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Bathurst & Ava (North)

Bathurst St & Ava Rd (North) · Toronto, Ontario · Forest Hill South · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

In Forest Hill South, Bathurst & Ava (North) is a busier-than-typical intersection. Nearby is Forest Hill Station (Line 5) 360 m away.

Traffic volume
16,511
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 1, 2015
282 pedestrians · 16 cyclists
Collisions
23
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
5 with an injury · 16 property damage · #3189 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1 +1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #662 of 1,505 · 1 since Jan 2026 (Aug 18, 2026)
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Forest Hill Station 360 m · 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 2,060 vehicles, 1.79× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 59 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 2.3 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 129%, from 7 in 2016–2020 to 16 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 23 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured. Since January 2026, 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded here.

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Bathurst & Ava (North)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Forest Hill Station (Line 5)360 m; Chaplin Station (Line 5)775 m; Cedarvale Station (Line 1, Line 5)915 m
TTC bus
73433141091646390 nearest 12 m
Blue Night
307334363
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Bathurst St at Ava Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Chiltern Hill Rd / Eglinton Ave W 375 m · 17 docks · 3 stations, 39 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 (18)
  • Robbins Hebrew AcademyPrivate · 280 m
  • Alive Montessori and Private SchoolPrivate · 460 m
  • Cedarvale Community SchoolEnglish Public · 523 m
  • The Village Shul Synagogue & Supplmentary SchoolPrivate · 614 m
  • Forest Hill Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 617 m
  • Markdale PreschoolPrivate · 682 m
  • and 12 more
Community centres
  • Larry Grossman Forest Hill Memorial Arena777 m
  • Phil White Arena941 m
  • Viewmount Community Centre1.5 km
Parks (28)
  • Rosemary Parkette409 m
  • Glen Cedar Park470 m
  • Wembley Parkette632 m
  • Shallmar Parkette656 m
  • Ridgewood Parkette735 m
  • Cedarvale Park770 m
  • and 22 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Forest Hill branch567 m
Signal
0505, activated 1967 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South · transit priority

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; 42 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Starbucks, 334 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 42 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Starbucks · 859 Eglinton Ave W334 mPassed, Apr 2026
St. Urbain Bagel Bakery · 895 Eglinton Ave Wgrocery347 mPassed, Jun 2026
Oribako · 883 Eglinton Ave W349 mPassed, Sep 2026
Kusinero de Panaderia · 883 Eglinton Ave W349 mPassed, Apr 2026
Viet Ca Phe · 866 Eglinton Ave W375 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Che Peru · 852 Eglinton Ave W378 mPassed, Jan 2026
Aura Dessert Cafe · 860 Eglinton Ave W379 mPassed, Jun 2025
Breezy Convenience Store · 864 Eglinton Ave Wgrocery380 mPassed, Feb 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 Memorial Park Washroom, 792 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 464 m away at Glen Cedar Park.

  • Memorial Park Washroom · 340 Chaplin Cres
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    792 m
  • Phil White Arena Washroom · 443 Arlington Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    936 m
Drinking water
Glen Cedar Park drinking fountain · 464 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 572 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Toronto Hebrew Congregation/Holy Blossom Temple Preschool (83 m, 60 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km8 centres · 572 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 8
  • Toronto Hebrew Congregation/Holy Blossom Temple Preschool · 1950 Bathurst St
    60 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    83 m
  • Robbins Hebrew Academy · 1700 Bathurst St
    48 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    280 m
  • Alive Montessori & Private School · 2 Wembley Rd
    47 spaces · preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    460 m
  • Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehab. - (Play & Learn Nursery) · 666 Eglinton Ave W
    34 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    579 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 135 (728 m), the nearest police station 13 Division (1.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 817 m away.

FireFire Station 135 · 728 m325 Chaplin Cres
Police13 Division · 1 km1435 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 18 · 817 m643 Eglinton Ave W

