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Avenue & Cottingham (South)

Avenue Rd & Cottingham St (South) · Toronto, Ontario · Yonge-St.Clair · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

In Yonge-St.Clair, Avenue & Cottingham (South) is a busier-than-typical intersection. At the corner: parks. Nearby: Summerhill Station (Line 1) 684 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
17,578
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 21, 2023
527 pedestrians · 131 cyclists
Collisions
4
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 2 property damage · #5117 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Summerhill Station 684 m · 1 streetcar route · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 2,200 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.90× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 33 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 0.4 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Avenue & Cottingham (South)

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)684 m; Rosedale Station (Line 1)841 m; Dupont Station (Line 1)856 m; St Clair Station (Line 1)1 km
Streetcar
512 nearest 814 m
TTC bus
1326199712782 nearest 20 m
Blue Night
312320
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Avenue Rd at Cottingham St; Avenue Rd at Cottingham St South Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Avenue Rd / Macpherson Ave 178 m · 15 docks · 16 stations, 228 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 (36)
  • Cottingham Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 254 m
  • de Lasalle College SchoolPrivate · 290 m
  • The Mabin SchoolPrivate · 391 m
  • Brown Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 637 m
  • The York School - Mdl and Sr CampusPrivate · 715 m
  • Waldorf Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 731 m
  • and 30 more
Parks (53)
  • Robertson Davies Park129 m
  • Macpherson Avenue Parkette191 m
  • Sergeant Ryan Russell Parkette233 m
  • Jay Macpherson Green266 m
  • Marlborough Place Parkette333 m
  • High Level Pumping Station and Park343 m
  • and 47 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Deer Park branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Yorkville branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library Toronto Reference Library branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Spadina MuseumMuseum · 777 m
  • Casa LomaAttraction · 892 m
  • Village of Yorkville ParkNature/ Park · 1.2 km
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.3 km
  • Toronto Reference LibraryLandmark · 1.3 km
  • Royal Conservatory of MusicPerforming Arts · 1.3 km
  • Koerner Hall (at the Telus Centre for Performance and Learning)Performing Arts · 1.3 km
  • Gardiner MuseumMuseum · 1.3 km
Signal
0110, activated 1948 · SAP · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

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 3 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 136. The nearest is Barberia Uno, 112 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in December 2025.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 136 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 18 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Barberia Uno · 274 Avenue Rd112 mPassed, Dec 2025
Scaramouche · 1 Benvenuto Pl251 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Blondies · 16 Dupont St256 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Govinda's Vegetarian Cuisine · 243 Avenue Rd306 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Lashgod · 236 Avenue Rd, Flr-3rd317 mPassed, May 2025
South Hill Market Inc · 398 Avenue Rdgrocery326 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Playa Cabana · 111 Dupont St446 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Cafe X Bica · 160 Pears Ave, Unit-110487 mPassed, May 2025 · 2 infractions

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, 470 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 232 m away at Sergeant Ryan Russell Parkette.

  • Ramsden Park Washroom · 1020 Yonge St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    470 m
  • Ramsden Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 1020 Yonge St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    630 m
  • Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom · 301 St. Clair Ave W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    1 km
Drinking water
Sergeant Ryan Russell Parkette bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 232 m; Jay Macpherson Green drinking fountain, dog fountain · 241 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 680 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Cottingham Child Care Centre (254 m, 80 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km8 centres · 680 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 8
  • Cottingham Child Care Centre · 85 Birch Ave
    80 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    254 m
  • Unicorn Day Care Centre · 240 Avenue Rd
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    295 m
  • Trust Child Care Inc. · 29 Birch Ave
    150 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    483 m
  • Unicorn Day Care Centre Toronto · 454 Avenue Rd
    170 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    637 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 311 (802 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (2.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 685 m away.

