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Bloor & Delaware (East)

Bloor St W & Delaware Ave (East) · Toronto, Ontario · Palmerston-Little Italy · Ward 9, Davenport · Bloorcourt Village BIA

Bloor & Delaware (East), in Palmerston-Little Italy, in central Toronto, is an intersection of typical volume, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has Ossington Station, a protected bikeway and parks at the corner.

Traffic volume
12,934
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jan 7, 2025
5,933 pedestrians · 1,329 cyclists · #1478 busiest
Collisions
58
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
10 with an injury · 42 property damage · #1839 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
Ossington Station
subway station within 250 m
1 streetcar route · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 920 vehicles, 80% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 2.2 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 10.3% of vehicle volume, about 13× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 5.8 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 4.5 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 24%, from 33 in 2016–2020 to 25 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Bloor & Delaware (East)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Ossington Station (Line 2)66 m; Dufferin Station (Line 2)477 m; Christie Station (Line 2)785 m
Streetcar
506 nearest 876 m
TTC bus
16163942940212626 nearest 95 m
Express
929
Blue Night
306300363329
Nearest stops
14 surface stops within 300 m — Concord Ave at Bloor St West
Cycling
Cycle Track on Bloor St W installed 2020
Bike Share
Concord Ave / Bloor St W 110 m · 15 docks · 23 stations, 409 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 (28)
  • St Mary Catholic Academy Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 526 m
  • St Anthony Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 604 m
  • Central Toronto Academy & Horizon Alternative SrEnglish Public · 620 m
  • St Bruno & St Raymond Catholic Elementary School (Future Site)English Separate · 641 m
  • West End Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 667 m
  • Dewson Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 718 m
  • and 22 more
Parks (34)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch510 m
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch945 m
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Randolph Centre for the ArtsPerforming Arts · 1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 61 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 8 grocery and convenience stores, and 278 eating places within a kilometre — 3.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Ambassador Pizza Co., 5 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés61 within 300 m · 278 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience8 within 300 m · 47 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Ambassador Pizza Co. · 946 Bloor St W5 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Laziza Mediterranean Cuisine · 950 Bloor St W33 mPassed, Sep 2026
Hurricanes Roadhouse Restaurant · 963 Bloor St W53 mPassed, Jun 2026
Fat Bastard Burrito · 930 Bloor St W55 mPassed, Sep 2026
Teddy Beer · 928 Bloor St W58 mPassed, May 2026
Sistering · 962 Bloor St W62 mPassed, Jun 2026
Arada Bar & Restaurant · 965 Bloor St W64 mPassed, May 2026 · 3 infractions
Michael Collins Irish Pub · 926 Bloor St W70 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction

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 Dovercourt Park Washroom, 587 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 204 m away at Northumberland Playground.

  • Dovercourt Park Washroom · 155 Bartlett Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    587 m
  • Dufferin Grove Sports Field Washroom · 875 Dufferin St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    594 m
  • Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom · 779 Crawford St
    View outdoor pool hours
    621 m
Drinking water
Northumberland Playground drinking fountain · 204 m; Salem Parkette bottle filling station · 220 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

15 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,257 spaces; 11 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue South (193 m, 39 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km15 centres · 1,257 spaces
Fee subsidy11 of 15
  • Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue South · 720 Ossington Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    193 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue North · 756 Ossington Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    194 m
  • Bloorcourt Village Early Learning Centre · 823 Dovercourt Rd
    106 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    232 m
  • Kids Korner Day Care · 180 Westmoreland Ave
    24 spaces · preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    612 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 345 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 156 m away.

FireFire Station 345 · 1 km1285 Dufferin St
Police14 Division · 1.1 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 156 m760 Dovercourt Rd

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

25 registered apartment buildings with 1,436 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 220 Delaware Ave (84 m, 16 units, 4 storeys, built 1930), which scored 79 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 25 scored below 70; the average is 83, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 43 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings25 · 1,436 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score83 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202643 across the 25
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
220 Delaware Ave · Imtradex Corp164193079 · Jul 2025084 m
767 Dovercourt Rd · Jdc Property Management Inc.193200894 · Jul 20250113 m
730 Dovercourt Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management35620196797 · Jul 202514220 m
1019 Bloor St W · Donros Developments Limited263192863 · Jul 20260245 m
675 Dovercourt Rd113194045 · Jul 20260253 m
357 Rusholme Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management26716196995 · Jul 202610254 m
323 Rusholme Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management22620196887 · Jun 202511319 m
177 Pendrith StToronto Community Housing · TCH543196485 · Aug 20250492 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 lots712 lots · ≈22,560 spaces · 67.7 ha
Within 500 m52 lots · ≈880 spaces
Green P (public)18 car parks · about 809 spaces
EV charging (City)685 Dovercourt Rd · 214 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking128 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 54 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
745 Ossington Ave · Surface219 m4667% (Q1 2026)
9 Salem Ave · Surface298 m3374% (Q1 2026)
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface407 m3763% (Q1 2026)
376 Clinton St · Surface903 m3468% (Q1 2026)
9 Emerson Ave · Surface1 km4963% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 31 m away, ≈18 spaces; 36 m away, ≈6 spaces; 72 m away, ≈25 spaces; 81 m away, ≈3 spaces; 83 m away, ≈6 spaces; 87 m away, ≈16 spaces. More EV charging: 705 Shaw St (426 m, 2 ports); 273 Christie St (1.2 km, 2 ports); 74 Clinton Street (1.3 km, 4 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 — 14-hour, Jan 7, 2025

