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Binswood & Cosburn

Binswood Ave & Cosburn Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Danforth East York · Ward 19, Beaches-East York

Binswood & Cosburn, in Danforth East York, is a moderately travelled crossing. It has a bike lane and a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
8,614
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jul 14, 2026
248 pedestrians · 343 cyclists
Collisions
10
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
8 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
39/100
city median 48
37 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 703 m

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Binswood & Cosburn

Traffic and safety

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

Traffic volume14-hour count · Jul 14, 2026

The west leg carries the load — 4,419 eastbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 452. Most cyclists arrived from the west (166 of 343). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 795 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 814 from 3:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north452southbound · 10 bikes · 1.3% heavy
From the west4,419eastbound · 166 bikes · 3.5% heavy
Total vehicles8,614248 pedestrians · 343 cyclists · 3.4% heavy
From the east3,290westbound · 150 bikes · 3.9% heavy
From the south453northbound · 17 bikes · 0.7% heavy

Peak hours: 795 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 814 from 3:30 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 3 collisions. 20% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 10% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 13, 2026.

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

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions101.2 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles
With an injury2
Property damage only7
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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 Cosburn Ave between Fairside Ave and Binswood Ave (125 m away) recorded an average of 43 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2021; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 9,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Binswood Ave between Cosburn Ave and Plains Rd measured slower: 39 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Nov 2003). At the school-zone speed sign on Cosburn Ave (234 m away, 40 km/h limit), 4.3% of the 59,408 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority. 4 speed humps slow traffic on Binswood Avenue between O'Connor Dr and Cosburn Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Binswood Ave · Cosburn Ave – Plains Rd · 102 mNov 2003 · 3 days75939 km/h48 km/h53 km/h
Cosburn Ave · Fairside Ave – Binswood Ave · 125 mSep 2021 · 3 days9,04043 km/h49 km/h54 km/h
Speed sign
Cosburn Ave (westbound), 234 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 40 km/h, 85th percentile 46 km/h; 4.3% at 50 km/h or more. 59,408 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
Traffic calming
Binswood Avenue (O'Connor Dr – Cosburn Ave): 4 speed humps

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

TTC bus
87 70 8 62 404 91 93 nearest 15 m
Blue Night
322
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Cosburn Ave at Binswood Ave; Cosburn Ave at Binswood Ave West Side
Cycling
Bike Lane on Cosburn Ave installed 2005
Bike Share
Coxwell Ave / Plains Rd 525 m · 6 min · 19 docks · 4 stations, 68 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
6 car parks · about 167 spaces
EV charging
1612 Danforth Ave. · 1.5 km · 2 Level 2 ports; also 543 Strathmore Blvd (1.6 km), 31 Roseheath Ave (1.8 km)
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
7 mapped lots within 500 m, 205 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
850 Coxwell Ave · Surface813 m1862% (Q1 2026)
1612 Danforth Ave · Surface1.5 km2275% (Q1 2026)
737 Rhodes Ave · Surface1.7 km2450% (Q1 2026)
1439 Danforth Ave · Surface1.8 km1895% (Q1 2026)
101 Cedarvale Ave · Surface1.9 km3550% (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 Wayne's Supermarket, 703 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 37 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Knuckle Sandwiches, 528 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Woodbine Heights Pharmacy, 569 m away; 5 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Michael Garron Hospital, 839 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Knuckle Sandwiches · 969 Coxwell Ave528 m · 6 min
  • Pizza Hut · 985 Coxwell Ave544 m · 6 min
  • Add Cafe · 973 Coxwell Ave555 m · 7 min
  • Little Coxwell Restaurant · 986 Coxwell Ave569 m · 7 min
  • Lickadee Split Ice Cream Shoppe · 980 Coxwell Ave574 m · 7 min
0 within 300 m · 37 within 1 km
Grocery
Wayne's Supermarket 703 m · 8 min
Food shops
East York Deli 333 m · 4 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Woodbine Heights Pharmacy 569 m · 7 min · 5 within 1 km
Child care
  • Lily's House Inc. · 15 spaces, toddler · $10-a-day662 m · 8 min
  • Plains Road Child Care Inc. · 174 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day685 m · 8 min
  • Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) · 57 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day780 m · 9 min
6 licensed centres · 584 spaces within 1 km · 4 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • East York Civic Centre · Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed · accessible731 m · 9 min
  • Kiwanis Outdoor Pool Washroom · hours not listed900 m · 11 min
Drinking water: Cosburn Park 584 m · 7 min
Health and care
  • Michael Garron Hospital · hospital site839 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)
  • Les Anthony Parkette424 m · 5 min
  • Cosburn Park624 m · 7 min
  • Memorial Gardens Park700 m · 8 min
  • East York Civic Centre708 m · 8 min
  • True Davidson Park785 m · 9 min
and 5 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (12)
  • East York Alternative Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 126 m
  • East York Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 335 m · 4 min
  • Cosburn Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 580 m · 7 min
  • Canadian Martyrs Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 685 m · 8 min
  • R H McGregor Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 800 m · 10 min
and 7 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch700 m · 8 min
  • Toronto Public Library Danforth/Coxwell branch1.4 km · 17 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 care or retirement home.

