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East Liberty & Strachan

East Liberty St & Strachan Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Fort York-Liberty Village · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York

East Liberty & Strachan is an above-average intersection for traffic, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in Fort York-Liberty Village, in central Toronto. It has a live City traffic camera, a bike lane and a park at the corner. Nearby: 12 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
20,573
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jul 9, 2026
11,177 pedestrians · 3,045 cyclists · #854 busiest
Collisions
169
police-reported · 2016–2025
2 killed or seriously injured · #621 of 5,519
Getting there
1
TTC stop within 100 m
12 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
58/100
city median 48 · #1,841 of 5,672
9 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 495 m

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East Liberty & Strachan

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Live traffic camera RESCU 8255 · 2 m

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Live camera RESCU 8255 · Strachan Ave & East Liberty St / Ordnance St
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Live camera · RESCU 8255 · Strachan Ave & East Liberty St / Ordnance St
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Traffic volume14-hour count · Jul 9, 2026

The south leg carries the load — 7,323 northbound vehicles, or 36% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 1,794. Most cyclists arrived from the north (1,219 of 3,045). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,905 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 33% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (1,433). Heavy vehicles made up 2.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north6,841southbound · 1,219 bikes · 4.0% heavy
From the west4,615eastbound · 631 bikes · 1.5% heavy
Total vehicles20,57311,177 pedestrians · 3,045 cyclists · 2.7% heavy
From the east1,794westbound · 478 bikes · 1.3% heavy
From the south7,323northbound · 717 bikes · 2.5% heavy

Peak hours: 1,433 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,905 from 4:30 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 28 collisions. 21% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 32 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 12% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 13 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 26, 2026.

Neither of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 pedestrian and 1 cyclist were among those hurt. One of the two happened in darkness. The most recent was on Mar 5, 2025.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions169#621 of 5,519
With an injury35#413 of 4,669
Property damage only106
Fail to remain32
Involving a pedestrian10#246 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist10#141 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
Severity not classified28
Since January 2026 (outside the window)13
Killed or seriously injured2#442 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist1
In darkness1
All KSI since 20062latest Mar 5, 2025

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

How fast traffic moves here

The City's counter on Strachan Ave between East Liberty St and Wellington St W (54 m away) recorded an average of 33 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 42 km/h. That segment carries about 10,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. East Liberty St between Gateway Park Trl and Pirandello St measured slower: 34 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 42 km/h (Apr 2022).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Strachan Ave · East Liberty St – Wellington St W · 54 mNov 2022 · 3 days10,05833 km/h42 km/h47 km/h
East Liberty St · Gateway Park Trl – Pirandello St · 182 mApr 2022 · 3 days8,38734 km/h42 km/h46 km/h

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

The crossing
Signal 2180, activated 2013 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Streetcar
504 508 509 511 501 nearest 323 m · 4 min
TTC bus
63 29 nearest 25 m
Blue Night
304 301 363 307 329
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Strachan Ave at East Liberty St
Cycling
Bike Lane on Strachan Ave installed 2006
Bike Share
Strachan Ave / East Liberty St - SMART 25 m · 24 docks · 33 stations, 813 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
19 car parks · about 1,455 spaces
EV charging
1051 Queen Street W · 1.3 km · 2 Level 2 ports; also 10 Palmerston Ave (1.3 km), 248 Shaw St (1.4 km)
Bike parking
29 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 48 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
15 mapped lots within 500 m, 402 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
800 Fleet Street · Surface301 m94 *—
250 Fort York Blvd. · Surface677 m49 *—
1030 King Street West - garage entrance via Shank St. · Garage686 m152 *—
803 Richmond St W · Surface725 m4856% (Q1 2026)
300 Remembrance Drive · Surface736 m65 *—

