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Browning & Ferrier

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

At its last City count, in 2006, Browning & Ferrier, in Playter Estates-Danforth, was a lightly travelled intersection. It has a bike lane at the corner. Nearby: Pape Station (Line 2) 656 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
1,066
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 14, 2006
220 pedestrians · 32 cyclists
Collisions
17
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Pape Station 656 m · 12 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
50/100
city median 48 · #2,619 of 5,672
133 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 284 m

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Browning & Ferrier

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 · Dec 14, 2006

The west leg carries the load — 635 eastbound vehicles, or 60% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 431. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 197 vehicles in the hour from 4:15 p.m., 59% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (124). Heavy vehicles were a negligible share of traffic (0.4%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 20 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2006, 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 west635eastbound · 15 bikes · 0.6% heavy
Total vehicles1,066220 pedestrians · 32 cyclists · 0.4% heavy
From the east0westbound · 9 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south431northbound · 8 bikes · 0.0% heavy

Peak hours: 124 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 197 from 4:15 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

2023 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 53% 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 Mar 3, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions17
With an injury0
Property damage only10
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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 2007

The City's counter on Ferrier Ave between Cruikshank Ave and Browning Ave (131 m away) recorded an average of 36 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2007; 85% of drivers were at or under 45 km/h. That segment carries about 700 vehicles a day. The reading is 19 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ferrier Ave · Cruikshank Ave – Browning Ave · 131 mMay 2007 · 3 days65336 km/h45 km/h50 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

Subway
Pape Station (Line 2)656 m · 8 min; Chester Station (Line 2)716 m · 9 min
TTC bus
72 100 62 8 25 87 nearest 359 m · 4 min
Express
925
Blue Night
325 300 322
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Browning Ave installed 2005
Bike Share
Fulton Ave / Pape Ave 361 m · 4 min · 19 docks · 8 stations, 153 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
13 car parks · about 557 spaces
EV charging
41 FULTON AVE · 533 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 14 Arundel Ave. (629 m), 35 Erindale Ave (1.1 km)
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
13 mapped lots within 500 m, 366 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
25 Ferrier Ave · Surface423 m4682% (Q1 2026)
18 Ferrier Ave · Surface424 m2358% (Q1 2026)
77 Gough Ave · Surface592 m1783% (Q1 2026)
14 Arundel Ave · Surface621 m3763% (Q1 2026)
716 Pape Ave · Surface699 m7475% (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: Serano Food Market is 284 m away. There is also a specialist food shop, Serano Bakery, 284 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 133 eating places are within a kilometre — 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Dopapen Coffee, 336 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Pape Drug Mart, 645 m away; 11 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Nisbet Lodge, a long-term care home 635 m away. Sunshine Centres For Seniors - After Hours Virtual Bengali Program runs a seniors' active living programme 936 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Dopapen Coffee · 850 Carlaw Ave336 m · 4 min
  • Tzatziki Macchiato · 873 Pape Ave358 m · 4 min
  • Lorenzo's Pizzeria · 852 Pape Ave363 m · 4 min
  • Oliver Coffee Bar · 852 Pape Ave Unit-3363 m · 4 min
  • Gianni's Pasta · 877 Pape Ave364 m · 4 min
0 within 300 m · 133 within 1 km
Grocery
Serano Food Market 284 m · 3 min · 9 within 1 km
Food shops
Serano Bakery 284 m · 3 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Pape Drug Mart 645 m · 8 min · 11 within 1 km
Child care
  • Jackman Community Daycare · 242 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day483 m · 6 min
  • Broad View French Montessori School · 33 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day488 m · 6 min
  • Bluebird Montessori School (Mini) · 55 spaces, infant, toddler · $10-a-day644 m · 8 min
9 licensed centres · 1,018 spaces within 1 km · 6 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Withrow Park North Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.813 m · 10 min
  • Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed · closed — Closed for the Season1 km · 11 min
Drinking water: Logan Green Field 508 m · 6 min; Logan Avenue Parkette 526 m · 6 min
Health and care
  • Nisbet Lodge · long-term care home635 m · 8 min
  • Sunshine Centres For Seniors - After Hours Virtual Bengali Program · seniors' active living centre936 m · 11 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 (17)
  • Logan Green Field531 m · 6 min
  • Carlaw Avenue Parkette538 m · 6 min
  • Logan Avenue Parkette567 m · 7 min
  • Agnes Macphail Square581 m · 7 min
  • Westwood Park599 m · 7 min
and 12 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (11)
  • Centennial College School - Carlaw CampusCollege · 335 m · 4 min
  • Jackman Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 483 m · 6 min
  • Westwood Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 581 m · 7 min
  • Frankland Community SchoolEnglish Public · 680 m · 8 min
  • Holy Name Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 689 m · 8 min
and 6 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Pape/Danforth branch811 m · 10 min
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch1.3 km · 15 min
Places of interest
  • The Danforth Music HallPerforming Arts · 1.2 km · 14 min
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage SiteLandmark · 1.3 km · 15 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.

