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Bayview & Ruddington

Bayview Ave & Ruddington Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Bayview Woods-Steeles · Ward 17, Don Valley North

Bayview & Ruddington is an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in Bayview Woods-Steeles. It has a school within 250 m and parks at the corner. Nearby: 5 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
31,798
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 19, 2024
603 pedestrians · 44 cyclists · #274 busiest
Collisions
75
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
16 with an injury · 49 property damage · #1452 of 5,508 · +5 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
2
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
1 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #182 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 2,270 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 1.96× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 53 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 7.5 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 2.4 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions fell 33%, from 45 in 2016–2020 to 30 in 2021–2025. About one in 38 of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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Bayview & Ruddington

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
113942 nearest 19 m
Express
939
Blue Night
339
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Bayview Ave at Ruddington Dr; Bayview Ave at Ruddington Dr South Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Bayview Ave / Finch Recreational Trail 121 m · 19 docks · 3 stations, 57 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 (11)
  • Blessed Trinity Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 145 m
  • Dora Education CentrePrivate · 452 m
  • Finch Public SchoolEnglish Public · 499 m
  • St Anne Catholic Academy, School of Virtual LearningEnglish Separate · 542 m
  • St Joseph's Morrow Park Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 542 m
  • Lester B Pearson Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 639 m
  • and 5 more
Community centres
  • Bayview Arena76 m
Parks (19)
  • Bayview Arena Park92 m
  • Gustav Parkette281 m
  • Laredo Park398 m
  • Maxome Park535 m
  • Ruddington Park551 m
  • Sawley Banstock Greenbelt714 m
  • and 13 more
Signal
0653, activated 1969 · SA2

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m of the corner, and 10 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 71 within a kilometre. The nearest is Nikki's Cafe, 205 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 10 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 1 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Nikki's Cafe · 3292 Bayview Ave Unit-100205 mPassed, Jun 2026
Donut Counter · 3337 Bayview Ave400 mPassed, Apr 2026
Independent- Your Independent Grocer · 3259 Bayview Avegrocery400 mPassed, Jul 2026
Kaikaki Japanese Cuisine · 3307 Bayview Ave400 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Swiss Chalet Rotisserie & Grill · 3253 Bayview Ave None400 mPassed, Feb 2026
Harvey's · 3343 Bayview Ave434 mPassed, Jul 2026
Extendicare Bayview · 550 Cummer Ave645 mPassed, May 2026
Grand Luxe Event Boutique · 3125 Bayview Ave732 mPassed, Apr 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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 570 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Blessed Trinity Before & After School (144 m, 103 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km5 centres · 570 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 5
  • Blessed Trinity Before & After School · 3205 Bayview Ave
    103 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    144 m
  • Finch Flyers Child Care Program · 277 Finch Ave E
    146 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    499 m
  • Petit Pearson Child Care - North York · 7 Snowcrest Ave
    207 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    639 m
  • Bayview Gardens Day Care Centre · 3125 Bayview Ave
    74 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    733 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 111 (245 m), the nearest police station 32 Division (2.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 245 m away.

FireFire Station 111 · 245 m3300 Bayview Ave
Police32 Division · 2.5 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 56 · 245 m3300 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

Six registered apartment buildings with 960 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 22. The nearest is 11 Ruddington Dr (89 m, 155 units, 13 storeys, built 1968), which scored 91 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 14 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 4 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings6 · 960 units
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202614 across the 6
Open fire-code violations4
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
11 Ruddington Dr · The Brown Group of Companies Inc.15513196891 · Aug 20263 · 1 fire89 m
10 Ruddington Dr · Novi Properties15513196783 · Aug 20264 · 2 fire142 m
50 Ruddington Dr · Schickedanz Bros. Properties18914196890 · Jul 20254 · 1 fire320 m
60 Ruddington Dr · Schickedanz Bros. Properties17918196689 · Sep 20240441 m
505 Cummer Ave · Schickedanz Bros. Properties17513196797 · Aug 20253467 m
70 Ruddington Dr · Schickedanz Bros. Properties10718198695 · Jul 20250527 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 lots104 lots · ≈10,800 spaces · 32.4 ha
Within 500 m24 lots · ≈2,520 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 52 m away, ≈108 spaces; 104 m away, ≈113 spaces; 104 m away, ≈35 spaces; 121 m away, ≈103 spaces; 138 m away, ≈264 spaces; 165 m away, ≈18 spaces.

