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Dufferin & Briar Hill

Dufferin St & Briar Hill Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Briar Hill-Belgravia · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

Dufferin & Briar Hill is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in Briar Hill-Belgravia. It has parks at the corner. Nearby: Fairbank Station (Line 5) 755 m away.

Traffic volume
24,152
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 26, 2024
816 pedestrians · 68 cyclists · #604 busiest
Collisions
104
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
10 with an injury · 75 property damage · #1067 of 5,508 · +5 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
2
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
1 fatal · 2 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #202 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Fairbank Station 755 m · 9 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 1,730 vehicles, 1.49× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 30 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 10 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 4.3 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions edged up 12%, from 49 in 2016–2020 to 55 in 2021–2025. About one in 52 of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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Dufferin & Briar Hill

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Fairbank Station (Line 5)755 m; Oakwood Station (Line 5)894 m
TTC bus
291641434109639018400 nearest 16 m
Express
929
Blue Night
329334363
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Dufferin St at Briar Hill Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Castlefield Ave / Roselawn Ave 290 m · 15 docks · 8 stations, 143 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 (13)
  • Sts Cosmas and Damian Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 802 m
  • St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 881 m
  • Fairbank Public SchoolEnglish Public · 928 m
  • Dante Alighieri Academy - Closed Til 2026English Separate · 1 km
  • Lycee Francais de TorontoPrivate · 1 km
  • Regina Mundi Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • and 7 more
Community centres
Parks (17)
  • Dufferin Hill Park47 m
  • J.t. Watson Parkette146 m
  • Hillmount Parkette423 m
  • Walter Saunders Memorial Park453 m
  • Glen Long Park771 m
  • Senator Peter Bosa Parkette1 km
  • and 11 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Maria A. Shchuka branch792 m
Signal
1544, activated 1987 · SA2 · transit priority

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 23 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 141 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Taste of Shawarma, 142 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026.

Restaurants & cafés23 within 300 m · 141 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 34 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Taste of Shawarma · 2488 Dufferin St142 mPassed, Feb 2026
Toronto Pho · 2473 Dufferin St162 mPassed, Feb 2026
Tim Hortons · 2700 Dufferin St166 mPassed, Jan 2025 · 3 infractions
Heather's Kitchen · 2700 Dufferin St Unit-13166 mPassed, Jun 2026
Sette Cucina · 2700 Dufferin St166 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
California Sandwiches · 2474 Dufferin St203 mPassed, May 2026
McDonald's · 2781 Dufferin St262 mPassed, Jul 2026
Belly Buster Submarines · 1121 Castlefield Ave270 mPassed, Jul 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 Glen Long Community Centre Washroom, 777 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 419 m away at Walter Saunders Memorial Park.

  • Glen Long Community Centre Washroom · 35 Glen Long Ave
    View centre hours
    777 m
Drinking water
Walter Saunders Memorial Park bottle filling station · 419 m; Hillmount Parkette drinking fountain · 437 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 262 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Plasp Sts. Cosmas and Damian C.s (802 m, 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 262 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 4
  • Plasp Sts. Cosmas and Damian C.s · 111 Danesbury Ave
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    802 m
  • Macaulay - St. Thomas Aquinas Child Care Centre · 636 Glenholme Ave
    41 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    881 m
  • Macaulay - Marlee Child Care Centre · 145 Marlee Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    897 m
  • Columbus Early Learning Centres - Regina Mundi · 60 Playfair Ave
    129 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 341 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 13 Division (1.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 341 · 1.2 km555 Oakwood Ave
Police13 Division · 1.3 km1435 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 11 · 1.6 km1135 Caledonia Rd

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

40 registered apartment buildings with 3,538 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, seven of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2495 Dufferin St (79 m, 15 units, 3 storeys, built 1960), which scored 97 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 66 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 23 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings40 · 3,538 units · 7 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202666 across the 40
Open fire-code violations23
Tallest28 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2495 Dufferin St153196097 · Jul 2026279 m
1050 Castlefield Ave · Signet Group Inc645195999 · Jun 20252181 m
1040 Castlefield Ave · Trivest Developments Corporation444195976 · Jun 20251223 m
178 Locksley Ave243196088 · Jul 20260242 m
1030 Castlefield Ave · Trivest Developments Corporation565195689 · Jun 20251257 m
1090 Roselawn Ave · Accadia Apartments625196097 · Sep 20250288 m
435 Glen Park Ave · Embee Properties Limited424196296 · Dec 20250624 m
437 Glen Park Ave · Realstar434196295 · Aug 20260628 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 lots760 lots · ≈59,760 spaces · 179.3 ha
Within 500 m77 lots · ≈5,670 spaces
Green P (public)8 car parks · about 374 spaces
EV charging (City)168 Chiltern Hill Rd · 2 km · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking3 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
9 Shortt St · Surface711 m13827% (Q1 2026)
1531 Eglinton Ave W · Surface1.1 km2041% (Q1 2026)
995 Eglinton Ave W · Surface1.7 km3342% (Q1 2026)
2054 Dufferin St · Surface1.8 km4925% (Q1 2026)
2053 Dufferin Street · Surface1.8 km23 *

Nearest lots: 53 m away, ≈7 spaces; 70 m away, ≈1,473 spaces; 87 m away, ≈14 spaces; 92 m away, ≈31 spaces; 125 m away, ≈78 spaces; 132 m away, ≈38 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, Nov 26, 2024

The north leg carries the load — 11,287 southbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 569. Most cyclists arrived from the south (33 of 68). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,039 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,167 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 21 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north11,287southbound · 25 bikes · 4.6% heavy
From the west1,152eastbound · 4 bikes · 2.1% heavy
Total vehicles24,152816 pedestrians · 68 cyclists · 4.4% heavy
From the east569westbound · 6 bikes · 1.9% heavy
From the south11,144northbound · 33 bikes · 4.5% heavy
AM peak hour2,039 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,167 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 26, 2024

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 Dufferin St between Schell Ave and Beltline Trl (384 m away) recorded an average of 36 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 48 km/h. That segment carries about 27,300 vehicles a day. Briar Hill Ave between Times Rd and Locksley Ave measured slower: 36 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 45 km/h (Feb 2002).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Briar Hill Ave · Times Rd – Locksley Ave · 350 mFeb 2002 · 24 h91036 km/h45 km/h50 km/h
Dufferin St · Schell Ave – Beltline Trl · 384 mMay 2025 · 3 days27,25736 km/h48 km/h54 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

2023 was the peak year (14 collisions), and 2025 closed with 13. 10% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 20 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 5% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 27, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 4.3 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions104#1067 of 5,508
With an injury10#1663 of 4,660
Property damage only75
Fail to remain20
Involving a pedestrian5#640 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality1
Severity not classified18
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
All since 2014125latest Jun 27, 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

Of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025, one was fatal. 2 pedestrians were among those hurt. The most recent was on Dec 13, 2023. Going back to 2006, the total is 3.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions2#202 of 1,505
Fatal1#97 of 319
Involving a pedestrian2#66 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20063latest Dec 13, 2023

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 34 thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 6.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 3.8 a year. 91% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle34110street/outdoor (31), commercial premises (2)
Bicycle theft400street/outdoor (2), apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 23, 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 Briar Hill-Belgravia.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dufferin & Briar Hill a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 2 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#202 of 1,505), out of 104 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 Dufferin & Briar Hill?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #604 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.49× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Dufferin & Briar Hill?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Dufferin St between Schell Ave and Beltline Trl (May 2025), found an average of 36 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Dufferin & Briar Hill?

The nearest Green P car park is 9 Shortt St (711 m away, 138 spaces, 27% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 760 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 59,760 spaces — 77 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 168 Chiltern Hill Rd (2.0 km).

How do I get to Dufferin & Briar Hill by transit?

Fairbank Station (Line 5) is 755 m away; bus routes 29, 164, 14, 34, 109, 63, 90, 18 and 2 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Dufferin St at Briar Hill Ave, 16 m).

What restaurants are near Dufferin & Briar Hill?

23 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 141 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Taste of Shawarma (142 m), Toronto Pho (162 m), Tim Hortons (166 m), Heather's Kitchen (166 m) and Sette Cucina (166 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 Dufferin & Briar Hill?

The nearest is Glen Long Community Centre Washroom, 35 Glen Long Ave, 777 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 Dufferin & Briar Hill?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 262 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Plasp Sts. Cosmas and Damian C.s (802 m, 43 spaces), Macaulay - St. Thomas Aquinas Child Care Centre (881 m, 41 spaces) and Macaulay - Marlee Child Care Centre (897 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dufferin & Briar Hill?

40 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,538 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2495 Dufferin St (79 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 1050 Castlefield Ave (181 m, 64 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 1040 Castlefield Ave (223 m, 44 units, RentSafeTO score 76) and 178 Locksley Ave (242 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 40 is 88 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 Dufferin & Briar Hill?

Toronto Police place 34 thefts from vehicles and four 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 Briar Hill-Belgravia page.

What neighbourhood is Dufferin & Briar Hill in?

Dufferin & Briar Hill is in Briar Hill-Belgravia (City of Toronto neighbourhood 108). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined