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Eastern & Knox

Eastern Ave & Knox Ave · Toronto, Ontario · The Beaches · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Eastern & Knox is an intersection of typical volume. It sits in The Beaches. At the corner: a protected bikeway, parks and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
8,636
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 24, 2022
252 pedestrians · 22 cyclists
Collisions
32
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
6 with an injury · 23 property damage · #2699 of 5,508 · +1 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
3 streetcar routes · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Bi-Directional Cycle Track, Bike Lane - Contraflow
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,080 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 34 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 3.2 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions edged down 12%, from 17 in 2016–2020 to 15 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Eastern & Knox

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501503506 nearest 197 m
TTC bus
318311422 nearest 10 m
Blue Night
301306325322
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Eastern Ave at Knox Ave
Cycling
Bi-Directional Cycle Track on Knox Ave installed 2025; Bike Lane - Contraflow on Knox Ave installed 2007
Bike Share
Lake Shore Blvd E / Knox Ave 266 m · 11 docks · 15 stations, 338 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 (11)
  • Duke of Connaught Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 488 m
  • St Joseph Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 646 m
  • Bruce Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 669 m
  • Leslieville Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 784 m
  • Kew Park Montessori School - HiawathaPrivate · 1 km
  • Riverdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 5 more
Community centres
Parks (24)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch837 m
  • Toronto Public Library Gerrard/Ashdale branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Ashbridges Bay ParkNature/ Park · 1.2 km
  • Woodbine BeachNature/ Park · 1.5 km
Signal
1265, activated 1977 · SAP · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal

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 20 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 110. The nearest is Flying Squirrel Motorcycle Cafe, 181 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026.

Restaurants & cafés20 within 300 m · 110 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 22 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Flying Squirrel Motorcycle Cafe · 1347 Queen St E181 mPassed, Feb 2026
International Palace of Joy · 1347 Queen St E181 mPassed, Jun 2025
KFC · 1364 Queen St E222 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 1 infraction
KFC · 1364 Queen St E223 mPassed, Aug 2026
Subway · 1395 Queen St W223 mPassed, Mar 2026
Dang Smoke BBQ - Food Truck · 4 Greenwood Avegrocery225 mPassed, Jun 2026
Scfc · 969 Eastern Ave226 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 2 infractions
Robinson Bread · 1354 Queen St W, Unit-7226 mPassed, Dec 2024

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 S.h. Armstrong Community Centre Washroom, 432 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 205 m away at Maple Leaf Forever Park.

  • S.h. Armstrong Community Centre Washroom · 56 Woodfield Rd
    View centre hours · accessible
    432 m
  • Jonathan Ashbridge Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 1515 Queen St E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    505 m
  • Leslie Grove Park Washroom · 1158 Queen St E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    674 m
Drinking water
Maple Leaf Forever Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 205 m; Jonathan Ashbridge Park drinking fountain · 470 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 692 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Woodgreen Community Services (Woodfield Child Care Centre) (488 m, 178 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km9 centres · 692 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 9
  • Woodgreen Community Services (Woodfield Child Care Centre) · 70 Woodfield Rd
    178 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    488 m
  • Bumble Bee Academy · 1560 Queen St E
    63 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    633 m
  • Mackie Sunshine Child Care Inc.st. Joseph's Sunshine · 176 Leslie St
    30 spaces · school age
    646 m
  • St. Joseph Jr YMCA · 176 Leslie St
    72 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    646 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 326 (111 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (1.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 326 · 111 m30 Knox Ave
Police55 Division · 1 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 1.1 km126 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 21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 983 rental units — 16 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 137 Sears St (62 m, 17 units, 3 storeys, built 1995), which scored 90 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 8 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings21 · 983 units · 16 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20268 across the 21
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
137 Sears Stsocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.173199590 · Nov 2025062 m
85 Laing St133192180 · Dec 20251200 m
970 Eastern Avesocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes144198993 · Dec 20251361 m
802 Eastern Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.163199594 · Aug 20260382 m
54 Marigold Avesocial housing · Houses Opening Today Toronto Inc.294199691 · Aug 20260470 m
1480 Queen St Esocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes254199097 · Oct 20250 · 1 fire482 m
1615 Dundas St EToronto Community Housing · TCH814196092 · Aug 20261499 m
1187-1189 Queen St Esocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes344198891 · Aug 20260512 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 lots500 lots · ≈31,790 spaces · 95.4 ha
Within 500 m64 lots · ≈4,060 spaces
Green P (public)12 car parks · about 883 spaces
EV charging (City)43 Alton Ave · 381 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking29 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1091 Eastern Avenue · Surface612 m45 *
1141 Eastern Ave · Surface1 km1858% (Q1 2026)
1167 Eastern Ave · Surface1.1 km6632% (Q1 2026)
268 Rhodes Ave · Surface1.1 km3968% (Q1 2026)
1675 Lakeshore Blvd. E. (Parks) · Surface1.1 km292 *

