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Avenue & Old Orchard

Avenue Rd & Old Orchard Grv · Toronto, Ontario · Bedford Park-Nortown · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

In Bedford Park-Nortown, Avenue & Old Orchard is a moderately heavy crossing. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: 6 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
30,499
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 15, 2023
1,660 pedestrians · 40 cyclists · #314 busiest
Collisions
23
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
5 with an injury · 16 property damage · #3186 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #655 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,180 vehicles an hour, 1.88× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 18 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. On average 2.3 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 0.8 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions fell 36%, from 14 in 2016–2020 to 9 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 23 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Avenue & Old Orchard

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
619796165 nearest 17 m
Express
996
Blue Night
396
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Avenue Rd at Old Orchard Grove
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Woburn Ave / Avenue Rd 727 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 (18)
  • Avro AcademyPrivate · 649 m
  • John Wanless Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 659 m
  • St Margaret Catholic Elementary School - Carmichael SiteEnglish Separate · 762 m
  • Ledbury Park Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 790 m
  • Glen Briar Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • Armour Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 12 more
Community centres
Parks (15)
  • Old Orchard Park235 m
  • Grey Parkette293 m
  • Brookdale Park579 m
  • Ledbury Park669 m
  • Bedford Parkette926 m
  • Douglas Greenbelt1 km
  • and 9 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Armour Heights branch863 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 31 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 12 grocery and convenience stores, and 76 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Freshii, 25 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés31 within 300 m · 76 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience12 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tabriz Market · 1851 Avenue Rdgrocery24 mPassed, Jun 2026
Freshii · 1853 Avenue Rd25 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Freshii · 1853 Avenue Rd25 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 2 infractions
Camellia Convenience Store · 1851 Avenue Rdgrocery25 mPassed, Oct 2025
Le Jasmin Bakery · 1845 Avenue Rd, Unit-Agrocery26 mPassed, Oct 2025
Le Jasmin Bakery · 1845 Avenue Rd Unit-Agrocery26 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Subway · 1856 Avenue Rd36 mPassed, Nov 2024
Subway · 1856 Avenue Rd36 mPassed, Aug 2026

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, 691 m away, View facility hours. A drinking fountain is 251 m away at Old Orchard Park.

  • Ledbury Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom · 160 Ledbury St
    View facility hours
    691 m
  • Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom · 2140 Avenue Rd
    View centre hours
    883 m
Drinking water
Old Orchard Park bottle filling station · 251 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 911 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Ridley Orchard School Ltd. (219 m, 98 spaces, toddler, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km8 centres · 911 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 8
  • Ridley Orchard School Ltd. · 1920 Avenue Rd
    98 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    219 m
  • Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre · 1780 Avenue Rd
    140 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    239 m
  • Mtt Melrose · 375 Melrose Ave
    24 spaces · preschool
    251 m
  • John Wanless Child Care · 245 Fairlawn Ave
    254 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    659 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 131 (1.5 km), the nearest police station 53 Division (3.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.2 km away.

FireFire Station 131 · 1.5 km3135 Yonge St
Police53 Division · 3.2 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 54 · 2.2 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

13 registered apartment buildings with 810 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2125 Avenue Rd (758 m, 33 units, 4 storeys, built 1955), which scored 96 out of 100 at its September 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 94, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 6 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings13 · 810 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score94 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20266 across the 13
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest16 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2125 Avenue Rd · G.l.g. Developments Ltd.334195596 · Sep 20260758 m
200 Ridley Blvd · Signet Group Inc.904195787 · Aug 20241787 m
2135 Avenue Rd543195396 · Aug 20260843 m
193 Wilson AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1255198289 · Sep 20240890 m
312 Douglas Ave · Avenue Road Investment Limited113195175 · Jun 20240 · 2 fire893 m
199 Wilson Ave · Viron Properties Inc.464195598 · Jun 20251915 m
161 Wilson Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc564195698 · Jun 20250919 m
205 Wilson Ave · High Value Consultants Ltd203196099 · Aug 20260925 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 lots442 lots · ≈18,670 spaces · 56 ha
Within 500 m46 lots · ≈1,060 spaces
Green P (public)5 car parks · about 333 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking32 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1880 Avenue Rd · Surface62 m3232% (Q1 2026)
246 Brooke Ave · Surface184 m9467% (Q1 2026)
23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface1.3 km4254% (Q1 2026)
25 Glenforest Road · Surface1.3 km26 *
3885 Yonge St · Surface1.6 km13929% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 35 m away, ≈34 spaces (Green P); 42 m away, ≈10 spaces; 46 m away, ≈37 spaces; 71 m away, ≈28 spaces (Green P); 83 m away, ≈7 spaces; 103 m away, ≈45 spaces (Green P).

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 — 14-hour, Nov 15, 2023

The north leg carries the load — 15,563 southbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 358. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,594 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,498 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 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north15,563southbound · 11 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the west662eastbound · 1 bikes · 0.9% heavy
Total vehicles30,4991,660 pedestrians · 40 cyclists · 2.9% heavy
From the east358westbound · 0 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the south13,916northbound · 28 bikes · 2.9% heavy
AM peak hour2,594 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,498 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 15, 2023

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 Old Orchard Grv between Elm Rd and Avenue Rd (143 m away) recorded an average of 34 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2018; 85% of drivers were at or under 42 km/h. That segment carries about 1,700 vehicles a day. The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Avenue Rd · Old Orchard Grv – Roe Ave · 42 mSep 2012 · 3 days27,223
Old Orchard Grv · Elm Rd – Avenue Rd · 143 mSep 2018 · 3 days1,70834 km/h42 km/h46 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

2016 was the peak year (7 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 22% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 13% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 9, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 0.8 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions23#3186 of 5,508
With an injury5#2610 of 4,660
Property damage only16
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian3#1133 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201431latest Jun 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Oct 6, 2023.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#655 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#343 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Oct 6, 2023

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 no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410street/outdoor (1), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 7, 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 Bedford Park-Nortown.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Avenue & Old Orchard a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#655 of 1,505), out of 23 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 & Old Orchard?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #314 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.88× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Avenue & Old Orchard?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Old Orchard Grv between Elm Rd and Avenue Rd (September 2018), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 42 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Avenue & Old Orchard?

The nearest Green P car park is 1880 Avenue Rd (62 m away, 32 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 442 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,670 spaces — 46 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Avenue & Old Orchard by transit?

Bus routes 61, 97, 96, 165, 996 within 1 km (nearest stop: Avenue Rd at Old Orchard Grove, 17 m).

What restaurants are near Avenue & Old Orchard?

31 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 76 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Freshii (25 m), Freshii (25 m), Subway (36 m) and Subway (36 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 & Old Orchard?

The nearest is Ledbury Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom, 160 Ledbury St, 691 m away (View facility hours). Next nearest: Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom (883 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 & Old Orchard?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 911 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Ridley Orchard School Ltd. (219 m, 98 spaces), Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre (239 m, 140 spaces) and Mtt Melrose (251 m, 24 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Avenue & Old Orchard?

13 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 810 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2125 Avenue Rd (758 m, 33 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 200 Ridley Blvd (787 m, 90 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 2135 Avenue Rd (843 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 193 Wilson Ave (890 m, 125 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 13 is 94 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 & Old Orchard?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and no 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 Bedford Park-Nortown page.

What neighbourhood is Avenue & Old Orchard in?

Avenue & Old Orchard 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