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Cherry & Commissioners

Cherry St & Commissioners St · Toronto, Ontario · South Riverdale · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

In South Riverdale, Cherry & Commissioners is a low-volume local intersection. At the corner: a protected bikeway, a park and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
6,951
vehicles · 14-hour count, Feb 26, 2026
461 pedestrians · 286 cyclists · #1906 busiest
Collisions
0
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
none reported within 65 m
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
4
TTC stops within 100 m
2 streetcar routes · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Multi-Use Trail, Cycle Track
Bike Share: 64 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 500 vehicles, 43% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 15 vehicles, close to the citywide median. Cyclists were 4.1% of vehicle volume, about 5.3× the typical share.

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Cherry & Commissioners

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
504508 nearest 720 m
TTC bus
114202651217275 nearest 44 m
Blue Night
304365
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Commissioners St at Cherry St East Side; Cherry St at Commissioners St
Cycling
Multi-Use Trail on New Cherry St installed 2023; Cycle Track on Commissioners St installed 2023
Bike Share
Commissioners St / Cherry St 26 m · 31 docks · 21 stations, 492 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 (9)
  • George Brown College - Young Centre For the Performing ArtsCollege · 739 m
  • Voice Integrative Private SchoolPrivate · 772 m
  • George Brown College - Waterfront CampusCollege · 1 km
  • Market Lane Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Inglenook Community SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • St Michael Catholic Elementary School - Bldg 1English Separate · 1.3 km
  • and 3 more
Parks (25)
  • Biidaasige Park218 m
  • Jennifer Kateryna Koval's'kyj Park438 m
  • Aitken Place Park718 m
  • Sherbourne Common911 m
  • Parliament Square Park936 m
  • Diamond Jubilee Promenade1 km
  • and 19 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library St. Lawrence branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Polson PierLandmark · 450 m
  • Soulpepper Theatre CompanyPerforming Arts · 674 m
  • The Distillery Historic DistrictLandmark · 750 m
  • Young Centre for the Performing ArtsPerforming Arts · 754 m
  • Thompson Landry Gallery - Stone Building & Cooperage SpaceGallery · 761 m
  • Illuminarium TorontoAttraction · 800 m
  • Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)Performing Arts · 1.1 km
  • Sugar Beach ParkNature/ Park · 1.1 km
Signal
2651, activated 2022 · SAP · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal

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 3 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 76. The nearest is Cherry Street Bar-B-Que, 137 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 76 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Cherry Street Bar-B-Que · 275 Cherry St137 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Cherry Street Bar-B-Que · 275 Cherry St137 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 1 infraction
Batl · 33 Villiers St, Unit-105274 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 1 infraction
Kotowski, B. - Toronto Plate No. 04603 (Hot Dog Cart) · Polson 18 None314 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
The Keating Channel · 2 Villiers St315 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 5 infractions
The Keating Channel · 2 Villiers St315 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Spike's Snack Bar · 176 Cherry St415 mPassed, Jun 2024 · 2 infractions
Enterprise 2000 · 176 Cherry St415 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 Old Fire Hall 30 Park Washroom, 322 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 149 m away at Biidaasige Park.

  • Old Fire Hall 30 Park Washroom · 31 Commissioners St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    322 m
  • Old Fire Hall 30 Community Centre Washroom · 31 Commissioners St
    hours not listed · accessible
    324 m
  • East Bayfront Community Recreation Centre Washrooms · 261 Queens Quay East
    View centre hours · accessible
    632 m
Drinking water
Biidaasige Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 149 m; Biidaasige Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 246 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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 222 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Aquabella Child Care (688 m, 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km3 centres · 222 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 3
  • Aquabella Child Care · 75 Edgewater Dr
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    688 m
  • Distillery District Early Learning Centre · 8 Distillery Lane
    85 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    824 m
  • George Brown College - Mary's Place Child Care Centre · 185 Queens Quay E
    75 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 333 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 51 Division (1.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.0 km away.

