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Busy & Verral

Busy St & Verral Ave · Toronto, Ontario · South Riverdale · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Busy & Verral, in South Riverdale, is a lightly travelled intersection. It has a school within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: 13 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
51
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 20, 2013
11 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
9
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 7 property damage · #4477 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
5 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 10 vehicles an hour, 1% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 5 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Police have logged an average of 0.9 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Busy & Verral

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501503506504505 nearest 96 m
TTC bus
728331 nearest 69 m
Blue Night
301306304305325
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m — Carlaw Ave at Queen St East; Queen St East at Carlaw Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Colgate Ave / Carlaw Ave 94 m · 19 docks · 21 stations, 379 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)
  • Morse Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 170 m
  • Dundas Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 614 m
  • Bruce Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 626 m
  • Queen Alexandra Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 724 m
  • Seed Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 751 m
  • Eastdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 790 m
  • and 7 more
Community centres
Parks (33)
  • John Chang Neighbourhood Park114 m
  • Jimmie Simpson Park297 m
  • Carlaw-Dundas Triangle Park372 m
  • Bruce Mackey Park381 m
  • McCleary Playground431 m
  • Hideaway Park433 m
  • and 27 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter branch581 m
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch724 m
  • Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 46 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 9 grocery and convenience stores, and 238 eating places within a kilometre — 3.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Mighty Kids, 27 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés46 within 300 m · 238 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience9 within 300 m · 41 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Mighty Kids · 14 Verral Ave27 mPassed, May 2026
Masa Deli · 954 Queen St Egrocery55 mPassed, Feb 2026
Shoppers Drug Mart · 970 Queen St Egrocery60 mPassed, Dec 2025
My Roti Place · 948 Queen St E61 mPassed, Aug 2026
Videocabaret - Deanne Taylor Theatre · 10 Busy St72 mPassed, Feb 2025
Maker Pizza · 181 Carlaw Ave81 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
Petite Thuet & Co · 181 Carlaw Ave81 mPassed, Feb 2026
Maha's Cafe · 978 Queen St E100 mPassed, Aug 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 Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom, 361 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 250 m away at Jimmie Simpson Park.

  • Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom · 870 Queen St E
    View centre hours
    361 m
  • Morse Street Playground Washroom · 76 Morse St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    562 m
  • Leslie Grove Park Washroom · 1158 Queen St E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    612 m
Drinking water
Jimmie Simpson Park bottle filling station · 250 m; Jimmie Simpson Park bottle filling station · 316 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

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,169 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Mighty Kids (28 m, 43 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,169 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 13
  • Mighty Kids · 14 Verral Ave
    43 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    28 m
  • Brightpath Leslieville · 970 Queen St E
    154 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    60 m
  • Liberty Preparatory School Inc. · 181 Carlaw Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool
    81 m
  • Woodgreen Community Services (Morse Child Care Centre) · 180 Carlaw Ave
    192 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    170 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 324 (719 m), the nearest police station 51 Division (2.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 247 m away.

FireFire Station 324 · 719 m840 Gerrard St E
Police51 Division · 2 km51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 247 m126 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

21 registered apartment buildings with 1,246 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 19 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 245-247 Logan Ave (169 m, 21 units, 4 storeys, built 1927), which scored 90 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 21 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 12 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings21 · 1,246 units · 19 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202612 across the 21
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
245-247 Logan Ave · Valour Management Inc.214192790 · Jun 20240169 m
841 Queen St Esocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.363198869 · Jul 20260279 m
55 Pape Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.605199688 · Aug 20240350 m
29 Louvain AveToronto Community Housing · TCH514199389 · Dec 20250350 m
1070 Queen St Esocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.1775199391 · Oct 20250351 m
1075 Queen St E · Imperra General Management486201698 · Aug 20261364 m
502 Eastern Avesocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes195198991 · Dec 20250371 m
17 Renwick Cressocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.804199692 · Oct 20251384 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 lots657 lots · ≈34,030 spaces · 102.1 ha
Within 500 m79 lots · ≈1,790 spaces
Green P (public)12 car parks · about 1,040 spaces
EV charging (City)220 Carlaw Ave. · 64 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking107 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 27 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
111 Broadview Ave · Surface746 m9256% (Q1 2026)
136 Broadview Ave · Surface771 m2273% (Q1 2026)
653 Gerrard St E · Surface871 m3072% (Q1 2026)
573 Gerrard St E · Surface1.1 km3675% (Q1 2026)
83 Tannery Road · Garage1.4 km27 *

