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Bayview & Belsize

Bayview Ave & Belsize Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Mount Pleasant East · Ward 15, Don Valley West · Bayview Leaside BIA

Bayview & Belsize, in Mount Pleasant East, is a moderately heavy crossing, with a strong pedestrian presence. It has 2 schools within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: Leaside Station (Line 5) 641 m away.

Traffic volume
16,888
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 22, 2025
5,565 pedestrians · 130 cyclists · #1134 busiest
Collisions
97
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
10 with an injury · 69 property damage · #1143 of 5,508 · +4 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
Leaside Station 641 m · 5 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 1,210 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 3 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). On average 9.7 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 5.7 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions edged down 6%, from 50 in 2016–2020 to 47 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Bayview & Belsize

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Leaside Station (Line 5)641 m
TTC bus
11288815634 nearest 87 m
Blue Night
334354
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Bayview Ave at Millwood Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Fleming Cres / Bayview Ave 219 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 72 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 (19)
  • Polaris Learning Centre SchoolPrivate · 35 m
  • Maurice Cody Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 223 m
  • St Anselm Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 270 m
  • Bessborough Drive Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 451 m
  • Leaside High SchoolEnglish Public · 688 m
  • Children's Garden Junior SchoolPrivate · 825 m
  • and 13 more
Community centres
Parks (21)
  • Father Caulfield Park258 m
  • Trace Manes Park604 m
  • Howard Talbot Park619 m
  • Pottery Playground685 m
  • Bessborough Parkette744 m
  • Cudmore Creek Park822 m
  • and 15 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Leaside branch606 m
  • Toronto Public Library Mount Pleasant branch1.1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 49 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 80 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Fair Catch Fishmongers, 18 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2025.

Restaurants & cafés49 within 300 m · 80 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 9 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Fair Catch Fishmongers · 1543 Bayview Ave18 mPassed, Apr 2025
Cobs Bread · 1539 Bayview Ave25 mPassed, Jul 2026
Starbucks Coffe · 1545 Bayview Ave28 mPassed, Feb 2026
The Bagel House · 1548 Bayview Ave31 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Tutto Pronto · 1551 Bayview Ave35 mPassed, Aug 2026
Tutto Pronto · 1551 Bayview Ave35 mPassed, Aug 2025
Grillies · 1560 Bayview Ave36 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
The Daughter · 1560 Bayview Ave36 mPassed, Jan 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 Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom, 616 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom · 110 Rumsey Rd
    View centre hours · accessible
    616 m
  • Hodgson Public School Grounds Outdoor Rink Washroom · 276 Davisville Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    1 km

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

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,609 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Maurice Cody Child Care (223 m, 657 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,609 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 13
  • Maurice Cody Child Care · 364 Belsize Dr
    657 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    223 m
  • Rolph Road - Leaside Day Care Centres (St. Anselm) · 182 Bessborough Dr
    61 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    270 m
  • Brightpath Academy - Davisville Village · 1432 Bayview Ave
    98 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    344 m
  • Bessborough Child Care Centre · 211 Bessborough Dr
    125 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    451 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 321 (915 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (2.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 321 · 915 m231 McRae Dr
Police53 Division · 2.1 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 57 · 1.9 km2075 Bayview 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

