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Connaught & Eastern

Connaught Ave & Eastern Ave · Toronto, Ontario · The Beaches · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Connaught & Eastern, in The Beaches, was a moderately travelled crossing — that was the City's last count here, in 2021. Nearby are 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
8,728
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 21, 2021
147 pedestrians · 34 cyclists
Collisions
20
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
7 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
44/100
city median 48
2 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 423 m

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Connaught & Eastern

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume8-hour count · Oct 21, 2021

The west leg carries the load — 4,351 eastbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 154. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,316 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 18% above the morning peak from 7:30 a.m. (1,114). Heavy vehicles made up 3.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. 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 north234southbound · 2 bikes · 28.6% heavy
From the west4,351eastbound · 17 bikes · 3.9% heavy
Total vehicles8,728147 pedestrians · 34 cyclists · 3.9% heavy
From the east3,989westbound · 14 bikes · 2.7% heavy
From the south154northbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy

Peak hours: 1,114 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 1,316 from 5:00 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

2018 was the peak year (6 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 0% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 19, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions20
With an injury0
Property damage only18
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

Speeds here, last measured in 2022

The City's counter on Eastern Ave between Laing St and Knox Ave (362 m away) recorded an average of 44 km/h in its 7-day count in June 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 50 km/h. That segment carries about 18,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Eastern Ave · Laing St – Knox Ave · 362 mJun 2022 · 7 days17,97044 km/h50 km/h55 km/h

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Streetcar
501 503 nearest 275 m · 3 min
TTC bus
31 22 83 nearest 11 m
Blue Night
301 322
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Eastern Ave at Connaught Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Queen St E / Woodward Ave 379 m · 5 min · 43 docks · 9 stations, 229 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
12 car parks · about 883 spaces
EV charging
1582 Queen Street East · 549 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 1715 DUNDAS ST E (801 m), 43 Alton Ave (814 m)
Bike parking
7 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
38 mapped lots within 500 m, 332 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1091 Eastern Avenue · Surface336 m45 *—
1141 Eastern Ave · Surface719 m1858% (Q1 2026)
1167 Eastern Ave · Surface792 m6632% (Q1 2026)
116 Winners Crcl · Surface1.1 km1052% (Q1 2026)
1675 Lakeshore Blvd. E. (Parks) · Surface1.2 km292 *—

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

The nearest grocery store is Grocery Inc, 423 m away; 4 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 53 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Scfc, 241 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Ashdale Pharmacy, 498 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: The Heritage Nursing Home, a long-term care home 1.0 km away; Chartwell Avondale Retirement Residence, a retirement home 804 m away. Applegrove Community Complex runs a seniors' active living programme 390 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Scfc · 969 Eastern Ave241 m
  • Chick-N-Joy · 1483 Queen St E288 m · 3 min
  • McDonald's · 29-31 Woodward Ave339 m · 4 min
  • Tulia Osteria · 1402 Queen St E368 m · 4 min
  • Little Moo · 1400 Queen St E375 m · 4 min
2 within 300 m · 53 within 1 km
Grocery
Grocery Inc 423 m · 5 min · 4 within 1 km
Food shops
Lambo's Deli 454 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Ashdale Pharmacy 498 m · 6 min · 2 within 1 km
Child care
  • Woodgreen Community Services (Woodfield Child Care Centre) · 178 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day429 m · 5 min
  • Bumble Bee Academy · 63 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day482 m · 6 min
  • Coxwell Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 34 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day650 m · 8 min
4 licensed centres · 306 spaces within 1 km · 2 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • S.h. Armstrong Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed · accessible298 m · 4 min
  • Jonathan Ashbridge Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible330 m · 4 min
Drinking water: Jonathan Ashbridge Park 235 m
Health and care
  • The Heritage Nursing Home · long-term care home1 km · 12 min
  • Chartwell Avondale Retirement Residence · retirement home804 m · 10 min
  • Applegrove Community Complex · seniors' active living centre390 m · 5 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (16)
  • Jonathan Ashbridge Park281 m · 3 min
  • Ashbridge's Bay Sports Hub394 m · 5 min
  • Maple Leaf Forever Park609 m · 7 min
  • Measurement Park836 m · 10 min
  • Woodbine Park880 m · 10 min
and 11 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (7)
  • Duke of Connaught Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 429 m · 5 min
  • Kew Park Montessori School - HiawathaPrivate · 1 km · 12 min
  • Bruce Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 min
  • Academy of Thought and Industry TorontoPrivate · 1.2 km · 14 min
  • St Joseph Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.2 km · 14 min
and 2 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Gerrard/Ashdale branch1.2 km · 15 min
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch1.5 km · 18 min
Places of interest
  • Ashbridges Bay ParkNature/ Park · 1.5 km · 17 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

