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Avenue & Bideford

Avenue Rd & Bideford Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Lansing-Westgate · Ward 6, York Centre

In Lansing-Westgate, Avenue & Bideford is an intersection of typical volume. Nearby is 10 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
4,732
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 12, 2017
200 pedestrians · 29 cyclists
Collisions
24
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 20 property damage
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
7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 590 vehicles an hour, 51% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 24 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 2.4 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 15%, from 13 in 2016–2020 to 11 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Avenue & Bideford

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
6196165977160400 nearest 51 m
Express
996
Blue Night
396307
Nearest stops
1 surface stop within 300 m — Bombay Loop at Avenue Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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 (11)
  • Glen Briar Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 445 m
  • Summit Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 489 m
  • Armour Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 518 m
  • Magnificent Minds SchoolPrivate · 760 m
  • Bnos ChayaPrivate · 845 m
  • St Margaret Catholic Elementary School - Carmichael SiteEnglish Separate · 857 m
  • and 5 more
Parks (11)
  • 167 Armour Blvd Parkette499 m
  • Gwendolen Park944 m
  • Bathurst - Wilson Parkette1 km
  • Elie Wiesel Park1.1 km
  • Earl Bales Park1.1 km
  • Stewart A. McGregor Parkette1.2 km
  • and 5 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Armour Heights branch542 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 29 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Domino's, 444 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 29 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Domino's · 182 Wilson Ave444 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Tcscc - Family Bistro · 141 Wilson Ave Flr-1628 mPassed, Jul 2026
Tcscc - Main Kitchen · 141 Wilson Ave Flr-2628 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Tcscc - Sports Grill · 141 Wilson Ave Flr-1628 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Adath Israel Congregation · 37 Southbourne Ave Unit -Bsmt760 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Torah Tots Preschool · 37 Southbourne Ave760 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Memories of Africa · 3889 Bathurst St821 mPassed, Jan 2024
Yoona's Kitchen · 3895 Bathurst St821 mPassed, Jan 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 Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom, 523 m away, View centre hours.

  • Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom · 2140 Avenue Rd
    View centre hours
    523 m
  • Earl Bales Park South Washroom · 4169 Bathurst St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    1 km

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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 332 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Temple Sinai Nursery School (445 m, 55 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km6 centres · 332 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 6
  • Temple Sinai Nursery School · 210 Wilson Ave
    55 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    445 m
  • Plasp Summit Heights P.s. · 139 Armour Blvd
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    489 m
  • Armour Heights Child Care Program · 148 Wilson Ave
    110 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    518 m
  • Torah Tots Childcare · 37 Southbourne Ave
    70 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    760 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 121 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (3.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 121 · 1.6 km10 William Carson Cres
Police32 Division · 3.2 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 54 · 1 km4135 Bathurst St

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

48 registered apartment buildings with 1,788 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 15 Bideford Ave (339 m, 44 units, 6 storeys, built 1956), which scored 96 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 26 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings48 · 1,788 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202626 across the 48
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest16 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
15 Bideford Ave · Mantler, Bowman and Associates Inc.446195696 · Aug 20260339 m
2181 Avenue Rd · Signet Group Inc.644195098 · Aug 20262343 m
12 Bideford Ave · Viron Properties Inc.564195997 · Jul 20250363 m
2177 Avenue Rd · Signet Group Inc.684195099 · Jul 20253378 m
262 Ridley Blvdsocial housing · Greenwin Corp.1118199298 · Dec 20252413 m
2200 Avenue Rd · Viron Properties Inc.15216196999 · Jul 20250415 m
2175 Avenue Rd · Signet Group Inc.684195099 · Aug 20260422 m
166 Wilson Ave · Signet Group Inc.604195099 · Jun 20252473 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 lots440 lots · ≈20,460 spaces · 61.4 ha
Within 500 m14 lots · ≈1,280 spaces
Green P (public)4 car parks · about 282 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
246 Brooke Ave · Surface1.2 km9467% (Q1 2026)
1880 Avenue Rd · Surface1.3 km3232% (Q1 2026)
3885 Yonge St · Surface1.5 km13929% (Q1 2026)
4576 Yonge Street · Surface1.8 km17 *

Nearest lots: 339 m away, ≈42 spaces; 345 m away, ≈34 spaces; 362 m away, ≈74 spaces; 382 m away, ≈574 spaces; 392 m away, ≈17 spaces; 401 m away, ≈50 spaces.

