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Eastern & Rushbrooke

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

In South Riverdale, Eastern & Rushbrooke is a mid-volume intersection. At the corner: a bike lane and a school within 250 m. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
12,735
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 29, 2025
429 pedestrians · 192 cyclists · #1490 busiest
Collisions
30
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 19 property damage · #2816 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
2 streetcar routes · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 910 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 79% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 30 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 3 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.4 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions fell 33%, from 18 in 2016–2020 to 12 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Eastern & Rushbrooke

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501503 nearest 310 m
TTC bus
833111472 nearest 201 m
Blue Night
301325
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Bike Lane on Eastern Ave installed 2008
Bike Share
Lake Shore Blvd E / Leslie St 186 m · 19 docks · 14 stations, 247 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)
  • Bruce Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 205 m
  • St Joseph Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 637 m
  • Morse Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 726 m
  • Leslieville Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 808 m
  • Duke of Connaught Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Riverdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 5 more
Parks (23)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch707 m
  • Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter branch1.3 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 14 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 132. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 166 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés14 within 300 m · 132 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 28 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Freshco · 731 Eastern Avegrocery166 mPassed, Jan 2025
Tim Hortons · 731 Eastern Ave166 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Wendy's · 731 Eastern Ave166 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Globol · 17 Leslie St194 mPassed, Jun 2026
Loblaws · 17 Leslie Stgrocery194 mPassed, Jan 2026
T & T Sushi Bar · 17 Leslie St194 mPassed, Jan 2026
Bruce/Woodgreen Early Learning Centre · 51 Larchmount Ave205 mPassed, Jun 2026
Shoppers Drug Mart · 1015 Lake Shore Blvd Egrocery248 mPassed, Jan 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 Leslie Grove Park Washroom, 351 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 379 m away at Leslie Grove Park.

  • Leslie Grove Park Washroom · 1158 Queen St E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    351 m
  • Morse Street Playground Washroom · 76 Morse St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    806 m
  • S.h. Armstrong Community Centre Washroom · 56 Woodfield Rd
    View centre hours · accessible
    939 m
Drinking water
Leslie Grove Park drinking fountain · 379 m; Maple Leaf Forever Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 422 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 766 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Bruce Woodgreen Early Learning Centre (205 m, 151 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km8 centres · 766 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 8
  • Bruce Woodgreen Early Learning Centre · 51 Larchmount Ave
    151 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    205 m
  • Mackie Sunshine Child Care Inc.st. Joseph's Sunshine · 176 Leslie St
    30 spaces · school age
    637 m
  • St. Joseph Jr YMCA · 176 Leslie St
    72 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    637 m
  • Woodgreen Community Services (Morse Child Care Centre) · 180 Carlaw Ave
    192 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    726 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 326 (518 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 671 m away.

FireFire Station 326 · 518 m30 Knox Ave
Police55 Division · 1.5 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 671 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 17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 868 rental units — 14 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 802 Eastern Ave (198 m, 16 units, 3 storeys, built 1995), which scored 94 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 6 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings17 · 868 units · 14 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20266 across the 17
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
802 Eastern Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.163199594 · Aug 20260198 m
54 Marigold Avesocial housing · Houses Opening Today Toronto Inc.294199691 · Aug 20260209 m
1187-1189 Queen St Esocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes344198891 · Aug 20260290 m
1167 Queen St EToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation405199583 · Jul 20260299 m
15 Pape Avesocial housing · YWCA775198890 · Nov 20251410 m
17 Renwick Cressocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.804199692 · Oct 20251436 m
1075 Queen St E · Imperra General Management486201698 · Aug 20261471 m
55 Pape Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.605199688 · Aug 20240474 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 lots534 lots · ≈32,620 spaces · 97.9 ha
Within 500 m53 lots · ≈6,540 spaces
Green P (public)13 car parks · about 994 spaces
EV charging (City)43 Alton Ave · 596 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking9 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1091 Eastern Avenue · Surface1.2 km45 *
111 Broadview Ave · Surface1.5 km9256% (Q1 2026)
1141 Eastern Ave · Surface1.5 km1858% (Q1 2026)
151 Hiawatha Road · Surface1.5 km50 *
136 Broadview Ave · Surface1.5 km2273% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 53 m away, ≈3 spaces; 78 m away, ≈35 spaces; 91 m away, ≈570 spaces; 101 m away, ≈53 spaces; 127 m away, ≈329 spaces; 180 m away, ≈14 spaces. More EV charging: 500 Commissioners St (669 m, 2 ports); 220 Carlaw Ave. (779 m, 2 ports); 1715 DUNDAS 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 — 14-hour, Oct 29, 2025

