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Brock & Noble

Brock Ave & Noble St · Toronto, Ontario · Roncesvalles · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

Brock & Noble sits in Roncesvalles, in central Toronto. At the City's last count here, in 2000, it was a lightly travelled intersection. It has a bike lane and a park at the corner. Nearby: 12 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
2,713
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 20, 2000
355 pedestrians · 125 cyclists
Collisions
8
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
12 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
66/100
city median 48 · #1,117 of 5,672
33 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 207 m

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Brock & Noble

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume8-hour count · Mar 20, 2000

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 1,316 southbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 426. Most cyclists arrived from the north (84 of 125). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 489 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 46% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (336). Heavy vehicles made up 3.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 27 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2000, 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 north1,316southbound · 84 bikes · 3.2% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles2,713355 pedestrians · 125 cyclists · 3.2% heavy
From the east426westbound · 13 bikes · 3.8% heavy
From the south971northbound · 28 bikes · 3.0% heavy

Peak hours: 336 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 489 from 4:45 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

2024 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 25% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Dec 7, 2024.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on May 25, 2010.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions8
With an injury0
Property damage only6
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified2
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20061latest May 25, 2010

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

Speeds here, last measured in 2022

The City's counter on Brock Ave between Seaforth Ave and Florence St (327 m away) recorded an average of 35 km/h in its 7-day count in June 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 43 km/h. That segment carries about 3,500 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Noble St between Queen St W and Strickland Ave measured slower: 32 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Mar 2004).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Noble St · Queen St W – Strickland Ave · 227 mMar 2004 · 3 days1,30932 km/h38 km/h42 km/h
Brock Ave · Seaforth Ave – Florence St · 327 mJun 2022 · 7 days3,47335 km/h43 km/h48 km/h

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Streetcar
501 504 508 505 nearest 106 m
TTC bus
402 29 47 nearest 300 m · 4 min
Express
929
Blue Night
301 304 305 329
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on Brock Ave installed 2014
Bike Share
Queen St W / Cowan Ave 220 m · 19 docks · 22 stations, 391 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
14 car parks · about 1,144 spaces
EV charging
1224 KING ST W · 724 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 45 Abell St (1 km), 1051 Queen Street W (1.1 km)
Bike parking
78 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 8 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
38 mapped lots within 500 m, 412 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1325 Queen St W · Surface257 m3294% (Q1 2026)
14 Fuller Ave · Surface761 m4247% (Q1 2026)
45 Abell St · Garage910 m12460% (Q1 2026)
1624 Queen St W · Surface1 km3371% (Q1 2026)
110 Dovercourt Rd · Surface1 km8over 100% (Q1 2026)

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

You can do a shop on foot from here: Queen Fresh Market is 207 m away. A specialist food shop is closer still: Craig's Cookies, 131 m away. There are 33 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 195 eating places within a kilometre — 4.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Bb's, 44 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Vina Pharmacy, 463 m away; 10 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Bickle Centre, 1.0 km away, then St. Joseph's Health Centre at 1.6 km. For seniors' housing: Norwood Nursing Home, a long-term care home 806 m away (two within a kilometre). Sistering Parkdale Drop - In at Masaryk - Cowan Community Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 254 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Bb's · 5 Brock Ave44 m
  • Honeys Ice Cream · 46 Noble St, Unit-10793 m
  • Hanoi Restaurant · 1285 Queen St W128 m
  • The Virginia Cocktail Bar · 1374 Queen St W133 m
  • Ground Control · 1279 Queen St W155 m
33 within 300 m · 195 within 1 km
Grocery
Queen Fresh Market 207 m · 15 within 1 km
Food shops
Craig's Cookies 131 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Vina Pharmacy 463 m · 6 min · 10 within 1 km
Child care
  • Parkdale Childcare Centre · 177 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day451 m · 5 min
  • Holy Family Childcare Centre-Queen Victoria · 25 spaces, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day673 m · 8 min
  • Bonaventure Child Care Centre · 67 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day706 m · 8 min
7 licensed centres · 585 spaces within 1 km · all accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom · hours not listed258 m · 3 min
  • Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom · hours not listed673 m · 8 min
Drinking water: Masaryk Park 295 m · 4 min (off); McCormick Park 528 m · 6 min
Health and care
  • Bickle Centre · hospital site1 km · 12 min
  • St. Joseph's Health Centre · hospital site1.6 km · 19 min
  • Norwood Nursing Home · long-term care home · 2 within 1 km806 m · 10 min
  • Sistering Parkdale Drop - In at Masaryk - Cowan Community Centre · seniors' active living centre254 m · 3 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (27)
  • Pat Capponi Parkette169 m
  • Masaryk Park302 m · 4 min
  • Gwynne Avenue Parkette335 m · 4 min
  • Dunn Avenue Parkette395 m · 5 min
  • Parkdale Amphitheatre398 m · 5 min
and 22 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (9)
  • Parkdale Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 451 m · 5 min
  • Parkdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 557 m · 7 min
  • Holy Family Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 673 m · 8 min
  • Alexander Muir Gladstone Ave & the GroveEnglish Public · 867 m · 10 min
  • Shirley St Jr & City View AlternativeEnglish Public · 875 m · 10 min
and 4 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch135 m
Places of interest
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 865 m · 10 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

