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Avenue & Clarendon

Avenue Rd & Clarendon Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Yonge-St.Clair · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

Avenue & Clarendon, in Yonge-St.Clair, is a heavily travelled arterial crossing. At the corner: 2 schools within 250 m and a park. Nearby: Summerhill Station (Line 1) 719 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
18,813
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 28, 2017
550 pedestrians · 194 cyclists
Collisions
29
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 24 property damage · #2828 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Summerhill Station 719 m · 1 streetcar route · 8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 2,350 vehicles, 2.0× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 34 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 2.9 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 29%, from 17 in 2016–2020 to 12 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Avenue & Clarendon

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Summerhill Station (Line 1)719 m; St Clair Station (Line 1)723 m
Streetcar
512 nearest 367 m
TTC bus
13977488192633127 nearest 63 m
Blue Night
312320
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Avenue Rd at Edmund Ave North Side; Avenue Rd at Edmund Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
St. Clair Ave W / Avenue Rd 393 m · 15 docks · 18 stations, 261 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 (24)
  • Brown Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 193 m
  • de Lasalle College SchoolPrivate · 213 m
  • Cottingham Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 495 m
  • Arrowsmith School - Bldg 2Private · 504 m
  • Arrowsmith School - Bldg 1Private · 511 m
  • The Mabin SchoolPrivate · 545 m
  • and 18 more
Parks (39)
  • Amsterdam Square408 m
  • Glenn Gould Park411 m
  • Poplar Plains Parkette434 m
  • Roycroft Park Lands512 m
  • Lionel Conacher Park563 m
  • Robertson Davies Park572 m
  • and 33 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Deer Park branch849 m
  • Toronto Public Library Wychwood branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Spadina MuseumMuseum · 813 m
  • Casa LomaAttraction · 1 km
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 112. The nearest is Scaramouche, 206 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 112 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
South Hill Market Inc · 398 Avenue Rdgrocery128 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Scaramouche · 1 Benvenuto Pl206 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
The Bradgate Arms · 54 Foxbar Rd263 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 4 infractions
Imperial Event Space · 129 St Clair Ave W340 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Bento Sushi · 111 St Clair Ave W366 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
The Market · 111 St Clair Ave Wgrocery366 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 2 infractions
Bistro Five61 · 561 Avenue Rd504 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 2 infractions
Gatherings Resto Bar · 49 St Clair Ave W555 mPassed, Jun 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 Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom, 672 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 393 m away at Glenn Gould Park.

  • Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom · 301 St. Clair Ave W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    672 m
  • Ramsden Park Washroom · 1020 Yonge St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    902 m
Drinking water
Glenn Gould Park bottle filling station · 393 m; Lionel Conacher Park bottle filling station · 540 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

12 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,086 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Unicorn Day Care Centre Toronto (193 m, 170 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km12 centres · 1,086 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 12
  • Unicorn Day Care Centre Toronto · 454 Avenue Rd
    170 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    193 m
  • Cottingham Child Care Centre · 85 Birch Ave
    80 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    495 m
  • Hopscotch Montessori Canada · 55 St Clair Ave W
    140 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age
    502 m
  • Trust Child Care Inc. · 29 Birch Ave
    150 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    645 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 311 (570 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (2.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 311 · 570 m20 Balmoral Ave
Police53 Division · 2.5 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 45 · 1.1 km135 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

Within a kilometre there are 77 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 5,810 rental units, 3.3× the median for a Toronto intersection — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 425 Avenue Rd (33 m, 47 units, 8 storeys, built 1965), which scored 96 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 106 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 25 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings77 · 5,810 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026106 across the 77
Open fire-code violations25
Tallest32 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
425 Avenue Rd · O'shanter Development Company Ltd.478196596 · Aug 2026033 m
2 Clarendon Ave · Cromwell Management Inc.494192997 · Aug 2025054 m
400 Avenue Rd · Hannah Property Management Ltd404192692 · Jul 2026088 m
398 Avenue Rd · Cromwell Management Inc.396193797 · Aug 20261129 m
160 Balmoral Ave · Glen Corporation8912196594 · Nov 20251139 m
396 Avenue Rd · Cromwell Management Inc.516193198 · Aug 20260147 m
394 Avenue Rd · Cromwell Management Inc.416193193 · Aug 20250166 m
342 Avenue Rd244192594 · Jul 20260274 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 lots719 lots · ≈29,530 spaces · 88.6 ha
Within 500 m38 lots · ≈1,300 spaces
Green P (public)20 car parks · about 2,887 spaces
EV charging (City)20 Delisle Ave. · 749 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking6 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
30 St. Clair Avenue West · Garage634 m173 *
251 Maherson Ave · Surface671 m4024% (Q1 2026)
21 Pleasant Blvd. · Garage714 m557 *
10 Delisle Ave · Garage721 m24029% (Q1 2026)
1501 Yonge Street · Surface804 m37 *