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 6,021 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 47% of the total, against 4 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the west (81 of 192). Evening rush dominates here: 1,144 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:30 p.m., against 951 in the morning peak from 7:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.3% 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 north4southbound · 11 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west6,021eastbound · 81 bikes · 2.7% heavy
Total vehicles12,735429 pedestrians · 192 cyclists · 3.3% heavy
From the east3,957westbound · 56 bikes · 4.8% heavy
From the south2,753northbound · 44 bikes · 2.3% heavy
AM peak hour951 vehicles from 7:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,144 vehicles from 5:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 29, 2025

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 Lane W of Rushbrooke and N of Eastern and Rushbrooke Ave, 22 m from the corner, a 3-day count in October 2022 put the average speed at 45 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 52 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 55 km/h or more. That segment carries about 13,900 vehicles a day. Rushbrooke Ave between Eastern Ave and Lane S of Queen and W of Rushbrooke measured slower: 36 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Oct 2014). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Rushbrooke Avenue between Eastern Ave and Queen St E.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Eastern Ave · Lane W of Rushbrooke and N of Eastern – Rushbrooke Ave · 22 mOct 2022 · 3 days13,92745 km/h52 km/h55 km/h
Rushbrooke Ave · Eastern Ave – Lane S of Queen and W of Rushbrooke · 135 mOct 2014 · 3 days88336 km/h44 km/h49 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Rushbrooke Avenue · Eastern Ave – Queen St E
    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 2017, with 6 collisions; 2025 recorded 3. 4 collisions (13%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 27% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. The most recent report on file is from Dec 23, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.4 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions30#2816 of 5,508
With an injury4#3082 of 4,660
Property damage only19
Fail to remain8
Involving a pedestrian1#2969 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2316 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified7
All since 201437latest Dec 23, 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

Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle210street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 16, 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 South Riverdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Eastern & Rushbrooke a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 30 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 & Rushbrooke?

A mid-volume intersection. It ranks #1490 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 79% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Eastern & Rushbrooke?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Eastern Ave between Lane W of Rushbrooke and N of Eastern and Rushbrooke Ave (October 2022), found an average of 45 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 52 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Eastern & Rushbrooke?

The nearest Green P car park is 1091 Eastern Avenue (1.2 km away, 45 spaces). The City's mapping shows 534 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 32,620 spaces — 53 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 43 Alton Ave (596 m).

How do I get to Eastern & Rushbrooke by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503 stop within 1 km, the nearest 310 m away; bus routes 83, 31, 114, 72 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Eastern & Rushbrooke?

14 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 132 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (166 m), Wendy's (166 m), Globol (194 m), T & T Sushi Bar (194 m) and Bruce/Woodgreen Early Learning Centre (205 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 & Rushbrooke?

The nearest is Leslie Grove Park Washroom, 1158 Queen St E, 351 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Morse Street Playground Washroom (806 m); S.h. Armstrong Community Centre Washroom (939 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 & Rushbrooke?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 766 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bruce Woodgreen Early Learning Centre (205 m, 151 spaces), Mackie Sunshine Child Care Inc.st. Joseph's Sunshine (637 m, 30 spaces) and St. Joseph Jr YMCA (637 m, 72 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Eastern & Rushbrooke?

17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 868 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 802 Eastern Ave (198 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 54 Marigold Ave (209 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 1187-1189 Queen St E (290 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 1167 Queen St E (299 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 83). The average RentSafeTO score across the 17 is 90 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 & Rushbrooke?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no 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 & Rushbrooke in?

Eastern & Rushbrooke 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