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Durie & Bloor (West)

Durie St & Bloor St W (West) · Toronto, Ontario · Runnymede-Bloor West Village · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park · Bloor West Village BIA

In Runnymede-Bloor West Village, Durie & Bloor (West) is an above-average intersection for traffic, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has Runnymede Station, a protected bikeway and a school within 250 m at the corner.

Traffic volume
9,514
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 12, 2022
4,169 pedestrians · 479 cyclists
Collisions
73
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
7 with an injury · 49 property damage · #1486 of 5,508 · +3 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #725 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
Runnymede Station
subway station within 250 m
8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,190 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 2.3 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 5.0% of vehicle volume, about 6.5× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 7.3 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 2.4× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. The pace has been steady: 36 collisions in 2016–2020 and 37 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 73 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Durie & Bloor (West)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Runnymede Station (Line 2)233 m; Jane Station (Line 2)312 m; High Park Station (Line 2)898 m
TTC bus
777179272655149203 nearest 227 m
Express
935
Blue Night
300335
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Cycle Track on Bloor St W installed 2023
Bike Share
Neil McLellan Park 142 m · 15 docks · 8 stations, 178 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 (15)
  • Erudite Elementary SchoolPrivate · 96 m
  • Humberside Montessori SchoolPrivate · 335 m
  • St Pius X Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 463 m
  • Runnymede Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 613 m
  • Blyth Academy School - EtobicokePrivate · 684 m
  • Ursula Franklin AcademyEnglish Public · 766 m
  • and 9 more
Parks (29)
  • George Chater Parkette81 m
  • Neil McLellan Park186 m
  • Willard Gardens Parkette349 m
  • Kennedy - Margdon Parkette500 m
  • Rambert Crescent Parkette565 m
  • Beresford Park645 m
  • and 23 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Swansea Memorial branch342 m
  • Toronto Public Library Runnymede branch442 m
Places of interest
  • The Village PlayersPerforming Arts · 369 m
  • High ParkNature/ Park · 1.3 km
Signal
1479, activated 1984 · SAP · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 43 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 9 grocery and convenience stores, and 91 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Booster Juice, 26 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés43 within 300 m · 91 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience9 within 300 m · 17 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Booster Juice · 2296 Bloor St W26 mPassed, Jul 2026
Silver Fox Espresso Bar · 2285 Bloor St W29 mPassed, Jul 2026
Bao Bao Express/ Kung Fu Tea · 2298 Bloor St W31 mPassed, May 2026 · 4 infractions
Bloor Meat Market · 2283 Bloor St Wgrocery32 mPassed, Feb 2026
Bulk Barn · 2290 Bloor St Wgrocery36 mPassed, Oct 2024
Wake' A Boo Breakfast Bar · 2279 Bloor St W39 mPassed, May 2026
Grumpy Gourmet: Purveyor of Fine Foods · 2277 Bloor St Wgrocery43 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Meaty Eats · 2288 Bloor St W47 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 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 Swansea Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 745 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 363 m away at Willard Gardens Parkette.

  • Swansea Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 15 Waller Ave
    View centre hours
    745 m
  • Rennie Park David H. Williams Washroom · 1 Rennie Terr
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    824 m
Drinking water
Willard Gardens Parkette drinking fountain · 363 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

17 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,227 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Simplysmart Childcare Centre & Montessori (53 m, 142 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km17 centres · 1,227 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 17
  • Simplysmart Childcare Centre & Montessori · 2271 Bloor St W
    142 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    53 m
  • Windermere Kids Inc. · 356 Windermere Ave
    73 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    222 m
  • The Montessori Schoolhouse · 290 Runnymede Rd
    16 spaces · preschool
    267 m
  • La Petite Ecole · 130 Kennedy Ave
    16 spaces · preschool
    272 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 425 (294 m), the nearest police station 11 Division (2.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 786 m away.

FireFire Station 425 · 294 m83 Deforest Rd
Police11 Division · 2.7 km2054 Davenport Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 32 · 786 m9 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

