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College & Montrose (East)

College St & Montrose Ave (East) · Toronto, Ontario · Trinity-Bellwoods · Ward 11, University-Rosedale · Little Italy BIA

In Trinity-Bellwoods, in central Toronto, College & Montrose (East) is an intersection of typical volume. At the corner: a bike lane and a park. Nearby: Christie Station (Line 2) 1.0 km away.

Traffic volume
7,551
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jul 12, 1999
1,521 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
44
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
6 with an injury · 33 property damage · #2237 of 5,508 · +4 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
Christie Station 1 km · 3 streetcar routes · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows - Arterial
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 940 vehicles, 82% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 5 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. That comes with about 4.4 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 24%, from 25 in 2016–2020 to 19 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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College & Montrose (East)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Christie Station (Line 2)1 km
Streetcar
506505511 nearest 80 m
TTC bus
6394161126 nearest 390 m
Blue Night
306305363307300
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — College St at Crawford St
Cycling
Sharrows - Arterial on College St installed 2010
Bike Share
College St / Crawford St 85 m · 19 docks · 26 stations, 519 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 (30)
  • St Francis of Assisi Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 283 m
  • Montrose Jr & Delta Alternative SrEnglish Public · 391 m
  • Clinton Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 408 m
  • Central Toronto Academy & Horizon Alternative SrEnglish Public · 450 m
  • Ecole Elementaire Pierre Elliott TrudeauFrench Public · 472 m
  • Ossington Old Orchard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 472 m
  • and 24 more
Parks (30)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch186 m
  • Toronto Public Library Sanderson branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Randolph Centre for the ArtsPerforming Arts · 1.1 km
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 1.4 km
  • Theatre Passe MuraillePerforming Arts · 1.4 km
  • Ukrainian Museum of CanadaMuseum · 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 58 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 11 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 352 — 4.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Pizza Nova, 2 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés58 within 300 m · 352 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience11 within 300 m · 48 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Pizza Nova · 703 College St2 mPassed, Jul 2026
Churrasqueira Do Sardinha · 707 College St18 mPassed, Jul 2026
Fricasse Infused Chicken · 705 College St A23 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Masala Mania Inc · 705 College St23 mPassed, Jun 2026
Mumbai 74 Hakka and Indian Cuisine · 705a College St28 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Fresh Fruit Market · 699 College Stgrocery28 mPassed, Jul 2026
Fresh Fruit Market · 699 College Stgrocery28 mPassed, Sep 2025
Tsuchi · 688 College St32 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction

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 Fred Hamilton Playground Washroom, 345 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 185 m away at Grace - College Parkette.

  • Fred Hamilton Playground Washroom · 155 Roxton Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    345 m
  • Bickford Park Washroom · 400 Grace St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    571 m
  • Trinity Bellwoods Park North Baseball Diamond Washroom · 790 Queen St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    717 m
Drinking water
Grace - College Parkette drinking fountain · 185 m; Fred Hamilton Playground drinking fountain · 239 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

15 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,471 spaces; 11 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Garderie La Farandole Sur Grace (361 m, 161 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km15 centres · 1,471 spaces
Fee subsidy11 of 15
  • Garderie La Farandole Sur Grace · 77 Grace St
    161 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    361 m
  • Montrose Child Care Centre Inc. · 301 Montrose Ave
    117 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    391 m
  • Centro Clinton Day Care Centre · 460 Manning Ave
    174 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    408 m
  • West End Parents Day Care Satellite · 380 Ossington Ave
    112 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    472 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 315 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 14 Division (784 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.2 km away.

FireFire Station 315 · 1.1 km132 Bellevue Ave
Police14 Division · 784 m350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 1.2 km760 Dovercourt Rd

