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Covington & Brookview

Covington Rd & Brookview Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Englemount-Lawrence · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

Covington & Brookview is a quiet local crossing. It sits in Englemount-Lawrence. It has a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: Lawrence West Station (Line 1) 762 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,458
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 30, 2018
119 pedestrians · 42 cyclists
Collisions
6
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 5 property damage · #4825 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
Lawrence West Station 762 m · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 180 vehicles, 16% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 12 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. Cyclists were 2.9% of vehicle volume, about 3.7× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 0.6 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Covington & Brookview

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Lawrence West Station (Line 1)762 m
TTC bus
5240010975914 nearest 194 m
Express
952
Blue Night
352307
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Lawrence Ave W / Bathurst St 498 m · 11 docks · 2 stations, 26 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)
  • Yeshiva Gedolah of TorontoPrivate · 226 m
  • John Polanyi Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 357 m
  • Bais Yaakov Elementary SchoolPrivate · 401 m
  • Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 515 m
  • Tiferes Bais Yaakov High SchoolPrivate · 618 m
  • Flemington Public SchoolEnglish Public · 664 m
  • and 17 more
Community centres
Parks (22)
  • Prince Charles Park336 m
  • Dell Park340 m
  • Lawrence Heights Park538 m
  • Chater Court Park612 m
  • Flemington Park700 m
  • Woburn Park - North York789 m
  • and 16 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Barbara Frum branch347 m
Places of interest
  • Yorkdale Shopping CentreLandmark · 1.4 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 48 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is John Polanyi Collegiate Institute, 357 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2024.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 48 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 21 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
John Polanyi Collegiate Institute · 640 Lawrence Ave W357 mPassed, Mar 2024
Lollicakes · 500 Lawrence Ave W, Unit-29383 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 1 infraction
Regal-St Clair Bridge Club · 526a Lawrence Ave W383 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 2 infractions
Second Cup · 490 Lawrence Ave W383 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
United Bakers Dairy Restaurant · 506 Lawrence Ave W383 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Shoppers Drug Mart · 3110 Bathurst Stgrocery476 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
Metro · 3090 Bathurst Stgrocery484 mPassed, May 2026
Metro - Bento Nouveau · 3090 Bathurst Stgrocery484 mPassed, Mar 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 Barbara Frum Community Centre Washroom, 346 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 302 m away at Prince Charles Park.

  • Barbara Frum Community Centre Washroom · 20 Covington Rd
    View centre hours
    346 m
  • Lawrence Heights Community Centre Washroom · 5 Replin Rd
    View centre hours
    505 m
Drinking water
Prince Charles Park drinking fountain · 302 m; Dell Park drinking fountain · 348 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 803 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Bais Yaakov Elementary School (401 m, 146 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km8 centres · 803 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 8
  • Bais Yaakov Elementary School · 15 Saranac Blvd
    146 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    401 m
  • The Clover School · 3180 Bathurst St
    114 spaces · toddler, preschool
    521 m
  • Lawrence Heights Community Day Care Centre · 10 Flemington Rd
    138 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    664 m
  • Yeshivas Nachalas Zvi Childcare · 471 Lawrence Ave W
    65 spaces · infant, toddler
    710 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 132 (615 m), the nearest police station 13 Division (2.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.5 km away.

FireFire Station 132 · 615 m476 Lawrence Ave W
Police13 Division · 2.4 km1435 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 18 · 2.5 km643 Eglinton Ave W

