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Bayview & McRae

Bayview Ave & McRae Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Leaside-Bennington · Ward 15, Don Valley West

In Leaside-Bennington, Bayview & McRae is a moderately heavy crossing. Nearby is 4 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
27,738
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 19, 2024
1,037 pedestrians · 149 cyclists · #427 busiest
Collisions
146
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
16 with an injury · 119 property damage · #741 of 5,508 · +10 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,980 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 1.71× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 27 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 15 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 5.3 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions edged up 6%, from 71 in 2016–2020 to 75 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Bayview & McRae

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
281188156 nearest 13 m
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Bayview Ave at McRae Dr; Bayview Ave at Merton St
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Moore Ave / Pottery Rd 494 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 60 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 (14)
  • Polaris Learning Centre SchoolPrivate · 505 m
  • St Anselm Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 515 m
  • Maurice Cody Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 557 m
  • Rolph Road Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 600 m
  • Bessborough Drive Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 744 m
  • Sunnybrook SchoolPrivate · 784 m
  • and 8 more
Community centres
Parks (21)
  • Sandy Bruce Park418 m
  • Pottery Playground446 m
  • Evergreen Gardens Park542 m
  • Father Caulfield Park645 m
  • Trace Manes Park699 m
  • Bennington Heights Park724 m
  • and 15 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Leaside branch763 m
  • Toronto Public Library Mount Pleasant branch1.2 km
Signal
0170, activated 1962 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 66 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Pizza Hut, 38 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 66 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Pizza Hut · 1386 Bayview Ave Unit-238 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Ayoka · 1416 Bayview Ave80 mPassed, Jul 2026
Chefs of Pauri Khal · 1522 Bayview Ave363 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Epi Breads · 1526 Bayview Ave363 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 2 infractions
Wild Wing · 666 Millwood Rd399 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Jyugoya Japanese Restaurant · 1528 Bayview Ave400 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Lit Espresso Bar · 1517 Bayview Ave406 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Baskin Robbins · 1530 Bayview Ave407 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 Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom, 709 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 450 m away at Pottery Playground.

  • Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom · 110 Rumsey Rd
    View centre hours · accessible
    709 m
Drinking water
Pottery Playground bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 450 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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,318 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Brightpath Academy - Davisville Village (141 m, 98 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km10 centres · 1,318 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 10
  • Brightpath Academy - Davisville Village · 1432 Bayview Ave
    98 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    141 m
  • Rolph Road - Leaside Day Care Centres (St. Anselm) · 182 Bessborough Dr
    61 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    515 m
  • Maurice Cody Child Care · 364 Belsize Dr
    657 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    557 m
  • Rolph Road Day Care · 31 Rolph Rd
    192 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    600 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 321 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 53 Division (2.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.0 km away.

FireFire Station 321 · 1.1 km231 McRae Dr
Police53 Division · 2.3 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 2 km1300 Pape 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

23 registered apartment buildings with 764 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 699 Balliol St (154 m, 10 units, 3 storeys, built 1962), which scored 87 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 10 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 12 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings23 · 764 units
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202610 across the 23
Open fire-code violations12
Tallest7 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
699 Balliol St · Brushstone Properties Ltd103196287 · Sep 20240154 m
1425 Bayview Ave · Greenwin144200697 · Sep 20250202 m
657 Balliol St · Amelin Property Management294195786 · Jul 20260224 m
1477 Bayview Ave · Advent Property Management Services Ltd.1053194173 · Aug 20241251 m
1315 Bayview Ave · Agc Group Ltd383195091 · Sep 20250 · 9 fire282 m
1299 Bayview Ave · Robert Slightham194195399 · Aug 20260344 m
1295 Bayview Ave · Robert Slightham194195398 · Sep 20250366 m
715 Millwood Rd143195095 · Aug 20252368 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 lots512 lots · ≈45,280 spaces · 135.8 ha
Within 500 m34 lots · ≈4,900 spaces
Green P (public)6 car parks · about 500 spaces
EV charging (City)41 Inglewood Dr · 1.6 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking6 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1503 Bayview Avw · Surface341 m2465% (Q1 2026)
709 Millwood Rd · Garage366 m2078% (Q1 2026)
1670 Bayview Ave · Surface765 m33 *
650 Mount Pleasant Rd · Garage1.3 km6841% (Q1 2026)
730 Mount Pleasant Rd · Garage1.5 km5342% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 41 m away, ≈5 spaces; 48 m away, ≈12 spaces; 54 m away, ≈8 spaces; 60 m away, ≈22 spaces; 64 m away, ≈11 spaces; 72 m away, ≈6 spaces. More EV charging: 75 Holly St. (1.9 km, 29 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, Nov 19, 2024