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 north leg carries the load — 15,521 southbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 189. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,584 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,782 from 5:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.4% 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 north15,521southbound · 11 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the west189eastbound · 2 bikes · 5.3% heavy
Total vehicles31,798603 pedestrians · 44 cyclists · 2.4% heavy
From the east1,560westbound · 3 bikes · 1.7% heavy
From the south14,528northbound · 28 bikes · 2.4% heavy
AM peak hour2,584 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,782 vehicles from 5:15 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 Bayview Ave between Finch Ave E and Ruddington Dr (169 m away) recorded an average of 52 km/h in its 3-day count in June 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 63 km/h. That segment carries about 25,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Bayview Ave (129 m away, 50 km/h limit), 1.4% of the 47,394 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Bayview Ave · Finch Ave E – Ruddington Dr · 169 mJun 2019 · 3 days25,07552 km/h63 km/h69 km/h

School-zone speed sign 129 m

Posted limit50 km/h
Median · 85th pct43 · 51 km/h
Over the limit6.6%
60 km/h or more1.4%

Bayview Ave (southbound) · 47,394 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

2018 was the peak year (13 collisions), and 2025 closed with 6. 21% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 23, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.4 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions75#1452 of 5,508
With an injury16#1074 of 4,660
Property damage only49
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian2#1477 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1464 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality1
Severity not classified9
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
All since 201498latest Jun 23, 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

Of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025, one was fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt; one collision involved vehicle occupants only. One of the two happened in darkness. The most recent was on Nov 9, 2022.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions2#182 of 1,505
Fatal1#39 of 319
Involving a pedestrian1#184 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20062latest Nov 9, 2022

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 six thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 50% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 6, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle631street/outdoor (3), apartment parking (3)
Bicycle theft110street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 6, 2026. 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 Woods-Steeles.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Bayview & Ruddington a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 2 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#182 of 1,505), out of 75 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Ruddington?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #274 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.96× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Bayview & Ruddington?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Bayview Ave between Finch Ave E and Ruddington Dr (June 2019), found an average of 52 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 63 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 129 m away (50 km/h), 1.4% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Bayview & Ruddington?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 104 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 10,800 spaces — 24 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Bayview & Ruddington by transit?

Bus routes 11, 39, 42, 939 within 1 km (nearest stop: Bayview Ave at Ruddington Dr, 19 m).

What restaurants are near Bayview & Ruddington?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 10 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Nikki's Cafe (205 m), Donut Counter (400 m), Kaikaki Japanese Cuisine (400 m), Swiss Chalet Rotisserie & Grill (400 m) and Harvey's (434 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 & Ruddington?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 570 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Blessed Trinity Before & After School (144 m, 103 spaces), Finch Flyers Child Care Program (499 m, 146 spaces) and Petit Pearson Child Care - North York (639 m, 207 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bayview & Ruddington?

Six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 960 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 11 Ruddington Dr (89 m, 155 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 10 Ruddington Dr (142 m, 155 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 50 Ruddington Dr (320 m, 189 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 60 Ruddington Dr (441 m, 179 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 6 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 & Ruddington?

Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 Bayview Woods-Steeles page.

What neighbourhood is Bayview & Ruddington in?

Bayview & Ruddington is in Bayview Woods-Steeles (City of Toronto neighbourhood 049). It is in Ward 17, Don Valley North, represented by Councillor Shelley Carroll.

Sources

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