Nearest lots: 49 m away, ≈17 spaces; 54 m away, ≈5 spaces; 105 m away, ≈759 spaces; 106 m away, ≈10 spaces; 139 m away, ≈184 spaces; 149 m away, ≈716 spaces. More EV charging: 1715 DUNDAS ST E (568 m, 2 ports); 1582 Queen Street East (699 m, 2 ports); 1313 Gerrard ST E (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, Feb 24, 2022

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 3,991 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 46% of the total, against 424 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 1,387 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:00 p.m., against 1,062 in the morning peak from 7:30 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. The count is 5 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 north424southbound · 7 bikes · 1.2% heavy
From the west3,991eastbound · 4 bikes · 1.5% heavy
Total vehicles8,636252 pedestrians · 22 cyclists · 2.7% heavy
From the east3,795westbound · 4 bikes · 3.9% heavy
From the south426northbound · 7 bikes · 5.2% heavy
AM peak hour1,062 vehicles from 7:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,387 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Feb 24, 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

On Eastern Ave between Laing St and Knox Ave, 58 m from the corner, a 7-day count in June 2022 put the average speed at 44 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 50 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 55 km/h or more. That segment carries about 18,000 vehicles a day. Knox Ave between Memory Lane and Queen St E measured slower: 21 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 29 km/h (Jun 2026). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 1 speed hump slow traffic on Knox Avenue between Eastern Ave and Queen St E, and 1 more calmed segment ends here.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Eastern Ave · Laing St – Knox Ave · 58 mJun 2022 · 7 days17,97044 km/h50 km/h55 km/h
Knox Ave · Memory Lane – Queen St E · 166 mJun 2026 · 3 days1,07021 km/h29 km/h33 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Knox Avenue · Eastern Ave – Queen St E
    1 speed hump
  • Knox Avenue · Queen St E – Eastern Ave
    2 speed humps

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 2019, with 7 collisions; 2025 recorded 3. 6 collisions (19%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (9%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 27, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions32#2699 of 5,508
With an injury6#2433 of 4,660
Property damage only23
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist3#774 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201442latest Mar 27, 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

No thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle000
Bicycle theft100street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 29, 2020. 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 The Beaches.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Eastern & Knox a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 32 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 & Knox?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Feb 24, 2022, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Eastern & Knox?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Eastern Ave between Laing St and Knox Ave (June 2022), found an average of 44 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 50 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Eastern & Knox?

The nearest Green P car park is 1091 Eastern Avenue (612 m away, 45 spaces). The City's mapping shows 500 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 31,790 spaces — 64 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 43 Alton Ave (381 m).

How do I get to Eastern & Knox by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503, 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 197 m away; bus routes 31, 83, 114, 22 within 1 km (nearest stop: Eastern Ave at Knox Ave, 10 m).

What restaurants are near Eastern & Knox?

20 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 110 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Flying Squirrel Motorcycle Cafe (181 m), International Palace of Joy (181 m), KFC (222 m), KFC (223 m) and Subway (223 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 & Knox?

The nearest is S.h. Armstrong Community Centre Washroom, 56 Woodfield Rd, 432 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Jonathan Ashbridge Park Fieldhouse Washroom (505 m); Leslie Grove Park Washroom (674 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 & Knox?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 692 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Woodgreen Community Services (Woodfield Child Care Centre) (488 m, 178 spaces), Bumble Bee Academy (633 m, 63 spaces) and Mackie Sunshine Child Care Inc.st. Joseph's Sunshine (646 m, 30 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Eastern & Knox?

21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 983 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 137 Sears St (62 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 85 Laing St (200 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 80), 970 Eastern Ave (361 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 802 Eastern Ave (382 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 21 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 Eastern & Knox?

Toronto Police place no thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 The Beaches page.

What neighbourhood is Eastern & Knox in?

Eastern & Knox is in The Beaches (City of Toronto neighbourhood 063). 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