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Cobalt & Ryding

Cobalt Ave & Ryding Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Junction Area · Ward 5, York South-Weston

Cobalt & Ryding is a low-volume local intersection. It sits in the Junction Area. At the corner: a bike lane and a park. Nearby: 13 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
2,231
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 29, 2010
65 pedestrians · 37 cyclists
Collisions
19
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 10 property damage · #3509 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
1 streetcar route · 8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane - Contraflow
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 280 vehicles, 24% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 34 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 1.9 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Cobalt & Ryding

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
512 nearest 553 m
TTC bus
18930407179418926 nearest 110 m
Express
941989
Blue Night
340341
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Bike Lane - Contraflow on Ryding Ave installed 2020
Bike Share
St. Clair Ave W / Symes Rd 144 m · 15 docks · 11 stations, 206 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 (23)
  • Iqra Nejashi Islamic SchoolPrivate · 665 m
  • Harwood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 780 m
  • Annette St Jr Sr & High Park Alternative JrEnglish Public · 945 m
  • St Cecilia Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • King George Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Rockcliffe Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 17 more
Community centres
Parks (26)
  • Runnymede Park127 m
  • Symes - Viella Parkette260 m
  • Henrietta Park331 m
  • Maria Street Parkette370 m
  • Malta Park461 m
  • Maple Claire Park539 m
  • and 20 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Annette Street branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Daniel G. Hill (formely Jane/Dundas) branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library St. Clair/Silverthorn branch1.5 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 6 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 160 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Bairrada Churrasqueira Grillhouse, 96 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026.

Restaurants & cafés6 within 300 m · 160 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 31 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Bairrada Churrasqueira Grillhouse · 2293 St Clair Ave W96 mPassed, Mar 2026
Pioneer (On the Run) · 2317 St Clair Ave W127 mPassed, Jul 2024 · 1 infraction
Islamic Social Services and Resources Association · 2375 St Clair Ave W242 mPassed, Feb 2024
The Stockyards Grind · 2382 St Clair Ave W263 mPassed, May 2026
Banh Mi Happy · 2391 St Clair Ave W284 mPassed, Sep 2026
Brazilian Pizza Factory · 2393 St Clair Ave W 1294 mPassed, May 2026
San Jose Mexican Foods · 2393 St Clair Ave Wgrocery295 mPassed, Feb 2025
Saldoce Caffe & Kitchen · 2411 St Clair Ave W324 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

No public washroom is listed within a kilometre, but there is a drinking fountain 30 m away at Runnymede Park.

No City washroom within 1 km.

Drinking water
Runnymede Park drinking fountain · 30 m; Henrietta Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 361 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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 640 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is The Clover School - High Park (831 m, 127 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km6 centres · 640 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 6
  • The Clover School - High Park · 411 Clendenan Ave
    127 spaces · toddler, preschool
    831 m
  • Kids & Company the Stockyards · 100 Weston Rd
    82 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    857 m
  • The Clover School - High Park Annette Campus · 250 Annette St
    15 spaces · toddler
    874 m
  • The Learning Nest Academy · 51 Vine Ave
    70 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    933 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 423 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 11 Division (1.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.

FireFire Station 423 · 1.1 km358 Keele St
Police11 Division · 1.4 km2054 Davenport Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 30 · 1.3 km100 Turnberry 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 five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 209 rental units. The nearest is 270 Ryding Ave (211 m, 16 units, 3 storeys, built 1958), which scored 80 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 5 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings5 · 209 units
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20265 across the 5
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest7 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
270 Ryding Ave163195880 · Aug 20261211 m
283 Gilmour Ave · 1066362 Ontario Ltd O/A Lyve Properties355196590 · Aug 20260457 m
3385 Dundas St W · Realstar1317202197 · Aug 20244675 m
8 Castleton Ave · Orchard Park Property Management173196595 · Aug 20260701 m
340 High Park Ave103194088 · Aug 20260 · 2 fire714 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 lots657 lots · ≈34,540 spaces · 103.6 ha
Within 500 m59 lots · ≈4,540 spaces
Green P (public)9 car parks · about 320 spaces
EV charging (City)535 Runnymeade Rd · 940 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
3354 Dundas St W · Surface523 m1199% (Q1 2026)
1A Mould Avenue · Surface758 m7 *
385 Pacific Ave · Surface908 m6773% (Q1 2026)
400 Keele St · Surface1.1 km3580% (Q1 2026)
351 Keele St · Surface1.2 km7270% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 67 m away, ≈43 spaces; 75 m away, ≈11 spaces; 88 m away, ≈26 spaces; 98 m away, ≈40 spaces; 119 m away, ≈190 spaces; 128 m away, ≈52 spaces. More EV charging: 64 Annette St (1.4 km, 2 ports); 115 High Park Avenue (1.6 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, Nov 29, 2010

