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Carlaw & Riverdale

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

Carlaw & Riverdale, in North Riverdale, is a mid-volume intersection. At the corner: a bike lane, a school within 250 m and parks. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
6,283
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 12, 2007
408 pedestrians · 40 cyclists
Collisions
19
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 12 property damage · #3505 of 5,508
KSI collisions
2
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 1 cyclist · #422 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
3 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings)
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 790 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 68% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 15 vehicles, close to the citywide median. That comes with about 1.9 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. About one in ten of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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Carlaw & Riverdale

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
506504505 nearest 364 m
TTC bus
7283121 nearest 105 m
Blue Night
306304305325300
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Carlaw Ave installed 2003
Bike Share
Logan Ave / Bain Ave 282 m · 19 docks · 15 stations, 292 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 (22)
  • Pape Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 177 m
  • Blake St Jr & East AlternativeEnglish Public · 462 m
  • Bon Berger Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 623 m
  • Withrow Ave Jr & Quest Alternative SrEnglish Public · 652 m
  • Eastdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 659 m
  • Earl Grey Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 735 m
  • and 16 more
Parks (36)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Pape/Danforth branch877 m
  • Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch919 m
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch931 m
Places of interest
  • Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 1 km
  • The Danforth Music HallPerforming Arts · 1.2 km
  • Riverdale FarmAttraction · 1.5 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 188 — 2.6× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is The Riverdale Perk, 222 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2025.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 188 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 32 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Riverdale Perk · 633 Logan Ave222 mPassed, Sep 2025
Bain Community Kitchen · 100 Bain Ave321 mPassed, Jun 2025
Riverdale Mighty Kids · 842 Gerrard St E329 mPassed, Jul 2026
The Real Jerk · 842 Gerrard St E329 mPassed, Aug 2026
Nutmento Caribbean Grill · 936 Gerrard St E375 mPassed, Mar 2025 · 1 infraction
Kin-Kin Bakery & Bubble Tea · 1000 Gerrard St Egrocery407 mPassed, Oct 2024 · 1 infraction
Little Caesars · 1000 Gerrard St E, Unit-C14407 mPassed, Sep 2025
Asian Gourmet Wok & Grill · 1000 Gerrard St E Unit-F5408 mPassed, Jun 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 Withrow Park South Washroom, 271 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 390 m away at Withrow Park.

  • Withrow Park South Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    271 m
  • Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom · 953 Gerrard St E
    View centre hours
    477 m
  • Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    482 m
Drinking water
Withrow Park drinking fountain · 390 m; Gerrard - Carlaw Traffic Island drinking fountain, dog fountain · 392 m · off

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

16 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,445 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Riverdale Learning Loft Inc. (212 m, 41 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km16 centres · 1,445 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 16
  • Riverdale Learning Loft Inc. · 433 Pape Ave
    41 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    212 m
  • Riverdale Mighty Kids Corp · 842 Gerrard St E
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    330 m
  • Blake Street Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 84 Blake St
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    582 m
  • Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Jones · 343 Jones Ave
    128 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    623 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 324 (333 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 324 · 333 m840 Gerrard St E
Police55 Division · 2.2 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 1 km126 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

Within a kilometre there are 15 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,575 rental units — nine social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 369 Pape Ave (287 m, 139 units, 8 storeys, built 1981), which scored 93 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 17 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 13 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings15 · 1,575 units · 9 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202617 across the 15
Open fire-code violations13
Tallest23 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
369 Pape AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1398198193 · Aug 20266287 m
10 Boultbee AveToronto Community Housing · TCH16711200192 · Jul 20261407 m
793 Gerrard St Esocial housing · North44 Property Management Inc285195083 · Nov 20250461 m
575 Pape Ave · D&d Property Management173193092 · Jul 20241484 m
80 Blake StToronto Community Housing · TCH19014196998 · Jul 20240 · 7 fire545 m
444 Logan Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc15922196786 · Jun 20243 · 3 fire603 m
39 Harcourt AveToronto Community Housing · TCH153198994 · Nov 20250712 m
98 Cavell AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1006199296 · Aug 20251730 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 lots720 lots · ≈27,460 spaces · 82.4 ha
Within 500 m26 lots · ≈1,130 spaces
Green P (public)20 car parks · about 844 spaces
EV charging (City)963 Gerrard St E · 453 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking9 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 32 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
653 Gerrard St E · Surface741 m3072% (Q1 2026)
670 Pape Ave · Surface826 m7447% (Q1 2026)
573 Gerrard St E · Surface1 km3675% (Q1 2026)
25 Ferrier Ave · Surface1 km4682% (Q1 2026)
77 Gough Ave · Surface1 km1783% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 82 m away, ≈26 spaces; 157 m away, ≈2 spaces; 191 m away, ≈6 spaces; 213 m away, ≈383 spaces; 227 m away, ≈4 spaces; 247 m away, ≈6 spaces. More EV charging: 453 Jones Ave (721 m, 2 ports); 503 Jones Ave (821 m, 2 ports); 220 Carlaw Ave. (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, Apr 12, 2007

