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Avenue & Farnham

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

Avenue & Farnham, in Yonge-St.Clair, is a moderately heavy crossing. It has 2 schools within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: St Clair Station (Line 1) 719 m away.

Traffic volume
17,782
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 8, 2022
613 pedestrians · 45 cyclists
Collisions
80
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
5 with an injury · 65 property damage · #1382 of 5,508 · +3 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #652 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
1
TTC stop within 100 m
St Clair 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

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,220 vehicles an hour, 1.92× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 29 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 8 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 2.6× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions edged up 11%, from 38 in 2016–2020 to 42 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 80 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Avenue & Farnham

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
St Clair Station (Line 1)719 m; Summerhill Station (Line 1)722 m
Streetcar
512 nearest 357 m
TTC bus
13977488192633127 nearest 73 m
Blue Night
312320
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Avenue Rd at Edmund Ave North Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
St. Clair Ave W / Avenue Rd 383 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 · 183 m
  • de Lasalle College SchoolPrivate · 222 m
  • Arrowsmith School - Bldg 2Private · 497 m
  • Cottingham Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 504 m
  • Arrowsmith School - Bldg 1Private · 504 m
  • City High SchoolPrivate · 546 m
  • and 18 more
Parks (39)
  • Amsterdam Square398 m
  • Glenn Gould Park401 m
  • Poplar Plains Parkette441 m
  • Roycroft Park Lands515 m
  • Lionel Conacher Park571 m
  • Robertson Davies Park582 m
  • and 33 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Deer Park branch845 m
  • Toronto Public Library Wychwood branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Spadina MuseumMuseum · 817 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

There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 111 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Scaramouche, 215 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 111 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
South Hill Market Inc · 398 Avenue Rdgrocery138 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Scaramouche · 1 Benvenuto Pl215 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
The Bradgate Arms · 54 Foxbar Rd253 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 4 infractions
Imperial Event Space · 129 St Clair Ave W330 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Bento Sushi · 111 St Clair Ave W357 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
The Market · 111 St Clair Ave Wgrocery357 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 2 infractions
Bistro Five61 · 561 Avenue Rd494 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 2 infractions
Gatherings Resto Bar · 49 St Clair Ave W549 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, 668 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 383 m away at Glenn Gould Park.

  • Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom · 301 St. Clair Ave W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    668 m
  • Ramsden Park Washroom · 1020 Yonge St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    912 m
Drinking water
Glenn Gould Park bottle filling station · 383 m; Lionel Conacher Park bottle filling station · 548 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 (183 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
    183 m
  • Hopscotch Montessori Canada · 55 St Clair Ave W
    140 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age
    495 m
  • Cottingham Child Care Centre · 85 Birch Ave
    80 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    504 m
  • Trust Child Care Inc. · 29 Birch Ave
    150 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    652 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 311 (568 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (2.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 311 · 568 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

77 registered apartment buildings with 5,921 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 425 Avenue Rd (38 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 115 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 31 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings77 · 5,921 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026115 across the 77
Open fire-code violations31
Tallest32 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
425 Avenue Rd · O'shanter Development Company Ltd.478196596 · Aug 2026038 m
2 Clarendon Ave · Cromwell Management Inc.494192997 · Aug 2025048 m
400 Avenue Rd · Hannah Property Management Ltd404192692 · Jul 2026096 m
160 Balmoral Ave · Glen Corporation8912196594 · Nov 20251129 m
398 Avenue Rd · Cromwell Management Inc.396193797 · Aug 20261139 m
396 Avenue Rd · Cromwell Management Inc.516193198 · Aug 20260156 m
394 Avenue Rd · Cromwell Management Inc.416193193 · Aug 20250176 m
342 Avenue Rd244192594 · Jul 20260284 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 lots721 lots · ≈29,550 spaces · 88.7 ha
Within 500 m40 lots · ≈1,380 spaces
Green P (public)20 car parks · about 2,887 spaces
EV charging (City)20 Delisle Ave. · 742 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking6 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
30 St. Clair Avenue West · Garage628 m173 *
251 Maherson Ave · Surface680 m4024% (Q1 2026)
21 Pleasant Blvd. · Garage711 m557 *
10 Delisle Ave · Garage714 m24029% (Q1 2026)
1501 Yonge Street · Surface797 m37 *

