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Danforth & Playter

Danforth Ave & Playter Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · North Riverdale · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth · Broadview Danforth BIA

Danforth & Playter, in North Riverdale, is an intersection of typical volume, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has Broadview Station and a protected bikeway at the corner.

Traffic volume
7,474
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 8, 2022
4,104 pedestrians · 386 cyclists
Collisions
67
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
9 with an injury · 50 property damage · #1628 of 5,508 · +8 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
Broadview Station
subway station within 250 m
2 streetcar routes · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 930 vehicles, 81% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 1.8 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 5.2% of vehicle volume, about 6.7× the typical share. That comes with about 6.7 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. The pace has been steady: 34 collisions in 2016–2020 and 33 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Danforth & Playter

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Broadview Station (Line 2)240 m; Chester Station (Line 2)255 m; Pape Station (Line 2)808 m
Streetcar
505504 nearest 244 m
TTC bus
862258772100 nearest 236 m
Express
925
Blue Night
304305300322325
Nearest stops
14 surface stops within 300 m — Danforth Ave at Playter Blvd
Cycling
Cycle Track on Danforth Ave installed 2020
Bike Share
Danforth Ave / Ellerbeck St 126 m · 15 docks · 11 stations, 225 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 (16)
  • Jackman Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 424 m
  • Frankland Community SchoolEnglish Public · 437 m
  • City Adult Learning CentreEnglish Public · 457 m
  • Montcrest Elementary SchoolPrivate · 468 m
  • Holy Name Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 631 m
  • Withrow Ave Jr & Quest Alternative SrEnglish Public · 759 m
  • and 10 more
Community centres
Parks (27)
  • Broadview Subway Station Parkette267 m
  • Logan Avenue Parkette411 m
  • Playter Gardens453 m
  • Logan Green Field513 m
  • Carlaw Avenue Parkette705 m
  • Withrow Park714 m
  • and 21 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Pape/Danforth branch867 m
  • Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • The Danforth Music HallPerforming Arts · 171 m
  • Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 1 km
  • Evergreen Brick WorksAttraction · 1.1 km
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage SiteLandmark · 1.1 km
  • Riverdale FarmAttraction · 1.2 km
Signal
0477, activated 1976 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 57 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores, and 161 eating places within a kilometre — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Firehouse Subs, 19 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés57 within 300 m · 161 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 23 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Firehouse Subs · 243 Danforth Ave19 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
Pizza Nova (Fb 131 - 135) · 240 Danforth Ave32 mPassed, Sep 2026
Pizza Nova (Fb 131 - 135) · 240 Danforth Ave32 mPassed, Dec 2024
Krispy Kreme · 236 Danforth Ave37 mPassed, Aug 2026
Subway · 232 Danforth Ave42 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
The Meat Department · 207 Danforth Avegrocery80 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
The Factory Girl · 193 Danforth Ave99 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
7 Numbers · 307 Danforth Ave102 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 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 Riverdale Park East Outdoor Rink / Pool Washroom, 514 m away, View facility hours. A drinking fountain is 451 m away at Logan Avenue Parkette.

  • Riverdale Park East Outdoor Rink / Pool Washroom · 550 Broadview Ave
    View facility hours
    514 m
  • Withrow Park North Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    627 m
  • Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    741 m
Drinking water
Logan Avenue Parkette drinking fountain, dog fountain · 451 m; Alexander the Great Parkette drinking fountain · 475 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,058 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Children's Circle of St. Barnabas (227 m, 152 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km9 centres · 1,058 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 9
  • Children's Circle of St. Barnabas · 361 Danforth Ave
    152 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    227 m
  • Jackman Community Daycare · 79 Jackman Ave
    242 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    424 m
  • Frankland Day Care Centre · 816 Logan Ave
    76 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    437 m
  • Pat Schulz Child Care Centre · 1 Danforth Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    457 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 324 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 51 Division (2.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 324 · 1.4 km840 Gerrard St E
Police51 Division · 2.8 km51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceEMS TRAINING/TFD Stn 323 · 1.7 km153 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

