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Barrington & Doncaster

Barrington Ave & Doncaster Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Taylor-Massey · Ward 19, Beaches-East York

Barrington & Doncaster is a quiet local crossing, with a strong pedestrian presence. It sits in Taylor-Massey. It has a school within 250 m and parks at the corner. Nearby: Main Street Station (Line 2) 327 m away and Danforth GO 632 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,871
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 20, 2022
735 pedestrians · 92 cyclists
Collisions
15
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 8 property damage · #3766 of 5,508 · +1 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
3
TTC stops within 100 m
Main Street Station 327 m · 1 streetcar route · 8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 230 vehicles, 20% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 2.5 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 4.9% of vehicle volume, about 6.3× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 1.5 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Barrington & Doncaster

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Main Street Station (Line 2)327 m
GO Transit
Danforth GO — Lakeshore East632 m
Streetcar
506 nearest 350 m
TTC bus
8762404135201132364 nearest 56 m
Blue Night
306300
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Barrington Ave at Secord Ave; Doncaster Ave at Main St
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Lumsden Ave / Eastdale Ave 268 m · 20 docks · 11 stations, 215 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 (16)
  • Secord Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 48 m
  • William J McCordic SchoolEnglish Public · 294 m
  • Community Life Christian SchoolPrivate · 412 m
  • Danforth LINCEnglish Public · 460 m
  • Gledhill Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 760 m
  • D A Morrison Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 858 m
  • and 10 more
Community centres
Parks (28)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Main Street branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Dawes Road branch1.2 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m of the corner, and 85 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Annie's Place - East Toronto Early Learning Centre, 49 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 85 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 33 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Annie's Place - East Toronto Early Learning Centre · 101 Barrington Ave49 mPassed, Aug 2026
L.b. Supermarket · 391 Lumsden Avegrocery346 mPassed, Aug 2024
Muppets Children's Centre · 314 Main St370 mPassed, Jul 2026
Diamond Pizza& Stone Grill · 510 Main St376 mPassed, Sep 2025 · 1 infraction
Great Fruit Bubble Tea · 2596 Danforth Avegrocery378 mPassed, Jul 2026
Great Fruit Bubble Tea · 2596 Danforth Avegrocery379 mPassed, Nov 2024
San San Milk Store · 75 Eastdale Ave380 mPassed, Aug 2024
Arya Bakery · 2622 Danforth Avegrocery386 mPassed, Nov 2024

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 Secord Community Centre Washroom, 35 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 340 m away at Coleman Park.

  • Secord Community Centre Washroom · 91 Barrington Ave
    View centre hours
    35 m
  • Main Square Community Centre Washroom · 245 Main St
    View centre hours
    568 m
  • Taylor Creek Park Washroom · 260 Dawes Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    597 m
Drinking water
Coleman Park drinking fountain · 340 m; Maryland Park bottle filling station · 571 m · off

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

14 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 992 spaces; 11 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Eyet Early Learning Centre (Annie's Place) (48 m, 158 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km14 centres · 992 spaces
Fee subsidy11 of 14
  • Eyet Early Learning Centre (Annie's Place) · 101 Barrington Ave
    158 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    48 m
  • Secord School Age YMCA · 91 Barrington Ave
    30 spaces · school age · fee subsidy
    51 m
  • Muppets Children's Centre 316 · 316 Main St
    26 spaces · infant, toddler · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    363 m
  • Muppets Children's Centre 314 · 314 Main St
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    371 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 226 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 881 m away.

FireFire Station 226 · 1.1 km87 Main St
Police55 Division · 2.8 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 46 · 881 m105 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

