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Carlaw & Colgate

Carlaw Ave & Colgate Ave · Toronto, Ontario · South Riverdale · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Carlaw & Colgate, in South Riverdale, is a moderately travelled crossing. It has a school within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: 13 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
6,155
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 31, 2013
568 pedestrians · 23 cyclists
Collisions
34
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 25 property damage · #2618 of 5,508 · +3 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
1
TTC stop 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 770 vehicles an hour, 67% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 11 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. Police have logged an average of 3.4 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 38%, from 21 in 2016–2020 to 13 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Carlaw & Colgate

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501503506504505 nearest 135 m
TTC bus
728331 nearest 73 m
Blue Night
301306304305325
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m — 250 Carlaw Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Colgate Ave / Carlaw Ave 62 m · 19 docks · 20 stations, 364 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 · 236 m
  • Bruce Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 598 m
  • Dundas Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 653 m
  • Queen Alexandra Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 769 m
  • Eastdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 778 m
  • Seed Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 788 m
  • and 7 more
Parks (32)
  • John Chang Neighbourhood Park122 m
  • Carlaw-Dundas Triangle Park305 m
  • Hideaway Park343 m
  • Jimmie Simpson Park357 m
  • Bruce Mackey Park416 m
  • Caroline Huebner Parkette465 m
  • and 26 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch639 m
  • Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter branch656 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 45 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 10 grocery and convenience stores, and 236 eating places within a kilometre — 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Maker Pizza, 69 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés45 within 300 m · 236 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience10 within 300 m · 43 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Maker Pizza · 181 Carlaw Ave69 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
Petite Thuet & Co · 181 Carlaw Ave77 mPassed, Feb 2026
Bake My Day Toronto · 235 Carlaw Ave113 mPassed, Jun 2026
The Modern Crumb · 235 Carlaw Ave Unit-Ll100b113 mPassed, Jun 2026
Peitite Thuet Production Bakery · 235 Carlaw Avegrocery113 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
Maha's Cafe · 978 Queen St E115 mPassed, Aug 2026
Maha's Cafe · 978 Queen St E115 mPassed, Aug 2025
Shoppers Drug Mart · 970 Queen St Egrocery116 mPassed, Dec 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 Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom, 432 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 331 m away at Jimmie Simpson Park.

  • Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom · 870 Queen St E
    View centre hours
    432 m
  • Leslie Grove Park Washroom · 1158 Queen St E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    559 m
  • Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom · 953 Gerrard St E
    View centre hours
    631 m
Drinking water
Jimmie Simpson Park bottle filling station · 331 m; Jimmie Simpson Park bottle filling station · 335 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

15 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,259 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Liberty Preparatory School Inc. (77 m, 39 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km15 centres · 1,259 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 15
  • Liberty Preparatory School Inc. · 181 Carlaw Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool
    77 m
  • Brightpath Leslieville · 970 Queen St E
    154 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    116 m
  • Mighty Kids · 14 Verral Ave
    43 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    118 m
  • Woodgreen Community Services (Morse Child Care Centre) · 180 Carlaw Ave
    192 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    236 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 324 (655 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 171 m away.

FireFire Station 324 · 655 m840 Gerrard St E
Police55 Division · 2 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 171 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

20 registered apartment buildings with 1,190 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 18 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 245-247 Logan Ave (261 m, 21 units, 4 storeys, built 1927), which scored 90 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 20 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 buildings20 · 1,190 units · 18 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202612 across the 20
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
245-247 Logan Ave · Valour Management Inc.214192790 · Jun 20240261 m
29 Louvain AveToronto Community Housing · TCH514199389 · Dec 20250295 m
1070 Queen St Esocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.1775199391 · Oct 20250306 m
1075 Queen St E · Imperra General Management486201698 · Aug 20261329 m
55 Pape Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.605199688 · Aug 20240351 m
841 Queen St Esocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.363198869 · Jul 20260363 m
17 Renwick Cressocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.804199692 · Oct 20251380 m
502 Eastern Avesocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes195198991 · Dec 20250452 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 lots673 lots · ≈34,040 spaces · 102.1 ha
Within 500 m65 lots · ≈1,600 spaces
Green P (public)20 car parks · about 1,376 spaces
EV charging (City)220 Carlaw Ave. · 39 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking108 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 27 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
111 Broadview Ave · Surface816 m9256% (Q1 2026)
136 Broadview Ave · Surface834 m2273% (Q1 2026)
653 Gerrard St E · Surface867 m3072% (Q1 2026)
573 Gerrard St E · Surface1.1 km3675% (Q1 2026)
83 Tannery Road · Garage1.5 km27 *