The west leg carries the load — 6,882 eastbound vehicles, or 53% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 4. Most cyclists arrived from the west (685 of 1,329). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,036 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,096 from 2:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 20 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north4southbound · 19 bikes · 25.0% heavy
From the west6,882eastbound · 685 bikes · 2.6% heavy
Total vehicles12,9345,933 pedestrians · 1,329 cyclists · 3.0% heavy
From the east5,751westbound · 589 bikes · 3.5% heavy
From the south297northbound · 36 bikes · 3.4% heavy
AM peak hour1,036 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,096 vehicles from 2:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jan 7, 2025

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

The City's counter on Bloor St W between Westmoreland Ave and Rusholme Rd (231 m away) recorded an average of 33 km/h in its 7-day count in June 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 43 km/h. That segment carries about 11,000 vehicles a day. Delaware Ave between Lane N of Bloor and E of Delaware and Northumberland St measured slower: 20 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 29 km/h (Nov 2019). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Delaware Ave · Lane N of Bloor and E of Delaware – Northumberland St · 83 mNov 2019 · 2 days94720 km/h29 km/h33 km/h
Bloor St W · Westmoreland Ave – Rusholme Rd · 231 mJun 2022 · 7 days10,98933 km/h43 km/h49 km/h

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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 8 collisions. 17% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 17% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). The most recent report on file is from Sep 2, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 4.5 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions58#1839 of 5,508
With an injury10#1677 of 4,660
Property damage only42
Fail to remain10
Involving a pedestrian2#1582 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist8#186 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
All since 201471latest Sep 2, 2025

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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and 17 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 4 in 2023–2025, about 1.3 a year, against 2.1 a year before that. 41% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft1740street/outdoor (7), transit property (5)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 8, 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 Palmerston-Little Italy.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Bloor & Delaware (East) a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 58 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 Bloor & Delaware (East)?

An intersection of typical volume. It ranks #1478 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 80% of the median for a counted intersection, and #354 for pedestrians.

How fast do cars go at Bloor & Delaware (East)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Bloor St W between Westmoreland Ave and Rusholme Rd (June 2022), found an average of 33 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 43 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Bloor & Delaware (East)?

The nearest Green P car park is 745 Ossington Ave (219 m away, 46 spaces, 67% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 712 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,560 spaces — 52 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 685 Dovercourt Rd (214 m).

How do I get to Bloor & Delaware (East) by transit?

Ossington Station (Line 2) is 66 m away; streetcar route 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 876 m away; bus routes 161, 63, 94, 29, 402, 126, 26, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: Concord Ave at Bloor St West, 95 m).

What restaurants are near Bloor & Delaware (East)?

61 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 278 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Ambassador Pizza Co. (5 m), Laziza Mediterranean Cuisine (33 m), Hurricanes Roadhouse Restaurant (53 m), Fat Bastard Burrito (55 m) and Teddy Beer (58 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 Bloor & Delaware (East)?

The nearest is Dovercourt Park Washroom, 155 Bartlett Ave, 587 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Dufferin Grove Sports Field Washroom (594 m); Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom (621 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 Bloor & Delaware (East)?

15 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,257 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue South (193 m, 39 spaces), Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue North (194 m, 49 spaces) and Bloorcourt Village Early Learning Centre (232 m, 106 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bloor & Delaware (East)?

25 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,436 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 220 Delaware Ave (84 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 79), 767 Dovercourt Rd (113 m, 19 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 730 Dovercourt Rd (220 m, 356 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 1019 Bloor St W (245 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 63). The average RentSafeTO score across the 25 is 83 out of 100; 3 scored below 70. 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 Bloor & Delaware (East)?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and 17 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 Palmerston-Little Italy page.

What neighbourhood is Bloor & Delaware (East) in?

Bloor & Delaware (East) is in Palmerston-Little Italy (City of Toronto neighbourhood 080). It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo. The corner falls inside the Bloorcourt Village Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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