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Dewson & Delaware

Dewson St & Delaware Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Palmerston-Little Italy · Ward 9, Davenport

In Palmerston-Little Italy, in central Toronto, Dewson & Delaware is a lightly travelled intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has a bike lane and a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: Ossington Station (Line 2) 639 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,861
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 12, 2012
895 pedestrians · 433 cyclists
Collisions
5
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 2 property damage · #4988 of 5,508 · +1 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Ossington Station 639 m · 2 streetcar routes · 5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows
Bike Share: 17 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 230 vehicles, 20% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 2.1 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 23.3% of vehicle volume, about 30× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 0.5 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Dewson & Delaware

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Ossington Station (Line 2)639 m; Dufferin Station (Line 2)791 m
Streetcar
506505 nearest 305 m
TTC bus
639429161402 nearest 204 m
Express
929
Blue Night
306305363300329
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on Dewson St installed 2015
Bike Share
Concord Ave / Dewson St 116 m · 17 docks · 23 stations, 413 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 (28)
  • Dewson Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 191 m
  • Central Toronto Academy & Horizon Alternative SrEnglish Public · 377 m
  • The Orchard Montessori SchoolPrivate · 463 m
  • St Mary Catholic Academy Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 504 m
  • Ossington Old Orchard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 505 m
  • Montrose Jr & Delta Alternative SrEnglish Public · 641 m
  • and 22 more
Parks (26)
  • Dufferin Grove Park508 m
  • George Ben Park607 m
  • Fred Hamilton Playground615 m
  • Westmoreland Avenue Parkette660 m
  • Harrison-Dovercourt Parkette676 m
  • Salem Parkette682 m
  • and 20 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch503 m
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch738 m
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Randolph Centre for the ArtsPerforming Arts · 1.5 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 350 eating places within a kilometre — 4.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Finch Store, 110 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés6 within 300 m · 350 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 50 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Finch Store · 42 Dewson St110 mPassed, Jul 2026
Dewson Street YMCA · 65 Concord Ave129 mPassed, Feb 2026
Cono Gelato · 932 College St274 mPassed, Aug 2026
Mayil Coffee · 870 College St285 mPassed, Sep 2026
The Emmet Ray · 924 College St290 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Ladybug Tavern · 890 College St298 mPassed, Jul 2026
Shawarma Moose · 898 College St301 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 4 infractions
La Fromagerie · 868 College St305 mPassed, Apr 2026

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 Dufferin Grove Sports Field Washroom, 489 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 457 m away at Dufferin Grove Park.

  • Dufferin Grove Sports Field Washroom · 875 Dufferin St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    489 m
  • Dufferin Grove Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 875 Dufferin St
    View outdoor rink hours
    599 m
  • Fred Hamilton Playground Washroom · 155 Roxton Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    622 m
Drinking water
Dufferin Grove Park drinking fountain · 457 m; Dufferin Grove Park drinking fountain · 495 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

15 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,270 spaces; ten accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Dewson Street YMCA (191 m, 127 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km15 centres · 1,270 spaces
Fee subsidy10 of 15
  • Dewson Street YMCA · 65 Concord Ave
    127 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    191 m
  • Lullaboo Childcare Center (College) · 860 College St
    149 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    289 m
  • West End Jr YMCA · 931 College St
    85 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    332 m
  • West End Parents Day Care Centre · 375 Dovercourt Rd
    78 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    463 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 345 (1.5 km), the nearest police station 14 Division (571 m) and the nearest ambulance station 659 m away.

FireFire Station 345 · 1.5 km1285 Dufferin St
Police14 Division · 571 m350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 659 m760 Dovercourt Rd

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

38 registered apartment buildings with 2,269 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, seven of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 46 Delaware Ave (97 m, 14 units, 3 storeys, built 2007), which scored 83 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 38 scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 51 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 4 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings38 · 2,269 units · 7 social housing
RentSafeTO score86 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202651 across the 38
Open fire-code violations4
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
46 Delaware Avesocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes143200783 · Jul 2025197 m
675 Dovercourt Rd113194045 · Jul 20260351 m
410 Dovercourt Rd133193090 · Jul 20260386 m
34 Heydon Park Rd · Cogir Real Estate313192594 · Jul 20265392 m
323 Rusholme Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management22620196887 · Jun 202511421 m
805 College St · Aykler Real Estate Inc.724192992 · Aug 20261433 m
1 Havelock St · Havelock Apartments183190581 · Jul 20250439 m
730 Dovercourt Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management35620196797 · Jul 202514442 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 lots750 lots · ≈20,810 spaces · 62.4 ha
Within 500 m30 lots · ≈450 spaces
Green P (public)24 car parks · about 1,264 spaces
EV charging (City)685 Dovercourt Rd · 409 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking21 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 48 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
745 Ossington Ave · Surface668 m4667% (Q1 2026)
9 Salem Ave · Surface674 m3374% (Q1 2026)
146 Harrison St · Surface684 m7968% (Q1 2026)
9 Bonar Pl · Surface737 m3471% (Q1 2026)
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface741 m3763% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 59 m away, ≈10 spaces; 59 m away, ≈23 spaces; 124 m away, ≈18 spaces; 222 m away, ≈10 spaces; 247 m away, ≈10 spaces; 248 m away, ≈9 spaces. More EV charging: 705 Shaw St (600 m, 2 ports); 283 Ossington Ave (778 m, 2 ports); 74 Clinton Street (1 km, 4 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, Nov 12, 2012

