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Edith & Helendale

Edith Dr & Helendale Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Yonge-Eglinton · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

Edith & Helendale is a lightly travelled intersection. It sits in Yonge-Eglinton. At the corner: a bike lane and parks. Nearby: Eglinton Station (Line 1, Line 5) 401 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
2,113
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 15, 2017
62 pedestrians · 27 cyclists
Collisions
5
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 4 property damage · #5015 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Eglinton Station 401 m · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings)
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 260 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 23% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 34 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 0.5 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Edith & Helendale

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Eglinton Station (Line 1, Line 5)401 m; Avenue Station (Line 5)554 m
TTC bus
1334617410397 nearest 263 m
Blue Night
334354320
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Edith Dr installed 2001
Bike Share
Eglinton Ave W / Henning Ave SMART 254 m · 20 docks · 18 stations, 373 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 (25)
  • Birmingham International Collegiate of CanadaPrivate · 271 m
  • Caesar International AcademyPrivate · 491 m
  • Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 492 m
  • St Clements Early LearningPrivate · 524 m
  • St Monica Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 536 m
  • St Clements SchoolPrivate · 568 m
  • and 19 more
Community centres
Parks (34)
  • Eglinton Park152 m
  • Montgomery Square Park389 m
  • 20 Castlefield Ave Park486 m
  • St. Clements - Yonge Parkette627 m
  • 60 Broadway Ave Park683 m
  • Hillsdale Avenue Park709 m
  • and 28 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Northern District branch311 m
  • Toronto Public Library Mount Pleasant 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 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 240 — 3.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Cafe Dinah E, 235 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in October 2025.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 240 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 31 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Cafe Dinah E · 124 Eglinton Ave W, Unit-3235 mPassed, Oct 2025
Market Convenience · 124 Eglinton Ave W, Unit-104grocery235 mPassed, Oct 2025
Stock Bar · 2388 Yonge St Flr-2 None365 mPassed, Jun 2026
Stock Tc · 2388 Yonge St None365 mPassed, May 2026
Chichop · 2352 Yonge St371 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Coco Bubble Tea · 2352 Yonge St371 mPassed, Jun 2026
Bun Appetit · 20 Eglinton Ave W373 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 2 infractions
KFC/Taco Bell · 20 Eglinton Ave W373 mPassed, Jun 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 Eglinton Park Washroom, 150 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 88 m away at Eglinton Park.

  • Eglinton Park Washroom · 200 Eglinton Ave W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    150 m
  • North Toronto Memorial Community Centre Washroom · 200 Eglinton Ave W
    View centre hours · accessible
    237 m
  • Lytton Park Tennis Clubhouse Washroom · 200 Lytton Blvd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    1 km
Drinking water
Eglinton Park drinking fountain · 88 m; Eglinton Park dog fountain · 118 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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,072 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St. Clement's Early Learning School (524 m, 55 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km10 centres · 1,072 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 10
  • St. Clement's Early Learning School · 70 St Clements Ave
    55 spaces · preschool
    524 m
  • St. Monica's Satellite (Central Eglinton) · 14 Broadway Ave
    84 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    536 m
  • Lullaboo Nursery and Childcare Center - Avenue Campus · 1133 Avenue Rd
    109 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    582 m
  • French Connection · 40 Erskine Ave
    148 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    627 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 134 (357 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (330 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.2 km away.

FireFire Station 134 · 357 m16 Montgomery Ave
Police53 Division · 330 m75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 18 · 1.2 km643 Eglinton Ave W

