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Browning & Chester

Browning Ave & Chester Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Playter Estates-Danforth · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Browning & Chester, in Playter Estates-Danforth, is a low-volume local intersection, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: Chester Station (Line 2) 391 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
854
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 20, 2022
653 pedestrians · 85 cyclists
Collisions
6
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 4 property damage · #4812 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
Chester Station 391 m · 2 streetcar routes · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 110 vehicles, 9% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 1.3 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 10.0% of vehicle volume, about 13× the typical share. That comes with about 0.6 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Browning & Chester

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Chester Station (Line 2)391 m; Broadview Station (Line 2)642 m; Pape Station (Line 2)667 m
Streetcar
504505 nearest 640 m
TTC bus
62825877210028 nearest 293 m
Express
925
Blue Night
304305322300325
Nearest stops
1 surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
14 Arundel Ave 408 m · 25 docks · 14 stations, 263 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 (16)
  • Jackman Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 131 m
  • Centennial College School - Carlaw CampusCollege · 492 m
  • Westwood Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 562 m
  • Frankland Community SchoolEnglish Public · 602 m
  • Chester Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 662 m
  • Holy Name Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 705 m
  • and 10 more
Parks (26)
  • Logan Avenue Parkette426 m
  • Logan Green Field469 m
  • Charles Sauriol Parkette496 m
  • Todmorden Mills Park532 m
  • Westwood Park552 m
  • Carlaw Avenue Parkette596 m
  • and 20 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Pape/Danforth branch801 m
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • The Danforth Music HallPerforming Arts · 678 m
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage SiteLandmark · 749 m
  • Evergreen Brick WorksAttraction · 943 m

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 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 201 — 2.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Cool Cart, 33 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 201 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 32 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Cool Cart · 83 Browning Ave33 mPassed, May 2026
Supernova Coffee · 897 Broadview Ave330 mPassed, Apr 2026
Bosque · 940 Broadview Ave361 mPassed, Jul 2026
Bosque · 940 Broadview Ave361 mPassed, Jul 2025
Dairy Queen · 1040 Broadview Ave396 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Afc Zenshi @ Sobeys #4728 · 1015 Broadview Avegrocery402 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Sobey's · 1015 Broadview Ave402 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Cafe Open Window · 855 Broadview Ave424 mPassed, Apr 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 Withrow Park North Washroom, 842 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 445 m away at Logan Avenue Parkette.

  • Withrow Park North Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    842 m
  • Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    1 km
Drinking water
Logan Avenue Parkette drinking fountain, dog fountain · 445 m; Logan Green Field bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 468 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 1,165 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Jackman Community Daycare (131 m, 242 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km12 centres · 1,165 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 12
  • Jackman Community Daycare · 79 Jackman Ave
    242 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    131 m
  • Bluebird Montessori School (Mini) · 905 Broadview Ave
    55 spaces · infant, toddler · $10-a-day
    322 m
  • Children's Circle of St. Barnabas · 361 Danforth Ave
    152 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    512 m
  • Abiona Centre For Infant and Early Mental Health Elc Broadview Campus · 1102 Broadview Ave
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    577 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 322 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 55 Division (3.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.

FireFire Station 322 · 1.4 km256 Cosburn Ave
Police55 Division · 3.2 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 1.3 km1300 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 62 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 5,149 rental units, 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1000 Broadview Ave (356 m, 110 units, 18 storeys, built 1969), which scored 96 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 62 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 121 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 30 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings62 · 5,149 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026121 across the 62
Open fire-code violations30
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1000 Broadview Ave · Westdale Properties11018196996 · Jul 20251356 m
1010 Broadview Ave · Arcanos Property Management Corporation10920197192 · Jun 20245361 m
869 Broadview Ave · Khyber Developments Inc153200468 · Jul 20260391 m
849 Broadview Ave · 849 Broadview Birch Properties Inc.324194090 · Aug 20260436 m
856-858 Broadview Ave · Paul Thornton234195594 · Aug 20260489 m
852 Broadview Ave · Broadview Apartments Inc214196084 · Aug 20260501 m
846-850 Broadview Ave233194069 · Aug 20260509 m
1111 Broadview Ave · Connaught Yonge Square Limited414197396 · Jul 20261556 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 lots453 lots · ≈12,240 spaces · 36.7 ha
Within 500 m33 lots · ≈760 spaces
Green P (public)15 car parks · about 623 spaces
EV charging (City)41 FULTON AVE · 164 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
14 Arundel Ave · Surface415 m3763% (Q1 2026)
18 Ferrier Ave · Surface496 m2358% (Q1 2026)
25 Ferrier Ave · Surface518 m4682% (Q1 2026)
242 Danforth Ave · Surface538 m1978% (Q1 2026)
838 Broadview Ave · Surface564 m1176% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 104 m away, ≈35 spaces; 270 m away, ≈9 spaces; 331 m away, ≈11 spaces; 341 m away, ≈11 spaces; 345 m away, ≈45 spaces; 355 m away, ≈20 spaces. More EV charging: 14 Arundel Ave. (409 m, 8 ports); 35 Erindale Ave (593 m, 10 ports); 503 Jones Ave (1.3 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, Apr 20, 2022

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 514 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 60% of the total, against 340 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the west (48 of 85). Evening rush dominates here: 160 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 115 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 4 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west514eastbound · 48 bikes · 3.3% heavy
Total vehicles854653 pedestrians · 85 cyclists · 3.5% heavy
From the east0westbound · 16 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south340northbound · 21 bikes · 3.8% heavy
AM peak hour115 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour160 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 20, 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

5 speed humps slow traffic on Chester Avenue between Danforth Ave and Browning Ave (installed 2002).

Traffic calming

  • Chester Avenue · Danforth Ave – Browning Ave
    5 speed humps
    installed 2002

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 2018, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 50% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Aug 13, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions6#4812 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only4
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 20147latest Aug 13, 2025

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

Three thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 12, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle321street/outdoor (3)
Bicycle theft210house driveway/garage (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 12, 2026. 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 Playter Estates-Danforth.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Browning & Chester 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 Browning & Chester?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 20, 2022, 9% of the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Browning & Chester?

The nearest Green P car park is 14 Arundel Ave (415 m away, 37 spaces, 63% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 453 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,240 spaces — 33 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 41 FULTON AVE (164 m).

How do I get to Browning & Chester by transit?

Chester Station (Line 2) is 391 m away; streetcar routes 504, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 640 m away; bus routes 62, 8, 25, 87, 72, 100, 28, 925 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Browning & Chester?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 201 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Cool Cart (33 m), Supernova Coffee (330 m), Bosque (361 m), Bosque (361 m) and Dairy Queen (396 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 Browning & Chester?

The nearest is Withrow Park North Washroom, 725 Logan Ave, 842 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (1.0 km). 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 Browning & Chester?

12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,165 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Jackman Community Daycare (131 m, 242 spaces), Bluebird Montessori School (Mini) (322 m, 55 spaces) and Children's Circle of St. Barnabas (512 m, 152 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Browning & Chester?

62 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,149 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1000 Broadview Ave (356 m, 110 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 1010 Broadview Ave (361 m, 109 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 869 Broadview Ave (391 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 68) and 849 Broadview Ave (436 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 62 is 90 out of 100; 3 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 Browning & Chester?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 Playter Estates-Danforth page.

What neighbourhood is Browning & Chester in?

Browning & Chester is in Playter Estates-Danforth (City of Toronto neighbourhood 067). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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