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, Oct 12, 2017

The south leg carries the load — 2,070 northbound vehicles, or 44% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 188. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 814 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 9% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (749). Heavy vehicles made up 3.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 9 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2017, 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 north188southbound · 8 bikes · 3.2% heavy
From the west1,999eastbound · 16 bikes · 1.7% heavy
Total vehicles4,732200 pedestrians · 29 cyclists · 3.1% heavy
From the east475westbound · 5 bikes · 11.6% heavy
From the south2,070northbound · 0 bikes · 2.7% heavy
AM peak hour749 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour814 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 12, 2017

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 Bideford Ave between Avenue Rd S and Sandringham Dr (121 m away) recorded an average of 38 km/h in its 24-hour count in August 2014; 85% of drivers were at or under 47 km/h. That segment carries about 700 vehicles a day. Bombay Ave between Kirkton Rd and Ridley Blvd measured slower: 35 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 41 km/h (Dec 2021). The reading is 12 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Armour Blvd (336 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 4,392 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Bombay Avenue between Armour Blvd and Avenue Rd.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Avenue Rd · Hwy 401 Collectors W – Avenue Rd S · 31 mSep 2012 · 3 days5,979
Bideford Ave · Avenue Rd S – Sandringham Dr · 121 mAug 2014 · 24 h66238 km/h47 km/h52 km/h
Bombay Ave · Kirkton Rd – Ridley Blvd · 172 mDec 2021 · 3 days3,99835 km/h41 km/h45 km/h

School-zone speed sign 336 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct0 · 28 km/h
Over the limit0.2%
50 km/h or more0.0%

Armour Blvd (westbound), 128/130 Armour Blvd · 4,392 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Bombay Avenue · Armour Blvd – Avenue Rd
    2 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

2019 was the peak year (6 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 13% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). The most recent report on file is from Sep 26, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions24
With an injury3
Property damage only20
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 201425latest Sep 26, 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

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 four thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection 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 vehicle420house driveway/garage (3), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft110house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 24, 2024. 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 Lansing-Westgate.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Avenue & Bideford a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 24 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 Avenue & Bideford?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Oct 12, 2017, 51% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Avenue & Bideford?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Bideford Ave between Avenue Rd S and Sandringham Dr (August 2014), found an average of 38 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 336 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Avenue & Bideford?

The nearest Green P car park is 246 Brooke Ave (1.2 km away, 94 spaces, 67% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 440 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,460 spaces — 14 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Avenue & Bideford by transit?

Bus routes 61, 96, 165, 97, 7, 160, 400, 996 within 1 km (nearest stop: Bombay Loop at Avenue Rd, 51 m).

What restaurants are near Avenue & Bideford?

None within 300 m, and 29 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Domino's (444 m), Tcscc - Family Bistro (628 m), Tcscc - Main Kitchen (628 m), Tcscc - Sports Grill (628 m) and Adath Israel Congregation (760 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 Avenue & Bideford?

The nearest is Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom, 2140 Avenue Rd, 523 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Earl Bales Park South Washroom (1.0 km). 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 Avenue & Bideford?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 332 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Temple Sinai Nursery School (445 m, 55 spaces), Plasp Summit Heights P.s. (489 m, 28 spaces) and Armour Heights Child Care Program (518 m, 110 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Avenue & Bideford?

48 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,788 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 15 Bideford Ave (339 m, 44 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 2181 Avenue Rd (343 m, 64 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 12 Bideford Ave (363 m, 56 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 2177 Avenue Rd (378 m, 68 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 48 is 92 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 Avenue & Bideford?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Lansing-Westgate page.

What neighbourhood is Avenue & Bideford in?

Avenue & Bideford is in Lansing-Westgate (City of Toronto neighbourhood 038). It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak.

Sources

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