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Dundas & Wardell

Dundas St E & Wardell St · Toronto, Ontario · South Riverdale · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Dundas & Wardell is an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in South Riverdale. At the corner: a protected bikeway and parks. Nearby: 13 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
9,354
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 21, 2003
303 pedestrians · 404 cyclists
Collisions
10
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 9 property damage · #4287 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
5 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,170 vehicles, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 31 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Cyclists were 4.3% of vehicle volume, about 5.6× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 1 collision a year here over 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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Dundas & Wardell

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
506501503504505 nearest 365 m
TTC bus
7212183 nearest 339 m
Blue Night
306301304305325
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
Cycle Track on Dundas St E installed 2003
Bike Share
Dundas St E / Boulton Ave - SMART 200 m · 15 docks · 20 stations, 355 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 (16)
  • Dundas Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 309 m
  • Eastdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 360 m
  • Seed Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 418 m
  • Queen Alexandra Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 430 m
  • Morse Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 586 m
  • Pape Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 796 m
  • and 10 more
Parks (42)
  • de Grassi St Parkette122 m
  • Caroline Huebner Parkette134 m
  • Bruce Mackey Park171 m
  • Dundas Parkette199 m
  • Eastdale Playground262 m
  • Jimmie Simpson Park289 m
  • and 36 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter branch519 m
  • Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch645 m
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch925 m
Places of interest
  • Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 1 km
  • Riverdale FarmAttraction · 1.4 km
  • Native Earth Performing Arts & Aki StudioPerforming Arts · 1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 214 — 2.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Matthew-John Early Learning Centre, 230 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 214 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 32 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Matthew-John Early Learning Centre · 135 First Ave230 mPassed, Jul 2026
Taberna Lx · 1161 Dundas St W268 mPassed, Apr 2026
Bgctk (Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Club) - Snp - PM · 935 Dundas St E Rm-155309 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction
Shaawnong Aboriginal Head Start · 935 Dundas St E Flr-2309 mPassed, May 2026
The Garden Bar and Bodega · 1173 Dundas St E Unit-128310 mPassed, Jul 2026
Everyday Beauty Bar · 302 Carlaw Ave Unit-120333 mPassed, Feb 2026
El Hijo de Tizoc · 797 Gerrard St E343 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Revol Events · 388 Carlaw Ave348 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction

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 Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom, 363 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 137 m away at Jimmie Simpson Park.

  • Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom · 870 Queen St E
    View centre hours
    363 m
  • Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom · 953 Gerrard St E
    View centre hours
    671 m
  • Riverdale Park East Fieldhouse Washroom · 550 Broadview Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    916 m
Drinking water
Jimmie Simpson Park bottle filling station · 137 m; Bruce Mackey Park drinking fountain · 294 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

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,156 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Matthew-John Early Learning Centre (229 m, 73 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,156 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 13
  • Matthew-John Early Learning Centre · 135 First Ave
    73 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    229 m
  • George Brown - Dundas Street East Child Care Centre · 935 Dundas St E
    127 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    309 m
  • Mighty Kids · 14 Verral Ave
    43 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    430 m
  • Riverdale Mighty Kids Corp · 842 Gerrard St E
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    492 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 324 (481 m), the nearest police station 51 Division (1.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 570 m away.

FireFire Station 324 · 481 m840 Gerrard St E
Police51 Division · 1.9 km51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 570 m126 Pape Ave

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 — 1,843 rental units — 15 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 444 Logan Ave (192 m, 159 units, 22 storeys, built 1967), which scored 86 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 19 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 43 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 17 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings19 · 1,843 units · 15 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202643 across the 19
Open fire-code violations17
Tallest27 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
444 Logan Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc15922196786 · Jun 20243 · 3 fire192 m
793 Gerrard St Esocial housing · North44 Property Management Inc285195083 · Nov 20250339 m
841 Queen St Esocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.363198869 · Jul 20260431 m
179 Broadview Avesocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes414199285 · Aug 20260474 m
245-247 Logan Ave · Valour Management Inc.214192790 · Jun 20240476 m
859 Dundas St EToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation294197396 · Dec 20250522 m
425 Broadview Ave113192082 · Jul 20260679 m
58 Lewis Stsocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.154198791 · Oct 20250686 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 lots767 lots · ≈35,470 spaces · 106.4 ha
Within 500 m85 lots · ≈1,760 spaces
Green P (public)24 car parks · about 1,546 spaces
EV charging (City)220 Carlaw Ave. · 454 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking4 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 27 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
653 Gerrard St E · Surface438 m3072% (Q1 2026)
136 Broadview Ave · Surface580 m2273% (Q1 2026)
111 Broadview Ave · Surface607 m9256% (Q1 2026)
573 Gerrard St E · Surface633 m3675% (Q1 2026)
83 Tannery Road · Garage1.3 km27 *

