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Cactus & Peckham

Cactus Ave & Peckham Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Newtonbrook West · Ward 18, Willowdale

Cactus & Peckham is a quiet local crossing. It sits in Newtonbrook West. At the corner: a park. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
6,128
vehicles · 14-hour count, Apr 14, 2026
633 pedestrians · 67 cyclists · #1952 busiest
Collisions
7
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 6 property damage · #4736 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 440 vehicles, 38% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 10 vehicles, close to the citywide median. That comes with about 0.7 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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Cactus & Peckham

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
9860797160 nearest 14 m
Express
960
Blue Night
353307
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Cactus Ave at Green Bush Rd West Side
Regional
York Region Transit 023 Thornhill Woods088 Bathurst at Steeles Av / Cactus Av140 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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)
  • St Paschal Baylon Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 365 m
  • Pleasant Public SchoolEnglish Public · 373 m
  • Newtonbrook Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 787 m
  • Alborz Education CentrePrivate · 806 m
  • Fisherville Sr & N/W Secondary AlternativeEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Centrepoint LINCEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 7 more
Community centres
Parks (5)
  • Moore Park182 m
  • Lissom Park1 km
  • Goulding Park1.1 km
  • Charlton Park1.5 km
  • Fairchild Parkette1.5 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; 11 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Subway, 741 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Subway · 785 Steeles Ave W741 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Gino's Pizza · 787 Steeles Ave W758 mPassed, Aug 2026
Akiva's Food · 6243 Bathurst Stgrocery770 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction
Bento Sushi · 6201 Bathurst St770 mPassed, Sep 2026
Koz Bingol · 6255 Bathurst St770 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Metro · 6201 Bathurst Stgrocery770 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Steeles Bakery · 6235 Bathurst St Nonegrocery770 mPassed, Feb 2026
McDonald's · 6170 Bathurst St891 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction

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

No City washroom within 1 km.

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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 245 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St. Paschal Baylon (365 m, 72 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km3 centres · 245 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 3
  • St. Paschal Baylon · 15 St Paschal Crt
    72 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    365 m
  • Pleasant Child Care of North York · 288 Pleasant Ave
    110 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    373 m
  • Tiki's Day Care Centre · 20 Tangreen Crt
    63 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    806 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 112 (2.0 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (2.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.0 km away.

FireFire Station 112 · 2 km5700 Bathurst St
Police32 Division · 2.9 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 55 · 2 km5700 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

Within a kilometre there are ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,960 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 755 Steeles Ave W (453 m, 194 units, 15 storeys, built 1970), which scored 95 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 44 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 5 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings10 · 1,960 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202644 across the 10
Open fire-code violations5
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
755 Steeles Ave W · Marbrook Developments Ltd.19415197095 · Nov 20251453 m
765 Steeles Ave W · Sterling Karamar Property Management16722196982 · Jun 20245550 m
775 Steeles Ave W · R A B Properties Limited19416196681 · Jun 20241617 m
6171 Bathurst St · Cando Apartments Ltd.17013196094 · Jun 20246820 m
6250 Bathurst StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation38914197292 · Oct 20250833 m
6200 Bathurst St · Cromwell Management Inc.18114196999 · Aug 20263 · 5 fire893 m
15 Tangreen Crt · CAPREIT21418196890 · Jun 20245900 m
5 Tangreen Crt · CAPREIT21418196887 · Jun 202414927 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 lots228 lots · ≈31,220 spaces · 93.6 ha
Within 500 m21 lots · ≈2,670 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 70 m away, ≈24 spaces; 79 m away, ≈45 spaces; 82 m away, ≈19 spaces; 234 m away, ≈499 spaces; 248 m away, ≈51 spaces; 250 m away, ≈83 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 — 14-hour, Apr 14, 2026

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 2,977 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 1,326 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the east (39 of 67). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 752 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 782 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north1,825southbound · 3 bikes · 1.6% heavy
From the west1,326eastbound · 17 bikes · 1.6% heavy
Total vehicles6,128633 pedestrians · 67 cyclists · 2.2% heavy
From the east2,977westbound · 39 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the south0northbound · 8 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour752 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour782 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Apr 14, 2026

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

On Cactus Ave between Moore Park Ave and Moore Park Trl, 314 m from the corner, a 3-day count in September 2021 put the average speed at 34 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 41 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 45 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Peckham Ave (166 m away, 30 km/h limit), 1.7% of the 29,955 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Peckham Ave · Greenwin Village Rd – Cactus Ave · 37 mMay 2008 · 3 days3,703
Cactus Ave · Moore Park Ave – Moore Park Trl · 314 mSep 2021 · 3 days2,91234 km/h41 km/h45 km/h

School-zone speed sign 166 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct24 · 32 km/h
Over the limit7.9%
40 km/h or more1.7%

Peckham Ave (southbound), 102 Peckham Avenue · 29,955 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

The worst year was 2024, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 14% 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 May 12, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions7#4736 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only6
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 20148latest May 12, 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

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Cactus & Peckham a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 7 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 Cactus & Peckham?

A quiet local crossing. It ranks #1952 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 38% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Cactus & Peckham?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Cactus Ave between Moore Park Ave and Moore Park Trl (September 2021), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 41 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 166 m away (30 km/h), 1.7% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Cactus & Peckham?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 228 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 31,220 spaces — 21 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Cactus & Peckham by transit?

Bus routes 98, 60, 7, 97, 160, 960 within 1 km (nearest stop: Cactus Ave at Green Bush Rd West Side, 14 m); York Region Transit routes 023 Thornhill Woods, 088 Bathurst at Steeles Av / Cactus Av.

What restaurants are near Cactus & Peckham?

None within 300 m, and 11 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Subway (741 m), Gino's Pizza (758 m), Bento Sushi (770 m), Koz Bingol (770 m) and McDonald's (891 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Cactus & Peckham?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 245 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Paschal Baylon (365 m, 72 spaces), Pleasant Child Care of North York (373 m, 110 spaces) and Tiki's Day Care Centre (806 m, 63 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Cactus & Peckham?

Ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,960 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 755 Steeles Ave W (453 m, 194 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 765 Steeles Ave W (550 m, 167 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 775 Steeles Ave W (617 m, 194 units, RentSafeTO score 81) and 6171 Bathurst St (820 m, 170 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 10 is 91 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.

What neighbourhood is Cactus & Peckham in?

Cactus & Peckham is in Newtonbrook West (City of Toronto neighbourhood 036). It is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng.

Sources

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