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Eglinton & Castle Knock

Eglinton Ave W & Castle Knock Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Lawrence Park South · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence · The Eglinton Way BIA

In Lawrence Park South, Eglinton & Castle Knock is a busier-than-typical intersection. It has Avenue Station, a protected bikeway and a school within 250 m at the corner.

Traffic volume
10,687
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 21, 2012
1,811 pedestrians · 92 cyclists
Collisions
49
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
5 with an injury · 37 property damage · #2082 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
1 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #527 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
Avenue Station
subway station within 250 m
7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 23 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,340 vehicles, 1.16× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 6 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Police have logged an average of 4.9 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 25%, from 28 in 2016–2020 to 21 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 49 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Eglinton & Castle Knock

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Avenue Station (Line 5)231 m; Chaplin Station (Line 5)456 m
TTC bus
346113143374103 nearest 21 m
Blue Night
334354320
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Eglinton Ave West at Castle Knock Rd; Eglinton Ave West at Elmsthorpe Ave
Cycling
Cycle Track on Eglinton Ave W installed 2024
Bike Share
125 Burnaby Blvd 64 m · 23 docks · 8 stations, 141 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 (21)
  • Oriole Park Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 218 m
  • Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 433 m
  • Allenby Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 617 m
  • North Preparatory Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 732 m
  • Forest Hill Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 788 m
  • Birmingham International Collegiate of CanadaPrivate · 884 m
  • and 15 more
Community centres
Parks (24)
  • Robert Bateman Parkette376 m
  • Larratt Parkette462 m
  • Eglinton Park638 m
  • Memorial Park - North York761 m
  • Forest Hill Road Park779 m
  • Old Forest Hill Parkette800 m
  • and 18 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Forest Hill branch755 m
  • Toronto Public Library Northern District branch1.1 km
Signal
0720, activated 1969 · SAP

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 23 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 36 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Starbucks Coffee, 32 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés23 within 300 m · 36 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Starbucks Coffee · 444 Eglinton Ave W32 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
The Bagel House · 450 Eglinton Ave W34 mPassed, Apr 2026
My Greek Table · 454 Eglinton Ave W35 mPassed, Jan 2026
Kandy Krazed · 426 Eglinton Ave W43 mPassed, Apr 2024
Rimini Rimini · 453 Eglinton Ave W63 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 3 infractions
Cafe de Flore · 465 Eglinton Ave W80 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Tokyo Sushi · 373 Eglinton Ave W87 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Yonge Seafood Gourmet · 369 Eglinton Ave Wgrocery99 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction

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 North Toronto Memorial Community Centre Washroom, 611 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 393 m away at Robert Bateman Parkette.

  • North Toronto Memorial Community Centre Washroom · 200 Eglinton Ave W
    View centre hours · accessible
    611 m
  • Eglinton Park Washroom · 200 Eglinton Ave W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    686 m
  • Memorial Park Washroom · 340 Chaplin Cres
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    730 m
Drinking water
Robert Bateman Parkette drinking fountain, dog fountain · 393 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 809 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Children's Magic Moments Child Care and Nursery School (211 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km8 centres · 809 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 8
  • Children's Magic Moments Child Care and Nursery School · 98 Braemar Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    211 m
  • Treetop Children's Centre · 80 Braemar Ave
    155 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    218 m
  • Curious Caterpillars - College View · 28 College View Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    429 m
  • Allenby Day Care · 391 St Clements Ave
    259 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    618 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 135 (584 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (911 m) and the nearest ambulance station 419 m away.

FireFire Station 135 · 584 m325 Chaplin Cres
Police53 Division · 911 m75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 18 · 419 m643 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

50 registered apartment buildings with 2,700 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 990 Avenue Rd (267 m, 40 units, 4 storeys, built 1965), which scored 93 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 50 scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 69 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 11 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings50 · 2,700 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202669 across the 50
Open fire-code violations11
Tallest23 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
990 Avenue Rd · Cromwell Management Inc.404196593 · Jul 20261 · 2 fire267 m
555 Russell Hill Rd · Greenwin Inc.325195492 · Nov 20251306 m
540 Russell Hill Rd · Vesta Management Inc325193790 · Jun 20240348 m
4 Latimer Ave · 4 Latimer Holdings Limited655195389 · Sep 20244390 m
243 Eglinton Ave W · Hannah Property Management Ltd25319790411 m
564 Eglinton Ave W255195787 · Jun 20250421 m
484 Oriole Pkwy · Hannah Property Management Ltd.183193094 · Aug 20260434 m
570 Eglinton Ave W · Parallel Property Management113196091 · Jun 20250435 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 lots552 lots · ≈14,610 spaces · 43.8 ha
Within 500 m55 lots · ≈1,020 spaces
Green P (public)11 car parks · about 1,156 spaces
EV charging (City)75 Holly St. · 1.3 km · 28 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
125 Burnaby Blvd · Surface66 m15555% (Q1 2026)
30 Roehampton Ave · Garage1.2 km18735% (Q1 2026)
75 Holly St · Garage1.3 km30212% (Q1 2026)
20 Castlefield Avenue · Surface1.3 km163 *
912 Eglinton Ave W · Surface1.4 km2662% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 33 m away, ≈22 spaces; 47 m away, ≈18 spaces (Green P); 75 m away, ≈5 spaces; 89 m away, ≈145 spaces (Green P); 91 m away, ≈14 spaces; 102 m away, ≈4 spaces. More EV charging: 168 Chiltern Hill Rd (1.4 km, 4 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, Mar 21, 2012

