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Boston & Dundas

Boston Ave & Dundas St E · Toronto, Ontario · South Riverdale · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Boston & Dundas is an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in South Riverdale. At the corner: a protected bikeway and 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
11,585
vehicles · 8-hour count, Aug 6, 2003
294 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
25
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 20 property damage · #3075 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
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 17 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,450 vehicles, 1.25× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 39 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 2.5 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 53%, from 17 in 2016–2020 to 8 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Boston & Dundas

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
506501503504505 nearest 324 m
TTC bus
728331 nearest 104 m
Blue Night
306301304305325
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Cycle Track on Dundas St E installed 2003
Bike Share
Carlaw Ave / Dundas St E 95 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 (17)
  • Morse Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 553 m
  • Pape Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 594 m
  • Leslieville Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 682 m
  • St Joseph Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 683 m
  • Eastdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 688 m
  • Riverdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 702 m
  • and 11 more
Parks (31)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch478 m
  • Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter branch875 m
  • 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 9 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 215 — 2.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Piano Piano Leslieville, 97 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés9 within 300 m · 215 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 35 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Piano Piano Leslieville · 1190 Dundas St E97 mPassed, May 2026 · 3 infractions
Fruitful Market · 321 Carlaw Avegrocery109 mPassed, Jun 2025
Subway · 321 Carlaw Ave Unit-103109 mPassed, Apr 2026
Fruitful Market · 321 Carlaw Avegrocery109 mPassed, Aug 2026
The Garden Bar and Bodega · 1173 Dundas St E Unit-128144 mPassed, Jul 2026
Revol Events · 388 Carlaw Ave170 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Royal Food Service · 388 Carlaw Avegrocery170 mPassed, Jun 2026
Lazy Daisy Foods · 388 Carlaw Avegrocery170 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 2 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, 314 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 211 m away at Hideaway Park.

  • Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom · 953 Gerrard St E
    View centre hours
    314 m
  • Leslie Grove Park Washroom · 1158 Queen St E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    603 m
  • Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom · 870 Queen St E
    View centre hours
    657 m
Drinking water
Hideaway Park dog fountain · 211 m; Hideaway Park drinking fountain · 211 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 1,402 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Riverdale Mighty Kids Corp (382 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km17 centres · 1,402 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 17
  • Riverdale Mighty Kids Corp · 842 Gerrard St E
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    382 m
  • Liberty Preparatory School Inc. · 181 Carlaw Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool
    386 m
  • Mighty Kids · 14 Verral Ave
    43 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    428 m
  • Brightpath Leslieville · 970 Queen St E
    154 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    434 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 324 (389 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (1.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 293 m away.

FireFire Station 324 · 389 m840 Gerrard St E
Police55 Division · 1.9 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 293 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 22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,452 rental units — 20 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 444 Logan Ave (364 m, 159 units, 22 storeys, built 1967), which scored 86 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 22 scored below 70; the average is 90, 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 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings22 · 1,452 units · 20 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202614 across the 22
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
444 Logan Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc15922196786 · Jun 20243 · 3 fire364 m
29 Louvain AveToronto Community Housing · TCH514199389 · Dec 20250408 m
1070 Queen St Esocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.1775199391 · Oct 20250446 m
793 Gerrard St Esocial housing · North44 Property Management Inc285195083 · Nov 20250463 m
1075 Queen St E · Imperra General Management486201698 · Aug 20261489 m
369 Pape AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1398198193 · Aug 20266520 m
245-247 Logan Ave · Valour Management Inc.214192790 · Jun 20240566 m
55 Pape Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.605199688 · Aug 20240584 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 lots723 lots · ≈34,440 spaces · 103.3 ha
Within 500 m58 lots · ≈2,220 spaces
Green P (public)22 car parks · about 998 spaces
EV charging (City)963 Gerrard St E · 357 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking32 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 53 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
653 Gerrard St E · Surface797 m3072% (Q1 2026)
136 Broadview Ave · Surface1 km2273% (Q1 2026)
111 Broadview Ave · Surface1 km9256% (Q1 2026)
573 Gerrard St E · Surface1 km3675% (Q1 2026)
670 Pape Ave · Surface1.5 km7447% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 92 m away, ≈32 spaces; 109 m away, ≈186 spaces; 129 m away, ≈6 spaces; 129 m away, ≈100 spaces; 134 m away, ≈3 spaces; 154 m away, ≈2 spaces. More EV charging: 220 Carlaw Ave. (357 m, 2 ports); 43 Alton Ave (1 km, 2 ports); 453 Jones 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, Aug 6, 2003

No single direction dominates: each approach carried between 5,462 and 6,123 vehicles. Evening rush dominates here: 2,280 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 1,631 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 23 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2003, 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 west5,462eastbound · 0 bikes · 3.0% heavy
Total vehicles11,585294 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 2.5% heavy
From the east6,123westbound · 0 bikes · 2.1% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,631 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,280 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Aug 6, 2003

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 Dundas St E between Brooklyn Ave and Lane E of Brooklyn and S of Dundas, 268 m from the corner, a 7-day count in June 2022 put the average speed at 39 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 45 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 49 km/h or more. That segment carries about 14,400 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 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 6 speed humps slow traffic on Boston Avenue between Queen St E and Dundas St E.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Boston Ave · Lane N of Queen and W of Pape – Dundas St E · 196 mNov 2021 · 3 days62424 km/h32 km/h37 km/h
Dundas St E · Brooklyn Ave – Lane E of Brooklyn and S of Dundas · 268 mJun 2022 · 7 days14,41739 km/h45 km/h49 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Boston Avenue · Queen St E – Dundas St E
    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

The worst year was 2023, with 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (12%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. The most recent report on file is from Nov 18, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions25#3075 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only20
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist3#763 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
All since 201427latest Nov 18, 2024

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

12 thefts from vehicles and 54 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 11× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 9 in 2023–2025, about 3.0 a year, against 8.1 a year before that. 67% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 56% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1220street/outdoor (8), apartment parking (3)
Bicycle theft5470apartment parking (30), street/outdoor (15)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 14, 2025. 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 & Dundas a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 25 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 Boston & Dundas?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Aug 6, 2003, 1.25× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Boston & Dundas?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Dundas St E between Brooklyn Ave and Lane E of Brooklyn and S of Dundas (June 2022), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 45 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Boston & Dundas?

The nearest Green P car park is 653 Gerrard St E (797 m away, 30 spaces, 72% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 723 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 34,440 spaces — 58 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 963 Gerrard St E (357 m).

How do I get to Boston & Dundas by transit?

Streetcar routes 506, 501, 503, 504 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 324 m away; bus routes 72, 83, 31 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Boston & Dundas?

9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 215 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Piano Piano Leslieville (97 m), Subway (109 m), The Garden Bar and Bodega (144 m) and Revol Events (170 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 & Dundas?

The nearest is Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom, 953 Gerrard St E, 314 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Leslie Grove Park Washroom (603 m); Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom (657 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 & Dundas?

17 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,402 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 (382 m, 49 spaces), Liberty Preparatory School Inc. (386 m, 39 spaces) and Mighty Kids (428 m, 43 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Boston & Dundas?

22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,452 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 444 Logan Ave (364 m, 159 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 29 Louvain Ave (408 m, 51 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 1070 Queen St E (446 m, 177 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 793 Gerrard St E (463 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 83). The average RentSafeTO score across the 22 is 90 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 & Dundas?

Toronto Police place 12 thefts from vehicles and 54 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 & Dundas in?

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

Sources

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