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Bathurst & Ridelle

Bathurst St & Ridelle Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Forest Hill North · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

In Forest Hill North, Bathurst & Ridelle is a busier-than-typical intersection. At the corner: parks. Nearby: Forest Hill Station (Line 5) 662 m away.

Traffic
29,414
vehicles · 14-hour count, May 6, 2025
402 pedestrians · 95 cyclists · #363 busiest
Collisions
72
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #1503 of 5,519
Getting there
1
TTC stop within 100 m
Forest Hill Station 662 m · 8 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
52/100
city median 48 · #2,382 of 5,672
23 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 708 m

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Bathurst & Ridelle

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume14-hour count · May 6, 2025

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 14,069 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 832 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the south (48 of 95). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,797 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,732 from 5:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 18 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north14,069southbound · 45 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the west1,425eastbound · 2 bikes · 2.0% heavy
Total vehicles29,414402 pedestrians · 95 cyclists · 3.3% heavy
From the east832westbound · 0 bikes · 2.0% heavy
From the south13,088northbound · 48 bikes · 3.4% heavy

Peak hours: 2,797 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,732 from 5:15 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

The worst year was 2019, with 14 collisions; 2025 recorded 9. 14 collisions (19%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (1%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 9, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions72#1503 of 5,519
With an injury14#1243 of 4,669
Property damage only53
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1
Involving a motorcyclist2
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

Traffic on these streets

The City's most recent midblock count on Bathurst St between St Clements Ave and Briar Hill Ave (46 m away, May 2013) recorded volume only — about 12,265 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Bathurst St · St Clements Ave – Briar Hill Ave · 46 mMay 2013 · 3 days12,265———

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
Forest Hill Station (Line 5)662 m · 8 min; Chaplin Station (Line 5)1 km · 12 min
TTC bus
7 14 33 34 nearest 82 m
Blue Night
307 334
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Bathurst St at Briar Hill Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Beltline Trail / Chaplin Cres 781 m · 9 min · 11 docks · 2 stations, 28 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
5 car parks · about 302 spaces
EV charging
168 Chiltern Hill Rd · 913 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
35 mapped lots within 500 m, 349 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
912 Eglinton Ave W · Surface894 m2662% (Q1 2026)
168 Chiltern Hill Rd · Garage938 m6834% (Q1 2026)
995 Eglinton Ave W · Surface1.2 km3342% (Q1 2026)
125 Burnaby Blvd · Surface1.6 km15555% (Q1 2026)
1531 Eglinton Ave W · Surface2 km2041% (Q1 2026)

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Glen Eden Fruit Market, 708 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 23 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Che Peru, 697 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Eglinton - Bathurst Pharmacy, 685 m away; 6 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Forest Hill Place, a retirement home 249 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Che Peru · 852 Eglinton Ave W697 m · 8 min
  • Penalty Box · 340 Chaplin Cres Unit-2708 m · 8 min
  • Starbucks · 859 Eglinton Ave W715 m · 9 min
  • Aura Dessert Cafe · 860 Eglinton Ave W716 m · 9 min
  • Viet Ca Phe · 866 Eglinton Ave W728 m · 9 min
0 within 300 m · 23 within 1 km
Grocery
Glen Eden Fruit Market 708 m · 8 min
Food shops
Boyfriend Banana Bread 609 m · 7 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Eglinton - Bathurst Pharmacy 685 m · 8 min · 6 within 1 km
Child care
  • Gan Shalom Preschool (South) · 65 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day328 m · 4 min
  • Eitz Chaim Schools Vm · 125 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day331 m · 4 min
  • Score Day Camp · 88 spaces, preschool466 m · 6 min
9 licensed centres · 737 spaces within 1 km · 3 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Memorial Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible726 m · 9 min
Drinking water: Memorial Park - North York 520 m · 6 min
Health and care
  • Forest Hill Place · retirement home249 m

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (13)
  • Briar Hill - Chaplin Park219 m
  • Hillhurst Parkette230 m
  • Castlefield Parkette257 m · 3 min
  • Cortleigh Parkette427 m · 5 min
  • Shallmar Parkette542 m · 6 min
and 8 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
  • Larry Grossman Forest Hill Memorial Arena733 m · 9 min
  • Viewmount Community Centre1 km · 12 min
Schools (16)
  • Eitz Chaim School (Bathurst)Private · 331 m · 4 min
  • Torah Emeth Jewish Centre & Eitz Chaim Hebrew SchoolPrivate · 408 m · 5 min
  • Bialik Hebrew Day SchoolPrivate · 432 m · 5 min
  • Alive Montessori and Private SchoolPrivate · 620 m · 7 min
  • North Preparatory Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 695 m · 8 min
and 11 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Forest Hill branch1 km · 12 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

52of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,382 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food8/30

    1 grocery store within 1 km · 23 within 1 km

  • Transit21/28

    Forest Hill Station 0.7 km · 6 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 1 km away

  • Parks and recreation10/10

    4 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care8/8

    3 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are 41 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,259 rental units, 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2601 Bathurst St (77 m, 62 units, 6 storeys, built 1953), which scored 95 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
2601 Bathurst St · Rem Facilities Management Inc626195395 · Jul 202577 m
655 Briar Hill Ave · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.364196793 · Aug 202693 m
660 Briar Hill Ave · O'shanter Development Company768197491 · Nov 2025138 m
2500 Bathurst St · Sterling Karamar Property Management8310197686 · Sep 2024152 m
650 Briar Hill Ave · Glen Corporation859195696 · Nov 2025178 m
2515 Bathurst St · The Howard Property Company (2515) Inc.11411195293 · Jul 2024208 m

41 registered buildings · 3,259 units · 4 social housing · tallest 14 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Six 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. 50% of the vehicle thefts were from apartment-building parking.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle650apartment parking (3), street/outdoor (3)
Bicycle theft110street/outdoor (1)

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 North.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Bathurst & Ridelle a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 72 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 & Ridelle?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #363 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.82× the median for a counted intersection.

Is Bathurst & Ridelle a walkable intersection?

Bathurst & Ridelle scores 52 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,382 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 4 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 3 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m; Forest Hill Station 0.7 km · 6 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km.

Where can I park near Bathurst & Ridelle?

The nearest Green P car park is 912 Eglinton Ave W (894 m away, 26 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 349 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 10,400 spaces — 35 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 168 Chiltern Hill Rd (913 m).

How do I get to Bathurst & Ridelle by transit?

Forest Hill Station (Line 5) is 662 m away; bus routes 7, 14, 33, 34 within 1 km (nearest stop: Bathurst St at Briar Hill Ave, 82 m).

What restaurants are near Bathurst & Ridelle?

None within 300 m, and 23 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Che Peru (697 m), Penalty Box (708 m), Starbucks (715 m), Aura Dessert Cafe (716 m) and Viet Ca Phe (728 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Bathurst & Ridelle?

The nearest is Memorial Park Washroom, 340 Chaplin Cres, 726 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom.

Is there child care near Bathurst & Ridelle?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 737 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Gan Shalom Preschool (South) (328 m, 65 spaces), Eitz Chaim Schools Vm (331 m, 125 spaces) and Score Day Camp (466 m, 88 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bathurst & Ridelle?

41 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,259 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2601 Bathurst St (77 m, 62 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 655 Briar Hill Ave (93 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 660 Briar Hill Ave (138 m, 76 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 2500 Bathurst St (152 m, 83 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 41 is 93 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Bathurst & Ridelle?

Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Forest Hill North page.

What neighbourhood is Bathurst & Ridelle in?

Bathurst & Ridelle is in Forest Hill North (City of Toronto neighbourhood 102). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined