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Danforth & Medford

Danforth Rd & Medford Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Oakridge · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

Danforth & Medford, in Oakridge, is an above-average intersection for traffic. Nearby is 11 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
9,378
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 28, 2001
42 pedestrians · 22 cyclists
Collisions
5
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 1 property damage · #4984 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
10 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,170 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 223 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 0.5 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Danforth & Medford

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
11316176869135201171267 nearest 19 m
Blue Night
300
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m — Danforth Rd at Medford Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Danforth Ave / Warden Ave 460 m · 15 docks · 5 stations, 83 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 (11)
  • Taylor Creek Public SchoolEnglish Public · 323 m
  • Toronto Islamic Academy SchoolPrivate · 688 m
  • Oakridge Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 753 m
  • Samuel Hearne Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 910 m
  • Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 946 m
  • Birch Cliff Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 5 more
Parks (28)
  • Scotia Parkette459 m
  • Cataraqui Park558 m
  • Hollis Kalmar Park575 m
  • Leyton Tot Lot582 m
  • Oates Park593 m
  • Danforth - Birchmount Parkette657 m
  • and 22 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Albert Campbell branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Taylor Memorial branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Rosetta McClain GardensNature/ Park · 1.5 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; 40 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Mr. Nice Cream Inc., 322 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 40 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 12 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Mr. Nice Cream Inc. · 63 Mack Ave322 mPassed, May 2026
Foodsup Inc · 55 Milne Ave390 mPassed, Sep 2026
Mirello - Tiramisu & Gelato Cafe · 60 Danforth Rd394 mPassed, Sep 2026
Baraka Supermarket · 60 Danforth Rd Unit-8-9bgrocery394 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 3 infractions
Premium Sweets · 60 Danforth Rd Unit-9a394 mPassed, Jun 2026
Dhaka Kebab Naan · 50 Danforth Rd Unit-3428 mPassed, Sep 2026
Bd Fusion Restaurant · 3478 Danforth Ave490 mConditional pass, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Bd Supermarket · 3470 Danforth Avegrocery503 mConditional pass, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions

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 Prairie Drive Park Washroom, 857 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Prairie Drive Park Washroom · 101 Pharmacy Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    857 m
  • Oakridge Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 63 Pharmacy Ave
    View centre hours
    915 m
  • Birchmount Community Centre Washroom · 93 Birchmount Rd
    View centre hours · accessible
    1 km

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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 312 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Taylor Creek Early Learning & Child Care Centre (323 m, 44 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km7 centres · 312 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 7
  • Taylor Creek Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 644 Warden Ave
    44 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    323 m
  • Woodland Nursery School (Warden Woods Community Centre) · 1 Firvalley Crt
    26 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    747 m
  • Oakridge Junior Playcare · 110 Byng Ave
    86 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    753 m
  • Scarborough Day Nursery School · 51 Eastwood Ave
    71 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    914 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 225 (529 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.2 km away.

FireFire Station 225 · 529 m3600 Danforth Ave
Police41 Division · 3.6 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 42 · 1.2 km1535 Kingston Rd

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

Ten registered apartment buildings with 1,773 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 186 Danforth Rd (41 m, 15 units, 4 storeys, built 1962), which scored 89 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 36 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 13 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings10 · 1,773 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202636 across the 10
Open fire-code violations13
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
186 Danforth Rd154196289 · Aug 2024041 m
50 Burn Hill Rd · Greenwin Corp.16324197496 · Jul 20250263 m
30 Burn Hill Rd · Hillburn Apartments23822198293 · Jul 20250344 m
40 Firvalley CrtToronto Community Housing16815196494 · Jun 20250 · 2 fire703 m
3330 Danforth AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation19410197890 · Aug 20246710 m
1 Firvalley CrtToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation11512196291 · Jun 20252746 m
25 Parkette Pl · Parkette Place Apts Inc.615195993 · Oct 20250789 m
682 Warden AveToronto Community Housing · TCH22315196489 · Jun 20253 · 9 fire894 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 lots410 lots · ≈30,260 spaces · 90.8 ha
Within 500 m31 lots · ≈2,610 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 1,244 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 777 Victoria Park Ave (1.3 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface1.3 km151 *
Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface1.4 km173 *
Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface1.9 km920 *

Nearest lots: 25 m away, ≈16 spaces; 214 m away, ≈42 spaces; 217 m away, ≈57 spaces; 237 m away, ≈46 spaces; 269 m away, ≈56 spaces; 271 m away, ≈44 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 28, 2001

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The east leg carries the load — 4,805 westbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 107. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,487 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 1,522 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 25 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2001, 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west4,466eastbound · 4 bikes · 4.7% heavy
Total vehicles9,37842 pedestrians · 22 cyclists · 4.9% heavy
From the east4,805westbound · 18 bikes · 5.2% heavy
From the south107northbound · 0 bikes · 1.9% heavy
AM peak hour1,487 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,522 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · May 28, 2001

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 most recent midblock count on Danforth Rd between Warden Ave and Scotia Ave (168 m away, May 2017) recorded volume only — about 8,591 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Warden Ave (205 m away, 50 km/h limit), 2.1% of the 143,333 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Danforth Rd · Warden Ave – Scotia Ave · 168 mMay 2017 · 3 days8,591

School-zone speed sign 205 m

Posted limit50 km/h
Median · 85th pct43 · 52 km/h
Over the limit7.7%
60 km/h or more2.1%

Warden Ave (northbound), 641/643 Warden Ave · 143,333 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 2 collisions. 40% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 40% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Feb 22, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions5#4984 of 5,508
With an injury2#3667 of 4,660
Property damage only1
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 20146latest Feb 22, 2025

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 vehicle220house driveway/garage (1), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 17, 2023. 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 Oakridge.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Danforth & Medford a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 5 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 & Medford?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from May 28, 2001, about the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Danforth & Medford?

The nearest Green P car park is Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave (1.3 km away, 151 spaces). The City's mapping shows 410 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 30,260 spaces — 31 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Danforth & Medford by transit?

Bus routes 113, 16, 17, 68, 69, 135, 20, 117 and 2 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Danforth Rd at Medford Ave, 19 m).

What restaurants are near Danforth & Medford?

None within 300 m, and 40 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Mr. Nice Cream Inc. (322 m), Foodsup Inc (390 m), Mirello - Tiramisu & Gelato Cafe (394 m), Premium Sweets (394 m) and Dhaka Kebab Naan (428 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 & Medford?

The nearest is Prairie Drive Park Washroom, 101 Pharmacy Ave, 857 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Oakridge Community Recreation Centre Washroom (915 m); Birchmount Community Centre Washroom (1.0 km). 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 & Medford?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 312 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Taylor Creek Early Learning & Child Care Centre (323 m, 44 spaces), Woodland Nursery School (Warden Woods Community Centre) (747 m, 26 spaces) and Oakridge Junior Playcare (753 m, 86 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Danforth & Medford?

Ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,773 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 186 Danforth Rd (41 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 50 Burn Hill Rd (263 m, 163 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 30 Burn Hill Rd (344 m, 238 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 40 Firvalley Crt (703 m, 168 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 10 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 & Medford?

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 Oakridge page.

What neighbourhood is Danforth & Medford in?

Danforth & Medford is in Oakridge (City of Toronto neighbourhood 121), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.

Sources

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