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 2,233 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 36% of the total, against 606 from the west. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 1,001 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 10% above the afternoon peak from 4:30 p.m. (910). Heavy vehicles made up 4.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 19 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2007, 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 north1,480southbound · 14 bikes · 1.6% heavy
From the west606eastbound · 3 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles6,283408 pedestrians · 40 cyclists · 4.3% heavy
From the east2,233westbound · 21 bikes · 5.6% heavy
From the south1,964northbound · 2 bikes · 6.3% heavy
AM peak hour1,001 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour910 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 12, 2007

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 Riverdale Ave between Lane E of Pape and S of Riverdale and Poucher St, 257 m from the corner, a 3-day count in December 2018 put the average speed at 29 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 35 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 39 km/h or more. That segment carries about 4,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Riverdale Ave (95 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.3% of the 23,049 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none. 7 speed humps slow traffic on Carlaw Avenue between Danforth Ave and Riverdale Ave, and 1 more calmed segment ends here.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Riverdale Ave · Lane E of Pape and S of Riverdale – Poucher St · 257 mDec 2018 · 3 days4,13829 km/h35 km/h39 km/h

School-zone speed sign 95 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct17 · 26 km/h
Over the limit0.8%
50 km/h or more0.3%

Riverdale Ave (eastbound), 245 Riverdale Avenue · 23,049 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Carlaw Avenue · Danforth Ave – Riverdale Ave
    7 speed humps
  • Riverdale Avenue · Broadview Ave – Carlaw Ave
    7 speed humps
    installed 2006

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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 3 collisions. 3 collisions (16%) involved an injury. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 26% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (5%). The most recent report on file is from Nov 4, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions19#3505 of 5,508
With an injury3#3436 of 4,660
Property damage only12
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian1#2936 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
All since 201424latest Nov 4, 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

Neither of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 pedestrian and 1 cyclist were among those hurt. The most recent was on Sep 8, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions2#422 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#746 of 879
Involving a cyclist1#230 of 271
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20062latest Sep 8, 2024

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

Two thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200other (1), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft100house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 2, 2022. 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 North Riverdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Carlaw & Riverdale a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 2 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#422 of 1,505), out of 19 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Riverdale?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 12, 2007, 68% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Carlaw & Riverdale?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Riverdale Ave between Lane E of Pape and S of Riverdale and Poucher St (December 2018), found an average of 29 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 35 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 95 m away (40 km/h), 0.3% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Carlaw & Riverdale?

The nearest Green P car park is 653 Gerrard St E (741 m away, 30 spaces, 72% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 720 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,460 spaces — 26 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 963 Gerrard St E (453 m).

How do I get to Carlaw & Riverdale by transit?

Streetcar routes 506, 504, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 364 m away; bus routes 72, 83, 121 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Carlaw & Riverdale?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 188 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Riverdale Perk (222 m), Bain Community Kitchen (321 m), Riverdale Mighty Kids (329 m), The Real Jerk (329 m) and Nutmento Caribbean Grill (375 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 & Riverdale?

The nearest is Withrow Park South Washroom, 725 Logan Ave, 271 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom (477 m); Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (482 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 & Riverdale?

16 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,445 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Riverdale Learning Loft Inc. (212 m, 41 spaces), Riverdale Mighty Kids Corp (330 m, 49 spaces) and Blake Street Early Learning & Child Care Centre (582 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Carlaw & Riverdale?

15 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,575 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 369 Pape Ave (287 m, 139 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 10 Boultbee Ave (407 m, 167 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 793 Gerrard St E (461 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 83) and 575 Pape Ave (484 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 15 is 92 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.

How many thefts are reported at Carlaw & Riverdale?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 North Riverdale page.

What neighbourhood is Carlaw & Riverdale in?

Carlaw & Riverdale is in North Riverdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 068). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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