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Eastern & Sackville

Eastern Ave & Sackville St · Toronto, Ontario · St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands · Ward 13, Toronto Centre

Eastern & Sackville is an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands, in central Toronto. At the corner: a school within 250 m and parks. Nearby: 16 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
12,940
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 27, 2001
5 pedestrians · 27 cyclists
Collisions
26
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 20 property damage · #3014 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #872 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
6 streetcar routes · 5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 12 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,620 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.40× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 2,588 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 2.6 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions edged down 14%, from 14 in 2016–2020 to 12 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 26 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Eastern & Sackville

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
504508503501505506 nearest 116 m
TTC bus
1212026511475 nearest 125 m
Blue Night
304301305306365
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Sackville St / Eastern Ave - SMART 43 m · 12 docks · 41 stations, 861 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 (18)
  • Inglenook Community SchoolEnglish Public · 58 m
  • St Paul Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 301 m
  • George Brown College - Young Centre For the Performing ArtsCollege · 324 m
  • Voice Integrative Private SchoolPrivate · 383 m
  • Liberty Prep SchoolPrivate · 475 m
  • Nelson Mandela Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 542 m
  • and 12 more
Parks (52)
  • Sackville Playground171 m
  • Percy Park222 m
  • Little Trinity Church Lands240 m
  • Orphan's Green260 m
  • Bright Street Playground306 m
  • 40 Power St Park317 m
  • and 46 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library St. Lawrence branch820 m
  • Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Parliament Street branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Young Centre for the Performing ArtsPerforming Arts · 309 m
  • The Distillery Historic DistrictLandmark · 359 m
  • Illuminarium TorontoAttraction · 409 m
  • Thompson Landry Gallery - Stone Building & Cooperage SpaceGallery · 422 m
  • Alumnae TheatrePerforming Arts · 469 m
  • Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)Performing Arts · 491 m
  • Soulpepper Theatre CompanyPerforming Arts · 597 m
  • Native Earth Performing Arts & Aki StudioPerforming Arts · 767 m

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 18 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 250 — 3.4× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is T Spaccio Cafe / Store, 82 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026.

Restaurants & cafés18 within 300 m · 250 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 35 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
T Spaccio Cafe / Store · 22 Sackville St82 mPassed, Sep 2026
Terroni Sud Forno Produzione E · 22 Sackville St82 mPassed, Aug 2026
Icha Tea · 8 Eastern Ave126 mPassed, Jul 2026
Forno Cultura · 507 King St E Flr-Rooftop132 mPassed, Sep 2026
Gusto 501 · 501 King St E133 mPassed, Aug 2025
Dark Horse Espresso Bar · 416 Front St E140 mPassed, Feb 2026
Body Blitz Spa · 497 King St E145 mPassed, Sep 2026
Old Town Bodega · 402 King St E150 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 4 infractions

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 Corktown Common Pavilion Washroom, 556 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 155 m away at Sackville Playground.

  • Corktown Common Pavilion Washroom · 155 Bayview Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    556 m
  • Regent Park Community Centre Washroom · 402 Shuter St
    View centre hours
    570 m
  • Regent Park Athletic Grounds Outdoor Rink Washroom · 480 Shuter St
    View outdoor rink hours · accessible
    579 m
Drinking water
Sackville Playground bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 155 m; Diamond Jubilee Promenade drinking fountain · 206 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

12 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 846 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Eyet Early Learning Centre (Tom's Place) (301 m, 52 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten).

Within 1 km12 centres · 846 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 12
  • Eyet Early Learning Centre (Tom's Place) · 80 Sackville St
    52 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    301 m
  • Distillery District Early Learning Centre · 8 Distillery Lane
    85 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    444 m
  • Liberty Prep Parliament · 162 Parliament St
    35 spaces · toddler, preschool
    475 m
  • George Brown - Nelson Mandela Child Care Centre · 440 Shuter St
    179 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    542 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 333 (646 m), the nearest police station 51 Division (288 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.4 km away.

