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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 · Jan 26, 2022
The north leg carries the load — 8,189 southbound vehicles, or 53% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 156. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,335 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 16% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (2,015). Heavy vehicles made up 3.1% 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: 2,015 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,335 from 4:00 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
2016 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 7% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 7% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 6, 2026.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 14 | |
| With an injury | 1 | |
| Property damage only | 12 | |
| Fail to remain | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| 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.
How fast traffic moves here
The City's counter on Ridley Blvd between Elm Rd and Avenue Rd (109 m away) recorded an average of 37 km/h in its 3-day count in December 2021; 85% of drivers were at or under 47 km/h. That segment carries about 1,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Wilson Ave (239 m away, 40 km/h limit), 12% of the 214,602 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avenue Rd · Carmichael Ave – Ridley Blvd · 32 m | Sep 2012 · 3 days | 13,202 | — | — | — |
| Ridley Blvd · Elm Rd – Avenue Rd · 109 m | Dec 2021 · 3 days | 1,011 | 37 km/h | 47 km/h | 52 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Wilson Ave (eastbound), 239 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 40 km/h, 85th percentile 49 km/h; 12% at 50 km/h or more. 214,602 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 61 96 165 97 nearest 25 m
- Express
- 996
- Blue Night
- 396
- Nearest stops
- 8 surface stops within 300 m — Avenue Rd at Ridley Blvd; Avenue Rd at Carmichael Ave
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- no station 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
- 3 car parks · about 265 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- 4 post-and-rings within 300 m
- Other lots
- 48 mapped lots within 500 m, 307 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 246 Brooke Ave · Surface | 625 m | 94 | 67% (Q1 2026) |
| 1880 Avenue Rd · Surface | 674 m | 32 | 32% (Q1 2026) |
| 3885 Yonge St · Surface | 1.8 km | 139 | 29% (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: Bruno's Fine Foods is 186 m away. There are 5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 45 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Chiang Rai, 197 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 254 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Baycrest Hospital, 1.6 km away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Chiang Rai · 2070 Avenue Rd197 m
- L.s.l · 2066 Avenue Rd207 m
- The Copper Chimney Authentic Indian Room · 2050 Avenue Rd236 m
- Karbouzi · 2048 Avenue Rd240 m
- Aroma Espresso Bar · 2040 Avenue Rd266 m · 3 min
- Grocery
- Bruno's Fine Foods 186 m · 3 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Short and Sweet Bakeshop 482 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 254 m · 3 min · 4 within 1 km
- Child care
- Armour Heights Child Care Program · 110 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day466 m · 6 min
- Temple Sinai Nursery School · 55 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day491 m · 6 min
- Ridley Orchard School Ltd. · 98 spaces, toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day531 m · 6 min
- Washrooms
- Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed194 m
- Health and care
- Baycrest Hospital · hospital site1.6 km · 19 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 (6)
- Old Orchard Park1 km · 12 min
- Grey Parkette1 km · 12 min
- Stewart A. McGregor Parkette1.1 km · 13 min
- Bathurst - Wilson Parkette1.1 km · 14 min
- 167 Armour Blvd Parkette1.3 km · 15 min
- Community centres
- Schools (6)
- Armour Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 466 m · 6 min
- Glen Briar Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 491 m · 6 min
- St Margaret Catholic Elementary School - Carmichael SiteEnglish Separate · 606 m · 7 min
- Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Summit Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 15 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Armour Heights branch175 m
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 care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,860 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
19 registered apartment buildings with 1,130 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2125 Avenue Rd (38 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 97, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2125 Avenue Rd · G.l.g. Developments Ltd. | 33 | 4 | 1955 | 96 · Sep 2026 | 38 m |
| 2135 Avenue Rd | 54 | 3 | 1953 | 96 · Aug 2026 | 146 m |
| 200 Ridley Blvd · Signet Group Inc. | 90 | 4 | 1957 | 87 · Aug 2024 | 167 m |
| 193 Wilson Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 125 | 5 | 1982 | 89 · Sep 2024 | 243 m |
| 2200 Avenue Rd · Viron Properties Inc. | 152 | 16 | 1969 | 99 · Jul 2025 | 310 m · 4 min |
| 166 Wilson Ave · Signet Group Inc. | 60 | 4 | 1950 | 99 · Jun 2025 | 320 m · 4 min |
19 registered buildings · 1,130 units · 2 social housing · tallest 16 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. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Mar 13, 2026.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 3 | 0 | 1 | street/outdoor (2), house driveway/garage (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 0 | 0 | street/outdoor (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 & Ridley a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 14 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 & Ridley?
An above-average intersection for traffic at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Jan 26, 2022, 1.67× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Avenue & Ridley a walkable intersection?
Avenue & Ridley scores 57 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,860 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 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 grocery store within 300 m · 5 places to eat within 300 m; nearest park 1 km · 1 community centre within 800 m.
How fast do cars go at Avenue & Ridley?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ridley Blvd between Elm Rd and Avenue Rd (December 2021), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 239 m away (40 km/h), 12% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Avenue & Ridley?
The nearest Green P car park is 246 Brooke Ave (625 m away, 94 spaces, 67% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 307 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 13,030 spaces — 48 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Avenue & Ridley by transit?
Bus routes 61, 96, 165, 97, 996 within 1 km (nearest stop: Avenue Rd at Ridley Blvd, 25 m).
What restaurants are near Avenue & Ridley?
5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 45 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Chiang Rai (197 m), L.s.l (207 m), The Copper Chimney Authentic Indian Room (236 m), Karbouzi (240 m) and Aroma Espresso Bar (266 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Avenue & Ridley?
The nearest is Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom, 2140 Avenue Rd, 194 m away.
Is there child care near Avenue & Ridley?
Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 487 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Armour Heights Child Care Program (466 m, 110 spaces), Temple Sinai Nursery School (491 m, 55 spaces) and Ridley Orchard School Ltd. (531 m, 98 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Avenue & Ridley?
19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,130 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2125 Avenue Rd (38 m, 33 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 2135 Avenue Rd (146 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 200 Ridley Blvd (167 m, 90 units, RentSafeTO score 87) and 193 Wilson Ave (243 m, 125 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 is 97 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Avenue & Ridley?
Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Bedford Park-Nortown page.
What neighbourhood is Avenue & Ridley in?
Avenue & Ridley 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 Jan 26, 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- 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: 43.73809, -79.42084 · centreline node 13452294.