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Carlaw & Simpson

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

Carlaw & Simpson is an intersection of typical volume. It sits in North Riverdale. It has a school within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: 13 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
7,386
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 13, 2018
390 pedestrians · 208 cyclists
Collisions
77
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 51 property damage · #1431 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 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 920 vehicles, 80% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 19 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. Cyclists were 2.8% of vehicle volume, about 3.6× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 7.7 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 29%, from 45 in 2016–2020 to 32 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Carlaw & Simpson

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
506504505501503 nearest 107 m
TTC bus
7283121 nearest 84 m
Blue Night
306304305301325
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m — Carlaw Ave at Gerrard St East
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Logan Ave / Gerrard St E 222 m · 23 docks · 17 stations, 332 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 (19)
  • Pape Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 233 m
  • Blake St Jr & East AlternativeEnglish Public · 527 m
  • Eastdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 539 m
  • Riverdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 686 m
  • Bon Berger Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 691 m
  • Withrow Ave Jr & Quest Alternative SrEnglish Public · 761 m
  • and 13 more
Parks (36)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch743 m
  • Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch860 m
  • Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 1.1 km
  • The Danforth Music HallPerforming Arts · 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 9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 162 eating places within a kilometre — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Riverdale Mighty Kids, 71 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés9 within 300 m · 162 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 28 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Riverdale Mighty Kids · 842 Gerrard St E71 mPassed, Jul 2026
The Real Jerk · 842 Gerrard St E71 mPassed, Aug 2026
Nutmento Caribbean Grill · 936 Gerrard St E177 mPassed, Mar 2025 · 1 infraction
Wynona · 819 Gerrard St E195 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 2 infractions
East End Vine · 817 Gerrard St E202 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 1 infraction
Pizza Pide · 949 Gerrard St E216 mPassed, Apr 2026
Alice Marie Bakery & Coffee · 807 Gerrard St Egrocery247 mPassed, Dec 2025
Hailed Coffee · 801 Gerrard St E255 mPassed, May 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 Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom, 289 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 141 m away at Gerrard - Carlaw Traffic Island (currently off).

  • Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom · 953 Gerrard St E
    View centre hours
    289 m
  • Withrow Park South Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    534 m
  • Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    747 m
Drinking water
Gerrard - Carlaw Traffic Island drinking fountain, dog fountain · 141 m · off; Matty Eckler Playground bottle filling station · 370 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

19 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,563 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Riverdale Mighty Kids Corp (72 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km19 centres · 1,563 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 19
  • Riverdale Mighty Kids Corp · 842 Gerrard St E
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    72 m
  • Riverdale Learning Loft Inc. · 433 Pape Ave
    41 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    334 m
  • Matthew-John Early Learning Centre · 135 First Ave
    73 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    471 m
  • All About Kids Inc. (1055 Gerrard Street East) · 1055 Gerrard St E
    82 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    571 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 324 (83 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 723 m away.

FireFire Station 324 · 83 m840 Gerrard St E
Police55 Division · 2.1 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 723 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

19 registered apartment buildings with 1,649 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 15 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 369 Pape Ave (244 m, 139 units, 8 storeys, built 1981), which scored 93 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 19 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 13 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 13 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings19 · 1,649 units · 15 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202613 across the 19
Open fire-code violations13
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
369 Pape AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1398198193 · Aug 20266244 m
793 Gerrard St Esocial housing · North44 Property Management Inc285195083 · Nov 20250277 m
444 Logan Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc15922196786 · Jun 20243 · 3 fire372 m
10 Boultbee AveToronto Community Housing · TCH16711200192 · Jul 20261552 m
80 Blake StToronto Community Housing · TCH19014196998 · Jul 20240 · 7 fire720 m
575 Pape Ave · D&d Property Management173193092 · Jul 20241731 m
1119 Gerrard St Esocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.295199693 · Aug 20260806 m
425 Broadview Ave113192082 · Jul 20260809 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 lots745 lots · ≈32,200 spaces · 96.6 ha
Within 500 m39 lots · ≈1,580 spaces
Green P (public)20 car parks · about 853 spaces
EV charging (City)963 Gerrard St E · 287 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking33 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 53 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
653 Gerrard St E · Surface643 m3072% (Q1 2026)
573 Gerrard St E · Surface887 m3675% (Q1 2026)
670 Pape Ave · Surface1.1 km7447% (Q1 2026)
136 Broadview Ave · Surface1.1 km2273% (Q1 2026)
111 Broadview Ave · Surface1.2 km9256% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 84 m away, ≈14 spaces; 96 m away, ≈6 spaces; 99 m away, ≈383 spaces; 146 m away, ≈56 spaces; 149 m away, ≈9 spaces; 164 m away, ≈4 spaces. More EV charging: 220 Carlaw Ave. (755 m, 2 ports); 453 Jones Ave (898 m, 2 ports); 503 Jones 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, Jun 13, 2018

