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Binswood & Holborne

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

At its last City count, in 2015, Binswood & Holborne, in Danforth East York, was a quiet local crossing. Nearby are 8 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
628
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 17, 2015
149 pedestrians · 14 cyclists
Collisions
6
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
8 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
35/100
city median 48
36 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 871 m

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Binswood & Holborne

Traffic and safety

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

Traffic volume8-hour count · 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 16,177 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

Peak hours: 95 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 108 from 4:15 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 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.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions6
With an injury0
Property damage only2
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified4
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

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 (293 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.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Binswood Ave · Cosburn Ave – Plains Rd · 270 mNov 2003 · 3 days75939 km/h48 km/h53 km/h
Speed sign
Cosburn Ave (westbound), 293 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.

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 62 404 70 8 91 93 nearest 167 m
Blue Night
322
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Coxwell Ave / Plains Rd 693 m · 8 min · 19 docks · 4 stations, 60 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. · 1.4 km · 2 Level 2 ports; also 543 Strathmore Blvd (1.5 km), 31 Roseheath Ave (1.6 km)
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
7 mapped lots within 500 m, 210 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
850 Coxwell Ave · Surface645 m1862% (Q1 2026)
1612 Danforth Ave · Surface1.4 km2275% (Q1 2026)
737 Rhodes Ave · Surface1.5 km2450% (Q1 2026)
1439 Danforth Ave · Surface1.6 km1895% (Q1 2026)
101 Cedarvale Ave · Surface1.7 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

No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Wayne's Supermarket, 871 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 36 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Jk Pizza, 568 m away. The nearest pharmacy is East York Pharmasave, 601 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Michael Garron Hospital, 671 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Jk Pizza · 825 Coxwell Ave Rm-Fc-3568 m · 7 min
  • Oriental Chopsticks · 825 Coxwell Ave Flr-Fc-2568 m · 7 min
  • Subway · 825 Coxwell Ave 5568 m · 7 min
  • Tim Hortons · 825 Coxwell Ave Flr-Main568 m · 7 min
  • U-Naru Sushi · 825 Coxwell Ave Unit-G105568 m · 7 min
0 within 300 m · 36 within 1 km
Grocery
Wayne's Supermarket 871 m · 10 min · 2 within 1 km
Food shops
East York Deli 501 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
East York Pharmasave 601 m · 7 min · 4 within 1 km
Child care
  • Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) · 57 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day618 m · 7 min
  • McGregor Jr YMCA · 251 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day632 m · 8 min
  • Plains Road Child Care Inc. · 174 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day812 m · 10 min
7 licensed centres · 824 spaces within 1 km · 5 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • East York Civic Centre · Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed · accessible663 m · 8 min
  • Earl Beatty Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed948 m · 11 min
Drinking water: Memorial Gardens Park 581 m · 7 min
Health and care
  • Michael Garron Hospital · hospital site671 m · 8 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 (11)
  • Les Anthony Parkette256 m · 3 min
  • Memorial Gardens Park632 m · 8 min
  • East York Civic Centre640 m · 8 min
  • True Davidson Park738 m · 9 min
  • Cosburn Park792 m · 9 min
and 6 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (12)
  • East York Alternative Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 294 m · 4 min
  • East York Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 503 m · 6 min
  • R H McGregor Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 632 m · 8 min
  • Cosburn Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 748 m · 9 min
  • Canadian Martyrs Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 812 m · 10 min
and 7 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch710 m · 8 min
  • Toronto Public Library Danforth/Coxwell branch1.2 km · 15 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.

35of 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 food9/30

    2 grocery stores within 1 km · 36 within 1 km

  • Transit12/28

    3 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 710 m away

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 0.9 km

  • Schools and child care4/8

    1 school within 500 m · 7 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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

Within a kilometre there are four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 96 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 611 Cosburn Ave (423 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 84, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
611 Cosburn Ave123195185 · Sep 2024423 m · 5 min
831 Cosburn Ave113195081 · Sep 2024533 m · 6 min
1430 Woodbine Ave social housing616199296 · Aug 2026901 m · 11 min
494 Mortimer Ave · Deborah Holmes123196574 · Jun 2024919 m · 11 min

4 registered buildings · 96 units · 1 social housing · tallest 6 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

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

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200house 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 & 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 at the City's last count here, in 2015. Its latest count is from Dec 17, 2015, 7% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Binswood & Holborne a walkable intersection?

Binswood & Holborne scores 35 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: 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 0.9 km; 1 school within 500 m · 7 licensed child cares within 1 km; 3 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km.

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 293 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 & Holborne?

The nearest Green P car park is 850 Coxwell Ave (645 m away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 210 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 5,630 spaces — 7 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1612 Danforth Ave. (1.4 km).

How do I get to Binswood & Holborne by transit?

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

What restaurants are near Binswood & Holborne?

None within 300 m, and 36 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Jk Pizza (568 m), Oriental Chopsticks (568 m), Subway (568 m), Tim Hortons (568 m) and U-Naru Sushi (568 m). 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, 663 m away (Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Earl Beatty Community Centre Washroom (948 m).

Is there child care near Binswood & Holborne?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 824 spaces in total; 5 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) (618 m, 57 spaces), McGregor Jr YMCA (632 m, 251 spaces) and Plains Road Child Care Inc. (812 m, 174 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Binswood & Holborne?

Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 96 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 611 Cosburn Ave (423 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 831 Cosburn Ave (533 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 1430 Woodbine Ave (901 m, 61 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 494 Mortimer Ave (919 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 74). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 84 out of 100.

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. 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

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