42 registered apartment buildings with 6,421 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, eight of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 114 Barrington Ave (61 m, 12 units, 3 storeys, built 1968), which scored 91 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 162 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 76 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings42 · 6,421 units · 8 social housing
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026162 across the 42
Open fire-code violations76
Tallest42 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
114 Barrington Ave123196891 · Aug 2025061 m
2 Secord Ave · Preston Group30322197197 · Aug 20259132 m
165 Barrington Ave · Ranee Management26519196594 · Aug 20262 · 8 fire200 m
156 Barrington Ave · 1979017 Ontario Inc.123196093 · Aug 20250212 m
90 Eastdale Ave · Preston Group - Toronto, On38324196997 · Oct 202420298 m
195 Barrington Ave · Ranee Management23417196786 · Aug 20244 · 9 fire327 m
94 Eastdale Ave · Dbs Communities807202498 · Sep 20253339 m
100 Eastdale Ave · Dbs Communities404352025100 · Aug 20267353 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 lots457 lots · ≈19,220 spaces · 57.6 ha
Within 500 m39 lots · ≈1,510 spaces
Green P (public)4 car parks · about 280 spaces
EV charging (City)216 Oakcrest Ave · 734 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking2 post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 777 Victoria Park Ave (1.1 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
101 Cedarvale Ave · Surface935 m3550% (Q1 2026)
Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface1.1 km173 *
72 Amroth Ave · Surface1.1 km5050% (Q1 2026)
1612 Danforth Ave · Surface1.9 km2275% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 85 m away, ≈14 spaces; 89 m away, ≈60 spaces; 125 m away, ≈71 spaces; 128 m away, ≈12 spaces; 192 m away, ≈5 spaces; 239 m away, ≈53 spaces. More EV charging: 2219 Gerrard Street East (906 m, 2 ports); 2231 Gerrard Street East (907 m, 1 ports); 543 Strathmore Blvd (1.2 km, 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 — 8-hour, Apr 20, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The north leg carries the load — 917 southbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 122. Most cyclists arrived from the north (40 of 92). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 306 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 310 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 8.1% 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 north917southbound · 40 bikes · 7.6% heavy
From the west832eastbound · 30 bikes · 9.0% heavy
Total vehicles1,871735 pedestrians · 92 cyclists · 8.1% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south122northbound · 22 bikes · 5.7% heavy
AM peak hour306 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour310 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 20, 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 Doncaster Ave between Lane E of Main St and S of Doncaster and Barrington Ave (27 m away) recorded an average of 43 km/h in its 2-day count in November 2013; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 4,900 vehicles a day. Barrington Ave between Balfour Ave and Doncaster Ave measured slower: 34 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 43 km/h (May 2012). The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Palmer St. (133 m away, 30 km/h limit), 1.5% of the 7,536 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Barrington Avenue between Balfour Ave and Doncaster Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Doncaster Ave · Lane E of Main St and S of Doncaster – Barrington Ave · 27 mNov 2013 · 2 days4,93643 km/h49 km/h54 km/h
Barrington Ave · Balfour Ave – Doncaster Ave · 176 mMay 2012 · 3 days89134 km/h43 km/h47 km/h

School-zone speed sign 133 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct16 · 28 km/h
Over the limit5.8%
40 km/h or more1.5%

Palmer St. (southbound), 101 Barrington Avenue · 7,536 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Barrington Avenue · Balfour Ave – Doncaster Ave
    2 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

2018 was the peak year (6 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 13% of collisions here involved an injury. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 40% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 27% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 28, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions15#3766 of 5,508
With an injury2#3590 of 4,660
Property damage only8
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian4#863 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality1
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201418latest Jan 28, 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. The police all-collisions file records 1 fatal collision here in 2016–2025; the KSI file, which is compiled separately and geocoded to the nearest leg, places it just outside the 65 m radius.

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 five thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle530street/outdoor (3), house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft300other (2), house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 12, 2025. 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 Taylor-Massey.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Barrington & Doncaster a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 15 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 Barrington & Doncaster?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 20, 2022, 20% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Barrington & Doncaster?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Doncaster Ave between Lane E of Main St and S of Doncaster and Barrington Ave (November 2013), found an average of 43 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 133 m away (30 km/h), 1.5% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Barrington & Doncaster?

The nearest Green P car park is 101 Cedarvale Ave (935 m away, 35 spaces, 50% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 457 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,220 spaces — 39 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 216 Oakcrest Ave (734 m).

How do I get to Barrington & Doncaster by transit?

Main Street Station (Line 2) is 327 m away; Danforth GO is 632 m away; streetcar route 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 350 m away; bus routes 87, 62, 404, 135, 20, 113, 23, 64 within 1 km (nearest stop: Barrington Ave at Secord Ave, 56 m).

What restaurants are near Barrington & Doncaster?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 85 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Annie's Place - East Toronto Early Learning Centre (49 m), Muppets Children's Centre (370 m), Diamond Pizza& Stone Grill (376 m) and San San Milk Store (380 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 Barrington & Doncaster?

The nearest is Secord Community Centre Washroom, 91 Barrington Ave, 35 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Main Square Community Centre Washroom (568 m); Taylor Creek Park Washroom (597 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 Barrington & Doncaster?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 992 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Eyet Early Learning Centre (Annie's Place) (48 m, 158 spaces), Secord School Age YMCA (51 m, 30 spaces) and Muppets Children's Centre 316 (363 m, 26 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Barrington & Doncaster?

42 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 6,421 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 114 Barrington Ave (61 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 2 Secord Ave (132 m, 303 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 165 Barrington Ave (200 m, 265 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 156 Barrington Ave (212 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 42 is 93 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 Barrington & Doncaster?

Toronto Police place five 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 Taylor-Massey page.

What neighbourhood is Barrington & Doncaster in?

Barrington & Doncaster is in Taylor-Massey (City of Toronto neighbourhood 061), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. 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