FireFire Station 333 · 1.2 km207 Front St E
Police51 Division · 1 km51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 40 · 2 km58 Richmond St E

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 seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,321 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 131 Mill St (764 m, 230 units, 15 storeys, built 2022), which scored 99 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 96, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 57 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 46 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings7 · 1,321 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score96 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202657 across the 7
Open fire-code violations46
Tallest26 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
131 Mill St · Tricon Residential Inc23015202299 · Jul 202510 · 15 fire764 m
151 Mill St · Tricon Residential Inc232162022100 · Jul 20258 · 13 fire765 m
181 Mill St · Tricon Residential Inc310262022100 · Jul 202523 · 14 fire769 m
100 Mill St · Tricon Residentail237112024100 · Nov 20256815 m
5 Hahn Plsocial housing · St Clare's Multifaith Housing324198090 · Sep 20240855 m
33 Hahn Plsocial housing · Les Centres D'accueil Heritage (Owns and Manages Bldg Cah Is Not A Property Mngmt Co)1358198084 · Jul 20255 · 4 fire891 m
75 Cooperage Stsocial housing · Wigwamen Incorporated14512201698 · Nov 202551 km

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 lots446 lots · ≈33,830 spaces · 101.5 ha
Within 500 m15 lots · ≈2,090 spaces
Green P (public)16 car parks · about 3,994 spaces
EV charging (City)51 Dockside Dr. · 1 km · 5 Level 2 ports
Bike parking2 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 8 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
70 Distillery Lane · Garage669 m103 *
31A Parliament Street · Surface836 m230 *
40 Rolling Mills Rd. · Garage890 m25 *
44 Parliament Street · Surface940 m120 *
373 Front Street East · Surface944 m450 *

Nearest lots: 134 m away, ≈18 spaces; 150 m away, ≈134 spaces; 233 m away, ≈214 spaces; 307 m away, ≈42 spaces; 308 m away, ≈78 spaces; 322 m away, ≈169 spaces. More EV charging: 51 Dockside Dr (1 km, 6 ports); 2 Church St. (1.6 km, 28 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 — 14-hour, Feb 26, 2026

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 2,679 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 39% of the total, against 79 from the west. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 567 vehicles in the hour from 9:30 a.m. and 564 from 2:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 25.9% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north2,679southbound · 106 bikes · 26.3% heavy
From the west79eastbound · 52 bikes · 12.7% heavy
Total vehicles6,951461 pedestrians · 286 cyclists · 25.9% heavy
From the east2,095westbound · 96 bikes · 22.5% heavy
From the south2,098northbound · 32 bikes · 29.3% heavy
AM peak hour567 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour564 vehicles from 2:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Feb 26, 2026

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 Cherry St between Polson St and Commissioners St, 81 m from the corner, a 3-day count in February 2026 put the average speed at 37 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 48 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 54 km/h or more. That segment carries about 5,400 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Cherry St · Polson St – Commissioners St · 81 mFeb 2026 · 3 days5,44537 km/h48 km/h54 km/h
Commissioners St · Ookwemin St – Munition St · 221 mJun 2011 · 3 days7,753

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

Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Cherry & Commissioners a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025 and police reported no 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 Cherry & Commissioners?

A low-volume local intersection. It ranks #1906 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 43% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Cherry & Commissioners?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Cherry St between Polson St and Commissioners St (February 2026), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Cherry & Commissioners?

The nearest Green P car park is 70 Distillery Lane (669 m away, 103 spaces). The City's mapping shows 446 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 33,830 spaces — 15 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 51 Dockside Dr. (1.0 km).

How do I get to Cherry & Commissioners by transit?

Streetcar routes 504, 508 stop within 1 km, the nearest 720 m away; bus routes 114, 202, 65, 121, 72, 75 within 1 km (nearest stop: Commissioners St at Cherry St East Side, 44 m).

What restaurants are near Cherry & Commissioners?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 76 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Cherry Street Bar-B-Que (137 m), Cherry Street Bar-B-Que (137 m), Batl (274 m), Kotowski, B. - Toronto Plate No. 04603 (Hot Dog Cart) (314 m) and The Keating Channel (315 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 Cherry & Commissioners?

The nearest is Old Fire Hall 30 Park Washroom, 31 Commissioners St, 322 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Old Fire Hall 30 Community Centre Washroom (324 m); East Bayfront Community Recreation Centre Washrooms (632 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 Cherry & Commissioners?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 222 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Aquabella Child Care (688 m, 62 spaces), Distillery District Early Learning Centre (824 m, 85 spaces) and George Brown College - Mary's Place Child Care Centre (1.0 km, 75 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Cherry & Commissioners?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,321 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 131 Mill St (764 m, 230 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 151 Mill St (765 m, 232 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 181 Mill St (769 m, 310 units, RentSafeTO score 100) and 100 Mill St (815 m, 237 units, RentSafeTO score 100). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 96 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.

What neighbourhood is Cherry & Commissioners in?

Cherry & Commissioners is in South Riverdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 070). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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