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Dawes & Beth

Dawes Rd & Beth St · Toronto, Ontario · O'Connor-Parkview · Ward 19, Beaches-East York

Dawes & Beth is a mid-volume intersection. It sits in O'Connor-Parkview. It has a bike lane and a park at the corner. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
6,674
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 9, 2010
301 pedestrians · 19 cyclists
Collisions
16
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 9 property damage · #3684 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
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
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 830 vehicles, 72% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 22 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 1.6 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Dawes & Beth

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
2340424867 nearest 15 m
Express
924
Blue Night
324
Nearest stops
14 surface stops within 300 m — Dawes Rd at Beth St
Cycling
Bike Lane on Dawes Rd installed 2008
Bike Share
Victoria Park Ave / Dawes Rd 254 m · 19 docks · 4 stations, 68 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 (13)
  • George Webster Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 458 m
  • Regent Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 655 m
  • Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 680 m
  • Gordon A Brown Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 800 m
  • Crescent Town Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 898 m
  • Selwyn Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 915 m
  • and 7 more
Parks (23)
  • Joshua Cronkwright Parkette104 m
  • Regents Park493 m
  • Donora Park502 m
  • George Webster Park502 m
  • Jim McPherson Park889 m
  • Dentonia Park Golf Course934 m
  • and 17 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Dawes Road branch303 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 44 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is China Work Restaurant, 165 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés9 within 300 m · 44 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
China Work Restaurant · 468 Dawes Rd165 mPassed, Jul 2026
Dawes Cafe · 466 Dawes Rd169 mPassed, Dec 2024
Dawes Cafe · 466 Dawes Rd170 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Banahaw Foodmart · 458 Dawes Rdgrocery189 mPassed, May 2026
Duffy's Drive In · 399 Dawes Rd252 mPassed, Dec 2024 · 2 infractions
Duffy's Drive In · 399 Dawes Rd252 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Master Pizzeria · 436 Dawes Rd268 mPassed, Jun 2026
9ja Appetite · 436-438 Dawes Rd 438268 mPassed, Jun 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 George Webster Park Washroom, 522 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 129 m away at Joshua Cronkwright Parkette.

  • George Webster Park Washroom · 30 Chapman Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    522 m
  • Taylor Creek Park Washroom · 260 Dawes Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    876 m
Drinking water
Joshua Cronkwright Parkette bottle filling station · 129 m; George Webster Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 548 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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 594 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Dawes Road Centre For Early Learning (287 m, 80 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km7 centres · 594 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 7
  • Dawes Road Centre For Early Learning · 391 Dawes Rd
    80 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    287 m
  • George Webster Jr YMCA · 50 Chapman Ave
    148 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    458 m
  • Our Lady of Fatima YMCA · 3176 St Clair Ave E
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    680 m
  • Eyet Early Learning Centre, Crescent Town Elementary School · 4 Massey Sq
    136 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    898 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 224 (1.9 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.2 km away.

FireFire Station 224 · 1.9 km1313 Woodbine Ave
Police41 Division · 3.3 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 46 · 2.2 km105 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

48 registered apartment buildings with 3,370 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 514 Dawes Rd (51 m, 34 units, 4 storeys, built 1950), which scored 97 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 48 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 114 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 69 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings48 · 3,370 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026114 across the 48
Open fire-code violations69
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
514 Dawes Rd344195097 · Jul 2026151 m
516 Dawes Rd464195390 · Jul 2026159 m
510 Dawes Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc624196084 · Sep 2025570 m
506 Dawes Rd674195896 · Oct 2025094 m
508 Dawes Rd · Dawes Apartments Inc.664195980 · Aug 20269143 m
540 Dawes Rd · Olive Corp434195991 · Nov 20251178 m
500 Dawes Rd · Havcare Investments Inc.33214196648 · May 202617 · 35 fire185 m
1043 Victoria Park Ave113196081 · Jul 20262223 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 lots518 lots · ≈42,880 spaces · 128.6 ha
Within 500 m35 lots · ≈1,570 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 1,244 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking6 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 8 bikes within 600 m · Indoor bike station, 777 Victoria Park Ave (1.2 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface1.3 km173 *
Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface1.5 km151 *
Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface1.7 km920 *

Nearest lots: 88 m away, ≈276 spaces; 115 m away, ≈8 spaces; 124 m away, ≈2 spaces; 139 m away, ≈6 spaces; 161 m away, ≈162 spaces; 178 m away, ≈2 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, Dec 9, 2010

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 3,401 southbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 62. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,050 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 13% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (926). Trucks and buses were 6.0% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 16 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2010, 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 north3,401southbound · 9 bikes · 5.9% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles6,674301 pedestrians · 19 cyclists · 6.0% heavy
From the east62westbound · 0 bikes · 11.3% heavy
From the south3,211northbound · 10 bikes · 5.9% heavy
AM peak hour926 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,050 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 9, 2010

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 Dawes Rd between Beth St and Ferris Rd (114 m away) recorded an average of 48 km/h in its 24-hour count in May 2003; 85% of drivers were at or under 56 km/h. That segment carries about 13,800 vehicles a day. The reading is 23 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dawes Rd · Beth St – Ferris Rd · 114 mMay 2003 · 24 h13,79748 km/h56 km/h61 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

2023 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 25% of collisions here involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 6% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 23, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions16#3684 of 5,508
With an injury4#2916 of 4,660
Property damage only9
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#1720 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201423latest Jun 23, 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

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 seven thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 57% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle720house driveway/garage (4), street/outdoor (3)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 13, 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 O'Connor-Parkview.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dawes & Beth a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 16 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 Dawes & Beth?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Dec 9, 2010, 72% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Dawes & Beth?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Dawes Rd between Beth St and Ferris Rd (May 2003), found an average of 48 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 56 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Dawes & Beth?

The nearest Green P car park is Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue (1.3 km away, 173 spaces). The City's mapping shows 518 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 42,880 spaces — 35 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Dawes & Beth by transit?

Bus routes 23, 404, 24, 8, 67, 924 within 1 km (nearest stop: Dawes Rd at Beth St, 15 m).

What restaurants are near Dawes & Beth?

9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 44 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are China Work Restaurant (165 m), Dawes Cafe (169 m), Dawes Cafe (170 m), Duffy's Drive In (252 m) and Duffy's Drive In (252 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 Dawes & Beth?

The nearest is George Webster Park Washroom, 30 Chapman Ave, 522 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Taylor Creek Park Washroom (876 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 Dawes & Beth?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 594 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Dawes Road Centre For Early Learning (287 m, 80 spaces), George Webster Jr YMCA (458 m, 148 spaces) and Our Lady of Fatima YMCA (680 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dawes & Beth?

48 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,370 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 514 Dawes Rd (51 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 516 Dawes Rd (59 m, 46 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 510 Dawes Rd (70 m, 62 units, RentSafeTO score 84) and 506 Dawes Rd (94 m, 67 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 48 is 89 out of 100; 2 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 Dawes & Beth?

Toronto Police place seven 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 O'Connor-Parkview page.

What neighbourhood is Dawes & Beth in?

Dawes & Beth is in O'Connor-Parkview (City of Toronto neighbourhood 054). It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford.

Sources

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