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Bloor & Laurel

Bloor St W & Laurel Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Islington · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore

Bloor & Laurel is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in Islington. It has a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
23,946
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 1, 2023
139 pedestrians · 28 cyclists · #618 busiest
Collisions
13
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 11 property damage · #3942 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 2 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,710 vehicles an hour, 1.48× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 172 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 1.3 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 0.5 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Bloor & Laurel

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
49111112123 nearest 21 m
Express
900927
Blue Night
300345
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m — Bloor St West at Laurel Ave; Bloor St West at Tremont Rd East Side
Regional
MiWay 1 Dundas3 Bloor11 Westwood20 Rathburn35 Eglinton70 Keaton71 Sheridan101 Dundas Express108 Financial Express109 Meadowvale Express126 Burnhamthorpe Express135 Eglinton Express at Bloor St at Laurel Ave15 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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 (12)
  • Kingsley Primary SchoolPrivate · 244 m
  • Bloorlea Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 343 m
  • Etobicoke Secondary Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 481 m
  • St Elizabeth Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 587 m
  • Wedgewood Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 898 m
  • Toronto District School Board - West Education OfficeEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 6 more
Community centres
Parks (14)
  • Smithwood Park308 m
  • Silverhill Park496 m
  • Greenfield Park529 m
  • East Mall Park665 m
  • Cloverdale Park736 m
  • Wedgewood Park - Etobicoke768 m
  • and 8 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Eatonville branch1.1 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; 44 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Etobicoke Secondary, 480 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 44 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Etobicoke Secondary · 160 Silverhill Dr480 mPassed, May 2026
Plasp- St Elizabeth · 5 Redcar Ave600 mPassed, Feb 2025
St. Elizabeth · 5 Redcar Ave600 mPassed, Nov 2025
A & W · 250 the East Mall Unit-222652 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Bulk 'n Bits · 250 the East Mall Unit-169grocery652 mPassed, Mar 2026
Metro · 250 the East Mallgrocery652 mPassed, Jul 2026
Mr. Souvlaki · 250 the East Mall Unit-142652 mPassed, Apr 2026
Refresh · 250 the East Mall652 mPassed, Jul 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 Wedgewood Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 775 m away — currently listed as closed (closed for the season); in season it is View outdoor rink hours. A drinking fountain is 502 m away at East Mall Park.

  • Wedgewood Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 15 Swan Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    775 m
Drinking water
East Mall Park drinking fountain · 502 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

One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 129 spaces; it accepts City fee subsidy. The nearest is Wedgewood School Age YMCA (898 m, 129 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km1 centre · 129 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 1
  • Wedgewood School Age YMCA · 5 Swan Ave
    129 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    898 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 445 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 22 Division (1.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 445 · 1.3 km280 Burnhamthorpe Rd
Police22 Division · 1.9 km3699 Bloor Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 39 · 1.7 km155 the East Mall

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

11 registered apartment buildings with 1,051 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 340 The East Mall (480 m, 82 units, 8 storeys, built 1966), which scored 99 out of 100 at its June 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 53 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings11 · 1,051 units
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202653 across the 11
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest21 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
340 The East Mall · Metcap Living Management Inc.828196699 · Jun 20258480 m
350 The East Mall · Metcap Living Management Inc.778196685 · Aug 20267616 m
19 Eva Rd · 19 Eva Road Property Management Ltd.15214197492 · Jun 20250 · 1 fire827 m
15 Eva Rd · Metcap Living Management Inc.19518197488 · Aug 202431849 m
311 The West Mall · Fides Real Estate Limited1097196282 · Jul 20241881 m
5294 Dundas St W · Six Points Suites Inc457196092 · Jun 20250930 m
306 The West Mall485196988 · Sep 202601 km
25 Eva Rd · Metcap Living Management Inc.485196093 · Aug 202621 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

All parking lots395 lots · ≈66,150 spaces · 198.5 ha
Within 500 m6 lots · ≈430 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 1,529 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Kipling South Lot - 400 Munster Avenue · Surface1.4 km1,200 *
16 Royalavon Cres · Surface1.7 km5938% (Q1 2026)
22 Fieldway Rd · Surface2 km270 *

Nearest lots: 235 m away, ≈105 spaces; 273 m away, ≈12 spaces; 427 m away, ≈64 spaces; 462 m away, ≈89 spaces; 477 m away, ≈70 spaces; 495 m away, ≈86 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 — 14-hour, Nov 1, 2023

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 11,991 eastbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 1,089. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,424 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,413 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north1,089southbound · 1 bikes · 1.4% heavy
From the west11,991eastbound · 8 bikes · 2.5% heavy
Total vehicles23,946139 pedestrians · 28 cyclists · 2.5% heavy
From the east10,866westbound · 19 bikes · 2.6% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour2,424 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,413 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 1, 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

The City's counter on Bloor St W between Tremont Rd and The East Mall (263 m away) recorded an average of 57 km/h in its 3-day count in June 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 65 km/h. That segment carries about 18,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Bloor St W · Tremont Rd – The East Mall · 263 mJun 2019 · 3 days18,04857 km/h65 km/h70 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

2019 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 15% of collisions here involved an injury. People walking or cycling were involved in 15% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 11, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 0.5 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions13#3942 of 5,508
With an injury2#3620 of 4,660
Property damage only11
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian1#2252 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1623 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201417latest Apr 11, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Mar 18, 2012.

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 three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle300other (1), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 12, 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 Islington.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Bloor & Laurel a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 13 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 & Laurel?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #618 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.48× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Bloor & Laurel?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Bloor St W between Tremont Rd and The East Mall (June 2019), found an average of 57 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 65 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Bloor & Laurel?

The nearest Green P car park is Kipling South Lot - 400 Munster Avenue (1.4 km away, 1,200 spaces). The City's mapping shows 395 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 66,150 spaces — 6 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Bloor & Laurel by transit?

Bus routes 49, 111, 112, 123, 900, 927 within 1 km (nearest stop: Bloor St West at Laurel Ave, 21 m); MiWay routes 1 Dundas, 3 Bloor, 11 Westwood, 20 Rathburn at Bloor St at Laurel Ave.

What restaurants are near Bloor & Laurel?

None within 300 m, and 44 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Etobicoke Secondary (480 m), Plasp- St Elizabeth (600 m), St. Elizabeth (600 m), A & W (652 m) and Mr. Souvlaki (652 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 & Laurel?

The nearest is Wedgewood Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 15 Swan Ave, 775 m away (View outdoor rink hours). The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season. 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 & Laurel?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 129 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Wedgewood School Age YMCA (898 m, 129 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bloor & Laurel?

11 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,051 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 340 The East Mall (480 m, 82 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 350 The East Mall (616 m, 77 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 19 Eva Rd (827 m, 152 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 15 Eva Rd (849 m, 195 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 11 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 & Laurel?

Toronto Police place three 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 Islington page.

What neighbourhood is Bloor & Laurel in?

Bloor & Laurel is in Islington (City of Toronto neighbourhood 158). It is in Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, represented by Councillor Amber Morley.

Sources

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