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Avenue & Melrose

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

In Bedford Park-Nortown, Avenue & Melrose is a high-volume crossing. Nearby is 4 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
19,009
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 7, 2022
1,565 pedestrians · 12 cyclists
Collisions
54
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 42 property damage · #1933 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 2,380 vehicles, 2.1× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 12 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. That comes with about 5.4 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 65%, from 40 in 2016–2020 to 14 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Avenue & Melrose

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
6152 nearest 17 m
Express
952
Blue Night
352
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Avenue Rd at Melrose Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Woburn Ave / Avenue Rd 523 m · 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.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (23)
  • Avro AcademyPrivate · 445 m
  • John Wanless Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 543 m
  • Ledbury Park Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 737 m
  • St Margaret Catholic Elementary School - Carmichael SiteEnglish Separate · 933 m
  • Lawrence Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Beth Jacob High School For GirlsPrivate · 1.1 km
  • and 17 more
Parks (18)
  • Old Orchard Park276 m
  • Grey Parkette372 m
  • Brookdale Park380 m
  • Ledbury Park591 m
  • Bedford Parkette740 m
  • Douglas Greenbelt770 m
  • and 12 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Armour Heights branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Locke branch1.5 km
  • Toronto Public Library Barbara Frum branch1.5 km
Signal
1529, activated 1987 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 25 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 11 grocery and convenience stores, and 75 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Cafe Avenue Rd, 38 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés25 within 300 m · 75 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience11 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Cafe Avenue Rd · 1779 Avenue Rd38 mPassed, Apr 2026
Harvey's Restaurant #2206 · 1791 Avenue Rd41 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Harvey's/Swiss Chalet · 1791 Avenue Rd41 mPassed, Sep 2025 · 1 infraction
Lazy Dough · 1775 Avenue Rd46 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 3 infractions
Avo Organic Kitchen · 1763 Avenue Rd65 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Route Specialty Coffee Roasters · 1763 Avenue Rd65 mPassed, Mar 2026
Ararat Bakery · 1800 Avenue Rdgrocery67 mPassed, Aug 2026
Ararat Bakery · 1800 Avenue Rdgrocery67 mPassed, Oct 2025

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 Ledbury Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom, 604 m away, View facility hours. A drinking fountain is 266 m away at Old Orchard Park.

  • Ledbury Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom · 160 Ledbury St
    View facility hours
    604 m
Drinking water
Old Orchard Park bottle filling station · 266 m; Brookdale Park drinking fountain · 434 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 1,004 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre (42 m, 140 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km9 centres · 1,004 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 9
  • Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre · 1780 Avenue Rd
    140 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    42 m
  • Mtt Melrose · 375 Melrose Ave
    24 spaces · preschool
    95 m
  • Ridley Orchard School Ltd. · 1920 Avenue Rd
    98 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    423 m
  • John Wanless Child Care · 245 Fairlawn Ave
    254 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    543 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 132 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 53 Division (3.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.4 km away.

FireFire Station 132 · 1.4 km476 Lawrence Ave W
Police53 Division · 3 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 54 · 2.4 km4135 Bathurst St

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

Five registered apartment buildings with 238 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 312 Douglas Ave (689 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 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 2 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings5 · 238 units
RentSafeTO score87 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20262 across the 5
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest7 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
312 Douglas Ave · Avenue Road Investment Limited113195175 · Jun 20240 · 2 fire689 m
284 Lawrence Ave W · Landlord Property and Rental Management153194077 · Sep 20251851 m
515 Rosewell Ave · Bentallgreenoak897200598 · Sep 202501 km
2125 Avenue Rd · G.l.g. Developments Ltd.334195596 · Sep 202601 km
200 Ridley Blvd · Signet Group Inc.904195787 · Aug 202411 km

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 lots440 lots · ≈18,400 spaces · 55.2 ha
Within 500 m41 lots · ≈980 spaces
Green P (public)5 car parks · about 333 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking20 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1880 Avenue Rd · Surface266 m3232% (Q1 2026)
246 Brooke Ave · Surface387 m9467% (Q1 2026)
23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface1.2 km4254% (Q1 2026)
25 Glenforest Road · Surface1.3 km26 *
3885 Yonge St · Surface1.7 km13929% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 23 m away, ≈8 spaces; 26 m away, ≈4 spaces; 40 m away, ≈13 spaces; 41 m away, ≈17 spaces; 43 m away, ≈9 spaces; 57 m away, ≈16 spaces.

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, Apr 7, 2022

The north leg carries the load — 8,873 southbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 884. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,715 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,673 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 4 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 north8,873southbound · 4 bikes · 3.0% heavy
From the west884eastbound · 1 bikes · 1.5% heavy
Total vehicles19,0091,565 pedestrians · 12 cyclists · 2.9% heavy
From the east1,017westbound · 3 bikes · 1.8% heavy
From the south8,235northbound · 4 bikes · 3.1% heavy
AM peak hour2,715 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,673 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 7, 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 Melrose Ave between Elm Rd and Avenue Rd (93 m away) recorded an average of 39 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2021; 85% of drivers were at or under 48 km/h. That segment carries about 2,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Melrose Avenue between Avenue Rd and Elm Rd.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Avenue Rd · St Germain Ave – Melrose Ave · 57 mSep 2012 · 3 days12,228
Melrose Ave · Elm Rd – Avenue Rd · 93 mNov 2021 · 3 days2,86839 km/h48 km/h55 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Melrose Avenue · Avenue Rd – Elm Rd
    3 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

2017 was the peak year (13 collisions), and 2025 closed with 6. 7% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 26, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions54#1933 of 5,508
With an injury4#2872 of 4,660
Property damage only42
Fail to remain8
Involving a pedestrian2#1537 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201483latest Jan 26, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

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 three thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 vehicle300other (1), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft100apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 7, 2020. 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 & Melrose a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 54 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 & Melrose?

A high-volume crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 7, 2022, 2.1× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Avenue & Melrose?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Melrose Ave between Elm Rd and Avenue Rd (November 2021), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Avenue & Melrose?

The nearest Green P car park is 1880 Avenue Rd (266 m away, 32 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 440 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,400 spaces — 41 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Avenue & Melrose by transit?

Bus routes 61, 52, 952 within 1 km (nearest stop: Avenue Rd at Melrose Ave, 17 m).

What restaurants are near Avenue & Melrose?

25 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 75 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Cafe Avenue Rd (38 m), Harvey's Restaurant #2206 (41 m), Harvey's/Swiss Chalet (41 m), Lazy Dough (46 m) and Avo Organic Kitchen (65 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 & Melrose?

The nearest is Ledbury Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom, 160 Ledbury St, 604 m away (View facility hours). 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 & Melrose?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,004 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 (42 m, 140 spaces), Mtt Melrose (95 m, 24 spaces) and Ridley Orchard School Ltd. (423 m, 98 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Avenue & Melrose?

Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 238 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 312 Douglas Ave (689 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 75), 284 Lawrence Ave W (851 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 515 Rosewell Ave (1.0 km, 89 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 2125 Avenue Rd (1.0 km, 33 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 87 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 & Melrose?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Bedford Park-Nortown page.

What neighbourhood is Avenue & Melrose in?

Avenue & Melrose 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