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Bloor & Margueretta (East)

Bloor St W & Margueretta St (East) · Toronto, Ontario · Dufferin Grove · Ward 9, Davenport · Bloordale Village BIA

In Dufferin Grove, in central Toronto, Bloor & Margueretta (East) is an intersection of typical volume, with a well-used cycling route through it. It has Lansdowne Station, a protected bikeway and a park at the corner. Nearby: Bloor GO 872 m away.

Traffic volume
8,371
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 29, 2021
971 pedestrians · 989 cyclists
Collisions
7
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 6 property damage · #4660 of 5,508
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 1 cyclist · #729 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
Lansdowne Station
subway station within 250 m
3 streetcar routes · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 59 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,050 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 9 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 11.8% of vehicle volume, about 15× the typical share. On average 0.7 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. Just one of those 7 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Bloor & Margueretta (East)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Lansdowne Station (Line 2)222 m; Dufferin Station (Line 2)369 m; Dundas West Station (Line 2)930 m
GO Transit
Bloor GO — Kitchener872 m
UP Express
Bloor GO/UP 872 m — trains to Pearson
Streetcar
512506505 nearest 254 m
TTC bus
402472916816126 nearest 39 m
Express
929
Blue Night
306305300329
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Bloor St West at Brock Ave
Cycling
Cycle Track on Bloor St W installed 2020
Bike Share
Bloor St W / Brock Ave 82 m · 11 docks · 25 stations, 447 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 (23)
  • Bloor C.i. & Alpha Ii AlternativeEnglish Public · 266 m
  • Pauline Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 393 m
  • St Sebastian Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 421 m
  • St Mary Catholic Academy Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 624 m
  • St Anthony Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 643 m
  • Brock Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 677 m
  • and 17 more
Parks (33)
  • Susan Tibaldi Parkette67 m
  • Erwin Krickhahn Park519 m
  • Dufferin Grove Park655 m
  • Macgregor Playground675 m
  • Salem Parkette728 m
  • Westmoreland Avenue Parkette809 m
  • and 27 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch473 m
  • Toronto Public Library Junction Triangle (formely Perth/Dupont) branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 657 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

There are 47 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 10 grocery and convenience stores, and 199 eating places within a kilometre — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Duffy's Tavern, 3 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2025.

Restaurants & cafés47 within 300 m · 199 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience10 within 300 m · 38 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Duffy's Tavern · 1238 Bloor St W3 mPassed, Jun 2025
Monte Bianco Italian Cuisine · 1201 Bloor St W10 mPassed, Apr 2026
Supermart Convenience · 1205 Bloor St Wgrocery11 mPassed, Jun 2026
Pizza Pizza · 1193 Bloor St W36 mPassed, Jan 2025
Bakerbots Baking · 1242 Bloor St W36 mPassed, Jul 2025
Blue Collar Bakery · 1230 Bloor St Wgrocery37 mPassed, Jul 2026
House of Lancaster Ii · 1215 Bloor St W37 mPassed, Nov 2024 · 3 infractions
Bar Neon · 1226 Bloor St W45 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 Dufferin Grove Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 540 m away, View outdoor rink hours. A drinking fountain is 61 m away at Susan Tibaldi Parkette.

  • Dufferin Grove Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 875 Dufferin St
    View outdoor rink hours
    540 m
  • Dufferin Grove Sports Field Washroom · 875 Dufferin St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    643 m
  • Macgregor Playground Washroom · 346 Lansdowne Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    673 m
Drinking water
Susan Tibaldi Parkette drinking fountain, dog fountain · 61 m; Erwin Krickhahn Park bottle filling station · 516 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 617 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Network Child Care Services - Wade Avenue Centre (299 m, 39 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km10 centres · 617 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 10
  • Network Child Care Services - Wade Avenue Centre · 544 Lansdowne Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    299 m
  • Plasp Pauline Junior Public School · 100 Pauline Ave
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    393 m
  • Candy Factory Swallows Day Care (the) · 1411 Bloor St W
    75 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    644 m
  • Brock Early Learning Centre · 93 Margueretta St
    133 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    677 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 345 (937 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 845 m away.

FireFire Station 345 · 937 m1285 Dufferin St
Police14 Division · 1.4 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 845 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

