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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume8-hour count · Nov 20, 2000
Traffic is spread evenly across the approaches, from 517 vehicles entering from the south to 568 from the west. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 189 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 27% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (149). Heavy vehicles made up 1.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 26 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2000, 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.
Peak hours: 149 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 189 from 4:45 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).
Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m
2022 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 14% of collisions here involved an injury. People walking or cycling were involved in 14% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Aug 3, 2022.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 7 | |
| With an injury | 1 | |
| Property damage only | 6 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.
How fast traffic moves here
The City's counter on First Ave between Broadview Ave and Boulton Ave (210 m away) recorded an average of 29 km/h in its 24-hour count in March 2020; 85% of drivers were at or under 38 km/h. That segment carries about 700 vehicles a day. The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. De Grassi St between Dundas St E and First Ave measured slower: 30 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Nov 2011). At the school-zone speed sign on 722 Gerrard St East (115 m away, 40 km/h limit), 2.7% of the 25,028 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority. 3 speed humps slow traffic on First Avenue between De Grassi St and Logan Ave.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Grassi St · Dundas St E – First Ave · 121 m | Nov 2011 · 3 days | 903 | 30 km/h | 38 km/h | 41 km/h |
| First Ave · Broadview Ave – Boulton Ave · 210 m | Mar 2020 · 24 h | 701 | 29 km/h | 38 km/h | 43 km/h |
- Speed sign
- 722 Gerrard St East (westbound), 115 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 33 km/h, 85th percentile 42 km/h; 2.7% at 50 km/h or more. 25,028 vehicles logged in July 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
- Traffic calming
- First Avenue (De Grassi St – Logan Ave): 3 speed humps
Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Streetcar
- 506 504 505 501 503 nearest 108 m
- TTC bus
- 121 72 nearest 575 m · 7 min
- Blue Night
- 306 304 305 301 325
- Nearest stops
- 2 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Dundas St E / Boulton Ave - SMART 313 m · 4 min · 15 docks · 14 stations, 270 docks within 1 km
Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- 11 car parks · about 478 spaces
- EV charging
- 963 Gerrard St E · 857 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 220 Carlaw Ave. (1 km), 14 Arundel Ave. (1.8 km)
- Bike parking
- 24 post-and-rings within 300 m
- Other lots
- 39 mapped lots within 500 m, 506 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 653 Gerrard St E · Surface | 223 m | 30 | 72% (Q1 2026) |
| 573 Gerrard St E · Surface | 509 m | 36 | 75% (Q1 2026) |
| 136 Broadview Ave · Surface | 899 m | 22 | 73% (Q1 2026) |
| 111 Broadview Ave · Surface | 1 km | 92 | 56% (Q1 2026) |
| 25 Ferrier Ave · Surface | 1.8 km | 46 | 82% (Q1 2026) |
Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.
Within a walk
What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.
Food, shops and services
You can do a shop on foot from here: Yao Hua Supermarket is 235 m away. There is also a specialist food shop, Gerrard St Bakery, 264 m away. There are 10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 104 eating places within a kilometre — 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Que Ling Restaurant, 145 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Pacific Pharmacy Toronto, 172 m away; 5 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, 709 m away. Woodgreen Community Centre - Jack McCreadie runs a seniors' active living programme 341 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Que Ling Restaurant · 248 Boulton Ave145 m
- Donutlan · 688 Gerrard St E148 m
- Coach House Shortbread Company · 246 Boulton Ave148 m
- Mi Mi Vietnamese Restaurant · 686 Gerrard St E167 m
- Bep Viet · 738 Gerrard St E217 m
- Grocery
- Yao Hua Supermarket 235 m · 4 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Gerrard St Bakery 264 m · 3 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Pacific Pharmacy Toronto 172 m · 5 within 1 km
- Child care
- Matthew-John Early Learning Centre · 73 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day107 m
- Kids Way Daycare · 15 spaces, infant, toddler · $10-a-day433 m · 5 min
- George Brown - Dundas Street East Child Care Centre · 127 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day472 m · 6 min
- Washrooms
- Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom · hours not listed831 m · 10 min
- Riverdale Park East Fieldhouse Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible860 m · 10 min
- Health and care
- Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital · hospital site709 m · 8 min
- Woodgreen Community Centre - Jack McCreadie · seniors' active living centre341 m · 4 min
Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.
