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Avenue & Macpherson (South)

Avenue Rd & Macpherson Ave (South) · Toronto, Ontario · Annex · Ward 11, University-Rosedale · Dupont by the Castle BIA

In the Annex, Avenue & Macpherson (South) is a major arterial intersection. At the corner: parks. Nearby: Rosedale Station (Line 1) 739 m away.

Traffic volume
20,803
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 20, 2017
497 pedestrians · 459 cyclists
Collisions
41
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
6 with an injury · 34 property damage · #2336 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Rosedale Station 739 m · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 2,600 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 2.2× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 42 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Cyclists were 2.2% of vehicle volume, about 2.8× the typical share. On average 4.1 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 72%, from 32 in 2016–2020 to 9 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Avenue & Macpherson (South)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Rosedale Station (Line 1)739 m; Summerhill Station (Line 1)749 m; Dupont Station (Line 1)805 m; Bay Station (Line 2)1 km
TTC bus
1326199782127 nearest 36 m
Blue Night
320
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Avenue Rd at Dupont St
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Avenue Rd / Macpherson Ave 61 m · 15 docks · 16 stations, 245 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 (37)
  • Cottingham Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 355 m
  • The Mabin SchoolPrivate · 481 m
  • de Lasalle College SchoolPrivate · 506 m
  • Jesse Ketchum Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 684 m
  • Waldorf Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 749 m
  • McDonald International Academy SchoolPrivate · 805 m
  • and 31 more
Parks (54)
  • Sergeant Ryan Russell Parkette31 m
  • Jay Macpherson Green50 m
  • Macpherson Avenue Parkette69 m
  • Robertson Davies Park111 m
  • Joseph Tough Park321 m
  • Marlborough Place Parkette329 m
  • and 48 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Yorkville branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Toronto Reference Library branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Spadina Road branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Spadina MuseumMuseum · 851 m
  • Casa LomaAttraction · 940 m
  • Village of Yorkville ParkNature/ Park · 1 km
  • Royal Conservatory of MusicPerforming Arts · 1.1 km
  • Koerner Hall (at the Telus Centre for Performance and Learning)Performing Arts · 1.1 km
  • Toronto Reference LibraryLandmark · 1.1 km
  • Gardiner MuseumMuseum · 1.1 km
  • Royal Ontario MuseumMuseum · 1.1 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 5 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 189 — 2.6× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Blondies, 64 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés5 within 300 m · 189 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Blondies · 16 Dupont St64 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Govinda's Vegetarian Cuisine · 243 Avenue Rd86 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Lashgod · 236 Avenue Rd, Flr-3rd94 mPassed, May 2025
Barberia Uno · 274 Avenue Rd119 mPassed, Dec 2025
The Avenue Diner · 222 Davenport Rd294 mPassed, Dec 2025
Cafe X Bica · 160 Pears Ave, Unit-110302 mPassed, May 2025 · 2 infractions
Joso's · 202 Davenport Rd306 mPassed, Jul 2025 · 1 infraction
Playa Cabana · 111 Dupont St327 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions

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 Ramsden Park Washroom, 273 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 25 m away at Sergeant Ryan Russell Parkette.

  • Ramsden Park Washroom · 1020 Yonge St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    273 m
  • Ramsden Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 1020 Yonge St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    472 m
Drinking water
Sergeant Ryan Russell Parkette bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 25 m; Jay Macpherson Green drinking fountain, dog fountain · 46 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 673 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Unicorn Day Care Centre (75 m, 39 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km9 centres · 673 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 9
  • Unicorn Day Care Centre · 240 Avenue Rd
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    75 m
  • Cottingham Child Care Centre · 85 Birch Ave
    80 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    355 m
  • Trust Child Care Inc. · 29 Birch Ave
    150 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    542 m
  • Jesse Ketchum Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 7 Berryman St
    26 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    666 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 312 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 52 Division (2.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 483 m away.

FireFire Station 312 · 1 km34 Yorkville Ave
Police52 Division · 2.7 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 45 · 483 m135 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

