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Bayview & Old Colony

Bayview Ave & Old Colony Rd · Toronto, Ontario · St.Andrew-Windfields · Ward 15, Don Valley West

In St.Andrew-Windfields, Bayview & Old Colony is a heavily travelled arterial crossing. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
22,858
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 29, 2022
21 pedestrians · 15 cyclists
Collisions
13
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 9 property damage · #3938 of 5,508
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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 2,860 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 2.5× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 1,088 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 1.3 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Bayview & Old Colony

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
117895115122 nearest 145 m
Express
995996
Blue Night
395
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
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.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (16)
  • St Andrew's Middle SchoolEnglish Separate · 680 m
  • Harrison Public SchoolEnglish Public · 696 m
  • Fairmeadow CentreEnglish Public · 936 m
  • Owen Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • York Mills Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • Avondale Public & Avondale Alternative Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 10 more
Community centres
  • York Mills Arena1 km
Parks (22)
  • York Mills Gardens249 m
  • St. Andrews Park - North York514 m
  • Harrison Park710 m
  • Bayview - York Mills Parkette868 m
  • Owen Park926 m
  • Lord Seaton Park940 m
  • and 16 more

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 2 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Cedarhurst, 617 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 2 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 0 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Cedarhurst · 2601 Bayview Ave617 mPassed, Jun 2026
Edward's Tuck Shop · 14 Carluke Cres Unit-1659 mPassed, Aug 2026

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

No City washroom within 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

One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 52 spaces; it does not accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Absorbent Years Childcare (Montessori) (462 m, 52 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km1 centre · 52 spaces
Fee subsidynone
  • Absorbent Years Childcare (Montessori) · 2737 Bayview Ave
    52 spaces · toddler, preschool
    462 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 122 (927 m), the nearest police station 32 Division (2.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.9 km away.

FireFire Station 122 · 927 m2545 Bayview Ave
Police32 Division · 2.9 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 58 · 2.9 km12 Canterbury Pl

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

Seven registered apartment buildings with 839 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 38 Carluke Cres (507 m, 104 units, 7 storeys, built 1964), which scored 92 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 95, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 3 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings7 · 839 units
RentSafeTO score95 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20263 across the 7
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest14 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
38 Carluke Cres · Medallion Corporation1047196492 · Jul 20240507 m
32 Carluke Cres · Medallion Corporation1037196495 · Jul 20240572 m
26 Carluke Cres · Medallion Corporation15714196491 · Jul 20241619 m
20 Carluke Cres · Pinedale Properties Ltd15412196295 · Nov 20250647 m
14 Carluke Cres · Pinedale Properties Ltd1017196296 · Oct 20252 · 1 fire659 m
16 Carluke Cres · Pinedale Properties Ltd1017196296 · Oct 20250 · 1 fire722 m
199 Upper Canada Dr · Minto Properties Inc.1194196398 · Aug 20260736 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 lots249 lots · ≈16,420 spaces · 49.3 ha
Within 500 m4 lots · ≈210 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 17 spaces
EV charging (City)Bessarion CC · 1.5 km · 10 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
4576 Yonge Street · Surface2 km17 *

Nearest lots: 254 m away, ≈26 spaces; 460 m away, ≈20 spaces; 479 m away, ≈50 spaces; 498 m away, ≈118 spaces; 608 m away, ≈113 spaces; 613 m away, ≈108 spaces. More EV charging: 19 Glendora Ave (1.9 km, 2 ports); 19 Glendora Ave (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 — 8-hour, Sep 29, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 11,931 southbound vehicles, or 52% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 163. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 3,208 vehicles in the hour from 2:00 p.m., 13% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (2,847). Heavy vehicles made up 3.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, not today's volume. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.

From the north11,931southbound · 8 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles22,85821 pedestrians · 15 cyclists · 3.3% heavy
From the east163westbound · 2 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the south10,764northbound · 5 bikes · 3.4% heavy
AM peak hour2,847 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour3,208 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 29, 2022

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 Bayview Ave between Belle Geste Lane and Forest Heights Blvd (115 m away) recorded an average of 61 km/h in its 24-hour count in January 2001; 85% of drivers were at or under 69 km/h. That segment carries about 31,600 vehicles a day. Old Colony Rd between Bayview Ave and Gerald St measured slower: 33 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Apr 2002). The reading is 25 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Bayview Ave · Belle Geste Lane – Forest Heights Blvd · 115 mJan 2001 · 24 h31,59361 km/h69 km/h74 km/h
Old Colony Rd · Bayview Ave – Gerald St · 162 mApr 2002 · 24 h38633 km/h44 km/h49 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

2019 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 23% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Aug 9, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions13#3938 of 5,508
With an injury3#3186 of 4,660
Property damage only9
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 201419latest Aug 9, 2025

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 no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 13, 2017. 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 St.Andrew-Windfields.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Bayview & Old Colony a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 13 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 & Old Colony?

A heavily travelled arterial crossing. Its latest count is from Sep 29, 2022, 2.5× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Bayview & Old Colony?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Bayview Ave between Belle Geste Lane and Forest Heights Blvd (January 2001), found an average of 61 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 69 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Bayview & Old Colony?

The nearest Green P car park is 4576 Yonge Street (2.0 km away, 17 spaces). The City's mapping shows 249 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,420 spaces — 4 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at Bessarion CC (1.5 km).

How do I get to Bayview & Old Colony by transit?

Bus routes 11, 78, 95, 115, 122, 995, 996 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Bayview & Old Colony?

None within 300 m, and 2 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Cedarhurst (617 m) and Edward's Tuck Shop (659 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Bayview & Old Colony?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 52 spaces in total; it does not accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Absorbent Years Childcare (Montessori) (462 m, 52 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bayview & Old Colony?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 839 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 38 Carluke Cres (507 m, 104 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 32 Carluke Cres (572 m, 103 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 26 Carluke Cres (619 m, 157 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 20 Carluke Cres (647 m, 154 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 95 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 & Old Colony?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no 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 St.Andrew-Windfields page.

What neighbourhood is Bayview & Old Colony in?

Bayview & Old Colony is in St.Andrew-Windfields (City of Toronto neighbourhood 040). It is in Ward 15, Don Valley West, represented by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin.

Sources

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