Toronto · intersection

Boston & Gerrard

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

In South Riverdale, Boston & Gerrard is a quiet local crossing. 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
1,172
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 11, 2002
201 pedestrians · 4 cyclists
Collisions
9
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 4 property damage · #4406 of 5,508 · +1 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
2
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

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 150 vehicles an hour, 13% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 6 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. On average 0.9 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.

Map

Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time

Layers click a category to show or hide it · None then one category to see it alone
Boston & Gerrard

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
506501503504505 nearest 30 m
TTC bus
7283121 nearest 102 m
Blue Night
306301304305325
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m — Gerrard St East at Carlaw Ave; Gerrard St East at Pape Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Gerrard Square Mall (1010 Gerrard St E) 252 m · 23 docks · 18 stations, 357 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 (19)
  • Pape Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 298 m
  • Blake St Jr & East AlternativeEnglish Public · 521 m
  • Riverdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 600 m
  • Eastdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 616 m
  • Bon Berger Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 673 m
  • Leslieville Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 737 m
  • and 13 more
Parks (36)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch598 m
  • Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 1.2 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 24 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 183 — 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Nutmento Caribbean Grill, 80 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2025 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés24 within 300 m · 183 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 30 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Nutmento Caribbean Grill · 936 Gerrard St E80 mPassed, Mar 2025 · 1 infraction
Pizza Pide · 949 Gerrard St E89 mPassed, Apr 2026
Riverdale Mighty Kids · 842 Gerrard St E141 mPassed, Jul 2026
The Real Jerk · 842 Gerrard St E141 mPassed, Aug 2026
Maple Leaf Tavern · 955 Gerrard St E151 mPassed, Jan 2025 · 3 infractions
Lazy Daisy Foods · 388 Carlaw Avegrocery224 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 2 infractions
Move · 388 Carlaw Ave224 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 2 infractions
Revol Events · 388 Carlaw Ave224 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction

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, 161 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 18 m away at Gerrard - Carlaw Traffic Island (currently off).

  • Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom · 953 Gerrard St E
    View centre hours
    161 m
  • Withrow Park South Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    664 m
  • Leslie Grove Park Washroom · 1158 Queen St E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    845 m
Drinking water
Gerrard - Carlaw Traffic Island drinking fountain, dog fountain · 18 m · off; Matty Eckler Playground bottle filling station · 243 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

19 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,648 spaces; ten accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Riverdale Mighty Kids Corp (141 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km19 centres · 1,648 spaces
Fee subsidy10 of 19
  • Riverdale Mighty Kids Corp · 842 Gerrard St E
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    141 m
  • Riverdale Learning Loft Inc. · 433 Pape Ave
    41 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    392 m
  • All About Kids Inc. (1055 Gerrard Street East) · 1055 Gerrard St E
    82 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    466 m
  • Matthew-John Early Learning Centre · 135 First Ave
    73 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    517 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 324 (158 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 592 m away.

FireFire Station 324 · 158 m840 Gerrard St E
Police55 Division · 2 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 592 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 18 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,378 rental units — 14 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 369 Pape Ave (245 m, 139 units, 8 storeys, built 1981), which scored 93 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 18 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 13 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 10 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings18 · 1,378 units · 14 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202613 across the 18
Open fire-code violations10
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
369 Pape AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1398198193 · Aug 20266245 m
793 Gerrard St Esocial housing · North44 Property Management Inc285195083 · Nov 20250343 m
444 Logan Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc15922196786 · Jun 20243 · 3 fire370 m
10 Boultbee AveToronto Community Housing · TCH16711200192 · Jul 20261588 m
29 Louvain AveToronto Community Housing · TCH514199389 · Dec 20250694 m
1119 Gerrard St Esocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.295199693 · Aug 20260704 m
1070 Queen St Esocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.1775199391 · Oct 20250735 m
80 Blake StToronto Community Housing · TCH19014196998 · Jul 20240 · 7 fire762 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 lots749 lots · ≈33,690 spaces · 101.1 ha
Within 500 m46 lots · ≈1,960 spaces
Green P (public)21 car parks · about 898 spaces
EV charging (City)963 Gerrard St E · 177 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking42 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 53 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
653 Gerrard St E · Surface726 m3072% (Q1 2026)
573 Gerrard St E · Surface1 km3675% (Q1 2026)
136 Broadview Ave · Surface1.1 km2273% (Q1 2026)
111 Broadview Ave · Surface1.2 km9256% (Q1 2026)
670 Pape Ave · Surface1.2 km7447% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 59 m away, ≈56 spaces; 117 m away, ≈14 spaces; 121 m away, ≈9 spaces; 150 m away, ≈6 spaces; 154 m away, ≈7 spaces; 183 m away, ≈36 spaces. More EV charging: 220 Carlaw Ave. (647 m, 2 ports); 453 Jones Ave (934 m, 2 ports); 503 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, Feb 11, 2002

