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Binswood & Mortimer

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

At its last City count, in 2018, Binswood & Mortimer, in Danforth East York, was an intersection of typical volume. At the corner: a park. Nearby: Coxwell Station (Line 2) 879 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
5,856
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 2, 2018
161 pedestrians · 12 cyclists
Collisions
4
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
1
TTC stop within 100 m
Coxwell Station 879 m · 11 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
49/100
city median 48 · #2,728 of 5,672
30 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 662 m

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Binswood & Mortimer

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 · Oct 2, 2018

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 2,976 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 51% of the total, against 377 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 878 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 937 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 8 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west2,503eastbound · 5 bikes · 2.8% heavy
Total vehicles5,856161 pedestrians · 12 cyclists · 2.5% heavy
From the east2,976westbound · 6 bikes · 2.6% heavy
From the south377northbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy

Peak hours: 878 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 937 from 4:45 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 1 collision; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Aug 8, 2022.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Dec 6, 2006.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions4
With an injury0
Property damage only4
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20061latest Dec 6, 2006

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 Frater Ave and Mortimer Ave, 51 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2003 put the average speed at 34 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 45 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 52 km/h or more. That segment carries about 500 vehicles a day. The reading is 23 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Mortimer Ave between Durant Ave and Coxwell Ave measured slower: 35 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Nov 2023) — a much more recent reading than the one above. At the school-zone speed sign on Coxwell Ave (336 m away, 40 km/h limit), 9.0% of the 138,217 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Binswood Ave · Frater Ave – Mortimer Ave · 51 mNov 2003 · 3 days46134 km/h45 km/h52 km/h
Mortimer Ave · Durant Ave – Coxwell Ave · 396 mNov 2023 · 3 days11,71435 km/h44 km/h48 km/h
Speed sign
Coxwell Ave (southbound), 336 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 40 km/h, 85th percentile 47 km/h; 9.0% at 50 km/h or more. 138,217 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

Subway
Coxwell Station (Line 2)879 m · 10 min
TTC bus
62 404 70 87 91 93 8 22 nearest 45 m
Blue Night
322 300
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Mortimer Ave at Dunkirk Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Lumsden Ave / Cedarvale Ave 741 m · 9 min · 11 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.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
6 car parks · about 167 spaces
EV charging
1612 Danforth Ave. · 1.1 km · 2 Level 2 ports; also 543 Strathmore Blvd (1.2 km), 31 Roseheath Ave (1.3 km)
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
9 mapped lots within 500 m, 229 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
850 Coxwell Ave · Surface412 m1862% (Q1 2026)
1612 Danforth Ave · Surface1.1 km2275% (Q1 2026)
737 Rhodes Ave · Surface1.2 km2450% (Q1 2026)
1439 Danforth Ave · Surface1.4 km1895% (Q1 2026)
101 Cedarvale Ave · Surface1.5 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 Tienda Movil Latin Supermarket, 662 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 30 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Jk Pizza, 335 m away. The nearest pharmacy is East York Pharmasave, 368 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Michael Garron Hospital, 438 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Jk Pizza · 825 Coxwell Ave Rm-Fc-3335 m · 4 min
  • Oriental Chopsticks · 825 Coxwell Ave Flr-Fc-2335 m · 4 min
  • Subway · 825 Coxwell Ave 5335 m · 4 min
  • Tim Hortons · 825 Coxwell Ave Flr-Main335 m · 4 min
  • U-Naru Sushi · 825 Coxwell Ave Unit-G105335 m · 4 min
0 within 300 m · 30 within 1 km
Grocery
Tienda Movil Latin Supermarket 662 m · 8 min · 3 within 1 km
Food shops
Cheese Headz 500 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
East York Pharmasave 368 m · 4 min · 4 within 1 km
Child care
  • Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) · 57 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day397 m · 5 min
  • McGregor Jr YMCA · 251 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day399 m · 5 min
  • Beatty Buddies Daycare · 240 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day678 m · 8 min
6 licensed centres · 999 spaces within 1 km · all accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • East York Civic Centre · Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed · accessible500 m · 6 min
  • Earl Beatty Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed672 m · 8 min
Drinking water: Memorial Gardens Park 406 m · 5 min
Health and care
  • Michael Garron Hospital · hospital site438 m · 5 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 Parkette45 m
  • East York Civic Centre637 m · 8 min
  • Memorial Gardens Park667 m · 8 min
  • True Davidson Park777 m · 9 min
  • Cosburn Park864 m · 10 min
and 6 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (12)
  • R H McGregor Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 399 m · 5 min
  • East York Alternative Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 570 m · 7 min
  • Earl Beatty Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 678 m · 8 min
  • East York Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 724 m · 9 min
  • St Brigid Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 942 m · 11 min
and 7 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch749 m · 9 min
  • Toronto Public Library Danforth/Coxwell branch1 km · 11 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.

49of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,728 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food9/30

    3 grocery stores within 1 km · 30 within 1 km

  • Transit20/28

    Coxwell Station 0.9 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 11 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 749 m away

  • Parks and recreation8/10

    1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care7/8

    1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

  • 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 — 77 rental units. The nearest is 611 Cosburn Ave (644 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 83, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
611 Cosburn Ave123195185 · Sep 2024644 m · 8 min
494 Mortimer Ave · Deborah Holmes123196574 · Jun 2024686 m · 8 min
470 Mortimer Ave · Mortimer Rentals Inc424195790 · Jun 2024793 m · 9 min
831 Cosburn Ave113195081 · Sep 2024801 m · 10 min

4 registered buildings · 77 units · tallest 4 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), other (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 & Mortimer a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 4 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 & Mortimer?

An intersection of typical volume at the City's last count here, in 2018. Its latest count is from Oct 2, 2018, 63% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Binswood & Mortimer a walkable intersection?

Binswood & Mortimer scores 49 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,728 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; Coxwell Station 0.9 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 11 routes within 1 km.

How fast do cars go at Binswood & Mortimer?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Binswood Ave between Frater Ave and Mortimer Ave (November 2003), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 45 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 336 m away (40 km/h), 9.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Binswood & Mortimer?

The nearest Green P car park is 850 Coxwell Ave (412 m away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 229 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 6,010 spaces — 9 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 & Mortimer by transit?

Coxwell Station (Line 2) is 879 m away; bus routes 62, 404, 70, 87, 91, 93, 8, 22 within 1 km (nearest stop: Mortimer Ave at Dunkirk Rd, 45 m).

What restaurants are near Binswood & Mortimer?

None within 300 m, and 30 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Jk Pizza (335 m), Oriental Chopsticks (335 m), Subway (335 m), Tim Hortons (335 m) and U-Naru Sushi (335 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Binswood & Mortimer?

The nearest is East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Avenue, 500 m away (Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Earl Beatty Community Centre Washroom (672 m).

Is there child care near Binswood & Mortimer?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 999 spaces in total; all 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) (397 m, 57 spaces), McGregor Jr YMCA (399 m, 251 spaces) and Beatty Buddies Daycare (678 m, 240 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Binswood & Mortimer?

Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 77 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 611 Cosburn Ave (644 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 494 Mortimer Ave (686 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 74), 470 Mortimer Ave (793 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 831 Cosburn Ave (801 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 81). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 83 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Binswood & Mortimer?

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 & Mortimer in?

Binswood & Mortimer 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