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Danforth & Chisholm

Danforth Ave & Chisholm Ave · Toronto, Ontario · East End-Danforth · Ward 19, Beaches-East York · Danforth Village BIA

Danforth & Chisholm is a busier-than-typical intersection. It sits in East End-Danforth. It has Main Street Station, a protected bikeway and a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: Danforth GO 265 m away.

Traffic volume
13,879
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 7, 2019
649 pedestrians · 178 cyclists
Collisions
52
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
6 with an injury · 37 property damage · #1993 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 1 cyclist · #791 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
Main Street Station
subway station within 250 m
1 streetcar route · 11 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,730 vehicles, 1.50× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 21 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 5.2 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 21%, from 29 in 2016–2020 to 23 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 52 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Danforth & Chisholm

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Main Street Station (Line 2)124 m; Woodbine Station (Line 2)763 m
GO Transit
Danforth GO — Lakeshore East265 m
Streetcar
506 nearest 88 m
TTC bus
6487135232011362404929193 nearest 88 m
Blue Night
306300
Nearest stops
15 surface stops within 300 m — Danforth Ave at Main St; Main St at Danforth Ave - Danforth GO Station
Cycling
Cycle Track on Danforth Ave installed 2020
Bike Share
Danforth Ave / Westlake Ave 165 m · 15 docks · 10 stations, 196 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 (17)
  • Danforth LINCEnglish Public · 62 m
  • William J McCordic SchoolEnglish Public · 440 m
  • Secord Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 505 m
  • Gledhill Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 510 m
  • Beaches Alternative Jr & Kimberley JrEnglish Public · 665 m
  • Community Life Christian SchoolPrivate · 780 m
  • and 11 more
Community centres
Parks (26)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Main Street branch575 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 17 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 8 grocery and convenience stores, and 96 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is KFC, 45 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés17 within 300 m · 96 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience8 within 300 m · 34 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
KFC · 2500 Danforth Ave45 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Gateway Newstands · 2550 Danforth Ave73 mPassed, Sep 2024 · 1 infraction
Muppets Children's Centre · 314 Main St98 mPassed, Jul 2026
Pavillion Pastries · 2554 Danforth Ave None112 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
Sultan · 2558 Danforth Ave Unit-1114 mPassed, Jun 2026
Press:books, Coffee,vinyl · 2442 Danforth Ave129 mPassed, Sep 2024
Sobeys · 2451 Danforth Avegrocery161 mPassed, Sep 2025
New Baitul Muqaddas Halal Pizza · 2584 Danforth Ave167 mPassed, Aug 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 Main Square Community Centre Washroom, 268 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 169 m away at Stephenson Park.

  • Main Square Community Centre Washroom · 245 Main St
    View centre hours
    268 m
  • Secord Community Centre Washroom · 91 Barrington Ave
    View centre hours
    473 m
  • Norwood Park Washroom · 16 Norwood Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    652 m
Drinking water
Stephenson Park drinking fountain · 169 m; Coleman Park drinking fountain · 278 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

20 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,364 spaces; 12 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Muppets Infant & Toddler Centre 312 (93 m, 63 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten).

Within 1 km20 centres · 1,364 spaces
Fee subsidy12 of 20
  • Muppets Infant & Toddler Centre 312 · 312 Main St
    63 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    93 m
  • Muppets Children's Centre 314 · 314 Main St
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    98 m
  • Muppets Children's Centre 316 · 316 Main St
    26 spaces · infant, toddler · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    102 m
  • Main Square Day Care Centre · 265 Main St
    65 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    242 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 226 (736 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 630 m away.

FireFire Station 226 · 736 m87 Main St
Police55 Division · 2.4 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 46 · 630 m105 Cedarvale 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

