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Barkwin & Wardlaw

Barkwin Dr & Wardlaw Cres · Toronto, Ontario · Thistletown-Beaumond Heights · Ward 1, Etobicoke North

In Thistletown-Beaumond Heights, Barkwin & Wardlaw is a lightly travelled intersection. Nearby is Rowntree Mills Station (Line 6) 910 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,602
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 7, 2025
216 pedestrians · 4 cyclists · #2271 busiest
Collisions
5
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 2 property damage · #4965 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
Rowntree Mills Station 910 m · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 110 vehicles an hour, 10% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 7 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. On average 0.5 collisions a year were reported here in 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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Barkwin & Wardlaw

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Rowntree Mills Station (Line 6)910 m
TTC bus
3773118 nearest 134 m
Express
937
Blue Night
337336
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Regional
York Region Transit 013 Islington at Islington Av / Finch Av931 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Thistletown Community Centre 425 m · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 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 (8)
  • St Noel Chabanel Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 348 m
  • Nile Academy School - Blue Haven CampusPrivate · 794 m
  • St John Vianney Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 819 m
  • Beaumonde Heights Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Success AcademyPrivate · 1.1 km
  • Rivercrest Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 2 more
Parks (12)
  • Village Green Park378 m
  • Thistletown Park424 m
  • Albion Gardens Park428 m
  • West Humber Parkland496 m
  • Beaumonde Heights Park678 m
  • Finch - Islington Park819 m
  • and 6 more

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 27 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 9 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 40. The nearest is India Bazar, 103 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026.

Restaurants & cafés27 within 300 m · 40 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience9 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
India Bazar · 2645 Islington Ave103 mPassed, Mar 2026
Bengali Sweets & Restaurant · 2651 Islington Ave104 mPassed, Aug 2026
Al Zabiha Halal Meat · 2657 Islington Avegrocery107 mPassed, Apr 2026
Pizza 2 GO · 2661 Islington Ave117 mPassed, Sep 2026
Amenecer Salvadoreno Restaurant · 2663 Islington Ave118 mPassed, Sep 2026
Aj's Express Mart · 2665 Islington Ave121 mPassed, Jul 2026
Potenza Meats · 2635 Islington Avegrocery127 mPassed, Apr 2026
New Asafo Market · 1050 Albion Rdgrocery188 mPassed, May 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 Thistledown Communty Centre Washroom, 399 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 432 m away at Albion Gardens Park.

  • Thistledown Communty Centre Washroom · 925 Albion Rd
    View centre hours
    399 m
  • Gord and Irene Risk Community Centre Washroom · 2650 Finch Ave W
    View centre hours · accessible
    1 km
Drinking water
Albion Gardens Park drinking fountain · 432 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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 178 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Garderie du Cercle de L'amitie - Etobicoke (348 m, 69 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km3 centres · 178 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 3
  • Garderie du Cercle de L'amitie - Etobicoke · 30 Thistle Down Blvd
    69 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    348 m
  • Rexdale Day Nursery · 925 Albion Rd
    73 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    386 m
  • Rowntree Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 2765 Islington Ave
    36 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    609 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 413 (1.8 km), the nearest police station 23 Division (1.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 413 · 1.8 km1549 Albion Rd
Police23 Division · 1.7 km5230 Finch Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 12 · 1.8 km1535 Albion Rd

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 three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 483 rental units — all social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2715 Islington Ave (372 m, 80 units, 5 storeys, built 1992), which scored 100 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 96, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 6 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings3 · 483 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score96 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20266 across the 3
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest14 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2715 Islington Avesocial housing · Our Saviour Thistletown Lutheran Lodge8051992100 · Nov 20251372 m
2765 Islington AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation23714198494 · Nov 20255609 m
3001 Finch Ave Wsocial housing · Ahmadiyya Abode of Peace16614199395 · Oct 20250932 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 lots225 lots · ≈30,220 spaces · 90.7 ha
Within 500 m26 lots · ≈2,990 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 23 spaces
EV charging (City)14 Barkwin Dr · 68 m · 4 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parking2 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
14 Barkwin Dr · Surface104 m2320% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 78 m away, ≈34 spaces; 100 m away, ≈185 spaces (Green P); 162 m away, ≈418 spaces; 176 m away, ≈87 spaces; 201 m away, ≈19 spaces; 210 m away, ≈99 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 — 14-hour, Oct 7, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 697 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 44% of the total, against 345 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 206 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 121 in the morning peak from 7:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north345southbound · 1 bikes · 2.0% heavy
From the west560eastbound · 2 bikes · 4.8% heavy
Total vehicles1,602216 pedestrians · 4 cyclists · 3.1% heavy
From the east697westbound · 1 bikes · 2.2% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour121 vehicles from 7:30 a.m.
PM peak hour206 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 7, 2025

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 Barkwin Dr between Batawa Cres and Albion Gardens Trl, 275 m from the corner, a 3-day count in June 2025 put the average speed at 33 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 39 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 44 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,900 vehicles a day. Wardlaw Cres between Islington Ave and Barkwin Dr measured slower: 29 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 35 km/h (Nov 2025).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Wardlaw Cres · Islington Ave – Barkwin Dr · 126 mNov 2025 · 3 days77329 km/h35 km/h39 km/h
Barkwin Dr · Batawa Cres – Albion Gardens Trl · 275 mJun 2025 · 3 days1,88733 km/h39 km/h44 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 worst year was 2017, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 60% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Sep 2, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions5#4965 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only2
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
All since 20146latest Sep 2, 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

Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200house driveway/garage (1), other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 12, 2019. 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 Thistletown-Beaumond Heights.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Barkwin & Wardlaw 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 Barkwin & Wardlaw?

A lightly travelled intersection. It ranks #2271 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 10% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Barkwin & Wardlaw?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Barkwin Dr between Batawa Cres and Albion Gardens Trl (June 2025), found an average of 33 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 39 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Barkwin & Wardlaw?

The nearest Green P car park is 14 Barkwin Dr (104 m away, 23 spaces, 20% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 225 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 30,220 spaces — 26 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 14 Barkwin Dr (68 m).

How do I get to Barkwin & Wardlaw by transit?

Rowntree Mills Station (Line 6) is 910 m away; bus routes 37, 73, 118, 937 within 1 km; York Region Transit route 013 Islington at Islington Av / Finch Av.

What restaurants are near Barkwin & Wardlaw?

27 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 40 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are India Bazar (103 m), Bengali Sweets & Restaurant (104 m), Pizza 2 GO (117 m), Amenecer Salvadoreno Restaurant (118 m) and Aj's Express Mart (121 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 Barkwin & Wardlaw?

The nearest is Thistledown Communty Centre Washroom, 925 Albion Rd, 399 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Gord and Irene Risk Community Centre Washroom (1.0 km). 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 Barkwin & Wardlaw?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 178 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Garderie du Cercle de L'amitie - Etobicoke (348 m, 69 spaces), Rexdale Day Nursery (386 m, 73 spaces) and Rowntree Early Learning & Child Care Centre (609 m, 36 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Barkwin & Wardlaw?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 483 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2715 Islington Ave (372 m, 80 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 2765 Islington Ave (609 m, 237 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 3001 Finch Ave W (932 m, 166 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 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 Barkwin & Wardlaw?

Toronto Police place two 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 Thistletown-Beaumond Heights page.

What neighbourhood is Barkwin & Wardlaw in?

Barkwin & Wardlaw is in Thistletown-Beaumond Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 003), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 1, Etobicoke North, represented by Councillor Vincent Crisanti.

Sources

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