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Benson & Hendrick

Benson Ave & Hendrick Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Wychwood · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

In Wychwood, Benson & Hendrick is a lightly travelled intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has 2 schools within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: 13 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,078
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 20, 2022
865 pedestrians · 94 cyclists
Collisions
10
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 7 property damage · #4307 of 5,508 · +1 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
1 streetcar route · 7 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 130 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 12% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 1.2 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 8.7% of vehicle volume, about 11× the typical share. On average 1 collision a year was 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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Benson & Hendrick

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
512 nearest 197 m
TTC bus
63161127126902629 nearest 390 m
Express
929
Blue Night
312340363329
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
St. Clair Ave W / Winona Dr 238 m · 11 docks · 10 stations, 154 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 (20)
  • McMurrich Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 96 m
  • Winona Drive Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 208 m
  • Oakwood Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 468 m
  • St Alphonsus Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 470 m
  • St Bruno and St Raymond Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 686 m
  • St Clare Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 886 m
  • and 14 more
Community centres
Parks (29)
  • Graham Park296 m
  • Mount Royal Parkette298 m
  • Roseneath Park479 m
  • Wychwood Barns Park560 m
  • Hillcrest Park582 m
  • Humewood Park645 m
  • and 23 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Davenport branch507 m
  • Toronto Public Library Dufferin/St. Clair branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Artscape Wychwood BarnsLandmark · 553 m
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.5 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 29 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores, and 180 eating places within a kilometre — 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Oakwood Children's House, 95 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés29 within 300 m · 180 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 28 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Oakwood Children's House · 115 Winona Dr95 mPassed, Aug 2026
What A Bagel · 827 St Clair Ave W None165 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Dragon Delight · 825 St Clair Ave W170 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 2 infractions
Savera Indian Cuisine · 815 St Clair Ave W172 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 2 infractions
Menalon Bakery · 811 St Clair Ave Wgrocery173 mPassed, Mar 2026
Wings N Dip · 813 St Clair Ave W173 mPassed, Jun 2026
Chao Lay · 809 St Clair Ave W175 mPassed, Jun 2026
Cafe Roma · 807 St Clair Ave W176 mPassed, Mar 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 Hillcrest Park Washroom, 579 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 289 m away at Graham Park (currently off).

  • Hillcrest Park Washroom · 950 Davenport Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    579 m
Drinking water
Graham Park drinking fountain · 289 m · off; Wychwood Barns Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 518 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

19 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,663 spaces; 11 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is McMurrich Sprouts (96 m, 177 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km19 centres · 1,663 spaces
Fee subsidy11 of 19
  • McMurrich Sprouts · 115 Winona Dr
    177 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    96 m
  • Oakwood Children's House · 115 Winona Dr
    16 spaces · preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    96 m
  • McMurrich Co-Operative Playschool · 115 Winona Dr
    16 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    96 m
  • Hippo Nursery School · 729 St Clair Ave W
    42 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    354 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 343 (139 m), the nearest police station 13 Division (2.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 343 · 139 m65 Hendrick Ave
Police13 Division · 2.2 km1435 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 1.9 km760 Dovercourt Rd

