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Eastern & Sackville

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

At its last City count, in 2001, Eastern & Sackville was 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 a park. Nearby: 14 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
12,940
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 27, 2001
5 pedestrians · 27 cyclists
Collisions
26
police-reported · 2016–2025
1 killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
14 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
64/100
city median 48 · #1,274 of 5,672
12 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 335 m

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Eastern & Sackville

Traffic and safety

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

Traffic volume8-hour count · 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 16,177 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

Peak hours: 1,983 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 2,103 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 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.

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

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions26
With an injury4
Property damage only20
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
Killed or seriously injured1
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20061latest Apr 5, 2021

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.

Speeds here, last measured in 2020

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; 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.

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

Streetcar
503 504 508 501 505 nearest 143 m
TTC bus
121 202 65 75 114 nearest 264 m · 3 min
Blue Night
304 301 305 365
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Sackville St / Eastern Ave - SMART 50 m · 12 docks · 24 stations, 494 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 4,603 spaces
EV charging
51 Dockside Dr. · 1.4 km · 5 Level 2 ports; also 51 Dockside Dr (1.4 km), 2 Church St. (1.6 km)
Bike parking
96 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 80 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
48 mapped lots within 500 m, 536 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
100 Cooperage Street · Garage230 m86 *—
373 Front Street East · Surface298 m450 *—
40 Rolling Mills Rd. · Garage399 m25 *—
271 Front Street East · Surface407 m83 *—
83 Tannery Road · Garage472 m27 *—

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

No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Canary Market, 335 m away. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 12 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 157 — 3.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is T Spaccio Cafe / Store, 102 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Healthshield Pharmacy, 475 m away; 7 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, 1.7 km away, then St. Michael's Hospital at 1.9 km. For seniors' housing: The Sumach By Chartwell, a retirement home 686 m away. Les Centres D'accueil Heritage - Centre des Pionniers runs a seniors' active living programme 654 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • T Spaccio Cafe / Store · 22 Sackville St102 m
  • Terroni Sud Forno Produzione E · 22 Sackville St102 m
  • Icha Tea · 8 Eastern Ave128 m
  • Cosette · 489 King St E143 m
  • Old Town Bodega · 402 King St E199 m
12 within 300 m · 157 within 1 km
Grocery
Canary Market 335 m · 4 min · 12 within 1 km
Food shops
Amelie's Dubai Chocolate 384 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Healthshield Pharmacy 475 m · 6 min · 7 within 1 km
Child care
  • Centre Ward Early Learning Centre (Doodle All Daycare) · 97 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool109 m
  • Eyet Early Learning Centre (Tom's Place) · 52 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day497 m · 6 min
  • Distillery District Early Learning Centre · 85 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day634 m · 8 min
7 licensed centres · 625 spaces within 1 km · 3 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Regent Park Athletic Grounds Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed · accessible620 m · 7 min
  • St. Lawrence Community Recreation Centre Washroom · hours not listed759 m · 9 min
Drinking water: Sackville Playground 155 m; Diamond Jubilee Promenade 313 m · 4 min
Health and care
  • Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital · hospital site1.7 km · 20 min
  • St. Michael's Hospital · hospital site1.9 km · 22 min
  • The Sumach By Chartwell · retirement home686 m · 8 min
  • Les Centres D'accueil Heritage - Centre des Pionniers · seniors' active living centre654 m · 8 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 (33)
  • Sackville Playground172 m
  • Percy Park269 m · 3 min
  • Orphan's Green322 m · 4 min
  • Little Trinity Church Lands357 m · 4 min
  • Bright Street Playground419 m · 5 min
and 28 more within 1.5 km
Schools (14)
  • Inglenook Community SchoolEnglish Public · 58 m
  • George Brown College - Young Centre For the Performing ArtsCollege · 438 m · 5 min
  • Voice Integrative Private SchoolPrivate · 461 m · 5 min
  • St Paul Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 497 m · 6 min
  • Nelson Mandela Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 701 m · 8 min
and 9 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library St. Lawrence branch847 m · 10 min
  • Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter branch1.3 km · 15 min
Places of interest
  • Young Centre for the Performing ArtsPerforming Arts · 438 m · 5 min
  • The Distillery Historic DistrictLandmark · 456 m · 5 min
  • Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)Performing Arts · 547 m · 7 min
  • Thompson Landry Gallery - Stone Building & Cooperage SpaceGallery · 548 m · 7 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.

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Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,274 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food19/30

    12 grocery stores within 1 km · 12 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit17/28

    7 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go10/14

    library 847 m away · 2 places of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation10/10

    8 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care8/8

    4 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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

Within a kilometre there are 24 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,287 rental units — 19 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 20 Palace St (290 m, 108 units, 10 storeys), which scored 96 out of 100 at its December 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
20 Palace St social housing · Fred Victor Centre10810—96 · Dec 2025290 m · 3 min
75 Cooperage St social housing · Wigwamen Incorporated14512201698 · Nov 2025297 m · 4 min
100 Mill St · Tricon Residentail237112024100 · Nov 2025379 m · 5 min
131 Mill St · Tricon Residential Inc23015202299 · Jul 2025410 m · 5 min
45 St Lawrence St Toronto Community Housing · TCH504198096 · Jun 2026437 m · 5 min
585 King St E Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1288201499 · Nov 2025437 m · 5 min

24 registered buildings · 3,287 units · 19 social housing · tallest 29 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

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

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1150street/outdoor (7), commercial premises (4)
Bicycle theft220school/campus (1), apartment parking (1)

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, 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 at the City's last count here, in 2001. Its latest count is from Sep 27, 2001, 1.40× today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Eastern & Sackville a walkable intersection?

Eastern & Sackville scores 64 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,274 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 · 1 community centre within 800 m; 4 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; library 847 m away · 2 places of interest within 500 m.

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 100 Cooperage Street (230 m away, 86 spaces). The City's mapping shows 536 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,580 spaces — 48 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 51 Dockside Dr. (1.4 km).

How do I get to Eastern & Sackville by transit?

Streetcar routes 503, 504, 508, 501 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 143 m away; bus routes 121, 202, 65, 75, 114 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Eastern & Sackville?

12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 157 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are T Spaccio Cafe / Store (102 m), Terroni Sud Forno Produzione E (102 m), Icha Tea (128 m), Cosette (143 m) and Old Town Bodega (199 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Eastern & Sackville?

The nearest is Regent Park Athletic Grounds Outdoor Rink Washroom, 480 Shuter St, 620 m away, with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: St. Lawrence Community Recreation Centre Washroom (759 m); Regent Park Community Centre Washroom (817 m).

Is there child care near Eastern & Sackville?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 625 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Centre Ward Early Learning Centre (Doodle All Daycare) (109 m, 97 spaces), Eyet Early Learning Centre (Tom's Place) (497 m, 52 spaces) and Distillery District Early Learning Centre (634 m, 85 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Eastern & Sackville?

24 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,287 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 20 Palace St (290 m, 108 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 75 Cooperage St (297 m, 145 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 100 Mill St (379 m, 237 units, RentSafeTO score 100) and 131 Mill St (410 m, 230 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 24 is 92 out of 100.

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. 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

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