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Bloor & Ellis Park

Bloor St W & Ellis Park Rd · Toronto, Ontario · High Park-Swansea · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

Bloor & Ellis Park, in High Park-Swansea, is an intersection of typical volume, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. At the corner: High Park Station, a protected bikeway and parks.

Traffic volume
14,452
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 16, 2026
4,637 pedestrians · 1,687 cyclists · #1339 busiest
Collisions
75
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
18 with an injury · 47 property damage · #1453 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
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
High Park Station
subway station within 250 m
8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,030 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 3 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 11.7% of vehicle volume, about 15× the typical share. On average 7.5 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 5.2 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions rose 34%, from 32 in 2016–2020 to 43 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Bloor & Ellis Park

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
High Park Station (Line 2)244 m; Runnymede Station (Line 2)310 m; Keele Station (Line 2)931 m; Jane Station (Line 2)1 km
TTC bus
777920371301894189 nearest 356 m
Express
989941
Blue Night
300341
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m — Bloor St West at Clendenan Ave
Cycling
Cycle Track on Bloor St W installed 2020
Bike Share
Glendonwynne Rd / Bloor St W 251 m · 19 docks · 16 stations, 312 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 (17)
  • Humberside Montessori SchoolPrivate · 340 m
  • Ursula Franklin AcademyEnglish Public · 576 m
  • The Student SchoolEnglish Public · 585 m
  • Western Technical Commercial SchoolEnglish Public · 604 m
  • Runnymede Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 653 m
  • Erudite Elementary SchoolPrivate · 754 m
  • and 11 more
Community centres
Parks (25)
  • Parkview Gardens Parkette174 m
  • Kennedy - Margdon Parkette176 m
  • Bennett Park337 m
  • Neil McLellan Park491 m
  • Glenlake Square492 m
  • George Chater Parkette721 m
  • and 19 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Runnymede branch224 m
  • Toronto Public Library Swansea Memorial branch749 m
  • Toronto Public Library Annette Street branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • The Village PlayersPerforming Arts · 297 m
  • High ParkNature/ Park · 876 m
  • Taras H. Shevchenko MuseumMuseum · 1.3 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 15 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 82. The nearest is Ohana - Pandebonos & Coffee, 40 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés15 within 300 m · 82 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 20 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Ohana - Pandebonos & Coffee · 2100 Bloor St W40 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Greelz On Bloor · 2100 Bloor St W Unit-541 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Pizza Hut · 2100 Bloor St W 141 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
The Grenadier · 2100 Bloor St W41 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Ihalo Krunch · 2114 Bloor St W73 mPassed, May 2026
Wiki Cafe · 2114 Bloor St W73 mPassed, Jul 2026
Brasa Peruvian Kitchen · 2114 Bloor St W85 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
High Park Villa · 2140 Bloor St W120 mPassed, Jul 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 High Park Chess House Washroom, 395 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 313 m away at High Park.

  • High Park Chess House Washroom · 1873 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    395 m
  • High Park Sport Field Washroom · 1873 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    516 m
  • High Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Building Washroom · 1873 Bloor St W
    View facility hours · accessible
    528 m
Drinking water
High Park bottle filling station · 313 m; High Park drinking fountain · 384 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

18 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,329 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Humberside Montessori School (340 m, 120 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km18 centres · 1,329 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 18
  • Humberside Montessori School · 121 Kennedy Ave
    120 spaces · preschool
    340 m
  • Atelier Kids Inc. · 21 Quebec Ave
    44 spaces · preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy
    383 m
  • La Petite Ecole · 130 Kennedy Ave
    16 spaces · preschool
    398 m
  • The Montessori Schoolhouse · 290 Runnymede Rd
    16 spaces · preschool
    482 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 425 (731 m), the nearest police station 11 Division (2.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 132 m away.

FireFire Station 425 · 731 m83 Deforest Rd
Police11 Division · 2.3 km2054 Davenport Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 32 · 132 m9 Clendenan 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 33 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 4,962 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2001 Bloor St W (55 m, 60 units, 4 storeys, built 1930), which scored 94 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 60 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 7 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings33 · 4,962 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202660 across the 33
Open fire-code violations7
Tallest30 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2001 Bloor St W · Travi Inc.604193094 · Jul 2026055 m
2010 Bloor St W · Advent Property Management Services243192989 · Nov 20250123 m
1950 Bloor St W · Trivest Developments Corporation164194091 · Jul 20260321 m
1942 Bloor St W · Trivest Developments Corporation164194091 · Jul 20260340 m
117 Runnymede Rd424192790 · Aug 20261404 m
55 Quebec Ave · GWLRA Residential26425202092 · Jul 20242406 m
111 Runnymede Rd164196088 · Aug 20261 · 1 fire414 m
109 Runnymede Rd113195287 · Jul 20240419 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 lots485 lots · ≈17,710 spaces · 53.1 ha
Within 500 m29 lots · ≈630 spaces
Green P (public)13 car parks · about 1,157 spaces
EV charging (City)115 High Park Avenue · 680 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking51 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 90 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
255 Kennedy Ave · Surface326 m5665% (Q1 2026)
265 Durie St · Surface651 m14470% (Q1 2026)
265 Willard Ave · Surface878 m9053% (Q1 2026)
265 Armadale Ave · Surface1 km14458% (Q1 2026)
Keele Lot - 400 Indian Road · Surface1.2 km187 *

