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Balsam & Pine

Balsam Ave & Pine Ave · Toronto, Ontario · The Beaches · Ward 19, Beaches-East York

In The Beaches, Balsam & Pine is a low-volume local intersection. At the corner: a school within 250 m and a park. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,219
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 28, 2001
328 pedestrians · 12 cyclists
Collisions
5
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 4 property damage · #5058 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
2 streetcar routes · 4 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 150 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 13% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 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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Balsam & Pine

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501503 nearest 466 m
TTC bus
6440412117 nearest 422 m
Blue Night
301322316324
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Queen St. E / Spruce Hill Rd. 413 m · 15 docks · 9 stations, 195 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 (19)
  • Balmy Beach Community SchoolEnglish Public · 148 m
  • St Denis Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 339 m
  • Williamson Road Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 505 m
  • Avalon Children's Montessori SchoolPrivate · 527 m
  • St John Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 549 m
  • Notre Dame Catholic High SchoolEnglish Separate · 556 m
  • and 13 more
Community centres
Parks (16)
  • Glen Stewart Park246 m
  • Ivan Forrest Gardens411 m
  • Neville Park Blvd Ravine714 m
  • Balmy Beach Park766 m
  • Kew Gardens1 km
  • Love Crescent Parkette1 km
  • and 10 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Beaches branch850 m
  • Toronto Public Library Main Street branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Balmy Beach ParkNature/ Park · 827 m
  • Kew Gardens ParkNature/ Park · 1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 123 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is St. Denis Sunshine, 338 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 123 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 16 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
St. Denis Sunshine · 67 Balsam Ave338 mPassed, Mar 2026
La Diperie · 2196 Queen St E408 mPassed, Dec 2025
Judy's Beach Cafe · 2188 Queen St E409 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
The Druid Bar · 2192 Queen St E410 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Buoys & Beacons Convenience · 2154 Queen St Egrocery419 mPassed, Apr 2024
The Beacher Cafe · 2160 Queen St E421 mPassed, Sep 2025 · 2 infractions
Bad Egg and Juice To GO · 2214 Queen St E427 mPassed, Nov 2024
Game Night Wings and Sports Bar · 2214 Queen St E429 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions

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 Beaches Recreation Centre Washroom, 623 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 465 m away at Ivan Forrest Gardens.

  • Beaches Recreation Centre Washroom · 6 Williamson Rd
    View centre hours
    623 m
  • Adam Beck Community Centre Washroom · 79 Lawlor Ave
    Mon 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Tue 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Wed 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Thu 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Fri 2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.; Sat 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Sun Closed
    808 m
  • Silverbirch Boat House Washroom · 2 Silver Birch Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    818 m
Drinking water
Ivan Forrest Gardens bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 465 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

20 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,615 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Balmy Beach Community Day Care Centre (148 m, 171 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km20 centres · 1,615 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 20
  • Balmy Beach Community Day Care Centre · 14 Pine Ave
    171 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    148 m
  • Mackie Sunshine Childcare Inc. - St. Denis Sunshine · 67 Balsam Ave
    30 spaces · school age
    339 m
  • Alphabet Station · 2206 Queen St E
    54 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    400 m
  • Lakeside Co-Operative Playschool Inc. · 2226 Queen St E
    25 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    435 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 226 (913 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.0 km away.

FireFire Station 226 · 913 m87 Main St
Police55 Division · 2.2 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 46 · 2 km105 Cedarvale Ave

