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Bala & Bartonville

Bala Ave & Bartonville Ave W · Toronto, Ontario · Mount Dennis · Ward 5, York South-Weston

Bala & Bartonville is a lightly travelled intersection, with heavy foot traffic. It sits in Mount Dennis. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: Mount Dennis Station (Line 5) 1.0 km away and Mount Dennis GO 867 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
705
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 10, 1999
513 pedestrians · 4 cyclists
Collisions
5
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 3 property damage · #4964 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
1
TTC stop within 100 m
Mount Dennis Station 1 km · 13 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 90 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 8% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 1.4 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. That comes with about 0.5 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Bala & Bartonville

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Mount Dennis Station (Line 5)1 km
GO Transit
Mount Dennis GO — Kitchener867 m
UP Express
Mount Dennis GO/UP 867 m — trains to Pearson
TTC bus
89357371171322740534164161168158 nearest 90 m
Express
989935
Blue Night
335334
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Weston Rd at Bartonville Ave West
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Jane St / Weston Rd 413 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 72 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 (9)
  • Bala Avenue Community SchoolEnglish Public · 123 m
  • York Humber High SchoolEnglish Public · 693 m
  • Our Lady of Victory Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 867 m
  • Roselands Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 881 m
  • Darul Arqam Islamic Academy SchoolPrivate · 894 m
  • Dennis Avenue Community School (Closed Location)English Public · 1 km
  • and 3 more
Community centres
Parks (24)
  • Fergy Brown Park257 m
  • Pearen Park427 m
  • Eglinton Flats480 m
  • Gladhurst Park690 m
  • Trethewey Park West857 m
  • Portage Gardens Park911 m
  • and 18 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Mount Dennis branch798 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 9 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 45. The nearest is KFC, 100 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés9 within 300 m · 45 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Abeni African Food Inc. · 1304 Weston Rdgrocery77 mPassed, Nov 2024 · 1 infraction
KFC · 1300 Weston Rd100 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Bala Nutrition Breakfast · 6 Bala Ave123 mPassed, Dec 2025
African Player Restaurant · 1297 Weston Rd136 mPassed, Dec 2025
Mt. Denis Aboriginals Child & Family Centre · 1290 Weston Rd160 mPassed, Feb 2026
Simply Chops - Suya City · 1354 Weston Rd174 mPassed, Mar 2026
Jerk Jerks · 1356 Weston Rd198 mPassed, Jun 2024 · 9 infractions
Pistacchio · 1362 Weston Rd B219 mPassed, Dec 2025

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 Fergy Brown Park Washroom, 201 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 480 m away at Pearen Park.

  • Fergy Brown Park Washroom · 3700 Eglinton Ave W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    201 m
  • Eglinton Flats Southeast Sports Pavilion Washroom · 101 Emmett Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    586 m
  • Eglinton Flats Northwest Sports Pavilion Washroom · 101 Emmett Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    633 m
Drinking water
Pearen Park drinking fountain · 480 m; Eglinton Flats drinking fountain · 519 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 572 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Kiiwednong Aborginal Head Start (152 m, 16 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km8 centres · 572 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 8
  • Kiiwednong Aborginal Head Start · 1288 Weston Rd
    16 spaces · preschool
    152 m
  • Mount Dennis Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 1234 Weston Rd
    98 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    382 m
  • Jubilee Child Care Centre · 55 Emmett Ave
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    473 m
  • Donald C. Macdonald Child Care Centre · 116 Industry St
    66 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    669 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 421 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 12 Division (1.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 421 · 1.1 km6 Lambton Ave
Police12 Division · 1.1 km200 Trethewey Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 10 · 1.7 km2015 Lawrence Ave W

