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Bloor & Riverside (East)

Bloor St W & Riverside Dr (East) · Toronto, Ontario · High Park-Swansea · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

Bloor & Riverside (East) is an intersection of typical volume, with a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in High Park-Swansea. It has a protected bikeway, a school within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: Jane Station (Line 2) 413 m away.

Traffic
15,414
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 11, 2025
692 pedestrians · 943 cyclists
Collisions
41
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #2341 of 5,519
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Jane Station 413 m · 10 routes within 1 km · protected bikeway
Within a walk
44/100
city median 48
1 place to eat within 300 m · grocery 682 m

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Bloor & Riverside (East)

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume14-hour count · Jun 11, 2025

The west leg carries the load — 7,241 eastbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 19. Most cyclists arrived from the west (463 of 943). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,386 vehicles in the hour from 5:30 p.m., 9% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (1,270). Heavy vehicles made up 2.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 16 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north19southbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west7,241eastbound · 463 bikes · 2.3% heavy
Total vehicles15,414692 pedestrians · 943 cyclists · 2.5% heavy
From the east7,208westbound · 372 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the south946northbound · 107 bikes · 1.6% heavy

Peak hours: 1,270 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,386 from 5:30 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

2023 was the peak year (9 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 20% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 17% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 5, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions41#2341 of 5,519
With an injury8#2005 of 4,669
Property damage only28
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian2#1588 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist5#411 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

How fast traffic moves here

The City's counter on Bloor St W between Riverside Dr and King's Mill Park Trl (384 m away) recorded an average of 39 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 16,900 vehicles a day. Riverside Dr between Mossom Rd and Brule Gdns measured slower: 31 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (Mar 2025). At the school-zone speed sign on Jane St (385 m away, 30 km/h limit), 1.2% of the 7,769 vehicles logged in July 2025 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Riverside Dr · Mossom Rd – Brule Gdns · 114 mMar 2025 · 3 days1,33831 km/h39 km/h43 km/h
Bloor St W · Riverside Dr – King's Mill Park Trl · 384 mMay 2026 · 3 days16,86539 km/h49 km/h54 km/h
Speed sign
Jane St (northbound), 385 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 23 km/h, 85th percentile 34 km/h; 1.2% at 40 km/h or more. 7,769 vehicles logged in July 2025; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
Jane Station (Line 2)413 m · 5 min; Old Mill Station (Line 2)511 m · 6 min
TTC bus
149 55 26 27 66 nearest 103 m
Express
935
Blue Night
300 335
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Cycle Track on Bloor St W installed 2023
Bike Share
Bloor St W / Riverside Dr 45 m · 23 docks · 7 stations, 175 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
11 car parks · about 934 spaces
EV charging
265 Armadale Ave · 646 m · 8 Level 2 + 1 fast ports; also 8 Kings Lynn Rd (1.4 km)
Bike parking
6 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
25 mapped lots within 500 m, 244 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
16 Riverview Gdns · Surface251 m5938% (Q1 2026)
17 Riverview Gdns · Surface273 m9552% (Q1 2026)
265 Armadale Ave · Surface561 m14458% (Q1 2026)
265 Willard Ave · Surface649 m9053% (Q1 2026)
265 Durie St · Surface866 m14470% (Q1 2026)

