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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 · Jan 25, 2018
This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 3,313 southbound vehicles, or 54% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 63. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 970 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 962 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 9 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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.
Peak hours: 970 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 962 from 5:00 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
2021 was the peak year (7 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 25% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 13% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). The most recent report on file is from Jan 24, 2024.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 32 | #2701 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 8 | #2052 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 22 | |
| Fail to remain | 6 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 3 | #1245 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 2 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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.
How fast traffic moves here
The City's counter on Gerrard St E between Carlaw Ave and Boston Ave (52 m away) recorded an average of 26 km/h in its 24-hour count in August 2017; 85% of drivers were at or under 34 km/h. That segment carries about 200 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 Langley Ave (316 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 5,876 vehicles logged in December 2025 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerrard St E · Carlaw Ave – Boston Ave · 52 m | Aug 2017 · 24 h | 194 | 26 km/h | 34 km/h | 39 km/h |
| Carlaw Ave · Badgerow Ave – Gerrard St E · 55 m | Sep 2012 · 3 days | 6,342 | — | — | — |
- Speed sign
- Langley Ave (eastbound), 316 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 6 km/h, 85th percentile 17 km/h; 0.0% at 50 km/h or more. 5,876 vehicles logged in December 2025; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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
- Streetcar
- 506 501 503 504 505 nearest 75 m
- TTC bus
- 72 83 nearest 19 m
- Blue Night
- 306 301 304 305 325
- Nearest stops
- 11 surface stops within 300 m — Carlaw Ave at Gerrard St East South Side; Carlaw Ave at Gerrard St East
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Carlaw Ave / Dundas St E 254 m · 3 min · 17 docks · 14 stations, 266 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
- 17 car parks · about 721 spaces
- EV charging
- 963 Gerrard St E · 337 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 220 Carlaw Ave. (598 m), 453 Jones Ave (1.4 km)
- Bike parking
- 25 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 53 bikes within 600 m
- Other lots
- 29 mapped lots within 500 m, 506 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 653 Gerrard St E · Surface | 714 m | 30 | 72% (Q1 2026) |
| 573 Gerrard St E · Surface | 1 km | 36 | 75% (Q1 2026) |
| 111 Broadview Ave · Surface | 1.4 km | 92 | 56% (Q1 2026) |
| 136 Broadview Ave · Surface | 1.4 km | 22 | 73% (Q1 2026) |
| 670 Pape Ave · Surface | 1.4 km | 74 | 47% (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
The nearest grocery store is Fruitful Market, 351 m away; 5 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. There are 12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 121 eating places within a kilometre — 3.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is The Real Jerk, 111 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Medi Choice Pharmacy, 107 m away; 8 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, 1.2 km away. Second Mile Club - Four Branch - East Toronto Senior Recreation Club runs a seniors' active living programme 284 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- The Real Jerk · 842 Gerrard St E111 m
- Lazy Daisy Foods · 388 Carlaw Ave156 m
- Move · 388 Carlaw Ave156 m
- Revol Events · 388 Carlaw Ave156 m
- Royal Food Service · 388 Carlaw Ave156 m
- Grocery
- Fruitful Market 351 m · 4 min · 5 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Peitite Thuet Production Bakery 482 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Medi Choice Pharmacy 107 m · 8 within 1 km
- Child care
- Riverdale Mighty Kids Corp · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day110 m
- Matthew-John Early Learning Centre · 73 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day582 m · 7 min
- Riverdale Learning Loft Inc. · 41 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool628 m · 7 min
- Washrooms
- Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom · hours not listed284 m · 3 min
- Withrow Park South Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.744 m · 9 min
- Health and care
- Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital · hospital site1.2 km · 14 min
- Second Mile Club - Four Branch - East Toronto Senior Recreation Club · seniors' active living centre284 m · 3 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 (24)
- Badgerow Parkette132 m
- Carlaw-Dundas Triangle Park281 m · 3 min
- Matty Eckler Playground463 m · 6 min
- Caroline Huebner Parkette616 m · 7 min
- Hideaway Park630 m · 8 min
- Community centres
- Matty Eckler Recreation Centre284 m · 3 min
- Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre1.2 km · 14 min
- Schools (16)
- Pape Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 483 m · 6 min
- Eastdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 620 m · 7 min
- Morse Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 806 m · 10 min
- Riverdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 818 m · 10 min
- Blake St Jr & East AlternativeEnglish Public · 891 m · 11 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Jones branch857 m · 10 min
- Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch1 km · 11 min
- Places of interest
- Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 1.5 km · 17 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.
Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,808 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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
Nine registered apartment buildings with 678 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, seven of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 793 Gerrard St E (337 m, 28 units, 5 storeys, built 1950), which scored 83 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 9 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 793 Gerrard St E social housing · North44 Property Management Inc | 28 | 5 | 1950 | 83 · Nov 2025 | 337 m · 4 min |
| 444 Logan Ave social housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc | 159 | 22 | 1967 | 86 · Jun 2024 | 488 m · 6 min |
| 369 Pape Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 139 | 8 | 1981 | 93 · Aug 2026 | 580 m · 7 min |
| 1119 Gerrard St E social housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc. | 29 | 5 | 1996 | 93 · Aug 2026 | 883 m · 11 min |
| 29 Louvain Ave Toronto Community Housing · TCH | 51 | 4 | 1993 | 89 · Dec 2025 | 907 m · 11 min |
| 10 Boultbee Ave Toronto Community Housing · TCH | 167 | 11 | 2001 | 92 · Jul 2026 | 908 m · 11 min |
9 registered buildings · 678 units · 7 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 one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 1 | 0 | 0 | house driveway/garage (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 & Gerrard (South) a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 32 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 & Gerrard (South)?
A moderately travelled crossing at the City's last count here, in 2018. Its latest count is from Jan 25, 2018, 66% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Carlaw & Gerrard (South) a walkable intersection?
Carlaw & Gerrard (South) scores 58 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,808 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: 3 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 5 grocery stores within 1 km · 12 places to eat within 300 m.
How fast do cars go at Carlaw & Gerrard (South)?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Gerrard St E between Carlaw Ave and Boston Ave (August 2017), found an average of 26 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 34 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 316 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in December 2025.
Where can I park near Carlaw & Gerrard (South)?
The nearest Green P car park is 653 Gerrard St E (714 m away, 30 spaces, 72% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 506 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,630 spaces — 29 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 963 Gerrard St E (337 m).
How do I get to Carlaw & Gerrard (South) by transit?
Streetcar routes 506, 501, 503, 504 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 75 m away; bus routes 72, 83 within 1 km (nearest stop: Carlaw Ave at Gerrard St East South Side, 19 m).
What restaurants are near Carlaw & Gerrard (South)?
12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 121 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are The Real Jerk (111 m), Lazy Daisy Foods (156 m), Move (156 m), Revol Events (156 m) and Royal Food Service (156 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Carlaw & Gerrard (South)?
The nearest is Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom, 953 Gerrard St E, 284 m away. Next nearest: Withrow Park South Washroom (744 m).
Is there child care near Carlaw & Gerrard (South)?
11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 905 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Riverdale Mighty Kids Corp (110 m, 49 spaces), Matthew-John Early Learning Centre (582 m, 73 spaces) and Riverdale Learning Loft Inc. (628 m, 41 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Carlaw & Gerrard (South)?
Nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 678 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 793 Gerrard St E (337 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 444 Logan Ave (488 m, 159 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 369 Pape Ave (580 m, 139 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 1119 Gerrard St E (883 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 9 is 88 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.
How many thefts are reported at Carlaw & Gerrard (South)?
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the South Riverdale page.
What neighbourhood is Carlaw & Gerrard (South) in?
Carlaw & Gerrard (South) 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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Jan 25, 2018.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 14 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.66709, -79.34255 · centreline node 13463879.