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Carlaw & Westwood

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

Carlaw & Westwood is a quiet local crossing, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. It sits in Broadview North. At the corner: 3 schools within 250 m and parks. Nearby: Pape Station (Line 2) 809 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
890
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 27, 2021
598 pedestrians · 49 cyclists
Collisions
5
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 3 property damage · #5102 of 5,508
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
Pape Station 809 m · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 12 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 110 vehicles an hour, 10% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 1.5 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 5.5% of vehicle volume, about 7.1× the typical share. On average 0.5 collisions a year were reported here in 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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Carlaw & Westwood

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Pape Station (Line 2)809 m; Chester Station (Line 2)890 m
TTC bus
62721008782551 nearest 100 m
Express
925
Blue Night
325322300
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Mortimer Ave at Carlaw Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Mortimer Ave / Carlaw Ave SMART 122 m · 12 docks · 10 stations, 195 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 (15)
  • Westwood Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 70 m
  • Chester Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 199 m
  • Centennial College School - Carlaw CampusCollege · 202 m
  • William Burgess Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 661 m
  • Jackman Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 683 m
  • Holy Cross Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 877 m
  • and 9 more
Parks (24)
  • Westwood Park182 m
  • Agnes Macphail Square223 m
  • Charles Sauriol Parkette531 m
  • Gamble Playground606 m
  • Livingstone Park629 m
  • Aldwych Park734 m
  • and 18 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch610 m
  • Toronto Public Library Pape/Danforth branch1 km
Places of interest
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage SiteLandmark · 806 m
  • Evergreen Brick WorksAttraction · 1.2 km
  • The Danforth Music HallPerforming Arts · 1.2 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 15 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 156 — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Pape Village Original Greek Restaurant, 179 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés15 within 300 m · 156 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 24 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Pape Village Original Greek Restaurant · 942 Pape Ave179 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Masa Buka Greek Restaurant · 940 Pape Ave182 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Phyllo Caffe · 920 Pape Ave194 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 1 infraction
California Pub and Grill · 914 Pape Ave201 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
El Greco · 160 Floyd Ave210 mPassed, Dec 2025
Zenku · 210 Mortimer Ave227 mPassed, Feb 2026
Brothers Pizza · 976a Pape Ave232 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
Brothers Pizza · 976a Pape Ave232 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 4 infractions

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 East York Community Centre Washroom, 627 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 597 m away at Gamble Playground.

  • East York Community Centre Washroom · 1081 Pape Ave
    View centre hours
    627 m
Drinking water
Gamble Playground drinking fountain · 597 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

12 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,160 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Chester Jr YMCA (199 m, 161 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km12 centres · 1,160 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 12
  • Chester Jr YMCA · 115 Gowan Ave
    161 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    199 m
  • Broad View French Montessori School · 903 Pape Ave
    33 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    317 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Child's Nest Early Learning Centre · 121 Cosburn Ave
    40 spaces · infant, toddler · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    433 m
  • Network - Child's Nest Early Years and Child Care Centre - 123 Cosburn · 123 Cosburn Ave
    58 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    439 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 322 (829 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (3.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 747 m away.

FireFire Station 322 · 829 m256 Cosburn Ave
Police55 Division · 3.3 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 747 m1300 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 76 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 4,965 rental units, 3.3× the median for a Toronto intersection — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 156 Floyd Ave (194 m, 41 units, 6 storeys, built 1992), which scored 93 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 76 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 133 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 58 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings76 · 4,965 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026133 across the 76
Open fire-code violations58
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
156 Floyd Avesocial housing · Affordable Property Management Inc416199293 · Oct 20250194 m
160 Floyd Ave123195277 · Jul 20251210 m
100 Gowan Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc.12117196697 · Jun 20254242 m
80 Gowan Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc8811196894 · Aug 20242247 m
130 Gowan Ave · Greenwin Inc16012196898 · Jun 20247 · 2 fire251 m
60 Gowan Ave · Enderby Developments Limited11821197095 · Jul 20251260 m
75 Cosburn Ave · 75 Co11812196892 · Sep 202411286 m
55 Cosburn Ave · Enderby Developments Limited15512197392 · Aug 20263294 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 lots454 lots · ≈15,740 spaces · 47.2 ha
Within 500 m80 lots · ≈1,810 spaces
Green P (public)15 car parks · about 593 spaces
EV charging (City)41 FULTON AVE · 605 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking20 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
77 Gough Ave · Surface809 m1783% (Q1 2026)
25 Ferrier Ave · Surface811 m4682% (Q1 2026)
18 Ferrier Ave · Surface812 m2358% (Q1 2026)
716 Pape Ave · Surface818 m7475% (Q1 2026)
20 Eaton Avenue · Surface856 m70 *

