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Avenue & Castlefield

Avenue Rd & Castlefield Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Yonge-Eglinton · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

In Yonge-Eglinton, Avenue & Castlefield is a major arterial intersection. At the corner: 2 schools within 250 m. Nearby: Avenue Station (Line 5) 525 m away.

Traffic volume
19,765
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 25, 2016
524 pedestrians · 43 cyclists
Collisions
88
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
9 with an injury · 63 property damage · #1256 of 5,508 · +3 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
Avenue Station 525 m · 8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,470 vehicles an hour, 2.1× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 38 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 8.8 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 2.8× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 56%, from 61 in 2016–2020 to 27 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Avenue & Castlefield

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Avenue Station (Line 5)525 m; Chaplin Station (Line 5)887 m; Eglinton Station (Line 5)1 km
TTC bus
61341314337410397 nearest 86 m
Blue Night
334354320
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Avenue Rd at St Clements Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Elwood Blvd / Avenue Rd 283 m · 23 docks · 10 stations, 190 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 (27)
  • Allenby Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 161 m
  • Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 223 m
  • Oriole Park Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 771 m
  • St Clements Early LearningPrivate · 803 m
  • Birmingham International Collegiate of CanadaPrivate · 842 m
  • North Preparatory Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 873 m
  • and 21 more
Community centres
Parks (30)
  • Eglinton Park492 m
  • Lytton Park608 m
  • 20 Castlefield Ave Park854 m
  • Montgomery Square Park938 m
  • Robert Bateman Parkette946 m
  • St. Clements - Yonge Parkette946 m
  • and 24 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Northern District branch894 m
  • Toronto Public Library Forest Hill branch1.1 km

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; 108 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Amica On the Avenue, 412 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 108 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 9 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Amica On the Avenue · 1066 Avenue Rd412 mPassed, Jun 2026
Nikko Sushi Restaurant · 376 Eglinton Ave W550 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Slice N Chills · 302 Eglinton Ave W550 mPassed, Jul 2026
Isle of Coffee · 380 Eglinton Ave W552 mPassed, May 2026
Blondies Pizza · 280 Eglinton Ave W553 mPassed, Oct 2025
Thairoomgrand · 288 Eglinton Ave W555 mPassed, Jul 2026
Kandy Krazed · 426 Eglinton Ave W581 mPassed, Apr 2024
Starbucks Coffee · 444 Eglinton Ave W595 mPassed, Apr 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 Eglinton Park Washroom, 445 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 480 m away at Eglinton Park.

  • Eglinton Park Washroom · 200 Eglinton Ave W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    445 m
  • North Toronto Memorial Community Centre Washroom · 200 Eglinton Ave W
    View centre hours · accessible
    624 m
  • Lytton Park Tennis Clubhouse Washroom · 200 Lytton Blvd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    649 m
Drinking water
Eglinton Park dog fountain · 480 m; Eglinton Park drinking fountain · 505 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 956 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Lullaboo Nursery and Childcare Center - Avenue Campus (30 m, 109 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km8 centres · 956 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 8
  • Lullaboo Nursery and Childcare Center - Avenue Campus · 1133 Avenue Rd
    109 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    30 m
  • Allenby Day Care · 391 St Clements Ave
    259 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    161 m
  • Children's Magic Moments Child Care and Nursery School · 98 Braemar Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    731 m
  • Treetop Children's Centre · 80 Braemar Ave
    155 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    771 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 134 (886 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (897 m) and the nearest ambulance station 889 m away.

FireFire Station 134 · 886 m16 Montgomery Ave
Police53 Division · 897 m75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 18 · 889 m643 Eglinton Ave 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

Within a kilometre there are 35 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,515 rental units. The nearest is 1112 Avenue Rd (131 m, 13 units, 4 storeys, built 1961), which scored 80 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 35 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 66 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 13 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings35 · 2,515 units
RentSafeTO score90 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202666 across the 35
Open fire-code violations13
Tallest33 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1112 Avenue Rd134196180 · Aug 20251131 m
1106 Avenue Rd · High Value Consultants Ltd2241960100 · Jul 20250153 m
132 Castlefield Ave · Maya Investments Ltd.264195598 · Jul 20240418 m
80 Castlefield Ave · Not Applicable173195589 · Sep 20260609 m
243 Eglinton Ave W · Hannah Property Management Ltd25319790616 m
118 Montgomery Ave · Lawrence Construction Co. Limited1093195292 · Aug 20250656 m
211 Eglinton Ave W · Jb Apartment Holdings313195581 · Aug 20250660 m
486 Oriole Pkwy · Hannah Property Management Ltd.213193082 · Oct 20250666 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 · ≈14,470 spaces · 43.4 ha
Within 500 m24 lots · ≈390 spaces
Green P (public)11 car parks · about 1,143 spaces
EV charging (City)75 Holly St. · 1.2 km · 28 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
125 Burnaby Blvd · Surface567 m15555% (Q1 2026)
20 Castlefield Avenue · Surface900 m163 *
6 Sherwood Avenue · Surface1 km46 *
30 Roehampton Ave · Garage1.1 km18735% (Q1 2026)
75 Holly St · Garage1.2 km30212% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 34 m away, ≈3 spaces; 42 m away, ≈30 spaces; 42 m away, ≈3 spaces; 45 m away, ≈8 spaces; 48 m away, ≈12 spaces; 139 m away, ≈28 spaces. More EV charging: 168 Chiltern Hill Rd (1.7 km, 4 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, Apr 25, 2016

