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Duplex & Helendale

Duplex Ave & Helendale Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Yonge-Eglinton · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

Duplex & Helendale is a lightly travelled intersection. It sits in Yonge-Eglinton. At the corner: a school within 250 m and a park. Nearby: Eglinton Station (Line 1, Line 5) 281 m away.

Traffic volume
4,172
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 4, 2021
601 pedestrians · 12 cyclists
Collisions
36
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
7 with an injury · 26 property damage · #2533 of 5,508 · +4 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Eglinton Station 281 m · 6 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 8-hour span, 45% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 7 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. That comes with about 3.6 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 40%, from 15 in 2016–2020 to 21 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Duplex & Helendale

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Eglinton Station (Line 1, Line 5)281 m; Avenue Station (Line 5)760 m; Mount Pleasant Station (Line 5)840 m
TTC bus
9734741031361 nearest 181 m
Blue Night
320334354
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Yonge St / Orchard View Blvd 175 m · 35 docks · 17 stations, 350 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 (25)
  • Birmingham International Collegiate of CanadaPrivate · 247 m
  • Caesar International AcademyPrivate · 310 m
  • St Monica Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 318 m
  • North Toronto Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 376 m
  • Eglinton LINC and ESL CentreEnglish Separate · 425 m
  • John Fisher Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 433 m
  • and 19 more
Parks (31)
  • Montgomery Square Park168 m
  • 20 Castlefield Ave Park363 m
  • Eglinton Park373 m
  • 60 Broadway Ave Park462 m
  • St. Clements - Yonge Parkette503 m
  • Hillsdale Avenue Park607 m
  • and 25 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Northern District branch107 m
  • Toronto Public Library Mount Pleasant branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Alexander Muir Memorial GardensNature/ Park · 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 63 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 8 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 253 — 3.5× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Stock Bar, 144 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés63 within 300 m · 253 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience8 within 300 m · 37 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Stock Bar · 2388 Yonge St Flr-2 None144 mPassed, Jun 2026
Stock Tc · 2388 Yonge St None144 mPassed, May 2026
Aloette GO · 2362 Yonge St152 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Chichop · 2352 Yonge St155 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Coco Bubble Tea · 2352 Yonge St155 mPassed, Jun 2026
Cong Caphe · 2354 Yonge St159 mPassed, Mar 2026
Que Birria Taqueria · 2350 Yonge St162 mPassed, May 2026
Pinokio · 2350 Yonge St162 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 Eglinton Park Washroom, 365 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 302 m away at Eglinton Park.

  • Eglinton Park Washroom · 200 Eglinton Ave W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    365 m
  • North Toronto Memorial Community Centre Washroom · 200 Eglinton Ave W
    View centre hours · accessible
    408 m
Drinking water
Eglinton Park drinking fountain · 302 m; Eglinton Park dog fountain · 337 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

14 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,441 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St. Monica's Satellite (Central Eglinton) (318 m, 84 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km14 centres · 1,441 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 14
  • St. Monica's Satellite (Central Eglinton) · 14 Broadway Ave
    84 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    318 m
  • French Connection · 40 Erskine Ave
    148 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    433 m
  • St. Clement's Early Learning School · 70 St Clements Ave
    55 spaces · preschool
    444 m
  • Brightway Montessori Academy · 65 Broadway Ave
    112 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    481 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 134 (149 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (290 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.4 km away.

FireFire Station 134 · 149 m16 Montgomery Ave
Police53 Division · 290 m75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 18 · 1.4 km643 Eglinton Ave W

