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Connaught & Eastern

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

In The Beaches, Connaught & Eastern is a moderately travelled crossing. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
8,728
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 21, 2021
147 pedestrians · 34 cyclists
Collisions
20
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 18 property damage · #3402 of 5,508 · +1 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
3 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,090 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 59 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 2 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. The pace has been steady: 10 collisions in 2016–2020 and 10 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Connaught & Eastern

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501503506 nearest 204 m
TTC bus
312283 nearest 11 m
Blue Night
301306322
Nearest stops
6 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 264 m · 43 docks · 16 stations, 384 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 (8)
  • Duke of Connaught Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 322 m
  • Kew Park Montessori School - HiawathaPrivate · 845 m
  • St Joseph Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 869 m
  • Leslieville Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Bruce Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Academy of Thought and Industry TorontoPrivate · 1.1 km
  • and 2 more
Community centres
Parks (23)
  • Jonathan Ashbridge Park207 m
  • Ashbridge's Bay Sports Hub322 m
  • Beach Skatepark446 m
  • Maple Leaf Forever Park500 m
  • Woodbine Park724 m
  • Measurement Park803 m
  • and 17 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Gerrard/Ashdale branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Ashbridges Bay ParkNature/ Park · 1 km
  • Woodbine BeachNature/ 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

There are 9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 111 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Rorschach Brewing Co., 140 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés9 within 300 m · 111 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 21 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Rorschach Brewing Co. · 1001 Eastern Ave140 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 2 infractions
Scfc · 969 Eastern Ave171 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 2 infractions
Chick-N-Joy · 1483 Queen St E200 mPassed, Jan 2026
Subway · 1395 Queen St W253 mPassed, Mar 2026
Tulia Osteria · 1402 Queen St E274 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Little Moo · 1400 Queen St E281 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
McDonald's · 29-31 Woodward Ave281 mPassed, Feb 2025 · 1 infraction
Thamel Toronto · 1522 Queen St W284 mPassed, Jun 2025

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 Jonathan Ashbridge Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 214 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 178 m away at Jonathan Ashbridge Park.

  • Jonathan Ashbridge Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 1515 Queen St E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    214 m
  • S.h. Armstrong Community Centre Washroom · 56 Woodfield Rd
    View centre hours · accessible
    298 m
  • Woodbine Park Washroom · 1695 Queen St E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    778 m
Drinking water
Jonathan Ashbridge Park drinking fountain · 178 m; Jonathan Ashbridge Park bottle filling station · 209 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

11 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 764 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Woodgreen Community Services (Woodfield Child Care Centre) (322 m, 178 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km11 centres · 764 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 11
  • Woodgreen Community Services (Woodfield Child Care Centre) · 70 Woodfield Rd
    178 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    322 m
  • Bumble Bee Academy · 1560 Queen St E
    63 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    366 m
  • Coxwell Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 1631 Queen St E
    34 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    591 m
  • Kew Park Montessori Day School Inc. (Hiawatha Road) · 79 Hiawatha Rd
    48 spaces · preschool
    845 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 326 (334 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (740 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.4 km away.

FireFire Station 326 · 334 m30 Knox Ave
Police55 Division · 740 m101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 1.4 km126 Pape 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

27 registered apartment buildings with 729 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 14 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 970 Eastern Ave (61 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 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 23 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 4 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings27 · 729 units · 14 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202623 across the 27
Open fire-code violations4
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
970 Eastern Avesocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes144198993 · Dec 2025161 m
1480 Queen St Esocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes254199097 · Oct 20250 · 1 fire257 m
137 Sears Stsocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.173199590 · Nov 20250272 m
1550 Queen St E · Jnd Management313194878 · Aug 20260315 m
85 Laing St133192180 · Dec 20251444 m
1080 Eastern AveToronto Community Housing · TCH416196597 · Jul 20251532 m
1636 Queen St E213193096 · Sep 20261622 m
1615 Dundas St EToronto Community Housing · TCH814196092 · Aug 20261628 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 lots452 lots · ≈28,930 spaces · 86.8 ha
Within 500 m50 lots · ≈2,960 spaces
Green P (public)12 car parks · about 883 spaces
EV charging (City)1582 Queen Street East · 419 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking23 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1091 Eastern Avenue · Surface310 m45 *
1141 Eastern Ave · Surface663 m1858% (Q1 2026)
1167 Eastern Ave · Surface753 m6632% (Q1 2026)
1675 Lakeshore Blvd. E. (Parks) · Surface847 m292 *
20 Ashbridges Bay Park Road (Parks) · Surface903 m270 *

Nearest lots: 32 m away, ≈29 spaces; 121 m away, ≈11 spaces; 123 m away, ≈22 spaces; 123 m away, ≈36 spaces; 131 m away, ≈5 spaces; 139 m away, ≈70 spaces. More EV charging: 1715 DUNDAS ST E (546 m, 2 ports); 43 Alton Ave (577 m, 2 ports); 1313 Gerrard ST E (1 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 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 16,183 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
AM peak hour1,114 vehicles from 7:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,316 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 21, 2021

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 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; 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

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, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 13, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions20#3402 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only18
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201425latest Feb 13, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

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

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200commercial premises (1), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 21, 2020. 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. Its latest count is from Oct 21, 2021, about the median for a counted intersection.

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 (310 m away, 45 spaces). The City's mapping shows 452 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 28,930 spaces — 50 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1582 Queen Street East (419 m).

How do I get to Connaught & Eastern by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503, 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 204 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?

9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 111 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Rorschach Brewing Co. (140 m), Scfc (171 m), Chick-N-Joy (200 m), Subway (253 m) and Tulia Osteria (274 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 Connaught & Eastern?

The nearest is Jonathan Ashbridge Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 1515 Queen St E, 214 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: S.h. Armstrong Community Centre Washroom (298 m); Woodbine Park Washroom (778 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 Connaught & Eastern?

11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 764 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Woodgreen Community Services (Woodfield Child Care Centre) (322 m, 178 spaces), Bumble Bee Academy (366 m, 63 spaces) and Coxwell Early Learning & Child Care Centre (591 m, 34 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Connaught & Eastern?

27 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 729 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 970 Eastern Ave (61 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 1480 Queen St E (257 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 137 Sears St (272 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 1550 Queen St E (315 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 78). The average RentSafeTO score across the 27 is 91 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 Connaught & Eastern?

Toronto Police place two 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 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