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 9,822 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 378 from the east. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 3,101 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 2,899 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 10 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2016, 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 north9,822southbound · 16 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the west430eastbound · 7 bikes · 1.4% heavy
Total vehicles19,765524 pedestrians · 43 cyclists · 2.4% heavy
From the east378westbound · 4 bikes · 1.3% heavy
From the south9,135northbound · 16 bikes · 1.9% heavy
AM peak hour3,101 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour2,899 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 25, 2016

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 Avenue Rd between Elwood Blvd and Kelway Blvd, 246 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2025 put the average speed at 40 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 48 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 52 km/h or more. That segment carries about 29,400 vehicles a day. Castlefield Ave between Avenue Rd and Castlewood Rd measured slower: 29 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Mar 2026). At the school-zone speed sign on Castlefield Ave (209 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.9% of the 10,687 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Castlefield Avenue between Avenue Rd and Rosewell Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Avenue Rd · Elwood Blvd – Kelway Blvd · 246 mMay 2025 · 3 days29,37140 km/h48 km/h52 km/h
Castlefield Ave · Avenue Rd – Castlewood Rd · 246 mMar 2026 · 3 days1,10829 km/h38 km/h43 km/h

School-zone speed sign 209 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct25 · 37 km/h
Over the limit3.2%
50 km/h or more0.9%

Castlefield Ave (eastbound), 369 Castlefield Avenue · 10,687 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Castlefield Avenue · Avenue Rd – Rosewell Ave
    3 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

The worst year was 2017, with 21 collisions; 2025 recorded 3. 9 collisions (10%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 17 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 10, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions88#1256 of 5,508
With an injury9#1809 of 4,660
Property damage only63
Fail to remain17
Involving a pedestrian1#2158 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1539 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified16
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 2014114latest May 10, 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 Sep 20, 2007.

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

Four thefts from vehicles and four 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 vehicle410house driveway/garage (3), other (1)
Bicycle theft400other (2), house driveway/garage (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 22, 2023. 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 Yonge-Eglinton.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Avenue & Castlefield a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 88 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 & Castlefield?

A major arterial intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 25, 2016, 2.1× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Avenue & Castlefield?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Avenue Rd between Elwood Blvd and Kelway Blvd (May 2025), found an average of 40 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 209 m away (40 km/h), 0.9% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Avenue & Castlefield?

The nearest Green P car park is 125 Burnaby Blvd (567 m away, 155 spaces, 55% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 526 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,470 spaces — 24 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 75 Holly St. (1.2 km).

How do I get to Avenue & Castlefield by transit?

Avenue Station (Line 5) is 525 m away; bus routes 61, 34, 13, 14, 33, 74, 103, 97 within 1 km (nearest stop: Avenue Rd at St Clements Ave, 86 m).

What restaurants are near Avenue & Castlefield?

None within 300 m, and 108 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Amica On the Avenue (412 m), Nikko Sushi Restaurant (550 m), Slice N Chills (550 m), Isle of Coffee (552 m) and Blondies Pizza (553 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 & Castlefield?

The nearest is Eglinton Park Washroom, 200 Eglinton Ave W, 445 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: North Toronto Memorial Community Centre Washroom (624 m); Lytton Park Tennis Clubhouse Washroom (649 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 Avenue & Castlefield?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 956 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Lullaboo Nursery and Childcare Center - Avenue Campus (30 m, 109 spaces), Allenby Day Care (161 m, 259 spaces) and Children's Magic Moments Child Care and Nursery School (731 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Avenue & Castlefield?

35 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,515 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1112 Avenue Rd (131 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 80), 1106 Avenue Rd (153 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 132 Castlefield Ave (418 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 80 Castlefield Ave (609 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 35 is 90 out of 100; 1 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 Avenue & Castlefield?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and four 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 Yonge-Eglinton page.

What neighbourhood is Avenue & Castlefield in?

Avenue & Castlefield is in Yonge-Eglinton (City of Toronto neighbourhood 100). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.

Sources

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