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Binswood & Virginia

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

Binswood & Virginia, in Danforth East York, is a low-volume local intersection, with significant cycling traffic. At the corner: a school within 250 m. 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
526
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 21, 2016
87 pedestrians · 30 cyclists
Collisions
1
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 1 property damage · #5502 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
1
TTC stop 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

The latest City count averages about 70 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 6% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 6 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 5.7% of vehicle volume, about 7.4× the typical share. On average 0.1 collisions a year were reported here in 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 & Virginia

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
87624047089193 nearest 76 m
Blue Night
322
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Cosburn Ave at Binswood Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Coxwell Ave / Plains Rd 433 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 (16)
  • East York Alternative Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 153 m
  • East York Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 324 m
  • R H McGregor Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 553 m
  • Canadian Martyrs Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 557 m
  • Cosburn Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 572 m
  • Diefenbaker Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 647 m
  • and 10 more
Community centres
Parks (18)
  • Les Anthony Parkette321 m
  • Memorial Gardens Park481 m
  • East York Civic Centre510 m
  • Cosburn Park552 m
  • True Davidson Park579 m
  • Cullen Bryant Park779 m
  • and 12 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch541 m
  • Toronto Public Library Danforth/Coxwell branch1.2 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 49. The nearest is East York Collegiate Institute, 298 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in October 2025.

Restaurants & cafés1 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 Ave298 mPassed, Oct 2025
East York Deli · 903 Coxwell Avegrocery320 mPassed, Sep 2026
Knuckle Sandwiches · 969 Coxwell Ave450 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 5 infractions
Pizza Hut · 985 Coxwell Ave464 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Little Coxwell Restaurant · 986 Coxwell Ave469 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Lickadee Split Ice Cream Shoppe · 980 Coxwell Ave483 mPassed, Aug 2026
Starbucks Coffee · 976 Coxwell Ave484 mPassed, Aug 2026
Lickadee Split Ice Cream Shoppe · 980 Coxwell Ave484 mPassed, Jul 2025

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, 514 m away, Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 479 m away at Memorial Gardens Park.

  • East York Civic Centre · 850 Coxwell Avenue
    Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed · accessible
    514 m
  • Kiwanis Outdoor Pool Washroom · 375 Cedarvale Ave
    View outdoor pool hours
    771 m
  • Stan Wadlow Park Washroom · 888 Cosburn Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    829 m
Drinking water
Memorial Gardens Park drinking fountain · 479 m; Cosburn Park drinking fountain · 557 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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,275 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) (500 m, 57 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km10 centres · 1,275 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 10
  • Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) · 550 Mortimer Ave
    57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    500 m
  • Lily's House Inc. · 1032 Coxwell Ave
    15 spaces · toddler · $10-a-day
    535 m
  • McGregor Jr YMCA · 555 Mortimer Ave
    251 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    553 m
  • Plains Road Child Care Inc. · 520 Plains Rd
    174 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    557 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 224 (577 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.

FireFire Station 224 · 577 m1313 Woodbine Ave
Police55 Division · 2.8 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 46 · 1.3 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 (286 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 20240286 m
831 Cosburn Ave113195081 · Sep 20240430 m
1430 Woodbine Avesocial housing616199296 · Aug 20260617 m
494 Mortimer Ave · Deborah Holmes123196574 · Jun 20240765 m
1501 Woodbine Ave · Metcap Living Management Inc30420196893 · Jul 202629 · 11 fire772 m
470 Mortimer Ave · Mortimer Rentals Inc424195790 · Jun 20240841 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 lots391 lots · ≈15,220 spaces · 45.7 ha
Within 500 m15 lots · ≈470 spaces
Green P (public)6 car parks · about 167 spaces
EV charging (City)1612 Danforth Ave. · 1.2 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
850 Coxwell Ave · Surface514 m1862% (Q1 2026)
1612 Danforth Ave · Surface1.2 km2275% (Q1 2026)
737 Rhodes Ave · Surface1.3 km2450% (Q1 2026)
1439 Danforth Ave · Surface1.3 km1895% (Q1 2026)
101 Cedarvale Ave · Surface1.3 km3550% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 131 m away, ≈36 spaces; 278 m away, ≈14 spaces; 289 m away, ≈149 spaces; 303 m away, ≈6 spaces; 379 m away, ≈14 spaces; 389 m away, ≈26 spaces. More EV charging: 543 Strathmore Blvd (1.2 km, 2 ports); 31 Roseheath Ave (1.5 km, 2 ports); 124 Mount Joy Ave (1.5 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, Jun 21, 2016

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 223 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 42% of the total, against 54 from the west. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 111 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 82% above the afternoon peak from 4:30 p.m. (61). Trucks and buses were 10.8% 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 10 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2016, 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 north223southbound · 10 bikes · 13.0% heavy
From the west54eastbound · 5 bikes · 3.7% heavy
Total vehicles52687 pedestrians · 30 cyclists · 10.8% heavy
From the east88westbound · 9 bikes · 11.4% heavy
From the south161northbound · 6 bikes · 9.9% heavy
AM peak hour111 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour61 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 21, 2016

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, 189 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. Virginia Ave between Fairside Ave and Binswood Ave measured slower: 30 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (Mar 2025). 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 (251 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
Virginia Ave · Fairside Ave – Binswood Ave · 127 mMar 2025 · 3 days22030 km/h39 km/h45 km/h
Binswood Ave · Cosburn Ave – Plains Rd · 189 mNov 2003 · 3 days75939 km/h48 km/h53 km/h

School-zone speed sign 251 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 2018, 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 Dec 30, 2018.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions1#5502 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only1
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 20142latest Dec 30, 2018

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

Three thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle300house driveway/garage (2), other (1)
Bicycle theft200house driveway/garage (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 14, 2022. 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 & Virginia a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 1 lesser collision. 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 & Virginia?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Jun 21, 2016, 6% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Binswood & Virginia?

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 251 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 & Virginia?

The nearest Green P car park is 850 Coxwell Ave (514 m away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 391 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 15,220 spaces — 15 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1612 Danforth Ave. (1.2 km).

How do I get to Binswood & Virginia by transit?

Bus routes 87, 62, 404, 70, 8, 91, 93 within 1 km (nearest stop: Cosburn Ave at Binswood Ave, 76 m).

What restaurants are near Binswood & Virginia?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 49 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are East York Collegiate Institute (298 m), Knuckle Sandwiches (450 m), Pizza Hut (464 m), Little Coxwell Restaurant (469 m) and Lickadee Split Ice Cream Shoppe (483 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 & Virginia?

The nearest is East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Avenue, 514 m away (Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Kiwanis Outdoor Pool Washroom (771 m); Stan Wadlow Park 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 & Virginia?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,275 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) (500 m, 57 spaces), Lily's House Inc. (535 m, 15 spaces) and McGregor Jr YMCA (553 m, 251 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Binswood & Virginia?

Six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 442 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 611 Cosburn Ave (286 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 831 Cosburn Ave (430 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 1430 Woodbine Ave (617 m, 61 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 494 Mortimer Ave (765 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 & Virginia?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and two 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 & Virginia in?

Binswood & Virginia 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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