25 registered apartment buildings with 2,165 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 717 Broadview Ave (274 m, 69 units, 8 storeys, built 1972), which scored 98 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 25 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 28 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings25 · 2,165 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202628 across the 25
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
717 Broadview AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation698197298 · Aug 20260274 m
812 Broadview Ave · Trivest Developments Corporation243195069 · Nov 20251315 m
814 Broadview Ave · Trivest Developments Corporation243195083 · Jun 20241325 m
778 Broadview Ave · Sterling Karamar Property Management393192986 · Aug 20261327 m
818 Broadview Ave · Tobis Investments Inc.313195091 · Aug 20260329 m
10 Hogarth Ave · M&r Property Management28723196895 · Jun 20253332 m
655 Broadview Ave · M&r Property Management29124196891 · Jul 20261343 m
846-850 Broadview Ave233194069 · Aug 20260348 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 lots620 lots · ≈15,660 spaces · 47 ha
Within 500 m73 lots · ≈1,490 spaces
Green P (public)17 car parks · about 680 spaces
EV charging (City)35 Erindale Ave · 210 m · 4 Level 2 + 6 fast ports
Bike parking110 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
242 Danforth Ave · Surface23 m1978% (Q1 2026)
35 Erindale Ave · Surface194 m9470% (Q1 2026)
838 Broadview Ave · Surface349 m1176% (Q1 2026)
14 Arundel Ave · Surface356 m3763% (Q1 2026)
18 Ferrier Ave · Surface555 m2358% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 29 m away, ≈25 spaces (Green P); 42 m away, ≈9 spaces; 45 m away, ≈17 spaces; 51 m away, ≈12 spaces; 67 m away, ≈6 spaces; 99 m away, ≈4 spaces. More EV charging: 14 Arundel Ave. (347 m, 8 ports); 41 FULTON AVE (594 m, 2 ports); 503 Jones Ave (1.3 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, Mar 8, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 3,833 westbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 524. Most cyclists arrived from the east (199 of 386). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,102 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 11% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (995). Heavy vehicles made up 4.0% 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 2022, 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 north524southbound · 3 bikes · 3.4% heavy
From the west3,117eastbound · 184 bikes · 3.8% heavy
Total vehicles7,4744,104 pedestrians · 386 cyclists · 4.0% heavy
From the east3,833westbound · 199 bikes · 4.1% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour995 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,102 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 8, 2022

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 Danforth Ave between Playter Blvd and Bowden St (45 m away) recorded an average of 28 km/h in its 7-day count in April 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 38 km/h. That segment carries about 16,000 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Danforth Ave · Playter Blvd – Bowden St · 45 mApr 2025 · 7 days16,03328 km/h38 km/h44 km/h
Playter Blvd · Hurndale Ave – Playter Cres · 114 mNov 2007 · 3 days1,382
Playter Cres · Bayfield Cres – Playter Blvd · 148 mNov 2007 · 3 days1,188

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 (11 collisions), and 2025 closed with 5. 13% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with 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 9% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 18, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions67#1628 of 5,508
With an injury9#1856 of 4,660
Property damage only50
Fail to remain12
Involving a pedestrian1#2359 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist5#416 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)8
All since 201489latest Jun 18, 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 Dec 29, 2010.

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 14 thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.7× 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 1.3 a year before that. 93% 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 vehicle1460street/outdoor (13), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft210street/outdoor (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 21, 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 North Riverdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Danforth & Playter a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 67 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 & Playter?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Mar 8, 2022, 81% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Danforth & Playter?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Danforth Ave between Playter Blvd and Bowden St (April 2025), found an average of 28 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 38 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Danforth & Playter?

The nearest Green P car park is 242 Danforth Ave (23 m away, 19 spaces, 78% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 620 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 15,660 spaces — 73 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 35 Erindale Ave (210 m).

How do I get to Danforth & Playter by transit?

Broadview Station (Line 2) is 240 m away; streetcar routes 505, 504 stop within 1 km, the nearest 244 m away; bus routes 8, 62, 25, 87, 72, 100, 925 within 1 km (nearest stop: Danforth Ave at Playter Blvd, 236 m).

What restaurants are near Danforth & Playter?

57 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 161 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Firehouse Subs (19 m), Pizza Nova (Fb 131 - 135) (32 m), Pizza Nova (Fb 131 - 135) (32 m), Krispy Kreme (37 m) and Subway (42 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 & Playter?

The nearest is Riverdale Park East Outdoor Rink / Pool Washroom, 550 Broadview Ave, 514 m away (View facility hours). Next nearest: Withrow Park North Washroom (627 m); Withrow Park Outdoor Rink 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 & Playter?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,058 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Children's Circle of St. Barnabas (227 m, 152 spaces), Jackman Community Daycare (424 m, 242 spaces) and Frankland Day Care Centre (437 m, 76 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Danforth & Playter?

25 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,165 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 717 Broadview Ave (274 m, 69 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 812 Broadview Ave (315 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 69), 814 Broadview Ave (325 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 83) and 778 Broadview Ave (327 m, 39 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 25 is 88 out of 100; 3 scored below 70. 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 & Playter?

Toronto Police place 14 thefts from vehicles and two 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 North Riverdale page.

What neighbourhood is Danforth & Playter in?

Danforth & Playter is in North Riverdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 068). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher. The corner falls inside the Broadview Danforth Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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