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Dundas & Watkinson

Dundas St W & Watkinson Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Junction Area · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

In the Junction Area, Dundas & Watkinson is an above-average intersection for traffic. It has a school within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: 13 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
9,292
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 5, 2017
420 pedestrians · 205 cyclists
Collisions
19
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 16 property damage · #3520 of 5,508 · +3 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
1 streetcar route · 8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,160 vehicles, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 22 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Cyclists were 2.2% of vehicle volume, about 2.8× the typical share. That comes with about 1.9 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Dundas & Watkinson

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
512 nearest 788 m
TTC bus
4026418918912716830 nearest 84 m
Express
941989
Blue Night
340341
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Dundas St West at Indian Road Cres
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Annette St / Dundas St W 148 m · 15 docks · 14 stations, 244 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 (18)
  • Lucy McCormick Sr SchoolEnglish Public · 38 m
  • Indian Road Crescent Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 271 m
  • The Great Lakes College SchoolPrivate · 290 m
  • St Rita Catholic Elementary School & Msgr Fraser SouthwestEnglish Separate · 341 m
  • Ecole Elementaire Charles SauriolFrench Public · 497 m
  • Perth Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 674 m
  • and 12 more
Community centres
Parks (32)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Annette Street branch521 m
  • Toronto Public Library Junction Triangle (formely Perth/Dupont) branch859 m
  • Toronto Public Library St. Clair/Silverthorn branch1 km
Places of interest
  • Taras H. Shevchenko MuseumMuseum · 1.1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 19 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores, and 160 eating places within a kilometre — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Norm & Lenore Chocolate Cafe, 41 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés19 within 300 m · 160 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 29 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Xpress Convenience Plus · 2739 Dundas St W Flr-Maingrocery34 mPassed, Jul 2026
Norm & Lenore Chocolate Cafe · 2743 Dundas St W41 mPassed, Jul 2026
The Coffee · 2720 Dundas St W48 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 3 infractions
High Park YMCA · 2665 Dundas St W80 mPassed, Feb 2026
Mabel's Bakery & Specialty Foods · 2755 Dundas St Wgrocery86 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Honest Weight · 2766 Dundas St W90 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 2 infractions
Jojofun Scoops · 2696 Dundas St W95 mPassed, Jun 2026
Feed It Forward · 2770 Dundas St W108 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 2 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 Baird Park Washroom, 355 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 49 m away at Dundas - Watkinson Parkette (currently off).

  • Baird Park Washroom · 275 Keele St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    355 m
  • Perth Square Park Washroom · 350 Perth Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    599 m
  • Lithuania Park Washroom · 155 Oakmount Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Technical Issues
    728 m
Drinking water
Dundas - Watkinson Parkette drinking fountain · 49 m · off; Baird Park drinking fountain · 305 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 1,454 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is High Park Jr YMCA (81 m, 80 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,454 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 13
  • High Park Jr YMCA · 2665 Dundas St W
    80 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    81 m
  • Indian Road Crescent School Age YMCA · 285 Indian Road Cres
    174 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    271 m
  • Centre de La Petite Enfance - Les Amis du Monde · 55 Pelham Ave
    279 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    497 m
  • Sunnyside - Keele · 236 Keele St
    34 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    532 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 423 (362 m), the nearest police station 11 Division (682 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 423 · 362 m358 Keele St
Police11 Division · 682 m2054 Davenport Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 32 · 1.5 km9 Clendenan 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

16 registered apartment buildings with 1,931 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, five of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2750 Dundas St W (68 m, 30 units, 6 storeys, built 1997), which scored 90 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 16 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 32 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 17 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings16 · 1,931 units · 5 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202632 across the 16
Open fire-code violations17
Tallest30 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2750 Dundas St Wsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes306199790 · Aug 2026068 m
2767 Dundas St Wsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes216199296 · Aug 20250108 m
546 Indian Grv17350 · Jul 20268 · 14 fire186 m
2861-2863 Dundas St W163196092 · Aug 20250382 m
1625 Dupont St103192077 · Jul 20260407 m
61 Pelham Park GdnsToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation35217196891 · Jun 20254 · 1 fire517 m
223 Osler Stsocial housing · Anchor Property Managers Inc134199281 · Jun 20250543 m
205 Keele St424195888 · Aug 20262597 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 lots687 lots · ≈32,270 spaces · 96.8 ha
Within 500 m63 lots · ≈2,230 spaces
Green P (public)15 car parks · about 860 spaces
EV charging (City)64 Annette St · 178 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking45 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
351 Keele St · Surface303 m7270% (Q1 2026)
400 Keele St · Surface405 m3580% (Q1 2026)
385 Pacific Ave · Surface632 m6773% (Q1 2026)
Keele Lot - 400 Indian Road · Surface1 km187 *
20 Prescott Avenue · Surface1.2 km7 *

