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Avenue & Chicora

Avenue Rd & Chicora Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Annex · Ward 11, University-Rosedale

Avenue & Chicora, in the Annex, is a moderately heavy crossing. It has parks at the corner. Nearby: Rosedale Station (Line 1) 703 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
22,444
vehicles · 14-hour count, May 27, 2025
1,925 pedestrians · 398 cyclists · #717 busiest
Collisions
22
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 18 property damage · #3264 of 5,508 · +5 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
Rosedale Station 703 m · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,600 vehicles an hour, 1.39× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 12 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. Police have logged an average of 2.2 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 1.0 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions fell 17%, from 12 in 2016–2020 to 10 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Avenue & Chicora

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Rosedale Station (Line 1)703 m; Dupont Station (Line 1)807 m; Summerhill Station (Line 1)818 m; Bay Station (Line 2)847 m; St George Station (Line 1, Line 2)870 m; Spadina Station (Line 1)933 m
TTC bus
1319269782127 nearest 84 m
Blue Night
320300
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Avenue Rd at Dupont St
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Davenport Rd / Avenue Rd 172 m · 11 docks · 20 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 (37)
  • Cottingham Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 466 m
  • Jesse Ketchum Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 557 m
  • The Mabin SchoolPrivate · 580 m
  • de Lasalle College SchoolPrivate · 646 m
  • McDonald International Academy SchoolPrivate · 710 m
  • Career Quest - TorontoPrivate · 719 m
  • and 31 more
Community centres
Parks (56)
  • Jay Macpherson Green109 m
  • Sergeant Ryan Russell Parkette141 m
  • Joseph Tough Park189 m
  • Macpherson Avenue Parkette194 m
  • Robertson Davies Park250 m
  • Ramsden Park341 m
  • and 50 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Yorkville branch851 m
  • Toronto Public Library Toronto Reference Library branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Spadina Road branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Village of Yorkville ParkNature/ Park · 835 m
  • Spadina MuseumMuseum · 926 m
  • Royal Conservatory of MusicPerforming Arts · 937 m
  • Koerner Hall (at the Telus Centre for Performance and Learning)Performing Arts · 948 m
  • Gardiner MuseumMuseum · 1 km
  • Toronto Reference LibraryLandmark · 1 km
  • Royal Ontario MuseumMuseum · 1 km
  • Casa LomaAttraction · 1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 238 eating places within a kilometre — 3.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Lashgod, 61 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2025.

Restaurants & cafés15 within 300 m · 238 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Lashgod · 236 Avenue Rd, Flr-3rd61 mPassed, May 2025
Govinda's Vegetarian Cuisine · 243 Avenue Rd72 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Blondies · 16 Dupont St135 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
The Avenue Diner · 222 Davenport Rd151 mPassed, Dec 2025
Joso's · 202 Davenport Rd166 mPassed, Jul 2025 · 1 infraction
Ins Market · 142 Avenue Rdgrocery211 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 2 infractions
Adrak Yorkville · 138 Avenue Rd223 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Mom's Recipes · 136 Avenue Rd227 mPassed, Jul 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 Ramsden Park Washroom, 185 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 101 m away at Ramsden Park.

  • Ramsden Park Washroom · 1020 Yonge St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    185 m
  • Ramsden Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 1020 Yonge St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    404 m
Drinking water
Ramsden Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 101 m; Ramsden Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 131 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 627 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Unicorn Day Care Centre (83 m, 39 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km10 centres · 627 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 10
  • Unicorn Day Care Centre · 240 Avenue Rd
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    83 m
  • Cottingham Child Care Centre · 85 Birch Ave
    80 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    466 m
  • Jesse Ketchum Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 7 Berryman St
    26 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    548 m
  • Trust Child Care Inc. · 29 Birch Ave
    150 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    619 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 312 (835 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (2.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 368 m away.

FireFire Station 312 · 835 m34 Yorkville Ave
Police52 Division · 2.5 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 45 · 368 m135 Davenport Rd

