale Dr between Bonnington Pl and Burnwell St, 331 m from the corner, a 3-day count in March 2020 put the average speed at 36 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 44 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 48 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Greenfield Ave (363 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 41,368 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Anndale Dr · Bonnington Pl – Burnwell St · 331 mMar 2020 · 3 days1,35836 km/h44 km/h48 km/h
Speed sign
Greenfield Ave (eastbound), 363 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 24 km/h, 85th percentile 34 km/h; 0.1% at 50 km/h or more. 41,368 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.

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

Subway
Sheppard-Yonge Station (Line 1, Line 4)136 m; North York Centre Station (Line 1)937 m · 11 min
GO Transit
GO bus 96 Oshawa / Finch Express 27 Milton / North York 19 Mississauga / North York 94 Pickering / Square One 67 Keswick / North York at Yonge St. @ Poyntz Ave.117 m
TTC bus
97 185 98 84 nearest 286 m · 3 min
Express
984
Blue Night
320 384 385
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
19 Glendora Ave 159 m · 11 docks · 4 stations, 84 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 838 spaces
EV charging
19 Glendora Ave · 143 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 19 Glendora Ave (177 m), 33 Elmhurst Ave (595 m)
Bike parking
22 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 8 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
37 mapped lots within 500 m, 327 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
10 Harlandale Avenue · Surface480 m112 *—
68 Sheppard Ave W · Surface553 m3063% (Q1 2026)
4576 Yonge Street · Surface611 m17 *—
95 Beecroft Rd · Garage725 m38615% (Q1 2026)
10 Empress Ave · Surface1.2 km6769% (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

Three grocery stores are within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Food Basics, 191 m away. A specialist food shop is closer still: Unique Pastry, 184 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 37 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 132 — 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Big Way Hot Pot, 99 m away. Two pharmacies sit within 300 m of the corner; the nearest is Yuns Pharmacy, 177 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Big Way Hot Pot · 4759-4789 Yonge St 477599 m
  • Vanta Coffee Club & Eatery · 4711 Yonge St Unit-C102121 m
  • Glow Food · 4711 Yonge St122 m
  • Cotti Coffee · 4750 Yonge St 110&114184 m
  • Dubailevant · 4750 Yonge St 132184 m
37 within 300 m · 132 within 1 km
Grocery
Food Basics 191 m · 3 within 300 m
Food shops
Unique Pastry 184 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
2 convenience stores or gas bars within 300 m
Pharmacy
Yuns Pharmacy 177 m · 8 within 1 km
Child care
  • The Neighbourhood Group Yonge and Sheppard Child Care Centre · 72 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day394 m · 5 min
  • Angus Valley Montessori · 141 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day394 m · 5 min
  • Network - Lansing Child Care Centre · 72 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day395 m · 5 min
7 licensed centres · 562 spaces within 1 km · 3 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 (20)
  • Albert Standing Park403 m · 5 min
  • Avondale Park465 m · 6 min
  • Avonshire Parkette493 m · 6 min
  • Avonshire Park629 m · 7 min
  • Glendora Park825 m · 10 min
and 15 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (20)
  • Rutherford Private School and DaycarePrivate · 298 m · 4 min
  • Crown Academic International SchoolPrivate · 329 m · 4 min
  • Elpis College Toronto (Temporarily Moved)Private · 536 m · 6 min
  • Don Valley Academy Secondary SchoolPrivate · 562 m · 7 min
  • Duke Academy Secondary SchoolPrivate · 562 m · 7 min
and 15 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library North York Central Library branch1.4 km · 16 min
Places of interest
  • Meridian Arts Centre (formerly Toronto Centre for the Arts)Performing Arts · 1 km · 12 min
  • Mel Lastman SquareLandmark · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Gibson House MuseumMuseum · 1.4 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.

73of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #644 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food30/30

    3 grocery stores within 300 m · 37 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit23/28

    Sheppard-Yonge Station · 2 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 1.4 km away · 3 places of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation7/10

    3 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.1 km

  • Schools and child care8/8

    2 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m

  • 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.

Apartment buildings nearby

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

Within a kilometre there are 11 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,708 rental units. The nearest is 2 Oakburn Cres (499 m, 11 units, 3 storeys, built 1945), which scored 98 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 97, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
2 Oakburn Cres · Kg Group113194598 · Aug 2025499 m · 6 min
4 Oakburn Cres · Kg Group113194597 · Jun 2024523 m · 6 min
6 Oakburn Cres · Kg Group113194598 · Jun 2024588 m · 7 min
35 Greenfield Ave · Rhapsody Property Management Services36136202098 · Jun 2024588 m · 7 min
8 Oakburn Cres · Kg Group113194598 · Aug 2025603 m · 7 min
10 Oakburn Cres · Kg Group113194599 · Aug 2026641 m · 8 min

11 registered buildings · 1,708 units · tallest 36 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

32 thefts from vehicles and 22 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 9.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 20 in 2023–2025, about 6.7 a year, against 4.9 a year before that. 56% of the vehicle thefts were from apartment-building parking; 77% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle32160apartment parking (18), street/outdoor (13)
Bicycle theft2240apartment parking (17), commercial premises (2)

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 Avondale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Anndale & Bales a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#660 of 1,505), out of 47 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Anndale & Bales?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Mar 25, 2026, 40% of the median for a counted intersection, and #340 for pedestrians.

Is Anndale & Bales a walkable intersection?

Anndale & Bales scores 73 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #644 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: 3 grocery stores within 300 m · 37 places to eat within 300 m; 2 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m; Sheppard-Yonge Station · 2 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km.

How fast do cars go at Anndale & Bales?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Anndale Dr between Bonnington Pl and Burnwell St (March 2020), found an average of 36 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 363 m away (40 km/h), 0.1% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Anndale & Bales?

The nearest Green P car park is 10 Harlandale Avenue (480 m away, 112 spaces). The City's mapping shows 327 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,490 spaces — 37 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 19 Glendora Ave (143 m).

How do I get to Anndale & Bales by transit?

Sheppard-Yonge Station (Line 1, Line 4) is 136 m away; bus routes 97, 185, 98, 84, 984 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Anndale & Bales?

37 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 132 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Big Way Hot Pot (99 m), Vanta Coffee Club & Eatery (121 m), Glow Food (122 m), Cotti Coffee (184 m) and Dubailevant (184 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Anndale & Bales?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 391 m away at Albert Standing Park.

Is there child care near Anndale & Bales?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 562 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are The Neighbourhood Group Yonge and Sheppard Child Care Centre (394 m, 72 spaces), Angus Valley Montessori (394 m, 141 spaces) and Network - Lansing Child Care Centre (395 m, 72 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Anndale & Bales?

11 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,708 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2 Oakburn Cres (499 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 4 Oakburn Cres (523 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 6 Oakburn Cres (588 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 35 Greenfield Ave (588 m, 361 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 11 is 97 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Anndale & Bales?

Toronto Police place 32 thefts from vehicles and 22 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Avondale page.

What neighbourhood is Anndale & Bales in?

Anndale & Bales is in Avondale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 153). It is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng. The corner falls inside the Yonge North York Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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