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Arundel & Ainsworth

Arundel Ave & Ainsworth Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Playter Estates-Danforth · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Arundel & Ainsworth is a quiet local crossing, with heavy foot traffic. It sits in Playter Estates-Danforth. At the corner: Chester Station, a school within 250 m and parks. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
647
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 21, 2018
340 pedestrians · 3 cyclists
Collisions
3
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 3 property damage · #5225 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
Chester Station
subway station within 250 m
2 streetcar routes · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 25 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 80 vehicles an hour, 7% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 1.9 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. On average 0.3 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Arundel & Ainsworth

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Chester Station (Line 2)150 m; Pape Station (Line 2)449 m; Broadview Station (Line 2)601 m; Donlands Station (Line 2)1 km
Streetcar
504505 nearest 606 m
TTC bus
72100825628783 nearest 503 m
Express
925
Blue Night
304305300325322
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
14 Arundel Ave 102 m · 25 docks · 15 stations, 303 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 (20)
  • Jackman Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 250 m
  • Frankland Community SchoolEnglish Public · 284 m
  • Holy Name Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 399 m
  • Centennial College School - Carlaw CampusCollege · 618 m
  • Westwood Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 790 m
  • Montcrest Elementary SchoolPrivate · 857 m
  • and 14 more
Parks (27)
  • Logan Avenue Parkette108 m
  • Logan Green Field173 m
  • Carlaw Avenue Parkette352 m
  • Broadview Subway Station Parkette616 m
  • Withrow Park657 m
  • Agnes Macphail Square747 m
  • and 21 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Pape/Danforth branch551 m
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • The Danforth Music HallPerforming Arts · 575 m
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage SiteLandmark · 1.1 km
  • Evergreen Brick WorksAttraction · 1.2 km
  • Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 1.3 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 62 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 202 — 2.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Mezes, 156 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés62 within 300 m · 202 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 31 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Mezes · 440 Danforth Ave156 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Tim Hortons · 426 Danforth Ave157 mPassed, Jul 2026
Ala Antioch Express Corp · 424 Danforth Ave157 mPassed, Feb 2026
Kalyvia · 420 Danforth Ave159 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Rowe Farms · 448 Danforth Ave160 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Chester Variety · 410 Danforth Avegrocery164 mPassed, Jun 2025
Mezes · 456 Danforth Ave164 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Dolce Gelato · 414 Danforth Ave169 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 Withrow Park North Washroom, 523 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 132 m away at Logan Avenue Parkette.

  • Withrow Park North Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    523 m
  • Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    655 m
  • Withrow Park South Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    858 m
Drinking water
Logan Avenue Parkette drinking fountain, dog fountain · 132 m; Logan Green Field bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 166 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

14 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,497 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Children's Circle of St. Barnabas (249 m, 152 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km14 centres · 1,497 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 14
  • Children's Circle of St. Barnabas · 361 Danforth Ave
    152 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    249 m
  • Jackman Community Daycare · 79 Jackman Ave
    242 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    250 m
  • Frankland Day Care Centre · 816 Logan Ave
    76 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    284 m
  • Childspace Day Care Corporation # 2 (690 Carlaw) · 690 Carlaw Ave
    115 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    399 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 323 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 55 Division (3.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.

FireFire Station 323 · 1.3 km153 Chatham Ave
Police55 Division · 3 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceEMS TRAINING/TFD Stn 323 · 1.3 km153 Chatham Ave

