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Athlone & Cosburn

Athlone Rd & Cosburn Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Danforth East York · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Athlone & Cosburn is an intersection of typical volume. It sits in Danforth East York. It has a bike lane, 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
5,682
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 10, 1999
371 pedestrians · 4 cyclists
Collisions
13
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 10 property damage · #3937 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 710 vehicles, 61% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 15 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. 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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Athlone & Cosburn

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
878625170404 nearest 61 m
Blue Night
322
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Cosburn Ave at Linsmore Cres
Cycling
Bike Lane on Cosburn Ave installed 2005
Bike Share
Memorial Park Ave / Kimbourne Ave 202 m · 11 docks · 5 stations, 75 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 (18)
  • The Three Hierarchs AcademyPrivate · 202 m
  • Diefenbaker Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 431 m
  • Cosburn Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 433 m
  • Holy Cross Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 488 m
  • East York Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 709 m
  • Ecole Elementaire La MosaiqueFrench Public · 709 m
  • and 12 more
Parks (20)
  • Dieppe Park101 m
  • Cosburn Park438 m
  • True Davidson Park443 m
  • Four Oaks Gate Park505 m
  • East York Civic Centre608 m
  • Memorial Gardens Park640 m
  • and 14 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch482 m
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Thorncliffe 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 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 58 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Sophie`s Sports Bar & Grill, 110 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 58 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 16 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Sophie`s Sports Bar & Grill · 466 Cosburn Ave110 mPassed, Feb 2026
Cosburn Variety · 468 Cosburn Avegrocery116 mPassed, Sep 2025
Nino's Convenience Store · 467 Cosburn Avegrocery136 mPassed, Feb 2024
Karlovo European Meats and Deli · 469 Cosburn Avegrocery139 mPassed, Jan 2026
Boca Brunch · 488 Cosburn Ave177 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
367 Cafe · 367 Donlands Ave526 mPassed, Aug 2025
Donlands Convenience · 363 Donlands Avegrocery526 mPassed, Mar 2025
Ritz Restaurant · 310 Donlands Ave530 mPassed, Jul 2025 · 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 Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 54 m away — currently listed as closed (closed for the season); in season it is View outdoor rink hours. A drinking fountain is 24 m away at Dieppe Park.

  • Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    54 m
  • Dieppe Park Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    104 m
  • East York Civic Centre · 850 Coxwell Avenue
    Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed · accessible
    634 m
Drinking water
Dieppe Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 24 m; Dieppe Park bottle filling station · 110 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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 944 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is East York Montessori School (172 m, 31 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km10 centres · 944 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 10
  • East York Montessori School · 486 Cosburn Ave
    31 spaces · toddler, preschool
    172 m
  • Centennial College East York Day Care (Plains Rd) · 175 Plains Rd
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    431 m
  • Network Childcare Services - Holy Cross · 299a Donlands Ave
    99 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    488 m
  • Woodgreen Community Services (the)(Debbie Yeung Child Care Centre) · 249 Cosburn Ave
    59 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    557 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 322 (560 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (3.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.2 km away.

FireFire Station 322 · 560 m256 Cosburn Ave
Police55 Division · 3 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 1.2 km1300 Pape 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

30 registered apartment buildings with 1,571 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 470 Mortimer Ave (424 m, 42 units, 4 storeys, built 1957), which scored 90 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 34 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 28 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings30 · 1,571 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202634 across the 30
Open fire-code violations28
Tallest15 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
470 Mortimer Ave · Mortimer Rentals Inc424195790 · Jun 20240424 m
494 Mortimer Ave · Deborah Holmes123196574 · Jun 20240483 m
270 Donlands Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Services448201298 · Aug 20263546 m
338-342 Donlands Ave · Greenwin Corp.363194997 · Aug 20241563 m
243 Cosburn Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.326200497 · Jul 20252583 m
250 Cosburn Ave406192781 · Jul 20251 · 5 fire586 m
260 Gamble Ave · Greenwin Corp.243195098 · Jul 20253586 m
266 Donlands AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation2548198694 · Jun 20240591 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 lots483 lots · ≈22,140 spaces · 66.4 ha
Within 500 m13 lots · ≈400 spaces
Green P (public)14 car parks · about 515 spaces
EV charging (City)132 Chatham Ave · 1.4 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking4 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
850 Coxwell Ave · Surface692 m1862% (Q1 2026)
1439 Danforth Ave · Surface1.3 km1895% (Q1 2026)
31 Langford Ave · Surface1.4 km2761% (Q1 2026)
737 Rhodes Ave · Surface1.4 km2450% (Q1 2026)
1612 Danforth Ave · Surface1.4 km2275% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 44 m away, ≈79 spaces; 143 m away, ≈55 spaces; 146 m away, ≈50 spaces; 364 m away, ≈33 spaces; 384 m away, ≈28 spaces; 420 m away, ≈2 spaces. More EV charging: 1612 Danforth Ave. (1.4 km, 2 ports); 124 Mount Joy Ave (1.5 km, 2 ports); 503 Jones Ave (1.7 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, May 10, 1999