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

Within a kilometre there are 20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,327 rental units — six social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1306 Weston Rd (72 m, 11 units, 3 storeys, built 1957), which scored 76 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 83 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 17 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings20 · 2,327 units · 6 social housing
RentSafeTO score86 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202683 across the 20
Open fire-code violations17
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1306 Weston Rd · 10000080779 0nt Ltd113195776 · Aug 2026072 m
1321 Weston Rd · Westhaven Property Management Inc.103196078 · Nov 20250107 m
1296 Weston Rdsocial housing245199594 · Nov 20250123 m
24 Pinehill Cres · La Valette Property Management294196972 · Jul 20265348 m
1240 Weston Rd · The Leraning Enrichment Foundation223195487 · Nov 20250349 m
30 Denarda StToronto Community Housing · Del Management25515198386 · Nov 20253 · 1 fire415 m
12 Buttonwood Ave · Hannah Property Management Ltd.404197792 · Nov 20250428 m
55 Emmett Ave · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.26723196879 · Nov 202524473 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 · ≈35,210 spaces · 105.6 ha
Within 500 m32 lots · ≈2,040 spaces
Green P (public)6 car parks · about 240 spaces
EV charging (City)1812 Weston Rd · 1.7 km · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parking3 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1169 Weston Rd · Surface613 m3658% (Q1 2026)
271A Scarlett Rd · Surface1.4 km1117% (Q1 2026)
2700 Eglinton Avenue West · Surface1.5 km38 *
2700 Eglinton Avenue West · Surface1.6 km109 *
2623 Eglinton Ave W · Surface1.8 km1224% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 96 m away, ≈6 spaces; 98 m away, ≈43 spaces; 107 m away, ≈15 spaces; 149 m away, ≈6 spaces; 154 m away, ≈13 spaces; 157 m away, ≈15 spaces.

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, Mar 10, 1999

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 327 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 46% of the total, against 137 from the west. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 122 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 123 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 0.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 28 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 1999, 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 north241southbound · 1 bikes · 1.2% heavy
From the west137eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.7% heavy
Total vehicles705513 pedestrians · 4 cyclists · 0.9% heavy
From the east327westbound · 2 bikes · 0.6% heavy
From the south0northbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour122 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour123 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 10, 1999

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

On Bala Ave between Ernest Dockray Ave and Jane St, 214 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2022 put the average speed at 33 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 43 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 48 km/h or more. That segment carries about 600 vehicles a day. Bartonville Ave W between Bala Ave and Cornell Ave measured slower: 34 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 42 km/h (Nov 2018). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Bala Avenue between Jane St and Bartonville Ave W.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Bartonville Ave W · Bala Ave – Cornell Ave · 57 mNov 2018 · 3 days1,00634 km/h42 km/h45 km/h
Bala Ave · Ernest Dockray Ave – Jane St · 214 mNov 2022 · 3 days55133 km/h43 km/h48 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Bala Avenue · Jane St – Bartonville Ave W
    2 speed humps

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

The worst year was 2022, with 1 collision; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 40% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Jun 29, 2022.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions5#4964 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only3
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 20145latest Jun 29, 2022

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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

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

Six thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 67% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle600street/outdoor (4), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 3, 2022. 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 Mount Dennis.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Bala & Bartonville a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 5 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 Bala & Bartonville?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Mar 10, 1999, 8% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Bala & Bartonville?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Bala Ave between Ernest Dockray Ave and Jane St (November 2022), found an average of 33 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 43 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Bala & Bartonville?

The nearest Green P car park is 1169 Weston Rd (613 m away, 36 spaces, 58% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 442 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 35,210 spaces — 32 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1812 Weston Rd (1.7 km).

How do I get to Bala & Bartonville by transit?

Mount Dennis Station (Line 5) is 1.0 km away; Mount Dennis GO is 867 m away; bus routes 89, 35, 73, 71, 171, 32, 27, 405 and 7 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Weston Rd at Bartonville Ave West, 90 m).

What restaurants are near Bala & Bartonville?

9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 45 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are KFC (100 m), Bala Nutrition Breakfast (123 m), African Player Restaurant (136 m), Mt. Denis Aboriginals Child & Family Centre (160 m) and Simply Chops - Suya City (174 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 Bala & Bartonville?

The nearest is Fergy Brown Park Washroom, 3700 Eglinton Ave W, 201 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Eglinton Flats Southeast Sports Pavilion Washroom (586 m); Eglinton Flats Northwest Sports Pavilion Washroom (633 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 Bala & Bartonville?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 572 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kiiwednong Aborginal Head Start (152 m, 16 spaces), Mount Dennis Early Learning & Child Care Centre (382 m, 98 spaces) and Jubilee Child Care Centre (473 m, 62 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bala & Bartonville?

20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,327 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1306 Weston Rd (72 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 76), 1321 Weston Rd (107 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 78), 1296 Weston Rd (123 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 24 Pinehill Cres (348 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 72). The average RentSafeTO score across the 20 is 86 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 Bala & Bartonville?

Toronto Police place six 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 Mount Dennis page.

What neighbourhood is Bala & Bartonville in?

Bala & Bartonville is in Mount Dennis (City of Toronto neighbourhood 115), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 5, York South-Weston, represented by Councillor Frances Nunziata.

Sources

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