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Dowling Ave & Dowling Avenue Pedestrian Bridge

Toronto, Ontario · South Parkdale · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

Dowling Ave & Dowling Avenue Pedestrian Bridge is a quiet local crossing, with pedestrians outnumbering vehicles and significant cycling traffic. It sits in South Parkdale, in central Toronto. At the corner: a bike lane. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
180
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 13, 2026
1,617 pedestrians · 609 cyclists
Collisions
0
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
7 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
36/100
city median 48
2 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 386 m

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Dowling Ave & Dowling Avenue Pedestrian Bridge

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 · Jun 13, 2026 · weekend

No single direction dominates: each approach carried between 88 and 92 vehicles. Most cyclists arrived from the north (276 of 609). Evening rush dominates here: 21 vehicles in the peak hour from 3:00 p.m., against 15 in the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north88southbound · 276 bikes · 2.3% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles1801,617 pedestrians · 609 cyclists · 2.2% heavy
From the east92westbound · 46 bikes · 2.2% heavy
From the south0northbound · 287 bikes · 0.0% heavy

Peak hours: 15 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 21 from 3:00 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

Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.

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 Sep 12, 2006.

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

At the school-zone speed sign on Jameson Ave (241 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 35,813 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Speed sign
Jameson Ave (northbound), 241 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 31 km/h, 85th percentile 38 km/h; 0.1% at 50 km/h or more. 35,813 vehicles logged in August 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.

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

Streetcar
504 508 501 nearest 215 m
TTC bus
402 47 nearest 671 m · 8 min
Blue Night
304 301
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on Dowling Ave installed 2018; Sharrows on Dowling Avenue Pedestrian Bridge installed 2018
Bike Share
Marilyn Bell Park Tennis Court 276 m · 3 min · 27 docks · 10 stations, 197 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
7 car parks · about 835 spaces
EV charging
1224 KING ST W · 1.1 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking
3 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
12 mapped lots within 500 m, 268 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1275 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface209 m120 *—
14 Fuller Ave · Surface752 m4247% (Q1 2026)
1624 Queen St W · Surface794 m3371% (Q1 2026)
1325 Queen St W · Surface1.1 km3294% (Q1 2026)
1575 Lake Shore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface1.3 km193 *—

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

No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Anthony's No Frills, 386 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 84 — 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Communiticare Health, 49 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Parkdale Pharmacy, 369 m away; 5 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Bickle Centre, 1.0 km away, then St. Joseph's Health Centre at 1.2 km. For seniors' housing: Lakeside Long Term Care Centre, a long-term care home 700 m away; Dowling Rest Home, a retirement home 251 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Communiticare Health · 96 Dowling Ave49 m
  • Bev Can Properties · 117 Dowling Ave211 m
  • The Originals Diner · 160 Springhurst Ave, Dept-S316 m · 4 min
  • Parkdale Guest House · 18 Maynard Ave426 m · 5 min
  • Mr Momo · 2453 Lake Shore Blvd W, Bldg--442 m · 5 min
2 within 300 m · 84 within 1 km
Grocery
Anthony's No Frills 386 m · 5 min · 7 within 1 km
Food shops
The Sweet Crumble 606 m · 7 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Parkdale Pharmacy 369 m · 4 min · 5 within 1 km
Child care
  • Queen Victoria Child Care Centre · 151 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day546 m · 7 min
  • Parkdale Early Learning Centre - Cdi · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day585 m · 7 min
  • Holy Family Childcare Centre-Queen Victoria · 25 spaces, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day724 m · 9 min
4 licensed centres · 269 spaces within 1 km · all accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Automated public toilet, 1275 Lake Shore Blvd W · 24 hours · accessible279 m · 3 min
Drinking water: Close Avenue Parkette 549 m · 7 min (off); Beaty Avenue Parkette 579 m · 7 min (off)
Health and care
  • Bickle Centre · hospital site1 km · 11 min
  • St. Joseph's Health Centre · hospital site1.2 km · 15 min
  • Lakeside Long Term Care Centre · long-term care home700 m · 8 min
  • Dowling Rest Home · retirement home251 m · 3 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 (17)
  • Lakeshore Boulevard Parklands302 m · 4 min
  • Close Avenue Parkette535 m · 6 min
  • Beaty Avenue Parkette593 m · 7 min
  • Springhurst Parkette728 m · 9 min
  • Close - Springhurst Parkette809 m · 10 min
and 12 more within 1.5 km
Schools
  • Dr Rita Cox - Kina Minagok Public SchoolEnglish Public · 546 m · 7 min
  • Mary Mother of God SchoolPrivate · 691 m · 8 min
  • Holy Family Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 724 m · 9 min
  • Parkdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 759 m · 9 min
  • Parkdale Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 min
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch1.2 km · 14 min
Places of interest
  • Medieval Times Dinner and TournamentPerforming Arts · 1.5 km · 17 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.