Nearest lots: 34 m away, ≈2 spaces; 75 m away, ≈9 spaces; 90 m away, ≈9 spaces; 139 m away, ≈10 spaces; 192 m away, ≈5 spaces; 252 m away, ≈100 spaces. More EV charging: 265 Armadale Ave (901 m, 9 ports); 535 Runnymeade Rd (1.2 km, 2 ports); 64 Annette St (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 — 14-hour, Jun 16, 2026

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 6,842 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 47% of the total, against 2,127 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the west (925 of 1,687). Evening rush dominates here: 1,406 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 1,231 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north0southbound · 7 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west5,483eastbound · 925 bikes · 2.6% heavy
Total vehicles14,4524,637 pedestrians · 1,687 cyclists · 2.3% heavy
From the east6,842westbound · 723 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the south2,127northbound · 32 bikes · 1.6% heavy
AM peak hour1,231 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,406 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 16, 2026

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 Bloor St W between Quebec Ave and High Park Trl, 308 m from the corner, a 2-day count in May 2009 put the average speed at 48 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 56 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 62 km/h or more. That segment carries about 17,000 vehicles a day. Ellis Park Rd between Wendigo Way and Lane S of Bloor and E of Ellis Park measured slower: 41 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Nov 2019). The reading is 17 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ellis Park Rd · Wendigo Way – Lane S of Bloor and E of Ellis Park · 203 mNov 2019 · 2 days4,66641 km/h48 km/h53 km/h
Bloor St W · Quebec Ave – High Park Trl · 308 mMay 2009 · 2 days16,99648 km/h56 km/h62 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 worst year was 2022, with 12 collisions; 2025 recorded 7. 18 collisions (24%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 18 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (24%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 29, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 5.2 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions75#1453 of 5,508
With an injury18#962 of 4,660
Property damage only47
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian1#2245 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist17#37 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist2
With a fatality0
Severity not classified10
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201490latest May 29, 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

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

One theft from a vehicle and five bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 40% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Jan 27, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft532street/outdoor (2), commercial premises (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 27, 2026. 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 High Park-Swansea.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Bloor & Ellis Park a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 75 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 & Ellis Park?

An intersection of typical volume. It ranks #1339 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection, and #430 for pedestrians.

How fast do cars go at Bloor & Ellis Park?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Bloor St W between Quebec Ave and High Park Trl (May 2009), found an average of 48 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 56 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Bloor & Ellis Park?

The nearest Green P car park is 255 Kennedy Ave (326 m away, 56 spaces, 65% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 485 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 17,710 spaces — 29 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 115 High Park Avenue (680 m).

How do I get to Bloor & Ellis Park by transit?

High Park Station (Line 2) is 244 m away; bus routes 77, 79, 203, 71, 30, 189, 41, 89 and 2 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Bloor St West at Clendenan Ave, 356 m).

What restaurants are near Bloor & Ellis Park?

15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 82 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Ohana - Pandebonos & Coffee (40 m), Greelz On Bloor (41 m), Pizza Hut (41 m), The Grenadier (41 m) and Ihalo Krunch (73 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 & Ellis Park?

The nearest is High Park Chess House Washroom, 1873 Bloor St W, 395 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: High Park Sport Field Washroom (516 m); High Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Building Washroom (528 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 & Ellis Park?

18 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,329 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest are Humberside Montessori School (340 m, 120 spaces), Atelier Kids Inc. (383 m, 44 spaces) and La Petite Ecole (398 m, 16 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bloor & Ellis Park?

33 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,962 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2001 Bloor St W (55 m, 60 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 2010 Bloor St W (123 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 1950 Bloor St W (321 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 1942 Bloor St W (340 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 33 is 92 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 Bloor & Ellis Park?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. 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 High Park-Swansea page.

What neighbourhood is Bloor & Ellis Park in?

Bloor & Ellis Park is in High Park-Swansea (City of Toronto neighbourhood 087). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.

Sources

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