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 91 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 11,425 rental units, 4.0× the median for a Toronto intersection — ten social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 30 Edith Dr (174 m, 172 units, 13 storeys, built 1968), which scored 99 out of 100 at its June 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 91 scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 177 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 34 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings91 · 11,425 units · 10 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026177 across the 91
Open fire-code violations34
Tallest39 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
30 Edith Dr · CLV Group17213196899 · Jun 20255174 m
118 Montgomery Ave · Lawrence Construction Co. Limited1093195292 · Aug 20250176 m
107 Roselawn Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc214195492 · Aug 20250232 m
500 Duplex Ave · Q Residential31933197499 · Dec 20255 · 5 fire255 m
411 Duplex Ave · CAPREIT45823197499 · Aug 202420286 m
190 Colin Ave · Ballito Bay Holdings (York) Ltd.406193581 · Nov 20250290 m
119 Eglinton Ave W · 1675959 Ontario Limited183195078 · Sep 20240291 m
115 Eglinton Ave W183195058 · Sep 20250293 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 · ≈26,280 spaces · 78.8 ha
Within 500 m39 lots · ≈1,160 spaces
Green P (public)7 car parks · about 974 spaces
EV charging (City)75 Holly St. · 618 m · 28 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 64 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
30 Roehampton Ave · Garage472 m18735% (Q1 2026)
20 Castlefield Avenue · Surface505 m163 *
75 Holly St · Garage614 m30212% (Q1 2026)
6 Sherwood Avenue · Surface723 m46 *
125 Burnaby Blvd · Surface789 m15555% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 102 m away, ≈128 spaces; 137 m away, ≈21 spaces; 152 m away, ≈42 spaces; 224 m away, ≈99 spaces; 236 m away, ≈16 spaces; 241 m away, ≈31 spaces.

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 15, 2017

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 995 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 47% of the total, against 151 from the east. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 498 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m., 64% above the afternoon peak from 2:45 p.m. (304). Heavy vehicles made up 0.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 10 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2017, 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 north995southbound · 14 bikes · 0.7% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles2,11362 pedestrians · 27 cyclists · 0.7% heavy
From the east151westbound · 0 bikes · 1.3% heavy
From the south967northbound · 13 bikes · 0.6% heavy
AM peak hour498 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour304 vehicles from 2:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Feb 15, 2017

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 Helendale Ave between Yonge St and Duplex Ave, 311 m from the corner, a 3-day count in December 2021 put the average speed at 33 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 42 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 47 km/h or more. That segment carries about 3,400 vehicles a day. Edith Dr between Montgomery Ave and Roselawn Ave measured slower: 31 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 37 km/h (Nov 2023). The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Edith Dr · Montgomery Ave – Roselawn Ave · 133 mNov 2023 · 3 days3,30731 km/h37 km/h40 km/h
Helendale Ave · Yonge St – Duplex Ave · 311 mDec 2021 · 3 days3,42433 km/h42 km/h47 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 2024, with 1 collision; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions5#5015 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only4
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 20148latest Jun 17, 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

Three thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle300house driveway/garage (2), other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 18, 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 Yonge-Eglinton.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Edith & Helendale a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 5 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 Edith & Helendale?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Feb 15, 2017, 23% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Edith & Helendale?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Helendale Ave between Yonge St and Duplex Ave (December 2021), found an average of 33 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 42 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Edith & Helendale?

The nearest Green P car park is 30 Roehampton Ave (472 m away, 187 spaces, 35% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 534 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,280 spaces — 39 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 75 Holly St. (618 m).

How do I get to Edith & Helendale by transit?

Eglinton Station (Line 1, Line 5) is 401 m away; bus routes 13, 34, 61, 74, 103, 97 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Edith & Helendale?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 240 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Cafe Dinah E (235 m), Stock Bar (365 m), Stock Tc (365 m), Chichop (371 m) and Coco Bubble Tea (371 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 Edith & Helendale?

The nearest is Eglinton Park Washroom, 200 Eglinton Ave W, 150 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: North Toronto Memorial Community Centre Washroom (237 m); Lytton Park Tennis Clubhouse Washroom (1.0 km). 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 Edith & Helendale?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,072 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Clement's Early Learning School (524 m, 55 spaces), St. Monica's Satellite (Central Eglinton) (536 m, 84 spaces) and Lullaboo Nursery and Childcare Center - Avenue Campus (582 m, 109 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Edith & Helendale?

91 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 11,425 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 30 Edith Dr (174 m, 172 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 118 Montgomery Ave (176 m, 109 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 107 Roselawn Ave (232 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 500 Duplex Ave (255 m, 319 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 91 is 92 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 Edith & Helendale?

Toronto Police place three 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 Yonge-Eglinton page.

What neighbourhood is Edith & Helendale in?

Edith & Helendale is in Yonge-Eglinton (City of Toronto neighbourhood 100). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.

Sources

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