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Drewry & Chelmsford

Drewry Ave & Chelmsford Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Newtonbrook West · Ward 18, Willowdale

Drewry & Chelmsford is a lightly travelled intersection. It sits in Newtonbrook West. Nearby is 8 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
7,982
vehicles · 14-hour count, Apr 14, 2026
273 pedestrians · 56 cyclists · #1852 busiest
Collisions
8
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 6 property damage · #4522 of 5,508
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #768 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
1
TTC stop within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 570 vehicles, 49% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 29 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 0.8 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. Just one of those 8 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Drewry & Chelmsford

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
12598716036 nearest 63 m
Express
939
Blue Night
307336
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Drewry Ave at Lister Dr
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Grantbrook St / Finch Hydro Corridor Trail 403 m · 15 docks · 3 stations, 53 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 (18)
  • Fisherville Sr & N/W Secondary AlternativeEnglish Public · 414 m
  • Kenton Learning Centre LINCEnglish Public · 466 m
  • Congregation Bnei Torah and Birchas Shmuel Private SchoolPrivate · 614 m
  • Toronto Cheder Boys SchoolPrivate · 639 m
  • Pleasant Public SchoolEnglish Public · 802 m
  • R J Lang Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 809 m
  • and 12 more
Community centres
Parks (15)
  • Charlton Park346 m
  • Lissom Park515 m
  • Ancona Park728 m
  • Don Lake Parkette781 m
  • Carney Park890 m
  • Moore Park1 km
  • and 9 more

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 15 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Kosher Town, 614 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 1 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Kosher Town · 465 Patricia Ave614 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Iano · 21 Transwell Ave639 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 1 infraction
Kaia Georgian Eats · 21 Transwell Ave639 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
The Toronto Cheder · 475 Patricia Ave639 mPassed, Sep 2026
The Toronto Cheder · 475 Patricia Ave639 mPassed, Jun 2024 · 1 infraction
The Toronto Cheder · 475 Patricia Ave640 mPassed, Oct 2025
The Toronto Cheder · 475 Patricia Ave640 mPassed, Jun 2024 · 1 infraction
Tim Hortons · 515 Drewry Ave649 mPassed, Sep 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 Antibes Community Centre Washroom, 861 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 501 m away at Lissom Park.

  • Antibes Community Centre Washroom · 140 Antibes Dr
    View centre hours
    861 m
Drinking water
Lissom Park drinking fountain · 501 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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 477 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is The Toronto Cheder (639 m, 20 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km7 centres · 477 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 7
  • The Toronto Cheder · 475 Patricia Ave
    20 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    639 m
  • Jrcc Preschool Day Care · 5950 Bathurst St
    73 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    767 m
  • Pleasant Child Care of North York · 288 Pleasant Ave
    110 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    802 m
  • Play and Grow Child Care Centre · 227 Drewry Ave
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    809 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 112 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (2.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 112 · 1 km5700 Bathurst St
Police32 Division · 2.1 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 55 · 1 km5700 Bathurst St

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 19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,203 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 485 Patricia Ave (683 m, 240 units, 10 storeys, built 2012), which scored 97 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 69 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 10 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings19 · 2,203 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202669 across the 19
Open fire-code violations10
Tallest17 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
485 Patricia Ave · Myriad Property Management24010201297 · Aug 20252683 m
155 Antibes Dr · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc25917196094 · Aug 202617757 m
5950 Bathurst St · G & S Regal Management Limited13312196484 · Sep 20243 · 1 fire767 m
6000 Bathurst St · O'shanter Development Comapny Ltd.10812196497 · Oct 20255867 m
6091 Bathurst Stsocial housing · Greenwin Corp.906198279 · Jul 20244870 m
25 Cedarcroft Blvd · Novi Properties13213196584 · Sep 20243 · 3 fire872 m
18 Cedarcroft Blvd · Embee Properties Limited11712196598 · Aug 20260885 m
6010 Bathurst St · Realstar12012196995 · Oct 20250907 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 lots318 lots · ≈42,800 spaces · 128.4 ha
Within 500 m3 lots · ≈310 spaces
Green P (public)4 car parks · about 2,537 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Finch West Lot - 18 Hendon Ave · Surface1.6 km1,552 *
11 Finch Ave W · Surface1.7 km6267% (Q1 2026)
Finch East - 814 Willowdale Ave - partial closure, reduced spaces · Surface1.7 km900 *
5667 Yonge Street · Surface1.7 km23 *

Nearest lots: 71 m away, ≈91 spaces; 382 m away, ≈75 spaces; 489 m away, ≈147 spaces; 621 m away, ≈105 spaces; 645 m away, ≈55 spaces; 650 m away, ≈40 spaces.

