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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 and a park. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
180
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 13, 2026
1,617 pedestrians · 609 cyclists · #2390 busiest
Collisions
0
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
none reported within 65 m
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
3 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows
Bike Share: 27 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 10 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 1% of the median counted intersection. Pedestrians outnumber vehicles 9.0 to 1 — rare for a Toronto intersection, where the median is one pedestrian for every 13 vehicles. Cyclists were 338.3% of vehicle volume, about 437× the typical share.

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Dowling Ave & Dowling Avenue Pedestrian Bridge

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
504508501 nearest 202 m
TTC bus
4024729 nearest 396 m
Express
929
Blue Night
304301329
Nearest stops
3 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 149 m · 27 docks · 17 stations, 333 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 (8)
  • Dr Rita Cox - Kina Minagok Public SchoolEnglish Public · 275 m
  • Holy Family Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 510 m
  • Parkdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 554 m
  • Mary Mother of God SchoolPrivate · 572 m
  • Parkdale Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 931 m
  • Garden Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km
  • and 2 more
Parks (26)
  • Lakeshore Boulevard Parklands175 m
  • Close - Springhurst Parkette294 m
  • Close Avenue Parkette340 m
  • Springhurst Parkette433 m
  • Beaty Avenue Parkette474 m
  • Spencer - Cowan Parkette600 m
  • and 20 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch828 m
  • Toronto Public Library High Park branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Medieval Times Dinner and TournamentPerforming Arts · 1 km
  • Queen Elizabeth TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.3 km
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming 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

Toronto Public Health inspects 8 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 155 — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Communiticare Health, 49 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés8 within 300 m · 155 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 30 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Communiticare Health · 96 Dowling Ave49 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 344 · 1395 Lake Shore Blvd W126 mPassed, Nov 2024
Toronto Sailing & Canoe Club · 1391 Lake Shore Blvd W162 mPassed, Aug 2024
Bev Can Properties · 117 Dowling Ave187 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Parkdale Pharmacy · 1439 King St W230 mPassed, Aug 2025
The Originals Diner · 160 Springhurst Ave, Dept-S231 mPassed, Nov 2024
Dowling Rest Home · 124 Dowling Ave247 mPassed, Aug 2026
Anthony's No Frills · 1435 King St Wgrocery259 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 1 infraction

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 the automated public toilet at 1275 Lake Shore Blvd W, 156 m away, open around the clock; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 341 m away at Close Avenue Parkette.

  • Automated public toilet, 1275 Lake Shore Blvd W
    24 hours · accessible
    156 m
  • Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 220 Cowan Ave
    View centre hours
    743 m
  • Budapest Park Washroom · 1575 Lake Shore Blvd W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    1 km
Drinking water
Close Avenue Parkette bottle filling station · 341 m; Beaty Avenue Parkette bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 472 m · off

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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 446 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Queen Victoria Child Care Centre (275 m, 151 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km5 centres · 446 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 5
  • Queen Victoria Child Care Centre · 100 Close Ave
    151 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    275 m
  • Parkdale Early Learning Centre - Cdi - 119 Close Ave. · 119 Close Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    380 m
  • Sunflower House · 162 Dunn Ave
    44 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    429 m
  • Holy Family Childcare Centre-Queen Victoria · 141 Close Ave
    25 spaces · school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    510 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 426 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 14 Division (2.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 426 · 1.1 km140 Lansdowne Ave
Police14 Division · 2.1 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 1 km1288 Queen St W

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

Within a kilometre there are 114 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 7,910 rental units, 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection — 20 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. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 238 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 55 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings114 · 7,910 units · 20 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026238 across the 114
Open fire-code violations55
Tallest23 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
75 Dowling AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1387198993 · Jul 2025831 m
99 Dowling Ave · Metcap Living Management Inc.1115195594 · Jul 20256101 m
140 Springhurst Ave · Landlord Property & Rental Mgmnt Ic205195986 · Jul 20250145 m
115 Dowling Ave · Metcap Living Management Inc709196599 · Jul 20253167 m
100 Jameson Ave · Oz Property Management Ltd8010196095 · Jul 20252180 m
1465 King St W483191785 · Jul 20250181 m
110 Jameson Ave917196086 · Jul 20251183 m
120 Jameson Ave907196087 · Jul 20250 · 2 fire190 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 lots368 lots · ≈18,620 spaces · 55.9 ha
Within 500 m42 lots · ≈1,630 spaces
Green P (public)12 car parks · about 1,326 spaces
EV charging (City)1224 KING ST W · 885 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking13 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1275 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface115 m120 *
1624 Queen St W · Surface638 m3371% (Q1 2026)
14 Fuller Ave · Surface674 m4247% (Q1 2026)
1325 Queen St W · Surface751 m3294% (Q1 2026)
1575 Lake Shore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface1.1 km193 *

Nearest lots: 88 m away, ≈31 spaces; 134 m away, ≈6 spaces; 144 m away, ≈37 spaces; 173 m away, ≈220 spaces; 186 m away, ≈24 spaces; 191 m away, ≈75 spaces. More EV charging: 45 Abell St (1.4 km, 16 ports); 1051 Queen Street W (1.7 km, 2 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 — 14-hour, Jun 13, 2026 (a weekend day)

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 9:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 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
AM peak hour15 vehicles from 9:15 a.m.
PM peak hour21 vehicles from 3:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 13, 2026 · weekend

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

At the school-zone speed sign on Jameson Ave (241 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 38,849 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

School-zone speed sign 241 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct32 · 38 km/h
Over the limit1.3%
50 km/h or more0.1%

Jameson Ave (northbound), 109 Jameson Ave · 38,849 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

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

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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Sep 12, 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.

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. It ranks #2390 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1% of the median for a counted intersection.

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

The nearest Green P car park is 1275 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (Parks) (115 m away, 120 spaces). The City's mapping shows 368 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,620 spaces — 42 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1224 KING ST W (885 m).

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

Streetcar routes 504, 508, 501 stop within 1 km, the nearest 202 m away; bus routes 402, 47, 29, 929 within 1 km.

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

8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 155 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Communiticare Health (49 m), Royal Canadian Legion Branch 344 (126 m), Toronto Sailing & Canoe Club (162 m), Bev Can Properties (187 m) and Parkdale Pharmacy (230 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 Dowling Ave & Dowling Avenue Pedestrian Bridge?

The nearest is the automated public toilet at 1275 Lake Shore Blvd W, 156 m away (open around the clock), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom (743 m); Budapest Park Washroom (1.0 km). 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 Dowling Ave & Dowling Avenue Pedestrian Bridge?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 446 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Queen Victoria Child Care Centre (275 m, 151 spaces), Parkdale Early Learning Centre - Cdi - 119 Close Ave. (380 m, 49 spaces) and Sunflower House (429 m, 44 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

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

114 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 7,910 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 75 Dowling Ave (31 m, 138 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 99 Dowling Ave (101 m, 111 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 140 Springhurst Ave (145 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 115 Dowling Ave (167 m, 70 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 114 is 90 out of 100. 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.

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.

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