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 564 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 55 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 169 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 140 in the morning peak from 7:30 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.1% 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 25 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2002, 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 west564eastbound · 1 bikes · 6.4% heavy
Total vehicles1,172201 pedestrians · 4 cyclists · 5.1% heavy
From the east553westbound · 0 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the south55northbound · 3 bikes · 12.7% heavy
AM peak hour140 vehicles from 7:30 a.m.
PM peak hour169 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Feb 11, 2002

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 Boston Ave between Badgerow Ave and Lane N of Badgerow and W of Boston, 104 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in August 2017 put the average speed at 26 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 35 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 39 km/h or more. That segment carries about 200 vehicles a day. Gerrard St E between Carlaw Ave and Boston Ave measured slower: 26 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 34 km/h (Aug 2017). The reading is 9 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Langley Ave (270 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 2,690 vehicles logged in May 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Gerrard St E · Carlaw Ave – Boston Ave · 51 mAug 2017 · 24 h19426 km/h34 km/h39 km/h
Boston Ave · Badgerow Ave – Lane N of Badgerow and W of Boston · 104 mAug 2017 · 24 h15826 km/h35 km/h39 km/h

School-zone speed sign 270 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct0 · 16 km/h
Over the limit0.0%
50 km/h or more0.0%

Langley Ave (eastbound), 210 Langley Avenue · 2,690 vehicles logged in May 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 2016, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 56% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 27, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions9#4406 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only4
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201412latest Jan 27, 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

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

One theft from a vehicle and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft200house driveway/garage (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 17, 2019. 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 & Gerrard a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 9 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 & Gerrard?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Feb 11, 2002, 13% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Boston & Gerrard?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Boston Ave between Badgerow Ave and Lane N of Badgerow and W of Boston (August 2017), found an average of 26 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 35 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 270 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in May 2026.

Where can I park near Boston & Gerrard?

The nearest Green P car park is 653 Gerrard St E (726 m away, 30 spaces, 72% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 749 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 33,690 spaces — 46 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 963 Gerrard St E (177 m).

How do I get to Boston & Gerrard by transit?

Streetcar routes 506, 501, 503, 504 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 30 m away; bus routes 72, 83, 121 within 1 km (nearest stop: Gerrard St East at Carlaw Ave, 102 m).

What restaurants are near Boston & Gerrard?

24 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 183 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Nutmento Caribbean Grill (80 m), Pizza Pide (89 m), Riverdale Mighty Kids (141 m), The Real Jerk (141 m) and Maple Leaf Tavern (151 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 & Gerrard?

The nearest is Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom, 953 Gerrard St E, 161 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Withrow Park South Washroom (664 m); Leslie Grove Park Washroom (845 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 & Gerrard?

19 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,648 spaces in total; 10 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Riverdale Mighty Kids Corp (141 m, 49 spaces), Riverdale Learning Loft Inc. (392 m, 41 spaces) and All About Kids Inc. (1055 Gerrard Street East) (466 m, 82 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Boston & Gerrard?

18 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,378 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 369 Pape Ave (245 m, 139 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 793 Gerrard St E (343 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 444 Logan Ave (370 m, 159 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 10 Boultbee Ave (588 m, 167 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 18 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 & Gerrard?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 South Riverdale page.

What neighbourhood is Boston & Gerrard in?

Boston & Gerrard 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