Nearest lots: 35 m away, ≈4 spaces; 45 m away, ≈17 spaces; 54 m away, ≈15 spaces; 60 m away, ≈16 spaces; 68 m away, ≈2 spaces; 99 m away, ≈10 spaces. More EV charging: 10 Delisle St (742 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, Mar 8, 2022

The south leg carries the load — 8,778 northbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 90. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,538 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,576 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. 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 north7,976southbound · 21 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the west90eastbound · 2 bikes · 4.4% heavy
Total vehicles17,782613 pedestrians · 45 cyclists · 2.4% heavy
From the east938westbound · 4 bikes · 2.3% heavy
From the south8,778northbound · 18 bikes · 2.3% heavy
AM peak hour2,538 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,576 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 8, 2022

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

The City's counter on Avenue Rd between Balmoral Ave and Foxbar Rd (137 m away) recorded an average of 43 km/h in its 7-day count in June 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 58 km/h. That segment carries about 19,000 vehicles a day. Farnham Ave between Woodlawn Ave W and Avenue Rd measured slower: 30 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 37 km/h (Oct 2022). 15 speed humps slow traffic on Farnham Avenue between Avenue Rd and Yonge St.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Farnham Ave · Woodlawn Ave W – Avenue Rd · 112 mOct 2022 · 3 days2,95330 km/h37 km/h40 km/h
Avenue Rd · Balmoral Ave – Foxbar Rd · 137 mJun 2023 · 7 days18,95543 km/h58 km/h68 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Farnham Avenue · Avenue Rd – Yonge St
    15 speed humps

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

2023 was the peak year (14 collisions), and 2025 closed with 8. 6% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 12 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 1% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 10, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions80#1382 of 5,508
With an injury5#2606 of 4,660
Property damage only65
Fail to remain12
Involving a pedestrian1#2166 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified10
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 2014104latest May 10, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Sep 28, 2018.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#652 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Sep 28, 2018

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

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle400house driveway/garage (2), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft300apartment parking (3)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 21, 2022. 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 & Farnham a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#652 of 1,505), out of 80 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 & Farnham?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Mar 8, 2022, 1.92× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Avenue & Farnham?

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 & Farnham?

The nearest Green P car park is 30 St. Clair Avenue West (628 m away, 173 spaces). The City's mapping shows 721 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 29,550 spaces — 40 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 20 Delisle Ave. (742 m).

How do I get to Avenue & Farnham by transit?

St Clair Station (Line 1) is 719 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 357 m away; bus routes 13, 97, 74, 88, 19, 26, 33, 127 within 1 km (nearest stop: Avenue Rd at Edmund Ave North Side, 73 m).

What restaurants are near Avenue & Farnham?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 111 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Scaramouche (215 m), The Bradgate Arms (253 m), Imperial Event Space (330 m), Bento Sushi (357 m) and Bistro Five61 (494 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 & Farnham?

The nearest is Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom, 301 St. Clair Ave W, 668 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Ramsden Park Washroom (912 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 & Farnham?

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 (183 m, 170 spaces), Hopscotch Montessori Canada (495 m, 140 spaces) and Cottingham Child Care Centre (504 m, 80 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Avenue & Farnham?

77 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,921 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 425 Avenue Rd (38 m, 47 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 2 Clarendon Ave (48 m, 49 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 400 Avenue Rd (96 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 160 Balmoral Ave (129 m, 89 units, RentSafeTO score 94). 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 & Farnham?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and three 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 & Farnham in?

Avenue & Farnham 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

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