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

49 registered apartment buildings with 2,025 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, ten of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 55 Hendrick Ave (105 m, 29 units, 3 storeys, built 1956), which scored 91 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 38 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 11 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings49 · 2,025 units · 10 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202638 across the 49
Open fire-code violations11
Tallest19 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
55 Hendrick Ave · Akelius Canada Ltd293195691 · Aug 20260105 m
795 St Clair Ave W · Pain Rehabilitation Clinic Inc.193192994 · Aug 20260183 m
781 St Clair Ave W · 781 Birch Properties Inc163192190 · Jul 20262228 m
915 St Clair Ave W · Cogir Real Estate183192983 · Jul 20252287 m
747 St Clair Ave Wsocial housing · Aykler978198693 · Sep 20252298 m
917 St Clair Ave W · Holt Meadow Property Management Corp.163195788 · Aug 20261300 m
921 St Clair Ave W · Miramar Property Management234193085 · Jun 20250313 m
923 St Clair Ave W · Miramar Property Management244193090 · Jun 20251326 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 lots597 lots · ≈16,930 spaces · 50.8 ha
Within 500 m39 lots · ≈1,110 spaces
Green P (public)21 car parks · about 810 spaces
EV charging (City)580 Christie St · 467 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking40 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 5 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
789 St. Clair Avenue West · Surface222 m18 *
287 RUSHTON RD. · Surface403 m1737% (Q1 2026)
700 St. Clair Ave West · Surface465 m18 *
640 St Clair Ave W · Surface626 m1866% (Q1 2026)
94 Northcliffe Blvd · Surface820 m1380% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 94 m away, ≈19 spaces; 140 m away, ≈15 spaces; 154 m away, ≈15 spaces; 158 m away, ≈30 spaces; 176 m away, ≈13 spaces; 184 m away, ≈70 spaces. More EV charging: 273 Christie St (1.2 km, 2 ports); 91 Via Italia (1.2 km, 12 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, Apr 20, 2022

The west leg carries the load — 443 eastbound vehicles, or 41% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 28. Most cyclists arrived from the west (49 of 94). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 180 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 183 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.9% 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 north169southbound · 6 bikes · 5.3% heavy
From the west443eastbound · 49 bikes · 3.2% heavy
Total vehicles1,078865 pedestrians · 94 cyclists · 2.9% heavy
From the east438westbound · 32 bikes · 1.6% heavy
From the south28northbound · 7 bikes · 3.6% heavy
AM peak hour180 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour183 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 20, 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 Benson Ave between Robert Zend Lane and Greensides Ave (122 m away) recorded an average of 27 km/h in its 7-day count in June 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 35 km/h. That segment carries about 1,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Oakwood Ave (391 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 32,020 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Benson Ave · Robert Zend Lane – Greensides Ave · 122 mJun 2022 · 7 days1,42827 km/h35 km/h39 km/h

School-zone speed sign 391 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct29 · 36 km/h
Over the limit0.5%
50 km/h or more0.0%

Oakwood Ave (northbound), E Side Oakwood Ave Beside P123 · 32,020 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

2021 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 10% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 20% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 3, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions10#4307 of 5,508
With an injury1#4301 of 4,660
Property damage only7
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian2#1768 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201411latest Jun 3, 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 no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Apr 15, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle201house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 15, 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 Wychwood.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Benson & Hendrick a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 10 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 Benson & Hendrick?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 20, 2022, 12% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Benson & Hendrick?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Benson Ave between Robert Zend Lane and Greensides Ave (June 2022), found an average of 27 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 35 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 391 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Benson & Hendrick?

The nearest Green P car park is 789 St. Clair Avenue West (222 m away, 18 spaces). The City's mapping shows 597 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,930 spaces — 39 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 580 Christie St (467 m).

How do I get to Benson & Hendrick by transit?

Streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 197 m away; bus routes 63, 161, 127, 126, 90, 26, 29, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Benson & Hendrick?

29 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 180 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Oakwood Children's House (95 m), What A Bagel (165 m), Dragon Delight (170 m), Savera Indian Cuisine (172 m) and Wings N Dip (173 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 Benson & Hendrick?

The nearest is Hillcrest Park Washroom, 950 Davenport Rd, 579 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). 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 Benson & Hendrick?

19 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,663 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are McMurrich Sprouts (96 m, 177 spaces), Oakwood Children's House (96 m, 16 spaces) and McMurrich Co-Operative Playschool (96 m, 16 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Benson & Hendrick?

49 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,025 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 55 Hendrick Ave (105 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 795 St Clair Ave W (183 m, 19 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 781 St Clair Ave W (228 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 915 St Clair Ave W (287 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 83). The average RentSafeTO score across the 49 is 90 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 Benson & Hendrick?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts 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 Wychwood page.

What neighbourhood is Benson & Hendrick in?

Benson & Hendrick is in Wychwood (City of Toronto neighbourhood 094). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow.

Sources

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