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Danforth & Westlake (East)

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

Danforth & Westlake (East) is an intersection of typical volume. It sits in East End-Danforth. At the corner: a protected bikeway, a school within 250 m and parks. Nearby: Main Street Station (Line 2) 266 m away and Danforth GO 390 m away.

Traffic volume
8,396
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 8, 2022
1,433 pedestrians · 173 cyclists
Collisions
91
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
21 with an injury · 53 property damage · #1226 of 5,508 · +3 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
2
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #307 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Main Street Station 266 m · 1 streetcar route · 11 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,050 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 6 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 2.1% of vehicle volume, about 2.7× the typical share. On average 9.1 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.9× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 22%, from 51 in 2016–2020 to 40 in 2021–2025. About one in 46 of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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Danforth & Westlake (East)

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)266 m; Woodbine Station (Line 2)593 m
GO Transit
Danforth GO — Lakeshore East390 m
Streetcar
506 nearest 257 m
TTC bus
6413587232011362929193404 nearest 255 m
Blue Night
306300
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Danforth Ave at Westlake Ave
Cycling
Cycle Track on Danforth Ave installed 2020
Bike Share
Danforth Ave / Westlake Ave 21 m · 15 docks · 12 stations, 214 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 · 119 m
  • Gledhill Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 345 m
  • William J McCordic SchoolEnglish Public · 597 m
  • Secord Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 601 m
  • Beaches Alternative Jr & Kimberley JrEnglish Public · 717 m
  • Community Life Christian SchoolPrivate · 917 m
  • and 11 more
Community centres
Parks (27)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Main Street branch635 m
  • Toronto Public Library Danforth/Coxwell branch1.4 km
Signal
1267, activated 1978 · SAP · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 14 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 99. The nearest is Press:books, Coffee,vinyl, 53 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2024.

Restaurants & cafés14 within 300 m · 99 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 34 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Sobeys · 2451 Danforth Avegrocery24 mPassed, Sep 2025
Vincenzo's Supermarket · 2406 Danforth Avegrocery40 mPassed, May 2025
Press:books, Coffee,vinyl · 2442 Danforth Ave53 mPassed, Sep 2024
Macchiato · 2369 Danforth Ave 10191 mPassed, Jun 2026
Freshslice Pizza · 2365 Danforth Ave 495 mPassed, Aug 2026
Golden Pizza · 2360 Danforth Ave111 mPassed, Mar 2024
Fusion Kitchen · 2344 Danforth Ave138 mPassed, May 2025
Cassis Bake · 2336 Danforth Ave150 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 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, 420 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 179 m away at Stephenson Park.

  • Main Square Community Centre Washroom · 245 Main St
    View centre hours
    420 m
  • Secord Community Centre Washroom · 91 Barrington Ave
    View centre hours
    576 m
  • Norwood Park Washroom · 16 Norwood Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    630 m
Drinking water
Stephenson Park drinking fountain · 179 m; Coleman Park drinking fountain · 443 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

21 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,493 spaces; 13 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Muppets Children's Centre 316 (251 m, 26 spaces, infant, toddler).

Within 1 km21 centres · 1,493 spaces
Fee subsidy13 of 21
  • Muppets Children's Centre 316 · 316 Main St
    26 spaces · infant, toddler · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    251 m
  • Muppets Infant & Toddler Centre 312 · 312 Main St
    63 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    251 m
  • Muppets Children's Centre 314 · 314 Main St
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    251 m
  • Woodgreen Community Services (Enderby Child Care) · 118 Enderby Rd
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    337 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 226 (781 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 462 m away.

FireFire Station 226 · 781 m87 Main St
Police55 Division · 2.3 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 46 · 462 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

Within a kilometre there are 32 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,975 rental units — ten social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2526 Danforth Ave (217 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 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 63 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 59 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings32 · 3,975 units · 10 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202663 across the 32
Open fire-code violations59
Tallest42 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2526 Danforth Avesocial housing · Community First Development Inc487198892 · Sep 20250217 m
275 Main St · Realstar32429197195 · Jul 20250 · 15 fire306 m
255 Main St · Realstar1289196993 · Jul 20250350 m
2575 Danforth Ave · Realstar33523197098 · Aug 20268384 m
265 Main St · Realstar29324197095 · Aug 20260 · 11 fire406 m
2170 Gerrard St E · Mei Kuswanto103193075 · Jun 20240463 m
26 Norwood Rdsocial housing · Nishnawbe Homes Inc123194089 · Oct 20250505 m
2149 Gerrard St Esocial housing · Ecuhome Corporation303191096 · Sep 20260506 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 · ≈20,360 spaces · 61.1 ha
Within 500 m41 lots · ≈1,570 spaces
Green P (public)11 car parks · about 548 spaces
EV charging (City)216 Oakcrest Ave · 220 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking44 post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 777 Victoria Park Ave (1.5 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
101 Cedarvale Ave · Surface491 m3550% (Q1 2026)
72 Amroth Ave · Surface588 m5050% (Q1 2026)
Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface1.4 km173 *
1612 Danforth Ave · Surface1.5 km2275% (Q1 2026)
737 Rhodes Ave · Surface1.6 km2450% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 28 m away, ≈13 spaces; 43 m away, ≈13 spaces; 45 m away, ≈62 spaces; 76 m away, ≈44 spaces; 80 m away, ≈14 spaces; 153 m away, ≈98 spaces. More EV charging: 2219 Gerrard Street East (595 m, 2 ports); 2231 Gerrard Street East (649 m, 1 ports); 543 Strathmore Blvd (742 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, Mar 8, 2022