FireFire Station 333 · 646 m207 Front St E
Police51 Division · 288 m51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 40 · 1.4 km58 Richmond St 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 42 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 5,673 rental units — 33 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 75 Cooperage St (203 m, 145 units, 12 storeys, built 2016), which scored 98 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 103 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 55 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings42 · 5,673 units · 33 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026103 across the 42
Open fire-code violations55
Tallest29 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
75 Cooperage Stsocial housing · Wigwamen Incorporated14512201698 · Nov 20255203 m
20 Palace Stsocial housing · Fred Victor Centre1081096 · Dec 20250214 m
100 Mill St · Tricon Residentail237112024100 · Nov 20256264 m
131 Mill St · Tricon Residential Inc23015202299 · Jul 202510 · 15 fire311 m
45 St Lawrence StToronto Community Housing · TCH504198096 · Jun 20264370 m
151 Mill St · Tricon Residential Inc232162022100 · Jul 20258 · 13 fire372 m
585 King St EToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1288201499 · Nov 20250383 m
181 Mill St · Tricon Residential Inc310262022100 · Jul 202523 · 14 fire406 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 lots752 lots · ≈35,460 spaces · 106.4 ha
Within 500 m89 lots · ≈3,050 spaces
Green P (public)23 car parks · about 6,715 spaces
EV charging (City)51 Dockside Dr. · 1.2 km · 5 Level 2 ports
Bike parking225 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 96 bikes within 600 m · City Hall - Nathan Phillips Square bike station (2 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
373 Front Street East · Surface143 m450 *
100 Cooperage Street · Garage163 m86 *
40 Rolling Mills Rd. · Garage295 m25 *
83 Tannery Road · Garage350 m27 *
271 Front Street East · Surface389 m83 *

Nearest lots: 57 m away, ≈5 spaces; 61 m away, ≈43 spaces; 90 m away, ≈15 spaces; 95 m away, ≈12 spaces; 96 m away, ≈82 spaces; 102 m away, ≈28 spaces. More EV charging: 51 Dockside Dr (1.2 km, 6 ports); 2 Church St. (1.4 km, 28 ports); 188 Carlton St (1.5 km, 1 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, Sep 27, 2001

No single direction dominates: each approach carried between 5,845 and 7,095 vehicles. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,983 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 2,103 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 25 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2001, 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 west5,845eastbound · 16 bikes · 3.6% heavy
Total vehicles12,9405 pedestrians · 27 cyclists · 3.8% heavy
From the east7,095westbound · 11 bikes · 3.9% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,983 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour2,103 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 27, 2001

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 Sackville St between Gurney St and Ray Lane, 293 m from the corner, a 2-day count in January 2020 put the average speed at 22 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 30 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 37 km/h or more. That segment carries about 200 vehicles a day. The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Eastern Ave · Sackville St – Cherry St · 33 mFeb 2010 · 3 days17,121
Sackville St · Gurney St – Ray Lane · 293 mJan 2020 · 2 days17022 km/h30 km/h37 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 2016, with 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 3. 4 collisions (15%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 31, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions26#3014 of 5,508
With an injury4#2938 of 4,660
Property damage only20
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian1#2446 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201430latest May 31, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Apr 5, 2021.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#872 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20061latest Apr 5, 2021

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

11 thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 7 in 2023–2025, about 2.3 a year, against 0.9 a year before that. 64% 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 vehicle1150street/outdoor (7), commercial premises (4)
Bicycle theft220school/campus (1), apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 24, 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 St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Eastern & Sackville a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#872 of 1,505), out of 26 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 Eastern & Sackville?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Sep 27, 2001, 1.40× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Eastern & Sackville?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sackville St between Gurney St and Ray Lane (January 2020), found an average of 22 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 30 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Eastern & Sackville?

The nearest Green P car park is 373 Front Street East (143 m away, 450 spaces). The City's mapping shows 752 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 35,460 spaces — 89 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 51 Dockside Dr. (1.2 km).

How do I get to Eastern & Sackville by transit?

Streetcar routes 504, 508, 503, 501 and 2 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 116 m away; bus routes 121, 202, 65, 114, 75 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Eastern & Sackville?

18 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 250 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are T Spaccio Cafe / Store (82 m), Terroni Sud Forno Produzione E (82 m), Icha Tea (126 m), Forno Cultura (132 m) and Gusto 501 (133 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 & Sackville?

The nearest is Corktown Common Pavilion Washroom, 155 Bayview Ave, 556 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Regent Park Community Centre Washroom (570 m); Regent Park Athletic Grounds Outdoor Rink Washroom (579 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 & Sackville?

12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 846 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Eyet Early Learning Centre (Tom's Place) (301 m, 52 spaces), Distillery District Early Learning Centre (444 m, 85 spaces) and Liberty Prep Parliament (475 m, 35 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Eastern & Sackville?

42 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,673 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 75 Cooperage St (203 m, 145 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 20 Palace St (214 m, 108 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 100 Mill St (264 m, 237 units, RentSafeTO score 100) and 131 Mill St (311 m, 230 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 42 is 92 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 & Sackville?

Toronto Police place 11 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 St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands page.

What neighbourhood is Eastern & Sackville in?

Eastern & Sackville is in St Lawrence-East Bayfront-The Islands (City of Toronto neighbourhood 166). It is in Ward 13, Toronto Centre, represented by Councillor Chris Moise.

Sources

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