Nearest lots: 54 m away, ≈40 spaces; 106 m away, ≈41 spaces; 165 m away, ≈6 spaces; 182 m away, ≈43 spaces; 186 m away, ≈136 spaces; 212 m away, ≈13 spaces. More EV charging: 14 Arundel Ave. (861 m, 8 ports); 35 Erindale Ave (1.1 km, 10 ports); 503 Jones Ave (1.4 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, Oct 27, 2021

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 374 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 42% of the total, against 209 from the east. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 200 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 21% above the afternoon peak from 4:00 p.m. (165). Heavy vehicles made up 3.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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 north374southbound · 26 bikes · 6.1% heavy
From the west307eastbound · 10 bikes · 0.7% heavy
Total vehicles890598 pedestrians · 49 cyclists · 3.1% heavy
From the east209westbound · 9 bikes · 1.4% heavy
From the south0northbound · 4 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour200 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour165 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 27, 2021

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 Westwood Ave between Carlaw Ave and Lane W of Pape and N of Westwood, 81 m from the corner, a 3-day count in March 2023 put the average speed at 32 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 40 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 44 km/h or more. That segment carries about 900 vehicles a day. Carlaw Ave between Westwood Ave and Floyd Ave measured slower: 26 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 33 km/h (Apr 2024). At the school-zone speed sign on Gowan Ave (202 m away, 30 km/h limit), 2.7% of the 30,134 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Westwood Avenue between Carlaw Ave and Pape Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Carlaw Ave · Westwood Ave – Floyd Ave · 50 mApr 2024 · 3 days63326 km/h33 km/h36 km/h
Westwood Ave · Carlaw Ave – Lane W of Pape and N of Westwood · 81 mMar 2023 · 3 days94132 km/h40 km/h44 km/h

School-zone speed sign 202 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct23 · 32 km/h
Over the limit9.9%
40 km/h or more2.7%

Gowan Ave (westbound), Burncrest Road · 30,134 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Westwood Avenue · Carlaw Ave – Pape 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 1 collision. 1 collision (20%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (40%). The most recent report on file is from May 26, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions5#5102 of 5,508
With an injury1#4636 of 4,660
Property damage only3
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian1#3137 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2511 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 20145latest May 26, 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

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.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Five thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle530house driveway/garage (3), other (1)
Bicycle theft110street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 17, 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 Broadview North.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Carlaw & Westwood a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 5 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 & Westwood?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Oct 27, 2021, 10% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Carlaw & Westwood?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Westwood Ave between Carlaw Ave and Lane W of Pape and N of Westwood (March 2023), found an average of 32 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 40 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 202 m away (30 km/h), 2.7% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Carlaw & Westwood?

The nearest Green P car park is 77 Gough Ave (809 m away, 17 spaces, 83% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 454 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 15,740 spaces — 80 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 41 FULTON AVE (605 m).

How do I get to Carlaw & Westwood by transit?

Pape Station (Line 2) is 809 m away; bus routes 62, 72, 100, 87, 8, 25, 51, 925 within 1 km (nearest stop: Mortimer Ave at Carlaw Ave, 100 m).

What restaurants are near Carlaw & Westwood?

15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 156 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Pape Village Original Greek Restaurant (179 m), Masa Buka Greek Restaurant (182 m), Phyllo Caffe (194 m), California Pub and Grill (201 m) and El Greco (210 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 & Westwood?

The nearest is East York Community Centre Washroom, 1081 Pape Ave, 627 m away (View centre hours). 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 & Westwood?

12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,160 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Chester Jr YMCA (199 m, 161 spaces), Broad View French Montessori School (317 m, 33 spaces) and Network Child Care Services - Child's Nest Early Learning Centre (433 m, 40 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Carlaw & Westwood?

76 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,965 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 156 Floyd Ave (194 m, 41 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 160 Floyd Ave (210 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 100 Gowan Ave (242 m, 121 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 80 Gowan Ave (247 m, 88 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 76 is 90 out of 100; 2 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 & Westwood?

Toronto Police place five 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 Broadview North page.

What neighbourhood is Carlaw & Westwood in?

Carlaw & Westwood is in Broadview North (City of Toronto neighbourhood 057). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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