Parks, schools and places
- Parks (24)
- Eastdale Playground261 m · 3 min
- Dundas Parkette318 m · 4 min
- de Grassi St Parkette320 m · 4 min
- Caroline Huebner Parkette355 m · 4 min
- Thorogood Gardens370 m · 4 min
- Community centres
- Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre831 m · 10 min
- Matty Eckler Recreation Centre879 m · 10 min
- Pam McConnell Aquatic Centre1.4 km · 17 min
- Schools (9)
- Eastdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 96 m
- Dundas Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 472 m · 6 min
- Seed Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 562 m · 7 min
- Queen Alexandra Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 773 m · 9 min
- Pape Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch503 m · 6 min
- Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter branch804 m · 10 min
- Places of interest
- Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 1 km · 12 min
- Riverdale FarmAttraction · 1.4 km · 16 min
- Native Earth Performing Arts & Aki StudioPerforming Arts · 1.5 km · 18 min
Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.
Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,198 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Eight registered apartment buildings with 652 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, five of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 444 Logan Ave (341 m, 159 units, 22 storeys, built 1967), which scored 86 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 8 scored below 70; the average is 84, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 444 Logan Ave social housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc | 159 | 22 | 1967 | 86 · Jun 2024 | 341 m · 4 min |
| 793 Gerrard St E social housing · North44 Property Management Inc | 28 | 5 | 1950 | 83 · Nov 2025 | 357 m · 4 min |
| 425 Broadview Ave | 11 | 3 | 1920 | 82 · Jul 2026 | 603 m · 7 min |
| 859 Dundas St E Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 29 | 4 | 1973 | 96 · Dec 2025 | 651 m · 8 min |
| 179 Broadview Ave social housing · Neighbours Community Homes | 41 | 4 | 1992 | 85 · Aug 2026 | 799 m · 10 min |
| 841 Queen St E social housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc. | 36 | 3 | 1988 | 69 · Jul 2026 | 869 m · 10 min |
8 registered buildings · 652 units · 5 social housing · tallest 23 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.
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 one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 86% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on May 4, 2026.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 7 | 2 | 1 | street/outdoor (6), house driveway/garage (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 0 | 0 | street/outdoor (1) |
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 South Riverdale.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is De Grassi & First a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 7 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 De Grassi & First?
A lightly travelled intersection at the City's last count here, in 2000. Its latest count is from Nov 20, 2000, 12% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is De Grassi & First a walkable intersection?
De Grassi & First scores 65 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,198 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 2 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 grocery store within 300 m · 10 places to eat within 300 m; 5 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 0.8 km. The crossing itself: traffic calming.
How fast do cars go at De Grassi & First?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on First Ave between Broadview Ave and Boulton Ave (March 2020), found an average of 29 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 38 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 115 m away (40 km/h), 2.7% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.
Where can I park near De Grassi & First?
The nearest Green P car park is 653 Gerrard St E (223 m away, 30 spaces, 72% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 506 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,870 spaces — 39 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 963 Gerrard St E (857 m).
How do I get to De Grassi & First by transit?
Streetcar routes 506, 504, 505, 501 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 108 m away; bus routes 121, 72 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near De Grassi & First?
10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 104 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Que Ling Restaurant (145 m), Donutlan (148 m), Coach House Shortbread Company (148 m), Mi Mi Vietnamese Restaurant (167 m) and Bep Viet (217 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near De Grassi & First?
The nearest is Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom, 870 Queen St E, 831 m away. Next nearest: Riverdale Park East Fieldhouse Washroom (860 m); Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom (879 m).
Is there child care near De Grassi & First?
Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 467 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Matthew-John Early Learning Centre (107 m, 73 spaces), Kids Way Daycare (433 m, 15 spaces) and George Brown - Dundas Street East Child Care Centre (472 m, 127 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near De Grassi & First?
Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 652 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 444 Logan Ave (341 m, 159 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 793 Gerrard St E (357 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 425 Broadview Ave (603 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 82) and 859 Dundas St E (651 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 8 is 84 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.
How many thefts are reported at De Grassi & First?
Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the South Riverdale page.
What neighbourhood is De Grassi & First in?
De Grassi & First is in South Riverdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 070). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Nov 20, 2000.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary); Traffic Calming Database.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 14 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.66550, -79.34817 · centreline node 13464165.