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Donlea & Don Avon

Donlea Dr & Don Avon Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Leaside-Bennington · Ward 15, Don Valley West

Donlea & Don Avon is a quiet local crossing. It sits in Leaside-Bennington. Nearby is Laird Station (Line 5) 353 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
2,243
vehicles · 14-hour count, May 6, 2025
561 pedestrians · 55 cyclists
Collisions
5
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Laird Station 353 m · 7 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
46/100
city median 48
4 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 821 m

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Donlea & Don Avon

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 · May 6, 2025

The west leg carries the load — 1,055 eastbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 274. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 329 vehicles in the hour from 3:30 p.m., 32% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (249). Heavy vehicles made up 1.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 18 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north365southbound · 8 bikes · 2.2% heavy
From the west1,055eastbound · 22 bikes · 1.4% heavy
Total vehicles2,243561 pedestrians · 55 cyclists · 1.6% heavy
From the east549westbound · 23 bikes · 1.6% heavy
From the south274northbound · 2 bikes · 1.5% heavy

Peak hours: 249 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 329 from 3:30 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 2 collisions. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 20, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions5
With an injury0
Property damage only4
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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 Donlea Dr between Laird Dr and Don Avon Dr (103 m away) recorded an average of 32 km/h in its 24-hour count in August 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 39 km/h. That segment carries about 1,800 vehicles a day. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Donlea Drive between Don Avon Dr and Brentcliffe Rd (installed 2025).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Donlea Dr · Laird Dr – Don Avon Dr · 103 mAug 2026 · 24 h1,75732 km/h39 km/h43 km/h
Traffic calming
Donlea Drive (Don Avon Dr – Brentcliffe Rd): 2 speed humps (installed 2025)

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

Subway
Laird Station (Line 5)353 m · 4 min
TTC bus
34 51 88 156 nearest 239 m
Blue Night
334 354
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Eglinton Ave E / Brentcliffe Rd 217 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 57 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
2 car parks · about 53 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
1 post-and-ring within 300 m
Other lots
11 mapped lots within 500 m, 237 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1670 Bayview Ave · Surface1.7 km33 *—
709 Millwood Rd · Garage1.9 km2078% (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

The nearest grocery store is Farm Boy, 821 m away. There are 4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 51 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Cafe On the Hill, 128 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Leaside Community Pharmacy, 451 m away. The nearest hospital site is Lyndhurst Centre, 853 m away, then Holland Bloorview at 1.1 km. For seniors' housing: Suomi - Koti Toronto Nursing Home, a long-term care home 443 m away. Toronto Finnish Canadian Seniors Centre - Suomi Koti runs a seniors' active living programme 451 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Cafe On the Hill · 916 Eglinton Ave W128 m
  • Noor Frize · 825 Eglinton Ave E249 m
  • Tim Hortons · 878 Eglinton Ave E Unit-7285 m · 3 min
  • Sushi By K · 874 Eglinton Ave E289 m · 3 min
  • Vozara Food Factory · 856 Eglinton Ave E334 m · 4 min
4 within 300 m · 51 within 1 km
Grocery
Farm Boy 821 m · 10 min
Food shops
Charmaine Sweets 334 m · 4 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Leaside Community Pharmacy 451 m · 5 min
Child care
  • Maria Montessori School Young Children's Community · 71 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day292 m · 3 min
  • Leaside Day Care Centre · 99 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day595 m · 7 min
  • Northlea Community Child Care · 225 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day771 m · 9 min
5 licensed centres · 534 spaces within 1 km · 2 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Serena Gundy Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs905 m · 11 min
Drinking water: Radar Park 456 m · 5 min
Health and care
  • Lyndhurst Centre · hospital site853 m · 10 min
  • Holland Bloorview · hospital site1.1 km · 14 min
  • Suomi - Koti Toronto Nursing Home · long-term care home443 m · 5 min
  • Toronto Finnish Canadian Seniors Centre - Suomi Koti · seniors' active living centre451 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 (6)
  • Radar Park469 m · 6 min
  • Leonard Linton Park949 m · 11 min
  • Serena Gundy Park1 km · 11 min
  • Bessborough Parkette1.1 km · 13 min
  • Howard Talbot Park1.2 km · 14 min
and 1 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
  • Trace Manes Park Community Centre1.4 km · 16 min
Schools (6)
  • Maria Montessori SchoolPrivate · 291 m · 3 min
  • Northlea Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 771 m · 9 min
  • Children's Garden Junior SchoolPrivate · 912 m · 11 min
  • Leaside High SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Bloorview School AuthorityPrivate · 1.2 km · 14 min
and 1 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Leaside branch1.3 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.

46of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food15/30

    1 grocery store within 1 km · 4 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit16/28

    Laird Station 0.4 km · 2 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go2/14

    library 1.3 km away

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.4 km

  • Schools and child care6/8

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

  • Crossing on foot2/10

    traffic calming

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

15 registered apartment buildings with 715 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 898 Eglinton Ave E (85 m, 21 units, 3 storeys, built 1954), which scored 99 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
898 Eglinton Ave E · Wj Properties213195499 · Aug 202685 m
904 Eglinton Ave E234195878 · Dec 202586 m
896 Eglinton Ave E · Goldie Imports of Canada Limited434195089 · Aug 2026116 m
892 Eglinton Ave E · Trivest Developments Corporation374196192 · Sep 2025208 m
894 Eglinton Ave E · Royal Lepage Signature Realty444195491 · Sep 2025219 m
31 Brentcliffe Rd164195884 · Oct 2025259 m · 3 min

15 registered buildings · 715 units · tallest 18 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 two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 43% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle710house driveway/garage (3), street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft200house driveway/garage (2)

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 Leaside-Bennington.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Donlea & Don Avon 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 Donlea & Don Avon?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from May 6, 2025, 14% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is Donlea & Don Avon a walkable intersection?

Donlea & Don Avon scores 46 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; 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: 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; Laird Station 0.4 km · 2 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km; 1 grocery store within 1 km · 4 places to eat within 300 m. The crossing itself: traffic calming.

How fast do cars go at Donlea & Don Avon?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Donlea Dr between Laird Dr and Don Avon Dr (August 2026), found an average of 32 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 39 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Donlea & Don Avon?

The nearest Green P car park is 1670 Bayview Ave (1.7 km away, 33 spaces). The City's mapping shows 237 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,960 spaces — 11 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Donlea & Don Avon by transit?

Laird Station (Line 5) is 353 m away; bus routes 34, 51, 88, 156 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Donlea & Don Avon?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 51 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Cafe On the Hill (128 m), Noor Frize (249 m), Tim Hortons (285 m), Sushi By K (289 m) and Vozara Food Factory (334 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Donlea & Don Avon?

The nearest is Serena Gundy Park Washroom, 58 Rykert Cres, 905 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. The City currently lists it as closed: maintenance/repairs.

Is there child care near Donlea & Don Avon?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 534 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Maria Montessori School Young Children's Community (292 m, 71 spaces), Leaside Day Care Centre (595 m, 99 spaces) and Northlea Community Child Care (771 m, 225 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Donlea & Don Avon?

15 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 715 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 898 Eglinton Ave E (85 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 904 Eglinton Ave E (86 m, 23 units, RentSafeTO score 78), 896 Eglinton Ave E (116 m, 43 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 892 Eglinton Ave E (208 m, 37 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 15 is 89 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Donlea & Don Avon?

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

What neighbourhood is Donlea & Don Avon in?

Donlea & Don Avon is in Leaside-Bennington (City of Toronto neighbourhood 056). It is in Ward 15, Don Valley West, represented by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined