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Commissioners & Ookwemin

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

In South Riverdale, Commissioners & Ookwemin is a moderately travelled crossing. At the corner: a protected bikeway and a park. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
5,622
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 19, 2009
517 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
87
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
12 with an injury · 62 property damage · #1278 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
2 streetcar routes · 5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Multi-Use Trail, Cycle Track
Bike Share: 45 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 700 vehicles an hour, 61% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 11 vehicles, close to the citywide median. Police have logged an average of 8.7 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 2.8× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 50%, from 58 in 2016–2020 to 29 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Commissioners & Ookwemin

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
504508 nearest 708 m
TTC bus
1142027265121 nearest 36 m
Blue Night
304365
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Commissioners St at Ookwemin St West Side; Commissioners St at Cherry St East Side
Cycling
Multi-Use Trail on Martin Goodman / Waterfront Trl installed 2001; Cycle Track on Commissioners St installed 2023
Bike Share
Commissioners St / Cherry St 87 m · 31 docks · 19 stations, 451 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 · 735 m
  • Voice Integrative Private SchoolPrivate · 798 m
  • George Brown College - Waterfront CampusCollege · 1.1 km
  • Market Lane Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Inglenook Community SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • St Paul Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.4 km
  • and 3 more
Parks (26)
  • Biidaasige Park328 m
  • Jennifer Kateryna Koval's'kyj Park526 m
  • Aitken Place Park812 m
  • Diamond Jubilee Promenade925 m
  • Parliament Square Park1 km
  • Sherbourne Common1 km
  • and 20 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library St. Lawrence branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Polson PierLandmark · 541 m
  • Soulpepper Theatre CompanyPerforming Arts · 614 m
  • Young Centre for the Performing ArtsPerforming Arts · 751 m
  • The Distillery Historic DistrictLandmark · 767 m
  • Thompson Landry Gallery - Stone Building & Cooperage SpaceGallery · 793 m
  • Illuminarium TorontoAttraction · 832 m
  • Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)Performing Arts · 1.1 km
  • Cherry Beach/ Clarke Beach ParkNature/ Park · 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 6 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 75. The nearest is Cherry Street Bar-B-Que, 32 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés6 within 300 m · 75 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Cherry Street Bar-B-Que · 275 Cherry St32 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Cherry Street Bar-B-Que · 275 Cherry St33 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 1 infraction
Batl · 33 Villiers St, Unit-105199 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 1 infraction
The Keating Channel · 2 Villiers St268 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 5 infractions
The Keating Channel · 2 Villiers St269 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Kotowski, B. - Toronto Plate No. 04603 (Hot Dog Cart) · Polson 18 None295 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Spike's Snack Bar · 176 Cherry St408 mPassed, Jun 2024 · 2 infractions
Enterprise 2000 · 176 Cherry St408 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, 214 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 49 m away at Biidaasige Park.

  • Old Fire Hall 30 Park Washroom · 31 Commissioners St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    214 m
  • Old Fire Hall 30 Community Centre Washroom · 31 Commissioners St
    hours not listed · accessible
    215 m
  • East Bayfront Community Recreation Centre Washrooms · 261 Queens Quay East
    View centre hours · accessible
    713 m
Drinking water
Biidaasige Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 49 m; Biidaasige Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 146 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

Two licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 147 spaces; one accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Aquabella Child Care (778 m, 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km2 centres · 147 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 2
  • Aquabella Child Care · 75 Edgewater Dr
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    778 m
  • Distillery District Early Learning Centre · 8 Distillery Lane
    85 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    862 m

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 (1.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.1 km away.

