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Driftwood & Niska

Driftwood Ave & Niska Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Black Creek · Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek

Driftwood & Niska is a low-volume local intersection. It sits in Black Creek. Nearby is Tobermory Station (Line 6) 709 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,736
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 26, 2022
127 pedestrians · 2 cyclists
Collisions
14
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 11 property damage · #3902 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Tobermory Station 709 m · 4 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 8-hour count works out to close to 220 vehicles, 19% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 14 vehicles, close to the citywide median. That comes with about 1.4 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Driftwood & Niska

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Tobermory Station (Line 6)709 m; Driftwood Station (Line 6)806 m
TTC bus
1083510641 nearest 45 m
Express
935
Blue Night
335336341
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Driftwood Ave at Cobbler Cres (South); Driftwood Ave at Niska Rd North Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Tobermory Dr / Finch Corridor Trail 385 m · 19 docks · 5 stations, 91 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 (17)
  • Driftwood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 374 m
  • Brookview Mdl School & Brookview LINCEnglish Public · 521 m
  • St Charles Garnier Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 614 m
  • Shoreham Public Sports and Wellness AcademyEnglish Public · 615 m
  • Gosford Public SchoolEnglish Public · 792 m
  • St Wilfrid Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 921 m
  • and 11 more
Community centres
Parks (16)
  • Driftwood Park299 m
  • Driftwood Parkette356 m
  • Dan Iannuzzi Park453 m
  • Fred Young Park532 m
  • Edgeley Park539 m
  • 175 the Pond Road Park567 m
  • and 10 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library York Woods branch779 m
Places of interest
  • Village at Black Creek (Black Creek Pioneer Village)Museum · 868 m

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; 52 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Yummy Chicken & Burger, 413 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 52 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Yummy Chicken & Burger · 385 Driftwood Ave413 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Yummy Chicken & Burger · 385 Driftwood Ave413 mPassed, May 2025 · 1 infraction
Yankey's Kitchen Restaurant · 393 Driftwood Ave None429 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 3 infractions
National Bank Open - Coe Centre Bar · 1 Shoreham Dr714 mPassed, Aug 2026
Tennis Canada · 1 Shoreham Dr Unit-100721 mPassed, Aug 2026
Palisades Centre For Early Learning · 15 San Romanoway Unit-3765 mPassed, Mar 2026
San Romanoway Revitalization Association · 10 San Romanoway Flr-Ground801 mPassed, Jun 2026
Roti Palace · 1845 Finch Ave W856 mPassed, Jan 2025 · 3 infractions

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 Driftwood Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 579 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 334 m away at Driftwood Park.

  • Driftwood Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 4401 Jane St
    View centre hours · accessible
    579 m
  • Derrydowns Park Washroom · 271 Derrydown Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    927 m
Drinking water
Driftwood Park drinking fountain · 334 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 615 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Edgeley Early Learning & Child Care Centre (423 m, 57 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km7 centres · 615 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 7
  • Edgeley Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 405 Driftwood Ave
    57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    423 m
  • Impact Childcare Centre · 4545 Jane St
    51 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    623 m
  • Seafield Day Nursery · 100 York Gate Blvd
    119 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    756 m
  • Palisades Centre For Early Learning · 15 San Romanoway
    137 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    764 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 141 (1.5 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (1.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.2 km away.

FireFire Station 141 · 1.5 km4100 Keele St
Police31 Division · 1.6 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 15 · 2.2 km2753 Jane 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 — 4,557 rental units — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 320 Niska Rd (74 m, 169 units, 13 storeys, built 1974), which scored 91 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 19 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 189 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 10 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings19 · 4,557 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026189 across the 19
Open fire-code violations10
Tallest34 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
320 Niska Rd · Berkley Property Management Inc.16913197491 · Oct 2025274 m
310 Niska Rd · Cogir Management Corporation GP16713196992 · Jul 202617 · 2 fire168 m
415 Driftwood AveToronto Community Housing · TCH13516196790 · Sep 20242459 m
35 Tobermory Dr · Sterling Karamar Property Management13811196992 · Jun 202618466 m
500 Murray Ross Pkwy · CAPREIT39019197898 · Nov 20250 · 2 fire479 m
15 Tobermory DrToronto Community Housing · TCH37424197281 · Nov 20254634 m
25 Stong Crt · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc15114196794 · Oct 20258 · 1 fire647 m
40 Fountainhead Rd · Ranee Management37022197288 · Oct 20259 · 1 fire655 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 lots350 lots · ≈55,040 spaces · 165.1 ha
Within 500 m23 lots · ≈1,070 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 2,216 spaces
EV charging (City)320 DRIFTWOOD AVE · 45 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 3955 Keele St (1.7 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
2800 Steeles Ave W. · Surface1.4 km1,881 *
3950 Keele Street · Surface1.6 km335 *