The south leg carries the load — 12,214 northbound vehicles, or 44% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 3,192. Morning rush is the busier period: 2,846 vehicles in the peak hour from 7:45 a.m., compared with 2,445 from 3:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 22 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north8,804southbound · 42 bikes · 2.8% heavy
From the west3,192eastbound · 35 bikes · 1.0% heavy
Total vehicles27,7381,037 pedestrians · 149 cyclists · 2.3% heavy
From the east3,528westbound · 34 bikes · 1.3% heavy
From the south12,214northbound · 38 bikes · 2.5% heavy
AM peak hour2,846 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour2,445 vehicles from 3:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 19, 2024

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 McRae Dr between Bayview Ave and Heather Rd (91 m away) recorded an average of 36 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 42 km/h. That segment carries about 6,100 vehicles a day. Merton St between Cleveland St and Bayview Ave measured slower: 31 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 35 km/h (Jan 2020). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 14 speed humps slow traffic on Merton Street between Bayview Ave and Mount Pleasant Rd.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
McRae Dr · Bayview Ave – Heather Rd · 91 mSep 2022 · 3 days6,09136 km/h42 km/h46 km/h
Merton St · Cleveland St – Bayview Ave · 160 mJan 2020 · 3 days7,16131 km/h35 km/h39 km/h
Bayview Ave · Davisville Ave – Millwood Rd · 313 mAug 2015 · 3 days9,643

Traffic calming

  • Merton Street · Bayview Ave – Mount Pleasant Rd
    14 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

2017 was the peak year (24 collisions), and 2025 closed with 20. 11% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 13 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 1% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 10 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 27, 2026.

By year

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Exposure-adjusted: 5.3 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions146#741 of 5,508
With an injury16#1090 of 4,660
Property damage only119
Fail to remain13
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist2#1012 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist3
With a fatality0
Severity not classified11
Since January 2026 (outside the window)10
All since 2014180latest Jun 27, 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 two thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200street/outdoor (1), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft210house driveway/garage (1), transit property (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 29, 2024. 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 Leaside-Bennington.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Bayview & McRae a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 146 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 & McRae?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #427 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.71× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Bayview & McRae?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on McRae Dr between Bayview Ave and Heather Rd (September 2022), found an average of 36 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 42 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Bayview & McRae?

The nearest Green P car park is 1503 Bayview Avw (341 m away, 24 spaces, 65% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 512 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 45,280 spaces — 34 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 41 Inglewood Dr (1.6 km).

How do I get to Bayview & McRae by transit?

Bus routes 28, 11, 88, 156 within 1 km (nearest stop: Bayview Ave at McRae Dr, 13 m).

What restaurants are near Bayview & McRae?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 66 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Pizza Hut (38 m), Ayoka (80 m), Chefs of Pauri Khal (363 m), Epi Breads (363 m) and Wild Wing (399 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 & McRae?

The nearest is Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom, 110 Rumsey Rd, 709 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. 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 & McRae?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,318 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Brightpath Academy - Davisville Village (141 m, 98 spaces), Rolph Road - Leaside Day Care Centres (St. Anselm) (515 m, 61 spaces) and Maurice Cody Child Care (557 m, 657 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bayview & McRae?

23 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 764 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 699 Balliol St (154 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 1425 Bayview Ave (202 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 657 Balliol St (224 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 1477 Bayview Ave (251 m, 105 units, RentSafeTO score 73). The average RentSafeTO score across the 23 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 & McRae?

Toronto Police place two 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 Leaside-Bennington page.

What neighbourhood is Bayview & McRae in?

Bayview & McRae is in Leaside-Bennington (City of Toronto neighbourhood 056). It is in Ward 15, Don Valley West, represented by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin.

Sources

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