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Bales & Avondale

Bales Ave & Avondale Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Avondale · Ward 18, Willowdale · Yonge North York BIA

Bales & Avondale is a mid-volume intersection. It sits in Avondale. It has parks and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: Sheppard-Yonge Station (Line 1, Line 4) 257 m away.

Traffic volume
11,652
vehicles · 14-hour count, Mar 25, 2026
2,504 pedestrians · 76 cyclists · #1578 busiest
Collisions
37
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
7 with an injury · 26 property damage · #2497 of 5,508 · +3 since Jan 2026
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
Sheppard-Yonge Station 257 m · 5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 11 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 830 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 72% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 5 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). That comes with about 3.7 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 3.2 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions fell 39%, from 23 in 2016–2020 to 14 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Bales & Avondale

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Sheppard-Yonge Station (Line 1, Line 4)257 m
GO Transit
GO bus 96 Oshawa / Finch Express27 Milton / North York19 Mississauga / North York67 Keswick / North York19 Mississauga / North York27 Milton / North York96 Oshawa / Finch Express67 Keswick / North York94 Pickering / Square One94 Pickering / Square One at Yonge St. @ Glendora Ave.98 m
TTC bus
97185988478 nearest 94 m
Express
984
Blue Night
320385384
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m — Yonge St at Avondale Ave North Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
19 Glendora Ave 103 m · 11 docks · 3 stations, 61 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 (22)
  • Don Valley Academy Secondary SchoolPrivate · 279 m
  • Duke Academy Secondary SchoolPrivate · 279 m
  • Rutherford Private School and DaycarePrivate · 337 m
  • Crown Academic International SchoolPrivate · 373 m
  • Toronto District School Board - Oakburn CentreEnglish Public · 488 m
  • Apollo High SchoolPrivate · 564 m
  • and 16 more
Community centres
  • Douglas Snow Aquatic Centre1.1 km
Parks (28)
  • Avondale Park160 m
  • Avonshire Parkette243 m
  • Avonshire Park372 m
  • Albert Standing Park412 m
  • Yorkminster Park657 m
  • Stuart Greenbelt724 m
  • and 22 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library North York Central Library branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Meridian Arts Centre (formerly Toronto Centre for the Arts)Performing Arts · 1 km
  • Mel Lastman SquareLandmark · 1.1 km
  • Gibson House MuseumMuseum · 1.3 km
Signal
2521, activated 2021 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 50 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores, and 154 eating places within a kilometre — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Rabba Marche, 64 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés50 within 300 m · 154 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 19 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Rabba Marche · 12 Harrison Garden Blvd64 mPassed, Aug 2026
Chillax Eatery & Mart · 4679 Yonge St None78 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Tim Hortons · 12 Harrison Garden Blvd78 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Pizza Nova · 4657 Yonge St Bldg-A289 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Eggsmart · 4695 Yonge St105 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Circle K · 4696 Yonge Stgrocery145 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Tim Hortons · 4696 Yonge St145 mPassed, Jun 2026
7 Noodles · 4664 Yonge St Unit-13146 mPassed, Jun 2026

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 Willowdale Park North York Tennis Club Washroom, 864 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 193 m away at Avondale Park.

  • Willowdale Park North York Tennis Club Washroom · 75 Hollywood Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    864 m
Drinking water
Avondale Park drinking fountain · 193 m; Avonshire Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 392 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 695 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Network - Lansing Child Care Centre (369 m, 72 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km9 centres · 695 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 9
  • Network - Lansing Child Care Centre · 49 Bogert Ave
    72 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    369 m
  • The Neighbourhood Group Yonge and Sheppard Child Care Centre · 30 Sheppard Ave E
    72 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    415 m
  • Angus Valley Montessori · 4841 Yonge St
    141 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    464 m
  • The Learning Nest Academy · 95 Sheppard Ave W
    87 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    588 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 121 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (1.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 121 · 1.1 km10 William Carson Cres
Police32 Division · 1.6 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 58 · 1.7 km12 Canterbury Pl

