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Avenue & Eglinton

Avenue Rd & Eglinton Ave W · Toronto, Ontario · Lawrence Park South · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence · The Eglinton Way BIA

Avenue & Eglinton, in Lawrence Park South, is a major arterial intersection. At the corner: a live City traffic camera, Avenue Station and a protected bikeway.

Traffic
34,209
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 30, 2026
4,998 pedestrians · 361 cyclists · #225 busiest
Collisions
409
police-reported · 2016–2025
2 killed or seriously injured · #179 of 5,519
Getting there
Avenue Station
subway station within 250 m
14 routes within 1 km · protected bikeway
Within a walk
76/100
city median 48 · #489 of 5,672
16 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 383 m

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Avenue & Eglinton

Traffic and safety

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

Live traffic camera RESCU 8064 · 17 m

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Live camera RESCU 8064 · Eglinton Ave W & Avenue Rd
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Live camera · RESCU 8064 · Eglinton Ave W & Avenue Rd
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Traffic volume14-hour count · Jun 30, 2026

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 12,625 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 37% of the total, against 5,651 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the east (155 of 361). Evening rush dominates here: 2,959 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 2,666 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north12,625southbound · 35 bikes · 2.5% heavy
From the west5,651eastbound · 134 bikes · 4.4% heavy
Total vehicles34,2094,998 pedestrians · 361 cyclists · 3.4% heavy
From the east5,914westbound · 155 bikes · 5.7% heavy
From the south10,019northbound · 37 bikes · 2.5% heavy

Peak hours: 2,666 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,959 from 4:45 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

The worst year was 2016, with 67 collisions; 2025 recorded 32. 28 collisions (7%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 44 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 6 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (1%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 24 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 22, 2026.

Neither of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 motorcyclist was among those hurt; one collision involved vehicle occupants only. The most recent was on Sep 30, 2021. Going back to 2006, the total is 3.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions409#179 of 5,519
With an injury28#547 of 4,669
Property damage only344
Fail to remain44
Involving a pedestrian2#1531 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist4#537 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist2
Severity not classified37
Since January 2026 (outside the window)24
Killed or seriously injured2#265 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
In darkness0
All KSI since 20063latest Sep 30, 2021

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

On Avenue Rd between Elwood Blvd and Kelway Blvd, 326 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. At the school-zone speed sign on Avenue Rd (127 m away, 50 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 71,169 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Eglinton Ave W · Avenue Rd – Braemar Ave · 46 mMar 2013 · 3 days12,299———
Avenue Rd · Elwood Blvd – Kelway Blvd · 326 mMay 2025 · 3 days29,37140 km/h48 km/h52 km/h
Speed sign
Avenue Rd (southbound), 127 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 38 km/h, 85th percentile 44 km/h; 0.0% at 60 km/h or more. 71,169 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.

The crossing
Signal 0096, activated 1937 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

Subway
Avenue Station (Line 5)22 m; Chaplin Station (Line 5)730 m · 9 min; Eglinton Station (Line 1, Line 5)788 m · 9 min
TTC bus
61 13 34 14 74 103 33 97 nearest 46 m
Blue Night
334 354 320
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Avenue Rd at Eglinton Ave West North Side; Eglinton Ave West at Avenue Rd East Side
Cycling
Cycle Track on Eglinton Ave W installed 2024
Bike Share
Braemar Ave / Eglinton Ave W 106 m · 15 docks · 8 stations, 141 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
10 car parks · about 1,101 spaces
EV charging
75 Holly St. · 1.1 km · 28 Level 2 + 1 fast ports; also 168 Chiltern Hill Rd (1.7 km)
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
49 mapped lots within 500 m, 410 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
125 Burnaby Blvd · Surface343 m15555% (Q1 2026)
75 Holly St · Garage1.1 km30212% (Q1 2026)
30 Roehampton Ave · Garage1.1 km18735% (Q1 2026)
20 Castlefield Avenue · Surface1.4 km163 *—
912 Eglinton Ave W · Surface1.6 km2662% (Q1 2026)

