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Davenport & Howland

Davenport Rd & Howland Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Casa Loma · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

Davenport & Howland, in Casa Loma, is a moderately travelled crossing. At the corner: a bike lane, a school within 250 m and parks. Nearby: Dupont Station (Line 1) 546 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
7,562
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 15, 2021
257 pedestrians · 90 cyclists
Collisions
0
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
none reported within 65 m
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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Dupont Station 546 m · 1 streetcar route · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows - Wayfinding, Bike Lane
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 950 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 82% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 29 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13).

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Davenport & Howland

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Dupont Station (Line 1)546 m; St Clair West Station (Line 1)811 m; Spadina Station (Line 1)1 km
Streetcar
512 nearest 792 m
TTC bus
127726126903319 nearest 123 m
Blue Night
312307
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows - Wayfinding on Howland Ave installed 2017; Bike Lane on Davenport Rd installed 2001
Bike Share
Davenport Rd / Bathurst St 221 m · 15 docks · 20 stations, 329 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 (32)
  • George Brown College - Casa Loma CampusCollege · 207 m
  • Hillcrest Community SchoolEnglish Public · 319 m
  • Waldorf Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 509 m
  • Royal St Georges College School - AdvancementPrivate · 809 m
  • Royal St George's College School - Jr SchoolPrivate · 829 m
  • The Mabin SchoolPrivate · 843 m
  • and 26 more
Community centres
Parks (49)
  • Cawthra Playground103 m
  • Austin Terrace Boulevard Lands248 m
  • The Tollkeeper's Park274 m
  • Casa Loma Parkette318 m
  • Walmer Rd Parkette376 m
  • Spadina Park425 m
  • and 43 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Wychwood branch689 m
  • Toronto Public Library Davenport branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library Spadina Road branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 211 m
  • Casa LomaAttraction · 344 m
  • Spadina MuseumMuseum · 482 m
  • Artscape Wychwood BarnsLandmark · 909 m
  • Al Green Theatre (at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre)Performing Arts · 1.4 km
  • Randolph Centre for the ArtsPerforming Arts · 1.5 km
  • Bata Shoe MuseumMuseum · 1.5 km

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 5 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 104. The nearest is Pizza Nova, 153 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2025.

Restaurants & cafés5 within 300 m · 104 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 22 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Pizza Nova · 603 Davenport Rd, Unit-2153 mPassed, Mar 2025
Tim Hortons · 603 Davenport Rd, Unit-A153 mPassed, Mar 2025
Hillcrest Reactivation Centre · 47 Austin Ter254 mPassed, May 2026
Ins Market · 146 Kendal Ave, Unit-E110grocery266 mPassed, Nov 2024 · 1 infraction
Subway · 142 Kendal Ave, Unit-144283 mPassed, Nov 2024
La Dolce Vita · 142 Kendal Ave283 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Creeds Coffee Bar · 420 Dupont St335 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Blue Blood Steakhouse · 1 Austin Ter342 mPassed, May 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 Wells Hill Park Washroom, 660 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 125 m away at Cawthra Playground.

  • Wells Hill Park Washroom · 145 Hilton Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    660 m
  • Jean Sibelius Square Fieldhouse Washroom · 50 Kendal Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    667 m
  • Hillcrest Park Washroom · 950 Davenport Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    862 m
Drinking water
Cawthra Playground bottle filling station · 125 m; Spadina Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 427 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

12 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 993 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is George Brown - Casa Loma Child Care Centre (207 m, 65 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km12 centres · 993 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 12
  • George Brown - Casa Loma Child Care Centre · 160 Kendal Ave
    65 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    207 m
  • Wychwood Tigers Daycare Centre · 44 Hilton Ave
    166 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    319 m
  • Chabad of Midtown - Bathurst · 1344 Bathurst St
    132 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    408 m
  • Waldorf Academy Childcare Centre · 263 Spadina Rd
    44 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    465 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 344 (445 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (3.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.2 km away.

