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Bathurst & Hillhurst

Bathurst St & Hillhurst Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · Bedford Park-Nortown · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

Bathurst & Hillhurst is a busier-than-typical intersection. It sits in Bedford Park-Nortown. At the corner: 3 schools within 250 m and parks. Nearby: Forest Hill Station (Line 5) 847 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
19,023
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 28, 2023
201 pedestrians · 19 cyclists · #952 busiest
Collisions
26
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 19 property damage · #3002 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
Forest Hill Station 847 m · 4 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 1,360 vehicles an hour, 1.18× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 95 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 2.6 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 1.4 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions fell 27%, from 15 in 2016–2020 to 11 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Bathurst & Hillhurst

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)847 m
TTC bus
7143334 nearest 84 m
Blue Night
307334
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Bathurst St at Briar Hill Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Viewmount Park 815 m · 15 docks · 3 stations, 43 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 (23)
  • Eitz Chaim School (Bathurst)Private · 129 m
  • Torah Emeth Jewish Centre & Eitz Chaim Hebrew SchoolPrivate · 171 m
  • Bialik Hebrew Day SchoolPrivate · 226 m
  • North Preparatory Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 648 m
  • Alive Montessori and Private SchoolPrivate · 772 m
  • Forest Hill Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 795 m
  • and 17 more
Community centres
Parks (21)
  • Hillhurst Parkette41 m
  • Briar Hill - Chaplin Park111 m
  • Cortleigh Parkette184 m
  • Castlefield Parkette351 m
  • Shallmar Parkette616 m
  • Memorial Park - North York665 m
  • and 15 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Forest Hill branch889 m
  • Toronto Public Library Barbara Frum branch1.4 km

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 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 41. The nearest is Gan Shalom Preschool (South), 136 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 41 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Gan Shalom Preschool (South) · 396 Cortleigh Blvd136 mPassed, Feb 2026
Forest Hill Place · 645 Castlefield Ave325 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Shaarei Shomayim Congregation · 470 Glencairn Ave Flr-1483 mPassed, Apr 2026
Shaarei Shomayim Congregation · 470 Glencairn Ave Flr-2nd483 mPassed, Aug 2026
Glen Eden Fruit Market · 2811a Bathurst Stgrocery505 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 4 infractions
Tito Toronto · 2831 Bathurst St562 mPassed, Aug 2026
The Chocolate Moose · 2839 Bathurst St589 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 2 infractions
The Chocolate Moose · 2839 Bathurst St589 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction

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, 709 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 548 m away at Memorial Park - North York.

  • Memorial Park Washroom · 340 Chaplin Cres
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    709 m
  • Viewmount Community Centre Washroom · 169 Viewmount Ave
    View centre hours
    811 m
Drinking water
Memorial Park - North York drinking fountain · 548 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

11 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 863 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Eitz Chaim Schools Vm (129 m, 125 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km11 centres · 863 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 11
  • Eitz Chaim Schools Vm · 2742 Bathurst St
    125 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    129 m
  • Gan Shalom Preschool (South) · 396 Cortleigh Blvd
    65 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    136 m
  • Score Day Camp · 2760 Bathurst St
    88 spaces · preschool
    254 m
  • Brightpath Academy - Forest Hill · 5 Glen Park Ave
    72 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    476 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 135 (927 m), the nearest police station 13 Division (1.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 135 · 927 m325 Chaplin Cres
Police13 Division · 1.4 km1435 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 18 · 1.1 km643 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

