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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume8-hour count · Apr 6, 2022
The south leg carries the load — 1,651 northbound vehicles, or 63% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 195. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 392 vehicles in the hour from 2:00 p.m., 11% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (352). Heavy vehicles made up 2.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 5 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.
Peak hours: 352 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 392 from 2:00 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
2022 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 22% of collisions here involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Sep 1, 2024.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 9 | |
| With an injury | 2 | |
| Property damage only | 7 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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.
How fast traffic moves here
The City's counter on Bessborough Dr between Eglinton Ave E and Divadale Dr (71 m away) recorded an average of 34 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 40 km/h. That segment carries about 4,500 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Craig Cres between Bayview Ave and Divadale Dr measured slower: 32 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (Sep 2022). At the school-zone speed sign on Eglinton Ave E (229 m away, 50 km/h limit), 2.3% of the 27,589 vehicles logged in June 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a small minority. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Bessborough Drive between Eglinton Ave E and Divadale Dr (installed 2025).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bessborough Dr · Eglinton Ave E – Divadale Dr · 71 m | Sep 2022 · 3 days | 4,512 | 34 km/h | 40 km/h | 44 km/h |
| Craig Cres · Bayview Ave – Divadale Dr · 85 m | Sep 2022 · 3 days | 2,931 | 32 km/h | 39 km/h | 43 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Eglinton Ave E (westbound), 229 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 43 km/h, 85th percentile 51 km/h; 2.3% at 60 km/h or more. 27,589 vehicles logged in June 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
- Traffic calming
- Bessborough Drive (Eglinton Ave E – Divadale Dr): 2 speed humps (installed 2025)
Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Subway
- Leaside Station (Line 5)340 m · 4 min; Laird Station (Line 5)870 m · 10 min
- TTC bus
- 34 11 51 88 156 nearest 170 m
- Blue Night
- 334 354
- Nearest stops
- 3 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Roehampton Ave / Bayview Ave 325 m · 4 min · 27 docks · 4 stations, 74 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
- 7 car parks · about 454 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- 9 post-and-rings within 300 m
- Other lots
- 21 mapped lots within 500 m, 355 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1670 Bayview Ave · Surface | 760 m | 33 * | — |
| 709 Millwood Rd · Garage | 1.1 km | 20 | 78% (Q1 2026) |
| 1503 Bayview Avw · Surface | 1.2 km | 24 | 65% (Q1 2026) |
| 2170 Bayview avenue · Surface | 1.4 km | 69 * | — |
| 730 Mount Pleasant Rd · Garage | 1.6 km | 53 | 42% (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
The nearest grocery store is Metro, 399 m away; 5 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 52 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 342 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Rexall, 237 m away; 7 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Holland Bloorview, 784 m away, then Lyndhurst Centre at 1.1 km. For seniors' housing: Suomi - Koti Toronto Nursing Home, a long-term care home 807 m away. Toronto Finnish Canadian Seniors Centre - Suomi Koti runs a seniors' active living programme 811 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Tim Hortons · 1840 Bayview Ave342 m · 4 min
- Tim Hortons · 607 Eglinton Ave E362 m · 4 min
- Bento Nouveau · 656 Eglinton Ave E399 m · 5 min
- Maayan Shavit-Yummy · 2 2 Rowley Ave Ave 1441 m · 5 min
- Fresh Harvest · 546 Eglinton Ave W613 m · 7 min
- Grocery
- Metro 399 m · 5 min · 5 within 1 km
- Food shops
- The Chocolate Messenger 797 m · 9 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Rexall 237 m · 7 within 1 km
- Child care
- Children's Garden Junior School - Early Start · 32 spaces, preschool299 m · 4 min
- Northlea Community Child Care · 225 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day509 m · 6 min
- Kindercircle Day Care · 25 spaces, infant, toddler · fee subsidy · $10-a-day833 m · 10 min
- Health and care
- Holland Bloorview · hospital site784 m · 9 min
- Lyndhurst Centre · hospital site1.1 km · 13 min
- Suomi - Koti Toronto Nursing Home · long-term care home807 m · 10 min
- Toronto Finnish Canadian Seniors Centre - Suomi Koti · seniors' active living centre811 m · 10 min