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, Apr 14, 2026

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 3,573 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 45% of the total, against 1,432 from the north. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 833 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 793 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north1,432southbound · 16 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the west2,977eastbound · 14 bikes · 5.3% heavy
Total vehicles7,982273 pedestrians · 56 cyclists · 4.7% heavy
From the east3,573westbound · 22 bikes · 5.0% heavy
From the south0northbound · 4 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour833 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour793 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Apr 14, 2026

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

On Drewry Ave between Gardenia Crt and Swiss Crt, 373 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2026 put the average speed at 41 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 47 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 50 km/h or more. That segment carries about 9,000 vehicles a day. Chelmsford Ave between Drewry Ave and Caines Ave measured slower: 40 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 47 km/h (Nov 2013). At the school-zone speed sign on Patricia Ave (368 m away, 30 km/h limit), 21% of the 37,866 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Chelmsford Ave · Drewry Ave – Caines Ave · 66 mNov 2013 · 24 h4,20040 km/h47 km/h50 km/h
Drewry Ave · Gardenia Crt – Swiss Crt · 373 mApr 2026 · 3 days8,96141 km/h47 km/h50 km/h

School-zone speed sign 368 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct34 · 41 km/h
Over the limit53%
40 km/h or more21%

Patricia Ave (westbound), 400 Patricia Avenue · 37,866 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

The worst year was 2019, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 1 collision (13%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (13%). The most recent report on file is from Feb 26, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions8#4522 of 5,508
With an injury1#4151 of 4,660
Property damage only6
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian1#2314 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 20149latest Feb 26, 2024

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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Mar 25, 2019.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#768 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#425 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Mar 25, 2019

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

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 22, 2020. 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 Newtonbrook West.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Drewry & Chelmsford a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#768 of 1,505), out of 8 reported 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 Drewry & Chelmsford?

A lightly travelled intersection. It ranks #1852 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 49% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Drewry & Chelmsford?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Drewry Ave between Gardenia Crt and Swiss Crt (April 2026), found an average of 41 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 368 m away (30 km/h), 21% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Drewry & Chelmsford?

The nearest Green P car park is Finch West Lot - 18 Hendon Ave (1.6 km away, 1,552 spaces). The City's mapping shows 318 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 42,800 spaces — 3 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Drewry & Chelmsford by transit?

Bus routes 125, 98, 7, 160, 36, 939 within 1 km (nearest stop: Drewry Ave at Lister Dr, 63 m).

What restaurants are near Drewry & Chelmsford?

None within 300 m, and 15 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Kosher Town (614 m), Iano (639 m), Kaia Georgian Eats (639 m), The Toronto Cheder (639 m) and The Toronto Cheder (639 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 Drewry & Chelmsford?

The nearest is Antibes Community Centre Washroom, 140 Antibes Dr, 861 m away (View centre hours). 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 Drewry & Chelmsford?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 477 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are The Toronto Cheder (639 m, 20 spaces), Jrcc Preschool Day Care (767 m, 73 spaces) and Pleasant Child Care of North York (802 m, 110 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Drewry & Chelmsford?

19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,203 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 485 Patricia Ave (683 m, 240 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 155 Antibes Dr (757 m, 259 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 5950 Bathurst St (767 m, 133 units, RentSafeTO score 84) and 6000 Bathurst St (867 m, 108 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 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.

How many thefts are reported at Drewry & Chelmsford?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no 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 Newtonbrook West page.

What neighbourhood is Drewry & Chelmsford in?

Drewry & Chelmsford is in Newtonbrook West (City of Toronto neighbourhood 036). It is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng.

Sources

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