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Avenue & Pears

Avenue Rd & Pears Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Annex · Ward 11, University-Rosedale

Avenue & Pears is an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in the Annex. It has parks at the corner. Nearby: Rosedale Station (Line 1) 696 m away.

Traffic volume
16,357
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 20, 2017
1,059 pedestrians · 160 cyclists
Collisions
70
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
6 with an injury · 57 property damage · #1555 of 5,508 · +6 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 696 m · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 11 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 2,040 vehicles, 1.77× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 15 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. That comes with about 7 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 33%, from 42 in 2016–2020 to 28 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Avenue & Pears

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)696 m; Bay Station (Line 2)757 m; St George Station (Line 1, Line 2)783 m; Dupont Station (Line 1)811 m; Summerhill Station (Line 1)874 m; Spadina Station (Line 1)889 m; Yonge Station (Line 2)1 km; Museum Station (Line 1)1 km
TTC bus
1319269782127 nearest 85 m
Blue Night
320300
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Avenue Rd at Davenport Rd; Davenport Rd at Avenue Rd West Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Davenport Rd / Avenue Rd 81 m · 11 docks · 22 stations, 334 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)
  • Jesse Ketchum Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 479 m
  • Cottingham Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 547 m
  • Career Quest - TorontoPrivate · 626 m
  • The Mabin SchoolPrivate · 653 m
  • McDonald International Academy SchoolPrivate · 657 m
  • The Shire SchoolPrivate · 707 m
  • and 31 more
Community centres
Parks (56)
  • Joseph Tough Park119 m
  • Jay Macpherson Green200 m
  • Sergeant Ryan Russell Parkette234 m
  • Macpherson Avenue Parkette285 m
  • Ramsden Park328 m
  • Boswell Parkette337 m
  • and 50 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Yorkville branch779 m
  • Toronto Public Library Toronto Reference Library branch911 m
  • Toronto Public Library Spadina Road branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Village of Yorkville ParkNature/ Park · 746 m
  • Royal Conservatory of MusicPerforming Arts · 846 m
  • Koerner Hall (at the Telus Centre for Performance and Learning)Performing Arts · 857 m
  • Gardiner MuseumMuseum · 885 m
  • Royal Ontario MuseumMuseum · 889 m
  • Toronto Reference LibraryLandmark · 914 m
  • Bata Shoe MuseumMuseum · 1 km
  • Isabel Bader TheatrePerforming Arts · 1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 16 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 258 eating places within a kilometre — 3.5× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is The Avenue Diner, 58 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in December 2025.

Restaurants & cafés16 within 300 m · 258 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 19 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Avenue Diner · 222 Davenport Rd58 mPassed, Dec 2025
Joso's · 202 Davenport Rd81 mPassed, Jul 2025 · 1 infraction
Ins Market · 142 Avenue Rdgrocery119 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 2 infractions
Adrak Yorkville · 138 Avenue Rd129 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Mom's Recipes · 136 Avenue Rd134 mPassed, Jul 2026
Osteria Giulia · 134 Avenue Rd144 mPassed, Mar 2026
Lashgod · 236 Avenue Rd, Flr-3rd150 mPassed, May 2025
Govinda's Vegetarian Cuisine · 243 Avenue Rd161 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 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, 173 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 61 m away at Ramsden Park.

  • Ramsden Park Washroom · 1020 Yonge St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    173 m
  • Ramsden Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 1020 Yonge St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    383 m
Drinking water
Ramsden Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 61 m; Ramsden Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 141 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

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 970 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Unicorn Day Care Centre (173 m, 39 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km13 centres · 970 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 13
  • Unicorn Day Care Centre · 240 Avenue Rd
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    173 m
  • Jesse Ketchum Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 7 Berryman St
    26 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    480 m
  • Cottingham Child Care Centre · 85 Birch Ave
    80 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    547 m
  • Friends Day Care Centre · 60 Lowther Ave
    22 spaces · preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    577 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 312 (762 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (2.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 307 m away.

FireFire Station 312 · 762 m34 Yorkville Ave
Police52 Division · 2.4 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 45 · 307 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

65 registered apartment buildings with 5,333 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, five of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 138 Pears Ave (97 m, 96 units, 7 storeys, built 1972), which scored 77 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 65 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 133 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 36 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings65 · 5,333 units · 5 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026133 across the 65
Open fire-code violations36
Tallest26 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
138 Pears Avesocial housing · St. Clare's Multifaith Housing Society967197277 · Aug 20255 · 13 fire97 m
250 Davenport RdToronto Community Housing · Greenwin46025196890 · Aug 20243134 m
50 Hillsboro Ave · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.19624196588 · Jun 20242267 m
30 Hillsboro Ave · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.19624196591 · Oct 20255327 m
103 Avenue Rd · Hollyburn Properties Ltd12411195986 · Sep 20254329 m
130 Macpherson Ave · Castlehill Property Management263194875 · Jul 20251345 m
359 Davenport Rd · 741476 Ontario Inc.174190079 · Jul 20260430 m
291 Avenue Rd · Habosh Investments Inc.968195697 · Aug 20264433 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 lots837 lots · ≈24,390 spaces · 73.2 ha
Within 500 m65 lots · ≈1,190 spaces
Green P (public)23 car parks · about 3,204 spaces
EV charging (City)74 Yorkville Ave · 663 m · 8 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parking65 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
251 Maherson Ave · Surface342 m4024% (Q1 2026)
1010 Yonge St. · Surface603 m48 *
74 Yorkville Ave · Garage637 m17575% (Q1 2026)
15 Price St · Surface730 m71 *
9 Bedford Rd · Garage734 m37151% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 34 m away, ≈19 spaces; 48 m away, ≈10 spaces; 54 m away, ≈15 spaces; 78 m away, ≈3 spaces; 89 m away, ≈7 spaces; 95 m away, ≈4 spaces. More EV charging: 19 Spadina Rd (1 km, 6 ports); 20 Charles St E. (1.2 km, 23 ports); 20 Delisle Ave. (1.5 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

The north leg carries the load — 8,407 southbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 10. Most cyclists arrived from the south (87 of 160). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,396 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 2,388 from 4:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 6.3% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. 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 north8,407southbound · 71 bikes · 5.9% heavy
From the west10eastbound · 1 bikes · 60.0% heavy
Total vehicles16,3571,059 pedestrians · 160 cyclists · 6.3% heavy
From the east102westbound · 1 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the south7,838northbound · 87 bikes · 6.8% heavy
AM peak hour2,396 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour2,388 vehicles from 4:00 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

The City's counter on Avenue Rd between Pears Ave and Chicora Ave (47 m away) recorded an average of 39 km/h in its 3-day count in June 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 26,800 vehicles a day. Pears Ave between Lane W of Avenue and N of Pears and Bedford Rd measured slower: 33 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 43 km/h (Aug 2003).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Avenue Rd · Pears Ave – Chicora Ave · 47 mJun 2025 · 3 days26,83939 km/h49 km/h58 km/h
Pears Ave · Lane W of Avenue and N of Pears – Bedford Rd · 149 mAug 2003 · 3 days1,34333 km/h43 km/h49 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

2019 was the peak year (11 collisions), and 2025 closed with 7. 9% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 21, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions70#1555 of 5,508
With an injury6#2376 of 4,660
Property damage only57
Fail to remain8
Involving a pedestrian1#2172 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#984 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)6
All since 201489latest Jun 21, 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 Jul 29, 2010.

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 39 thefts from vehicles and nine bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 8.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 8 in 2023–2025, about 2.7 a year, against 5.7 a year before that. 72% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 67% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 3 more have been reported, the latest on Mar 4, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle3961street/outdoor (28), apartment parking (9)
Bicycle theft922apartment parking (6), commercial premises (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 4, 2026. 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 & Pears a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 70 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 & Pears?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Jun 20, 2017, 1.77× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Avenue & Pears?

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 & Pears?

The nearest Green P car park is 251 Maherson Ave (342 m away, 40 spaces, 24% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 837 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,390 spaces — 65 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 74 Yorkville Ave (663 m).

How do I get to Avenue & Pears by transit?

Rosedale Station (Line 1) is 696 m away; bus routes 13, 19, 26, 97, 82, 127 within 1 km (nearest stop: Avenue Rd at Davenport Rd, 85 m).

What restaurants are near Avenue & Pears?

16 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 258 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Avenue Diner (58 m), Joso's (81 m), Adrak Yorkville (129 m), Mom's Recipes (134 m) and Osteria Giulia (144 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 & Pears?

The nearest is Ramsden Park Washroom, 1020 Yonge St, 173 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Ramsden Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (383 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 & Pears?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 970 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 (173 m, 39 spaces), Jesse Ketchum Early Learning & Child Care Centre (480 m, 26 spaces) and Cottingham Child Care Centre (547 m, 80 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Avenue & Pears?

65 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,333 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 138 Pears Ave (97 m, 96 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 250 Davenport Rd (134 m, 460 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 50 Hillsboro Ave (267 m, 196 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 30 Hillsboro Ave (327 m, 196 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 65 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 & Pears?

Toronto Police place 39 thefts from vehicles and nine bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 3 since January 2026. 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 & Pears in?

Avenue & Pears is in Annex (City of Toronto neighbourhood 095). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe.

Sources

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