66of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,117 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food28/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 33 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit14/28

    3 stops within 300 m · 12 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go8/14

    library 135 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation10/10

    5 parks within 500 m · 5 community centres within 800 m

  • Schools and child care6/8

    1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

88 registered apartment buildings with 6,449 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 20 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 5.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 34 Noble St (142 m, 18 units, 3 storeys, built 1935), which scored 91 out of 100 at its June 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 88 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
34 Noble St · Cogir Real Estate183193591 · Jun 2025142 m
15 O'Hara Ave · Kpm Kingsway Property Management324197091 · Jul 2024152 m
7 O'Hara Ave · Kpm Kingsway Property Management164197083 · Jun 2024160 m
22 O'Hara Ave Toronto Community Housing · TCH133191897 · Jul 2024257 m · 3 min
20 West Lodge Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation29911195991 · Jul 2024382 m · 5 min
245 Dunn Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation38420197184 · Sep 2024394 m · 5 min

88 registered buildings · 6,449 units · 20 social housing · tallest 20 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle310street/outdoor (3)
Bicycle theft200commercial premises (1), school/campus (1)

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 Roncesvalles.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Brock & Noble a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 8 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 Brock & Noble?

A lightly travelled intersection at the City's last count here, in 2000. Its latest count is from Mar 20, 2000, 29% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Brock & Noble a walkable intersection?

Brock & Noble scores 66 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,117 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 5 parks within 500 m · 5 community centres within 800 m; 1 grocery store within 300 m · 33 places to eat within 300 m; 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m.

How fast do cars go at Brock & Noble?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Brock Ave between Seaforth Ave and Florence St (June 2022), found an average of 35 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 43 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Brock & Noble?

The nearest Green P car park is 1325 Queen St W (257 m away, 32 spaces, 94% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 412 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 15,910 spaces — 38 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1224 KING ST W (724 m).

How do I get to Brock & Noble by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 504, 508, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 106 m away; bus routes 402, 29, 47, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Brock & Noble?

33 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 195 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Bb's (44 m), Honeys Ice Cream (93 m), Hanoi Restaurant (128 m), The Virginia Cocktail Bar (133 m) and Ground Control (155 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Brock & Noble?

The nearest is Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 220 Cowan Ave, 258 m away. Next nearest: Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom (673 m).

Is there child care near Brock & Noble?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 585 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Parkdale Childcare Centre (451 m, 177 spaces), Holy Family Childcare Centre-Queen Victoria (673 m, 25 spaces) and Bonaventure Child Care Centre (706 m, 67 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Brock & Noble?

88 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 6,449 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 34 Noble St (142 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 15 O'Hara Ave (152 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 7 O'Hara Ave (160 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 83) and 22 O'Hara Ave (257 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 88 is 90 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at Brock & Noble?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Roncesvalles page.

What neighbourhood is Brock & Noble in?

Brock & Noble is in Roncesvalles (City of Toronto neighbourhood 086). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.

Sources

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