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

The nearest grocery store is Carload Food Market, 682 m away; 2 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m, and 47 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 262 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Action Pharmacy, 441 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. Ukrainian Canadian Social Services (Toronto Inc.) runs a seniors' active living programme 383 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Tim Hortons · 2485 Bloor St W262 m · 3 min
  • Bryden's · 2455 Bloor St W347 m · 4 min
  • Pizza Pizza · 2449 Bloor St W368 m · 4 min
  • Tahini's · 2434 Bloor St W399 m · 5 min
  • The Creative Nest · 12 Jane St A407 m · 5 min
1 within 300 m · 47 within 1 km
Grocery
Carload Food Market 682 m · 8 min · 2 within 1 km
Food shops
Veronika's Pastry Studio 317 m · 4 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Action Pharmacy 441 m · 5 min · 3 within 1 km
Child care
  • PLASP St. Pius X Catholic School · 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day597 m · 7 min
  • Windermere Kids Inc. · 73 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool773 m · 9 min
  • Simplysmart Childcare Centre & Montessori · 142 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day869 m · 10 min
3 licensed centres · 258 spaces within 1 km · 1 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Etienne Brule Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.829 m · 10 min
Health and care
  • Ukrainian Canadian Social Services (Toronto Inc.) · seniors' active living centre383 m · 5 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (17)
  • Traymore Park135 m
  • Old Mill Site Park498 m · 6 min
  • Sunnybrook Parkette650 m · 8 min
  • Willard Gardens Parkette740 m · 9 min
  • Etienne Brule Park752 m · 9 min
and 12 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (6)
  • Blyth Academy School - EtobicokePrivate · 154 m
  • St Pius X Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 597 m · 7 min
  • Erudite Elementary SchoolPrivate · 741 m · 9 min
  • Summit Micro SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km · 14 min
  • Humberside Montessori SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km · 14 min
and 1 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Swansea Memorial branch1.1 km · 13 min
  • Toronto Public Library Runnymede branch1.3 km · 15 min
Places of interest
  • The Village PlayersPerforming Arts · 1.2 km · 14 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

44of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food11/30

    2 grocery stores within 1 km · 1 place to eat within 300 m

  • Transit20/28

    Jane Station 0.4 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go3/14

    library 1.1 km away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation6/10

    2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.3 km

  • Schools and child care4/8

    1 school within 500 m · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

25 registered apartment buildings with 757 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 7 Brule Ter (83 m, 15 units, 3 storeys, built 1935), which scored 86 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
7 Brule Ter · 17a Properties153193586 · Jul 202583 m
2526 Bloor St W · Nil194193581 · Aug 2026133 m
2520 Bloor St W · Landlord Property & Rental Management224192392 · Jul 2026136 m
495 Riverside Dr social housing · Neighbours Community Homes253195093 · Jul 2025200 m
2553 Bloor St W · Dsm Investment Group Ltd223193897 · Jul 2026224 m
2555 Bloor St W · Trivest Developments Corporation344194093 · Jul 2026243 m

25 registered buildings · 757 units · 1 social housing · tallest 24 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

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 one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200house driveway/garage (1), other (1)
Bicycle theft110commercial premises (1)

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 & Riverside (East) a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 41 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 & Riverside (East)?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Jun 11, 2025, about the median for a counted intersection.

Is Bloor & Riverside (East) a walkable intersection?

Bloor & Riverside (East) scores 44 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: Jane Station 0.4 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km; 2 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.3 km; 1 school within 500 m · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km.

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

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Bloor St W between Riverside Dr and King's Mill Park Trl (May 2026), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 385 m away (30 km/h), 1.2% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2025.

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

The nearest Green P car park is 16 Riverview Gdns (251 m away, 59 spaces, 38% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 244 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 6,580 spaces — 25 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 265 Armadale Ave (646 m).

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

Jane Station (Line 2) is 413 m away; bus routes 149, 55, 26, 27, 66, 935 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Bloor & Riverside (East)?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 47 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tim Hortons (262 m), Bryden's (347 m), Pizza Pizza (368 m), Tahini's (399 m) and The Creative Nest (407 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Bloor & Riverside (East)?

The nearest is Etienne Brule Park Washroom, 13 Crosby Ave, 829 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.).

Is there child care near Bloor & Riverside (East)?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 258 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are PLASP St. Pius X Catholic School (597 m, 43 spaces), Windermere Kids Inc. (773 m, 73 spaces) and Simplysmart Childcare Centre & Montessori (869 m, 142 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

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

25 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 757 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 7 Brule Ter (83 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 2526 Bloor St W (133 m, 19 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 2520 Bloor St W (136 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 495 Riverside Dr (200 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 25 is 92 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Bloor & Riverside (East)?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the High Park-Swansea page.

What neighbourhood is Bloor & Riverside (East) in?

Bloor & Riverside (East) 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