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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 food13/30

    7 grocery stores within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit10/28

    2 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go3/14

    library 1.2 km away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation8/10

    1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care2/8

    nearest school 0.5 km · 4 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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 79 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 5,216 rental units, 5.3× the median for a Toronto intersection — 14 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 75 Dowling Ave (31 m, 138 units, 7 storeys, built 1989), which scored 93 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
75 Dowling Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1387198993 · Jul 202531 m
99 Dowling Ave · Metcap Living Management Inc.1115195594 · Jul 2025129 m
115 Dowling Ave · Metcap Living Management Inc709196599 · Jul 2025174 m
1465 King St W483191785 · Jul 2025221 m
120 Dowling Ave · Pergos Developments183190093 · Jul 2025224 m
122 Dowling Ave · Akeliuscanadaltd275193093 · Jul 2025241 m

79 registered buildings · 5,216 units · 14 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dowling Ave & Dowling Avenue Pedestrian Bridge a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025 and police reported no collisions of any severity. 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 Dowling Ave & Dowling Avenue Pedestrian Bridge?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Jun 13, 2026, 1% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is Dowling Ave & Dowling Avenue Pedestrian Bridge a walkable intersection?

Dowling Ave & Dowling Avenue Pedestrian Bridge scores 36 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 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 7 grocery stores within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m; 2 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km.

Where can I park near Dowling Ave & Dowling Avenue Pedestrian Bridge?

The nearest Green P car park is 1275 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (Parks) (209 m away, 120 spaces). The City's mapping shows 268 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 11,550 spaces — 12 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1224 KING ST W (1.1 km).

How do I get to Dowling Ave & Dowling Avenue Pedestrian Bridge by transit?

Streetcar routes 504, 508, 501 stop within 1 km, the nearest 215 m away; bus routes 402, 47 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Dowling Ave & Dowling Avenue Pedestrian Bridge?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 84 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Communiticare Health (49 m), Bev Can Properties (211 m), The Originals Diner (316 m), Parkdale Guest House (426 m) and Mr Momo (442 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Dowling Ave & Dowling Avenue Pedestrian Bridge?

The nearest is the automated public toilet at 1275 Lake Shore Blvd W, 279 m away (open around the clock), with an accessible washroom.

Is there child care near Dowling Ave & Dowling Avenue Pedestrian Bridge?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 269 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Queen Victoria Child Care Centre (546 m, 151 spaces), Parkdale Early Learning Centre - Cdi (585 m, 49 spaces) and Holy Family Childcare Centre-Queen Victoria (724 m, 25 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dowling Ave & Dowling Avenue Pedestrian Bridge?

79 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,216 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 75 Dowling Ave (31 m, 138 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 99 Dowling Ave (129 m, 111 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 115 Dowling Ave (174 m, 70 units, RentSafeTO score 99) and 1465 King St W (221 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 85). The average RentSafeTO score across the 79 is 90 out of 100.

What neighbourhood is Dowling Ave & Dowling Avenue Pedestrian Bridge in?

Dowling Ave & Dowling Avenue Pedestrian Bridge is in South Parkdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 085), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.

Sources

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