21 registered apartment buildings with 2,043 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, five of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1212 Bloor St W (76 m, 16 units, 3 storeys, built 1923), which scored 79 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 21 scored below 70; the average is 82, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 55 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings21 · 2,043 units · 5 social housing
RentSafeTO score82 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202655 across the 21
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1212 Bloor St W163192379 · Jul 2025076 m
685 Lansdowne Ave · Gbs Properties Ltd.303198580 · Jul 20250236 m
1121 Bloor St W · Charles Dieu114192690 · Jul 20250401 m
10 Dora Avesocial housing · Community First Developments Inc.1348199597 · Jul 20251469 m
919 Dufferin St · CLV Group11315197191 · Jul 20251487 m
77 Rankin CresToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1217199292 · Sep 20240 · 1 fire521 m
55 Rankin CresToronto Community Housing · TCH1769199294 · Jun 20252 · 1 fire539 m
1019 Bloor St W · Donros Developments Limited263192863 · Jul 20260738 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 lots622 lots · ≈19,250 spaces · 57.8 ha
Within 500 m47 lots · ≈2,160 spaces
Green P (public)12 car parks · about 580 spaces
EV charging (City)685 Dovercourt Rd · 886 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking98 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 58 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
9 Emerson Ave · Surface58 m4963% (Q1 2026)
695 Lansdowne Ave · Surface242 m16over 100% (Q1 2026)
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface581 m3763% (Q1 2026)
9 Salem Ave · Surface687 m3374% (Q1 2026)
9 Bonar Pl · Surface838 m3471% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 76 m away, ≈43 spaces (Green P); 81 m away, ≈5 spaces; 96 m away, ≈13 spaces; 109 m away, ≈11 spaces; 120 m away, ≈5 spaces; 125 m away, ≈10 spaces. More EV charging: 2285 Dundas St W (1.1 km, 2 ports); 2251 Dundas St W (1.1 km, 2 ports); 430 Roncesvalles Ave (1.2 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 29, 2021

The east leg carries the load — 4,687 westbound vehicles, or 56% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 3,684. Most cyclists arrived from the east (501 of 989). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,126 vehicles in the hour from 2:00 p.m., 10% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (1,027). 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 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west3,684eastbound · 488 bikes · 3.2% heavy
Total vehicles8,371971 pedestrians · 989 cyclists · 3.0% heavy
From the east4,687westbound · 501 bikes · 2.8% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,027 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,126 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 29, 2021

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 St Clarens Ave and Lansdowne Ave (210 m away) recorded an average of 27 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 35 km/h. That segment carries about 16,000 vehicles a day. Margueretta St between Susan Tibaldi Parkette Trl and Wallace Ave measured slower: 27 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 34 km/h (Jun 2022). 10 speed humps slow traffic on Margueretta Street between College St and Bloor St W, and 1 more calmed segment ends here.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Bloor St W · St Clarens Ave – Lansdowne Ave · 210 mApr 2026 · 3 days16,01727 km/h35 km/h40 km/h
Margueretta St · Susan Tibaldi Parkette Trl – Wallace Ave · 264 mJun 2022 · 3 days1,23027 km/h34 km/h39 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Margueretta Street · College St – Bloor St W
    10 speed humps
  • Margueretta Street · Bloor St W – Wallace Ave
    6 speed humps

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

2017 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 29% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Dec 31, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions7#4660 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only6
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 20148latest Dec 31, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 cyclist was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Nov 1, 2020. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#729 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#82 of 271
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20062latest Nov 1, 2020

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 22 thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 4.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 5 in 2023–2025, about 1.7 a year, against 2.7 a year before that. 91% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle2250street/outdoor (20), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft200street/outdoor (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 23, 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 Dufferin Grove.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Bloor & Margueretta (East) a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#729 of 1,505), out of 7 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 Bloor & Margueretta (East)?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Jun 29, 2021, about the median for a counted intersection.

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

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Bloor St W between St Clarens Ave and Lansdowne Ave (April 2026), found an average of 27 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 35 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

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

The nearest Green P car park is 9 Emerson Ave (58 m away, 49 spaces, 63% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 622 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,250 spaces — 47 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 685 Dovercourt Rd (886 m).

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

Lansdowne Station (Line 2) is 222 m away; Bloor GO is 872 m away; streetcar routes 512, 506, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 254 m away; bus routes 402, 47, 29, 168, 161, 26, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: Bloor St West at Brock Ave, 39 m).

What restaurants are near Bloor & Margueretta (East)?

47 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 199 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Duffy's Tavern (3 m), Monte Bianco Italian Cuisine (10 m), Pizza Pizza (36 m), Bakerbots Baking (36 m) and House of Lancaster Ii (37 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 & Margueretta (East)?

The nearest is Dufferin Grove Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 875 Dufferin St, 540 m away (View outdoor rink hours). Next nearest: Dufferin Grove Sports Field Washroom (643 m); Macgregor Playground Washroom (673 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 & Margueretta (East)?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 617 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Network Child Care Services - Wade Avenue Centre (299 m, 39 spaces), Plasp Pauline Junior Public School (393 m, 28 spaces) and Candy Factory Swallows Day Care (the) (644 m, 75 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

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

21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,043 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1212 Bloor St W (76 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 79), 685 Lansdowne Ave (236 m, 30 units, RentSafeTO score 80), 1121 Bloor St W (401 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 10 Dora Ave (469 m, 134 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 21 is 82 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 & Margueretta (East)?

Toronto Police place 22 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 Dufferin Grove page.

What neighbourhood is Bloor & Margueretta (East) in?

Bloor & Margueretta (East) is in Dufferin Grove (City of Toronto neighbourhood 083). It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo. The corner falls inside the Bloordale Village Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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