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 1,365 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 61% of the total, against 175 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 351 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 250 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 16 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2010, 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 north691southbound · 6 bikes · 6.5% heavy
From the west1,365eastbound · 20 bikes · 3.7% heavy
Total vehicles2,23165 pedestrians · 37 cyclists · 4.7% heavy
From the east175westbound · 11 bikes · 5.1% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour250 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour351 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 29, 2010

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 Ryding Ave between Lane E of Runnymede and S of Ryding and Runnymede Rd, 374 m from the corner, a 4-day count in November 2010 put the average speed at 43 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 50 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 55 km/h or more. That segment carries about 3,400 vehicles a day. Cobalt Ave between Lane S of St Clair and E of Runnymede and St Clair Ave W measured slower: 32 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 42 km/h (Nov 2010). The reading is 16 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 5 speed humps slow traffic on Ryding Avenue between Runnymede Rd and Cobalt Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Cobalt Ave · Lane S of St Clair and E of Runnymede – St Clair Ave W · 89 mNov 2010 · 4 days1,68532 km/h42 km/h46 km/h
Ryding Ave · Lane E of Runnymede and S of Ryding – Runnymede Rd · 374 mNov 2010 · 4 days3,44443 km/h50 km/h55 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Ryding Avenue · Runnymede Rd – Cobalt Ave
    5 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 worst year was 2019, with 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 2 collisions (11%) involved an injury. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 58% of collisions. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (11%). The most recent report on file is from Dec 15, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions19#3509 of 5,508
With an injury2#3938 of 4,660
Property damage only10
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian2#1979 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified7
All since 201426latest Dec 15, 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

One theft from a vehicle and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft100commercial premises (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 3, 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 Junction Area.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Cobalt & Ryding a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 19 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 Cobalt & Ryding?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Nov 29, 2010, 24% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Cobalt & Ryding?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ryding Ave between Lane E of Runnymede and S of Ryding and Runnymede Rd (November 2010), found an average of 43 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 50 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Cobalt & Ryding?

The nearest Green P car park is 3354 Dundas St W (523 m away, 11 spaces, 99% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 657 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 34,540 spaces — 59 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 535 Runnymeade Rd (940 m).

How do I get to Cobalt & Ryding by transit?

Streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 553 m away; bus routes 189, 30, 40, 71, 79, 41, 89, 26 and 2 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Cobalt & Ryding?

6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 160 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Bairrada Churrasqueira Grillhouse (96 m), Pioneer (On the Run) (127 m), Islamic Social Services and Resources Association (242 m), The Stockyards Grind (263 m) and Banh Mi Happy (284 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 Cobalt & Ryding?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 30 m away at Runnymede Park. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.

Is there child care near Cobalt & Ryding?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 640 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are The Clover School - High Park (831 m, 127 spaces), Kids & Company the Stockyards (857 m, 82 spaces) and The Clover School - High Park Annette Campus (874 m, 15 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Cobalt & Ryding?

Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 209 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 270 Ryding Ave (211 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 80), 283 Gilmour Ave (457 m, 35 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 3385 Dundas St W (675 m, 131 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 8 Castleton Ave (701 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 90 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 Cobalt & Ryding?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 Junction Area page.

What neighbourhood is Cobalt & Ryding in?

Cobalt & Ryding is in Junction Area (City of Toronto neighbourhood 090). It is in Ward 5, York South-Weston, represented by Councillor Frances Nunziata.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined