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Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time
Getting here
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk
Transit & cycling
- TTC bus
- 87087919340462 nearest 200 m
- Blue Night
- 322
- Nearest stops
- 10 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Coxwell Ave / Plains Rd 316 m · 19 docks · 6 stations, 98 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 (14)
- East York Alternative Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 204 m
- East York Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 301 m
- Canadian Martyrs Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 465 m
- Cosburn Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 569 m
- Diefenbaker Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 585 m
- Parkside Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 742 m
- and 8 more
- Community centres
- East York Memorial Arena765 m
- Stan Wadlow Clubhouse793 m
- East York Sports Centre898 m
- Earl Beatty Community Centre1.2 km
- Parks (15)
- Cullen Bryant Park493 m
- Les Anthony Parkette612 m
- Cosburn Park615 m
- Memorial Gardens Park666 m
- True Davidson Park679 m
- East York Civic Centre685 m
- and 9 more
- Library
- Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch649 m
- Toronto Public Library Danforth/Coxwell branch1.5 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; 45 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Knuckle Sandwiches, 308 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 5 infractions noted.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Knuckle Sandwiches · 969 Coxwell Ave | 308 m | Passed, Aug 2026 · 5 infractions |
| Pizza Hut · 985 Coxwell Ave | 310 m | Passed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions |
| Coxwell Milk Convenience · 1011 Coxwell Avegrocery | 325 m | Passed, Mar 2025 |
| Free Topping Pizza · 1015 Coxwell Ave | 325 m | Passed, Sep 2026 · 3 infractions |
| East York Collegiate Institute · 650 Cosburn Ave | 327 m | Passed, Oct 2025 |
| Lucky Elinext Mart · 1021 Coxwell Ave | 333 m | Passed, Jul 2024 |
| Little Coxwell Restaurant · 986 Coxwell Ave | 334 m | Passed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions |
| Yaya's · 1027 Coxwell Ave | 337 m | Passed, Feb 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, 701 m away, Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed; it is wheelchair-accessible.
- East York Civic Centre · 850 Coxwell Avenue
Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed · accessible701 m - Kiwanis Outdoor Pool Washroom · 375 Cedarvale Ave
View outdoor pool hours726 m - Stan Wadlow Park Washroom · 888 Cosburn Ave
9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible803 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
Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 584 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Lily's House Inc. (368 m, 15 spaces, toddler).
- Lily's House Inc. · 1032 Coxwell Ave
15 spaces · toddler · $10-a-day368 m - Plains Road Child Care Inc. · 520 Plains Rd
174 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day465 m - Centennial College East York Day Care (Plains Rd) · 175 Plains Rd
56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day585 m - Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) · 550 Mortimer Ave
57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day713 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 224 (682 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (3.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.
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 (355 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.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 611 Cosburn Ave | 12 | 3 | 1951 | 85 · Sep 2024 | 0 | 355 m |
| 831 Cosburn Ave | 11 | 3 | 1950 | 81 · Sep 2024 | 0 | 492 m |
| 1430 Woodbine Avesocial housing | 61 | 6 | 1992 | 96 · Aug 2026 | 0 | 521 m |
| 1501 Woodbine Ave · Metcap Living Management Inc | 304 | 20 | 1968 | 93 · Jul 2026 | 29 · 11 fire | 644 m |
| 494 Mortimer Ave · Deborah Holmes | 12 | 3 | 1965 | 74 · Jun 2024 | 0 | 917 m |
| 470 Mortimer Ave · Mortimer Rentals Inc | 42 | 4 | 1957 | 90 · Jun 2024 | 0 | 1 km |
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
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 850 Coxwell Ave · Surface | 723 m | 18 | 62% (Q1 2026) |
| 1612 Danforth Ave · Surface | 1.5 km | 22 | 75% (Q1 2026) |
| 737 Rhodes Ave · Surface | 1.5 km | 24 | 50% (Q1 2026) |
| 1439 Danforth Ave · Surface | 1.6 km | 18 | 95% (Q1 2026) |
| 101 Cedarvale Ave · Surface | 1.6 km | 35 | 50% (Q1 2026) |
Nearest lots: 200 m away, ≈36 spaces; 281 m away, ≈149 spaces; 297 m away, ≈10 spaces; 317 m away, ≈25 spaces; 329 m away, ≈22 spaces; 332 m away, ≈18 spaces. More EV charging: 1612 Danforth Ave. (1.5 km, 2 ports); 124 Mount Joy Ave (1.8 km, 2 ports); 31 Roseheath Ave (1.8 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, Oct 17, 2001
Traffic is heaviest from the west: 483 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 36% of the total, against 144 from the south. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 321 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 19% above the afternoon peak from 5:00 p.m. (269). Heavy vehicles made up 1.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 25 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2001, 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.
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, 104 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. Plains Rd between Woodmount Ave and Rednor Rd measured slower: 33 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 43 km/h (Sep 2004). 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 (308 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.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binswood Ave · Cosburn Ave – Plains Rd · 104 m | Nov 2003 · 3 days | 759 | 39 km/h | 48 km/h | 53 km/h |
| Plains Rd · Woodmount Ave – Rednor Rd · 398 m | Sep 2004 · 3 days | 1,074 | 33 km/h | 43 km/h | 48 km/h |
School-zone speed sign 308 m
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.
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 2024, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 1 collision (20%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (20%). The most recent report on file is from Aug 14, 2024.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 5 | #5060 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 1 | #4472 of 4,660 |
| Property damage only | 3 | |
| Fail to remain | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | #2242 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| All since 2014 | 6 | latest Aug 14, 2024 |
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
Four thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 4 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (2), house driveway/garage (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 19, 2024. 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 Old East York.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Binswood & Plains a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 5 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 & Plains?
A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Oct 17, 2001, 14% of the median for a counted intersection.
How fast do cars go at Binswood & Plains?
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 308 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 & Plains?
The nearest Green P car park is 850 Coxwell Ave (723 m away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 399 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,190 spaces — 18 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 543 Strathmore Blvd (1.5 km).
How do I get to Binswood & Plains by transit?
Bus routes 8, 70, 87, 91, 93, 404, 62 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Binswood & Plains?
None within 300 m, and 45 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Knuckle Sandwiches (308 m), Pizza Hut (310 m), Free Topping Pizza (325 m), East York Collegiate Institute (327 m) and Lucky Elinext Mart (333 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 & Plains?
The nearest is East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Avenue, 701 m away (Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Kiwanis Outdoor Pool Washroom (726 m); Stan Wadlow Park Washroom (803 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 & Plains?
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. (368 m, 15 spaces), Plains Road Child Care Inc. (465 m, 174 spaces) and Centennial College East York Day Care (Plains Rd) (585 m, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Binswood & Plains?
Six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 442 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 611 Cosburn Ave (355 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 831 Cosburn Ave (492 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 1430 Woodbine Ave (521 m, 61 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 1501 Woodbine Ave (644 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 & Plains?
Toronto Police place four 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 Old East York page.
What neighbourhood is Binswood & Plains in?
Binswood & Plains is in Old East York (City of Toronto neighbourhood 058). 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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Oct 17, 2001.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Aug 29, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Fire Station Locations, Police Facility Locations, Ambulance Station Locations.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport with the Ontario LTB Order Catalogue and Toronto Fire Services inspection data (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Aug 19, 2024.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 19 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting here: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Walking distance: City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Parking: Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations.
- Coordinates: 43.69679, -79.32478 · centreline node 13458485.