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Bloor & Sussex

Bloor St W & Sussex Mews · Toronto, Ontario · University · Ward 11, University-Rosedale · Bloor Annex BIA

Bloor & Sussex, in University, in the downtown core, is an above-average intersection for traffic, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has Spadina Station, a protected bikeway and 4 schools within 250 m at the corner. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
10,256
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 2, 2004
3,264 pedestrians · 571 cyclists
Collisions
21
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 13 property damage · #3325 of 5,508 · +2 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
Spadina Station
subway station within 250 m
3 streetcar routes · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 51 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,280 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 3 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 5.6% of vehicle volume, about 7.2× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 2.1 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions edged up 10%, from 10 in 2016–2020 to 11 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Bloor & Sussex

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Spadina Station (Line 1, Line 2)95 m; St George Station (Line 1, Line 2)433 m; Bathurst Station (Line 2)492 m; Dupont Station (Line 1)822 m; Museum Station (Line 1)899 m
Streetcar
506510511 nearest 49 m
TTC bus
127947261319 nearest 102 m
Blue Night
306310300307
Nearest stops
15 surface stops within 300 m — Bloor St West at Spadina Ave; Spadina Rd at Bloor St West
Cycling
Cycle Track on Bloor St W installed 2016
Bike Share
Robert St / Bloor St W - SMART 85 m · 18 docks · 36 stations, 718 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 (46)
  • Paul Penna Downtown Jewish Day School & Miles Nadal Jewish Community CentrePrivate · 51 m
  • University of Toronto SchoolsPrivate · 162 m
  • Howlett Academy SchoolPrivate · 214 m
  • Taddle Creek Montessori SchoolPrivate · 224 m
  • Jackman Institute of Child Study Elementary SchoolUniversity · 360 m
  • School of Continuing Studies - U of T, Bldg 103University · 365 m
  • and 40 more
Community centres
Parks (51)
  • Matt Cohen Park101 m
  • Paul Martel Park153 m
  • Joseph Burr Tyrrell Park221 m
  • Huron - Washington Parkette244 m
  • Gwendolyn MacEwen Parkette278 m
  • Huron Street Playground378 m
  • and 45 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Spadina Road branch128 m
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch790 m
  • Toronto Public Library Lillian H. Smith branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Al Green Theatre (at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre)Performing Arts · 47 m
  • Bata Shoe MuseumMuseum · 358 m
  • Ukrainian Museum of CanadaMuseum · 541 m
  • Randolph Centre for the ArtsPerforming Arts · 601 m
  • George Ignatieff TheatrePerforming Arts · 602 m
  • Koerner Hall (at the Telus Centre for Performance and Learning)Performing Arts · 670 m
  • Royal Conservatory of MusicPerforming Arts · 679 m
  • Royal Ontario MuseumMuseum · 794 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 46 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 350 eating places within a kilometre — 4.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Zaad, 3 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés46 within 300 m · 350 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 28 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Zaad · 348 Bloor St W3 mPassed, Jun 2026
Woojoo · 417 Bloor St W21 mPassed, Jun 2026
Tim Hortons · 334 Bloor St W21 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Bento Sushi · 425 Bloor St W48 mPassed, Jul 2026
Metro · 425 Bloor St W Unit-1grocery48 mPassed, Jul 2026
Infinite Bean Cofee · 750 Spadina Ave51 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Majestic Shawarma · 750 Spadina Ave Unit-260 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
The Daily Dumpling Wonton. Co · 750 Spadina Ave60 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 Jean Sibelius Square Fieldhouse Washroom, 681 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 210 m away at Joseph Burr Tyrrell Park.

  • Jean Sibelius Square Fieldhouse Washroom · 50 Kendal Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    681 m
Drinking water
Joseph Burr Tyrrell Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 210 m; Huron Street Playground bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 372 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

16 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,433 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Miles Nadal Community Centre Nursery School (51 m, 194 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km16 centres · 1,433 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 16
  • Miles Nadal Community Centre Nursery School · 750 Spadina Ave
    194 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    51 m
  • Annex Montessori School · 427 Bloor St W
    68 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    110 m
  • Taddle Creek Montessori School · 39 Spadina Rd
    109 spaces · kindergarten
    224 m
  • Atelier Kids Annex · 34 Madison Ave
    98 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    255 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 344 (926 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (1.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 699 m away.

