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Eglinton & Don Avon

Eglinton Ave E & Don Avon Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Thorncliffe Park · Ward 15, Don Valley West

Eglinton & Don Avon is an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in Thorncliffe Park. Nearby is Laird Station (Line 5) 256 m away.

Traffic
28,322
vehicles · 14-hour count, Sep 30, 2025
711 pedestrians · 179 cyclists · #411 busiest
Collisions
52
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #1995 of 5,519
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Laird Station 256 m · 7 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
47/100
city median 48
6 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 724 m

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Eglinton & Don Avon

Traffic and safety

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

Traffic volume14-hour count · Sep 30, 2025

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 14,150 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 201 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the west (109 of 179). Evening rush dominates here: 2,559 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:15 p.m., against 2,338 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 13 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north201southbound · 6 bikes · 2.0% heavy
From the west13,426eastbound · 109 bikes · 5.0% heavy
Total vehicles28,322711 pedestrians · 179 cyclists · 4.9% heavy
From the east14,150westbound · 58 bikes · 5.1% heavy
From the south545northbound · 6 bikes · 0.4% heavy

Peak hours: 2,338 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,559 from 5:15 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 11 collisions; 2025 recorded 6. 9 collisions (17%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 2, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jul 20, 2011.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions52#1995 of 5,519
With an injury9#1876 of 4,669
Property damage only35
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20061latest Jul 20, 2011

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.

Traffic on these streets

The City's most recent midblock count on Eglinton Ave E between Laird Dr and Don Avon Dr (105 m away, Mar 2013) recorded volume only — about 20,620 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Eglinton Ave E · Laird Dr – Don Avon Dr · 105 mMar 2013 · 3 days20,620———

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

Subway
Laird Station (Line 5)256 m · 3 min
TTC bus
34 51 88 156 nearest 138 m
Blue Night
334 354
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Eglinton Ave E / Brentcliffe Rd 116 m · 15 docks · 5 stations, 84 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
3 car parks · about 77 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
3 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
17 mapped lots within 500 m, 247 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1670 Bayview Ave · Surface1.7 km33 *—
709 Millwood Rd · Garage1.8 km2078% (Q1 2026)
1503 Bayview Avw · Surface1.9 km2465% (Q1 2026)

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 Farm Boy, 724 m away. A specialist food shop is closer still: Charmaine Sweets, 233 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 6 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 52. The nearest is Cafe On the Hill, 59 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Leaside Community Pharmacy, 354 m away. The nearest hospital site is Lyndhurst Centre, 1.0 km away, then Holland Bloorview at 1.2 km. For seniors' housing: Suomi - Koti Toronto Nursing Home, a long-term care home 346 m away. Toronto Finnish Canadian Seniors Centre - Suomi Koti runs a seniors' active living programme 354 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Cafe On the Hill · 916 Eglinton Ave W59 m
  • Noor Frize · 825 Eglinton Ave E148 m
  • Tim Hortons · 878 Eglinton Ave E Unit-7238 m
  • Sushi By K · 874 Eglinton Ave E242 m
  • Vozara Food Factory · 856 Eglinton Ave E265 m · 3 min
6 within 300 m · 52 within 1 km
Grocery
Farm Boy 724 m · 9 min
Food shops
Charmaine Sweets 233 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Leaside Community Pharmacy 354 m · 4 min
Child care
  • Maria Montessori School Young Children's Community · 71 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day393 m · 5 min
  • Leaside Day Care Centre · 99 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day498 m · 6 min
  • Brightpath Academy - Leaside · 107 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day781 m · 9 min
5 licensed centres · 534 spaces within 1 km · 2 accept City fee subsidy
Health and care
  • Lyndhurst Centre · hospital site1 km · 11 min
  • Holland Bloorview · hospital site1.2 km · 15 min
  • Suomi - Koti Toronto Nursing Home · long-term care home346 m · 4 min
  • Toronto Finnish Canadian Seniors Centre - Suomi Koti · seniors' active living centre354 m · 4 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 (7)
  • Radar Park368 m · 4 min
  • Leonard Linton Park848 m · 10 min
  • Bessborough Parkette1 km · 12 min
  • Serena Gundy Park1.1 km · 13 min
  • Howard Talbot Park1.1 km · 13 min
and 2 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
  • Trace Manes Park Community Centre1.3 km · 15 min
Schools (6)
  • Maria Montessori SchoolPrivate · 392 m · 5 min
  • Children's Garden Junior SchoolPrivate · 871 m · 10 min
  • Northlea Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 872 m · 10 min
  • Leaside High SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
  • Bloorview School AuthorityPrivate · 1.3 km · 15 min
and 1 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Leaside branch1.2 km · 14 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.

Not within a walk: a public washroom.

47of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food15/30

    1 grocery store within 1 km · 6 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit18/28

    Laird Station 0.3 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go2/14

    library 1.2 km away

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.3 km

  • Schools and child care7/8

    1 school 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 15 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 715 rental units. The nearest is 904 Eglinton Ave E (37 m, 23 units, 4 storeys, built 1958), which scored 78 out of 100 at its December 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
904 Eglinton Ave E234195878 · Dec 202537 m
898 Eglinton Ave E · Wj Properties213195499 · Aug 202638 m
896 Eglinton Ave E · Goldie Imports of Canada Limited434195089 · Aug 202662 m
894 Eglinton Ave E · Royal Lepage Signature Realty444195491 · Sep 2025118 m
892 Eglinton Ave E · Trivest Developments Corporation374196192 · Sep 2025177 m
888 Eglinton Ave E · Trivest Developments Corporation183195488 · Sep 2025205 m

15 registered buildings · 715 units · tallest 18 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

Two thefts from vehicles and five bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 80% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200street/outdoor (1), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft500apartment parking (4), street/outdoor (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 Thorncliffe Park.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Eglinton & Don Avon a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 52 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 Eglinton & Don Avon?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #411 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.75× the median for a counted intersection.

Is Eglinton & Don Avon a walkable intersection?

Eglinton & Don Avon scores 47 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; 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: 1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; Laird Station 0.3 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km; 1 grocery store within 1 km · 6 places to eat within 300 m.

Where can I park near Eglinton & Don Avon?

The nearest Green P car park is 1670 Bayview Ave (1.7 km away, 33 spaces). The City's mapping shows 247 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,670 spaces — 17 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Eglinton & Don Avon by transit?

Laird Station (Line 5) is 256 m away; bus routes 34, 51, 88, 156 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Eglinton & Don Avon?

6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 52 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Cafe On the Hill (59 m), Noor Frize (148 m), Tim Hortons (238 m), Sushi By K (242 m) and Vozara Food Factory (265 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Eglinton & Don Avon?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 355 m away at Radar Park.

Is there child care near Eglinton & Don Avon?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 534 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Maria Montessori School Young Children's Community (393 m, 71 spaces), Leaside Day Care Centre (498 m, 99 spaces) and Brightpath Academy - Leaside (781 m, 107 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Eglinton & Don Avon?

15 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 715 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 904 Eglinton Ave E (37 m, 23 units, RentSafeTO score 78), 898 Eglinton Ave E (38 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 896 Eglinton Ave E (62 m, 43 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 894 Eglinton Ave E (118 m, 44 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 15 is 89 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Eglinton & Don Avon?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Thorncliffe Park page.

What neighbourhood is Eglinton & Don Avon in?

Eglinton & Don Avon is in Thorncliffe Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 055), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 15, Don Valley West, represented by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin.

Sources

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