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 (10)
- Bessborough Parkette131 m
- Howard Talbot Park294 m · 4 min
- Charlotte Maher Park551 m · 7 min
- Kilgour Parkette551 m · 7 min
- Sunnydene Park945 m · 11 min
- Community centres
- Maurice Cody Community Centre1.2 km · 14 min
- Trace Manes Park Community Centre1.2 km · 15 min
- Schools (12)
- Leaside High SchoolEnglish Public · 292 m · 3 min
- Children's Garden Junior SchoolPrivate · 298 m · 4 min
- Northlea Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 509 m · 6 min
- Bessborough Drive Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 11 min
- Bloorview School AuthorityPrivate · 1 km · 12 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Leaside branch1.1 km · 13 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 public washroom.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
16 registered apartment buildings with 1,032 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 1833 Bayview Ave (184 m, 112 units, 4 storeys, built 1965), which scored 90 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1833 Bayview Ave · Greenwin Corp. | 112 | 4 | 1965 | 90 · Jul 2024 | 184 m |
| 551 Eglinton Ave E · Akelius Canada Ltd | 54 | 8 | 1960 | 94 · Oct 2025 | 468 m · 6 min |
| 1903 Bayview Ave | 27 | 5 | 1965 | 96 · Sep 2025 | 526 m · 6 min |
| 1911 Bayview Ave | 20 | 4 | 1911 | 88 · Aug 2024 | 546 m · 7 min |
| 1741 Bayview Ave | 26 | 3 | 1960 | 89 · Sep 2025 | 586 m · 7 min |
| 525 Eglinton Ave E · Cromwell Management Inc. | 54 | 10 | 1965 | 85 · Aug 2026 | 594 m · 7 min |
16 registered buildings · 1,032 units · tallest 12 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 4 | 0 | 0 | house driveway/garage (3), other (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 Bessborough & Divadale a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 9 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 Bessborough & Divadale?
A quiet local crossing at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Apr 6, 2022, 28% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Bessborough & Divadale a walkable intersection?
Bessborough & Divadale scores 44 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: 2 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; Leaside Station 0.3 km · 3 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km; 2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.2 km. The crossing itself: traffic calming.
How fast do cars go at Bessborough & Divadale?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Bessborough Dr between Eglinton Ave E and Divadale Dr (September 2022), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 40 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 229 m away (50 km/h), 2.3% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in June 2026.
Where can I park near Bessborough & Divadale?
The nearest Green P car park is 1670 Bayview Ave (760 m away, 33 spaces). The City's mapping shows 355 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,990 spaces — 21 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Bessborough & Divadale by transit?
Leaside Station (Line 5) is 340 m away; bus routes 34, 11, 51, 88, 156 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Bessborough & Divadale?
None within 300 m, and 52 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tim Hortons (342 m), Tim Hortons (362 m), Bento Nouveau (399 m), Maayan Shavit-Yummy (441 m) and Fresh Harvest (613 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Bessborough & Divadale?
Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 500 m away at Charlotte Maher Park.
Is there child care near Bessborough & Divadale?
Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 407 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Children's Garden Junior School - Early Start (299 m, 32 spaces), Northlea Community Child Care (509 m, 225 spaces) and Kindercircle Day Care (833 m, 25 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Bessborough & Divadale?
16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,032 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1833 Bayview Ave (184 m, 112 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 551 Eglinton Ave E (468 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 1903 Bayview Ave (526 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 1911 Bayview Ave (546 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 16 is 91 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Bessborough & Divadale?
Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Leaside-Bennington page.
What neighbourhood is Bessborough & Divadale in?
Bessborough & Divadale 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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Apr 6, 2022.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary); Traffic Calming Database.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 15 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.71255, -79.37527 · centreline node 13456106.