FireFire Station 311 · 802 m20 Balmoral Ave
Police52 Division · 2.9 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 45 · 685 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

Within a kilometre there are 66 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 5,011 rental units, 2.9× the median for a Toronto intersection — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 291 Avenue Rd (41 m, 96 units, 8 storeys, built 1956), which scored 97 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 102 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 27 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings66 · 5,011 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026102 across the 66
Open fire-code violations27
Tallest28 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
291 Avenue Rd · Habosh Investments Inc.968195697 · Aug 2026441 m
320 Avenue Rd244192596 · Aug 2026098 m
326 Avenue Rd183192596 · Nov 20251112 m
330 Avenue Rd193192593 · Jul 20262127 m
340 Avenue Rd244192597 · Jul 20262162 m
342 Avenue Rd244192594 · Jul 20260178 m
394 Avenue Rd · Cromwell Management Inc.416193193 · Aug 20250286 m
396 Avenue Rd · Cromwell Management Inc.516193198 · Aug 20260306 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 lots771 lots · ≈30,270 spaces · 90.8 ha
Within 500 m47 lots · ≈1,160 spaces
Green P (public)22 car parks · about 3,054 spaces
EV charging (City)74 Yorkville Ave · 1.1 km · 8 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parking12 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
251 Maherson Ave · Surface281 m4024% (Q1 2026)
15 Price St · Surface688 m71 *
1010 Yonge St. · Surface835 m48 *
21 Pleasant Blvd. · Garage1 km557 *
30 St. Clair Avenue West · Garage1 km173 *

Nearest lots: 74 m away, ≈7 spaces; 85 m away, ≈5 spaces; 89 m away, ≈19 spaces; 93 m away, ≈3 spaces; 155 m away, ≈20 spaces; 202 m away, ≈12 spaces. More EV charging: 20 Delisle Ave. (1.1 km, 4 ports); 10 Delisle St (1.1 km, 4 ports); 19 Spadina Rd (1.4 km, 6 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, Jun 21, 2023

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 8,692 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 260 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the north (90 of 131). Evening rush dominates here: 2,784 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 2,465 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. 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 north8,692southbound · 90 bikes · 2.0% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles17,578527 pedestrians · 131 cyclists · 2.2% heavy
From the east260westbound · 0 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the south8,626northbound · 41 bikes · 2.3% heavy
AM peak hour2,465 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,784 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 21, 2023

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 Dupont St and Macpherson Ave, 248 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2024 put the average speed at 33 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 45 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 50 km/h or more. That segment carries about 47,300 vehicles a day. Cottingham St between Oaklands Ave and Sidney St measured slower: 28 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (Mar 2020).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Cottingham St · Oaklands Ave – Sidney St · 117 mMar 2020 · 3 days62328 km/h39 km/h44 km/h
Avenue Rd · Dupont St – Macpherson Ave · 248 mMay 2024 · 3 days47,28933 km/h45 km/h50 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 2019, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 50% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Aug 3, 2019.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions4#5117 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only2
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 20145latest Aug 3, 2019

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

No thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle000
Bicycle theft100house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 12, 2020. 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 & Cottingham (South) a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 4 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 & Cottingham (South)?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Jun 21, 2023, 1.90× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Avenue & Cottingham (South)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Avenue Rd between Dupont St and Macpherson Ave (May 2024), found an average of 33 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 45 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Avenue & Cottingham (South)?

The nearest Green P car park is 251 Maherson Ave (281 m away, 40 spaces, 24% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 771 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 30,270 spaces — 47 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 74 Yorkville Ave (1.1 km).

How do I get to Avenue & Cottingham (South) by transit?

Summerhill Station (Line 1) is 684 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 814 m away; bus routes 13, 26, 19, 97, 127, 82 within 1 km (nearest stop: Avenue Rd at Cottingham St, 20 m).

What restaurants are near Avenue & Cottingham (South)?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 136 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Barberia Uno (112 m), Scaramouche (251 m), Blondies (256 m), Govinda's Vegetarian Cuisine (306 m) and Lashgod (317 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 & Cottingham (South)?

The nearest is Ramsden Park Washroom, 1020 Yonge St, 470 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Ramsden Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (630 m); Sir Winston Churchill Park 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 & Cottingham (South)?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 680 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Cottingham Child Care Centre (254 m, 80 spaces), Unicorn Day Care Centre (295 m, 39 spaces) and Trust Child Care Inc. (483 m, 150 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Avenue & Cottingham (South)?

66 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,011 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 291 Avenue Rd (41 m, 96 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 320 Avenue Rd (98 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 326 Avenue Rd (112 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 330 Avenue Rd (127 m, 19 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 66 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 & Cottingham (South)?

Toronto Police place no 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 Yonge-St.Clair page.

What neighbourhood is Avenue & Cottingham (South) in?

Avenue & Cottingham (South) 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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