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East & Island

East Ave & Island Rd · Toronto, Ontario · West Rouge · Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park

East & Island, in West Rouge, is a mid-volume intersection. Nearby is 6 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
8,234
vehicles · 14-hour count, Feb 12, 2026
201 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · #1836 busiest
Collisions
44
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 33 property damage · #2243 of 5,508 · +2 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 590 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 51% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 41 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 4.4 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 5.3 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions rose 114%, from 14 in 2016–2020 to 30 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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East & Island

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
GO bus 92 Oshawa / Yorkdale at Kingston Rd. @ Port Union Rd.547 m
TTC bus
859520038 nearest 32 m
Blue Night
385395
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Island Rd at East Ave; East Ave at Island Rd
Regional
Durham Region Transit 900 Pulse 900917 Route 917920 Route 920921 Route 921N1 Route N1 at Kingston Eastbound @ Port Union541 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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 (5)
  • West Rouge Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 498 m
  • Rouge Valley Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Joseph Howe Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.4 km
  • St Dominic Savio Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.4 km
  • William G Davis Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.5 km
Community centres
Parks (7)
  • Kirkdene Park323 m
  • Royal Rouge Tot Lot687 m
  • Fanfare Park697 m
  • Adams Park860 m
  • Tall Pines Park1 km
  • Laura Ellis Park1.2 km
  • and 1 more

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 5 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 19 — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Black Dog Pub, 54 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés5 within 300 m · 19 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 4 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Black Dog Pub · 87 Island Rd54 mPassed, Aug 2026
Pasta Tutti Giorni · 98 Island Rd61 mPassed, May 2026
Saints Smash Kitchen · 515 East Ave66 mPassed, Apr 2026
Charlottetown Blvd Child · 111 Island Rd123 mPassed, Jul 2026
Glen Rouge Community · 92 Island Rd125 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 2 infractions
Dave & Charlotte's No Frills · 70 Island Rdgrocery235 mPassed, Jan 2026
McDonald's · 7431 Kingston Rd437 mPassed, Jun 2026
Mr. Sub · 7331 Kingston Rd498 mPassed, Feb 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 Adams Park West Fieldhouse Washroom, 918 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

  • Adams Park West Fieldhouse Washroom · 2 Rozell Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    918 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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 202 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Charlottetown Blvd. Childcare Centre (123 m, 119 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km3 centres · 202 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 3
  • Charlottetown Blvd. Childcare Centre · 111 Island Rd
    119 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    123 m
  • West Rouge Kindergarten Extended Care Program · 401 Friendship Ave
    26 spaces · kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    498 m
  • Big Bears Daycare · 51 Durnford Rd
    57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 214 (2.0 km), the nearest police station 43 Division (4.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 4.1 km away.

FireFire Station 214 · 2 km745 Meadowvale Rd
Police43 Division · 4.1 km4331 Lawrence Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 25 · 4.1 km8500 Sheppard Ave E

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 seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 140 rental units — all social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 23 Durnford Rd (832 m, 14 units, 3 storeys, built 1992), which scored 87 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 86, 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, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings7 · 140 units · 7 social housing
RentSafeTO score86 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20262 across the 7
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest4 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
23 Durnford Rdsocial housing143199287 · Sep 20250832 m
21 Durnford Rdsocial housing214199286 · Sep 20250853 m
17 Durnford Rdsocial housing143199286 · Sep 20250860 m
35 Durnford Rdsocial housing214199284 · Oct 20251872 m
19 Durnford Rdsocial housing284199283 · Aug 20260883 m
37 Durnford Rdsocial housing284199286 · Oct 20251 · 2 fire906 m
39 Durnford Rdsocial housing143199288 · Oct 20250931 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 lots65 lots · ≈9,200 spaces · 27.6 ha
Within 500 m16 lots · ≈1,630 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 41 m away, ≈51 spaces; 41 m away, ≈38 spaces; 43 m away, ≈46 spaces; 54 m away, ≈67 spaces; 93 m away, ≈22 spaces; 115 m away, ≈97 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 — 14-hour, Feb 12, 2026

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 3,356 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 41% of the total, against 461 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 900 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 738 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north461southbound · 0 bikes · 1.5% heavy
From the west3,356eastbound · 0 bikes · 3.2% heavy
Total vehicles8,234201 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 2.7% heavy
From the east1,332westbound · 0 bikes · 2.3% heavy
From the south3,085northbound · 0 bikes · 2.6% heavy
AM peak hour738 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour900 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Feb 12, 2026

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 East Ave between Blue Anchor Trl and Island Rd, 51 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2019 put the average speed at 40 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 47 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 52 km/h or more. That segment carries about 5,200 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 Friendship Ave (381 m away, 40 km/h limit), 2.9% of the 12,198 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
East Ave · Blue Anchor Trl – Island Rd · 51 mNov 2019 · 3 days5,19040 km/h47 km/h52 km/h

School-zone speed sign 381 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct38 · 44 km/h
Over the limit17%
50 km/h or more2.9%

Friendship Ave (southbound), 416/420 Friendship Ave · 12,198 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 11 collisions. 2 collisions (5%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 14, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 5.3 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions44#2243 of 5,508
With an injury2#3758 of 4,660
Property damage only33
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified9
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201449latest Apr 14, 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

Four thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts 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 vehicle410street/outdoor (2), commercial premises (2)
Bicycle theft200street/outdoor (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 3, 2023. 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 West Rouge.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is East & Island a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 44 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 East & Island?

A mid-volume intersection. It ranks #1836 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 51% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at East & Island?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on East Ave between Blue Anchor Trl and Island Rd (November 2019), found an average of 40 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 381 m away (40 km/h), 2.9% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near East & Island?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 65 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 9,200 spaces — 16 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to East & Island by transit?

Bus routes 85, 95, 200, 38 within 1 km (nearest stop: Island Rd at East Ave, 32 m); Durham Region Transit routes 900 Pulse 900, 917 Route 917, 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Kingston Eastbound @ Port Union.

What restaurants are near East & Island?

5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 19 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Black Dog Pub (54 m), Pasta Tutti Giorni (61 m), Saints Smash Kitchen (66 m), Charlottetown Blvd Child (123 m) and Glen Rouge Community (125 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 East & Island?

The nearest is Adams Park West Fieldhouse Washroom, 2 Rozell Rd, 918 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.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 East & Island?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 202 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Charlottetown Blvd. Childcare Centre (123 m, 119 spaces), West Rouge Kindergarten Extended Care Program (498 m, 26 spaces) and Big Bears Daycare (1.0 km, 57 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near East & Island?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 140 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 23 Durnford Rd (832 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 21 Durnford Rd (853 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 17 Durnford Rd (860 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 35 Durnford Rd (872 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 84). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 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 East & Island?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and two 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 West Rouge page.

What neighbourhood is East & Island in?

East & Island is in West Rouge (City of Toronto neighbourhood 143). It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.

Sources

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