Nearest lots: 84 m away, ≈114 spaces; 168 m away, ≈8 spaces; 203 m away, ≈10 spaces; 209 m away, ≈77 spaces; 244 m away, ≈145 spaces; 261 m away, ≈9 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 — 8-hour, Jan 26, 2022

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 785 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 45% of the total, against 35 from the west. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 347 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 20% above the afternoon peak from 4:45 p.m. (290). Trucks and buses were 9.2% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north785southbound · 0 bikes · 9.6% heavy
From the west35eastbound · 0 bikes · 5.7% heavy
Total vehicles1,736127 pedestrians · 2 cyclists · 9.2% heavy
From the east405westbound · 0 bikes · 4.0% heavy
From the south511northbound · 2 bikes · 12.9% heavy
AM peak hour347 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour290 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jan 26, 2022

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 Driftwood Ave between Cobbler Cres and Driftwood Crt, 248 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in August 2011 put the average speed at 39 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 47 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 52 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,600 vehicles a day. The reading is 15 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Driftwood Ave · Cobbler Cres – Driftwood Crt · 248 mAug 2011 · 24 h2,63239 km/h47 km/h52 km/h

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 2020, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 1 collision (7%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (21%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 22, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions14#3902 of 5,508
With an injury1#4420 of 4,660
Property damage only11
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian3#1350 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201418latest May 22, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

No thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle000
Bicycle theft110other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 16, 2025. 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 Black Creek.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Driftwood & Niska a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 14 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 Driftwood & Niska?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Jan 26, 2022, 19% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Driftwood & Niska?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Driftwood Ave between Cobbler Cres and Driftwood Crt (August 2011), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Driftwood & Niska?

The nearest Green P car park is 2800 Steeles Ave W. (1.4 km away, 1,881 spaces). The City's mapping shows 350 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 55,040 spaces — 23 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 320 DRIFTWOOD AVE (45 m).

How do I get to Driftwood & Niska by transit?

Tobermory Station (Line 6) is 709 m away; bus routes 108, 35, 106, 41, 935 within 1 km (nearest stop: Driftwood Ave at Cobbler Cres (South), 45 m).

What restaurants are near Driftwood & Niska?

None within 300 m, and 52 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Yummy Chicken & Burger (413 m), Yummy Chicken & Burger (413 m), Yankey's Kitchen Restaurant (429 m), National Bank Open - Coe Centre Bar (714 m) and Tennis Canada (721 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 Driftwood & Niska?

The nearest is Driftwood Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 4401 Jane St, 579 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Derrydowns Park Washroom (927 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 Driftwood & Niska?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 615 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Edgeley Early Learning & Child Care Centre (423 m, 57 spaces), Impact Childcare Centre (623 m, 51 spaces) and Seafield Day Nursery (756 m, 119 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Driftwood & Niska?

19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,557 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 320 Niska Rd (74 m, 169 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 310 Niska Rd (168 m, 167 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 415 Driftwood Ave (459 m, 135 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 35 Tobermory Dr (466 m, 138 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 is 90 out of 100; 1 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 Driftwood & Niska?

Toronto Police place no thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Black Creek page.

What neighbourhood is Driftwood & Niska in?

Driftwood & Niska is in Black Creek (City of Toronto neighbourhood 024), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek, represented by Councillor Anthony Perruzza.

Sources

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