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Danforth & Eaton

Danforth Ave & Eaton Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Blake-Jones · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth · Greektown on the Danforth BIA

Danforth & Eaton is a moderately heavy crossing, with a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in Blake-Jones. It has Pape Station, a protected bikeway and a park at the corner.

Traffic volume
10,727
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jul 6, 2017
1,827 pedestrians · 1,309 cyclists
Collisions
66
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
12 with an injury · 44 property damage · #1650 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
Pape Station
subway station within 250 m
6 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 1,340 vehicles, 1.16× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 6 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 12.2% of vehicle volume, about 16× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 6.6 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions edged up 6%, from 32 in 2016–2020 to 34 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Danforth & Eaton

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Pape Station (Line 2)108 m; Donlands Station (Line 2)363 m; Chester Station (Line 2)766 m; Greenwood Station (Line 2)1 km
TTC bus
7210083516231 nearest 145 m
Blue Night
300325
Nearest stops
14 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Cycle Track on Danforth Ave installed 2020
Bike Share
Langford Ave / Danforth Ave - SMART 218 m · 32 docks · 12 stations, 222 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 (24)
  • Earl Grey Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 342 m
  • Jones Avenue Adult CentreEnglish Public · 364 m
  • Holy Name Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 402 m
  • Kapapamahchakwew - Wandering Spirit School & Subway Academy OneEnglish Public · 519 m
  • Wilkinson Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 544 m
  • Frankland Community SchoolEnglish Public · 582 m
  • and 18 more
Parks (25)
  • Langford Parkette181 m
  • 24 Dewhurst Boulevard Park294 m
  • Carlaw Avenue Parkette313 m
  • Kempton Howard Park434 m
  • Logan Green Field504 m
  • Phin Park568 m
  • and 19 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Pape/Danforth branch143 m
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch1.5 km
Places of interest
  • The Danforth Music HallPerforming Arts · 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 44 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 14 grocery and convenience stores, and 180 eating places within a kilometre — 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Gabby's Restaurant, 28 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés44 within 300 m · 180 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience14 within 300 m · 31 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Gabby's Restaurant · 729 Danforth Ave28 mPassed, Jul 2026
Vlad Bakery & Pastry · 713 Danforth Avegrocery40 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
Athens Restaurant & Tavern · 707 Danforth Ave47 mPassed, Mar 2026
Sugarkane · 699 Danforth Ave62 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 3 infractions
Shoppers Drug Mart · 755 Danforth Avegrocery67 mPassed, Jan 2025 · 1 infraction
Dollarama · 685 Danforth Avegrocery77 mPassed, Feb 2026
Barcelona Gourmet · 777 Danforth Ave82 mPassed, Mar 2026
Sarang Kitchen · 774 Danforth Ave86 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 Withrow Park North Washroom, 547 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 186 m away at Langford Parkette.

  • Withrow Park North Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    547 m
  • Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    576 m
  • Withrow Park South Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    741 m
Drinking water
Langford Parkette bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 186 m; Kempton Howard Park drinking fountain · 420 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

15 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,550 spaces; ten accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Play Loft (295 m, 122 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km15 centres · 1,550 spaces
Fee subsidy10 of 15
  • Play Loft · 583 Danforth Ave
    122 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    295 m
  • Athletic Montessori Academy · 890 Danforth Ave
    24 spaces · preschool
    322 m
  • Pape Children's House · 540 Jones Ave
    159 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    364 m
  • Childspace Day Care Corporation # 2 (690 Carlaw) · 690 Carlaw Ave
    115 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    402 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 323 (678 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 678 m away.

FireFire Station 323 · 678 m153 Chatham Ave
Police55 Division · 2.4 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceEMS TRAINING/TFD Stn 323 · 678 m153 Chatham 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

