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Driftwood & Stong

Driftwood Ave & Stong Crt · Toronto, Ontario · Black Creek · Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek

In Black Creek, Driftwood & Stong is a low-volume local intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence. It has 2 schools within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: Driftwood Station (Line 6) 513 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
3,053
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 27, 2005
988 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
17
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 12 property damage · #3610 of 5,508
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
Driftwood Station 513 m · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 380 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 33% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 3 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). On average 1.7 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Driftwood & Stong

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Driftwood Station (Line 6)513 m; Jane and Finch Station (Line 6)527 m; Tobermory Station (Line 6)770 m; Norfinch Oakdale Station (Line 6)876 m
TTC bus
108359984 nearest 13 m
Express
935
Blue Night
335336
Nearest stops
12 surface stops within 300 m — Driftwood Ave at Stong Crt
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Driftwood Ave / Finch Corridor Trail 187 m · 19 docks · 3 stations, 49 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)
  • St Charles Garnier Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 97 m
  • Driftwood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 193 m
  • Seneca College (Yorkgate Campus)College · 434 m
  • Gosford Public SchoolEnglish Public · 437 m
  • Brookview Mdl School & Brookview LINCEnglish Public · 610 m
  • Shoreham Public Sports and Wellness AcademyEnglish Public · 760 m
  • and 11 more
Parks (17)
  • Driftwood Park390 m
  • Edgeley Park394 m
  • Remberto Navia Sport Fields700 m
  • Driftwood Parkette721 m
  • Hullmar Park755 m
  • Langdale Court Greenbelt864 m
  • and 11 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library York Woods branch846 m
Places of interest
  • Village at Black Creek (Black Creek Pioneer Village)Museum · 1.2 km

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; 46 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Palisades Centre For Early Learning, 316 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 46 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 20 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Palisades Centre For Early Learning · 15 San Romanoway Unit-3316 mPassed, Mar 2026
San Romanoway Revitalization Association · 10 San Romanoway Flr-Ground354 mPassed, Jun 2026
Durante's No Frills · 1 York Gate Blvdgrocery433 mPassed, Mar 2024 · 1 infraction
Ross Convenience and More · 1 York Gate Blvdgrocery433 mPassed, Oct 2024
Tim Hortons · 1 York Gate Blvd, Unit-101433 mPassed, Jan 2024
241 Pizza · 1 York Gate Blvd Unit-144a433 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
Carribean Cuisine Delight · 1 York Gate Blvd433 mPassed, Feb 2026
China Wok Superb Chinese Food · 1 York Gate Blvd Unit-F-2grocery433 mPassed, Jun 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 Driftwood Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 410 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 335 m away at Driftwood Park.

  • Driftwood Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 4401 Jane St
    View centre hours · accessible
    410 m
Drinking water
Driftwood Park drinking fountain · 335 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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 904 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Seafield Day Nursery (239 m, 119 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km10 centres · 904 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 10
  • Seafield Day Nursery · 100 York Gate Blvd
    119 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    239 m
  • Palisades Centre For Early Learning · 15 San Romanoway
    137 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    322 m
  • San Romanoway Boys & Girls Club · 10 San Romanoway
    35 spaces · school age
    383 m
  • Edgeley Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 405 Driftwood Ave
    57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    582 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 142 (1.8 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (1.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 142 · 1.8 km2753 Jane St
Police31 Division · 1 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 15 · 1.8 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

20 registered apartment buildings with 3,820 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, five of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 25 Stong Crt (82 m, 151 units, 14 storeys, built 1967), which scored 94 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 20 scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 165 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 7 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings20 · 3,820 units · 5 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026165 across the 20
Open fire-code violations7
Tallest34 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
25 Stong Crt · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc15114196794 · Oct 20258 · 1 fire82 m
100 York Gate Blvd · Sterling Karamar Property Management13311196587 · Oct 202525 · 1 fire239 m
90 York Gate Blvd404196668 · Oct 20251351 m
10 San Romanoway · RPMS42834197792 · Jun 202647 · 1 fire383 m
4400 Jane StToronto Community Housing · TCH16412197092 · Sep 20240442 m
4500 Jane St · Greenwin Corp16314196793 · Jul 202413573 m
35 Tobermory Dr · Sterling Karamar Property Management13811196992 · Jun 202618594 m
415 Driftwood AveToronto Community Housing · TCH13516196790 · Sep 20242595 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 lots351 lots · ≈63,860 spaces · 191.6 ha
Within 500 m23 lots · ≈2,720 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 1,881 spaces
EV charging (City)320 DRIFTWOOD AVE · 601 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
2800 Steeles Ave W. · Surface1.8 km1,881 *

