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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. At the corner: Laird Station and a park.

Traffic volume
28,322
vehicles · 14-hour count, Sep 30, 2025
711 pedestrians · 179 cyclists · #402 busiest
Collisions
52
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
9 with an injury · 35 property damage · #1995 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
Laird Station
subway station within 250 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 26 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 2,020 vehicles, 1.75× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 40 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 5.2 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 1.8 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions fell 42%, from 33 in 2016–2020 to 19 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Eglinton & Don Avon

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Laird Station (Line 5)220 m
TTC bus
345188156 nearest 127 m
Blue Night
334354
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Eglinton Ave E / Brentcliffe Rd 115 m · 15 docks · 9 stations, 166 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 (9)
  • Maria Montessori SchoolPrivate · 371 m
  • Northlea Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 594 m
  • Children's Garden Junior SchoolPrivate · 856 m
  • Leaside High SchoolEnglish Public · 891 m
  • Bloorview School AuthorityPrivate · 1 km
  • Bessborough Drive Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 3 more
Community centres
  • Trace Manes Park Community Centre1 km
  • Leaside Memorial Community Gardens Arena1.4 km
  • Leaside Gardens Swimming Pool1.4 km
  • Leaside Curling Club1.5 km
Parks (11)
  • Radar Park214 m
  • Leonard Linton Park665 m
  • Serena Gundy Park682 m
  • Sunnybrook Park1 km
  • Howard Talbot Park1 km
  • Bessborough Parkette1 km
  • and 5 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Leaside branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Sunnybrook Hospital branch1.4 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 44 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 8 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 70. The nearest is Cafe On the Hill, 59 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés44 within 300 m · 70 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience8 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Cafe On the Hill · 916 Eglinton Ave W59 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Fairgrounds Leaside Public Racket Club · 849 Eglinton Ave E110 mPassed, Aug 2026
Noor Frize · 825 Eglinton Ave E133 mPassed, Oct 2025
Charmaine Sweets · 939 Eglinton Ave E166 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
Dollarama · 815 Eglinton Ave Egrocery184 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Tim Hortons · 878 Eglinton Ave E Unit-7223 mPassed, Apr 2026
Eggsmart · 20 Brentcliffe Rd Unit-3224 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Tim Hortons · 20 Brentcliffe Rd Unit-1224 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 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 Serena Gundy Park Washroom, 658 m away — currently listed as closed (maintenance/repairs); in season it is open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., and it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 232 m away at Radar Park.

  • Serena Gundy Park Washroom · 58 Rykert Cres
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    658 m
  • Sunnybrook Park Washroom · 1132 Leslie St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    1 km
Drinking water
Radar Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 232 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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 659 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Leaside Day Care Centre (361 m, 99 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km6 centres · 659 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 6
  • Leaside Day Care Centre · 206 Laird Dr
    99 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    361 m
  • Maria Montessori School Young Children's Community · 125 Brentcliffe Rd
    71 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    372 m
  • Northlea Community Child Care · 305 Rumsey Rd
    225 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    594 m
  • Brightpath Academy - Leaside · 235 McRae Dr
    107 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    618 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 321 (629 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (3.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 321 · 629 m231 McRae Dr
Police53 Division · 3.2 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 57 · 1.5 km2075 Bayview Ave

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 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. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 14 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings15 · 715 units
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202614 across the 15
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
904 Eglinton Ave E234195878 · Dec 2025237 m
898 Eglinton Ave E · Wj Properties213195499 · Aug 2026138 m
896 Eglinton Ave E · Goldie Imports of Canada Limited434195089 · Aug 2026062 m
894 Eglinton Ave E · Royal Lepage Signature Realty444195491 · Sep 2025092 m
892 Eglinton Ave E · Trivest Developments Corporation374196192 · Sep 20251147 m
888 Eglinton Ave E · Trivest Developments Corporation183195488 · Sep 20250175 m
958 Eglinton Ave E · Hannah Property Management Ltd.243194593 · Sep 20251193 m
36 Brentcliffe Rd · Kipling Residential Management Inc262182023100 · Nov 20256 · 2 fire205 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 lots384 lots · ≈42,610 spaces · 127.8 ha
Within 500 m42 lots · ≈5,670 spaces
Green P (public)4 car parks · about 146 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking3 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1670 Bayview Ave · Surface1.4 km33 *
709 Millwood Rd · Garage1.5 km2078% (Q1 2026)
1503 Bayview Avw · Surface1.5 km2465% (Q1 2026)
2170 Bayview avenue · Surface1.8 km69 *

Nearest lots: 46 m away, ≈8 spaces; 119 m away, ≈449 spaces; 153 m away, ≈635 spaces; 196 m away, ≈10 spaces; 203 m away, ≈5 spaces; 210 m away, ≈39 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 — 14-hour, 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 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

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
AM peak hour2,338 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,559 vehicles from 5:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Sep 30, 2025

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 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; 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 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. The most recent report on file is from Nov 5, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 1.8 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions52#1995 of 5,508
With an injury9#1876 of 4,660
Property damage only35
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified8
All since 201469latest Nov 5, 2025

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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jul 20, 2011.

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

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.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200street/outdoor (1), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft500apartment parking (4), street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 26, 2022. 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 #402 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.75× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Eglinton & Don Avon?

The nearest Green P car park is 1670 Bayview Ave (1.4 km away, 33 spaces). The City's mapping shows 384 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 42,610 spaces — 42 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 220 m away; bus routes 34, 51, 88, 156 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Eglinton & Don Avon?

44 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 70 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Cafe On the Hill (59 m), Fairgrounds Leaside Public Racket Club (110 m), Noor Frize (133 m), Charmaine Sweets (166 m) and Tim Hortons (223 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 & Don Avon?

The nearest is Serena Gundy Park Washroom, 58 Rykert Cres, 658 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. The City currently lists it as closed: maintenance/repairs. Next nearest: Sunnybrook Park 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 Eglinton & Don Avon?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 659 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Leaside Day Care Centre (361 m, 99 spaces), Maria Montessori School Young Children's Community (372 m, 71 spaces) and Northlea Community Child Care (594 m, 225 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 (92 m, 44 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 15 is 89 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 Eglinton & Don Avon?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and five 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 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

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