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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 · Mar 22, 2022
Traffic is heaviest from the north: 408 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 95% of the total, against 20 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 70 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 59 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. 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: 59 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 70 from 5:00 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
The worst year was 2024, with 1 collision; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 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 Sep 20, 2026.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 2 | |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 2 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| 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.
Speeds here, last measured in 2022
On Balsam Ave between Sarah McComb Lane and Sycamore Pl, 249 m from the corner, a 7-day count in June 2022 put the average speed at 28 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 36 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 43 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,200 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Hazel Ave between Fernwood Park Ave and Beech Ave measured slower: 17 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 25 km/h (Jul 2018).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazel Ave · Fernwood Park Ave – Beech Ave · 144 m | Jul 2018 · 24 h | 200 | 17 km/h | 25 km/h | 30 km/h |
| Balsam Ave · Sarah McComb Lane – Sycamore Pl · 249 m | Jun 2022 · 7 days | 1,210 | 28 km/h | 36 km/h | 43 km/h |
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
- Streetcar
- 501 nearest 280 m · 3 min
- TTC bus
- 64 nearest 586 m · 7 min
- Blue Night
- 301
- Nearest stops
- 2 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Balsam Ave installed 2024
- Bike Share
- Queen St. E / Spruce Hill Rd. 195 m · 15 docks · 6 stations, 153 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
- 9 car parks · about 311 spaces
- EV charging
- 2150 Queen Street East · 261 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 117 Hammersmith Ave (516 m), 1981 Queen Street East (1 km)
- Bike parking
- 22 post-and-rings within 300 m
- Other lots
- 16 mapped lots within 500 m, 167 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 117 Hammersmith Ave · Surface | 492 m | 29 | 47% (Q1 2026) |
| 136 Wineva Ave. · Surface | 610 m | 28 * | — |
| 85 Lee Ave · Surface | 763 m | 68 | 61% (Q1 2026) |
| 166 Woodbine Ave · Surface | 1.5 km | 21 | 46% (Q1 2026) |
| 192 Boardwalk Dr · Surface | 1.6 km | 24 | 45% (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
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Sandy's Independent Grocery, 469 m away. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 12 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 57. The nearest is La Diperie, 110 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Hooper's Pharmacy, 415 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- La Diperie · 2196 Queen St E110 m
- The Druid Bar · 2192 Queen St E118 m
- Judy's Beach Cafe · 2188 Queen St E127 m
- The Beacher Cafe · 2160 Queen St E209 m
- Game Night Wings and Sports Bar · 2214 Queen St E212 m
- Grocery
- Sandy's Independent Grocery 469 m · 6 min · 5 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Bakery In the Beaches 527 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Hooper's Pharmacy 415 m · 5 min · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- Alphabet Station · 54 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day169 m
- Mackie Sunshine Childcare Inc. - St. Denis Sunshine · 30 spaces, school age186 m
- Lakeside Co-Operative Playschool Inc. · 25 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day287 m · 3 min
- Washrooms
- Silverbirch Boat House Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible538 m · 6 min
- Beaches Recreation Centre Washroom · hours not listed1 km · 12 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 (7)
- Ivan Forrest Gardens347 m · 4 min
- Balmy Beach Park360 m · 4 min
- Glen Stewart Park926 m · 11 min
- Kew Gardens1.1 km · 13 min
- Beaches Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Community centres
- Beaches Recreation Centre1 km · 12 min
- Schools (14)
- St Denis Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 186 m
- Avalon Children's Montessori SchoolPrivate · 377 m · 4 min
- The Cole AcademyPrivate · 483 m · 6 min
- The Claremont SchoolPrivate · 531 m · 6 min
- Balmy Beach Community SchoolEnglish Public · 663 m · 8 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Beaches branch884 m · 11 min
- Places of interest
- Balmy Beach ParkNature/ Park · 588 m · 7 min
- Kew Gardens ParkNature/ Park · 1.1 km · 13 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 care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. 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
Within a kilometre there are 34 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 650 rental units, 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 59 Balsam Ave (121 m, 19 units, 3 storeys, built 1927), which scored 87 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 Balsam Ave | 19 | 3 | 1927 | 87 · Sep 2024 | 121 m |
| 2363 Queen St E social housing · Neighbours Community Homes | 20 | 4 | 1940 | 91 · Jul 2026 | 155 m |
| 2178 Queen St E · Ashbridges Property Management | 21 | 3 | 1965 | 94 · Nov 2025 | 185 m |
| 2327 Queen St E · Westwood Holdings Inc. | 27 | 3 | 1920 | 97 · Aug 2026 | 214 m |
| 2367 Queen St E · Greenwin Corp. | 24 | 3 | 1925 | 93 · Nov 2025 | 239 m |
| 2150 Queen St E · Bowman Building Property Management Inc. | 16 | 4 | 1923 | 90 · Nov 2025 | 257 m · 3 min |
34 registered buildings · 650 units · 2 social housing · tallest 4 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
Police records place no theft from a vehicle or bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025, though 1 has been reported since January 2026.
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 The Beaches.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Balsam & Hazel a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 2 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 Balsam & Hazel?
A lightly travelled intersection at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Mar 22, 2022, 5% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Balsam & Hazel a walkable intersection?
Balsam & Hazel scores 47 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; 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: 3 schools within 500 m · 4 licensed child care within 500 m; 5 grocery stores within 1 km · 12 places to eat within 300 m; 2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Balsam & Hazel?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Balsam Ave between Sarah McComb Lane and Sycamore Pl (June 2022), found an average of 28 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 36 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Balsam & Hazel?
The nearest Green P car park is 117 Hammersmith Ave (492 m away, 29 spaces, 47% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 167 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 4,180 spaces — 16 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2150 Queen Street East (261 m).
How do I get to Balsam & Hazel by transit?
Streetcar route 501 stop within 1 km, the nearest 280 m away; bus route 64 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Balsam & Hazel?
12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 57 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are La Diperie (110 m), The Druid Bar (118 m), Judy's Beach Cafe (127 m), The Beacher Cafe (209 m) and Game Night Wings and Sports Bar (212 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Balsam & Hazel?
The nearest is Silverbirch Boat House Washroom, 2 Silver Birch Ave, 538 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Beaches Recreation Centre Washroom (1.0 km).
Is there child care near Balsam & Hazel?
Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 671 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Alphabet Station (169 m, 54 spaces), Mackie Sunshine Childcare Inc. - St. Denis Sunshine (186 m, 30 spaces) and Lakeside Co-Operative Playschool Inc. (287 m, 25 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Balsam & Hazel?
34 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 650 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 59 Balsam Ave (121 m, 19 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 2363 Queen St E (155 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 2178 Queen St E (185 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 2327 Queen St E (214 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 34 is 89 out of 100.
What neighbourhood is Balsam & Hazel in?
Balsam & Hazel is in The Beaches (City of Toronto neighbourhood 063). It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford.
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 Mar 22, 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.
- 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 19 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: 43.67142, -79.28962 · centreline node 13463021.