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

The nearest grocery store is M&m Food Market, 495 m away; 9 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. There are 9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 158 eating places within a kilometre — 3.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Ah-So Sushi, 67 m away. The nearest pharmacy is East Liberty Village Pharmacy, 329 m away; 6 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Ah-So Sushi · 25 Ordnance St None67 m
  • Smoothie Bar/ Altea Active · 25 Ordnance St None67 m
  • Starbucks/Altea Active · 25 Ordnance St None67 m
  • Bb.q Chicken · 49 East Liberty St Unit-398 m
  • Burgers N' Fries Forever · 49 East Liberty St Unit-298 m
9 within 300 m · 158 within 1 km
Grocery
M&m Food Market 495 m · 6 min · 9 within 1 km
Food shops
Funnel Cake Express Inc. 500 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
East Liberty Village Pharmacy 329 m · 4 min · 6 within 1 km
Child care
  • Network Child Care Services - Liberty Village Child Care Centre · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day112 m
  • Downtown Kids Academy, Inc. · 50 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day316 m · 4 min
  • Liberty Kids · 18 spaces, toddler, preschool541 m · 6 min
5 licensed centres · 304 spaces within 1 km · 3 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Automated public toilet, 1 Strachan Ave · 24 hours · accessible389 m · 5 min
  • Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible565 m · 7 min
Drinking water: Bill Johnston Park 253 m · 3 min; Liberty Village Park 333 m · 4 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (25)
  • Gateway Park98 m
  • Bill Johnston Park308 m · 4 min
  • Liberty Village Park342 m · 4 min
  • Massey Harris Park393 m · 5 min
  • South Stanley Park Extension422 m · 5 min
and 20 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (7)
  • Discovering Minds Montessori SchoolPrivate · 734 m · 9 min
  • Niagara Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 810 m · 10 min
  • Givins Shaw Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 min
  • St Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.3 km · 15 min
  • Charles G Fraser Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 16 min
and 2 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch1.2 km · 15 min
Places of interest
  • Beanfield CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 685 m · 8 min
  • Fort York National Historic SiteMuseum · 764 m · 9 min
  • Enercare CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 859 m · 10 min
  • Exhibition PlaceConvention & Trade Centres · 864 m · 10 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

58of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,841 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food19/30

    9 grocery stores within 1 km · 9 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit14/28

    3 stops within 300 m · 12 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 1.2 km away · 8 places of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation7/10

    8 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 0.9 km

  • Schools and child care5/8

    nearest school 0.7 km · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot8/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Eight registered apartment buildings with 1,826 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 25 Ordnance St (50 m, 333 units, 31 storeys, built 2021), which scored 100 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 8 scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
25 Ordnance St · Bentallgreenoak Residential Services333312021100 · Jul 202550 m
15 Solidarity Way · Rhapsody Property Management440262021100 · Aug 202469 m
11 Ordnance St · Bentallgreenoak Residential Service246242021100 · Jul 2025189 m
800 Adelaide St W social housing · Homes First Society503198788 · Aug 2026655 m · 8 min
24 Shaw St social housing2009198987 · Aug 2026699 m · 8 min
798 Richmond St W · Akelius Canada Ltd52513197089 · Jul 2025859 m · 10 min

8 registered buildings · 1,826 units · 3 social housing · tallest 31 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Toronto Police place 14 thefts from vehicles and 24 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 6.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 30 in 2023–2025, about 10.0 a year, against 1.1 a year before that. 79% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 63% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Jan 7, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle14112street/outdoor (11), apartment parking (3)
Bicycle theft24190apartment parking (15), street/outdoor (7)

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 Fort York-Liberty Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is East Liberty & Strachan a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 2 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#442 of 1,505), out of 169 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 East Liberty & Strachan?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #854 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.27× the median for a counted intersection, and #185 for pedestrians.

Is East Liberty & Strachan a walkable intersection?

East Liberty & Strachan scores 58 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,841 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 8 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 0.9 km; 9 grocery stores within 1 km · 9 places to eat within 300 m; nearest school 0.7 km · 2 licensed child care within 500 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.

How fast do cars go at East Liberty & Strachan?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Strachan Ave between East Liberty St and Wellington St W (November 2022), 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.

Where can I park near East Liberty & Strachan?

The nearest Green P car park is 800 Fleet Street (301 m away, 94 spaces). The City's mapping shows 402 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,690 spaces — 15 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1051 Queen Street W (1.3 km).

How do I get to East Liberty & Strachan by transit?

Streetcar routes 504, 508, 509, 511 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 323 m away; bus routes 63, 29 within 1 km (nearest stop: Strachan Ave at East Liberty St, 25 m).

What restaurants are near East Liberty & Strachan?

9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 158 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Ah-So Sushi (67 m), Smoothie Bar/ Altea Active (67 m), Starbucks/Altea Active (67 m), Bb.q Chicken (98 m) and Burgers N' Fries Forever (98 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near East Liberty & Strachan?

The nearest is the automated public toilet at 1 Strachan Ave, 389 m away (open around the clock), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom (565 m); Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom (601 m).

Is there child care near East Liberty & Strachan?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 304 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Network Child Care Services - Liberty Village Child Care Centre (112 m, 49 spaces), Downtown Kids Academy, Inc. (316 m, 50 spaces) and Liberty Kids (541 m, 18 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near East Liberty & Strachan?

Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,826 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 25 Ordnance St (50 m, 333 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 15 Solidarity Way (69 m, 440 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 11 Ordnance St (189 m, 246 units, RentSafeTO score 100) and 800 Adelaide St W (655 m, 50 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 8 is 86 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at East Liberty & Strachan?

Toronto Police place 14 thefts from vehicles and 24 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Fort York-Liberty Village page.

What neighbourhood is East Liberty & Strachan in?

East Liberty & Strachan is in Fort York-Liberty Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 163). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik.

Sources

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