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Ashdale & Fairford

Ashdale Ave & Fairford Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Greenwood-Coxwell · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

In Greenwood-Coxwell, Ashdale & Fairford is a low-volume local intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence. It has a school within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,651
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 15, 2021
551 pedestrians · 39 cyclists
Collisions
13
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 6 property damage · #3962 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
1 streetcar route · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 210 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 18% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 3.0 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 2.4% of vehicle volume, about 3.0× the typical share. That comes with about 1.3 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Ashdale & Fairford

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
506 nearest 223 m
TTC bus
223170 nearest 215 m
Blue Night
306322300
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Highfield Rd / Gerrard St E 355 m · 19 docks · 11 stations, 237 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)
  • Roden Public & Equinox Holistic AlternativeEnglish Public · 78 m
  • Kew Park Montessori School - HiawathaPrivate · 407 m
  • Georges Etienne Cartier Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 458 m
  • Monarch Park Collegiate & School of Life ExperienceEnglish Public · 528 m
  • St Patrick Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 577 m
  • St Patrick Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 600 m
  • and 14 more
Community centres
  • Fairmount Park Community Centre674 m
  • S.h. Armstrong Community Recreation Centre1 km
  • Earl Beatty Community Centre1.3 km
  • Maple Leaf Cottage1.3 km
Parks (30)
  • Fairford Avenue Parkette189 m
  • The Rail Garden312 m
  • Coxwell Avenue Playground329 m
  • Coxwell Avenue Parkette408 m
  • Monarch Park443 m
  • Moncur Playground562 m
  • and 24 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Gerrard/Ashdale branch239 m
  • Toronto Public Library Danforth/Coxwell branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch1.3 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 23 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores, and 106 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Eulalie's Corner Store, 234 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in November 2025 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés23 within 300 m · 106 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 21 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Kohinoor Foods · 1438 Gerrard St Egrocery234 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
Eulalie's Corner Store · 1438 Gerrard St E234 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 1 infraction
Victoria Whole Foods · 1450 Gerrard St Egrocery237 mPassed, Apr 2026
de Arts · 300 Coxwell Ave238 mPassed, Jul 2025
Moti-Mahal · 1422 Gerrard St E238 mPassed, Jun 2026
The Inn Cafe · 1416 Gerrard St E241 mPassed, Aug 2026
Chandni Chowk · 1426 Gerrard St E244 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
East End United Regional Ministry Comm Kitchen · 1470 Gerrard St E253 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction

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 Monarch Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom, 390 m away, View facility hours. A drinking fountain is 342 m away at Coxwell Avenue Playground.

  • Monarch Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom · 115 Felstead Ave
    View facility hours
    390 m
  • Fairmount Park Community Centre Washroom · 1725 Gerrard St E
    View centre hours
    674 m
  • Greenwood Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 150 Greenwood Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    740 m
Drinking water
Coxwell Avenue Playground drinking fountain · 342 m; Monarch Park bottle filling station · 376 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

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,161 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Roden Community Child Care Centre (78 m, 59 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,161 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 13
  • Roden Community Child Care Centre · 151 Hiawatha Rd
    59 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    78 m
  • Petitecare · 1419 Gerrard St E
    34 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    286 m
  • Blue Bell Academy Inc · 1415 Gerrard St E
    38 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    299 m
  • Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Coxwell · 419 Coxwell Ave
    69 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    351 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 323 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 55 Division (739 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 323 · 1.1 km153 Chatham Ave
Police55 Division · 739 m101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceEMS TRAINING/TFD Stn 323 · 1.1 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