FireFire Station 344 · 445 m240 Howland Ave
Police14 Division · 3 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 34 · 1.2 km674 Markham St

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 50 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,430 rental units, 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection — seven social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 640 Davenport Rd (26 m, 25 units, 5 storeys, built 1967), which scored 95 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 50 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 43 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 36 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings50 · 3,430 units · 7 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202643 across the 50
Open fire-code violations36
Tallest30 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
640 Davenport Rd · Atlantis Realty Services Inc255196795 · Jul 2026026 m
339 Albany Avesocial housing · Loft Community Services424199395 · Jul 20250161 m
155 Kendal Avesocial housing · Greenwin Corp.595199296 · Aug 20261286 m
399 Dupont St · Qmw Properties Inc.203191396 · Jul 20260 · 8 fire393 m
2 Vermont Ave · Tse In Trust163190069 · Aug 20250518 m
1383 Bathurst St · Imperra General Management303191870 · Jul 20250521 m
200 Madison Ave · Madison View Homes826201995 · Nov 20250538 m
1400 Bathurst StToronto Community Housing · TCH1135199399 · Aug 20250569 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 lots774 lots · ≈20,200 spaces · 60.6 ha
Within 500 m46 lots · ≈3,290 spaces
Green P (public)25 car parks · about 1,851 spaces
EV charging (City)273 Christie St · 915 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking35 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1445 BATHURST ST · Surface729 m4887% (Q1 2026)
11 Kenwood Ave · Surface1 km2568% (Q1 2026)
320 Tweedsmuir Avenue · Garage1 km26 *
251 Maherson Ave · Surface1 km4024% (Q1 2026)
640 St Clair Ave W · Surface1.1 km1866% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 16 m away, ≈5 spaces; 50 m away, ≈12 spaces; 123 m away, ≈19 spaces; 125 m away, ≈19 spaces; 147 m away, ≈6 spaces; 155 m away, ≈3 spaces. More EV charging: 580 Christie St (1 km, 2 ports); 19 Spadina Rd (1.2 km, 6 ports); 365 Lippincott St. (1.3 km, 10 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, Dec 15, 2021

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 4,505 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 60% of the total, against 115 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the west (48 of 90). Evening rush dominates here: 1,038 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:00 p.m., against 886 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% 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 2021, 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 west4,505eastbound · 48 bikes · 2.7% heavy
Total vehicles7,562257 pedestrians · 90 cyclists · 3.0% heavy
From the east2,942westbound · 39 bikes · 3.5% heavy
From the south115northbound · 3 bikes · 4.3% heavy
AM peak hour886 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,038 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 15, 2021

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 Davenport Rd between Albany Ave and Tollkeeper's Lane, 109 m from the corner, a 5-day count in May 2008 put the average speed at 33 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 45 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 50 km/h or more. That segment carries about 300 vehicles a day. Howland Ave between Lane N of Bridgman and E of Howland and Lane S of Davenport and E of Howland measured slower: 30 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 42 km/h (Jun 2006). The reading is 18 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Howland Avenue between Davenport Rd and Bridgman Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Davenport Rd · Albany Ave – Tollkeeper's Lane · 109 mMay 2008 · 5 days31033 km/h45 km/h50 km/h
Howland Ave · Lane N of Bridgman and E of Howland – Lane S of Davenport and E of Howland · 122 mJun 2006 · 5 days49130 km/h42 km/h48 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Howland Avenue · Davenport Rd – Bridgman Ave
    3 speed humps

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

Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.

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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Davenport & Howland a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025 and police reported no 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 Davenport & Howland?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Dec 15, 2021, 82% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Davenport & Howland?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Davenport Rd between Albany Ave and Tollkeeper's Lane (May 2008), found an average of 33 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 45 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Davenport & Howland?

The nearest Green P car park is 1445 BATHURST ST (729 m away, 48 spaces, 87% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 774 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,200 spaces — 46 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 273 Christie St (915 m).

How do I get to Davenport & Howland by transit?

Dupont Station (Line 1) is 546 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 792 m away; bus routes 127, 7, 26, 126, 90, 33, 19 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Davenport & Howland?

5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 104 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Pizza Nova (153 m), Tim Hortons (153 m), Hillcrest Reactivation Centre (254 m), Subway (283 m) and La Dolce Vita (283 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 Davenport & Howland?

The nearest is Wells Hill Park Washroom, 145 Hilton Ave, 660 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Jean Sibelius Square Fieldhouse Washroom (667 m); Hillcrest Park Washroom (862 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 Davenport & Howland?

12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 993 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are George Brown - Casa Loma Child Care Centre (207 m, 65 spaces), Wychwood Tigers Daycare Centre (319 m, 166 spaces) and Chabad of Midtown - Bathurst (408 m, 132 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Davenport & Howland?

50 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,430 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 640 Davenport Rd (26 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 339 Albany Ave (161 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 155 Kendal Ave (286 m, 59 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 399 Dupont St (393 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 50 is 90 out of 100; 1 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.

What neighbourhood is Davenport & Howland in?

Davenport & Howland is in Casa Loma (City of Toronto neighbourhood 096). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow.

Sources

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