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The north leg carries the load — 4,355 southbound vehicles, or 59% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 60. Most cyclists arrived from the south (142 of 208). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,059 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,103 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 8 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.

From the north4,355southbound · 62 bikes · 3.2% heavy
From the west60eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles7,386390 pedestrians · 208 cyclists · 3.2% heavy
From the east0westbound · 4 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south2,971northbound · 142 bikes · 3.3% heavy
AM peak hour1,059 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,103 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 13, 2018

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 Simpson Ave between Lane E of Logan and S of Victor and Carlaw Ave (79 m away) recorded an average of 37 km/h in its 3-day count in March 2018; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 1,300 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 Langley Ave (165 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 2,690 vehicles logged in May 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Simpson Avenue between Carlaw Ave and Logan Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Simpson Ave · Lane E of Logan and S of Victor – Carlaw Ave · 79 mMar 2018 · 3 days1,27137 km/h44 km/h49 km/h
Carlaw Ave · Badgerow Ave – Gerrard St E · 212 mSep 2012 · 3 days6,342

School-zone speed sign 165 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct0 · 16 km/h
Over the limit0.0%
50 km/h or more0.0%

Langley Ave (eastbound), 210 Langley Avenue · 2,690 vehicles logged in May 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Simpson Avenue · Carlaw Ave – Logan Ave
    3 speed humps

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

2023 was the peak year (12 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 4% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 23 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 30% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 1% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 23, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions77#1431 of 5,508
With an injury3#3472 of 4,660
Property damage only51
Fail to remain23
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2367 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified23
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201485latest Jan 23, 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

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 three thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle320street/outdoor (3)
Bicycle theft200street/outdoor (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 23, 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 North Riverdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Carlaw & Simpson a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 77 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 & Simpson?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Jun 13, 2018, 80% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Carlaw & Simpson?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Simpson Ave between Lane E of Logan and S of Victor and Carlaw Ave (March 2018), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 165 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in May 2026.

Where can I park near Carlaw & Simpson?

The nearest Green P car park is 653 Gerrard St E (643 m away, 30 spaces, 72% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 745 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 32,200 spaces — 39 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 963 Gerrard St E (287 m).

How do I get to Carlaw & Simpson by transit?

Streetcar routes 506, 504, 505, 501 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 107 m away; bus routes 72, 83, 121 within 1 km (nearest stop: Carlaw Ave at Gerrard St East, 84 m).

What restaurants are near Carlaw & Simpson?

9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 162 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Riverdale Mighty Kids (71 m), The Real Jerk (71 m), Nutmento Caribbean Grill (177 m), Wynona (195 m) and East End Vine (202 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 & Simpson?

The nearest is Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom, 953 Gerrard St E, 289 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Withrow Park South Washroom (534 m); Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (747 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 & Simpson?

19 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,563 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Riverdale Mighty Kids Corp (72 m, 49 spaces), Riverdale Learning Loft Inc. (334 m, 41 spaces) and Matthew-John Early Learning Centre (471 m, 73 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Carlaw & Simpson?

19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,649 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 369 Pape Ave (244 m, 139 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 793 Gerrard St E (277 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 444 Logan Ave (372 m, 159 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 10 Boultbee Ave (552 m, 167 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 is 90 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 & Simpson?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and two 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 North Riverdale page.

What neighbourhood is Carlaw & Simpson in?

Carlaw & Simpson is in North Riverdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 068). 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