Nearest lots: 58 m away, ≈63 spaces; 86 m away, ≈97 spaces; 216 m away, ≈98 spaces; 234 m away, ≈93 spaces; 251 m away, ≈56 spaces; 316 m away, ≈54 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 27, 2005

The west leg carries the load — 1,123 eastbound vehicles, or 37% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 69. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 522 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 508 from 4:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 6.5% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 22 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2005, 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 north1,006southbound · 0 bikes · 7.6% heavy
From the west1,123eastbound · 0 bikes · 3.2% heavy
Total vehicles3,053988 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 6.5% heavy
From the east69westbound · 0 bikes · 11.6% heavy
From the south855northbound · 0 bikes · 9.1% heavy
AM peak hour522 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour508 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jan 27, 2005

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

The City's counter on Driftwood Ave between Finch Corridor Trl and Stong Crt (63 m away) recorded an average of 36 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 42 km/h. That segment carries about 5,100 vehicles a day. Stong Crt between Driftwood Ave and Jane St measured slower: 34 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 41 km/h (Jul 2021). At the school-zone speed sign on Driftwood Ave (82 m away, 30 km/h limit), 20% of the 53,362 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Driftwood Ave · Finch Corridor Trl – Stong Crt · 63 mNov 2023 · 3 days5,09636 km/h42 km/h45 km/h
Stong Crt · Driftwood Ave – Jane St · 75 mJul 2021 · 3 days4,57134 km/h41 km/h45 km/h

School-zone speed sign 82 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct35 · 41 km/h
Over the limit53%
40 km/h or more20%

Driftwood Ave (northbound), 241 Driftwood Avenue · 53,362 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

2023 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 18% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 18% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Dec 21, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions17#3610 of 5,508
With an injury3#3255 of 4,660
Property damage only12
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian2#1667 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1752 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 201419latest Dec 21, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place 16 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.6 a year. 56% of the vehicle thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1640apartment parking (9), street/outdoor (6)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 3, 2023. 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 & Stong a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 17 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 & Stong?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Jan 27, 2005, 33% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Driftwood & Stong?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Driftwood Ave between Finch Corridor Trl and Stong Crt (November 2023), found an average of 36 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 42 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 82 m away (30 km/h), 20% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Driftwood & Stong?

The nearest Green P car park is 2800 Steeles Ave W. (1.8 km away, 1,881 spaces). The City's mapping shows 351 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 63,860 spaces — 23 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 320 DRIFTWOOD AVE (601 m).

How do I get to Driftwood & Stong by transit?

Driftwood Station (Line 6) is 513 m away; bus routes 108, 35, 99, 84, 935 within 1 km (nearest stop: Driftwood Ave at Stong Crt, 13 m).

What restaurants are near Driftwood & Stong?

None within 300 m, and 46 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Palisades Centre For Early Learning (316 m), San Romanoway Revitalization Association (354 m), Tim Hortons (433 m), 241 Pizza (433 m) and Carribean Cuisine Delight (433 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 & Stong?

The nearest is Driftwood Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 4401 Jane St, 410 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. 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 & Stong?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 904 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Seafield Day Nursery (239 m, 119 spaces), Palisades Centre For Early Learning (322 m, 137 spaces) and San Romanoway Boys & Girls Club (383 m, 35 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Driftwood & Stong?

20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,820 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 25 Stong Crt (82 m, 151 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 100 York Gate Blvd (239 m, 133 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 90 York Gate Blvd (351 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 68) and 10 San Romanoway (383 m, 428 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 20 is 91 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 & Stong?

Toronto Police place 16 thefts from vehicles 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 Black Creek page.

What neighbourhood is Driftwood & Stong in?

Driftwood & Stong 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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