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Brian & Van Horne

Brian Dr & Van Horne Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Pleasant View · Ward 17, Don Valley North

Brian & Van Horne, in Pleasant View, is a low-volume local intersection. At the corner: a bike lane, a school within 250 m and parks. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
7,206
vehicles · 14-hour count, Sep 24, 2024
411 pedestrians · 60 cyclists · #1896 busiest
Collisions
14
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 10 property damage · #3920 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 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings)
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 510 vehicles, 45% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 18 vehicles, close to the citywide median. That comes with about 1.4 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 1.9 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Brian & Van Horne

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
101692439167 nearest 36 m
Express
939924
Blue Night
339
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Brian Ave at Van Horne Ave; Van Horne Ave at Bickerton Cres
Regional
York Region Transit 024 Woodbine at Victoria Park Av / Van Horne Av445 m
Cycling
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Van Horne Ave installed 2006
Bike Share
no station 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 (22)
  • Pleasant View Jr High SchoolEnglish Public · 108 m
  • St Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 345 m
  • Ernest Public SchoolEnglish Public · 422 m
  • Pure Degree Mandarin SchoolPrivate · 490 m
  • Brian Public SchoolEnglish Public · 668 m
  • Academy of New Echo EducationPrivate · 706 m
  • and 16 more
Parks (18)
  • Van Horne Park230 m
  • Pinto Park493 m
  • Pleasantview Park512 m
  • Clydesdale Park698 m
  • Fairglen Park706 m
  • Muirhead Park902 m
  • and 12 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Pleasant View branch58 m
  • Toronto Public Library Fairview branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • CF Fairview MallLandmark · 1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 23 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Family Shawarma and Falafel, 448 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 23 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 4 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Family Shawarma and Falafel · 2778 Victoria Park Ave448 mPassed, Jan 2026
John Anderson Charcoal Broiled Hamburgers · 2832 Victoria Park Ave448 mPassed, Aug 2026
Marjo Bakery · 2838 Victoria Park Avegrocery448 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Rosemary and Thyme Restaurant · 2798 Victoria Park Ave448 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Tagpuan · 2806 Victoria Park Ave448 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Yummy Garden · 2836 Victoria Park Ave448 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
241 Pizza · Victoria Park None457 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Flamin' Frost · 2830 Victoria Park Ave458 mPassed, Jun 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 Pleasantview Community Centre Washroom, 185 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 583 m away at Pinto Park.

  • Pleasantview Community Centre Washroom · 545 Van Horne Ave
    View centre hours
    185 m
  • Clydesdale Park Tennis Clubhouse Universal Washroom · 116 Clydesdale Dr
    9 a.m. - 10 p.m.
    685 m
Drinking water
Pinto Park drinking fountain · 583 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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 292 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Kateri Kids Child Care Centre (345 m, 46 spaces, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km5 centres · 292 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 5
  • Kateri Kids Child Care Centre · 70 Margaret Ave
    46 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    345 m
  • Early Years Education System (E.y.e.s) · 3000 Victoria Park Ave
    57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    534 m
  • Brian Drive School Age Program (YMCA) · 95 Brian Dr
    75 spaces · school age · fee subsidy
    668 m
  • Brian's Petit Amis · 95 Brian Dr
    86 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    668 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 113 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 33 Division (4.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 113 · 1.4 km700 Seneca Hill Dr
Police33 Division · 4.3 km50 Upjohn Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 23 · 1.6 km115 Parkway Forest Dr

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 three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 640 rental units. The nearest is 70 Clipper Rd (242 m, 206 units, 14 storeys, built 1970), which scored 95 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 7 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings3 · 640 units
RentSafeTO score88 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20267 across the 3
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest14 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
70 Clipper Rd · Schickedanz Bros. Properties20614197095 · Jul 20250242 m
60 Clipper Rd · Schickedanz Bros. Properties20614197289 · Jul 20251324 m
3000 Victoria Park Ave · Ranee Management2286197280 · Jun 20246534 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 lots372 lots · ≈48,880 spaces · 146.7 ha
Within 500 m16 lots · ≈1,360 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 366 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Don Mills Lot - 1800 Sheppard Ave East · Surface1.6 km366 *

Nearest lots: 113 m away, ≈90 spaces; 125 m away, ≈123 spaces; 137 m away, ≈13 spaces; 209 m away, ≈73 spaces; 255 m away, ≈41 spaces; 268 m away, ≈11 spaces.