FireFire Station 333 · 1.2 km207 Front St E
Police51 Division · 1.1 km51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 40 · 2.1 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 181 Mill St (731 m, 310 units, 26 storeys, built 2022), which scored 100 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
181 Mill St · Tricon Residential Inc310262022100 · Jul 202523 · 14 fire731 m
151 Mill St · Tricon Residential Inc232162022100 · Jul 20258 · 13 fire734 m
131 Mill St · Tricon Residential Inc23015202299 · Jul 202510 · 15 fire750 m
100 Mill St · Tricon Residentail237112024100 · Nov 20256800 m
5 Hahn Plsocial housing · St Clare's Multifaith Housing324198090 · Sep 20240911 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 fire941 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 lots465 lots · ≈35,990 spaces · 108 ha
Within 500 m15 lots · ≈2,090 spaces
Green P (public)16 car parks · about 3,994 spaces
EV charging (City)51 Dockside Dr. · 1.1 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 · Garage672 m103 *
40 Rolling Mills Rd. · Garage858 m25 *
31A Parliament Street · Surface880 m230 *
373 Front Street East · Surface947 m450 *
115 Unwin Avenue · Surface1 km123 *

Nearest lots: 24 m away, ≈18 spaces; 132 m away, ≈134 spaces; 219 m away, ≈42 spaces; 255 m away, ≈78 spaces; 267 m away, ≈214 spaces; 337 m away, ≈169 spaces. More EV charging: 51 Dockside Dr (1.1 km, 6 ports); 2 Church St. (1.7 km, 28 ports); 500 Commissioners St (1.9 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 19, 2009

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 1,917 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 34% of the total, against 398 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 829 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:00 p.m., against 566 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Trucks and buses were 21.4% 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. The count is 17 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2009, 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 north1,917southbound · 0 bikes · 22.2% heavy
From the west398eastbound · 0 bikes · 36.7% heavy
Total vehicles5,622517 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 21.4% heavy
From the east1,468westbound · 0 bikes · 20.2% heavy
From the south1,839northbound · 0 bikes · 18.2% heavy
AM peak hour566 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour829 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 19, 2009

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 Ookwemin St between Commissioners St and Villiers St (101 m away, Jun 2011) recorded volume only — about 10,304 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ookwemin St · Commissioners St – Villiers St · 101 mJun 2011 · 3 days10,304
Commissioners St · Ookwemin St – Munition St · 110 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

The worst year was 2019, with 15 collisions; 2025 recorded 6. 12 collisions (14%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 15 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 5 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (6%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 28, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions87#1278 of 5,508
With an injury12#1488 of 4,660
Property damage only62
Fail to remain15
Involving a pedestrian3#1355 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1286 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified13
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 2014106latest Jun 28, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Nov 10, 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 no bike thefts 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 commercial premises — shops, offices and their lots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle510commercial premises (3), street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 20, 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 South Riverdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Commissioners & Ookwemin a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 87 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 Commissioners & Ookwemin?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Oct 19, 2009, 61% of the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Commissioners & Ookwemin?

The nearest Green P car park is 70 Distillery Lane (672 m away, 103 spaces). The City's mapping shows 465 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 35,990 spaces — 15 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 51 Dockside Dr. (1.1 km).

How do I get to Commissioners & Ookwemin by transit?

Streetcar routes 504, 508 stop within 1 km, the nearest 708 m away; bus routes 114, 202, 72, 65, 121 within 1 km (nearest stop: Commissioners St at Ookwemin St West Side, 36 m).

What restaurants are near Commissioners & Ookwemin?

6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 75 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Cherry Street Bar-B-Que (32 m), Cherry Street Bar-B-Que (33 m), Batl (199 m), The Keating Channel (268 m) and The Keating Channel (269 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 Commissioners & Ookwemin?

The nearest is Old Fire Hall 30 Park Washroom, 31 Commissioners St, 214 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Old Fire Hall 30 Community Centre Washroom (215 m); East Bayfront Community Recreation Centre Washrooms (713 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 Commissioners & Ookwemin?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 147 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Aquabella Child Care (778 m, 62 spaces) and Distillery District Early Learning Centre (862 m, 85 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Commissioners & Ookwemin?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,321 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 181 Mill St (731 m, 310 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 151 Mill St (734 m, 232 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 131 Mill St (750 m, 230 units, RentSafeTO score 99) and 100 Mill St (800 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.

How many thefts are reported at Commissioners & Ookwemin?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and no 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 South Riverdale page.

What neighbourhood is Commissioners & Ookwemin in?

Commissioners & Ookwemin is in South Riverdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 070). 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