Nearest lots: 57 m away, ≈4 spaces; 63 m away, ≈9 spaces; 92 m away, ≈14 spaces; 96 m away, ≈37 spaces; 136 m away, ≈10 spaces; 138 m away, ≈9 spaces. More EV charging: 963 Gerrard St E (704 m, 2 ports); 43 Alton Ave (1.4 km, 2 ports); 453 Jones Ave (1.5 km, 2 ports).

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, Oct 21, 2003

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 4,901 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 95 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the east (250 of 404). Evening rush dominates here: 1,580 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 1,338 in the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 23 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2003, 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 north186southbound · 9 bikes · 5.4% heavy
From the west4,172eastbound · 137 bikes · 3.7% heavy
Total vehicles9,354303 pedestrians · 404 cyclists · 3.5% heavy
From the east4,901westbound · 250 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the south95northbound · 8 bikes · 2.1% heavy
AM peak hour1,338 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,580 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 21, 2003

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 Dundas St E between Wardell St and Logan Ave, 22 m from the corner, a 7-day count in June 2022 put the average speed at 40 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 48 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 52 km/h or more. That segment carries about 11,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Dundas St E (277 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 11,110 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dundas St E · Wardell St – Logan Ave · 22 mJun 2022 · 7 days11,38140 km/h48 km/h52 km/h

School-zone speed sign 277 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct8 · 16 km/h
Over the limit0.0%
50 km/h or more0.0%

Dundas St E (westbound), 932 Dundas Street East · 11,110 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 2023, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 1 collision (10%) involved an injury. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (10%). The most recent report on file is from Oct 24, 2023.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions10#4287 of 5,508
With an injury1#4220 of 4,660
Property damage only9
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#1775 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 201412latest Oct 24, 2023

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

Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 28, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle211street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 28, 2026. 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 South Riverdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dundas & Wardell a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 10 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 Dundas & Wardell?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Oct 21, 2003, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Dundas & Wardell?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Dundas St E between Wardell St and Logan Ave (June 2022), found an average of 40 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 277 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Dundas & Wardell?

The nearest Green P car park is 653 Gerrard St E (438 m away, 30 spaces, 72% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 767 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 35,470 spaces — 85 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 220 Carlaw Ave. (454 m).

How do I get to Dundas & Wardell by transit?

Streetcar routes 506, 501, 503, 504 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 365 m away; bus routes 72, 121, 83 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Dundas & Wardell?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 214 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Matthew-John Early Learning Centre (230 m), Taberna Lx (268 m), Bgctk (Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Club) - Snp - PM (309 m), Shaawnong Aboriginal Head Start (309 m) and The Garden Bar and Bodega (310 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 Dundas & Wardell?

The nearest is Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom, 870 Queen St E, 363 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom (671 m); Riverdale Park East Fieldhouse Washroom (916 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 Dundas & Wardell?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,156 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Matthew-John Early Learning Centre (229 m, 73 spaces), George Brown - Dundas Street East Child Care Centre (309 m, 127 spaces) and Mighty Kids (430 m, 43 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dundas & Wardell?

19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,843 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 444 Logan Ave (192 m, 159 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 793 Gerrard St E (339 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 841 Queen St E (431 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 69) and 179 Broadview Ave (474 m, 41 units, RentSafeTO score 85). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 is 88 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 Dundas & Wardell?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 South Riverdale page.

What neighbourhood is Dundas & Wardell in?

Dundas & Wardell is in South Riverdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 070). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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