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Boston & Badgerow

Boston Ave & Badgerow Ave · Toronto, Ontario · South Riverdale · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Boston & Badgerow is a quiet local crossing, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. It sits in South Riverdale. At the corner: parks. Nearby: 13 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
436
vehicles · 8-hour count, Aug 4, 2015
227 pedestrians · 36 cyclists
Collisions
1
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 1 property damage · #5445 of 5,508
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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
5 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 50 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 5% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 1.9 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 8.3% of vehicle volume, about 11× the typical share. On average 0.1 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Boston & Badgerow

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
506501503504505 nearest 181 m
TTC bus
728331 nearest 136 m
Blue Night
306301304305325
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Carlaw Ave / Dundas St E 160 m · 17 docks · 20 stations, 380 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 (18)
  • Pape Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 444 m
  • Riverdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 627 m
  • Blake St Jr & East AlternativeEnglish Public · 627 m
  • Eastdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 644 m
  • Leslieville Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 686 m
  • Morse Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 699 m
  • and 12 more
Parks (30)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch512 m
  • Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch1 km
Places of interest
  • Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 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 11 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 200 — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Move, 139 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2025 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés11 within 300 m · 200 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 30 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Lazy Daisy Foods · 388 Carlaw Avegrocery139 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 2 infractions
Move · 388 Carlaw Ave139 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 2 infractions
Revol Events · 388 Carlaw Ave139 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Royal Food Service · 388 Carlaw Avegrocery139 mPassed, Jun 2026
Piano Piano Leslieville · 1190 Dundas St E151 mPassed, May 2026 · 3 infractions
Pizza Pide · 949 Gerrard St E168 mPassed, Apr 2026
Nutmento Caribbean Grill · 936 Gerrard St E200 mPassed, Mar 2025 · 1 infraction
Maple Leaf Tavern · 955 Gerrard St E209 mPassed, Jan 2025 · 3 infractions

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 Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom, 193 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 152 m away at Gerrard - Carlaw Traffic Island (currently off).

  • Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom · 953 Gerrard St E
    View centre hours
    193 m
  • Leslie Grove Park Washroom · 1158 Queen St E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    713 m
  • Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom · 870 Queen St E
    View centre hours
    756 m
Drinking water
Gerrard - Carlaw Traffic Island drinking fountain, dog fountain · 152 m · off; Matty Eckler Playground bottle filling station · 246 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

17 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,379 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Riverdale Mighty Kids Corp (251 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km17 centres · 1,379 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 17
  • Riverdale Mighty Kids Corp · 842 Gerrard St E
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    251 m
  • All About Kids Inc. (1055 Gerrard Street East) · 1055 Gerrard St E
    82 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    476 m
  • Matthew-John Early Learning Centre · 135 First Ave
    73 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    522 m
  • Liberty Preparatory School Inc. · 181 Carlaw Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool
    533 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 324 (261 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (1.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 441 m away.

FireFire Station 324 · 261 m840 Gerrard St E
Police55 Division · 1.9 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 441 m126 Pape 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 23 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,573 rental units — 19 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 444 Logan Ave (344 m, 159 units, 22 storeys, built 1967), which scored 86 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 23 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 14 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 10 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings23 · 1,573 units · 19 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202614 across the 23
Open fire-code violations10
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
444 Logan Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc15922196786 · Jun 20243 · 3 fire344 m
369 Pape AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1398198193 · Aug 20266375 m
793 Gerrard St Esocial housing · North44 Property Management Inc285195083 · Nov 20250387 m
29 Louvain AveToronto Community Housing · TCH514199389 · Dec 20250546 m
1070 Queen St Esocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.1775199391 · Oct 20250586 m
1075 Queen St E · Imperra General Management486201698 · Aug 20261630 m
245-247 Logan Ave · Valour Management Inc.214192790 · Jun 20240699 m
1119 Gerrard St Esocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.295199693 · Aug 20260706 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 lots742 lots · ≈33,760 spaces · 101.3 ha
Within 500 m49 lots · ≈1,950 spaces
Green P (public)23 car parks · about 1,009 spaces
EV charging (City)963 Gerrard St E · 232 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking41 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 53 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
653 Gerrard St E · Surface755 m3072% (Q1 2026)
573 Gerrard St E · Surface1 km3675% (Q1 2026)
136 Broadview Ave · Surface1.1 km2273% (Q1 2026)
111 Broadview Ave · Surface1.1 km9256% (Q1 2026)
670 Pape Ave · Surface1.3 km7447% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 58 m away, ≈7 spaces; 118 m away, ≈32 spaces; 149 m away, ≈9 spaces; 175 m away, ≈4 spaces; 180 m away, ≈6 spaces; 185 m away, ≈3 spaces. More EV charging: 220 Carlaw Ave. (502 m, 2 ports); 43 Alton Ave (1 km, 2 ports); 453 Jones Ave (1.1 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, Aug 4, 2015

