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Brooke & Esgore

Brooke Ave & Esgore Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Bedford Park-Nortown · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

Brooke & Esgore is a lightly travelled intersection. It sits in Bedford Park-Nortown. Nearby is 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
698
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 26, 2022
54 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
6
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 5 property damage · #4811 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
4 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 90 vehicles an hour, 8% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 13 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. On average 0.6 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Brooke & Esgore

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
619796165 nearest 409 m
Express
996
Blue Night
396320
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Teddington Park Ave 863 m · 15 docks · 2 stations, 30 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 (13)
  • John Wanless Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 642 m
  • The Dunblaine SchoolPrivate · 730 m
  • Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 815 m
  • Armour Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 831 m
  • Avro AcademyPrivate · 1 km
  • St Margaret Catholic Elementary School - Carmichael SiteEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • and 7 more
Community centres
Parks (17)
  • Old Orchard Park713 m
  • Stewart A. McGregor Parkette737 m
  • Grey Parkette751 m
  • Yonge Boulevard Parkette783 m
  • Brookdale Park940 m
  • York Mills Valley Park1 km
  • and 11 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Armour Heights branch793 m
  • Toronto Public Library Locke branch1.5 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; 110 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Kaze Sushi, 379 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in October 2025 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 110 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 18 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Kaze Sushi · 1931 Avenue Rd379 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 3 infractions
Kaze Sushi · 1931 Avenue Rd379 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 4 infractions
Sakura Garden · 1921 Avenue Rd382 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Old Avenue Restaurant · 1923 Avenue Rd Unit-C382 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Short and Sweet Bakeshop · 1945 Avenue Rdgrocery385 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Baskin-Robbins · 1917 Avenue Rd385 mPassed, May 2026
La Tavola Ristorante · 1943 Avenue Rd387 mPassed, Jul 2026
Perfectage · 1957 Avenue Rd387 mPassed, Sep 2025

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 Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom, 810 m away, View centre hours.

  • Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom · 2140 Avenue Rd
    View centre hours
    810 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

12 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 965 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Ridley Orchard School Ltd. (433 m, 98 spaces, toddler, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km12 centres · 965 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 12
  • Ridley Orchard School Ltd. · 1920 Avenue Rd
    98 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    433 m
  • Orchard Grove Nursery Inc · 100 Old Orchard Grove
    68 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    435 m
  • Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre · 1780 Avenue Rd
    140 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    636 m
  • John Wanless Child Care · 245 Fairlawn Ave
    254 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    642 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 131 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 53 Division (3.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.3 km away.

FireFire Station 131 · 1.3 km3135 Yonge St
Police53 Division · 3.3 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 54 · 2.3 km4135 Bathurst St

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

19 registered apartment buildings with 1,153 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 200 Ridley Blvd (638 m, 90 units, 4 storeys, built 1957), which scored 87 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 94, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 17 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings19 · 1,153 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score94 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202617 across the 19
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest16 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
200 Ridley Blvd · Signet Group Inc.904195787 · Aug 20241638 m
2125 Avenue Rd · G.l.g. Developments Ltd.334195596 · Sep 20260666 m
2135 Avenue Rd543195396 · Aug 20260738 m
161 Wilson Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc564195698 · Jun 20250759 m
3488 Yonge St223193788 · Jun 20266761 m
3474 Yonge St · Rkh Investment Ltd274194083 · Aug 20240763 m
3464 Yonge St · Rkh Investment Ltd274194071 · Jun 20260770 m
166 Wilson Ave · Signet Group Inc.604195099 · Jun 20252843 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 lots397 lots · ≈16,540 spaces · 49.6 ha
Within 500 m23 lots · ≈510 spaces
Green P (public)5 car parks · about 333 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1880 Avenue Rd · Surface468 m3232% (Q1 2026)
246 Brooke Ave · Surface478 m9467% (Q1 2026)
25 Glenforest Road · Surface1.1 km26 *
3885 Yonge St · Surface1.1 km13929% (Q1 2026)
23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface1.2 km4254% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 370 m away, ≈15 spaces; 376 m away, ≈25 spaces; 377 m away, ≈26 spaces; 382 m away, ≈25 spaces; 401 m away, ≈2 spaces; 401 m away, ≈2 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 — 8-hour, Jan 26, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 335 westbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 113. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 145 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 15% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (126). Heavy vehicles made up 1.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north113southbound · 0 bikes · 0.9% heavy
From the west250eastbound · 0 bikes · 3.6% heavy
Total vehicles69854 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 1.9% heavy
From the east335westbound · 0 bikes · 0.9% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour126 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour145 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jan 26, 2022

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

The City's counter on Brooke Ave between Esgore Dr and Elm Rd (84 m away) recorded an average of 34 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 40 km/h. That segment carries about 1,500 vehicles a day. Esgore Dr between Joicey Blvd and Ridley Blvd measured slower: 35 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 40 km/h (Nov 2021). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Brooke Ave · Esgore Dr – Elm Rd · 84 mNov 2022 · 3 days1,49634 km/h40 km/h44 km/h
Esgore Dr · Joicey Blvd – Ridley Blvd · 371 mNov 2021 · 3 days93935 km/h40 km/h45 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

2020 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 33% 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 Feb 9, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions6#4811 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only5
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201410latest Feb 9, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200house driveway/garage (1), other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 7, 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 Bedford Park-Nortown.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Brooke & Esgore a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 6 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 Brooke & Esgore?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Jan 26, 2022, 8% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Brooke & Esgore?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Brooke Ave between Esgore Dr and Elm Rd (November 2022), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 40 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Brooke & Esgore?

The nearest Green P car park is 1880 Avenue Rd (468 m away, 32 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 397 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,540 spaces — 23 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Brooke & Esgore by transit?

Bus routes 61, 97, 96, 165, 996 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Brooke & Esgore?

None within 300 m, and 110 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Kaze Sushi (379 m), Kaze Sushi (379 m), Sakura Garden (382 m), Old Avenue Restaurant (382 m) and Baskin-Robbins (385 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 Brooke & Esgore?

The nearest is Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom, 2140 Avenue Rd, 810 m away (View centre hours). 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 Brooke & Esgore?

12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 965 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Ridley Orchard School Ltd. (433 m, 98 spaces), Orchard Grove Nursery Inc (435 m, 68 spaces) and Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre (636 m, 140 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Brooke & Esgore?

19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,153 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 200 Ridley Blvd (638 m, 90 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 2125 Avenue Rd (666 m, 33 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 2135 Avenue Rd (738 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 161 Wilson Ave (759 m, 56 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 is 94 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 Brooke & Esgore?

Toronto Police place two 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 Bedford Park-Nortown page.

What neighbourhood is Brooke & Esgore in?

Brooke & Esgore is in Bedford Park-Nortown (City of Toronto neighbourhood 039). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.

Sources

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