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

47 registered apartment buildings with 2,452 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 24 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 568 Lawrence Ave W (158 m, 29 units, 3 storeys, built 1954), which scored 85 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 37 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings47 · 2,452 units · 24 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202637 across the 47
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest15 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
568 Lawrence Ave W · Esbin Property Management Inc.293195485 · Sep 20250158 m
30 Covington Rd · 626114/5 Ontario Ltd264195387 · Jul 20240286 m
6 Saranac Blvd · 626114/5 Ontario Ltd264195385 · Sep 20252297 m
20 Varna DrToronto Community Housing · TCH313195798 · Jul 20260303 m
10 Saranac Blvd · Signet Group Inc.264195490 · Aug 20260307 m
14 Saranac Blvd · Signet Group Inc.283195489 · Aug 20260 · 1 fire322 m
3 Drexel Rd · Signet Group Inc.263195493 · Nov 20251344 m
22 Varna DrToronto Community Housing · TCH313195792 · Sep 20250368 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 lots542 lots · ≈37,480 spaces · 112.4 ha
Within 500 m20 lots · ≈1,930 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 771 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Wilson South Lot - 30 Tippett Road · Surface1.8 km645 *
1880 Avenue Rd · Surface1.9 km3232% (Q1 2026)
246 Brooke Ave · Surface2 km9467% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 166 m away, ≈18 spaces; 186 m away, ≈63 spaces; 195 m away, ≈51 spaces; 220 m away, ≈7 spaces; 248 m away, ≈14 spaces; 253 m away, ≈42 spaces.

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, May 30, 2018

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 551 southbound vehicles, or 38% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 433. Morning rush is the busier period: 281 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:15 a.m., compared with 218 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 8 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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 north551southbound · 10 bikes · 1.3% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles1,458119 pedestrians · 42 cyclists · 2.5% heavy
From the east433westbound · 15 bikes · 4.6% heavy
From the south474northbound · 17 bikes · 1.9% heavy
AM peak hour281 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour218 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · May 30, 2018

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 Covington Rd between Prince Charles Dr and Brookview Dr (60 m away) recorded an average of 39 km/h in its 24-hour count in March 2012; 85% of drivers were at or under 48 km/h. That segment carries about 1,500 vehicles a day. Brookview Dr between Covington Rd and Rondale Blvd measured slower: 35 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 43 km/h (May 2023). The reading is 14 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Covington Rd · Prince Charles Dr – Brookview Dr · 60 mMar 2012 · 24 h1,49039 km/h48 km/h53 km/h
Brookview Dr · Covington Rd – Rondale Blvd · 154 mMay 2023 · 3 days1,92535 km/h43 km/h47 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

2022 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Jun 15, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions6#4825 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only5
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 20149latest Jun 15, 2024

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 four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle400house driveway/garage (3), other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 15, 2021. 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 Englemount-Lawrence.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Covington & Brookview a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 6 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 Covington & Brookview?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from May 30, 2018, 16% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Covington & Brookview?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Covington Rd between Prince Charles Dr and Brookview Dr (March 2012), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Covington & Brookview?

The nearest Green P car park is Wilson South Lot - 30 Tippett Road (1.8 km away, 645 spaces). The City's mapping shows 542 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 37,480 spaces — 20 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Covington & Brookview by transit?

Lawrence West Station (Line 1) is 762 m away; bus routes 52, 400, 109, 7, 59, 14, 952 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Covington & Brookview?

None within 300 m, and 48 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are John Polanyi Collegiate Institute (357 m), Lollicakes (383 m), Regal-St Clair Bridge Club (383 m), Second Cup (383 m) and United Bakers Dairy Restaurant (383 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 Covington & Brookview?

The nearest is Barbara Frum Community Centre Washroom, 20 Covington Rd, 346 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Lawrence Heights Community Centre Washroom (505 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 Covington & Brookview?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 803 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bais Yaakov Elementary School (401 m, 146 spaces), The Clover School (521 m, 114 spaces) and Lawrence Heights Community Day Care Centre (664 m, 138 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Covington & Brookview?

47 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,452 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 568 Lawrence Ave W (158 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 30 Covington Rd (286 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 6 Saranac Blvd (297 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 85) and 20 Varna Dr (303 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 47 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 Covington & Brookview?

Toronto Police place four 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 Englemount-Lawrence page.

What neighbourhood is Covington & Brookview in?

Covington & Brookview is in Englemount-Lawrence (City of Toronto neighbourhood 032). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.

Sources

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