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Avenue & Fairlawn

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

Avenue & Fairlawn sits in Bedford Park-Nortown. At the City's last count here, in 2022, it was an above-average intersection for traffic. At the corner: a bike lane and a school within 250 m. Nearby: 4 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
18,116
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 7, 2022
1,537 pedestrians · 24 cyclists
Collisions
56
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #1885 of 5,519
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
53/100
city median 48 · #2,281 of 5,672
17 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 362 m

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Avenue & Fairlawn

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 · Apr 7, 2022

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 8,774 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 625 from the east. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,549 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,565 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north8,774southbound · 4 bikes · 2.8% heavy
From the west632eastbound · 3 bikes · 2.8% heavy
Total vehicles18,1161,537 pedestrians · 24 cyclists · 2.9% heavy
From the east625westbound · 7 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the south8,085northbound · 10 bikes · 3.0% heavy

Peak hours: 2,549 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,565 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

The worst year was 2017, with 10 collisions; 2025 recorded 3. 6 collisions (11%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 31, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 3 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Nov 9, 2014.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions56#1885 of 5,519
With an injury6
Property damage only44
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian2#1532 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20063latest Nov 9, 2014

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.

Speeds here, last measured in 2013

On Fairlawn Ave between Grey Rd and Ledbury St, 362 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in August 2013 put the average speed at 36 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 44 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 49 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Fairlawn Avenue between Avenue Rd and Grey Rd.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Avenue Rd · Brookdale Ave – Fairlawn Ave · 53 mSep 2012 · 3 days11,859———
Fairlawn Ave · Grey Rd – Ledbury St · 362 mAug 2013 · 24 h1,88136 km/h44 km/h49 km/h
Traffic calming
Fairlawn Avenue (Avenue Rd – Grey Rd): 2 speed humps

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 0120, activated 1958

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

TTC bus
61 52 nearest 14 m
Express
952
Blue Night
352
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Avenue Rd at Fairlawn Ave
Cycling
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Fairlawn Ave installed 2007
Bike Share
Woburn Ave / Avenue Rd 320 m · 4 min · 15 docks · 1 station, 15 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
20 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
38 mapped lots within 500 m, 300 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1880 Avenue Rd · Surface510 m3232% (Q1 2026)
246 Brooke Ave · Surface683 m9467% (Q1 2026)
25 Glenforest Road · Surface1.3 km26 *—
23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface1.4 km4254% (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 Aj & Ashley's No Frills, 362 m away. A specialist food shop is closer still: Avenue Seafood, 142 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 17 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 66. The nearest is M & A Cafe, 33 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Habers Compounding Pharmacy, 231 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Baycrest Hospital, 1.6 km away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • M & A Cafe · 1710 Avenue Rd33 m
  • La Bamboche · 1712 Avenue Rd38 m
  • Tutto Pronto · 1718 Avenue Rd48 m
  • The Bagel House · 1722 Avenue Rd57 m
  • North of Brooklyn Pizzeria · 1728 Avenue Rd92 m
17 within 300 m · 66 within 1 km
Grocery
Aj & Ashley's No Frills 362 m · 4 min · 2 within 1 km
Food shops
Avenue Seafood 142 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Habers Compounding Pharmacy 231 m · 4 within 1 km
Child care
  • Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre · 140 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool221 m
  • Mtt Melrose · 24 spaces, preschool347 m · 4 min
  • John Wanless Child Care · 254 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day508 m · 6 min
7 licensed centres · 831 spaces within 1 km · 4 accept City fee subsidy
Health and care
  • Baycrest Hospital · hospital site1.6 km · 19 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 (11)
  • Brookdale Park250 m · 3 min
  • Old Orchard Park613 m · 7 min
  • Douglas Greenbelt646 m · 8 min
  • Grey Parkette732 m · 9 min
  • Bedford Parkette771 m · 9 min
and 6 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (12)
  • Avro AcademyPrivate · 226 m
  • John Wanless Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 508 m · 6 min
  • Havergal College Sr SchoolPrivate · 942 m · 11 min
  • Ledbury Park Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
  • Havergal Jr SchoolPrivate · 1 km · 12 min
and 7 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Armour Heights branch1.3 km · 16 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 public washroom or a care or retirement home.

53of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,281 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food21/30

    2 grocery stores within 1 km · 17 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit12/28

    5 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go2/14

    library 1.3 km away

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.4 km

  • Schools and child care7/8

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

  • Crossing on foot6/10

    traffic signal · traffic calming

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 three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 115 rental units. The nearest is 312 Douglas Ave (496 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 2024496 m · 6 min
284 Lawrence Ave W · Landlord Property and Rental Management153194077 · Sep 2025771 m · 9 min
515 Rosewell Ave · Bentallgreenoak897200598 · Sep 2025877 m · 10 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

Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200street/outdoor (2)
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 & Fairlawn a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 56 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 & Fairlawn?

An above-average intersection for traffic at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Apr 7, 2022, 1.96× today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Avenue & Fairlawn a walkable intersection?

Avenue & Fairlawn scores 53 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,281 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: 1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 17 places to eat within 300 m; 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.4 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · traffic calming.

How fast do cars go at Avenue & Fairlawn?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Fairlawn Ave between Grey Rd and Ledbury St (August 2013), found an average of 36 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Avenue & Fairlawn?

The nearest Green P car park is 1880 Avenue Rd (510 m away, 32 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 300 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 10,170 spaces — 38 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Avenue & Fairlawn by transit?

Bus routes 61, 52, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Avenue Rd at Fairlawn Ave, 14 m).

What restaurants are near Avenue & Fairlawn?

17 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 66 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are M & A Cafe (33 m), La Bamboche (38 m), Tutto Pronto (48 m), The Bagel House (57 m) and North of Brooklyn Pizzeria (92 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Avenue & Fairlawn?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 272 m away at Brookdale Park.

Is there child care near Avenue & Fairlawn?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 831 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre (221 m, 140 spaces), Mtt Melrose (347 m, 24 spaces) and John Wanless Child Care (508 m, 254 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Avenue & Fairlawn?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 115 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 312 Douglas Ave (496 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 75), 284 Lawrence Ave W (771 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 77) and 515 Rosewell Ave (877 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 & Fairlawn?

Toronto Police place two 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 & Fairlawn in?

Avenue & Fairlawn 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