Toronto · intersection · signal 2194

Bayview Ave & Don Valley Brick Works Trl

Toronto, Ontario · Leaside-Bennington · Ward 11, University-Rosedale

Bayview Ave & Don Valley Brick Works Trl, in Leaside-Bennington, is a moderately heavy crossing, with a well-used cycling route through it. It has a live City traffic camera and a multi-use trail at the corner. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
26,640
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 25, 2025
223 pedestrians · 1,680 cyclists · #490 busiest
Collisions
0
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
1 route within 1 km · trail
Within a walk
41/100
city median 48
2 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 139 m

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Bayview Ave & Don Valley Brick Works Trl

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Live traffic camera RESCU 8099 · 31 m

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Live camera RESCU 8099 · Bayview Ave & Pottery Rd / Private Access · 31 m from the node
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Live camera · RESCU 8099 · Bayview Ave & Pottery Rd / Private Access
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Traffic volume14-hour count · Jun 25, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 14,195 eastbound vehicles, or 53% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 540. Most cyclists arrived from the west (1,136 of 1,680). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,575 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,501 from 4:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 16 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north540southbound · 319 bikes · 13.1% heavy
From the west14,195eastbound · 1,136 bikes · 2.0% heavy
Total vehicles26,640223 pedestrians · 1,680 cyclists · 2.2% heavy
From the east11,905westbound · 203 bikes · 1.9% heavy
From the south0northbound · 22 bikes · 0.0% heavy

Peak hours: 2,575 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,501 from 4:15 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

Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

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.

The crossing
Signal 2194, activated 2008 · leading pedestrian interval South/East/West · bicycle signal

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

TTC bus
28 nearest 166 m
Nearest stops
1 surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard on Bayview Multi-Use Trail installed 2016; Multi-Use Trail - Entrance on Don Valley Brick Works Trl installed 2013
Bike Share
Brick Works 118 m · 25 docks · 2 stations, 40 docks 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
3 car parks · about 124 spaces
EV charging
35 Erindale Ave · 1.7 km · 4 Level 2 + 6 fast ports; also 41 FULTON AVE (2 km)
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
2 mapped lots within 500 m, 119 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
838 Broadview Ave · Surface1.7 km1176% (Q1 2026)
35 Erindale Ave · Surface1.7 km9470% (Q1 2026)
242 Danforth Ave · Surface1.8 km1978% (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

You can do a shop on foot from here: Evergreen Garden Market is 139 m away. There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 2 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Evergreen Prep Kitchen, 139 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Evergreen Prep Kitchen · 550 Bayview Ave139 m
  • Picnic Cafe& Catering Inc · 550 Bayview Ave139 m
2 within 300 m · 2 within 1 km
Grocery
Evergreen Garden Market 139 m
Washrooms
  • Don Valley Brick Works Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs176 m
Drinking water: Don Valley Brick Works 167 m (off)

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 (13)
  • Kay Gardner Beltline Park385 m · 5 min
  • Don Valley Brick Works637 m · 8 min
  • Chorley Park812 m · 10 min
  • Craigleigh Gardens867 m · 10 min
  • Beaumont Park1 km · 11 min
and 8 more within 1.5 km
Schools
  • Gradale Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km · 15 min
  • Rosedale Heights School of the ArtsEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 15 min
  • City Adult Learning CentreEnglish Public · 1.5 km · 18 min
Places of interest
  • Evergreen Brick WorksAttraction · 243 m
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage SiteLandmark · 1.2 km · 14 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 pharmacy, a community centre, licensed child care or a library.

41of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food20/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 2 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit5/28

    1 stop within 300 m · 1 route within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    1 place of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation4/10

    1 park within 500 m

  • Schools and child care1/8

    nearest school 1.2 km

  • Crossing on foot6/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Bayview Ave & Don Valley Brick Works Trl a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025 and police reported no 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 Ave & Don Valley Brick Works Trl?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #490 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.65× the median for a counted intersection.

Is Bayview Ave & Don Valley Brick Works Trl a walkable intersection?

Bayview Ave & Don Valley Brick Works Trl scores 41 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: 1 grocery store within 300 m · 2 places to eat within 300 m; 1 park within 500 m; 1 place of interest within 500 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking.

Where can I park near Bayview Ave & Don Valley Brick Works Trl?

The nearest Green P car park is 838 Broadview Ave (1.7 km away, 11 spaces, 76% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 119 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 4,720 spaces — 2 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 35 Erindale Ave (1.7 km).

How do I get to Bayview Ave & Don Valley Brick Works Trl by transit?

Bus route 28 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Bayview Ave & Don Valley Brick Works Trl?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 2 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Evergreen Prep Kitchen (139 m) and Picnic Cafe& Catering Inc (139 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Bayview Ave & Don Valley Brick Works Trl?

The nearest is Don Valley Brick Works Washroom, 550 Bayview Ave, 176 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). The City currently lists it as closed: maintenance/repairs.

What neighbourhood is Bayview Ave & Don Valley Brick Works Trl in?

Bayview Ave & Don Valley Brick Works Trl is in Leaside-Bennington (City of Toronto neighbourhood 056). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe.

Sources

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