Within a kilometre there are 46 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,543 rental units, 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 650 Briar Hill Ave (76 m, 85 units, 9 storeys, built 1956), which scored 96 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 80 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 47 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings46 · 3,543 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202680 across the 46
Open fire-code violations47
Tallest15 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
650 Briar Hill Ave · Glen Corporation859195696 · Nov 20251 · 2 fire76 m
2700 Bathurst St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.14910196198 · Aug 20261079 m
660 Briar Hill Ave · O'shanter Development Company768197491 · Nov 2025080 m
655 Briar Hill Ave · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.364196793 · Aug 20262134 m
2601 Bathurst St · Rem Facilities Management Inc626195395 · Jul 20250 · 1 fire169 m
2500 Bathurst St · Sterling Karamar Property Management8310197686 · Sep 20243332 m
2515 Bathurst St · The Howard Property Company (2515) Inc.11411195293 · Jul 20240364 m
680 Roselawn Ave · O'shanter Development Company Ltd.649196596 · Aug 20242373 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 lots454 lots · ≈17,320 spaces · 52 ha
Within 500 m27 lots · ≈770 spaces
Green P (public)5 car parks · about 302 spaces
EV charging (City)168 Chiltern Hill Rd · 1 km · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
912 Eglinton Ave W · Surface917 m2662% (Q1 2026)
168 Chiltern Hill Rd · Garage1 km6834% (Q1 2026)
995 Eglinton Ave W · Surface1.1 km3342% (Q1 2026)
125 Burnaby Blvd · Surface1.3 km15555% (Q1 2026)
1531 Eglinton Ave W · Surface1.6 km2041% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 41 m away, ≈12 spaces; 42 m away, ≈17 spaces; 48 m away, ≈41 spaces; 53 m away, ≈4 spaces; 101 m away, ≈44 spaces; 136 m away, ≈38 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, Nov 28, 2023

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 9,159 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 378 from the west. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,802 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,831 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north8,904southbound · 10 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the west378eastbound · 1 bikes · 0.5% heavy
Total vehicles19,023201 pedestrians · 19 cyclists · 3.3% heavy
From the east582westbound · 0 bikes · 1.9% heavy
From the south9,159northbound · 8 bikes · 3.5% heavy
AM peak hour2,802 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,831 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 28, 2023

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 Bathurst St between Lytton Blvd and Hillmount Ave, 254 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2024 put the average speed at 44 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 54 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 62 km/h or more. That segment carries about 33,100 vehicles a day. Hillhurst Blvd between Ruby Cres and Bathurst St measured slower: 33 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 40 km/h (Jul 2026).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Hillhurst Blvd · Ruby Cres – Bathurst St · 52 mJul 2026 · 3 days1,56533 km/h40 km/h45 km/h
Bathurst St · Lytton Blvd – Hillmount Ave · 254 mApr 2024 · 3 days33,10144 km/h54 km/h62 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 2016, with 7 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 3 collisions (12%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (8%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 15, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 1.4 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions26#3002 of 5,508
With an injury3#3177 of 4,660
Property damage only19
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian1#2189 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1569 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201433latest Mar 15, 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

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

Four thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Apr 20, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle401house driveway/garage (1), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft100apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 20, 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 Bedford Park-Nortown.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Bathurst & Hillhurst a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 26 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 Bathurst & Hillhurst?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #952 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.18× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Bathurst & Hillhurst?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Bathurst St between Lytton Blvd and Hillmount Ave (April 2024), found an average of 44 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 54 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Bathurst & Hillhurst?

The nearest Green P car park is 912 Eglinton Ave W (917 m away, 26 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 454 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 17,320 spaces — 27 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 168 Chiltern Hill Rd (1.0 km).

How do I get to Bathurst & Hillhurst by transit?

Forest Hill Station (Line 5) is 847 m away; bus routes 7, 14, 33, 34 within 1 km (nearest stop: Bathurst St at Briar Hill Ave, 84 m).

What restaurants are near Bathurst & Hillhurst?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 41 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Gan Shalom Preschool (South) (136 m), Forest Hill Place (325 m), Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (483 m), Shaarei Shomayim Congregation (483 m) and Tito Toronto (562 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 & Hillhurst?

The nearest is Memorial Park Washroom, 340 Chaplin Cres, 709 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Viewmount Community Centre Washroom (811 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 & Hillhurst?

11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 863 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Eitz Chaim Schools Vm (129 m, 125 spaces), Gan Shalom Preschool (South) (136 m, 65 spaces) and Score Day Camp (254 m, 88 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bathurst & Hillhurst?

46 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,543 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 650 Briar Hill Ave (76 m, 85 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 2700 Bathurst St (79 m, 149 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 660 Briar Hill Ave (80 m, 76 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 655 Briar Hill Ave (134 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 46 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 Bathurst & Hillhurst?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 Bedford Park-Nortown page.

What neighbourhood is Bathurst & Hillhurst in?

Bathurst & Hillhurst is in Bedford Park-Nortown (City of Toronto neighbourhood 039). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.

Sources

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