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

53 registered apartment buildings with 3,515 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 1862 Bathurst St (43 m, 75 units, 7 storeys, built 1951), which scored 84 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 53 scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 81 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 43 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings53 · 3,515 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202681 across the 53
Open fire-code violations43
Tallest11 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1862 Bathurst St · Equiton Living757195184 · Aug 2024743 m
1705 Bathurst St · Sholars Developments Ltd and Rachel Hersh103193759 · Jul 20240125 m
1996 Bathurst St · Mar-Kal Property Management Company Limted394194993 · Jul 20264148 m
1701 Bathurst St · Hans Myrskog153195387 · Jul 20260159 m
1660 Bathurst St · Sterling Karamar Property Management523194183 · Oct 20255330 m
779 Eglinton Ave W · Imtradex Corp173193083 · Jul 20253339 m
130 Old Forest Hill Rd · Advent Property Management Services Ltd.426196783 · Aug 20241365 m
1654 Bathurst St · Brosko Property Management725195088 · Oct 20250380 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 lots508 lots · ≈12,570 spaces · 37.7 ha
Within 500 m29 lots · ≈860 spaces
Green P (public)15 car parks · about 566 spaces
EV charging (City)168 Chiltern Hill Rd · 365 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
168 Chiltern Hill Rd · Garage403 m6834% (Q1 2026)
912 Eglinton Ave W · Surface416 m2662% (Q1 2026)
995 Eglinton Ave W · Surface576 m3342% (Q1 2026)
125 Burnaby Blvd · Surface1.2 km15555% (Q1 2026)
453 Spadina Rd · Surface1.3 km5584% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 32 m away, ≈14 spaces; 43 m away, ≈12 spaces; 72 m away, ≈44 spaces; 88 m away, ≈34 spaces; 105 m away, ≈55 spaces; 136 m away, ≈18 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 — 8-hour, Apr 1, 2015

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The south leg carries the load — 7,980 northbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 1,266. Morning rush is the busier period: 2,459 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:00 a.m., compared with 2,185 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 11 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2015, 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 north7,265southbound · 7 bikes · 3.8% heavy
From the west1,266eastbound · 3 bikes · 1.8% heavy
Total vehicles16,511282 pedestrians · 16 cyclists · 3.7% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south7,980northbound · 6 bikes · 3.8% heavy
AM peak hour2,459 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,185 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 1, 2015

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 Ava Rd between Bathurst St and Peveril Hill S (47 m away) recorded an average of 35 km/h in its 4-day count in September 2015; 85% of drivers were at or under 43 km/h. That segment carries about 1,800 vehicles a day. The reading is 11 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Ava Road between Chiltern Hill Rd and Bathurst St.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ava Rd · Bathurst St – Peveril Hill S · 47 mSep 2015 · 4 days1,80935 km/h43 km/h47 km/h
Bathurst St · Rosemary Lane – Eglinton Ave W · 308 mMar 2016 · 7 days16,047

Traffic calming

  • Ava Road · Chiltern Hill Rd – Bathurst St
    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

2023 was the peak year (7 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 22% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 24, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions23#3189 of 5,508
With an injury5#2614 of 4,660
Property damage only16
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201428latest Jun 24, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The last one inside the window was in 2018. Since January 2026, after the ranking window closed, 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded here (1 pedestrian involved), the latest on Aug 18, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#662 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)11 pedestrian · latest Aug 18, 2026
All KSI since 20062latest Aug 18, 2026

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 no thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle000
Bicycle theft210apartment parking (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 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 Forest Hill South.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Bathurst & Ava (North) a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#662 of 1,505), out of 23 reported collisions of any severity. 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded since January 2026, after the ranking window closed. 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 Bathurst & Ava (North)?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 1, 2015, 1.79× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Bathurst & Ava (North)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ava Rd between Bathurst St and Peveril Hill S (September 2015), found an average of 35 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 43 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Bathurst & Ava (North)?

The nearest Green P car park is 168 Chiltern Hill Rd (403 m away, 68 spaces, 34% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 508 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,570 spaces — 29 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 168 Chiltern Hill Rd (365 m).

How do I get to Bathurst & Ava (North) by transit?

Forest Hill Station (Line 5) is 360 m away; bus routes 7, 34, 33, 14, 109, 164, 63, 90 within 1 km (nearest stop: Bathurst St at Ava Rd, 12 m).

What restaurants are near Bathurst & Ava (North)?

None within 300 m, and 42 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Starbucks (334 m), Oribako (349 m), Kusinero de Panaderia (349 m), Viet Ca Phe (375 m) and Che Peru (378 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 Bathurst & Ava (North)?

The nearest is Memorial Park Washroom, 340 Chaplin Cres, 792 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Phil White Arena Washroom (936 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 Bathurst & Ava (North)?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 572 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Toronto Hebrew Congregation/Holy Blossom Temple Preschool (83 m, 60 spaces), Robbins Hebrew Academy (280 m, 48 spaces) and Alive Montessori & Private School (460 m, 47 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bathurst & Ava (North)?

53 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,515 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1862 Bathurst St (43 m, 75 units, RentSafeTO score 84), 1705 Bathurst St (125 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 59), 1996 Bathurst St (148 m, 39 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 1701 Bathurst St (159 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 87). The average RentSafeTO score across the 53 is 91 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. 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 Bathurst & Ava (North)?

Toronto Police place no thefts from vehicles and two 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 Forest Hill South page.

What neighbourhood is Bathurst & Ava (North) in?

Bathurst & Ava (North) is in Forest Hill South (City of Toronto neighbourhood 101). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow.

Sources

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