Within a kilometre there are 61 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 4,747 rental units, 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection — five social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 291 Avenue Rd (198 m, 96 units, 8 storeys, built 1956), which scored 97 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 61 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 124 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 44 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings61 · 4,747 units · 5 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026124 across the 61
Open fire-code violations44
Tallest28 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
291 Avenue Rd · Habosh Investments Inc.968195697 · Aug 20264198 m
138 Pears Avesocial housing · St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society967197277 · Aug 20255 · 13 fire230 m
130 Macpherson Ave · Castlehill Property Management263194875 · Jul 20251233 m
250 Davenport RdToronto Community Housing · Greenwin46025196890 · Aug 20243313 m
320 Avenue Rd244192596 · Aug 20260320 m
326 Avenue Rd183192596 · Nov 20251335 m
330 Avenue Rd193192593 · Jul 20262350 m
340 Avenue Rd244192597 · Jul 20262386 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 lots800 lots · ≈31,710 spaces · 95.1 ha
Within 500 m59 lots · ≈1,010 spaces
Green P (public)23 car parks · about 3,210 spaces
EV charging (City)74 Yorkville Ave · 882 m · 8 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parking15 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
251 Maherson Ave · Surface209 m4024% (Q1 2026)
15 Price St · Surface671 m71 *
1010 Yonge St. · Surface695 m48 *
74 Yorkville Ave · Garage865 m17575% (Q1 2026)
9 Bedford Rd · Garage1 km37151% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 88 m away, ≈20 spaces; 103 m away, ≈5 spaces; 107 m away, ≈5 spaces; 112 m away, ≈12 spaces; 122 m away, ≈8 spaces; 132 m away, ≈8 spaces. More EV charging: 19 Spadina Rd (1.2 km, 6 ports); 20 Delisle Ave. (1.3 km, 4 ports); 10 Delisle St (1.3 km, 4 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, Jun 20, 2017

No single direction dominates: each approach carried between 9,864 and 10,939 vehicles. Most cyclists arrived from the north (227 of 459). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,916 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,975 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 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 north9,864southbound · 227 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles20,803497 pedestrians · 459 cyclists · 2.6% heavy
From the east0westbound · 11 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south10,939northbound · 221 bikes · 2.7% heavy
AM peak hour2,916 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,975 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 20, 2017

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

On Avenue Rd between Pears Ave and Chicora Ave, 191 m from the corner, a 3-day count in June 2025 put the average speed at 39 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 49 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 58 km/h or more. That segment carries about 26,800 vehicles a day. Macpherson Ave between Lane W of Avenue and N of Macpherson and Aileen Robertson Lane measured slower: 35 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (May 2007).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Macpherson Ave · Lane W of Avenue and N of Macpherson – Aileen Robertson Lane · 124 mMay 2007 · 3 days1,21435 km/h44 km/h49 km/h
Avenue Rd · Pears Ave – Chicora Ave · 191 mJun 2025 · 3 days26,83939 km/h49 km/h58 km/h

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

The worst year was 2017, with 12 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 6 collisions (15%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 2% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (5%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 9, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions41#2336 of 5,508
With an injury6#2374 of 4,660
Property damage only34
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist2#983 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201452latest Mar 9, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Oct 4, 2012.

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

Six thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 50% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle620house driveway/garage (3), other (2)
Bicycle theft200street/outdoor (1), other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 28, 2025. 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 Annex.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Avenue & Macpherson (South) a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 41 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 & Macpherson (South)?

A major arterial intersection. Its latest count is from Jun 20, 2017, 2.2× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Avenue & Macpherson (South)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Avenue Rd between Pears Ave and Chicora Ave (June 2025), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Avenue & Macpherson (South)?

The nearest Green P car park is 251 Maherson Ave (209 m away, 40 spaces, 24% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 800 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 31,710 spaces — 59 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 74 Yorkville Ave (882 m).

How do I get to Avenue & Macpherson (South) by transit?

Rosedale Station (Line 1) is 739 m away; bus routes 13, 26, 19, 97, 82, 127 within 1 km (nearest stop: Avenue Rd at Dupont St, 36 m).

What restaurants are near Avenue & Macpherson (South)?

5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 189 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Blondies (64 m), Govinda's Vegetarian Cuisine (86 m), Lashgod (94 m), Barberia Uno (119 m) and The Avenue Diner (294 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 & Macpherson (South)?

The nearest is Ramsden Park Washroom, 1020 Yonge St, 273 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Ramsden Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (472 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 & Macpherson (South)?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 673 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 (75 m, 39 spaces), Cottingham Child Care Centre (355 m, 80 spaces) and Trust Child Care Inc. (542 m, 150 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Avenue & Macpherson (South)?

61 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,747 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 291 Avenue Rd (198 m, 96 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 138 Pears Ave (230 m, 96 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 130 Macpherson Ave (233 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 75) and 250 Davenport Rd (313 m, 460 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 61 is 89 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. 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 & Macpherson (South)?

Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and two 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 Annex page.

What neighbourhood is Avenue & Macpherson (South) in?

Avenue & Macpherson (South) is in Annex (City of Toronto neighbourhood 095). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe. The corner falls inside the Dupont by the Castle Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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