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Argyle & Dovercourt

Argyle St & Dovercourt Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Trinity-Bellwoods · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York

Argyle & Dovercourt, in Trinity-Bellwoods, in central Toronto, is a lightly travelled intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has a bike lane and a park at the corner. Nearby: 14 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
4,413
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 15, 2023
2,961 pedestrians · 1,248 cyclists · #2052 busiest
Collisions
32
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 20 property damage · #2694 of 5,508 · +5 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
5 streetcar routes · 2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows, Bike Lane - Contraflow
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 320 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 27% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 1.5 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 28.3% of vehicle volume, about 36× the typical share. That comes with about 3.2 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 7.3 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.46× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 22%, from 18 in 2016–2020 to 14 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Argyle & Dovercourt

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501505504508506 nearest 306 m
TTC bus
6329 nearest 296 m
Express
929
Blue Night
301305304306363329
Nearest stops
1 surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on Argyle St installed 2015; Bike Lane - Contraflow on Argyle St installed 2015
Bike Share
Osler Playground (Argyle St) 120 m · 15 docks · 36 stations, 723 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 (22)
  • Alexander Muir Gladstone Ave & the GroveEnglish Public · 437 m
  • Givins Shaw Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 461 m
  • Pope Francis Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 636 m
  • The Orchard Montessori SchoolPrivate · 698 m
  • Ossington Old Orchard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 728 m
  • Discovering Minds Montessori SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • and 16 more
Parks (38)
  • Osler Playground96 m
  • Paul E. Garfinkel Park349 m
  • Lakeview Avenue Parkette382 m
  • Lisgar Park418 m
  • Harrison-Dovercourt Parkette486 m
  • Pessoa Park525 m
  • and 32 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch922 m
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch1 km
Places of interest
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 354 m
  • Coca-Cola Coliseum (formerly Ricoh Coliseum)Sports / Entertainment Venue · 1.4 km
  • BMO FieldSports / Entertainment Venue · 1.5 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 19 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores, and 354 eating places within a kilometre — 4.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Pizzeria Badiali, 4 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés19 within 300 m · 354 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 46 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Pizzeria Badiali · 181 Dovercourt Rd4 mPassed, Aug 2026
Nobrega's Variety - Vilda's · 209 Dovercourt Rdgrocery49 mPassed, May 2026
Misc Coffee · 155 Dovercourt Rd87 mPassed, Jun 2026
Bernhardts · 202 Dovercourt Rd98 mPassed, May 2026 · 4 infractions
Azhar · 96 Ossington Ave275 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 1 infraction
Chicha San Chen · 112 Ossington Ave284 mPassed, Jul 2026
Mamakas · 80 Ossington Ave284 mPassed, May 2026
Jamil's · 1086 Queen St W285 mPassed, Apr 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

The nearest public washroom is Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 687 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 99 m away at Osler Playground.

  • Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 155 Crawford St
    View centre hours · accessible
    687 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Playground Washroom · 790 Queen St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    699 m
  • Fred Hamilton Playground Washroom · 155 Roxton Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    767 m
Drinking water
Osler Playground bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 99 m; Paul E. Garfinkel Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 335 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

15 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,107 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Bumble Bee Garden Child Care Ltd. (368 m, 28 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km15 centres · 1,107 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 15
  • Bumble Bee Garden Child Care Ltd. · 1275 Dundas St W
    28 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    368 m
  • Alexander Muir Gladstone Jr YMCA · 108 Gladstone Ave
    120 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    437 m
  • Givins/Shaw School Community Day Care · 49 Givins St
    121 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    461 m
  • Queen Street Childcare Centre · 10 White Squirrel Way
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    519 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 331 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 14 Division (606 m) and the nearest ambulance station 708 m away.

FireFire Station 331 · 1.1 km33 Claremont St
Police14 Division · 606 m350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 708 m1288 Queen St W