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

18 registered apartment buildings with 2,177 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 2 Oakburn Cres (279 m, 11 units, 3 storeys, built 1945), which scored 98 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 96, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 15 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 7 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings18 · 2,177 units
RentSafeTO score96 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202615 across the 18
Open fire-code violations7
Tallest36 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2 Oakburn Cres · Kg Group113194598 · Aug 20250279 m
4 Oakburn Cres · Kg Group113194597 · Jun 20240302 m
105 Harrison Garden Blvd · Kg Group33222201099 · Jun 20243328 m
6 Oakburn Cres · Kg Group113194598 · Jun 20240330 m
8 Oakburn Cres · Kg Group113194598 · Aug 20250359 m
10 Oakburn Cres · Kg Group113194599 · Aug 20260390 m
12 Oakburn Cres · Kg Group113194599 · Aug 20260411 m
4 Forest Laneway · Tandem Property Management Inc27729197590 · Aug 20251 · 2 fire470 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 lots370 lots · ≈26,910 spaces · 80.7 ha
Within 500 m48 lots · ≈1,890 spaces
Green P (public)8 car parks · about 977 spaces
EV charging (City)19 Glendora Ave · 106 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking14 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 8 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
4576 Yonge Street · Surface297 m17 *
10 Harlandale Avenue · Surface503 m112 *
68 Sheppard Ave W · Surface535 m3063% (Q1 2026)
95 Beecroft Rd · Garage707 m38615% (Q1 2026)
180 Beecroft Road · Surface1.2 km173 *

Nearest lots: 27 m away, ≈22 spaces; 56 m away, ≈29 spaces; 67 m away, ≈15 spaces; 74 m away, ≈2 spaces; 83 m away, ≈44 spaces; 85 m away, ≈14 spaces. More EV charging: 19 Glendora Ave (115 m, 2 ports); 33 Elmhurst Ave (579 m, 2 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 — 14-hour, Mar 25, 2026

The west leg carries the load — 4,305 eastbound vehicles, or 37% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 1,967. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,254 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,188 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north1,967southbound · 28 bikes · 1.2% heavy
From the west4,305eastbound · 5 bikes · 1.6% heavy
Total vehicles11,6522,504 pedestrians · 76 cyclists · 1.7% heavy
From the east2,841westbound · 19 bikes · 2.6% heavy
From the south2,539northbound · 24 bikes · 1.3% heavy
AM peak hour1,254 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,188 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Mar 25, 2026

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 Harrison Garden Blvd between Avondale Park Trl and Everson Dr (263 m away) recorded an average of 38 km/h in its 24-hour count in December 2014; 85% of drivers were at or under 45 km/h. That segment carries about 5,900 vehicles a day. Avondale Ave between Yonge St and Lane E of Yonge and S of Glendora measured slower: 27 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 37 km/h (Apr 2024). The reading is 12 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Avondale Ave · Yonge St – Lane E of Yonge and S of Glendora · 76 mApr 2024 · 3 days12,29727 km/h37 km/h42 km/h
Harrison Garden Blvd · Avondale Park Trl – Everson Dr · 263 mDec 2014 · 24 h5,87738 km/h45 km/h50 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

2018 was the peak year (8 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 19% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 8% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 3.2 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions37#2497 of 5,508
With an injury7#2244 of 4,660
Property damage only26
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian3#1254 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201450latest Mar 17, 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

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 three thefts from vehicles and three 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 vehicle320apartment parking (2), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft300apartment parking (3)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 18, 2023. 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 Avondale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Bales & Avondale a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 37 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 Bales & Avondale?

A mid-volume intersection. It ranks #1578 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 72% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Bales & Avondale?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Harrison Garden Blvd between Avondale Park Trl and Everson Dr (December 2014), found an average of 38 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 45 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Bales & Avondale?

The nearest Green P car park is 4576 Yonge Street (297 m away, 17 spaces). The City's mapping shows 370 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,910 spaces — 48 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 19 Glendora Ave (106 m).

How do I get to Bales & Avondale by transit?

Sheppard-Yonge Station (Line 1, Line 4) is 257 m away; bus routes 97, 185, 98, 84, 78, 984 within 1 km (nearest stop: Yonge St at Avondale Ave North Side, 94 m).

What restaurants are near Bales & Avondale?

50 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 154 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Rabba Marche (64 m), Chillax Eatery & Mart (78 m), Tim Hortons (78 m), Pizza Nova (89 m) and Eggsmart (105 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 Bales & Avondale?

The nearest is Willowdale Park North York Tennis Club Washroom, 75 Hollywood Ave, 864 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.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 Bales & Avondale?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 695 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Network - Lansing Child Care Centre (369 m, 72 spaces), The Neighbourhood Group Yonge and Sheppard Child Care Centre (415 m, 72 spaces) and Angus Valley Montessori (464 m, 141 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bales & Avondale?

18 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,177 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2 Oakburn Cres (279 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 4 Oakburn Cres (302 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 105 Harrison Garden Blvd (328 m, 332 units, RentSafeTO score 99) and 6 Oakburn Cres (330 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 18 is 96 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 Bales & Avondale?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and three 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 Avondale page.

What neighbourhood is Bales & Avondale in?

Bales & Avondale is in Avondale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 153). It is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng. The corner falls inside the Yonge North York Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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