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De Grassi & Gerrard

De Grassi St & Gerrard St E · Toronto, Ontario · South Riverdale · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

De Grassi & Gerrard, in South Riverdale, is a quiet local crossing. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: 12 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
6,875
vehicles · 14-hour count, Dec 5, 2023
936 pedestrians · 251 cyclists
Collisions
27
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
12 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
70/100
city median 48 · #834 of 5,672
14 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 170 m

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De Grassi & Gerrard

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume14-hour count · Dec 5, 2023

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 3,387 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 286 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the west (118 of 251). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,041 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 980 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north0southbound · 6 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west3,387eastbound · 118 bikes · 2.5% heavy
Total vehicles6,875936 pedestrians · 251 cyclists · 2.3% heavy
From the east3,202westbound · 110 bikes · 2.2% heavy
From the south286northbound · 17 bikes · 1.4% heavy

Peak hours: 1,041 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 980 from 4:30 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

The worst year was 2024, with 6 collisions; 2025 recorded 3. 5 collisions (19%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 22% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 5 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (19%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 6, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Mar 13, 2009.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions273.9 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles
With an injury5
Property damage only16
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian3#1246 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist2#1143 of 2,576
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20061latest Mar 13, 2009

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

On De Grassi St between Dundas St E and First Ave, 218 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2011 put the average speed at 30 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 38 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 41 km/h or more. That segment carries about 900 vehicles a day. The reading is 15 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on 722 Gerrard St East (48 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.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
De Grassi St · Dundas St E – First Ave · 218 mNov 2011 · 3 days90330 km/h38 km/h41 km/h
Speed sign
722 Gerrard St East (westbound), 48 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.

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.

The crossing
pedestrian crossover

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Streetcar
506 504 505 501 503 nearest 11 m
TTC bus
121 72 nearest 479 m · 6 min
Blue Night
306 304 305 301 325
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Gerrard St East at de Grassi St
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Logan Ave / Gerrard St E 293 m · 3 min · 23 docks · 11 stations, 195 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
15 car parks · about 680 spaces
EV charging
963 Gerrard St E · 760 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 220 Carlaw Ave. (1.1 km), 14 Arundel Ave. (1.7 km)
Bike parking
46 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
39 mapped lots within 500 m, 535 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
653 Gerrard St E · Surface167 m3072% (Q1 2026)
573 Gerrard St E · Surface413 m3675% (Q1 2026)
136 Broadview Ave · Surface1 km2273% (Q1 2026)
111 Broadview Ave · Surface1.1 km9256% (Q1 2026)
25 Ferrier Ave · Surface1.7 km4682% (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

A grocery store is within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Yao Hua Supermarket, 170 m away. Four specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest Gerrard St Bakery at 195 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 14 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 97 — 2.4× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Donutlan, 51 m away. Two pharmacies sit within 300 m of the corner; the nearest is Pacific Pharmacy Toronto, 75 m away. The nearest hospital site is Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, 613 m away. Woodgreen Community Centre - Jack McCreadie runs a seniors' active living programme 438 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Donutlan · 688 Gerrard St E51 m
  • Mi Mi Vietnamese Restaurant · 686 Gerrard St E70 m
  • Que Ling Restaurant · 248 Boulton Ave110 m
  • Bep Viet · 738 Gerrard St E120 m
  • Coach House Shortbread Company · 246 Boulton Ave123 m
14 within 300 m · 97 within 1 km
Grocery
Yao Hua Supermarket 170 m · 3 within 1 km
Food shops
Gerrard St Bakery 195 m · 4 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
Pharmacy
Pacific Pharmacy Toronto 75 m · 7 within 1 km
Child care
  • Matthew-John Early Learning Centre · 73 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day204 m
  • Kids Way Daycare · 15 spaces, infant, toddler · $10-a-day337 m · 4 min
  • Riverdale Mighty Kids Corp · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day481 m · 6 min
7 licensed centres · 599 spaces within 1 km · 3 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Riverdale Park East Fieldhouse Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible764 m · 9 min
  • Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom · hours not listed782 m · 9 min
Drinking water: Gerrard - Carlaw Traffic Island 585 m · 7 min (off); Riverdale Park East 596 m · 7 min
Health and care
  • Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital · hospital site613 m · 7 min
  • Woodgreen Community Centre - Jack McCreadie · seniors' active living centre438 m · 5 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 Playground358 m · 4 min
  • Dundas Parkette415 m · 5 min
  • de Grassi St Parkette417 m · 5 min
  • Caroline Huebner Parkette452 m · 5 min
  • Hubbard Park461 m · 5 min
and 19 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (13)
  • Eastdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 73 m
  • Dundas Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 569 m · 7 min
  • Seed Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 659 m · 8 min
  • Queen Alexandra Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 870 m · 10 min
  • Pape Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 901 m · 11 min
and 8 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch407 m · 5 min
  • Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter branch901 m · 11 min
Places of interest
  • Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 904 m · 11 min
  • Riverdale FarmAttraction · 1.3 km · 15 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.