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 55 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,005 rental units, 2.4× the median for a Toronto intersection — seven social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 109 Beech Ave (390 m, 18 units, 3 storeys, built 1971), which scored 77 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 73 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 17 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings55 · 2,005 units · 7 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202673 across the 55
Open fire-code violations17
Tallest16 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
109 Beech Ave · Colloredo-Mansfeld183197177 · Jul 20240390 m
59 Balsam Ave193192787 · Sep 20241395 m
2178 Queen St E · Ashbridges Property Management213196594 · Nov 20250406 m
2218 Queen St E163190592 · Nov 20250426 m
2150 Queen St E · Bowman Building Property Management Inc.164192390 · Nov 20251430 m
85 Beech Ave · Micron Air Systems Inc123192497 · Aug 20260446 m
2327 Queen St E · Westwood Holdings Inc.273192097 · Aug 20261465 m
2363 Queen St Esocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes204194091 · Jul 20260466 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 lots330 lots · ≈15,140 spaces · 45.4 ha
Within 500 m14 lots · ≈140 spaces
Green P (public)12 car parks · about 569 spaces
EV charging (City)2150 Queen Street East · 462 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
117 Hammersmith Ave · Surface514 m2947% (Q1 2026)
136 Wineva Ave. · Surface624 m28 *
85 Lee Ave · Surface793 m6861% (Q1 2026)
197 Blantyre Ave · Surface1 km8329% (Q1 2026)
166 Woodbine Ave · Surface1.5 km2146% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 128 m away, ≈21 spaces; 346 m away, ≈14 spaces; 384 m away, ≈2 spaces; 395 m away, ≈20 spaces; 404 m away, ≈4 spaces; 406 m away, ≈4 spaces. More EV charging: 117 Hammersmith Ave (528 m, 6 ports); 912 Kingston Road (546 m, 2 ports); 1981 Queen Street East (1 km, 1 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 — 8-hour, Mar 28, 2001

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 370 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 30% of the total, against 259 from the west. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 258 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 40% above the afternoon peak from 4:15 p.m. (184). Heavy vehicles made up 3.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 25 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2001, 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 north289southbound · 2 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the west259eastbound · 4 bikes · 1.2% heavy
Total vehicles1,219328 pedestrians · 12 cyclists · 3.9% heavy
From the east301westbound · 6 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the south370northbound · 0 bikes · 6.5% heavy
AM peak hour258 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour184 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 28, 2001

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 Balsam Ave between Sarah McComb Lane and Sycamore Pl, 264 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. Pine Ave between Lane E of Beech and S of Pine Ave and Willow Ave measured slower: 29 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 34 km/h (Sep 2006). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 4 speed humps slow traffic on Balsam Avenue between Pine Ave and Beech Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Balsam Ave · Sarah McComb Lane – Sycamore Pl · 264 mJun 2022 · 7 days1,21028 km/h36 km/h43 km/h
Pine Ave · Lane E of Beech and S of Pine Ave – Willow Ave · 281 mSep 2006 · 2 days87129 km/h34 km/h37 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Balsam Avenue · Pine Ave – Beech Ave
    4 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 2 collisions. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Dec 20, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions5#5058 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only4
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 20147latest Dec 20, 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

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

One theft from a vehicle and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft100house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 6, 2018. 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 & Pine 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 Balsam & Pine?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Mar 28, 2001, 13% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Balsam & Pine?

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 & Pine?

The nearest Green P car park is 117 Hammersmith Ave (514 m away, 29 spaces, 47% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 330 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 15,140 spaces — 14 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2150 Queen Street East (462 m).

How do I get to Balsam & Pine by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503 stop within 1 km, the nearest 466 m away; bus routes 64, 404, 12, 117 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Balsam & Pine?

None within 300 m, and 123 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are St. Denis Sunshine (338 m), La Diperie (408 m), Judy's Beach Cafe (409 m), The Druid Bar (410 m) and The Beacher Cafe (421 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 Balsam & Pine?

The nearest is Beaches Recreation Centre Washroom, 6 Williamson Rd, 623 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Adam Beck Community Centre Washroom (808 m); Silverbirch Boat House Washroom (818 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 Balsam & Pine?

20 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,615 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Balmy Beach Community Day Care Centre (148 m, 171 spaces), Mackie Sunshine Childcare Inc. - St. Denis Sunshine (339 m, 30 spaces) and Alphabet Station (400 m, 54 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Balsam & Pine?

55 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,005 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 109 Beech Ave (390 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 59 Balsam Ave (395 m, 19 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 2178 Queen St E (406 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 2218 Queen St E (426 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 55 is 89 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 Balsam & Pine?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and one bicycle theft 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 The Beaches page.

What neighbourhood is Balsam & Pine in?

Balsam & Pine is in The Beaches (City of Toronto neighbourhood 063). It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford.

Sources

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