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

Within a kilometre there are 38 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,227 rental units — six social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 796 Carlaw Ave (291 m, 31 units, 4 storeys, built 1922), which scored 90 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 38 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 47 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings38 · 3,227 units · 6 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202647 across the 38
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
796 Carlaw Ave314192290 · Sep 20241291 m
768 Pape Ave153199073 · Nov 20250462 m
869 Broadview Ave · Khyber Developments Inc153200468 · Jul 20260519 m
849 Broadview Ave · 849 Broadview Birch Properties Inc.324194090 · Aug 20260521 m
846-850 Broadview Ave233194069 · Aug 20260574 m
856-858 Broadview Ave · Paul Thornton234195594 · Aug 20260580 m
852 Broadview Ave · Broadview Apartments Inc214196084 · Aug 20260581 m
39 Harcourt AveToronto Community Housing · TCH153198994 · Nov 20250606 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 lots526 lots · ≈13,240 spaces · 39.7 ha
Within 500 m31 lots · ≈570 spaces
Green P (public)15 car parks · about 623 spaces
EV charging (City)14 Arundel Ave. · 103 m · 8 Level 2 ports
Bike parking70 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 64 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
14 Arundel Ave · Surface105 m3763% (Q1 2026)
18 Ferrier Ave · Surface212 m2358% (Q1 2026)
25 Ferrier Ave · Surface243 m4682% (Q1 2026)
242 Danforth Ave · Surface385 m1978% (Q1 2026)
77 Gough Ave · Surface408 m1783% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 106 m away, ≈34 spaces (Green P); 127 m away, ≈28 spaces; 143 m away, ≈9 spaces; 151 m away, ≈12 spaces; 162 m away, ≈7 spaces; 176 m away, ≈10 spaces. More EV charging: 41 FULTON AVE (459 m, 2 ports); 35 Erindale Ave (554 m, 10 ports); 503 Jones Ave (1 km, 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 — 8-hour, Nov 21, 2018

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 490 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 76% of the total, against 50 from the west. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 108 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 14% above the afternoon peak from 4:15 p.m. (95). Heavy vehicles made up 0.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 8 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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 north490southbound · 2 bikes · 0.6% heavy
From the west50eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles647340 pedestrians · 3 cyclists · 0.5% heavy
From the east107westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south0northbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour108 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour95 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 21, 2018

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

On Arundel Ave between Ainsworth Rd and Browning Ave, 151 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in November 2002 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 700 vehicles a day. The reading is 24 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Arundel Ave · Ainsworth Rd – Browning Ave · 151 mNov 2002 · 24 h69136 km/h44 km/h48 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 1 collision. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Sep 17, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions3#5225 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only3
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 20144latest Sep 17, 2025

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

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

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

One theft from a vehicle and three bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft300house driveway/garage (3)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 26, 2025. 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 Playter Estates-Danforth.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Arundel & Ainsworth a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 3 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 Arundel & Ainsworth?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Nov 21, 2018, 7% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Arundel & Ainsworth?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Arundel Ave between Ainsworth Rd and Browning Ave (November 2002), 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.

Where can I park near Arundel & Ainsworth?

The nearest Green P car park is 14 Arundel Ave (105 m away, 37 spaces, 63% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 526 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 13,240 spaces — 31 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 14 Arundel Ave. (103 m).

How do I get to Arundel & Ainsworth by transit?

Chester Station (Line 2) is 150 m away; streetcar routes 504, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 606 m away; bus routes 72, 100, 8, 25, 62, 87, 83, 925 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Arundel & Ainsworth?

62 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 202 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Mezes (156 m), Tim Hortons (157 m), Ala Antioch Express Corp (157 m), Kalyvia (159 m) and Rowe Farms (160 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 Arundel & Ainsworth?

The nearest is Withrow Park North Washroom, 725 Logan Ave, 523 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (655 m); Withrow Park South Washroom (858 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 Arundel & Ainsworth?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,497 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Children's Circle of St. Barnabas (249 m, 152 spaces), Jackman Community Daycare (250 m, 242 spaces) and Frankland Day Care Centre (284 m, 76 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Arundel & Ainsworth?

38 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,227 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 796 Carlaw Ave (291 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 768 Pape Ave (462 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 73), 869 Broadview Ave (519 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 68) and 849 Broadview Ave (521 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 38 is 90 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 Arundel & Ainsworth?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and three 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 Playter Estates-Danforth page.

What neighbourhood is Arundel & Ainsworth in?

Arundel & Ainsworth is in Playter Estates-Danforth (City of Toronto neighbourhood 067). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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