15 registered apartment buildings with 1,371 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, eight of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 100 Cavell Ave (250 m, 300 units, 7 storeys, built 1977), which scored 97 out of 100 at its September 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 14 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 14 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings15 · 1,371 units · 8 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202614 across the 15
Open fire-code violations14
Tallest14 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
100 Cavell AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation3007197797 · Sep 20260 · 3 fire250 m
98 Cavell AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1006199296 · Aug 20251250 m
39 Harcourt AveToronto Community Housing · TCH153198994 · Nov 20250266 m
768 Pape Ave153199073 · Nov 20250311 m
796 Carlaw Ave314192290 · Sep 20241384 m
575 Pape Ave · D&d Property Management173193092 · Jul 20241476 m
5 Donlands Ave · North 44 Property Management Inc244193078 · Jul 20241499 m
51 Donlands Avesocial housing · Dms Property Management Ltd.535198594 · Jul 20240512 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 lots590 lots · ≈14,610 spaces · 43.8 ha
Within 500 m53 lots · ≈970 spaces
Green P (public)21 car parks · about 794 spaces
EV charging (City)503 Jones Ave · 409 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking78 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 80 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
17 Eaton Ave · Surface87 m3065% (Q1 2026)
20 Eaton Avenue · Surface100 m70 *
12 Woodycrest Ave · Surface131 m3543% (Q1 2026)
670 Pape Ave · Surface187 m7447% (Q1 2026)
716 Pape Ave · Surface190 m7475% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 41 m away, ≈11 spaces; 42 m away, ≈26 spaces; 82 m away, ≈13 spaces; 94 m away, ≈23 spaces (Green P); 100 m away, ≈17 spaces; 109 m away, ≈60 spaces (Green P). More EV charging: 453 Jones Ave (548 m, 2 ports); 132 Chatham Ave (612 m, 2 ports); 14 Arundel Ave. (671 m, 8 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, Jul 6, 2017

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 5,943 westbound vehicles, or 55% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 8. Most cyclists arrived from the east (670 of 1,309). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,617 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,598 from 4:30 p.m. 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 9 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2017, 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 north8southbound · 17 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west4,776eastbound · 622 bikes · 4.4% heavy
Total vehicles10,7271,827 pedestrians · 1,309 cyclists · 3.9% heavy
From the east5,943westbound · 670 bikes · 3.4% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,617 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,598 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jul 6, 2017

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 Eaton Ave between Danforth Ave and Selkirk St (186 m away) recorded an average of 32 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2004; 85% of drivers were at or under 41 km/h. That segment carries about 800 vehicles a day. The reading is 22 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Danforth Ave · Pape Ave – Lane E of Pape and S of Danforth · 127 mAug 2015 · 3 days21,799
Eaton Ave · Danforth Ave – Selkirk St · 186 mSep 2004 · 3 days75532 km/h41 km/h48 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

2024 was the peak year (13 collisions), and 2025 closed with 9. 18% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 12 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 11% 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 13, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions66#1650 of 5,508
With an injury12#1445 of 4,660
Property damage only44
Fail to remain12
Involving a pedestrian3#1192 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist4#562 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified10
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201482latest Mar 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Aug 1, 2012.

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 nine thefts from vehicles and nine bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 7 in 2023–2025, about 2.3 a year, against 1.6 a year before that. 78% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 56% of the bike thefts were from commercial premises — shops, offices and their lots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle940street/outdoor (7), other (1)
Bicycle theft930commercial premises (5), street/outdoor (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 5, 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 Blake-Jones.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Danforth & Eaton a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 66 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 Danforth & Eaton?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Jul 6, 2017, 1.16× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Danforth & Eaton?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Eaton Ave between Danforth Ave and Selkirk St (September 2004), found an average of 32 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 41 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Danforth & Eaton?

The nearest Green P car park is 17 Eaton Ave (87 m away, 30 spaces, 65% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 590 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,610 spaces — 53 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 503 Jones Ave (409 m).

How do I get to Danforth & Eaton by transit?

Pape Station (Line 2) is 108 m away; bus routes 72, 100, 83, 51, 62, 31 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Danforth & Eaton?

44 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 180 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Gabby's Restaurant (28 m), Athens Restaurant & Tavern (47 m), Sugarkane (62 m), Barcelona Gourmet (82 m) and Sarang Kitchen (86 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 & Eaton?

The nearest is Withrow Park North Washroom, 725 Logan Ave, 547 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (576 m); Withrow Park South Washroom (741 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 & Eaton?

15 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,550 spaces in total; 10 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Play Loft (295 m, 122 spaces), Athletic Montessori Academy (322 m, 24 spaces) and Pape Children's House (364 m, 159 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Danforth & Eaton?

15 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,371 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 100 Cavell Ave (250 m, 300 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 98 Cavell Ave (250 m, 100 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 39 Harcourt Ave (266 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 768 Pape Ave (311 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 73). The average RentSafeTO score across the 15 is 89 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 & Eaton?

Toronto Police place nine thefts from vehicles and nine 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 Blake-Jones page.

What neighbourhood is Danforth & Eaton in?

Danforth & Eaton is in Blake-Jones (City of Toronto neighbourhood 069). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher. The corner falls inside the Greektown on the Danforth Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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