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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 volume
8,614
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jul 14, 2026
248 pedestrians · 343 cyclists · #1807 busiest
Collisions
10
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 7 property damage · #4256 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 620 vehicles an hour, 53% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 35 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Cyclists were 4.0% of vehicle volume, about 5.1× the typical share. On average 1 collision a year was reported here in 2016–2025 — 1.2 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Binswood & Cosburn

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
87708624049193 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 378 m · 19 docks · 6 stations, 90 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 (15)
  • East York Alternative Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 103 m
  • East York Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 286 m
  • Canadian Martyrs Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 516 m
  • Cosburn Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 554 m
  • R H McGregor Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 613 m
  • Diefenbaker Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 613 m
  • and 9 more
Parks (18)
  • Les Anthony Parkette407 m
  • Memorial Gardens Park524 m
  • East York Civic Centre550 m
  • Cosburn Park554 m
  • True Davidson Park594 m
  • Cullen Bryant Park694 m
  • and 12 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch558 m
  • Toronto Public Library Danforth/Coxwell branch1.3 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m of the corner, and 46 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is East York Collegiate Institute, 275 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in October 2025.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 46 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
East York Collegiate Institute · 650 Cosburn Ave275 mPassed, Oct 2025
East York Deli · 903 Coxwell Avegrocery311 mPassed, Sep 2026
Knuckle Sandwiches · 969 Coxwell Ave390 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 5 infractions
Pizza Hut · 985 Coxwell Ave401 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Little Coxwell Restaurant · 986 Coxwell Ave411 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Lickadee Split Ice Cream Shoppe · 980 Coxwell Ave428 mPassed, Aug 2026
Lickadee Split Ice Cream Shoppe · 980 Coxwell Ave429 mPassed, Jul 2025
Starbucks Coffee · 976 Coxwell Ave430 mPassed, Aug 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

The nearest public washroom is East York Civic Centre, 559 m away, Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 529 m away at Memorial Gardens Park.

  • East York Civic Centre · 850 Coxwell Avenue
    Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed · accessible
    559 m
  • Kiwanis Outdoor Pool Washroom · 375 Cedarvale Ave
    View outdoor pool hours
    748 m
  • Stan Wadlow Park Washroom · 888 Cosburn Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    812 m
Drinking water
Memorial Gardens Park drinking fountain · 529 m; Cosburn Park drinking fountain · 556 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 628 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Lily's House Inc. (472 m, 15 spaces, toddler).

Within 1 km7 centres · 628 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 7
  • Lily's House Inc. · 1032 Coxwell Ave
    15 spaces · toddler · $10-a-day
    472 m
  • Plains Road Child Care Inc. · 520 Plains Rd
    174 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    516 m
  • Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) · 550 Mortimer Ave
    57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    554 m
  • McGregor Jr YMCA · 555 Mortimer Ave
    251 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    613 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 224 (597 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.4 km away.

FireFire Station 224 · 597 m1313 Woodbine Ave
Police55 Division · 2.9 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 46 · 1.4 km105 Cedarvale 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

Six registered apartment buildings with 442 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 611 Cosburn Ave (275 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 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 29 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 11 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings6 · 442 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202629 across the 6
Open fire-code violations11
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
611 Cosburn Ave123195185 · Sep 20240275 m
831 Cosburn Ave113195081 · Sep 20240431 m
1430 Woodbine Avesocial housing616199296 · Aug 20260576 m
1501 Woodbine Ave · Metcap Living Management Inc30420196893 · Jul 202629 · 11 fire726 m
494 Mortimer Ave · Deborah Holmes123196574 · Jun 20240800 m
470 Mortimer Ave · Mortimer Rentals Inc424195790 · Jun 20240871 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 lots398 lots · ≈17,370 spaces · 52.1 ha
Within 500 m18 lots · ≈480 spaces
Green P (public)6 car parks · about 167 spaces
EV charging (City)1612 Danforth Ave. · 1.3 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
850 Coxwell Ave · Surface567 m1862% (Q1 2026)
1612 Danforth Ave · Surface1.3 km2275% (Q1 2026)
737 Rhodes Ave · Surface1.3 km2450% (Q1 2026)
1439 Danforth Ave · Surface1.4 km1895% (Q1 2026)
101 Cedarvale Ave · Surface1.4 km3550% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 76 m away, ≈36 spaces; 252 m away, ≈149 spaces; 273 m away, ≈14 spaces; 293 m away, ≈6 spaces; 367 m away, ≈26 spaces; 374 m away, ≈14 spaces. More EV charging: 543 Strathmore Blvd (1.3 km, 2 ports); 31 Roseheath Ave (1.6 km, 2 ports); 124 Mount Joy Ave (1.6 km, 2 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 — 14-hour, 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 16,183 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
AM peak hour795 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour814 vehicles from 3:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jul 14, 2026

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 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. 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). The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Cosburn Ave (234 m away, 40 km/h limit), 4.0% of the 61,815 vehicles logged in July 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

School-zone speed sign 234 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct40 · 45 km/h
Over the limit18%
50 km/h or more4.0%

Cosburn Ave (westbound), N Side Cosburn Ave Approx 120m E of Coxwell Ave · 61,815 vehicles logged in July 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; 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

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, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 18, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 1.2 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions10#4256 of 5,508
With an injury2#3610 of 4,660
Property damage only7
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian1#2223 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201414latest Jun 18, 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.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle220house driveway/garage (1), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 13, 2023. 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. It ranks #1807 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 53% of the median for a counted intersection.

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), 4.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Binswood & Cosburn?

The nearest Green P car park is 850 Coxwell Ave (567 m away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 398 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 17,370 spaces — 18 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1612 Danforth Ave. (1.3 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?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 46 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are East York Collegiate Institute (275 m), Knuckle Sandwiches (390 m), Pizza Hut (401 m), Little Coxwell Restaurant (411 m) and Lickadee Split Ice Cream Shoppe (428 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 Binswood & Cosburn?

The nearest is East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Avenue, 559 m away (Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Kiwanis Outdoor Pool Washroom (748 m); Stan Wadlow Park Washroom (812 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 Binswood & Cosburn?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 628 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Lily's House Inc. (472 m, 15 spaces), Plains Road Child Care Inc. (516 m, 174 spaces) and Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) (554 m, 57 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Binswood & Cosburn?

Six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 442 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 611 Cosburn Ave (275 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 831 Cosburn Ave (431 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 1430 Woodbine Ave (576 m, 61 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 1501 Woodbine Ave (726 m, 304 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 6 is 87 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 Binswood & Cosburn?

Toronto Police place two 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 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

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