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Durant & Sammon

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

Durant & Sammon is a quiet local crossing, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in Danforth East York. It has a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: Coxwell Station (Line 2) 563 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,207
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 23, 2020
464 pedestrians · 112 cyclists
Collisions
7
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 7 property damage · #4750 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
Coxwell Station 563 m · 7 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 8-hour count works out to close to 150 vehicles, 13% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 2.6 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 9.3% of vehicle volume, about 12× the typical share. That comes with about 0.7 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Durant & Sammon

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)563 m; Greenwood Station (Line 2)642 m
TTC bus
704046222873151 nearest 150 m
Blue Night
322300
Nearest stops
12 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Greenwood Ave / Sammon Ave 588 m · 11 docks · 10 stations, 154 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 · 185 m
  • Ecole Elementaire La MosaiqueFrench Public · 254 m
  • Earl Beatty Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 574 m
  • Cosburn Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 678 m
  • East York Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 735 m
  • East York Alternative Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 760 m
  • and 15 more
Community centres
Parks (27)
  • East York Civic Centre317 m
  • Memorial Gardens Park319 m
  • True Davidson Park460 m
  • Les Anthony Parkette514 m
  • Cosburn Park547 m
  • Coxwell Common675 m
  • and 21 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch450 m
  • Toronto Public Library Danforth/Coxwell branch728 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 22 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores, and 135 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Pizza Depot, 136 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2025.

Restaurants & cafés22 within 300 m · 135 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 29 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Yanu's Convenience · 471 Sammon Avegrocery127 mPassed, Oct 2025
Pizza Depot · 549 Sammon Ave136 mPassed, May 2025
Puwan Convenience Store · 551 Sammon Avegrocery141 mPassed, Oct 2025
Alberto Grocery · 472 Sammon Avegrocery144 mPassed, Oct 2025
McGregor Junior Y ( YMCA) · 555 Mortimer Ave185 mPassed, Jul 2026
The Apple Cafe · 840 Coxwell Ave212 mPassed, Sep 2026
Le Petit Chaperon Rouge · 80 Queensdale Ave254 mPassed, Jul 2026
Ecole Elementaire La Mosaique · 80 Queensdale Ave254 mPassed, Oct 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 East York Civic Centre, 288 m away, Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 290 m away at Memorial Gardens Park.

  • East York Civic Centre · 850 Coxwell Avenue
    Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed · accessible
    288 m
  • Earl Beatty Community Centre Washroom · 455 Glebeholme Blvd
    View centre hours
    568 m
  • Dieppe Park Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    684 m
Drinking water
Memorial Gardens Park drinking fountain · 290 m; Cosburn Park drinking fountain · 560 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

12 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,588 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is McGregor Jr YMCA (185 m, 251 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km12 centres · 1,588 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 12
  • McGregor Jr YMCA · 555 Mortimer Ave
    251 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    185 m
  • Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) · 550 Mortimer Ave
    57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    254 m
  • Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Queensdale · 80 Queensdale Ave
    278 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    254 m
  • Monarch Park Montessori Inc. · 201 Monarch Park Ave
    55 spaces · toddler, preschool
    329 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 323 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 323 · 1.1 km153 Chatham Ave
Police55 Division · 2.3 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceEMS TRAINING/TFD Stn 323 · 1.1 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