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 30 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 915 rental units — six social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 677 College St (55 m, 32 units, 3 storeys, built 1912), which scored 88 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 30 scored below 70; the average is 83, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 10 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings30 · 915 units · 6 social housing
RentSafeTO score83 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202610 across the 30
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest9 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
677 College St323191288 · Sep 2024155 m
72 Clinton StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1577198991 · Oct 20252 · 2 fire241 m
805 College St · Aykler Real Estate Inc.724192992 · Aug 20261314 m
555 College St · CAPREIT619202298 · Oct 20250475 m
333 Harbord St · 1569625 Ontario Limited103191389 · Jun 20260477 m
300 Shaw Stsocial housing323196690 · Jul 20260537 m
11 Churchill Ave · Admp Property Management Inc.173195889 · Jul 20260539 m
46 Delaware Avesocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes143200783 · Jul 20251665 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 lots876 lots · ≈20,370 spaces · 61.1 ha
Within 500 m33 lots · ≈580 spaces
Green P (public)31 car parks · about 2,669 spaces
EV charging (City)74 Clinton Street · 305 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking125 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 48 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
157 Beatrice St · Surface134 m1864% (Q1 2026)
74 Clinton Street · Garage292 m79 *
80 Clinton Street · Surface295 m25 *
201 Claremont St · Surface666 m4361% (Q1 2026)
1117 Dundas St W · Surface688 m3786% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 36 m away, ≈26 spaces; 54 m away, ≈7 spaces; 63 m away, ≈3 spaces; 79 m away, ≈22 spaces; 142 m away, ≈17 spaces (Green P); 144 m away, ≈126 spaces. More EV charging: 283 Ossington Ave (586 m, 2 ports); 248 Shaw St (654 m, 2 ports); 705 Shaw St (771 m, 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, Jul 12, 1999

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 3,655 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 442 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 1,204 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:00 p.m., against 848 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. 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 27 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 1999, 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 north442southbound · 0 bikes · 2.7% heavy
From the west3,655eastbound · 0 bikes · 2.9% heavy
Total vehicles7,5511,521 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 3.1% heavy
From the east3,454westbound · 0 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour848 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,204 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jul 12, 1999

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 most recent midblock count on Montrose Ave between Lane N of Dundas and W of Beatrice and Cinder Ave (345 m away, Sep 2020) recorded volume only — about 739 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Montrose Ave · Lane N of Dundas and W of Beatrice – Cinder Ave · 345 mSep 2020 · 3 days739

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 6 collisions. 6 collisions (14%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 7 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 16% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 5 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (11%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 21, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions44#2237 of 5,508
With an injury6#2402 of 4,660
Property damage only33
Fail to remain7
Involving a pedestrian2#1627 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist3#747 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201461latest Jun 21, 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

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

Four thefts from vehicles and nine bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 1 in 2023–2025, about 0.3 a year, against 1.7 a year before that. 44% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410street/outdoor (4)
Bicycle theft900street/outdoor (4), house driveway/garage (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 11, 2024. 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 Trinity-Bellwoods.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is College & Montrose (East) a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 44 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 College & Montrose (East)?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Jul 12, 1999, 82% of the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near College & Montrose (East)?

The nearest Green P car park is 157 Beatrice St (134 m away, 18 spaces, 64% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 876 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,370 spaces — 33 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 74 Clinton Street (305 m).

How do I get to College & Montrose (East) by transit?

Christie Station (Line 2) is 1.0 km away; streetcar routes 506, 505, 511 stop within 1 km, the nearest 80 m away; bus routes 63, 94, 161, 126 within 1 km (nearest stop: College St at Crawford St, 390 m).

What restaurants are near College & Montrose (East)?

58 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 352 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Pizza Nova (2 m), Churrasqueira Do Sardinha (18 m), Fricasse Infused Chicken (23 m), Masala Mania Inc (23 m) and Mumbai 74 Hakka and Indian Cuisine (28 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 College & Montrose (East)?

The nearest is Fred Hamilton Playground Washroom, 155 Roxton Rd, 345 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Bickford Park Washroom (571 m); Trinity Bellwoods Park North Baseball Diamond Washroom (717 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 College & Montrose (East)?

15 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,471 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Garderie La Farandole Sur Grace (361 m, 161 spaces), Montrose Child Care Centre Inc. (391 m, 117 spaces) and Centro Clinton Day Care Centre (408 m, 174 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near College & Montrose (East)?

30 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 915 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 677 College St (55 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 72 Clinton St (241 m, 157 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 805 College St (314 m, 72 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 555 College St (475 m, 61 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 30 is 83 out of 100; 3 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 College & Montrose (East)?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and nine 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 Trinity-Bellwoods page.

What neighbourhood is College & Montrose (East) in?

College & Montrose (East) is in Trinity-Bellwoods (City of Toronto neighbourhood 081). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe. The corner falls inside the Little Italy Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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