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Driftwood & Yewtree

Driftwood Ave & Yewtree Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · Glenfield-Jane Heights · Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek

Driftwood & Yewtree, in Glenfield-Jane Heights, is a quiet local crossing, with a strong pedestrian presence. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: Driftwood Station (Line 6) 293 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
7,255
vehicles · 14-hour count, Apr 23, 2025
2,294 pedestrians · 59 cyclists · #1890 busiest
Collisions
21
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
8 with an injury · 10 property damage · #3373 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 293 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 520 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 45% 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 2.1 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.9 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions edged up 10%, from 10 in 2016–2020 to 11 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Driftwood & Yewtree

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)293 m; Jane and Finch Station (Line 6)323 m; Tobermory Station (Line 6)653 m; Norfinch Oakdale Station (Line 6)790 m
TTC bus
108359984 nearest 12 m
Express
935
Blue Night
335336
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Driftwood Ave at Yewtree Blvd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Driftwood Ave / Finch Corridor Trail 569 m · 19 docks · 4 stations, 68 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)
  • Topcliff Public SchoolEnglish Public · 284 m
  • St Francis de Sales Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 423 m
  • Yorkwoods Public SchoolEnglish Public · 536 m
  • Seneca College (Yorkgate Campus)College · 539 m
  • Firgrove Public SchoolEnglish Public · 600 m
  • St Charles Garnier Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 825 m
  • and 11 more
Community centres
  • Oakdale Community Centre854 m
  • Driftwood Community Recreation Centre1.2 km
  • Domenico Diluca Community Recreation Centre1.5 km
Parks (17)
  • Langdale Court Greenbelt138 m
  • Topcliff Park416 m
  • Yorkwoods Park450 m
  • Derrydowns Park495 m
  • Firgrove Park803 m
  • Driftwood Park806 m
  • and 11 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library York Woods branch672 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 16 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 6 grocery and convenience stores, and 51 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Pizza Pizza, 217 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026.

Restaurants & cafés16 within 300 m · 51 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience6 within 300 m · 26 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Pizza Pizza · 1837 Finch Ave W217 mPassed, Feb 2026
McDonald's · 1831 Finch Ave W240 mPassed, May 2026
Mona's Jerk · 3943 Jane St251 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits · 3865 Jane St251 mPassed, Jul 2026
Starfish Caribbean Market · 3925 Jane Stgrocery251 mPassed, Jan 2026
Tim Hortons · 3981 Jane St Unit 18251 mPassed, Jul 2026
Dollar Power · 3865 Jane Stgrocery251 mPassed, Aug 2026
Al Marwa Sunrise Meats · 3925 Jane Stgrocery251 mPassed, May 2025

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 Derrydowns Park Washroom, 761 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 395 m away at Topcliff Park.

  • Derrydowns Park Washroom · 271 Derrydown Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    761 m
  • Oakdale Community Centre Washroom · 350 Grandravine Dr
    View centre hours
    858 m
Drinking water
Topcliff Park drinking fountain · 395 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 724 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Topcliff Community Child Care (284 m, 95 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km8 centres · 724 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 8
  • Topcliff Community Child Care · 65 Topcliff Ave
    95 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    284 m
  • Sandalwood Centre For Early Learning (Centres For Early Learning Inc.) · 1825 Finch Ave W
    145 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    325 m
  • San Romanoway Boys & Girls Club · 10 San Romanoway
    35 spaces · school age
    394 m
  • St. Francis de Sales Jr Y · 333 Firgrove Cres
    64 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    423 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 142 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (1.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 142 · 1.1 km2753 Jane St
Police31 Division · 1.1 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 15 · 1.1 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

23 registered apartment buildings with 3,697 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 101 Driftwood Ave (130 m, 32 units, 4 storeys, built 1971), which scored 88 out of 100 at its September 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 23 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 255 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 8 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings23 · 3,697 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026255 across the 23
Open fire-code violations8
Tallest34 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
101 Driftwood Ave · 101 Driftwood Apts Ltd324197188 · Sep 20262130 m
2999 Jane StToronto Community Housing · TCH18815197192 · Oct 20252203 m
2970 Jane St · 1597180 Ontario Inc16414197094 · Aug 20241291 m
1825 Finch Ave W · Kings College Management Limited17116197191 · Sep 20260325 m
2940 Jane St · 1597180 Ontario Inc15313197098 · Aug 20245348 m
50 Driftwood Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc10914197092 · Oct 202525358 m
2900 Jane St · 1312251 Ontario Limited18314196090 · Jul 202411391 m
10 San Romanoway · RPMS42834197792 · Jun 202647 · 1 fire394 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 lots326 lots · ≈54,740 spaces · 164.2 ha
Within 500 m33 lots · ≈4,210 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)320 DRIFTWOOD AVE · 1.1 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 120 m away, ≈26 spaces; 145 m away, ≈1,209 spaces; 179 m away, ≈14 spaces; 209 m away, ≈114 spaces; 286 m away, ≈135 spaces; 291 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 23, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The north leg carries the load — 2,783 southbound vehicles, or 38% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 1,922. Most cyclists arrived from the north (36 of 59). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 697 vehicles in the hour from 3:15 p.m., 19% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (588). Heavy vehicles made up 4.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 17 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north2,783southbound · 36 bikes · 5.4% heavy
From the west1,922eastbound · 4 bikes · 2.9% heavy
Total vehicles7,2552,294 pedestrians · 59 cyclists · 4.9% heavy
From the east0westbound · 8 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south2,550northbound · 11 bikes · 6.0% heavy
AM peak hour588 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour697 vehicles from 3:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Apr 23, 2025

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 Langdale Court Greenbelt Trl and Yewtree Blvd (30 m away) recorded an average of 45 km/h in its 24-hour count in March 2011; 85% of drivers were at or under 52 km/h. That segment carries about 5,700 vehicles a day. The reading is 15 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Topcliff Ave (166 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 14,563 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Driftwood Ave · Langdale Court Greenbelt Trl – Yewtree Blvd · 30 mMar 2011 · 24 h5,67745 km/h52 km/h57 km/h

School-zone speed sign 166 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct30 · 37 km/h
Over the limit1.0%
50 km/h or more0.1%

Topcliff Ave (eastbound), 113 Topcliff Avenue · 14,563 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 (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 38% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 24% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). The most recent report on file is from Oct 15, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.9 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions21#3373 of 5,508
With an injury8#2152 of 4,660
Property damage only10
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian4#1081 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2546 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
All since 201424latest Oct 15, 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 three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle310house driveway/garage (2), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 4, 2024. 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 Glenfield-Jane Heights.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Driftwood & Yewtree a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 21 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 & Yewtree?

A quiet local crossing. It ranks #1890 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 45% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Driftwood & Yewtree?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Driftwood Ave between Langdale Court Greenbelt Trl and Yewtree Blvd (March 2011), found an average of 45 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 52 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 166 m away (40 km/h), 0.1% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Driftwood & Yewtree?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 326 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 54,740 spaces — 33 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 320 DRIFTWOOD AVE (1.1 km).

How do I get to Driftwood & Yewtree by transit?

Driftwood Station (Line 6) is 293 m away; bus routes 108, 35, 99, 84, 935 within 1 km (nearest stop: Driftwood Ave at Yewtree Blvd, 12 m).

What restaurants are near Driftwood & Yewtree?

16 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 51 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Pizza Pizza (217 m), McDonald's (240 m), Mona's Jerk (251 m), Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits (251 m) and Tim Hortons (251 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 & Yewtree?

The nearest is Derrydowns Park Washroom, 271 Derrydown Rd, 761 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Oakdale Community Centre Washroom (858 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 & Yewtree?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 724 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Topcliff Community Child Care (284 m, 95 spaces), Sandalwood Centre For Early Learning (Centres For Early Learning Inc.) (325 m, 145 spaces) and San Romanoway Boys & Girls Club (394 m, 35 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Driftwood & Yewtree?

23 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,697 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 101 Driftwood Ave (130 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 2999 Jane St (203 m, 188 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 2970 Jane St (291 m, 164 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 1825 Finch Ave W (325 m, 171 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 23 is 89 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 & Yewtree?

Toronto Police place three 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 Glenfield-Jane Heights page.

What neighbourhood is Driftwood & Yewtree in?

Driftwood & Yewtree is in Glenfield-Jane Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 025), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek, represented by Councillor Anthony Perruzza.

Sources

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