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 105 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 13,054 rental units, 4.6× the median for a Toronto intersection — 11 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 25 Montgomery Ave (124 m, 235 units, 27 storeys, built 2019), which scored 100 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 105 scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 194 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 48 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings105 · 13,054 units · 11 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026194 across the 105
Open fire-code violations48
Tallest39 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
25 Montgomery Ave · Rhapsody Property Management235272019100 · Oct 20251124 m
500 Duplex Ave · Q Residential31933197499 · Dec 20255 · 5 fire128 m
485 Duplex Ave · Trivest Developments Corporation363190094 · Jul 20261149 m
411 Duplex Ave · CAPREIT45823197499 · Aug 202420159 m
33 Orchard View Blvd · CAPREIT32717197699 · Jul 202622 · 6 fire159 m
118 Montgomery Ave · Lawrence Construction Co. Limited1093195292 · Aug 20250160 m
487 Duplex Ave · Trivest Developments Corporation363190082 · Dec 20250165 m
107 Roselawn Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc214195492 · Aug 20250191 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 lots527 lots · ≈27,230 spaces · 81.7 ha
Within 500 m47 lots · ≈1,780 spaces
Green P (public)8 car parks · about 1,007 spaces
EV charging (City)75 Holly St. · 450 m · 28 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parking41 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 64 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
30 Roehampton Ave · Garage261 m18735% (Q1 2026)
20 Castlefield Avenue · Surface360 m163 *
75 Holly St · Garage446 m30212% (Q1 2026)
6 Sherwood Avenue · Surface584 m46 *
730 Mount Pleasant Rd · Garage930 m5342% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 97 m away, ≈99 spaces; 121 m away, ≈42 spaces; 128 m away, ≈29 spaces; 165 m away, ≈29 spaces; 166 m away, ≈15 spaces; 191 m away, ≈13 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, Mar 4, 2021

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 2,094 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 83 from the west. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 711 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 690 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 0.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 6 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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 north1,862southbound · 5 bikes · 0.4% heavy
From the west83eastbound · 0 bikes · 2.4% heavy
Total vehicles4,172601 pedestrians · 12 cyclists · 0.6% heavy
From the east133westbound · 1 bikes · 2.3% heavy
From the south2,094northbound · 6 bikes · 0.6% heavy
AM peak hour711 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour690 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 4, 2021

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 Helendale Ave between Yonge St and Duplex Ave, 89 m from the corner, a 3-day count in December 2021 put the average speed at 33 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 42 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 47 km/h or more. That segment carries about 3,400 vehicles a day. Duplex Ave between Orchard View Blvd and Helendale Ave measured slower: 31 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Apr 2011). The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Roehampton Ave (353 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.7% of the 93,246 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Duplex Ave · Orchard View Blvd – Helendale Ave · 51 mApr 2011 · 24 h10,52531 km/h38 km/h42 km/h
Helendale Ave · Yonge St – Duplex Ave · 89 mDec 2021 · 3 days3,42433 km/h42 km/h47 km/h

School-zone speed sign 353 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct23 · 30 km/h
Over the limit4.2%
40 km/h or more0.7%

Roehampton Ave (eastbound), 63 Roehampton Ave · 93,246 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 10 collisions. 7 collisions (19%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 20, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions36#2533 of 5,508
With an injury7#2245 of 4,660
Property damage only26
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian1#2544 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201445latest Jun 20, 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

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

Three thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle300street/outdoor (1), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft100other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 6, 2022. 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 Yonge-Eglinton.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Duplex & Helendale a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 36 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 Duplex & Helendale?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Mar 4, 2021, 45% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Duplex & Helendale?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Helendale Ave between Yonge St and Duplex Ave (December 2021), found an average of 33 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 353 m away (30 km/h), 0.7% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Duplex & Helendale?

The nearest Green P car park is 30 Roehampton Ave (261 m away, 187 spaces, 35% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 527 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,230 spaces — 47 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 75 Holly St. (450 m).

How do I get to Duplex & Helendale by transit?

Eglinton Station (Line 1, Line 5) is 281 m away; bus routes 97, 34, 74, 103, 13, 61 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Duplex & Helendale?

63 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 253 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Stock Bar (144 m), Stock Tc (144 m), Aloette GO (152 m), Chichop (155 m) and Coco Bubble Tea (155 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 Duplex & Helendale?

The nearest is Eglinton Park Washroom, 200 Eglinton Ave W, 365 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: North Toronto Memorial Community Centre Washroom (408 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 Duplex & Helendale?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,441 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Monica's Satellite (Central Eglinton) (318 m, 84 spaces), French Connection (433 m, 148 spaces) and St. Clement's Early Learning School (444 m, 55 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Duplex & Helendale?

105 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 13,054 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 25 Montgomery Ave (124 m, 235 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 500 Duplex Ave (128 m, 319 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 485 Duplex Ave (149 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 411 Duplex Ave (159 m, 458 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 105 is 92 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 Duplex & Helendale?

Toronto Police place three 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 Yonge-Eglinton page.

What neighbourhood is Duplex & Helendale in?

Duplex & Helendale is in Yonge-Eglinton (City of Toronto neighbourhood 100). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.

Sources

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