Toronto · intersection · signal 1438

Black Creek Dr & Photography Dr

Toronto, Ontario · Keelesdale-Eglinton West · Ward 5, York South-Weston

Black Creek Dr & Photography Dr is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in Keelesdale-Eglinton West. It has parks at the corner. Nearby: Mount Dennis Station (Line 5) 408 m away and Mount Dennis GO 466 m away.

Traffic volume
14,547
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 20, 2019
163 pedestrians · 28 cyclists
Collisions
63
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
14 with an injury · 47 property damage · #1717 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #712 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Mount Dennis Station 408 m · 13 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,820 vehicles an hour, 1.57× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 89 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 6.3 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 43%, from 40 in 2016–2020 to 23 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 63 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Black Creek Dr & Photography Dr

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Mount Dennis Station (Line 5)408 m; Keelesdale Station (Line 5)764 m
GO Transit
Mount Dennis GO — Kitchener466 m
UP Express
Mount Dennis GO/UP 466 m — trains to Pearson
TTC bus
1718916116834164273235717341158 nearest 19 m
Express
989941
Blue Night
334341
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Black Creek Dr at Photography Dr
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
York Recreation Centre 258 m · 23 docks · 5 stations, 119 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 (19)
  • Keelesdale Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 400 m
  • Dennis Avenue Community School (Closed Location)English Public · 478 m
  • Santa Maria Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 589 m
  • St Oscar Romero Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 620 m
  • York Memorial Collegiate Institute (Under Construction)English Public · 658 m
  • York Memorial Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 659 m
  • and 13 more
Community centres
Parks (23)
  • Keelesdale Park169 m
  • York Civic Centre523 m
  • North Keelesdale Park555 m
  • Coronation Park - York591 m
  • York Stadium600 m
  • Westlake Park645 m
  • and 17 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Mount Dennis branch536 m
  • Toronto Public Library Evelyn Gregory branch754 m
Signal
1438, activated 1982 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores, and 79 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Id Love Restaurant, 233 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in December 2025 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 79 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 18 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Charlies Meats · 25 Photography Drgrocery196 mPassed, Jun 2026
Easy Seafood · 25 Photography Drgrocery196 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Sam & Nancy's No Frills · 25 Photography Drgrocery196 mPassed, May 2025
Id Love Restaurant · 925 Weston Rd Unit-3233 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction
Beira Mar Restaurant & Sports Bar · 995 Weston Rd Unit-C273 mPassed, May 2026
Pastel Brasil · 995 Weston Rd Unit-10273 mPassed, May 2026
Pizza Tazza · 878a Weston Rd275 mPassed, Jun 2026
Bodega de Weston Latin Market · 876 Weston Rdgrocery288 mPassed, May 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 York Recreation Centre Washroom, 225 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 298 m away at Keelesdale Park.

  • York Recreation Centre Washroom · 115 Black Creek Dr
    View centre hours
    225 m
  • York Civic Centre · 2700 Eglinton Avenue West
    Mon-Fri 8:00am-5:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed · accessible
    519 m
Drinking water
Keelesdale Park drinking fountain · 298 m; North Keelesdale Park bottle filling station · 466 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 570 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Macaulay - Keelesdale Child Care Centre (400 m, 100 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km8 centres · 570 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 8
  • Macaulay - Keelesdale Child Care Centre · 200 Bicknell Ave
    100 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    400 m
  • George Brown - Dennis Avenue Child Care Centre · 17 Dennis Ave
    136 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    478 m
  • Lef- Silverthorn Early Learning Earth Centre · 2700 Eglinton Ave W
    36 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    519 m
  • Romero Bears Child Care Centre · 99 Humber Blvd
    26 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    620 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 421 (339 m), the nearest police station 12 Division (1.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 757 m away.