The east leg carries the load — 1,113 westbound vehicles, or 60% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 748. Most cyclists arrived from the east (197 of 433). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 323 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 16% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (278). Heavy vehicles made up 1.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 14 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2012, 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 · 36 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west748eastbound · 174 bikes · 1.7% heavy
Total vehicles1,861895 pedestrians · 433 cyclists · 1.7% heavy
From the east1,113westbound · 197 bikes · 1.7% heavy
From the south0northbound · 26 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour278 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour323 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 12, 2012

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 Delaware Ave between College St and Dewson St (148 m away) recorded an average of 32 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2017; 85% of drivers were at or under 42 km/h. That segment carries about 500 vehicles a day. Dewson St between Ossington Ave and Concord Ave measured slower: 23 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 30 km/h (Sep 2025). The reading is 9 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Concord Ave (219 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.3% of the 32,260 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Delaware Ave · College St – Dewson St · 148 mMay 2017 · 3 days49232 km/h42 km/h49 km/h
Dewson St · Ossington Ave – Concord Ave · 158 mSep 2025 · 3 days1,70723 km/h30 km/h34 km/h

School-zone speed sign 219 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct18 · 26 km/h
Over the limit1.4%
40 km/h or more0.3%

Concord Ave (northbound), 31 Concord Avenue · 32,260 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; 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

2016 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 20% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 40% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 40% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 28, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions5#4988 of 5,508
With an injury1#4195 of 4,660
Property damage only2
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist2#1075 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 20149latest Jan 28, 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 eight thefts from vehicles and eight bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 1 in 2023–2025, about 0.3 a year, against 2.1 a year before that. 63% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages; 75% of the bike thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle810house driveway/garage (5), street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft800house driveway/garage (6), commercial premises (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 19, 2024. 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 Palmerston-Little Italy.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dewson & Delaware a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 5 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 Dewson & Delaware?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Nov 12, 2012, 20% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Dewson & Delaware?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Delaware Ave between College St and Dewson St (May 2017), found an average of 32 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 42 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 219 m away (30 km/h), 0.3% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Dewson & Delaware?

The nearest Green P car park is 745 Ossington Ave (668 m away, 46 spaces, 67% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 750 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,810 spaces — 30 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 685 Dovercourt Rd (409 m).

How do I get to Dewson & Delaware by transit?

Ossington Station (Line 2) is 639 m away; streetcar routes 506, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 305 m away; bus routes 63, 94, 29, 161, 402, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Dewson & Delaware?

6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 350 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Finch Store (110 m), Dewson Street YMCA (129 m), Cono Gelato (274 m), Mayil Coffee (285 m) and The Emmet Ray (290 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 Dewson & Delaware?

The nearest is Dufferin Grove Sports Field Washroom, 875 Dufferin St, 489 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Dufferin Grove Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (599 m); Fred Hamilton Playground Washroom (622 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 Dewson & Delaware?

15 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,270 spaces in total; 10 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Dewson Street YMCA (191 m, 127 spaces), Lullaboo Childcare Center (College) (289 m, 149 spaces) and West End Jr YMCA (332 m, 85 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dewson & Delaware?

38 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,269 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 46 Delaware Ave (97 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 675 Dovercourt Rd (351 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 45), 410 Dovercourt Rd (386 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 34 Heydon Park Rd (392 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 38 is 86 out of 100; 3 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 Dewson & Delaware?

Toronto Police place eight thefts from vehicles and eight 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 Palmerston-Little Italy page.

What neighbourhood is Dewson & Delaware in?

Dewson & Delaware is in Palmerston-Little Italy (City of Toronto neighbourhood 080). It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo.

Sources

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