Nearest lots: 39 m away, ≈66 spaces; 48 m away, ≈6 spaces; 51 m away, ≈8 spaces; 63 m away, ≈11 spaces; 95 m away, ≈27 spaces; 102 m away, ≈12 spaces. More EV charging: 963 Gerrard St E (761 m, 2 ports); 43 Alton Ave (1.1 km, 2 ports); 500 Commissioners St (1.1 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, Nov 20, 2013

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The north leg carries the load — 28 southbound vehicles, or 55% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 2. Morning rush is the busier period: 24 vehicles in the peak hour from 7:30 a.m., compared with 6 from 2:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 13 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2013, 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 north28southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west21eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles5111 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 2.0% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south2northbound · 0 bikes · 50.0% heavy
AM peak hour24 vehicles from 7:30 a.m.
PM peak hour6 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 20, 2013

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 Busy St between Lane E of Logan and S of Colgate and Verral Ave (50 m away) recorded an average of 26 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2013; 85% of drivers were at or under 33 km/h. That segment carries about 100 vehicles a day. The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Carlaw Ave (135 m away, 30 km/h limit), 20% of the 96,853 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Busy St · Lane E of Logan and S of Colgate – Verral Ave · 50 mNov 2013 · 3 days14626 km/h33 km/h37 km/h

School-zone speed sign 135 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct34 · 41 km/h
Over the limit49%
40 km/h or more20%

Carlaw Ave (southbound), 180 Carlaw Avenue · 96,853 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

2022 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 22% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Jul 2, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions9#4477 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only7
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 201410latest Jul 2, 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

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 four thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 60% of the bike thefts were from other premises.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410street/outdoor (3), other (1)
Bicycle theft500other (3), house driveway/garage (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 5, 2023. 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 South Riverdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Busy & Verral a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 9 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 Busy & Verral?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Nov 20, 2013, 1% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Busy & Verral?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Busy St between Lane E of Logan and S of Colgate and Verral Ave (November 2013), found an average of 26 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 33 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 135 m away (30 km/h), 20% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Busy & Verral?

The nearest Green P car park is 111 Broadview Ave (746 m away, 92 spaces, 56% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 657 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 34,030 spaces — 79 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 220 Carlaw Ave. (64 m).

How do I get to Busy & Verral by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503, 506, 504 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 96 m away; bus routes 72, 83, 31 within 1 km (nearest stop: Carlaw Ave at Queen St East, 69 m).

What restaurants are near Busy & Verral?

46 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 238 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Mighty Kids (27 m), My Roti Place (61 m), Videocabaret - Deanne Taylor Theatre (72 m), Maker Pizza (81 m) and Petite Thuet & Co (81 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 Busy & Verral?

The nearest is Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom, 870 Queen St E, 361 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Morse Street Playground Washroom (562 m); Leslie Grove Park Washroom (612 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 Busy & Verral?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,169 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Mighty Kids (28 m, 43 spaces), Brightpath Leslieville (60 m, 154 spaces) and Liberty Preparatory School Inc. (81 m, 39 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Busy & Verral?

21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,246 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 245-247 Logan Ave (169 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 841 Queen St E (279 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 69), 55 Pape Ave (350 m, 60 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 29 Louvain Ave (350 m, 51 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 21 is 89 out of 100; 1 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 Busy & Verral?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and five 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 South Riverdale page.

What neighbourhood is Busy & Verral in?

Busy & Verral is in South Riverdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 070). 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