34 registered apartment buildings with 1,819 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 21 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1430 Gerrard St E (232 m, 25 units, 4 storeys, built 1927), which scored 94 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 46 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings34 · 1,819 units · 21 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202646 across the 34
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest8 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1430 Gerrard St E · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.254192794 · Nov 20250232 m
1636 Gerrard St E · Signet Group Inc.486196092 · Sep 20262275 m
279 Woodfield Rd424191583 · Dec 20255 · 3 fire329 m
1395 Gerrard St E · 2239032 Ontario Inc.123196590 · Nov 20250345 m
419 Coxwell Avesocial housing · New Frontiers Aboriginal Residential Corporation4432003100 · Aug 20261351 m
425 Coxwell Avesocial housing · New Frontiers Aboriginal Residential Corporation303200296 · Nov 20250362 m
4 Newbold Ave124196488 · Oct 20250381 m
15 Eastwood Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc244196091 · Oct 20252394 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 lots513 lots · ≈20,700 spaces · 62.1 ha
Within 500 m45 lots · ≈1,030 spaces
Green P (public)20 car parks · about 1,112 spaces
EV charging (City)1313 Gerrard ST E · 477 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking35 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
151 Hiawatha Road · Surface216 m50 *
268 Rhodes Ave · Surface337 m3968% (Q1 2026)
737 Rhodes Ave · Surface943 m2450% (Q1 2026)
1439 Danforth Ave · Surface947 m1895% (Q1 2026)
1612 Danforth Ave · Surface1 km2275% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 205 m away, ≈44 spaces (Green P); 216 m away, ≈2 spaces; 219 m away, ≈4 spaces; 225 m away, ≈9 spaces (Green P); 237 m away, ≈5 spaces; 237 m away, ≈14 spaces. More EV charging: 29 Bowmore Rd (754 m, 1 ports); 124 Mount Joy Ave (788 m, 2 ports); 1715 DUNDAS ST E (789 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 — 8-hour, Dec 15, 2021

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 779 eastbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 114. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 295 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 281 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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 north114southbound · 5 bikes · 2.6% heavy
From the west779eastbound · 13 bikes · 2.2% heavy
Total vehicles1,651551 pedestrians · 39 cyclists · 2.4% heavy
From the east758westbound · 20 bikes · 2.5% heavy
From the south0northbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour295 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour281 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 15, 2021

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 Ashdale Ave between Lane N of Gerrard and E of Hiawatha and Fairford Ave (105 m away) recorded an average of 29 km/h in its 2-day count in February 2020; 85% of drivers were at or under 37 km/h. That segment carries about 700 vehicles a day. Fairford Ave between Hiawatha Rd and Ashdale Ave measured slower: 29 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 35 km/h (May 2024). The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Ashdale Avenue between Gerrard St E and Fairford Ave (installed 2005).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Fairford Ave · Hiawatha Rd – Ashdale Ave · 48 mMay 2024 · 3 days2,67429 km/h35 km/h39 km/h
Ashdale Ave · Lane N of Gerrard and E of Hiawatha – Fairford Ave · 105 mFeb 2020 · 2 days68129 km/h37 km/h40 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Ashdale Avenue · Gerrard St E – Fairford Ave
    3 speed humps
    installed 2005

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

2023 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 7 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 54% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 8, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions13#3962 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only6
Fail to remain7
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201418latest Apr 8, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place 16 thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 3 in 2023–2025, about 1.0 a year, against 2.6 a year before that. 63% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 60% of the bike thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1630street/outdoor (10), house driveway/garage (4)
Bicycle theft500house driveway/garage (3), street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 21, 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 Greenwood-Coxwell.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Ashdale & Fairford a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 13 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 Ashdale & Fairford?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Dec 15, 2021, 18% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Ashdale & Fairford?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ashdale Ave between Lane N of Gerrard and E of Hiawatha and Fairford Ave (February 2020), found an average of 29 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 37 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Ashdale & Fairford?

The nearest Green P car park is 151 Hiawatha Road (216 m away, 50 spaces). The City's mapping shows 513 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,700 spaces — 45 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1313 Gerrard ST E (477 m).

How do I get to Ashdale & Fairford by transit?

Streetcar route 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 223 m away; bus routes 22, 31, 70 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Ashdale & Fairford?

23 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 106 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Eulalie's Corner Store (234 m), de Arts (238 m), Moti-Mahal (238 m), The Inn Cafe (241 m) and Chandni Chowk (244 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 Ashdale & Fairford?

The nearest is Monarch Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom, 115 Felstead Ave, 390 m away (View facility hours). Next nearest: Fairmount Park Community Centre Washroom (674 m); Greenwood Park Fieldhouse Washroom (740 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 Ashdale & Fairford?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,161 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Roden Community Child Care Centre (78 m, 59 spaces), Petitecare (286 m, 34 spaces) and Blue Bell Academy Inc (299 m, 38 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Ashdale & Fairford?

34 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,819 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1430 Gerrard St E (232 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 1636 Gerrard St E (275 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 279 Woodfield Rd (329 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 83) and 1395 Gerrard St E (345 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 34 is 90 out of 100. 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 Ashdale & Fairford?

Toronto Police place 16 thefts from vehicles and five 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 Greenwood-Coxwell page.

What neighbourhood is Ashdale & Fairford in?

Ashdale & Fairford is in Greenwood-Coxwell (City of Toronto neighbourhood 065). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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