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Bessborough & Divadale

Bessborough Dr & Divadale Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Leaside-Bennington · Ward 15, Don Valley West

In Leaside-Bennington, Bessborough & Divadale is a quiet local crossing. It has Leaside Station, a school within 250 m and parks at the corner. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
2,607
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 6, 2022
246 pedestrians · 15 cyclists
Collisions
9
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 7 property damage · #4397 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
Leaside Station
subway station within 250 m
5 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 330 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 28% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 11 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. On average 0.9 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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Bessborough & Divadale

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Leaside Station (Line 5)218 m; Laird Station (Line 5)804 m
TTC bus
34115188156 nearest 163 m
Blue Night
334354
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Roehampton Ave / Bayview Ave 283 m · 27 docks · 7 stations, 120 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 (16)
  • Children's Garden Junior SchoolPrivate · 210 m
  • Leaside High SchoolEnglish Public · 276 m
  • Northlea Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 497 m
  • Bloorview School AuthorityPrivate · 678 m
  • Bessborough Drive Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 722 m
  • Polaris Learning Centre SchoolPrivate · 814 m
  • and 10 more
Community centres
  • Maurice Cody Community Centre875 m
  • Trace Manes Park Community Centre1 km
Parks (16)
  • Bessborough Parkette102 m
  • Howard Talbot Park248 m
  • Charlotte Maher Park455 m
  • Kilgour Parkette478 m
  • Father Caulfield Park683 m
  • Sunnydene Park720 m
  • and 10 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Leaside branch919 m
  • Toronto Public Library Sunnybrook Hospital branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library Mount Pleasant branch1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 82 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 251 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 82 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 9 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Circle K · 1840 Bayview Avegrocery251 mPassed, Apr 2026
Tim Hortons · 1840 Bayview Ave251 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Tim Hortons · 607 Eglinton Ave E260 mPassed, Dec 2025
Bento Nouveau · 656 Eglinton Ave E308 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Metro · 656 Eglinton Ave Egrocery308 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Maayan Shavit-Yummy · 2 2 Rowley Ave Ave 1396 mPassed, Mar 2026
Fresh Harvest · 546 Eglinton Ave W485 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 2 infractions
Just Chicken · 1703 Bayview Ave501 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 public washroom is listed within a kilometre, but there is a drinking fountain 440 m away at Charlotte Maher Park.

No City washroom within 1 km.

Drinking water
Charlotte Maher Park drinking fountain · 440 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

11 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,495 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Children's Garden Junior School - Early Start (210 m, 32 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km11 centres · 1,495 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 11
  • Children's Garden Junior School - Early Start · 670 Eglinton Ave E
    32 spaces · preschool
    210 m
  • Northlea Community Child Care · 305 Rumsey Rd
    225 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    497 m
  • Kindercircle Day Care · 150 Kilgour Rd
    25 spaces · infant, toddler · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    671 m
  • Bessborough Child Care Centre · 211 Bessborough Dr
    125 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    722 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 321 (0.9 km), the nearest police station 53 Division (2.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 321 · 0.9 km231 McRae Dr
Police53 Division · 2.2 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 57 · 1.1 km2075 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

26 registered apartment buildings with 1,503 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 1833 Bayview Ave (146 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. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 21 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings26 · 1,503 units
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202621 across the 26
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest13 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1833 Bayview Ave · Greenwin Corp.1124196590 · Jul 20240 · 3 fire146 m
551 Eglinton Ave E · Akelius Canada Ltd548196094 · Oct 20251353 m
1903 Bayview Ave275196596 · Sep 20252397 m
1741 Bayview Ave263196089 · Sep 20250400 m
1911 Bayview Ave204191188 · Aug 20241424 m
525 Eglinton Ave E · Cromwell Management Inc.5410196585 · Aug 20260451 m
730 Hillsdale Ave E · The Brown Group of Companies Inc14672022100 · Oct 20251522 m
485 Eglinton Ave E · Arcanos Property Management Corporation10812196586 · Aug 20264570 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 lots506 lots · ≈41,520 spaces · 124.6 ha
Within 500 m34 lots · ≈980 spaces
Green P (public)10 car parks · about 965 spaces
EV charging (City)75 Holly St. · 1.8 km · 28 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parking12 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1670 Bayview Ave · Surface581 m33 *
709 Millwood Rd · Garage935 m2078% (Q1 2026)
1503 Bayview Avw · Surface1 km2465% (Q1 2026)
2170 Bayview avenue · Surface1.3 km69 *
730 Mount Pleasant Rd · Garage1.3 km5342% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 119 m away, ≈30 spaces; 127 m away, ≈14 spaces; 138 m away, ≈79 spaces; 179 m away, ≈57 spaces; 195 m away, ≈35 spaces; 199 m away, ≈44 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 — 8-hour, 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 16,183 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 north195southbound · 5 bikes · 4.1% heavy
From the west554eastbound · 4 bikes · 2.0% heavy
Total vehicles2,607246 pedestrians · 15 cyclists · 2.8% heavy
From the east207westbound · 3 bikes · 1.4% heavy
From the south1,651northbound · 3 bikes · 3.0% heavy
AM peak hour352 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour392 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 6, 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 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. 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). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Eglinton Ave E (229 m away, 50 km/h limit), 3.0% of the 666 vehicles logged in July 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 segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Bessborough Dr · Eglinton Ave E – Divadale Dr · 71 mSep 2022 · 3 days4,51234 km/h40 km/h44 km/h
Craig Cres · Bayview Ave – Divadale Dr · 85 mSep 2022 · 3 days2,93132 km/h39 km/h43 km/h

School-zone speed sign 229 m

Posted limit50 km/h
Median · 85th pct45 · 52 km/h
Over the limit11%
60 km/h or more3.0%

Eglinton Ave E (westbound), North Side of Eglinton Ave E, 30m West of Hanna Rd · 666 vehicles logged in July 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; 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

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.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions9#4397 of 5,508
With an injury2#3675 of 4,660
Property damage only7
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 201410latest Sep 1, 2024

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 four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle400house driveway/garage (3), other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 15, 2019. 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. Its latest count is from Apr 6, 2022, 28% of the median for a counted intersection.

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), 3.0% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Bessborough & Divadale?

The nearest Green P car park is 1670 Bayview Ave (581 m away, 33 spaces). The City's mapping shows 506 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 41,520 spaces — 34 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 75 Holly St. (1.8 km).

How do I get to Bessborough & Divadale by transit?

Leaside Station (Line 5) is 218 m away; bus routes 34, 11, 51, 88, 156 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Bessborough & Divadale?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 82 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (251 m), Tim Hortons (260 m), Bento Nouveau (308 m), Maayan Shavit-Yummy (396 m) and Fresh Harvest (485 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 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 440 m away at Charlotte Maher Park. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.

Is there child care near Bessborough & Divadale?

11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,495 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Children's Garden Junior School - Early Start (210 m, 32 spaces), Northlea Community Child Care (497 m, 225 spaces) and Kindercircle Day Care (671 m, 25 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bessborough & Divadale?

26 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,503 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1833 Bayview Ave (146 m, 112 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 551 Eglinton Ave E (353 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 1903 Bayview Ave (397 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 1741 Bayview Ave (400 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 26 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 Bessborough & Divadale?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles 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 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