35 registered apartment buildings with 1,597 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 715 Millwood Rd (133 m, 14 units, 3 storeys, built 1950), which scored 95 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 23 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 15 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings35 · 1,597 units
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202623 across the 35
Open fire-code violations15
Tallest12 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
715 Millwood Rd143195095 · Aug 20252133 m
1477 Bayview Ave · Advent Property Management Services Ltd.1053194173 · Aug 20241234 m
1425 Bayview Ave · Greenwin144200697 · Sep 20250283 m
730 Hillsdale Ave E · The Brown Group of Companies Inc14672022100 · Oct 20251333 m
699 Balliol St · Brushstone Properties Ltd103196287 · Sep 20240400 m
1741 Bayview Ave263196089 · Sep 20250444 m
657 Balliol St · Amelin Property Management294195786 · Jul 20260447 m
823 Millwood Rd · Thriving Property Management134195083 · Aug 20240496 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 lots531 lots · ≈48,060 spaces · 144.2 ha
Within 500 m37 lots · ≈680 spaces
Green P (public)7 car parks · about 687 spaces
EV charging (City)75 Holly St. · 1.7 km · 28 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parking41 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
709 Millwood Rd · Garage125 m2078% (Q1 2026)
1503 Bayview Avw · Surface142 m2465% (Q1 2026)
1670 Bayview Ave · Surface286 m33 *
650 Mount Pleasant Rd · Garage1.1 km6841% (Q1 2026)
730 Mount Pleasant Rd · Garage1.2 km5342% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 21 m away, ≈4 spaces; 32 m away, ≈13 spaces; 52 m away, ≈5 spaces; 54 m away, ≈12 spaces; 68 m away, ≈4 spaces; 71 m away, ≈9 spaces. More EV charging: 41 Inglewood Dr (1.9 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 — 14-hour, Oct 22, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The south leg carries the load — 8,435 northbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 575. Most cyclists arrived from the north (63 of 130). Morning rush is the busier period: 1,730 vehicles in the peak hour from 7:45 a.m., compared with 1,368 from 5:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north7,878southbound · 63 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the west575eastbound · 6 bikes · 3.5% heavy
Total vehicles16,8885,565 pedestrians · 130 cyclists · 3.5% heavy
From the east0westbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south8,435northbound · 60 bikes · 3.4% heavy
AM peak hour1,730 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,368 vehicles from 5:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 22, 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

The City's counter on Belsize Dr between Cheston Rd and Gresham Rd (143 m away) recorded an average of 37 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2002; 85% of drivers were at or under 47 km/h. That segment carries about 1,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 24 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Cheston Rd (231 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.2% of the 8,050 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Belsize Dr · Cheston Rd – Gresham Rd · 143 mApr 2002 · 3 days1,86937 km/h47 km/h52 km/h
Bayview Ave · Davisville Ave – Millwood Rd · 170 mAug 2015 · 3 days9,643

School-zone speed sign 231 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct6 · 22 km/h
Over the limit1.1%
40 km/h or more0.2%

Cheston Rd (southbound), 181 Cleveland Street · 8,050 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 15 collisions. 10% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 19 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 26, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 5.7 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions97#1143 of 5,508
With an injury10#1672 of 4,660
Property damage only69
Fail to remain19
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist2
With a fatality0
Severity not classified18
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 2014124latest May 26, 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.

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 one theft from a vehicle and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft100house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 4, 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 Mount Pleasant East.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Bayview & Belsize a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 97 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 Bayview & Belsize?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #1134 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection, and #373 for pedestrians.

How fast do cars go at Bayview & Belsize?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Belsize Dr between Cheston Rd and Gresham Rd (April 2002), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 231 m away (30 km/h), 0.2% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Bayview & Belsize?

The nearest Green P car park is 709 Millwood Rd (125 m away, 20 spaces, 78% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 531 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 48,060 spaces — 37 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 75 Holly St. (1.7 km).

How do I get to Bayview & Belsize by transit?

Leaside Station (Line 5) is 641 m away; bus routes 11, 28, 88, 156, 34 within 1 km (nearest stop: Bayview Ave at Millwood Rd, 87 m).

What restaurants are near Bayview & Belsize?

49 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 80 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Fair Catch Fishmongers (18 m), Cobs Bread (25 m), Starbucks Coffe (28 m), The Bagel House (31 m) and Tutto Pronto (35 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 Bayview & Belsize?

The nearest is Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom, 110 Rumsey Rd, 616 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Hodgson Public School Grounds Outdoor Rink 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 Bayview & Belsize?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,609 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Maurice Cody Child Care (223 m, 657 spaces), Rolph Road - Leaside Day Care Centres (St. Anselm) (270 m, 61 spaces) and Brightpath Academy - Davisville Village (344 m, 98 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bayview & Belsize?

35 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,597 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 715 Millwood Rd (133 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 1477 Bayview Ave (234 m, 105 units, RentSafeTO score 73), 1425 Bayview Ave (283 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 730 Hillsdale Ave E (333 m, 146 units, RentSafeTO score 100). The average RentSafeTO score across the 35 is 91 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 Bayview & Belsize?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and one bicycle theft 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 Mount Pleasant East page.

What neighbourhood is Bayview & Belsize in?

Bayview & Belsize is in Mount Pleasant East (City of Toronto neighbourhood 099). It is in Ward 15, Don Valley West, represented by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin. The corner falls inside the Bayview Leaside Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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