Nearest lots: 55 m away, ≈66 spaces; 85 m away, ≈29 spaces; 91 m away, ≈8 spaces; 102 m away, ≈6 spaces; 105 m away, ≈5 spaces; 108 m away, ≈83 spaces. More EV charging: 963 Gerrard St E (674 m, 2 ports); 43 Alton Ave (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, Jan 31, 2013

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The north leg carries the load — 3,032 southbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 168. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 915 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 922 from 4:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 7.3% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 14 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 north3,032southbound · 14 bikes · 6.8% heavy
From the west168eastbound · 0 bikes · 6.5% heavy
Total vehicles6,155568 pedestrians · 23 cyclists · 7.3% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south2,955northbound · 9 bikes · 7.7% heavy
AM peak hour915 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour922 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jan 31, 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 Carlaw Ave between Kit Hood Lane and Queen St E (167 m away) recorded an average of 42 km/h in its 24-hour count in June 2017; 85% of drivers were at or under 50 km/h. That segment carries about 10,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 9 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Carlaw Ave (191 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
Carlaw Ave · Kit Hood Lane – Queen St E · 167 mJun 2017 · 24 h9,96242 km/h50 km/h56 km/h

School-zone speed sign 191 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

2017 was the peak year (7 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 3% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 26% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 3, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions34#2618 of 5,508
With an injury1#4167 of 4,660
Property damage only25
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201449latest Jun 3, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jul 9, 2010.

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 12 thefts from vehicles and 36 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 8.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 11 in 2023–2025, about 3.7 a year, against 5.3 a year before that. 75% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 58% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1240street/outdoor (9), other (2)
Bicycle theft3670apartment parking (21), street/outdoor (9)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 1, 2025. 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 Carlaw & Colgate a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 34 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 Carlaw & Colgate?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Jan 31, 2013, 67% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Carlaw & Colgate?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Carlaw Ave between Kit Hood Lane and Queen St E (June 2017), found an average of 42 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 50 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 191 m away (30 km/h), 20% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Carlaw & Colgate?

The nearest Green P car park is 111 Broadview Ave (816 m away, 92 spaces, 56% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 673 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 34,040 spaces — 65 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 220 Carlaw Ave. (39 m).

How do I get to Carlaw & Colgate by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503, 506, 504 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 135 m away; bus routes 72, 83, 31 within 1 km (nearest stop: 250 Carlaw Ave, 73 m).

What restaurants are near Carlaw & Colgate?

45 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 236 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Maker Pizza (69 m), Petite Thuet & Co (77 m), Bake My Day Toronto (113 m), The Modern Crumb (113 m) and Maha's Cafe (115 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 Carlaw & Colgate?

The nearest is Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom, 870 Queen St E, 432 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Leslie Grove Park Washroom (559 m); Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom (631 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 Carlaw & Colgate?

15 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,259 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Liberty Preparatory School Inc. (77 m, 39 spaces), Brightpath Leslieville (116 m, 154 spaces) and Mighty Kids (118 m, 43 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Carlaw & Colgate?

20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,190 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 245-247 Logan Ave (261 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 29 Louvain Ave (295 m, 51 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 1070 Queen St E (306 m, 177 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 1075 Queen St E (329 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 20 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 Carlaw & Colgate?

Toronto Police place 12 thefts from vehicles and 36 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 Carlaw & Colgate in?

Carlaw & Colgate 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