FireFire Station 344 · 926 m240 Howland Ave
Police52 Division · 1.8 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 34 · 699 m674 Markham St

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

69 registered apartment buildings with 5,002 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 334 Bloor St W (35 m, 24 units, 3 storeys, built 1919), which scored 99 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 69 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 92 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 42 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings69 · 5,002 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202692 across the 69
Open fire-code violations42
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
334 Bloor St W243191999 · Aug 2026035 m
360 Bloor St W · Maple Leaf Property Management17020197074 · Sep 2025056 m
11 Walmer Rd · Cromewll Management Inc.637196598 · Sep 20251 · 1 fire107 m
10 Walmer Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.13118196590 · Aug 20253 · 1 fire143 m
15 Walmer Rd · Walmer Bloor Holdings Inc7810197094 · Aug 20260144 m
14 Spadina Rdsocial housing · Wigwamen Incorporated1036197297 · Sep 20242150 m
710 Spadina Ave · Camden Property Management627195987 · Aug 20251182 m
22 Walmer Rd718196092 · Aug 20260 · 1 fire199 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 lots958 lots · ≈24,020 spaces · 72.1 ha
Within 500 m106 lots · ≈2,340 spaces
Green P (public)27 car parks · about 3,086 spaces
EV charging (City)19 Spadina Rd · 150 m · 6 Level 2 ports
Bike parking170 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 56 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
4 Spadina Road · Surface51 m51 *
19 Spadina Road · Surface163 m65 *
9 Madison Ave. · Surface180 m38 *
465 Huron Street · Surface270 m15 *
292 Brunswick Avenue · Surface282 m19 *

Nearest lots: 66 m away, ≈69 spaces; 76 m away, ≈94 spaces; 83 m away, ≈5 spaces (Green P); 125 m away, ≈41 spaces; 126 m away, ≈16 spaces; 138 m away, ≈41 spaces. More EV charging: 365 Lippincott St. (435 m, 10 ports); 74 Yorkville Ave (1.2 km, 9 ports); 273 Christie St (1.4 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, Mar 2, 2004

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The west leg carries the load — 5,454 eastbound vehicles, or 53% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 135. Most cyclists arrived from the west (286 of 571). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,581 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,640 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 23 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2004, 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 west5,454eastbound · 286 bikes · 3.9% heavy
Total vehicles10,2563,264 pedestrians · 571 cyclists · 3.8% heavy
From the east4,667westbound · 280 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the south135northbound · 5 bikes · 5.2% heavy
AM peak hour1,581 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,640 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 2, 2004

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 Sussex Ave between Sussex Mews and Robert St (243 m away) recorded an average of 24 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 33 km/h. That segment carries about 600 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Bloor St W · Spadina Ave – Sussex Mews · 29 mAug 2015 · 3 days19,837
Sussex Ave · Sussex Mews – Robert St · 243 mApr 2022 · 3 days56524 km/h33 km/h36 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

2022 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 19% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 24% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 10% 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 Apr 8, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions21#3325 of 5,508
With an injury4#2899 of 4,660
Property damage only13
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist2#1035 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201427latest Apr 8, 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

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 nine thefts from vehicles and 19 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 4.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 4 in 2023–2025, about 1.3 a year, against 3.4 a year before that. 89% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 47% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 26, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle921street/outdoor (8), transit property (1)
Bicycle theft1920street/outdoor (9), other (3)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 26, 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 University.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Bloor & Sussex a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 21 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 & Sussex?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Mar 2, 2004, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Bloor & Sussex?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sussex Ave between Sussex Mews and Robert St (April 2022), found an average of 24 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 33 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Bloor & Sussex?

The nearest Green P car park is 4 Spadina Road (51 m away, 51 spaces). The City's mapping shows 958 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,020 spaces — 106 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 19 Spadina Rd (150 m).

How do I get to Bloor & Sussex by transit?

Spadina Station (Line 1, Line 2) is 95 m away; streetcar routes 506, 510, 511 stop within 1 km, the nearest 49 m away; bus routes 127, 94, 7, 26, 13, 19 within 1 km (nearest stop: Bloor St West at Spadina Ave, 102 m).

What restaurants are near Bloor & Sussex?

46 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 350 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Zaad (3 m), Woojoo (21 m), Tim Hortons (21 m), Bento Sushi (48 m) and Infinite Bean Cofee (51 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 & Sussex?

The nearest is Jean Sibelius Square Fieldhouse Washroom, 50 Kendal Ave, 681 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. 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 & Sussex?

16 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,433 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Miles Nadal Community Centre Nursery School (51 m, 194 spaces), Annex Montessori School (110 m, 68 spaces) and Taddle Creek Montessori School (224 m, 109 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bloor & Sussex?

69 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,002 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 334 Bloor St W (35 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 360 Bloor St W (56 m, 170 units, RentSafeTO score 74), 11 Walmer Rd (107 m, 63 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 10 Walmer Rd (143 m, 131 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 69 is 88 out of 100; 2 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 & Sussex?

Toronto Police place nine thefts from vehicles and 19 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 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 University page.

What neighbourhood is Bloor & Sussex in?

Bloor & Sussex is in University (City of Toronto neighbourhood 079). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe. The corner falls inside the Bloor Annex Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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