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Avenue & Douglas

Avenue Rd & Douglas Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Bedford Park-Nortown · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

Avenue & Douglas sits in Bedford Park-Nortown. At the City's last count here, in 2018, it was a heavily travelled arterial crossing. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: 4 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
20,618
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 2, 2018
852 pedestrians · 47 cyclists
Collisions
17
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
49/100
city median 48 · #2,721 of 5,672
12 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 846 m

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Avenue & Douglas

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume8-hour count · May 2, 2018

The south leg carries the load — 10,464 northbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 142. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,773 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 2,853 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 9 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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 north9,817southbound · 21 bikes · 3.2% heavy
From the west142eastbound · 2 bikes · 0.7% heavy
Total vehicles20,618852 pedestrians · 47 cyclists · 3.2% heavy
From the east195westbound · 2 bikes · 1.5% heavy
From the south10,464northbound · 22 bikes · 3.2% heavy

Peak hours: 2,773 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 2,853 from 4:30 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

2017 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 12% of collisions here involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 22, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions17
With an injury2
Property damage only13
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

How fast traffic moves here

The City's counter on Douglas Ave between Avenue Rd and Grey Rd (120 m away) recorded an average of 33 km/h in its 24-hour count in May 2009; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 900 vehicles a day. The reading is 17 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Avenue Rd (351 m away, 40 km/h limit), 2.2% of the 7,662 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Douglas Ave · Avenue Rd – Grey Rd · 120 mMay 2009 · 24 h85433 km/h44 km/h49 km/h
Avenue Rd · Lawrence Ave W – Glengarry Ave · 129 mSep 2012 · 3 days14,081———
Speed sign
Avenue Rd (southbound), 351 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 35 km/h, 85th percentile 43 km/h; 2.2% at 50 km/h or more. 7,662 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

TTC bus
61 52 nearest 15 m
Express
952
Blue Night
352
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Avenue Rd at Douglas Ave; Avenue Rd at Douglas Ave North Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Woburn Ave / Avenue Rd 221 m · 15 docks · 2 stations, 30 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
4 car parks · about 194 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
21 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
33 mapped lots within 500 m, 311 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1880 Avenue Rd · Surface1 km3232% (Q1 2026)
246 Brooke Ave · Surface1.2 km9467% (Q1 2026)
23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface1.3 km4254% (Q1 2026)
25 Glenforest Road · Surface1.6 km26 *—

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

The nearest grocery store is Aj & Ashley's No Frills, 846 m away; 2 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. A specialist food shop is closer still: Mike's Fish Market, 91 m away. There are 12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 34 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Iq Foods, 28 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 162 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Baycrest Hospital, 2.0 km away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Iq Foods · 1560 Avenue Rd28 m
  • Da Venezia Gourmet Pizza · 1568 Avenue Rd Unit-234 m
  • Moto Via Avenue · 1554 Avenue Rd42 m
  • Motovia · 1554 Avenue Rd43 m
  • 12 Tables · 1552 Avenue Rd46 m
12 within 300 m · 34 within 1 km
Grocery
Aj & Ashley's No Frills 846 m · 10 min · 2 within 1 km
Food shops
Mike's Fish Market 91 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Shoppers Drug Mart 162 m · 2 within 1 km
Child care
  • Avenue Road Child Care (1498 Avenue Road) · 93 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day215 m
  • Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre · 140 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool705 m · 8 min
  • Toronto Cheder · 16 spaces, preschool · $10-a-day818 m · 10 min
6 licensed centres · 739 spaces within 1 km · 3 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Otter Creek Centre Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed · closed — Closed for the Season1 km · 12 min
Drinking water: Brookdale Park 349 m · 4 min (off)
Health and care
  • Baycrest Hospital · hospital site2 km · 24 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (18)
  • Douglas Greenbelt162 m
  • Brookdale Park434 m · 5 min
  • Bedford Parkette479 m · 6 min
  • Heart Park627 m · 7 min
  • Glengarry Park658 m · 8 min
and 13 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (16)
  • Avro AcademyPrivate · 293 m · 3 min
  • Havergal College Sr SchoolPrivate · 458 m · 5 min
  • Havergal Jr SchoolPrivate · 545 m · 6 min
  • Lawrence Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 683 m · 8 min
  • Glenview Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 802 m · 10 min
and 11 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Locke branch1.3 km · 16 min
  • Toronto Public Library Barbara Frum branch1.3 km · 16 min
Places of interest
  • Alexander Muir Memorial GardensNature/ Park · 1.5 km · 17 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

49of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,721 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food19/30

    2 grocery stores within 1 km · 12 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit13/28

    8 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go3/14

    library 1.3 km away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation7/10

    3 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.4 km

  • Schools and child care7/8

    2 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Three registered apartment buildings with 115 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 312 Douglas Ave (45 m, 11 units, 3 storeys, built 1951), which scored 75 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 83, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
312 Douglas Ave · Avenue Road Investment Limited113195175 · Jun 202445 m
284 Lawrence Ave W · Landlord Property and Rental Management153194077 · Sep 2025287 m · 3 min
515 Rosewell Ave · Bentallgreenoak897200598 · Sep 2025393 m · 5 min

3 registered buildings · 115 units · tallest 7 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

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 no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410apartment parking (2), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000—

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 Bedford Park-Nortown.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Avenue & Douglas a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 17 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 & Douglas?

A heavily travelled arterial crossing at the City's last count here, in 2018. Its latest count is from May 2, 2018, 2.2× today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Avenue & Douglas a walkable intersection?

Avenue & Douglas scores 49 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,721 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 2 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 3 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.4 km; 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 12 places to eat within 300 m.

How fast do cars go at Avenue & Douglas?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Douglas Ave between Avenue Rd and Grey Rd (May 2009), found an average of 33 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 351 m away (40 km/h), 2.2% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Avenue & Douglas?

The nearest Green P car park is 1880 Avenue Rd (1.0 km away, 32 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 311 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 8,930 spaces — 33 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Avenue & Douglas by transit?

Bus routes 61, 52, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Avenue Rd at Douglas Ave, 15 m).

What restaurants are near Avenue & Douglas?

12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 34 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Iq Foods (28 m), Da Venezia Gourmet Pizza (34 m), Moto Via Avenue (42 m), Motovia (43 m) and 12 Tables (46 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Avenue & Douglas?

The nearest is Otter Creek Centre Outdoor Rink Washroom, 140 Cheritan Ave, 1.0 km away. The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season.

Is there child care near Avenue & Douglas?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 739 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Avenue Road Child Care (1498 Avenue Road) (215 m, 93 spaces), Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre (705 m, 140 spaces) and Toronto Cheder (818 m, 16 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Avenue & Douglas?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 115 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 312 Douglas Ave (45 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 75), 284 Lawrence Ave W (287 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 77) and 515 Rosewell Ave (393 m, 89 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 83 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Avenue & Douglas?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Bedford Park-Nortown page.

What neighbourhood is Avenue & Douglas in?

Avenue & Douglas is in Bedford Park-Nortown (City of Toronto neighbourhood 039). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.

Sources

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