FireFire Station 421 · 339 m6 Lambton Ave
Police12 Division · 1.1 km200 Trethewey Drive
AmbulanceEMS 19 Post · 757 m2660 Eglinton Ave W

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

48 registered apartment buildings with 2,486 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, seven of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 2 Jasper Ave (284 m, 22 units, 3 storeys, built 1954), which scored 98 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 63 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 11 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings48 · 2,486 units · 7 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202663 across the 48
Open fire-code violations11
Tallest16 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2 Jasper Ave · Jasper Homes223195498 · Nov 20250284 m
872 Weston Rd · Amk2000 Holdings Inc123195698 · Nov 20250308 m
870 Weston Rd · Amk 2000 Holdings Inc113195698 · Nov 20250317 m
1059 Weston Rd · Meckk Properties Limited143197287 · Jul 20260365 m
1061 Weston Rd113195288 · Jul 20260379 m
38 Lambton Ave · Sterling Karamar Property Management263195890 · Nov 20252491 m
40 Lambton Ave · Bedford Properties263195890 · Nov 20253510 m
2701 Eglinton Ave W · Sterling Karamar Property Management494195396 · Nov 20254513 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 lots574 lots · ≈47,290 spaces · 141.9 ha
Within 500 m41 lots · ≈2,380 spaces
Green P (public)7 car parks · about 240 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
2700 Eglinton Avenue West · Surface570 m109 *
2700 Eglinton Avenue West · Surface602 m38 *
2623 Eglinton Ave W · Surface693 m1224% (Q1 2026)
1169 Weston Rd · Surface715 m3658% (Q1 2026)
301 Scott Rd · Surface899 m1064% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 157 m away, ≈585 spaces; 180 m away, ≈444 spaces; 202 m away, ≈10 spaces; 207 m away, ≈42 spaces; 220 m away, ≈61 spaces; 247 m away, ≈25 spaces.

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 20, 2019

The south leg carries the load — 6,966 northbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 294. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,989 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 8% above the morning peak from 7:30 a.m. (1,840). Trucks and buses were 15.2% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 7 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2019, 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 north6,591southbound · 6 bikes · 14.7% heavy
From the west696eastbound · 1 bikes · 17.4% heavy
Total vehicles14,547163 pedestrians · 28 cyclists · 15.2% heavy
From the east294westbound · 4 bikes · 10.9% heavy
From the south6,966northbound · 17 bikes · 15.8% heavy
AM peak hour1,840 vehicles from 7:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,989 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 20, 2019

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.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

2018 was the peak year (13 collisions), and 2025 closed with 7. 22% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 6% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 8, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions63#1717 of 5,508
With an injury14#1246 of 4,660
Property damage only47
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201480latest May 8, 2026

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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 motorcyclist was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Aug 12, 2017.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#712 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Aug 12, 2017

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

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle210street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 16, 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 Keelesdale-Eglinton West.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Black Creek Dr & Photography Dr a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#712 of 1,505), out of 63 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Black Creek Dr & Photography Dr?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Jun 20, 2019, 1.57× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Black Creek Dr & Photography Dr?

The nearest Green P car park is 2700 Eglinton Avenue West (570 m away, 109 spaces). The City's mapping shows 574 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 47,290 spaces — 41 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Black Creek Dr & Photography Dr by transit?

Mount Dennis Station (Line 5) is 408 m away; Mount Dennis GO is 466 m away; bus routes 171, 89, 161, 168, 34, 164, 27, 32 and 7 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Black Creek Dr at Photography Dr, 19 m).

What restaurants are near Black Creek Dr & Photography Dr?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 79 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Id Love Restaurant (233 m), Beira Mar Restaurant & Sports Bar (273 m), Pastel Brasil (273 m) and Pizza Tazza (275 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 Black Creek Dr & Photography Dr?

The nearest is York Recreation Centre Washroom, 115 Black Creek Dr, 225 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: York Civic Centre (519 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 Black Creek Dr & Photography Dr?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 570 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Macaulay - Keelesdale Child Care Centre (400 m, 100 spaces), George Brown - Dennis Avenue Child Care Centre (478 m, 136 spaces) and Lef- Silverthorn Early Learning Earth Centre (519 m, 36 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Black Creek Dr & Photography Dr?

48 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,486 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2 Jasper Ave (284 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 872 Weston Rd (308 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 870 Weston Rd (317 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 1059 Weston Rd (365 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 87). The average RentSafeTO score across the 48 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 Black Creek Dr & Photography Dr?

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 Keelesdale-Eglinton West page.

What neighbourhood is Black Creek Dr & Photography Dr in?

Black Creek Dr & Photography Dr is in Keelesdale-Eglinton West (City of Toronto neighbourhood 110), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 5, York South-Weston, represented by Councillor Frances Nunziata.

Sources

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