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Avenue & St Germain

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

At its last City count, in 2022, Avenue & St Germain, in Bedford Park-Nortown, was a moderately heavy crossing. Nearby are 4 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
15,363
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 2, 2022
814 pedestrians · 2 cyclists
Collisions
57
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #1855 of 5,519
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
4 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
56/100
city median 48 · #1,964 of 5,672
18 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 250 m

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Avenue & St Germain

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 · Feb 2, 2022

The north leg carries the load — 8,077 southbound vehicles, or 53% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 212. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,279 vehicles in the hour from 4:15 p.m., 10% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (2,064). 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.

From the north8,077southbound · 0 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the west212eastbound · 0 bikes · 3.8% heavy
Total vehicles15,363814 pedestrians · 2 cyclists · 3.1% heavy
From the east295westbound · 1 bikes · 4.1% heavy
From the south6,779northbound · 1 bikes · 2.8% heavy

Peak hours: 2,064 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 2,279 from 4:15 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 9 collisions. 12% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 17, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Jan 10, 2012.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions57#1855 of 5,519
With an injury7#2168 of 4,669
Property damage only45
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20062latest Jan 10, 2012

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 2013

The City's counter on St Germain Ave between Avenue Rd and Grey Rd (122 m away) recorded an average of 35 km/h in its 24-hour count in June 2013; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 1,200 vehicles a day. The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 2 speed humps slow traffic on St Germain Avenue between Avenue Rd and District 31 Boundary.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Avenue Rd · St Germain Ave – Melrose Ave · 57 mSep 2012 · 3 days12,228———
St Germain Ave · Avenue Rd – Grey Rd · 122 mJun 2013 · 24 h1,19835 km/h44 km/h50 km/h
Traffic calming
St Germain Avenue (Avenue Rd – District 31 Boundary): 2 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.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

TTC bus
61 52 nearest 108 m
Express
952
Blue Night
352
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Woburn Ave / Avenue Rd 432 m · 5 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
38 mapped lots within 500 m, 310 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1880 Avenue Rd · Surface398 m3232% (Q1 2026)
246 Brooke Ave · Surface571 m9467% (Q1 2026)
25 Glenforest Road · Surface1.5 km26 *—
23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface1.5 km4254% (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 250 m away. Two specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest Avenue Seafood at 30 m. There are 18 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 66 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Starbucks Coffee Co, 26 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Habers Compounding Pharmacy, 119 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Baycrest Hospital, 1.5 km away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Starbucks Coffee Co · 1740 Avenue Rd26 m
  • Safari Bar and Grill · 1749 Avenue Rd31 m
  • Nawab Express On Avenue · 1753 Avenue Rd34 m
  • Ambrosia · 1725 Avenue Rd37 m
  • Miss Wishing Well · 1757 Avenue Rd43 m
18 within 300 m · 66 within 1 km
Grocery
Aj & Ashley's No Frills 250 m · 3 min · 3 within 1 km
Food shops
Avenue Seafood 30 m · 2 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Habers Compounding Pharmacy 119 m · 4 within 1 km
Child care
  • Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre · 140 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool109 m
  • Mtt Melrose · 24 spaces, preschool235 m
  • Ridley Orchard School Ltd. · 98 spaces, toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day546 m · 7 min
7 licensed centres · 831 spaces within 1 km · 4 accept City fee subsidy
Health and care
  • Baycrest Hospital · hospital site1.5 km · 18 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 (12)
  • Brookdale Park362 m · 4 min
  • Old Orchard Park501 m · 6 min
  • Grey Parkette620 m · 7 min
  • Douglas Greenbelt758 m · 9 min
  • Bedford Parkette883 m · 11 min
and 7 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (11)
  • Avro AcademyPrivate · 338 m · 4 min
  • John Wanless Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 620 m · 7 min
  • Ledbury Park Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
  • Havergal College Sr SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Havergal Jr SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km · 14 min
and 6 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Armour Heights branch1.2 km · 15 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.

56of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,964 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food28/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 18 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit12/28

    4 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go2/14

    library 1.2 km away

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.3 km

  • Schools and child care7/8

    1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot2/10

    traffic calming

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 115 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 312 Douglas Ave (608 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 buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
312 Douglas Ave · Avenue Road Investment Limited113195175 · Jun 2024608 m · 7 min
284 Lawrence Ave W · Landlord Property and Rental Management153194077 · Sep 2025883 m · 11 min
515 Rosewell Ave · Bentallgreenoak897200598 · Sep 20251 km · 12 min

3 registered buildings · 115 units · tallest 7 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 one theft from a vehicle and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft400street/outdoor (3), 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 & St Germain a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 57 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 & St Germain?

A moderately heavy crossing at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Feb 2, 2022, 1.66× today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Avenue & St Germain a walkable intersection?

Avenue & St Germain scores 56 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,964 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: 1 grocery store within 300 m · 18 places to eat within 300 m; 1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.3 km. The crossing itself: traffic calming.

How fast do cars go at Avenue & St Germain?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on St Germain Ave between Avenue Rd and Grey Rd (June 2013), found an average of 35 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Avenue & St Germain?

The nearest Green P car park is 1880 Avenue Rd (398 m away, 32 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 310 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,010 spaces — 38 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Avenue & St Germain by transit?

Bus routes 61, 52, 952 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Avenue & St Germain?

18 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 Starbucks Coffee Co (26 m), Safari Bar and Grill (31 m), Nawab Express On Avenue (34 m), Ambrosia (37 m) and Miss Wishing Well (43 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Avenue & St Germain?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 384 m away at Brookdale Park.

Is there child care near Avenue & St Germain?

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 (109 m, 140 spaces), Mtt Melrose (235 m, 24 spaces) and Ridley Orchard School Ltd. (546 m, 98 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Avenue & St Germain?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 115 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 312 Douglas Ave (608 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 75), 284 Lawrence Ave W (883 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 77) and 515 Rosewell Ave (1.0 km, 89 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 83 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Avenue & St Germain?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and four bicycle thefts 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 & St Germain in?

Avenue & St Germain 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