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Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,619 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food16/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 133 within 1 km

  • Transit14/28

    Pape Station 0.7 km · 12 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go6/14

    library 811 m away · 2 places of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation6/10

    nearest park 0.5 km · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care8/8

    2 schools within 500 m · 2 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

30 registered apartment buildings with 1,999 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 796 Carlaw Ave (526 m, 31 units, 4 storeys, built 1922), which scored 90 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 30 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
796 Carlaw Ave314192290 · Sep 2024526 m · 6 min
768 Pape Ave153199073 · Nov 2025557 m · 7 min
100 Gowan Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc.12117196697 · Jun 2025725 m · 9 min
80 Gowan Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc8811196894 · Aug 2024753 m · 9 min
156 Floyd Ave social housing · Affordable Property Management Inc416199293 · Oct 2025754 m · 9 min
160 Floyd Ave123195277 · Jul 2025763 m · 9 min

30 registered buildings · 1,999 units · 2 social housing · tallest 22 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 nine thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 7 in 2023–2025, about 2.3 a year, against 0.6 a year before that. 100% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle950street/outdoor (9)
Bicycle theft220apartment parking (1), house driveway/garage (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 Playter Estates-Danforth.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Browning & Ferrier a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 17 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 & Ferrier?

A lightly travelled intersection at the City's last count here, in 2006. Its latest count is from Dec 14, 2006, 12% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Browning & Ferrier a walkable intersection?

Browning & Ferrier scores 50 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,619 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: 2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; nearest park 0.5 km · 1 community centre within 800 m; 1 grocery store within 300 m · 133 within 1 km.

How fast do cars go at Browning & Ferrier?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ferrier Ave between Cruikshank Ave and Browning Ave (May 2007), found an average of 36 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 45 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Browning & Ferrier?

The nearest Green P car park is 25 Ferrier Ave (423 m away, 46 spaces, 82% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 366 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 8,420 spaces — 13 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 41 FULTON AVE (533 m).

How do I get to Browning & Ferrier by transit?

Pape Station (Line 2) is 656 m away; bus routes 72, 100, 62, 8, 25, 87, 925 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Browning & Ferrier?

None within 300 m, and 133 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Dopapen Coffee (336 m), Tzatziki Macchiato (358 m), Lorenzo's Pizzeria (363 m), Oliver Coffee Bar (363 m) and Gianni's Pasta (364 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Browning & Ferrier?

The nearest is Withrow Park North Washroom, 725 Logan Ave, 813 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (1.0 km).

Is there child care near Browning & Ferrier?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,018 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Jackman Community Daycare (483 m, 242 spaces), Broad View French Montessori School (488 m, 33 spaces) and Bluebird Montessori School (Mini) (644 m, 55 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Browning & Ferrier?

30 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,999 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 796 Carlaw Ave (526 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 768 Pape Ave (557 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 73), 100 Gowan Ave (725 m, 121 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 80 Gowan Ave (753 m, 88 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 30 is 90 out of 100; 2 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at Browning & Ferrier?

Toronto Police place nine 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 Playter Estates-Danforth page.

What neighbourhood is Browning & Ferrier in?

Browning & Ferrier is in Playter Estates-Danforth (City of Toronto neighbourhood 067). 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