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

63 registered apartment buildings with 4,960 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, five of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 138 Pears Ave (115 m, 96 units, 7 storeys, built 1972), which scored 77 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 63 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 120 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 36 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings63 · 4,960 units · 5 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026120 across the 63
Open fire-code violations36
Tallest25 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
138 Pears Avesocial housing · St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society967197277 · Aug 20255 · 13 fire115 m
250 Davenport RdToronto Community Housing · Greenwin46025196890 · Aug 20243190 m
130 Macpherson Ave · Castlehill Property Management263194875 · Jul 20251282 m
50 Hillsboro Ave · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.19624196588 · Jun 20242297 m
291 Avenue Rd · Habosh Investments Inc.968195697 · Aug 20264340 m
30 Hillsboro Ave · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.19624196591 · Oct 20255361 m
359 Davenport Rd · 741476 Ontario Inc.174190079 · Jul 20260421 m
103 Avenue Rd · Hollyburn Properties Ltd12411195986 · Sep 20254422 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 lots823 lots · ≈24,230 spaces · 72.7 ha
Within 500 m62 lots · ≈1,150 spaces
Green P (public)24 car parks · about 3,259 spaces
EV charging (City)74 Yorkville Ave · 748 m · 8 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parking55 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
251 Maherson Ave · Surface274 m4024% (Q1 2026)
1010 Yonge St. · Surface630 m48 *
15 Price St · Surface698 m71 *
74 Yorkville Ave · Garage726 m17575% (Q1 2026)
9 Bedford Rd · Garage823 m37151% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 14 m away, ≈4 spaces; 21 m away, ≈3 spaces; 40 m away, ≈8 spaces; 53 m away, ≈8 spaces; 69 m away, ≈5 spaces; 71 m away, ≈15 spaces. More EV charging: 19 Spadina Rd (1.1 km, 6 ports); 20 Charles St E. (1.3 km, 23 ports); 20 Delisle Ave. (1.4 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 — 14-hour, May 27, 2025

The south leg carries the load — 12,012 northbound vehicles, or 54% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 15. Most cyclists arrived from the south (196 of 398). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,942 vehicles in the hour from 5:15 p.m., 11% above the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. (1,757). 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 15 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north10,091southbound · 188 bikes · 2.2% heavy
From the west326eastbound · 14 bikes · 4.0% heavy
Total vehicles22,4441,925 pedestrians · 398 cyclists · 2.4% heavy
From the east15westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south12,012northbound · 196 bikes · 2.5% heavy
AM peak hour1,757 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,942 vehicles from 5:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · May 27, 2025

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 Avenue Rd between Pears Ave and Chicora Ave (47 m away) recorded an average of 39 km/h in its 3-day count in June 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 26,800 vehicles a day. 4 speed humps slow traffic on Chicora Avenue between Avenue Rd and Bedford Rd (installed 2025).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Avenue Rd · Pears Ave – Chicora Ave · 47 mJun 2025 · 3 days26,83939 km/h49 km/h58 km/h
Chicora Ave · Lane W of Avenue and N of Pears – Bedford Rd · 150 mMar 2000 · 3 days488

Traffic calming

  • Chicora Avenue · Avenue Rd – Bedford Rd
    4 speed humps
    installed 2025

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 4 collisions. 9% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 7, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 1.0 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions22#3264 of 5,508
With an injury2#3583 of 4,660
Property damage only18
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian1#2159 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
All since 201432latest Apr 7, 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 eight thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 38% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle820street/outdoor (3), house driveway/garage (3)
Bicycle theft110other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 28, 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 Annex.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Avenue & Chicora a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 22 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 & Chicora?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #717 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.39× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Avenue & Chicora?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Avenue Rd between Pears Ave and Chicora Ave (June 2025), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Avenue & Chicora?

The nearest Green P car park is 251 Maherson Ave (274 m away, 40 spaces, 24% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 823 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,230 spaces — 62 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 74 Yorkville Ave (748 m).

How do I get to Avenue & Chicora by transit?

Rosedale Station (Line 1) is 703 m away; bus routes 13, 19, 26, 97, 82, 127 within 1 km (nearest stop: Avenue Rd at Dupont St, 84 m).

What restaurants are near Avenue & Chicora?

15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 238 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Lashgod (61 m), Govinda's Vegetarian Cuisine (72 m), Blondies (135 m), The Avenue Diner (151 m) and Joso's (166 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 & Chicora?

The nearest is Ramsden Park Washroom, 1020 Yonge St, 185 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Ramsden Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (404 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 & Chicora?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 627 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Unicorn Day Care Centre (83 m, 39 spaces), Cottingham Child Care Centre (466 m, 80 spaces) and Jesse Ketchum Early Learning & Child Care Centre (548 m, 26 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Avenue & Chicora?

63 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,960 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 138 Pears Ave (115 m, 96 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 250 Davenport Rd (190 m, 460 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 130 Macpherson Ave (282 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 75) and 50 Hillsboro Ave (297 m, 196 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 63 is 89 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 & Chicora?

Toronto Police place eight 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 Annex page.

What neighbourhood is Avenue & Chicora in?

Avenue & Chicora is in Annex (City of Toronto neighbourhood 095). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe.

Sources

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