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 181 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 42% of the total, against 30 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 75 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 77 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 11.7% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 11 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2015, 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 north53southbound · 7 bikes · 17.0% heavy
From the west172eastbound · 9 bikes · 11.6% heavy
Total vehicles436227 pedestrians · 36 cyclists · 11.7% heavy
From the east181westbound · 16 bikes · 11.0% heavy
From the south30northbound · 4 bikes · 6.7% heavy
AM peak hour75 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour77 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Aug 4, 2015

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 Badgerow Ave between Carlaw Ave and Lane E of Carlaw and N of Badgerow, 82 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2010 put the average speed at 29 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 37 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 40 km/h or more. That segment carries about 800 vehicles a day. Boston Ave between Lane N of Queen and W of Pape and Dundas St E measured slower: 24 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 32 km/h (Nov 2021). The reading is 16 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Badgerow Ave · Carlaw Ave – Lane E of Carlaw and N of Badgerow · 82 mMay 2010 · 3 days75929 km/h37 km/h40 km/h
Boston Ave · Lane N of Queen and W of Pape – Dundas St E · 346 mNov 2021 · 3 days62424 km/h32 km/h37 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 2019, with 1 collision; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Apr 17, 2019.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions1#5445 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only1
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 20142latest Apr 17, 2019

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

Five thefts from vehicles and eight bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.3 a year. 100% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 75% of the bike thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle510street/outdoor (5)
Bicycle theft830house driveway/garage (6), other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 10, 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 South Riverdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Boston & Badgerow a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 1 lesser collision. 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 Boston & Badgerow?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Aug 4, 2015, 5% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Boston & Badgerow?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Badgerow Ave between Carlaw Ave and Lane E of Carlaw and N of Badgerow (May 2010), found an average of 29 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 37 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Boston & Badgerow?

The nearest Green P car park is 653 Gerrard St E (755 m away, 30 spaces, 72% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 742 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 33,760 spaces — 49 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 963 Gerrard St E (232 m).

How do I get to Boston & Badgerow by transit?

Streetcar routes 506, 501, 503, 504 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 181 m away; bus routes 72, 83, 31 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Boston & Badgerow?

11 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 200 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Move (139 m), Revol Events (139 m), Piano Piano Leslieville (151 m), Pizza Pide (168 m) and Nutmento Caribbean Grill (200 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 Boston & Badgerow?

The nearest is Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom, 953 Gerrard St E, 193 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Leslie Grove Park Washroom (713 m); Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom (756 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 Boston & Badgerow?

17 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,379 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Riverdale Mighty Kids Corp (251 m, 49 spaces), All About Kids Inc. (1055 Gerrard Street East) (476 m, 82 spaces) and Matthew-John Early Learning Centre (522 m, 73 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Boston & Badgerow?

23 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,573 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 444 Logan Ave (344 m, 159 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 369 Pape Ave (375 m, 139 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 793 Gerrard St E (387 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 83) and 29 Louvain Ave (546 m, 51 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 23 is 89 out of 100; 1 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 Boston & Badgerow?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and eight 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 South Riverdale page.

What neighbourhood is Boston & Badgerow in?

Boston & Badgerow is in South Riverdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 070). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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