Ten registered apartment buildings with 753 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 494 Mortimer Ave (305 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 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 11 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 4 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings10 · 753 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score86 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202611 across the 10
Open fire-code violations4
Tallest14 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
494 Mortimer Ave · Deborah Holmes123196574 · Jun 20240305 m
470 Mortimer Ave · Mortimer Rentals Inc424195790 · Jun 20240379 m
325 Sammon Ave · Brayden Irwin263195094 · Jul 20252604 m
611 Cosburn Ave123195185 · Sep 20240640 m
1435 Danforth Ave · 1239798 Ontario Ltd123195085 · Sep 20240666 m
1577 Danforth Avesocial housing · Aykler Real Estate Inc1266199196 · Nov 20250691 m
280 Sammon Ave344195571 · Sep 20240771 m
1275 Danforth AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1094198887 · Jun 20242815 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 lots470 lots · ≈12,070 spaces · 36.2 ha
Within 500 m25 lots · ≈640 spaces
Green P (public)17 car parks · about 652 spaces
EV charging (City)1612 Danforth Ave. · 647 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking13 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
850 Coxwell Ave · Surface246 m1862% (Q1 2026)
1439 Danforth Ave · Surface648 m1895% (Q1 2026)
1612 Danforth Ave · Surface656 m2275% (Q1 2026)
737 Rhodes Ave · Surface661 m2450% (Q1 2026)
72 Amroth Ave · Surface1.3 km5050% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 93 m away, ≈22 spaces; 106 m away, ≈60 spaces; 139 m away, ≈7 spaces; 180 m away, ≈70 spaces; 180 m away, ≈14 spaces; 223 m away, ≈33 spaces. More EV charging: 124 Mount Joy Ave (835 m, 2 ports); 543 Strathmore Blvd (1.1 km, 2 ports); 31 Roseheath Ave (1.1 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, Sep 23, 2020

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 699 westbound vehicles, or 58% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 251. Most cyclists arrived from the west (48 of 112). Morning rush is the busier period: 229 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:00 a.m., compared with 157 from 4:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 6 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2020, 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 north257southbound · 19 bikes · 1.2% heavy
From the west251eastbound · 48 bikes · 4.0% heavy
Total vehicles1,207464 pedestrians · 112 cyclists · 1.5% heavy
From the east699westbound · 44 bikes · 0.7% heavy
From the south0northbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour229 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour157 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 23, 2020

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 Sammon Ave between Linsmore Cres and Bonnie Brae Blvd (309 m away) recorded an average of 35 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2008; 85% of drivers were at or under 43 km/h. That segment carries about 2,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 18 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Durant Ave (101 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
Durant Ave · Sammon Ave – Mortimer Ave · 104 mFeb 2002 · 24 h620
Sammon Ave · Linsmore Cres – Bonnie Brae Blvd · 309 mApr 2008 · 3 days2,10035 km/h43 km/h47 km/h

School-zone speed sign 101 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

2017 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Feb 7, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions7#4750 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only7
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 20148latest Feb 7, 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 five thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on May 6, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle511house driveway/garage (3), street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft100other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 6, 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 Danforth East York.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Durant & Sammon a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 7 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 & Sammon?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Sep 23, 2020, 13% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Durant & Sammon?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sammon Ave between Linsmore Cres and Bonnie Brae Blvd (April 2008), found an average of 35 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 43 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 101 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 & Sammon?

The nearest Green P car park is 850 Coxwell Ave (246 m away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 470 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,070 spaces — 25 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1612 Danforth Ave. (647 m).

How do I get to Durant & Sammon by transit?

Coxwell Station (Line 2) is 563 m away; bus routes 70, 404, 62, 22, 87, 31, 51 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Durant & Sammon?

22 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 135 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Pizza Depot (136 m), McGregor Junior Y ( YMCA) (185 m), The Apple Cafe (212 m), Le Petit Chaperon Rouge (254 m) and Ecole Elementaire La Mosaique (254 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 & Sammon?

The nearest is East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Avenue, 288 m away (Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Earl Beatty Community Centre Washroom (568 m); Dieppe Park Washroom (684 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 & Sammon?

12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,588 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are McGregor Jr YMCA (185 m, 251 spaces), Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) (254 m, 57 spaces) and Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Queensdale (254 m, 278 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Durant & Sammon?

Ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 753 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 494 Mortimer Ave (305 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 74), 470 Mortimer Ave (379 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 325 Sammon Ave (604 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 611 Cosburn Ave (640 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 85). The average RentSafeTO score across the 10 is 86 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 & Sammon?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Danforth East York page.

What neighbourhood is Durant & Sammon in?

Durant & Sammon 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