20 registered apartment buildings with 529 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 111 Runnymede Rd (266 m, 16 units, 4 storeys, built 1960), which scored 88 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 4 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings20 · 529 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20264 across the 20
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest5 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
111 Runnymede Rd164196088 · Aug 20261 · 1 fire266 m
109 Runnymede Rd113195287 · Jul 20240268 m
117 Runnymede Rd424192790 · Aug 20261270 m
2407 Bloor St W123192095 · Nov 20250359 m
93 Lavinia Avesocial housing · Community First Developments Inc685199395 · Aug 20260375 m
23 Jane St183195586 · Jul 20250428 m
29 Jane St · Biddington Property Managment Corp183191096 · Nov 20250431 m
35 Jane St · Biddington Property Managment Corp183191092 · Aug 20260 · 1 fire439 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 lots482 lots · ≈18,850 spaces · 56.5 ha
Within 500 m38 lots · ≈1,080 spaces
Green P (public)11 car parks · about 1,110 spaces
EV charging (City)265 Armadale Ave · 243 m · 8 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parking63 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 14 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
265 Durie St · Surface39 m14470% (Q1 2026)
265 Willard Ave · Surface219 m9053% (Q1 2026)
265 Armadale Ave · Surface322 m14458% (Q1 2026)
255 Kennedy Ave · Surface341 m5665% (Q1 2026)
17 Riverview Gdns · Surface612 m9552% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 35 m away, ≈4 spaces; 89 m away, ≈8 spaces; 92 m away, ≈123 spaces; 103 m away, ≈2 spaces; 108 m away, ≈5 spaces; 123 m away, ≈11 spaces. More EV charging: 535 Runnymeade Rd (1.2 km, 2 ports); 115 High Park Avenue (1.2 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, May 12, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 5,121 eastbound vehicles, or 54% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 413. Most cyclists arrived from the west (241 of 479). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,389 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 10% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (1,268). Heavy vehicles made up 3.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north413southbound · 30 bikes · 2.2% heavy
From the west5,121eastbound · 241 bikes · 3.5% heavy
Total vehicles9,5144,169 pedestrians · 479 cyclists · 3.3% heavy
From the east3,980westbound · 208 bikes · 3.2% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,268 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,389 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · May 12, 2022

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 Durie St between George Chater Parkette Trl and Colbeck St (238 m away) recorded an average of 35 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2021; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 1,100 vehicles a day. Bloor St W between Durie St and Windermere Ave measured slower: 31 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (Apr 2026). The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Bloor St W · Durie St – Windermere Ave · 60 mApr 2026 · 3 days13,84231 km/h39 km/h44 km/h
Durie St · George Chater Parkette Trl – Colbeck St · 238 mNov 2021 · 3 days1,12835 km/h44 km/h50 km/h

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

2019 was the peak year (16 collisions), and 2025 closed with 7. 10% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 19 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 26% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 5, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions73#1486 of 5,508
With an injury7#2187 of 4,660
Property damage only49
Fail to remain19
Involving a pedestrian1#2244 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist3#731 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified17
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201490latest Jun 5, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Oct 25, 2022. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#725 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#399 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20062latest Oct 25, 2022

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 seven thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 4 in 2023–2025, about 1.3 a year, against 0.9 a year before that. 86% 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 vehicle730street/outdoor (6), other (1)
Bicycle theft310commercial premises (2), street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 28, 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 Runnymede-Bloor West Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Durie & Bloor (West) a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#725 of 1,505), out of 73 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Durie & Bloor (West)?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from May 12, 2022, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Durie & Bloor (West)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Durie St between George Chater Parkette Trl and Colbeck St (November 2021), 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.

Where can I park near Durie & Bloor (West)?

The nearest Green P car park is 265 Durie St (39 m away, 144 spaces, 70% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 482 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,850 spaces — 38 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 265 Armadale Ave (243 m).

How do I get to Durie & Bloor (West) by transit?

Runnymede Station (Line 2) is 233 m away; bus routes 77, 71, 79, 27, 26, 55, 149, 203 and 1 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Durie & Bloor (West)?

43 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 91 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Booster Juice (26 m), Silver Fox Espresso Bar (29 m), Bao Bao Express/ Kung Fu Tea (31 m), Wake' A Boo Breakfast Bar (39 m) and Meaty Eats (47 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 Durie & Bloor (West)?

The nearest is Swansea Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 15 Waller Ave, 745 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Rennie Park David H. Williams Washroom (824 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 Durie & Bloor (West)?

17 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,227 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Simplysmart Childcare Centre & Montessori (53 m, 142 spaces), Windermere Kids Inc. (222 m, 73 spaces) and The Montessori Schoolhouse (267 m, 16 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Durie & Bloor (West)?

20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 529 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 111 Runnymede Rd (266 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 109 Runnymede Rd (268 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 117 Runnymede Rd (270 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 2407 Bloor St W (359 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 20 is 91 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 Durie & Bloor (West)?

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and three 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 Runnymede-Bloor West Village page.

What neighbourhood is Durie & Bloor (West) in?

Durie & Bloor (West) is in Runnymede-Bloor West Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 089). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks. The corner falls inside the Bloor West Village Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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