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Bessborough & Moore

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

Bessborough & Moore is a busier-than-typical intersection. It sits in Leaside-Bennington. It has parks at the corner. Nearby: 5 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
9,882
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 23, 2019
179 pedestrians · 155 cyclists
Collisions
17
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 11 property damage · #3635 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,240 vehicles, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 55 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 1.7 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Bessborough & Moore

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
28881115651 nearest 196 m
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Moore Ave / Pottery Rd 67 m · 15 docks · 3 stations, 45 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 (12)
  • Bennington Heights Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 362 m
  • Rolph Road Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 397 m
  • St Anselm Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 927 m
  • Polaris Learning Centre SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • Maurice Cody Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Sunnybrook SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km
  • and 6 more
Community centres
Parks (20)
  • Sandy Bruce Park123 m
  • Bennington Heights Park247 m
  • Mallory Green249 m
  • Evergreen Gardens Park288 m
  • Nesbitt Park497 m
  • 66 Douglas Crescent Parkette610 m
  • and 14 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Leaside branch1 km
Places of interest
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage SiteLandmark · 1.4 km
  • Evergreen Brick WorksAttraction · 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 3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 27 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Bento Sushi, 133 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 27 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 4 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Bento Sushi · 301 Moore Ave133 mPassed, Aug 2026
Loblaws · 301 Moore Avegrocery133 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Starbucks · 301 Moore Ave133 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Dhillon's Karahi Spot · 1213 Bayview Ave177 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Pizza Hut · 1386 Bayview Ave Unit-2508 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Ayoka · 1416 Bayview Ave602 mPassed, Jul 2026
The Millwood · 921 Millwood Rd784 mPassed, Jun 2026
Nigiri Ya · 897 Millwood Rd789 mPassed, Apr 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 Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom, 945 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom · 110 Rumsey Rd
    View centre hours · accessible
    945 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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 500 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Bennington Heights Child Care Centre (362 m, 39 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km7 centres · 500 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 7
  • Bennington Heights Child Care Centre · 76 Bennington Heights Dr
    39 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    362 m
  • Plasp Bennington Heights PS · 76 Bennington Heights Dr
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    362 m
  • Rolph Road Day Care · 31 Rolph Rd
    192 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    397 m
  • Brightpath Academy - Davisville Village · 1432 Bayview Ave
    98 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    660 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 321 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 53 Division (2.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 321 · 1.3 km231 McRae Dr
Police53 Division · 2.7 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 1.6 km1300 Pape 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

20 registered apartment buildings with 545 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 15 Mallory Cres (114 m, 34 units, 3 storeys, built 1962), which scored 92 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 8 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 12 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings20 · 545 units
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20268 across the 20
Open fire-code violations12
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
15 Mallory Cres · 15 Mallory Crescent - Manston Construction Limited and Sylwaks Investment Ltd.343196292 · Aug 20250114 m
1215 Bayview Ave · Advent Property Management Services384194093 · Jul 20260183 m
1291 Bayview Ave · Cromwell Management Inc.696196595 · Sep 20252194 m
93 Mallory Cres · Crestview Investment Corporation - C/O Lawrence Construction Co103195195 · Jul 20240196 m
1295 Bayview Ave · Robert Slightham194195398 · Sep 20250207 m
1299 Bayview Ave · Robert Slightham194195399 · Aug 20260220 m
1220 Bayview Ave · Arcanos Property Management Corporation486195497 · Jul 20261 · 3 fire235 m
1315 Bayview Ave · Agc Group Ltd383195091 · Sep 20250 · 9 fire263 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 lots496 lots · ≈39,260 spaces · 117.8 ha
Within 500 m18 lots · ≈750 spaces
Green P (public)5 car parks · about 198 spaces
EV charging (City)41 Inglewood Dr · 1.6 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking3 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1503 Bayview Avw · Surface846 m2465% (Q1 2026)
709 Millwood Rd · Garage863 m2078% (Q1 2026)
1670 Bayview Ave · Surface1.3 km33 *
650 Mount Pleasant Rd · Garage1.8 km6841% (Q1 2026)
730 Mount Pleasant Rd · Garage2 km5342% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 65 m away, ≈85 spaces; 107 m away, ≈35 spaces; 122 m away, ≈165 spaces; 141 m away, ≈9 spaces; 174 m away, ≈21 spaces; 185 m away, ≈23 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, May 23, 2019

The west leg carries the load — 4,865 eastbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 130. Most cyclists arrived from the west (63 of 155). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,358 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,357 from 4:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 6.7% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 7 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2019, 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 north782southbound · 46 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the west4,865eastbound · 63 bikes · 7.2% heavy
Total vehicles9,882179 pedestrians · 155 cyclists · 6.7% heavy
From the east4,105westbound · 43 bikes · 6.7% heavy
From the south130northbound · 3 bikes · 10.8% heavy
AM peak hour1,358 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,357 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · May 23, 2019

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 Moore Ave between Pottery Rd and Mallory Cres (34 m away) recorded an average of 41 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 48 km/h. That segment carries about 12,100 vehicles a day. Bessborough Dr between Moore Ave and Sutherland Dr measured slower: 39 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Jun 2003). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Bessborough Drive between Moore Ave and Sutherland Dr.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Moore Ave · Pottery Rd – Mallory Cres · 34 mSep 2022 · 3 days12,12841 km/h48 km/h53 km/h
Bessborough Dr · Moore Ave – Sutherland Dr · 119 mJun 2003 · 3 days1,39439 km/h48 km/h53 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Bessborough Drive · Moore Ave – Sutherland Dr
    3 speed humps

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

2020 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 12% of collisions here involved an injury. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 29% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 6% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Jul 23, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions17#3635 of 5,508
With an injury2#3856 of 4,660
Property damage only11
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian1#2811 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
All since 201421latest Jul 23, 2025

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 (2), street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 20, 2022. 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 & Moore a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 17 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 & Moore?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from May 23, 2019, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Bessborough & Moore?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Moore Ave between Pottery Rd and Mallory Cres (September 2022), found an average of 41 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Bessborough & Moore?

The nearest Green P car park is 1503 Bayview Avw (846 m away, 24 spaces, 65% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 496 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 39,260 spaces — 18 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 41 Inglewood Dr (1.6 km).

How do I get to Bessborough & Moore by transit?

Bus routes 28, 88, 11, 156, 51 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Bessborough & Moore?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 27 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Bento Sushi (133 m), Starbucks (133 m), Dhillon's Karahi Spot (177 m), Pizza Hut (508 m) and Ayoka (602 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 & Moore?

The nearest is Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom, 110 Rumsey Rd, 945 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. 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 Bessborough & Moore?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 500 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bennington Heights Child Care Centre (362 m, 39 spaces), Plasp Bennington Heights PS (362 m, 43 spaces) and Rolph Road Day Care (397 m, 192 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bessborough & Moore?

20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 545 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 15 Mallory Cres (114 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 1215 Bayview Ave (183 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 1291 Bayview Ave (194 m, 69 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 93 Mallory Cres (196 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 20 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 Bessborough & Moore?

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 & Moore in?

Bessborough & Moore is in Leaside-Bennington (City of Toronto neighbourhood 056). It is in Ward 15, Don Valley West, represented by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin.

Sources

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