Nearest lots: 76 m away, ≈36 spaces; 89 m away, ≈11 spaces; 89 m away, ≈10 spaces; 91 m away, ≈7 spaces; 101 m away, ≈3 spaces; 107 m away, ≈19 spaces. More EV charging: 115 High Park Avenue (1 km, 2 ports); 2285 Dundas St W (1.3 km, 2 ports); 2251 Dundas St W (1.3 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, Apr 5, 2017

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 5,079 westbound vehicles, or 55% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 142. Most cyclists arrived from the east (119 of 205). Morning rush is the busier period: 1,429 vehicles in the peak hour from 7:30 a.m., compared with 1,221 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.0% 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 9 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2017, 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 north142southbound · 2 bikes · 13.4% heavy
From the west4,071eastbound · 84 bikes · 4.8% heavy
Total vehicles9,292420 pedestrians · 205 cyclists · 5.0% heavy
From the east5,079westbound · 119 bikes · 4.8% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,429 vehicles from 7:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,221 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 5, 2017

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 Dundas St W between Dupont St and Watkinson Ave (65 m away) recorded an average of 38 km/h in its 2-day count in April 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 47 km/h. That segment carries about 16,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Indian Road Cres (226 m away, 30 km/h limit), 2.7% of the 21,320 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dundas St W · Dupont St – Watkinson Ave · 65 mApr 2019 · 2 days16,10338 km/h47 km/h51 km/h

School-zone speed sign 226 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct22 · 33 km/h
Over the limit12%
40 km/h or more2.7%

Indian Road Cres (northbound), Opp 282 Indian Road Cres · 21,320 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

2021 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 11% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 5% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 26, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions19#3520 of 5,508
With an injury2#4011 of 4,660
Property damage only16
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian1#3118 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201427latest Jun 26, 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

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 six thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 100% 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 vehicle650street/outdoor (6)
Bicycle theft110street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 6, 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 Junction Area.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dundas & Watkinson a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 19 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 & Watkinson?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Apr 5, 2017, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Dundas & Watkinson?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Dundas St W between Dupont St and Watkinson Ave (April 2019), found an average of 38 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 226 m away (30 km/h), 2.7% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Dundas & Watkinson?

The nearest Green P car park is 351 Keele St (303 m away, 72 spaces, 70% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 687 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 32,270 spaces — 63 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 64 Annette St (178 m).

How do I get to Dundas & Watkinson by transit?

Streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 788 m away; bus routes 40, 26, 41, 89, 189, 127, 168, 30 and 2 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Dundas St West at Indian Road Cres, 84 m).

What restaurants are near Dundas & Watkinson?

19 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 160 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Norm & Lenore Chocolate Cafe (41 m), The Coffee (48 m), High Park YMCA (80 m), Honest Weight (90 m) and Jojofun Scoops (95 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 & Watkinson?

The nearest is Baird Park Washroom, 275 Keele St, 355 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Perth Square Park Washroom (599 m); Lithuania Park Washroom (728 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 & Watkinson?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,454 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are High Park Jr YMCA (81 m, 80 spaces), Indian Road Crescent School Age YMCA (271 m, 174 spaces) and Centre de La Petite Enfance - Les Amis du Monde (497 m, 279 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dundas & Watkinson?

16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,931 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2750 Dundas St W (68 m, 30 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 2767 Dundas St W (108 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 546 Indian Grv (186 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 50) and 2861-2863 Dundas St W (382 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 16 is 87 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 & Watkinson?

Toronto Police place six 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 Junction Area page.

What neighbourhood is Dundas & Watkinson in?

Dundas & Watkinson is in Junction Area (City of Toronto neighbourhood 090). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.

Sources

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