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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
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 16,177 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.
Peak hours: 2,715 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,673 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
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.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 54 | #1933 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 4 | |
| Property damage only | 42 | |
| Fail to remain | 8 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 2 | #1537 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 8 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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 2021
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 segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avenue Rd · St Germain Ave – Melrose Ave · 57 m | Sep 2012 · 3 days | 12,228 | — | — | — |
| Melrose Ave · Elm Rd – Avenue Rd · 93 m | Nov 2021 · 3 days | 2,868 | 39 km/h | 48 km/h | 55 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; 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 1529, activated 1987 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 61 52 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 549 m · 7 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
- 19 post-and-rings within 300 m
- Other lots
- 39 mapped lots within 500 m, 309 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 Avenue Rd · Surface | 281 m | 32 | 32% (Q1 2026) |
| 246 Brooke Ave · Surface | 454 m | 94 | 67% (Q1 2026) |
| 25 Glenforest Road · Surface | 1.6 km | 26 * | — |
| 23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface | 1.6 km | 42 | 54% (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
You can do a shop on foot from here: Aj & Ashley's No Frills is 133 m away, one of two grocery stores within 300 m. Three specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest Ararat Bakery at 87 m. There are 22 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 66 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Cafe Avenue Rd, 38 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Habers Compounding Pharmacy, 25 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Baycrest Hospital, 1.4 km away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Cafe Avenue Rd · 1779 Avenue Rd38 m
- Harvey's Restaurant · 1791 Avenue Rd41 m
- Harvey's/Swiss Chalet · 1791 Avenue Rd41 m
- Lazy Dough · 1775 Avenue Rd46 m
- Avo Organic Kitchen · 1763 Avenue Rd81 m
- Grocery
- Aj & Ashley's No Frills 133 m · 2 within 300 m
- Food shops
- Ararat Bakery 87 m · 3 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
- Convenience
- 3 convenience stores or gas bars within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Habers Compounding Pharmacy 25 m · 4 within 1 km
- Child care
- Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre · 140 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool42 m
- Mtt Melrose · 24 spaces, preschool118 m
- Ridley Orchard School Ltd. · 98 spaces, toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day429 m · 5 min
- Health and care
- Baycrest Hospital · hospital site1.4 km · 17 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)
- Old Orchard Park384 m · 5 min
- Brookdale Park479 m · 6 min
- Grey Parkette503 m · 6 min
- Douglas Greenbelt875 m · 10 min
- Bedford Parkette1 km · 12 min
- Community centres
- Armour Heights Community Centre1.1 km · 13 min
- Schools (12)
- Avro AcademyPrivate · 455 m · 5 min
- John Wanless Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 733 m · 9 min
- Ledbury Park Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 874 m · 10 min
- Havergal College Sr SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km · 14 min
- Havergal Jr SchoolPrivate · 1.3 km · 15 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Armour Heights branch1.1 km · 13 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.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,113 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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
Three registered apartment buildings with 59 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 312 Douglas Ave (725 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 buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 312 Douglas Ave · Avenue Road Investment Limited | 11 | 3 | 1951 | 75 · Jun 2024 | 725 m · 9 min |
| 2125 Avenue Rd · G.l.g. Developments Ltd. | 33 | 4 | 1955 | 96 · Sep 2026 | 1 km · 12 min |
| 284 Lawrence Ave W · Landlord Property and Rental Management | 15 | 3 | 1940 | 77 · Sep 2025 | 1 km · 12 min |
3 registered buildings · 59 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
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.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 3 | 0 | 0 | other (1), house driveway/garage (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 0 | 0 | apartment parking (1) |
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 at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Apr 7, 2022, 2.1× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Avenue & Melrose a walkable intersection?
Avenue & Melrose scores 66 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,113 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: 2 grocery stores within 300 m · 22 places to eat within 300 m; 1 school within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m; 2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · traffic calming.
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 (281 m away, 32 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 309 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 11,690 spaces — 39 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?
22 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 Cafe Avenue Rd (38 m), Harvey's Restaurant (41 m), Harvey's/Swiss Chalet (41 m), Lazy Dough (46 m) and Avo Organic Kitchen (81 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Avenue & Melrose?
Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 359 m away at Old Orchard Park.
Is there child care near Avenue & Melrose?
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 (42 m, 140 spaces), Mtt Melrose (118 m, 24 spaces) and Ridley Orchard School Ltd. (429 m, 98 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Avenue & Melrose?
Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 59 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 312 Douglas Ave (725 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 75), 2125 Avenue Rd (1.0 km, 33 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 284 Lawrence Ave W (1.0 km, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 77). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 83 out of 100.
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. 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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Apr 7, 2022.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; Traffic Calming Database.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 8 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.72989, -79.41867 · centreline node 13453553.