39of 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 food8/30

    1 grocery store within 1 km · 37 within 1 km

  • Transit14/28

    4 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 700 m away

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 0.8 km

  • Schools and child care5/8

    2 schools within 500 m · 6 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot2/10

    traffic calming

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

Four registered apartment buildings with 388 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 611 Cosburn Ave (281 m, 12 units, 3 storeys, built 1951), which scored 85 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
611 Cosburn Ave123195185 · Sep 2024281 m · 3 min
831 Cosburn Ave113195081 · Sep 2024457 m · 5 min
1430 Woodbine Ave social housing616199296 · Aug 2026774 m · 9 min
1501 Woodbine Ave · Metcap Living Management Inc30420196893 · Jul 20261 km · 12 min

4 registered buildings · 388 units · 1 social housing · tallest 20 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 two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle220house driveway/garage (1), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000—

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 Danforth East York.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Binswood & Cosburn 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 Binswood & Cosburn?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Jul 14, 2026, 53% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is Binswood & Cosburn a walkable intersection?

Binswood & Cosburn scores 39 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 · 6 licensed child cares within 1 km; 4 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km; 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 0.8 km. The crossing itself: traffic calming.

How fast do cars go at Binswood & Cosburn?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Cosburn Ave between Fairside Ave and Binswood Ave (September 2021), found an average of 43 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 234 m away (40 km/h), 4.3% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Binswood & Cosburn?

The nearest Green P car park is 850 Coxwell Ave (813 m away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 205 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 5,680 spaces — 7 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1612 Danforth Ave. (1.5 km).

How do I get to Binswood & Cosburn by transit?

Bus routes 87, 70, 8, 62, 404, 91, 93 within 1 km (nearest stop: Cosburn Ave at Binswood Ave, 15 m).

What restaurants are near Binswood & Cosburn?

None within 300 m, and 37 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Knuckle Sandwiches (528 m), Pizza Hut (544 m), Add Cafe (555 m), Little Coxwell Restaurant (569 m) and Lickadee Split Ice Cream Shoppe (574 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Binswood & Cosburn?

The nearest is East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Avenue, 731 m away (Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Kiwanis Outdoor Pool Washroom (900 m).

Is there child care near Binswood & Cosburn?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 584 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Lily's House Inc. (662 m, 15 spaces), Plains Road Child Care Inc. (685 m, 174 spaces) and Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) (780 m, 57 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Binswood & Cosburn?

Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 388 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 611 Cosburn Ave (281 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 831 Cosburn Ave (457 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 1430 Woodbine Ave (774 m, 61 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 1501 Woodbine Ave (1.0 km, 304 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 89 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Binswood & Cosburn?

Toronto Police place two 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 Danforth East York page.

What neighbourhood is Binswood & Cosburn in?

Binswood & Cosburn is in Danforth East York (City of Toronto neighbourhood 059). It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford.

Sources

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