44of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food13/30

    4 grocery stores within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit12/28

    4 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go3/14

    library 1.2 km away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation9/10

    2 parks within 500 m · 2 community centres within 800 m

  • Schools and child care7/8

    1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

13 registered apartment buildings with 296 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, seven of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 970 Eastern Ave (79 m, 14 units, 4 storeys, built 1989), which scored 93 out of 100 at its December 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
970 Eastern Ave social housing · Neighbours Community Homes144198993 · Dec 202579 m
137 Sears St social housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.173199590 · Nov 2025318 m · 4 min
1480 Queen St E social housing · Neighbours Community Homes254199097 · Oct 2025346 m · 4 min
1550 Queen St E · Jnd Management313194878 · Aug 2026421 m · 5 min
1080 Eastern Ave Toronto Community Housing · TCH416196597 · Jul 2025557 m · 7 min
85 Laing St133192180 · Dec 2025591 m · 7 min

13 registered buildings · 296 units · 7 social housing · tallest 6 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Thefts reported at this corner

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

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200commercial premises (1), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000—

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 The Beaches.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Connaught & Eastern a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 20 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 Connaught & Eastern?

A moderately travelled crossing at the City's last count here, in 2021. Its latest count is from Oct 21, 2021, about today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Connaught & Eastern a walkable intersection?

Connaught & Eastern scores 44 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 2 parks within 500 m · 2 community centres within 800 m; 1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 4 grocery stores within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m.

How fast do cars go at Connaught & Eastern?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Eastern Ave between Laing St and Knox Ave (June 2022), found an average of 44 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 Connaught & Eastern?

The nearest Green P car park is 1091 Eastern Avenue (336 m away, 45 spaces). The City's mapping shows 332 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,970 spaces — 38 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1582 Queen Street East (549 m).

How do I get to Connaught & Eastern by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503 stop within 1 km, the nearest 275 m away; bus routes 31, 22, 83 within 1 km (nearest stop: Eastern Ave at Connaught Ave, 11 m).

What restaurants are near Connaught & Eastern?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 53 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Scfc (241 m), Chick-N-Joy (288 m), McDonald's (339 m), Tulia Osteria (368 m) and Little Moo (375 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Connaught & Eastern?

The nearest is S.h. Armstrong Community Centre Washroom, 56 Woodfield Rd, 298 m away, with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Jonathan Ashbridge Park Fieldhouse Washroom (330 m); Woodbine Park Washroom (903 m).

Is there child care near Connaught & Eastern?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 306 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Woodgreen Community Services (Woodfield Child Care Centre) (429 m, 178 spaces), Bumble Bee Academy (482 m, 63 spaces) and Coxwell Early Learning & Child Care Centre (650 m, 34 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Connaught & Eastern?

13 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 296 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 970 Eastern Ave (79 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 137 Sears St (318 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 1480 Queen St E (346 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 1550 Queen St E (421 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 78). The average RentSafeTO score across the 13 is 92 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Connaught & Eastern?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the The Beaches page.

What neighbourhood is Connaught & Eastern in?

Connaught & Eastern is in The Beaches (City of Toronto neighbourhood 063). 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