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Bala & Ernest Dockray

Bala Ave & Ernest Dockray Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Mount Dennis · Ward 5, York South-Weston

In Mount Dennis, Bala & Ernest Dockray is a low-volume local intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence. It has a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 17 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
365
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 12, 2022
159 pedestrians · 8 cyclists
Collisions
7
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 4 property damage · #4655 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
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 50 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 4% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 2.3 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 2.2% of vehicle volume, about 2.8× the typical share. On average 0.7 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Bala & Ernest Dockray

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
89357340571171322715834164161168 nearest 72 m
Express
935989
Blue Night
335334
Nearest stops
12 surface stops within 300 m — Weston Rd at Ernest Dockray Ave; Weston Rd at Craydon Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Jane St / Weston Rd 266 m · 15 docks · 3 stations, 53 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 · 36 m
  • York Humber High SchoolEnglish Public · 577 m
  • Portage Trail CommunityschoolEnglish Public · 896 m
  • Darul Arqam Islamic Academy SchoolPrivate · 898 m
  • Roselands Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 949 m
  • Our Lady of Victory Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • and 3 more
Community centres
Parks (22)
  • Fergy Brown Park366 m
  • Eglinton Flats534 m
  • Pearen Park576 m
  • Portage Gardens Park772 m
  • Trethewey Park West787 m
  • Gladhurst Park837 m
  • and 16 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Mount Dennis branch945 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 45 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Bala Nutrition Breakfast, 35 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in December 2025.

Restaurants & cafés8 within 300 m · 45 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Bala Nutrition Breakfast · 6 Bala Ave35 mPassed, Dec 2025
Simply Chops - Suya City · 1354 Weston Rd55 mPassed, Mar 2026
Jerk Jerks · 1356 Weston Rd63 mPassed, Jun 2024 · 9 infractions
Pistacchio · 1362 Weston Rd B78 mPassed, Dec 2025
Jola African Food Market · 1366 Weston Rd Unit-2grocery89 mPassed, May 2026
Top Chef Ja Cuisine · 1366 Weston Rd Unit-189 mPassed, Feb 2026
Abeni African Food Inc. · 1304 Weston Rdgrocery202 mPassed, Nov 2024 · 1 infraction
7-Eleven · 1390 Weston Rdgrocery221 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction

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, 322 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 501 m away at Eglinton Flats.

  • Fergy Brown Park Washroom · 3700 Eglinton Ave W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    322 m
  • Eglinton Flats Northwest Sports Pavilion Washroom · 101 Emmett Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    594 m
  • Eglinton Flats Northwest Service Building Washroom · 101 Emmett Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    675 m
Drinking water
Eglinton Flats drinking fountain · 501 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 487 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Kiiwednong Aborginal Head Start (295 m, 16 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km8 centres · 487 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 8
  • Kiiwednong Aborginal Head Start · 1288 Weston Rd
    16 spaces · preschool
    295 m
  • Jubilee Child Care Centre · 55 Emmett Ave
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    363 m
  • Mount Dennis Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 1234 Weston Rd
    98 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    529 m
  • York Humber Child Care · 100 Emmett Ave
    41 spaces · infant, toddler, 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 421 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 12 Division (1.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 421 · 1.3 km6 Lambton Ave
Police12 Division · 1.1 km200 Trethewey Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 10 · 1.6 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

21 registered apartment buildings with 2,549 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, seven of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1306 Weston Rd (192 m, 11 units, 3 storeys, built 1957), which scored 76 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 21 scored below 70; the average is 84, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 94 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 17 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings21 · 2,549 units · 7 social housing
RentSafeTO score84 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202694 across the 21
Open fire-code violations17
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1306 Weston Rd · 10000080779 0nt Ltd113195776 · Aug 20260192 m
1321 Weston Rd · Westhaven Property Management Inc.103196078 · Nov 20250192 m
24 Pinehill Cres · La Valette Property Management294196972 · Jul 20265263 m
1296 Weston Rdsocial housing245199594 · Nov 20250264 m
12 Buttonwood Ave · Hannah Property Management Ltd.404197792 · Nov 20250278 m
55 Emmett Ave · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.26723196879 · Nov 202524363 m
65 Emmett Ave · State Building Group41924197180 · Nov 202521432 m
1240 Weston Rd · The Leraning Enrichment Foundation223195487 · Nov 20250497 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 lots432 lots · ≈36,070 spaces · 108.2 ha
Within 500 m30 lots · ≈1,120 spaces
Green P (public)6 car parks · about 240 spaces
EV charging (City)1812 Weston Rd · 1.5 km · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parking1 post-and-ring within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1169 Weston Rd · Surface760 m3658% (Q1 2026)
271A Scarlett Rd · Surface1.4 km1117% (Q1 2026)
2700 Eglinton Avenue West · Surface1.7 km38 *
2700 Eglinton Avenue West · Surface1.7 km109 *
4 Rosemount Avenue · Surface1.7 km34 *

Nearest lots: 52 m away, ≈6 spaces; 60 m away, ≈37 spaces; 67 m away, ≈15 spaces; 90 m away, ≈25 spaces; 108 m away, ≈28 spaces; 125 m away, ≈30 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, Apr 12, 2022

The east leg carries the load — 238 westbound vehicles, or 65% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 127. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 89 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 41% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (63). Trucks and buses were 5.2% 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 4 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 north127southbound · 1 bikes · 3.9% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 2 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles365159 pedestrians · 8 cyclists · 5.2% heavy
From the east238westbound · 5 bikes · 5.9% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour63 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour89 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 12, 2022

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 Bala Ave between Ernest Dockray Ave and Jane St (64 m away) recorded an average of 33 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 43 km/h. That segment carries about 600 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Bala Ave · Ernest Dockray Ave – Jane St · 64 mNov 2022 · 3 days55133 km/h43 km/h48 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 2 collisions. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 57% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Dec 9, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions7#4655 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only4
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
All since 20148latest Dec 9, 2025

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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

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

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle400house driveway/garage (2), school/campus (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 25, 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 & Ernest Dockray a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 7 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 & Ernest Dockray?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 12, 2022, 4% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Bala & Ernest Dockray?

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 & Ernest Dockray?

The nearest Green P car park is 1169 Weston Rd (760 m away, 36 spaces, 58% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 432 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 36,070 spaces — 30 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1812 Weston Rd (1.5 km).

How do I get to Bala & Ernest Dockray by transit?

Bus routes 89, 35, 73, 405, 71, 171, 32, 27 and 7 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Weston Rd at Ernest Dockray Ave, 72 m).

What restaurants are near Bala & Ernest Dockray?

8 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 Bala Nutrition Breakfast (35 m), Simply Chops - Suya City (55 m), Jerk Jerks (63 m), Pistacchio (78 m) and Top Chef Ja Cuisine (89 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 & Ernest Dockray?

The nearest is Fergy Brown Park Washroom, 3700 Eglinton Ave W, 322 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Eglinton Flats Northwest Sports Pavilion Washroom (594 m); Eglinton Flats Northwest Service Building Washroom (675 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 & Ernest Dockray?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 487 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 (295 m, 16 spaces), Jubilee Child Care Centre (363 m, 62 spaces) and Mount Dennis Early Learning & Child Care Centre (529 m, 98 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bala & Ernest Dockray?

21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,549 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1306 Weston Rd (192 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 76), 1321 Weston Rd (192 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 78), 24 Pinehill Cres (263 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 72) and 1296 Weston Rd (264 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 21 is 84 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 Bala & Ernest Dockray?

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 Mount Dennis page.

What neighbourhood is Bala & Ernest Dockray in?

Bala & Ernest Dockray 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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