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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 · Nov 19, 2024
Traffic is heaviest from the north: 17,330 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 47% of the total, against 1,190 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 3,245 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:15 p.m., against 2,880 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 23 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 2,880 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 3,245 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 14 collisions. 22 collisions (21%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 13 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 4 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 12, 2026.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Nov 5, 2015.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 104 | #1068 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 22 | #751 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 69 | |
| Fail to remain | 13 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 3 | #721 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 13 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 8 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 2 | latest Nov 5, 2015 |
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.
How fast traffic moves here
On Citation Dr between Bayview Ave and Bunty Lane, 162 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in October 2017 put the average speed at 40 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 47 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 52 km/h or more. That segment carries about 3,300 vehicles a day. The reading is 9 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Empress Ave between Highgate Ave and Estelle Ave measured slower: 30 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Nov 2004). At the school-zone speed sign on Bunty Ln (348 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.3% of the 12,271 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayview Ave · Princess Ave – Empress Ave · 45 m | May 2013 · 3 days | 21,620 | — | — | — |
| Citation Dr · Bayview Ave – Bunty Lane · 162 m | Oct 2017 · 24 h | 3,331 | 40 km/h | 47 km/h | 52 km/h |
| Empress Ave · Highgate Ave – Estelle Ave · 331 m | Nov 2004 · 24 h | 4,265 | 30 km/h | 44 km/h | 50 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Bunty Ln (northbound), 348 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 10 km/h, 85th percentile 28 km/h; 0.3% at 40 km/h or more. 12,271 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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.
- The crossing
- Signal 0649, activated 1966 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Subway
- Bayview Station (Line 4)1 km · 12 min
- TTC bus
- 11 185 nearest 39 m
- Blue Night
- 385
- Nearest stops
- 5 surface stops within 300 m — Bayview Ave at Empress Ave South Side; Bayview Ave at Citation Dr North Side
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- no station 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
- 2 car parks · about 120 spaces
- EV charging
- Bessarion CC · 1.8 km · 10 Level 2 ports
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 3 mapped lots within 500 m, 201 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Empress Ave · Surface | 1.9 km | 67 | 69% (Q1 2026) |
| 10 Kingsdale Ave · Surface | 2 km | 53 | 44% (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 Loblaws, 752 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 19 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Aroma Espresso Bar, 598 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Loblaw Pharmacy, 765 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Aroma Espresso Bar · 2901 Bayview Ave598 m · 7 min
- Bloomer's · 2901 Bayview Ave Unit-107a598 m · 7 min
- Goa Indian Farm Kitchen · 2901 Bayview Ave Unit-102b598 m · 7 min
- Il Fornello · 2901 Bayview Ave Unit-107598 m · 7 min
- Ju-Raku Japanese Restaurant · 2901 Bayview Ave Unit-101598 m · 7 min
- Grocery
- Loblaws 752 m · 9 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Bread & Roses 598 m · 7 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Loblaw Pharmacy 765 m · 9 min
- Child care
- Toronto Woods Daycare · 35 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day537 m · 6 min
- Hollywood All-Stars Child Care · 201 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day598 m · 7 min
- Bannockburn School · 110 spaces, toddler, preschool614 m · 7 min
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 (12)
- Empress Parkette55 m
- Bayview Village Park333 m · 4 min
- Parkview Park435 m · 5 min
- Empress Tot Lot608 m · 7 min
- Bayview Parkette880 m · 10 min
- Schools (9)
- Hollywood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 599 m · 7 min
- Bannockburn Montessori School & Beth Tikvah SynagoguePrivate · 614 m · 7 min
- Bayview Middle SchoolEnglish Public · 616 m · 7 min
- St Gabriel Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 831 m · 10 min
- St George AcademyPrivate · 1.3 km · 15 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.
Not within a walk: a community centre, a library, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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 two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 324 rental units. The nearest is 2911 Bayview Ave (703 m, 304 units, 3 storeys, built 1964), which scored 92 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2911 Bayview Ave · Quadreal Property Group | 304 | 3 | 1964 | 92 · Sep 2024 | 703 m · 8 min |
| 2818 Bayview Ave · 2818 Avenue Property Management | 20 | 3 | 1968 | 72 · Sep 2024 | 1 km · 12 min |
2 registered buildings · 324 units · tallest 3 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
Three thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jan 3, 2026.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 3 | 2 | 1 | house driveway/garage (3) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 Bayview Village.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Bayview & Empress a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 104 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 & Empress?
A major arterial intersection. It ranks #159 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.3× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Bayview & Empress a walkable intersection?
Bayview & Empress scores 43 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; 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: Bayview Station 1 km · 5 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km; 3 parks within 500 m; 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 19 within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.
How fast do cars go at Bayview & Empress?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Citation Dr between Bayview Ave and Bunty Lane (October 2017), found an average of 40 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 348 m away (30 km/h), 0.3% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Bayview & Empress?
The nearest Green P car park is 10 Empress Ave (1.9 km away, 67 spaces, 69% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 201 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,610 spaces — 3 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at Bessarion CC (1.8 km).
How do I get to Bayview & Empress by transit?
Bayview Station (Line 4) is 1.0 km away; bus routes 11, 185 within 1 km (nearest stop: Bayview Ave at Empress Ave South Side, 39 m).
What restaurants are near Bayview & Empress?
None within 300 m, and 19 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Aroma Espresso Bar (598 m), Bloomer's (598 m), Goa Indian Farm Kitchen (598 m), Il Fornello (598 m) and Ju-Raku Japanese Restaurant (598 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Bayview & Empress?
Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 28 m away at Empress Parkette.
Is there child care near Bayview & Empress?
Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 507 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Toronto Woods Daycare (537 m, 35 spaces), Hollywood All-Stars Child Care (598 m, 201 spaces) and Bannockburn School (614 m, 110 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Bayview & Empress?
Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 324 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2911 Bayview Ave (703 m, 304 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 2818 Bayview Ave (1.0 km, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 72). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 is 82 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Bayview & Empress?
Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Bayview Village page.
What neighbourhood is Bayview & Empress in?
Bayview & Empress is in Bayview Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 052). It is in Ward 17, Don Valley North, represented by Councillor Shelley Carroll.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Nov 19, 2024.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 17 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.77433, -79.38978 · centreline node 13446795.