30 registered apartment buildings with 3,888 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, nine of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2526 Danforth Ave (55 m, 48 units, 7 storeys, built 1988), which scored 92 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 64 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 58 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings30 · 3,888 units · 9 social housing
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202664 across the 30
Open fire-code violations58
Tallest42 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2526 Danforth Avesocial housing · Community First Development Inc487198892 · Sep 2025055 m
275 Main St · Realstar32429197195 · Jul 20250 · 15 fire147 m
255 Main St · Realstar1289196993 · Jul 20250198 m
2575 Danforth Ave · Realstar33523197098 · Aug 20268215 m
265 Main St · Realstar29324197095 · Aug 20260 · 11 fire242 m
2170 Gerrard St E · Mei Kuswanto103193075 · Jun 20240487 m
114 Barrington Ave123196891 · Aug 20250496 m
26 Norwood Rdsocial housing · Nishnawbe Homes Inc123194089 · Oct 20250528 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 lots438 lots · ≈20,590 spaces · 61.8 ha
Within 500 m45 lots · ≈1,860 spaces
Green P (public)11 car parks · about 548 spaces
EV charging (City)216 Oakcrest Ave · 279 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking53 post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 777 Victoria Park Ave (1.3 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
101 Cedarvale Ave · Surface661 m3550% (Q1 2026)
72 Amroth Ave · Surface758 m5050% (Q1 2026)
Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface1.3 km173 *
1612 Danforth Ave · Surface1.7 km2275% (Q1 2026)
737 Rhodes Ave · Surface1.8 km2450% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 30 m away, ≈19 spaces; 43 m away, ≈98 spaces; 56 m away, ≈11 spaces; 66 m away, ≈7 spaces; 77 m away, ≈18 spaces; 122 m away, ≈6 spaces. More EV charging: 2219 Gerrard Street East (517 m, 2 ports); 2231 Gerrard Street East (552 m, 1 ports); 543 Strathmore Blvd (911 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, May 7, 2019

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 6,895 westbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 320. Most cyclists arrived from the east (119 of 178). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,141 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 2,008 from 4:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 7 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2019, 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 north320southbound · 3 bikes · 1.9% heavy
From the west6,664eastbound · 56 bikes · 1.8% heavy
Total vehicles13,879649 pedestrians · 178 cyclists · 1.6% heavy
From the east6,895westbound · 119 bikes · 1.4% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour2,141 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour2,008 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · May 7, 2019

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 Chisholm Ave between Danforth Ave and Lane N of Danforth and W of Main St (25 m away) recorded an average of 25 km/h in its 3-day count in August 2004; 85% of drivers were at or under 34 km/h. That segment carries about 1,600 vehicles a day. The reading is 22 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Chisholm Ave · Danforth Ave – Lane N of Danforth and W of Main St · 25 mAug 2004 · 3 days1,63225 km/h34 km/h39 km/h
Danforth Ave · Chisholm Ave – Main St · 48 mMay 2014 · 3 days18,651

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

2017 was the peak year (9 collisions), and 2025 closed with 6. 12% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 10% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions52#1993 of 5,508
With an injury6#2412 of 4,660
Property damage only37
Fail to remain10
Involving a pedestrian3#1190 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1064 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist3
With a fatality0
Severity not classified9
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201464latest Mar 17, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 cyclist was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Jul 6, 2017. Going back to 2006, the total is 3.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#791 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#101 of 271
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20063latest Jul 6, 2017

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 five thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 80% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle510street/outdoor (4), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft400commercial premises (2), street/outdoor (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 26, 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 East End-Danforth.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Danforth & Chisholm a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#791 of 1,505), out of 52 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Danforth & Chisholm?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from May 7, 2019, 1.50× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Danforth & Chisholm?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Chisholm Ave between Danforth Ave and Lane N of Danforth and W of Main St (August 2004), found an average of 25 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 34 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Danforth & Chisholm?

The nearest Green P car park is 101 Cedarvale Ave (661 m away, 35 spaces, 50% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 438 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,590 spaces — 45 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 216 Oakcrest Ave (279 m).

How do I get to Danforth & Chisholm by transit?

Main Street Station (Line 2) is 124 m away; Danforth GO is 265 m away; streetcar route 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 88 m away; bus routes 64, 87, 135, 23, 20, 113, 62, 404 and 3 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Danforth Ave at Main St, 88 m).

What restaurants are near Danforth & Chisholm?

17 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 96 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are KFC (45 m), Gateway Newstands (73 m), Muppets Children's Centre (98 m), Pavillion Pastries (112 m) and Sultan (114 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 Danforth & Chisholm?

The nearest is Main Square Community Centre Washroom, 245 Main St, 268 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Secord Community Centre Washroom (473 m); Norwood Park Washroom (652 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 Danforth & Chisholm?

20 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,364 spaces in total; 12 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Muppets Infant & Toddler Centre 312 (93 m, 63 spaces), Muppets Children's Centre 314 (98 m, 52 spaces) and Muppets Children's Centre 316 (102 m, 26 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Danforth & Chisholm?

30 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,888 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2526 Danforth Ave (55 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 275 Main St (147 m, 324 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 255 Main St (198 m, 128 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 2575 Danforth Ave (215 m, 335 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 30 is 93 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 Danforth & Chisholm?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and four 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 East End-Danforth page.

What neighbourhood is Danforth & Chisholm in?

Danforth & Chisholm is in East End-Danforth (City of Toronto neighbourhood 062). It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford. The corner falls inside the Danforth Village Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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