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

No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Summerhill Market, 383 m away. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 16 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 67. The nearest is Slice N Chills, 37 m away. Four pharmacies sit within 300 m of the corner; the nearest is Twig Pharmacy, 27 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Amica On the Avenue, a retirement home 228 m away. Second Mile Club - Orchard View Recreation Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 503 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Slice N Chills · 302 Eglinton Ave W37 m
  • Tim Hortons · 333 Eglinton Ave W86 m
  • Thairoomgrand · 288 Eglinton Ave W95 m
  • Nikko Sushi Restaurant · 376 Eglinton Ave W110 m
  • Isle of Coffee · 380 Eglinton Ave W119 m
16 within 300 m · 67 within 1 km
Grocery
Summerhill Market 383 m · 5 min · 3 within 1 km
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Twig Pharmacy 27 m · 8 within 1 km
Child care
  • Children's Magic Moments Child Care and Nursery School · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day270 m · 3 min
  • Treetop Children's Centre · 155 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day341 m · 4 min
  • Curious Caterpillars - College View · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day395 m · 5 min
5 licensed centres · 621 spaces within 1 km · 2 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • North Toronto Memorial Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed · accessible395 m · 5 min
  • Eglinton Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.638 m · 8 min
Health and care
  • Amica On the Avenue · retirement home228 m
  • Second Mile Club - Orchard View Recreation Centre · seniors' active living centre503 m · 6 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 (17)
  • Eglinton Park540 m · 6 min
  • Larratt Parkette771 m · 9 min
  • Robert Bateman Parkette792 m · 9 min
  • Forest Hill Road Park860 m · 10 min
  • Montgomery Square Park1.1 km · 14 min
and 12 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (18)
  • Oriole Park Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 341 m · 4 min
  • Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 394 m · 5 min
  • Birmingham International Collegiate of CanadaPrivate · 632 m · 8 min
  • Allenby Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 783 m · 9 min
  • Caesar International AcademyPrivate · 1 km · 11 min
and 13 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Northern District branch1 km · 11 min
  • Toronto Public Library Forest Hill branch1 km · 12 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.

76of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #489 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food21/30

    3 grocery stores within 1 km · 16 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit28/28

    Avenue Station · 8 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 1 km away

  • Parks and recreation6/10

    nearest park 0.5 km · 2 community centres within 800 m

  • Schools and child care8/8

    2 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot8/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals

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

Within a kilometre there are 37 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,031 rental units, 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 990 Avenue Rd (157 m, 40 units, 4 storeys, built 1965), which scored 93 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 37 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
990 Avenue Rd · Cromwell Management Inc.404196593 · Jul 2026157 m
243 Eglinton Ave W · Hannah Property Management Ltd2531979—171 m
211 Eglinton Ave W · Jb Apartment Holdings313195581 · Aug 2025268 m · 3 min
486 Oriole Pkwy · Hannah Property Management Ltd.213193082 · Oct 2025293 m · 3 min
166 Eastbourne Ave · Cogir Real Estate213194098 · Aug 2026311 m · 4 min
484 Oriole Pkwy · Hannah Property Management Ltd.183193094 · Aug 2026324 m · 4 min

37 registered buildings · 2,031 units · tallest 23 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

One theft from a vehicle and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft110apartment parking (1)

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 Lawrence Park South.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Avenue & Eglinton a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 2 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#265 of 1,505), out of 409 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Eglinton?

A major arterial intersection. It ranks #225 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.1× the median for a counted intersection, and #408 for pedestrians.

Is Avenue & Eglinton a walkable intersection?

Avenue & Eglinton scores 76 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #489 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: Avenue Station · 8 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km; 2 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m; 3 grocery stores within 1 km · 16 places to eat within 300 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.

How fast do cars go at Avenue & Eglinton?

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 127 m away (50 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Avenue & Eglinton?

The nearest Green P car park is 125 Burnaby Blvd (343 m away, 155 spaces, 55% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 410 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 10,850 spaces — 49 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 75 Holly St. (1.1 km).

How do I get to Avenue & Eglinton by transit?

Avenue Station (Line 5) is 22 m away; bus routes 61, 13, 34, 14, 74, 103, 33, 97 within 1 km (nearest stop: Avenue Rd at Eglinton Ave West North Side, 46 m).

What restaurants are near Avenue & Eglinton?

16 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 67 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Slice N Chills (37 m), Tim Hortons (86 m), Thairoomgrand (95 m), Nikko Sushi Restaurant (110 m) and Isle of Coffee (119 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Avenue & Eglinton?

The nearest is North Toronto Memorial Community Centre Washroom, 200 Eglinton Ave W, 395 m away, with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Eglinton Park Washroom (638 m).

Is there child care near Avenue & Eglinton?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 621 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Children's Magic Moments Child Care and Nursery School (270 m, 49 spaces), Treetop Children's Centre (341 m, 155 spaces) and Curious Caterpillars - College View (395 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Avenue & Eglinton?

37 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,031 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 990 Avenue Rd (157 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 243 Eglinton Ave W (171 m, 25 units), 211 Eglinton Ave W (268 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 81) and 486 Oriole Pkwy (293 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 82). The average RentSafeTO score across the 37 is 90 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at Avenue & Eglinton?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Lawrence Park South page.

What neighbourhood is Avenue & Eglinton in?

Avenue & Eglinton is in Lawrence Park South (City of Toronto neighbourhood 103). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle. The corner falls inside the The Eglinton Way Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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