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Binswood & Holborne

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

Binswood & Holborne, in Danforth East York, is a quiet local crossing. At the corner: a school within 250 m and a park. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
628
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 17, 2015
149 pedestrians · 14 cyclists
Collisions
6
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 2 property damage · #4800 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
7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 80 vehicles, 7% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 4 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 2.2% of vehicle volume, about 2.9× the typical share. That comes with about 0.6 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Binswood & Holborne

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
87624047091938 nearest 156 m
Blue Night
322
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Coxwell Ave / Plains Rd 491 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 (17)
  • East York Alternative Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 219 m
  • East York Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 372 m
  • R H McGregor Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 501 m
  • Cosburn Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 597 m
  • Canadian Martyrs Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 607 m
  • Diefenbaker Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 684 m
  • and 11 more
Community centres
Parks (19)
  • Les Anthony Parkette241 m
  • Memorial Gardens Park449 m
  • East York Civic Centre481 m
  • Cosburn Park560 m
  • True Davidson Park574 m
  • Cullen Bryant Park859 m
  • and 13 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch534 m
  • Toronto Public Library Danforth/Coxwell branch1.1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 49 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is East York Collegiate Institute, 337 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in October 2025.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 49 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 16 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
East York Collegiate Institute · 650 Cosburn Ave337 mPassed, Oct 2025
East York Deli · 903 Coxwell Avegrocery345 mPassed, Sep 2026
Jk Pizza · 825 Coxwell Ave Rm-Fc-3437 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction
Oriental Chopsticks · 825 Coxwell Ave Flr-Fc-2437 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction
Subway · 825 Coxwell Ave 5437 mPassed, Apr 2026
The General Store -Gift Shop · 825 Coxwell Ave437 mPassed, Feb 2026
Tim Hortons · 825 Coxwell Ave Flr-Main437 mPassed, Feb 2026
U-Naru Sushi · 825 Coxwell Ave Unit-G105437 mPassed, Jan 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, 480 m away, Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 441 m away at Memorial Gardens Park.

  • East York Civic Centre · 850 Coxwell Avenue
    Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed · accessible
    480 m
  • Kiwanis Outdoor Pool Washroom · 375 Cedarvale Ave
    View outdoor pool hours
    803 m
  • Earl Beatty Community Centre Washroom · 455 Glebeholme Blvd
    View centre hours
    829 m
Drinking water
Memorial Gardens Park drinking fountain · 441 m; Cosburn Park drinking fountain · 567 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 1,330 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) (455 m, 57 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km11 centres · 1,330 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 11
  • Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) · 550 Mortimer Ave
    57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    455 m
  • McGregor Jr YMCA · 555 Mortimer Ave
    251 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    501 m
  • Lily's House Inc. · 1032 Coxwell Ave
    15 spaces · toddler · $10-a-day
    598 m
  • Plains Road Child Care Inc. · 520 Plains Rd
    174 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    607 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 224 (573 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.2 km away.

FireFire Station 224 · 573 m1313 Woodbine Ave
Police55 Division · 2.8 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 46 · 1.2 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

Within a kilometre there are six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 442 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 611 Cosburn Ave (314 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 20240314 m
831 Cosburn Ave113195081 · Sep 20240448 m
1430 Woodbine Avesocial housing616199296 · Aug 20260665 m
494 Mortimer Ave · Deborah Holmes123196574 · Jun 20240737 m
470 Mortimer Ave · Mortimer Rentals Inc424195790 · Jun 20240817 m
1501 Woodbine Ave · Metcap Living Management Inc30420196893 · Jul 202629 · 11 fire823 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 lots383 lots · ≈14,070 spaces · 42.2 ha
Within 500 m18 lots · ≈510 spaces
Green P (public)6 car parks · about 167 spaces
EV charging (City)1612 Danforth Ave. · 1.1 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
850 Coxwell Ave · Surface471 m1862% (Q1 2026)
1612 Danforth Ave · Surface1.1 km2275% (Q1 2026)
737 Rhodes Ave · Surface1.2 km2450% (Q1 2026)
1439 Danforth Ave · Surface1.2 km1895% (Q1 2026)
101 Cedarvale Ave · Surface1.3 km3550% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 202 m away, ≈36 spaces; 303 m away, ≈14 spaces; 330 m away, ≈6 spaces; 331 m away, ≈28 spaces; 338 m away, ≈149 spaces; 386 m away, ≈33 spaces. More EV charging: 543 Strathmore Blvd (1.1 km, 2 ports); 31 Roseheath Ave (1.4 km, 2 ports); 124 Mount Joy Ave (1.4 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 — 8-hour, Dec 17, 2015

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 262 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 42% of the total, against 60 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 108 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 95 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Trucks and buses were 14.6% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 11 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2015, 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 north262southbound · 5 bikes · 16.0% heavy
From the west60eastbound · 1 bikes · 8.3% heavy
Total vehicles628149 pedestrians · 14 cyclists · 14.6% heavy
From the east82westbound · 3 bikes · 18.3% heavy
From the south224northbound · 5 bikes · 13.4% heavy
AM peak hour95 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour108 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 17, 2015

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

On Binswood Ave between Cosburn Ave and Plains Rd, 270 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2003 put the average speed at 39 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 48 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 53 km/h or more. That segment carries about 800 vehicles a day. The reading is 23 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Cosburn Ave (284 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 1,305 vehicles logged in February 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Binswood Ave · Cosburn Ave – Plains Rd · 270 mNov 2003 · 3 days75939 km/h48 km/h53 km/h

School-zone speed sign 284 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct0 · 28 km/h
Over the limit1.8%
50 km/h or more0.1%

Cosburn Ave (eastbound), S Side Cosburn Ave Flank of 63 Fairside Ave · 1,305 vehicles logged in February 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 worst year was 2022, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 67% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from May 31, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions6#4800 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only2
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
All since 20147latest May 31, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200house driveway/garage (1), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 25, 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 Danforth East York.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Binswood & Holborne a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 6 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 & Holborne?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Dec 17, 2015, 7% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Binswood & Holborne?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Binswood Ave between Cosburn Ave and Plains Rd (November 2003), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 284 m away (40 km/h), 0.1% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in February 2026.

Where can I park near Binswood & Holborne?

The nearest Green P car park is 850 Coxwell Ave (471 m away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 383 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,070 spaces — 18 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1612 Danforth Ave. (1.1 km).

How do I get to Binswood & Holborne by transit?

Bus routes 87, 62, 404, 70, 91, 93, 8 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Binswood & Holborne?

None within 300 m, and 49 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are East York Collegiate Institute (337 m), Jk Pizza (437 m), Oriental Chopsticks (437 m), Subway (437 m) and The General Store -Gift Shop (437 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 & Holborne?

The nearest is East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Avenue, 480 m away (Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Kiwanis Outdoor Pool Washroom (803 m); Earl Beatty Community Centre Washroom (829 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 & Holborne?

11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,330 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) (455 m, 57 spaces), McGregor Jr YMCA (501 m, 251 spaces) and Lily's House Inc. (598 m, 15 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Binswood & Holborne?

Six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 442 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 611 Cosburn Ave (314 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 831 Cosburn Ave (448 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 1430 Woodbine Ave (665 m, 61 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 494 Mortimer Ave (737 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 74). 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 & Holborne?

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 & Holborne in?

Binswood & Holborne 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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