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Eastern & Empire

Eastern Ave & Empire Ave · Toronto, Ontario · South Riverdale · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Eastern & Empire is a moderately travelled crossing. It sits in South Riverdale. Nearby is 11 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
7,932
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 13, 2008
59 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
19
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 15 property damage · #3474 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
4 streetcar routes · 3 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 990 vehicles, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 134 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 1.9 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Eastern & Empire

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501503504505 nearest 300 m
TTC bus
72114121 nearest 362 m
Blue Night
301304305325
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Logan Ave / Eastern Ave - SMART 164 m · 12 docks · 18 stations, 322 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 (13)
  • Morse Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 399 m
  • Dundas Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 672 m
  • Queen Alexandra Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 717 m
  • Seed Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 781 m
  • Bruce Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 901 m
  • Eastdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 7 more
Parks (35)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter branch399 m
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Soulpepper Theatre CompanyPerforming Arts · 1.1 km
  • Young Centre for the Performing ArtsPerforming Arts · 1.4 km

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 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 153 — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Nouveau Taste, 183 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 153 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 26 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Nouveau Taste · 38 McGee St183 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Woodgreen Community Services · 841 Queen St E294 mPassed, Jul 2026
A&W · 875 Queen St E Unit-106303 mPassed, Feb 2026
Circle K · 875 Queen St Egrocery303 mPassed, Jun 2026
Osmow's · 861 Queen St E311 mPassed, Mar 2026
Mustard Seed Community Kitchen · 791 Queen St E319 mPassed, Jul 2026
Freshii · 863 Queen St E Unit-107323 mPassed, Jun 2026
Starbucks · 869 Queen St E331 mPassed, Sep 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 Morse Street Playground Washroom, 296 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 241 m away at McCleary Playground.

  • Morse Street Playground Washroom · 76 Morse St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    296 m
  • Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom · 870 Queen St E
    View centre hours
    371 m
  • McCleary Park Washroom · 755 Lake Shore Blvd E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    497 m
Drinking water
McCleary Playground drinking fountain · 241 m; Morse Street Playground bottle filling station · 294 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 851 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Woodgreen Community Services (Morse Child Care Centre) (399 m, 192 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km8 centres · 851 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 8
  • Woodgreen Community Services (Morse Child Care Centre) · 180 Carlaw Ave
    192 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    399 m
  • Mighty Kids · 14 Verral Ave
    43 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    467 m
  • Brightpath Leslieville · 970 Queen St E
    154 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    483 m
  • Liberty Preparatory School Inc. · 181 Carlaw Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool
    540 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 324 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 51 Division (1.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 712 m away.

FireFire Station 324 · 1.1 km840 Gerrard St E
Police51 Division · 1.6 km51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 712 m126 Pape 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

Within a kilometre there are 14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 869 rental units — 12 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 502 Eastern Ave (224 m, 19 units, 5 storeys, built 1989), which scored 91 out of 100 at its December 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 14 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 6 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings14 · 869 units · 12 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20266 across the 14
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
502 Eastern Avesocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes195198991 · Dec 20250224 m
841 Queen St Esocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.363198869 · Jul 20260293 m
245-247 Logan Ave · Valour Management Inc.214192790 · Jun 20240326 m
58 Lewis Stsocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.154198791 · Oct 20250409 m
55 Pape Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.605199688 · Aug 20240613 m
15 Pape Avesocial housing · YWCA775198890 · Nov 20251621 m
17 Renwick Cressocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.804199692 · Oct 20251646 m
179 Broadview Avesocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes414199285 · Aug 20260688 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 lots634 lots · ≈37,390 spaces · 112.2 ha
Within 500 m89 lots · ≈4,470 spaces
Green P (public)13 car parks · about 1,427 spaces
EV charging (City)220 Carlaw Ave. · 551 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking16 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 6 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
111 Broadview Ave · Surface552 m9256% (Q1 2026)
136 Broadview Ave · Surface624 m2273% (Q1 2026)
83 Tannery Road · Garage1 km27 *
653 Gerrard St E · Surface1.1 km3072% (Q1 2026)
40 Rolling Mills Rd. · Garage1.1 km25 *

Nearest lots: 41 m away, ≈8 spaces; 48 m away, ≈111 spaces; 74 m away, ≈11 spaces; 84 m away, ≈4 spaces; 110 m away, ≈24 spaces; 139 m away, ≈127 spaces. More EV charging: 500 Commissioners St (1 km, 2 ports); 963 Gerrard St E (1.2 km, 2 ports); 43 Alton Ave (1.5 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, Nov 13, 2008

No single direction dominates: each approach carried between 3,954 and 3,978 vehicles. Evening rush dominates here: 1,391 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 1,272 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 18 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2008, 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west3,954eastbound · 0 bikes · 2.4% heavy
Total vehicles7,93259 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 2.3% heavy
From the east3,978westbound · 0 bikes · 2.1% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,272 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,391 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 13, 2008

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 Eastern Ave between Lewis St and Dibble St, 208 m from the corner, a 7-day count in June 2022 put the average speed at 50 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 58 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 63 km/h or more. That segment carries about 22,100 vehicles a day. Empire Ave between Eastern Ave and Graham Pl measured slower: 25 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 34 km/h (Apr 2019). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Empire Ave · Eastern Ave – Graham Pl · 129 mApr 2019 · 3 days78725 km/h34 km/h37 km/h
Eastern Ave · Lewis St – Dibble St · 208 mJun 2022 · 7 days22,05950 km/h58 km/h63 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

The worst year was 2022, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 4 collisions (21%) involved an injury. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (11%). The most recent report on file is from Oct 27, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions19#3474 of 5,508
With an injury4#2936 of 4,660
Property damage only15
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian2#1704 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 201423latest Oct 27, 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

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

Six 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. 67% 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 vehicle620street/outdoor (4), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft200other (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 9, 2024. 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 South Riverdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Eastern & Empire a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 19 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 Eastern & Empire?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Nov 13, 2008, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Eastern & Empire?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Eastern Ave between Lewis St and Dibble St (June 2022), found an average of 50 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 58 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Eastern & Empire?

The nearest Green P car park is 111 Broadview Ave (552 m away, 92 spaces, 56% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 634 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 37,390 spaces — 89 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 220 Carlaw Ave. (551 m).

How do I get to Eastern & Empire by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503, 504, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 300 m away; bus routes 72, 114, 121 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Eastern & Empire?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 153 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Nouveau Taste (183 m), Woodgreen Community Services (294 m), A&W (303 m), Osmow's (311 m) and Mustard Seed Community Kitchen (319 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 Eastern & Empire?

The nearest is Morse Street Playground Washroom, 76 Morse St, 296 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre Washroom (371 m); McCleary Park Washroom (497 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 Eastern & Empire?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 851 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Woodgreen Community Services (Morse Child Care Centre) (399 m, 192 spaces), Mighty Kids (467 m, 43 spaces) and Brightpath Leslieville (483 m, 154 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Eastern & Empire?

14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 869 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 502 Eastern Ave (224 m, 19 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 841 Queen St E (293 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 69), 245-247 Logan Ave (326 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 58 Lewis St (409 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 14 is 89 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. 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 Eastern & Empire?

Toronto Police place six 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 South Riverdale page.

What neighbourhood is Eastern & Empire in?

Eastern & Empire is in South Riverdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 070). 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