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Durant & Mortimer

Durant Ave & Mortimer Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Danforth East York · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

In Danforth East York, Durant & Mortimer is a mid-volume intersection. It has a school within 250 m and parks at the corner. Nearby: Coxwell Station (Line 2) 764 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
7,480
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 3, 2013
460 pedestrians · 12 cyclists
Collisions
23
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 17 property damage · #3233 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
Coxwell Station 764 m · 8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 940 vehicles an hour, 81% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 16 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. Police have logged an average of 2.3 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions edged up 9%, from 11 in 2016–2020 to 12 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Durant & Mortimer

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Coxwell Station (Line 2)764 m; Greenwood Station (Line 2)822 m
TTC bus
6270404872283151 nearest 64 m
Blue Night
322300
Nearest stops
13 surface stops within 300 m — Mortimer Ave at Roosevelt Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Cosburn Ave / Durant Ave 399 m · 15 docks · 8 stations, 124 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 (21)
  • R H McGregor Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 114 m
  • Ecole Elementaire La MosaiqueFrench Public · 354 m
  • Cosburn Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 471 m
  • East York Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 542 m
  • East York Alternative Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 596 m
  • Diefenbaker Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 597 m
  • and 15 more
Community centres
Parks (21)
  • East York Civic Centre116 m
  • Memorial Gardens Park130 m
  • True Davidson Park256 m
  • Cosburn Park340 m
  • Les Anthony Parkette472 m
  • Dieppe Park580 m
  • and 15 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch243 m
  • Toronto Public Library Danforth/Coxwell branch920 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 20 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores, and 122 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Abdul Rassul, 95 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés20 within 300 m · 122 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 27 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Abdul Rassul · 850 Coxwell Ave95 mPassed, Jun 2026
Annina's Temptations Inc · 850 Coxwell Ave95 mPassed, May 2026
Blazej Brzozowski Hot Dog Cart · 850 Coxwell Ave95 mPassed, Jul 2026
Cheese Headz · 850 Coxwell Ave95 mPassed, Jun 2026
Didi Grill · 850 Coxwell Ave95 mPassed, Apr 2026
Get Your Own Taters · 850 Coxwell Ave95 mPassed, Apr 2026
Get Your Own Taters ( Nomnomnom#y7631v) · 850 Coxwell Ave95 mPassed, May 2026
Hotspot Bubble Tea · 850 Coxwell Ave95 mPassed, Jun 2026

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 East York Civic Centre, 95 m away, Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 123 m away at Memorial Gardens Park.

  • East York Civic Centre · 850 Coxwell Avenue
    Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed · accessible
    95 m
  • Dieppe Park Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    533 m
  • Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    643 m
Drinking water
Memorial Gardens Park drinking fountain · 123 m; Cosburn Park drinking fountain · 354 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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,228 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) (112 m, 57 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km10 centres · 1,228 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 10
  • Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) · 550 Mortimer Ave
    57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    112 m
  • McGregor Jr YMCA · 555 Mortimer Ave
    251 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    114 m
  • Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Queensdale · 80 Queensdale Ave
    278 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    353 m
  • East York Montessori School · 486 Cosburn Ave
    31 spaces · toddler, preschool
    526 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 224 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.

FireFire Station 224 · 1.1 km1313 Woodbine Ave
Police55 Division · 2.5 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceEMS TRAINING/TFD Stn 323 · 1.3 km153 Chatham 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

Seven registered apartment buildings with 264 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 494 Mortimer Ave (197 m, 12 units, 3 storeys, built 1965), which scored 74 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 2 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings7 · 264 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score85 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20262 across the 7
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
494 Mortimer Ave · Deborah Holmes123196574 · Jun 20240197 m
470 Mortimer Ave · Mortimer Rentals Inc424195790 · Jun 20240286 m
611 Cosburn Ave123195185 · Sep 20240453 m
325 Sammon Ave · Brayden Irwin263195094 · Jul 20252642 m
280 Sammon Ave344195571 · Sep 20240787 m
1435 Danforth Ave · 1239798 Ontario Ltd123195085 · Sep 20240872 m
1577 Danforth Avesocial housing · Aykler Real Estate Inc1266199196 · Nov 20250894 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 lots451 lots · ≈12,740 spaces · 38.2 ha
Within 500 m29 lots · ≈720 spaces
Green P (public)13 car parks · about 494 spaces
EV charging (City)1612 Danforth Ave. · 845 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking18 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
850 Coxwell Ave · Surface95 m1862% (Q1 2026)
1439 Danforth Ave · Surface855 m1895% (Q1 2026)
1612 Danforth Ave · Surface857 m2275% (Q1 2026)
737 Rhodes Ave · Surface868 m2450% (Q1 2026)
31 Langford Ave · Surface1.4 km2761% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 46 m away, ≈70 spaces; 60 m away, ≈86 spaces (Green P); 87 m away, ≈34 spaces (Green P); 172 m away, ≈14 spaces; 193 m away, ≈12 spaces; 198 m away, ≈16 spaces. More EV charging: 124 Mount Joy Ave (1 km, 2 ports); 543 Strathmore Blvd (1.2 km, 2 ports); 132 Chatham Ave (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, Oct 3, 2013

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 3,709 eastbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 317. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,426 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 31% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (1,092). Heavy vehicles made up 3.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 13 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2013, 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 north317southbound · 9 bikes · 0.3% heavy
From the west3,709eastbound · 0 bikes · 3.8% heavy
Total vehicles7,480460 pedestrians · 12 cyclists · 3.8% heavy
From the east3,454westbound · 2 bikes · 4.1% heavy
From the south0northbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,092 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,426 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 3, 2013

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 Mortimer Ave between Durant Ave and Coxwell Ave (82 m away) recorded an average of 35 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 11,700 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Durant Ave (107 m away, 30 km/h limit), 5.2% of the 9,959 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Mortimer Ave · Durant Ave – Coxwell Ave · 82 mNov 2023 · 3 days11,71435 km/h44 km/h48 km/h
Durant Ave · Sammon Ave – Mortimer Ave · 104 mFeb 2002 · 24 h620

School-zone speed sign 107 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct25 · 34 km/h
Over the limit20%
40 km/h or more5.2%

Durant Ave (northbound), 555 Mortimer Avenue · 9,959 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

2024 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 0% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 7 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 30% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). The most recent report on file is from May 13, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions23#3233 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only17
Fail to remain7
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2162 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
All since 201429latest May 13, 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 four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection 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 vehicle400street/outdoor (3), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 14, 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 Danforth East York.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Durant & Mortimer a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 23 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 Durant & Mortimer?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 3, 2013, 81% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Durant & Mortimer?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Mortimer Ave between Durant Ave and Coxwell Ave (November 2023), found an average of 35 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 107 m away (30 km/h), 5.2% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Durant & Mortimer?

The nearest Green P car park is 850 Coxwell Ave (95 m away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 451 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,740 spaces — 29 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1612 Danforth Ave. (845 m).

How do I get to Durant & Mortimer by transit?

Coxwell Station (Line 2) is 764 m away; bus routes 62, 70, 404, 87, 22, 8, 31, 51 within 1 km (nearest stop: Mortimer Ave at Roosevelt Rd, 64 m).

What restaurants are near Durant & Mortimer?

20 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 122 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Abdul Rassul (95 m), Annina's Temptations Inc (95 m), Blazej Brzozowski Hot Dog Cart (95 m), Cheese Headz (95 m) and Didi Grill (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 Durant & Mortimer?

The nearest is East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Avenue, 95 m away (Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Dieppe Park Washroom (533 m); Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (643 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 Durant & Mortimer?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,228 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) (112 m, 57 spaces), McGregor Jr YMCA (114 m, 251 spaces) and Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Queensdale (353 m, 278 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Durant & Mortimer?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 264 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 494 Mortimer Ave (197 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 74), 470 Mortimer Ave (286 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 611 Cosburn Ave (453 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 85) and 325 Sammon Ave (642 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 85 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 Durant & Mortimer?

Toronto Police place four 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 Danforth East York page.

What neighbourhood is Durant & Mortimer in?

Durant & Mortimer is in Danforth East York (City of Toronto neighbourhood 059). 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