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

40 registered apartment buildings with 3,186 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, ten of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 255 Dovercourt Rd (254 m, 16 units, 3 storeys, built 1912), which scored 85 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 40 scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 73 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 6 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings40 · 3,186 units · 10 social housing
RentSafeTO score86 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202673 across the 40
Open fire-code violations6
Tallest35 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
255 Dovercourt Rd · 2153244 Ontario Inc163191285 · Aug 20250254 m
8 Beaconsfield Ave · Dsm Investment Group Limited114193291 · Jul 20250343 m
1289 Dundas St Wsocial housing · Villa Luso Non Profit Housing Corp1497198698 · Aug 20260373 m
55 Lisgar St · Medallion Corporation1169200596 · Aug 20261397 m
1176 Queen St W253191554 · Jul 20260401 m
100 Lower Ossington Ave · Killam Apartment REIT1798201391 · Aug 20240446 m
45 Lisgar St · Medallion Corporation29114201091 · Aug 202620489 m
180 Sudbury Stsocial housing · St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society19018201182 · Sep 20242 · 2 fire499 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 lots728 lots · ≈27,400 spaces · 82.2 ha
Within 500 m40 lots · ≈730 spaces
Green P (public)27 car parks · about 1,893 spaces
EV charging (City)1051 Queen Street W · 353 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking8 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 66 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
110 Dovercourt Rd · Surface266 m8over 100% (Q1 2026)
18 Ossington Ave · Surface373 m20over 100% (Q1 2026)
1117 Dundas St W · Surface433 m3786% (Q1 2026)
45 Abell St · Garage477 m12460% (Q1 2026)
146 Harrison St · Surface478 m7968% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 90 m away, ≈7 spaces; 145 m away, ≈8 spaces; 176 m away, ≈6 spaces; 191 m away, ≈6 spaces; 212 m away, ≈17 spaces; 240 m away, ≈7 spaces. More EV charging: 45 Abell St (512 m, 16 ports); 283 Ossington Ave (515 m, 2 ports); 248 Shaw St (554 m, 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 — 14-hour, Nov 15, 2023

The north leg carries the load — 2,444 southbound vehicles, or 55% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 25. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 479 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 39% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (344). Heavy vehicles made up 1.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north2,444southbound · 235 bikes · 1.5% heavy
From the west312eastbound · 476 bikes · 0.6% heavy
Total vehicles4,4132,961 pedestrians · 1,248 cyclists · 1.6% heavy
From the east25westbound · 345 bikes · 4.0% heavy
From the south1,632northbound · 192 bikes · 1.9% heavy
AM peak hour344 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour479 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 15, 2023

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 Argyle St between Lane E of Gladstone and S of Argyle and Gladstone Ave (372 m away) recorded an average of 25 km/h in its 3-day count in December 2021; 85% of drivers were at or under 32 km/h. That segment carries about 900 vehicles a day. Dovercourt Rd between Lane S of Queen and E of Lisgar and Queen St W measured slower: 16 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 25 km/h (Nov 2022). The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dovercourt Rd · Lane S of Queen and E of Lisgar – Queen St W · 338 mNov 2022 · 3 days3,49216 km/h25 km/h30 km/h
Argyle St · Lane E of Gladstone and S of Argyle – Gladstone Ave · 372 mDec 2021 · 3 days86625 km/h32 km/h35 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

2018 was the peak year (6 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 9% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 28% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 9% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 21, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 7.3 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions32#2694 of 5,508
With an injury3#3253 of 4,660
Property damage only20
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian1#2398 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1082 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified9
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
All since 201442latest Jun 21, 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 Nov 14, 2008.

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 three thefts from vehicles and 15 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 1 in 2023–2025, about 0.3 a year, against 2.4 a year before that. 87% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Feb 3, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle311street/outdoor (1), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft1500apartment parking (13), house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 3, 2026. 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 Trinity-Bellwoods.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Argyle & Dovercourt a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 32 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 Argyle & Dovercourt?

A lightly travelled intersection. It ranks #2052 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 27% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Argyle & Dovercourt?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Argyle St between Lane E of Gladstone and S of Argyle and Gladstone Ave (December 2021), found an average of 25 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 32 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Argyle & Dovercourt?

The nearest Green P car park is 110 Dovercourt Rd (266 m away, 8 spaces). The City's mapping shows 728 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,400 spaces — 40 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1051 Queen Street W (353 m).

How do I get to Argyle & Dovercourt by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 505, 504, 508 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 306 m away; bus routes 63, 29, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Argyle & Dovercourt?

19 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 354 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Pizzeria Badiali (4 m), Misc Coffee (87 m), Bernhardts (98 m), Azhar (275 m) and Chicha San Chen (284 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 Argyle & Dovercourt?

The nearest is Trinity Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 155 Crawford St, 687 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Trinity Bellwoods Playground Washroom (699 m); Fred Hamilton Playground Washroom (767 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 Argyle & Dovercourt?

15 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,107 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bumble Bee Garden Child Care Ltd. (368 m, 28 spaces), Alexander Muir Gladstone Jr YMCA (437 m, 120 spaces) and Givins/Shaw School Community Day Care (461 m, 121 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Argyle & Dovercourt?

40 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,186 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 255 Dovercourt Rd (254 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 8 Beaconsfield Ave (343 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 1289 Dundas St W (373 m, 149 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 55 Lisgar St (397 m, 116 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 40 is 86 out of 100; 3 scored below 70. 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 Argyle & Dovercourt?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and 15 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 Trinity-Bellwoods page.

What neighbourhood is Argyle & Dovercourt in?

Argyle & Dovercourt is in Trinity-Bellwoods (City of Toronto neighbourhood 081). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik.

Sources

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