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 — 14-hour, Sep 24, 2024

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 3,160 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 44% of the total, against 1,082 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the west (38 of 60). Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 892 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 12% above the afternoon peak from 3:00 p.m. (794). Heavy vehicles made up 2.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west3,160eastbound · 38 bikes · 2.6% heavy
Total vehicles7,206411 pedestrians · 60 cyclists · 2.6% heavy
From the east2,964westbound · 16 bikes · 1.9% heavy
From the south1,082northbound · 6 bikes · 4.7% heavy
AM peak hour892 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour794 vehicles from 3:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Sep 24, 2024

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 Van Horne Ave between Bickerton Cres and Taverly Rd, 184 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2026 put the average speed at 37 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 43 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 47 km/h or more. That segment carries about 6,300 vehicles a day. Brian Dr between Margaret Ave and Van Horne Ave measured slower: 35 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 40 km/h (Jun 2025). At the school-zone speed sign on Brian Dr (97 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.5% of the 40,731 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Brian Dr · Margaret Ave – Van Horne Ave · 82 mJun 2025 · 3 days2,61735 km/h40 km/h44 km/h
Van Horne Ave · Bickerton Cres – Taverly Rd · 184 mApr 2026 · 3 days6,30737 km/h43 km/h47 km/h

School-zone speed sign 97 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct29 · 39 km/h
Over the limit3.3%
50 km/h or more0.5%

Brian Dr (southbound), 172 Brian Drive · 40,731 vehicles logged in July 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 2024, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 3 collisions (21%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 7% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 28, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 1.9 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions14#3920 of 5,508
With an injury3#3506 of 4,660
Property damage only10
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2441 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201418latest Mar 28, 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

Four thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle400house driveway/garage (2), other (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 25, 2020. 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 Pleasant View.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Brian & Van Horne a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 14 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 Brian & Van Horne?

A low-volume local intersection. It ranks #1896 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 45% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Brian & Van Horne?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Van Horne Ave between Bickerton Cres and Taverly Rd (April 2026), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 43 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 97 m away (40 km/h), 0.5% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Brian & Van Horne?

The nearest Green P car park is Don Mills Lot - 1800 Sheppard Ave East (1.6 km away, 366 spaces). The City's mapping shows 372 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 48,880 spaces — 16 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Brian & Van Horne by transit?

Bus routes 10, 169, 24, 39, 167, 939, 924 within 1 km (nearest stop: Brian Ave at Van Horne Ave, 36 m); York Region Transit route 024 Woodbine at Victoria Park Av / Van Horne Av.

What restaurants are near Brian & Van Horne?

None within 300 m, and 23 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Family Shawarma and Falafel (448 m), John Anderson Charcoal Broiled Hamburgers (448 m), Rosemary and Thyme Restaurant (448 m), Tagpuan (448 m) and Yummy Garden (448 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 Brian & Van Horne?

The nearest is Pleasantview Community Centre Washroom, 545 Van Horne Ave, 185 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Clydesdale Park Tennis Clubhouse Universal Washroom (685 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 Brian & Van Horne?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 292 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kateri Kids Child Care Centre (345 m, 46 spaces), Early Years Education System (E.y.e.s) (534 m, 57 spaces) and Brian Drive School Age Program (YMCA) (668 m, 75 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Brian & Van Horne?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 640 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 70 Clipper Rd (242 m, 206 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 60 Clipper Rd (324 m, 206 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 3000 Victoria Park Ave (534 m, 228 units, RentSafeTO score 80). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 88 out of 100. 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 Brian & Van Horne?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and no 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 Pleasant View page.

What neighbourhood is Brian & Van Horne in?

Brian & Van Horne is in Pleasant View (City of Toronto neighbourhood 046). It is in Ward 17, Don Valley North, represented by Councillor Shelley Carroll.

Sources

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