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Avenue & Lytton

Avenue Rd & Lytton Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · Lawrence Park South · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

At its last City count, in 2017, Avenue & Lytton, in Lawrence Park South, was a heavily travelled arterial crossing. At the corner: a park. Nearby: 4 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
24,505
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 19, 2017
149 pedestrians · 87 cyclists
Collisions
48
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #2116 of 5,519
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
20/100
city median 48
2 places to eat within 1 km

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Avenue & Lytton

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 · Jun 19, 2017

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 14,002 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 57% of the total, against 334 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the north (38 of 87). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 4,018 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 3,732 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 9 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2017, 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 north14,002southbound · 38 bikes · 1.8% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles24,505149 pedestrians · 87 cyclists · 2.2% heavy
From the east334westbound · 30 bikes · 1.8% heavy
From the south10,169northbound · 19 bikes · 2.7% heavy

Peak hours: 4,018 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 3,732 from 5:00 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 2019, with 8 collisions; 2025 recorded 3. 6 collisions (13%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 4% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 5, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions48#2116 of 5,519
With an injury6
Property damage only41
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
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.

Speeds here, last measured in 2018

On Avenue Rd between Briar Hill Ave and Hillhurst Blvd, 295 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in November 2018 put the average speed at 46 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 58 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 64 km/h or more. That segment carries about 27,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Lytton Blvd between Avenue Rd and Mona Dr measured slower: 41 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 49 km/h (Mar 2015).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lytton Blvd · Avenue Rd – Mona Dr · 208 mMar 2015 · 24 h79741 km/h49 km/h55 km/h
Avenue Rd · Briar Hill Ave – Hillhurst Blvd · 295 mNov 2018 · 24 h27,08346 km/h58 km/h64 km/h

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 26 m
Express
952
Blue Night
352
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Avenue Rd at Lytton Blvd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Elwood Blvd / Avenue Rd 851 m · 10 min · 23 docks · 2 stations, 38 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 551 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
12 mapped lots within 500 m, 298 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
125 Burnaby Blvd · Surface1.3 km15555% (Q1 2026)
6 Sherwood Avenue · Surface1.3 km46 *—
20 Castlefield Avenue · Surface1.4 km163 *—
30 Roehampton Ave · Garage1.9 km18735% (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 listed within a kilometre of this corner. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 2 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Mandy's, 1.0 km away. No pharmacy in the Ministry of Health's register is within a kilometre of this corner. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Amica On the Avenue, a retirement home 1.0 km away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Mandy's · 2670 Yonge St1 km · 12 min
  • True Brew · 2656 Yonge St1 km · 12 min
0 within 300 m · 2 within 1 km
Child care
  • Lullaboo Nursery and Childcare Center - Avenue Campus · 109 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day555 m · 7 min
  • Allenby Day Care · 259 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day660 m · 8 min
  • John Ross Robertson Child Centre · 212 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day676 m · 8 min
4 licensed centres · 673 spaces within 1 km · 3 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Lytton Park Tennis Clubhouse Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible237 m
Health and care
  • Amica On the Avenue · retirement home1 km · 12 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 (14)
  • Lytton Park118 m
  • Heart Park549 m · 7 min
  • Kimbark - Coldstream Ravine608 m · 7 min
  • Snider Parkette1 km · 12 min
  • Glenview Parkette1.2 km · 15 min
and 9 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
  • North Toronto Memorial Arena1.5 km · 17 min
Schools (12)
  • Allenby Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 661 m · 8 min
  • John Ross Robertson Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 676 m · 8 min
  • Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 782 m · 9 min
  • Havergal College Sr SchoolPrivate · 835 m · 10 min
  • Glenview Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 900 m · 11 min
and 7 more within 1.5 km

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 grocery store, a pharmacy or a library.

20of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food1/30

    2 within 1 km

  • Transit12/28

    5 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.5 km

  • Schools and child care2/8

    nearest school 0.7 km · 4 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • 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

Within a kilometre there are three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 61 rental units. The nearest is 1112 Avenue Rd (687 m, 13 units, 4 storeys, built 1961), which scored 80 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
1112 Avenue Rd134196180 · Aug 2025687 m · 8 min
1106 Avenue Rd · High Value Consultants Ltd2241960100 · Jul 2025706 m · 8 min
132 Castlefield Ave · Maya Investments Ltd.264195598 · Jul 20241 km · 12 min

3 registered buildings · 61 units · tallest 4 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 no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 12, 2026.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle101house driveway/garage (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 Lawrence Park South.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Avenue & Lytton a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 48 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 & Lytton?

A heavily travelled arterial crossing at the City's last count here, in 2017. Its latest count is from Jun 19, 2017, 2.7× today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Avenue & Lytton a walkable intersection?

Avenue & Lytton scores 20 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; 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 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.5 km; 5 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km; nearest school 0.7 km · 4 licensed child cares within 1 km.

How fast do cars go at Avenue & Lytton?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Avenue Rd between Briar Hill Ave and Hillhurst Blvd (November 2018), found an average of 46 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 & Lytton?

The nearest Green P car park is 125 Burnaby Blvd (1.3 km away, 155 spaces, 55% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 298 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 8,420 spaces — 12 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Avenue & Lytton by transit?

Bus routes 61, 52, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Avenue Rd at Lytton Blvd, 26 m).

What restaurants are near Avenue & Lytton?

None within 300 m, and 2 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Mandy's (1.0 km) and True Brew (1.0 km). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Avenue & Lytton?

The nearest is Lytton Park Tennis Clubhouse Washroom, 200 Lytton Blvd, 237 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom.

Is there child care near Avenue & Lytton?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 673 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Lullaboo Nursery and Childcare Center - Avenue Campus (555 m, 109 spaces), Allenby Day Care (660 m, 259 spaces) and John Ross Robertson Child Centre (676 m, 212 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Avenue & Lytton?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 61 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1112 Avenue Rd (687 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 80), 1106 Avenue Rd (706 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 100) and 132 Castlefield Ave (1.0 km, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 93 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Avenue & Lytton?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Lawrence Park South page.

What neighbourhood is Avenue & Lytton in?

Avenue & Lytton is in Lawrence Park South (City of Toronto neighbourhood 103). 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