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 4,086 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 307 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the east (97 of 173). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,150 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,088 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. 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 north307southbound · 7 bikes · 3.9% heavy
From the west3,693eastbound · 66 bikes · 4.4% heavy
Total vehicles8,3961,433 pedestrians · 173 cyclists · 4.5% heavy
From the east4,086westbound · 97 bikes · 4.7% heavy
From the south310northbound · 3 bikes · 4.2% heavy
AM peak hour1,150 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,088 vehicles from 4:30 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

On Westlake Ave between Stephenson Ave and Danforth Ave, 62 m from the corner, a 2-day count in August 2007 put the average speed at 29 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 37 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 40 km/h or more. That segment carries about 700 vehicles a day. The reading is 19 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Westlake Ave · Stephenson Ave – Danforth Ave · 62 mAug 2007 · 2 days73329 km/h37 km/h40 km/h
Danforth Ave · Westlake Ave – Chisholm Ave · 85 mMay 2014 · 3 days17,529

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 worst year was 2017, with 18 collisions; 2025 recorded 7. 21 collisions (23%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 18 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 11 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (12%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 14, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions91#1226 of 5,508
With an injury21#802 of 4,660
Property damage only53
Fail to remain18
Involving a pedestrian4#906 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist7#241 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified17
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 2014110latest May 14, 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

Neither of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt; one collision involved vehicle occupants only. One of the two happened in darkness. The most recent was on Sep 2, 2023. Going back to 2006, the total is 3.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions2#307 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#442 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20063latest Sep 2, 2023

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

Seven thefts from vehicles and 14 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 3.5× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 12 in 2023–2025, about 4.0 a year, against 1.3 a year before that. 57% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 36% of the bike thefts were from house driveways and garages. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on May 4, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle740street/outdoor (4), commercial premises (2)
Bicycle theft1481house driveway/garage (5), street/outdoor (4)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 4, 2026. 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 & Westlake (East) a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 2 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#307 of 1,505), out of 91 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 & Westlake (East)?

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

How fast do cars go at Danforth & Westlake (East)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Westlake Ave between Stephenson Ave and Danforth Ave (August 2007), found an average of 29 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 37 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Danforth & Westlake (East)?

The nearest Green P car park is 101 Cedarvale Ave (491 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 20,360 spaces — 41 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 216 Oakcrest Ave (220 m).

How do I get to Danforth & Westlake (East) by transit?

Main Street Station (Line 2) is 266 m away; Danforth GO is 390 m away; streetcar route 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 257 m away; bus routes 64, 135, 87, 23, 20, 113, 62, 92 and 3 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Danforth Ave at Westlake Ave, 255 m).

What restaurants are near Danforth & Westlake (East)?

14 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 99 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Press:books, Coffee,vinyl (53 m), Macchiato (91 m), Freshslice Pizza (95 m), Golden Pizza (111 m) and Fusion Kitchen (138 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 & Westlake (East)?

The nearest is Main Square Community Centre Washroom, 245 Main St, 420 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Secord Community Centre Washroom (576 m); Norwood Park Washroom (630 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 & Westlake (East)?

21 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,493 spaces in total; 13 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Muppets Children's Centre 316 (251 m, 26 spaces), Muppets Infant & Toddler Centre 312 (251 m, 63 spaces) and Muppets Children's Centre 314 (251 m, 52 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Danforth & Westlake (East)?

32 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,975 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2526 Danforth Ave (217 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 275 Main St (306 m, 324 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 255 Main St (350 m, 128 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 2575 Danforth Ave (384 m, 335 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 32 is 92 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 & Westlake (East)?

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and 14 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 & Westlake (East) in?

Danforth & Westlake (East) 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