Nearest lots: 34 m away, ≈4 spaces; 40 m away, ≈17 spaces; 51 m away, ≈16 spaces; 59 m away, ≈2 spaces; 64 m away, ≈15 spaces; 95 m away, ≈10 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Delisle St (749 m, 4 ports); 41 Inglewood Dr (1.3 km, 2 ports); 74 Yorkville Ave (1.5 km, 9 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, Nov 28, 2017

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 9,199 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 141 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the north (102 of 194). Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 2,698 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m., 16% above the afternoon peak from 4:15 p.m. (2,332). Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. 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 north9,199southbound · 102 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the west141eastbound · 6 bikes · 7.8% heavy
Total vehicles18,813550 pedestrians · 194 cyclists · 3.0% heavy
From the east841westbound · 23 bikes · 2.1% heavy
From the south8,632northbound · 63 bikes · 3.2% heavy
AM peak hour2,698 vehicles from 7:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,332 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 28, 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

On Avenue Rd between Balmoral Ave and Foxbar Rd, 147 m from the corner, a 7-day count in June 2023 put the average speed at 43 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 58 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 68 km/h or more. That segment carries about 19,000 vehicles a day. Clarendon Ave between Clarendon Cres and Warren Rd measured slower: 38 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Mar 2011).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Avenue Rd · Balmoral Ave – Foxbar Rd · 147 mJun 2023 · 7 days18,95543 km/h58 km/h68 km/h
Clarendon Ave · Clarendon Cres – Warren Rd · 356 mMar 2011 · 3 days1,02638 km/h48 km/h53 km/h

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 2018, with 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 3. 2 collisions (7%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 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 Feb 4, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions29#2828 of 5,508
With an injury2#3584 of 4,660
Property damage only24
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201438latest Feb 4, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

One theft from a vehicle and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft210apartment parking (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 13, 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-St.Clair.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Avenue & Clarendon a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 29 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 & Clarendon?

A heavily travelled arterial crossing. Its latest count is from Nov 28, 2017, 2.0× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Avenue & Clarendon?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Avenue Rd between Balmoral Ave and Foxbar Rd (June 2023), found an average of 43 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 58 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Avenue & Clarendon?

The nearest Green P car park is 30 St. Clair Avenue West (634 m away, 173 spaces). The City's mapping shows 719 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 29,530 spaces — 38 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 20 Delisle Ave. (749 m).

How do I get to Avenue & Clarendon by transit?

Summerhill Station (Line 1) is 719 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 367 m away; bus routes 13, 97, 74, 88, 19, 26, 33, 127 within 1 km (nearest stop: Avenue Rd at Edmund Ave North Side, 63 m).

What restaurants are near Avenue & Clarendon?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 112 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Scaramouche (206 m), The Bradgate Arms (263 m), Imperial Event Space (340 m), Bento Sushi (366 m) and Bistro Five61 (504 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 & Clarendon?

The nearest is Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom, 301 St. Clair Ave W, 672 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Ramsden Park Washroom (902 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 & Clarendon?

12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,086 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 Toronto (193 m, 170 spaces), Cottingham Child Care Centre (495 m, 80 spaces) and Hopscotch Montessori Canada (502 m, 140 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Avenue & Clarendon?

77 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,810 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 425 Avenue Rd (33 m, 47 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 2 Clarendon Ave (54 m, 49 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 400 Avenue Rd (88 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 398 Avenue Rd (129 m, 39 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 77 is 91 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 & Clarendon?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and two 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-St.Clair page.

What neighbourhood is Avenue & Clarendon in?

Avenue & Clarendon is in Yonge-St.Clair (City of Toronto neighbourhood 097). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow.

Sources

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