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 5,164 eastbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 629. Most cyclists arrived from the east (48 of 92). Morning rush is the busier period: 1,590 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:00 a.m., compared with 1,400 from 4:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 6.5% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 15 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2012, 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 north629southbound · 4 bikes · 1.6% heavy
From the west5,164eastbound · 40 bikes · 6.7% heavy
Total vehicles10,6871,811 pedestrians · 92 cyclists · 6.5% heavy
From the east4,894westbound · 48 bikes · 6.9% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,590 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,400 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 21, 2012

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

The City's counter on Castle Knock Rd between Burnaby Blvd and Willowbank Blvd (139 m away) recorded an average of 36 km/h in its 24-hour count in November 2004; 85% of drivers were at or under 43 km/h. That segment carries about 1,500 vehicles a day. The reading is 22 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Castle Knock Road between Eglinton Ave W and Roselawn Ave (installed 2000).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Eglinton Ave W · Castle Knock Rd – Duncannon Dr · 19 mMar 2013 · 3 days17,234
Castle Knock Rd · Burnaby Blvd – Willowbank Blvd · 139 mNov 2004 · 24 h1,46236 km/h43 km/h47 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Castle Knock Road · Eglinton Ave W – Roselawn Ave
    2 speed humps
    installed 2000

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

2019 was the peak year (10 collisions), and 2025 closed with 6. 10% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 16% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 8% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 25, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions49#2082 of 5,508
With an injury5#2589 of 4,660
Property damage only37
Fail to remain8
Involving a pedestrian4#840 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality1
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201458latest Apr 25, 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 was fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Jun 23, 2018.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#527 of 1,505
Fatal1#123 of 319
Involving a pedestrian1#226 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Jun 23, 2018

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

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410street/outdoor (3), other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 15, 2023. 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 Lawrence Park South.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Eglinton & Castle Knock a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#527 of 1,505), out of 49 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 Eglinton & Castle Knock?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Mar 21, 2012, 1.16× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Eglinton & Castle Knock?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Castle Knock Rd between Burnaby Blvd and Willowbank Blvd (November 2004), found an average of 36 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 43 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Eglinton & Castle Knock?

The nearest Green P car park is 125 Burnaby Blvd (66 m away, 155 spaces, 55% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 552 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,610 spaces — 55 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 75 Holly St. (1.3 km).

How do I get to Eglinton & Castle Knock by transit?

Avenue Station (Line 5) is 231 m away; bus routes 34, 61, 13, 14, 33, 74, 103 within 1 km (nearest stop: Eglinton Ave West at Castle Knock Rd, 21 m).

What restaurants are near Eglinton & Castle Knock?

23 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 36 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Starbucks Coffee (32 m), The Bagel House (34 m), My Greek Table (35 m), Kandy Krazed (43 m) and Rimini Rimini (63 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 Eglinton & Castle Knock?

The nearest is North Toronto Memorial Community Centre Washroom, 200 Eglinton Ave W, 611 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Eglinton Park Washroom (686 m); Memorial Park Washroom (730 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 Eglinton & Castle Knock?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 809 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Children's Magic Moments Child Care and Nursery School (211 m, 49 spaces), Treetop Children's Centre (218 m, 155 spaces) and Curious Caterpillars - College View (429 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Eglinton & Castle Knock?

50 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,700 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 990 Avenue Rd (267 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 555 Russell Hill Rd (306 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 540 Russell Hill Rd (348 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 4 Latimer Ave (390 m, 65 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 50 is 91 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 Eglinton & Castle Knock?

Toronto Police place four 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 Lawrence Park South page.

What neighbourhood is Eglinton & Castle Knock in?

Eglinton & Castle Knock is in Lawrence Park South (City of Toronto neighbourhood 103). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle. The corner falls inside the The Eglinton Way Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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