70of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #834 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food26/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 14 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit16/28

    4 stops within 300 m · 12 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go8/14

    library 407 m away · 2 places of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation10/10

    6 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care7/8

    1 school within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot3/10

    pedestrian crossover

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

Within a kilometre there are nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,030 rental units — six social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 793 Gerrard St E (260 m, 28 units, 5 storeys, built 1950), which scored 83 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 9 scored below 70; the average is 83, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
793 Gerrard St E social housing · North44 Property Management Inc285195083 · Nov 2025260 m · 3 min
444 Logan Ave social housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc15922196786 · Jun 2024438 m · 5 min
425 Broadview Ave113192082 · Jul 2026507 m · 6 min
859 Dundas St E Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation294197396 · Dec 2025748 m · 9 min
230 Oak St · Akelius Canada Ltd32723197281 · Jun 2024871 m · 10 min
179 Broadview Ave social housing · Neighbours Community Homes414199285 · Aug 2026896 m · 11 min

9 registered buildings · 1,030 units · 6 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

Five thefts from vehicles and three bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle510house driveway/garage (3), street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft300street/outdoor (1), apartment parking (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 & Gerrard a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 27 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 & Gerrard?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Dec 5, 2023, 42% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is De Grassi & Gerrard a walkable intersection?

De Grassi & Gerrard scores 70 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #834 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: 6 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 1 school within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 grocery store within 300 m · 14 places to eat within 300 m. The crossing itself: pedestrian crossover.

How fast do cars go at De Grassi & Gerrard?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on De Grassi St between Dundas St E and First Ave (November 2011), found an average of 30 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 48 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 & Gerrard?

The nearest Green P car park is 653 Gerrard St E (167 m away, 30 spaces, 72% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 535 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,810 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 (760 m).

How do I get to De Grassi & Gerrard by transit?

Streetcar routes 506, 504, 505, 501 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 11 m away; bus routes 121, 72 within 1 km (nearest stop: Gerrard St East at de Grassi St, 479 m).

What restaurants are near De Grassi & Gerrard?

14 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 97 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Donutlan (51 m), Mi Mi Vietnamese Restaurant (70 m), Que Ling Restaurant (110 m), Bep Viet (120 m) and Coach House Shortbread Company (123 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near De Grassi & Gerrard?

The nearest is Riverdale Park East Fieldhouse Washroom, 550 Broadview Ave, 764 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom (782 m); Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom (928 m).

Is there child care near De Grassi & Gerrard?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 599 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 (204 m, 73 spaces), Kids Way Daycare (337 m, 15 spaces) and Riverdale Mighty Kids Corp (481 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near De Grassi & Gerrard?

Nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,030 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 793 Gerrard St E (260 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 444 Logan Ave (438 m, 159 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 425 Broadview Ave (507 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 82) and 859 Dundas St E (748 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 9 is 83 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at De Grassi & Gerrard?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the South Riverdale page.

What neighbourhood is De Grassi & Gerrard in?

De Grassi & Gerrard 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