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 2,820 eastbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 212. Morning rush is the busier period: 965 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:15 a.m., compared with 883 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 27 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 1999, 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 north212southbound · 1 bikes · 0.9% heavy
From the west2,820eastbound · 0 bikes · 4.3% heavy
Total vehicles5,682371 pedestrians · 4 cyclists · 4.5% heavy
From the east2,650westbound · 3 bikes · 4.9% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour965 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour883 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · May 10, 1999

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 Athlone Rd between Cosburn Ave and Plains Rd (104 m away) recorded an average of 38 km/h in its 3-day count in October 2018; 85% of drivers were at or under 48 km/h. That segment carries about 600 vehicles a day. The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Cosburn Ave (318 m away, 40 km/h limit), 4.6% of the 104,785 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority. 6 speed humps slow traffic on Athlone Road between O'Connor Dr and Cosburn Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Athlone Rd · Cosburn Ave – Plains Rd · 104 mOct 2018 · 3 days62438 km/h48 km/h53 km/h
Cosburn Ave · Greenwood Ave – Northbrook Rd · 132 mApr 2013 · 3 days6,213

School-zone speed sign 318 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct39 · 45 km/h
Over the limit18%
50 km/h or more4.6%

Cosburn Ave (eastbound), 501 Cosburn Avenue · 104,785 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Athlone Road · O'Connor Dr – Cosburn Ave
    6 speed humps

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 (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 8% of collisions here involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 23% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Feb 19, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions13#3937 of 5,508
With an injury1#4063 of 4,660
Property damage only10
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 201414latest Feb 19, 2024

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 two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200house driveway/garage (1), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 27, 2017. 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 Danforth East York.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Athlone & Cosburn 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 Athlone & Cosburn?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from May 10, 1999, 61% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Athlone & Cosburn?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Athlone Rd between Cosburn Ave and Plains Rd (October 2018), found an average of 38 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 318 m away (40 km/h), 4.6% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Athlone & Cosburn?

The nearest Green P car park is 850 Coxwell Ave (692 m away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 483 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,140 spaces — 13 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 132 Chatham Ave (1.4 km).

How do I get to Athlone & Cosburn by transit?

Bus routes 87, 8, 62, 51, 70, 404 within 1 km (nearest stop: Cosburn Ave at Linsmore Cres, 61 m).

What restaurants are near Athlone & Cosburn?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 58 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Sophie`s Sports Bar & Grill (110 m), Boca Brunch (177 m), 367 Cafe (526 m) and Ritz Restaurant (530 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 Athlone & Cosburn?

The nearest is Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 455 Cosburn Ave, 54 m away (View outdoor rink hours). The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season. Next nearest: Dieppe Park Washroom (104 m); East York Civic Centre (634 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 Athlone & Cosburn?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 944 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are East York Montessori School (172 m, 31 spaces), Centennial College East York Day Care (Plains Rd) (431 m, 56 spaces) and Network Childcare Services - Holy Cross (488 m, 99 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Athlone & Cosburn?

30 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,571 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 470 Mortimer Ave (424 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 494 Mortimer Ave (483 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 74), 270 Donlands Ave (546 m, 44 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 338-342 Donlands Ave (563 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 30 is 89 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 Athlone & Cosburn?

Toronto Police place two 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 Danforth East York page.

What neighbourhood is Athlone & Cosburn in?

Athlone & Cosburn is in Danforth East York (City of Toronto neighbourhood 059). 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