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Eglinton & Russell

Eglinton Ave W & Russell Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview · Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre

Eglinton & Russell is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview. At the corner: a multi-use trail and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
30,531
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 29, 2024
152 pedestrians · 55 cyclists · #310 busiest
Collisions
47
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
13 with an injury · 30 property damage · #2158 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Trail
Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 2,180 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 1.89× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 201 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 4.7 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 1.5 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions rose 35%, from 20 in 2016–2020 to 27 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Eglinton & Russell

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
323773405 nearest 26 m
Express
937
Blue Night
334337373
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m — Eglinton Ave West at Eden Valley Dr; Eglinton Ave West at Russell Rd
Cycling
Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard on Eglinton Ave West Trl installed 2001
Bike Share
no station 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 (11)
  • Richview Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 603 m
  • Father Serra Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 637 m
  • All Saints Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 650 m
  • Institute of Canadian EducationPrivate · 872 m
  • Hilltop Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 931 m
  • St Demetrius Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • and 5 more
Parks (15)
  • Eden Valley Park281 m
  • Green Meadows Park - Etobicoke York526 m
  • Allanhurst Park650 m
  • Lion's Gate Park734 m
  • Silver Creek Park870 m
  • Edenbrook Park889 m
  • and 9 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Richview branch718 m
Signal
1309, activated 1978 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 12 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Richview Collegiate Institute, 550 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 12 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 4 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Richview Collegiate Institute · 1738 Islington Ave Staff Room Main550 mPassed, Apr 2026
Richview Collegiate Institute - Student Nutrition Program - A.m. · 1738 Islington Ave550 mPassed, Apr 2026
Caldense Bakery · 1451 Royal York Rdgrocery750 mPassed, Jun 2026
Crudo · 1451 Royal York Rd Unit-102750 mPassed, Jul 2026
Circle K · 140 La Rose Ave, Unit-3grocery829 mPassed, Sep 2024 · 1 infraction
Subway · 140 La Rose Ave, Unit-12829 mPassed, Sep 2025 · 2 infractions
Caffe Amore · 140 La Rose Ave Unit-6830 mPassed, Apr 2026
Euro Deli Ltd · 140 La Rose Avegrocery830 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 4 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

No City washroom within 1 km.

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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 314 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is The Castle Child Care Centre (457 m, 41 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km5 centres · 314 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 5
  • The Castle Child Care Centre · 4480 Eglinton Ave W
    41 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    457 m
  • Ivy Montessori School Inc. · 1428 Royal York Rd
    30 spaces · toddler, preschool
    553 m
  • Plasp Father Serra Catholic School · 111 Sun Row Dr
    86 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    637 m
  • Plasp All Saints Catholic School · 1435 Royal York Rd
    101 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    650 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 443 (571 m), the nearest police station 12 Division (4.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.5 km away.

FireFire Station 443 · 571 m1724 Islington Ave
Police12 Division · 4 km200 Trethewey Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 13 · 2.5 km555 Martin Grove Rd

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 five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 769 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 51-67 Waterford Dr (594 m, 29 units, 8 storeys, built 1962), which scored 95 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 97, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 3 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings5 · 769 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score97 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20263 across the 5
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest15 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
51-67 Waterford Dr · Quadreal Residential Properties G.p. Inc.298196295 · Aug 20260594 m
1407 Royal York Rd · H&r Property Management16213196499 · Dec 20250602 m
165 La Rose Ave · Realstar21112197997 · Dec 20253709 m
1447 Royal York Rdsocial housing1084199596 · Aug 20260 · 1 fire732 m
123 La Rose Avesocial housing25915198298 · Dec 202501 km

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 lots150 lots · ≈17,620 spaces · 52.9 ha
Within 500 m3 lots · ≈130 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 222 m away, ≈78 spaces; 429 m away, ≈3 spaces; 457 m away, ≈53 spaces; 507 m away, ≈3 spaces; 553 m away, ≈52 spaces; 558 m away, ≈67 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, Oct 29, 2024

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 16,727 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 55% of the total, against 509 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the west (53 of 55). Evening rush dominates here: 2,694 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 2,451 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 22 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north515southbound · 0 bikes · 1.9% heavy
From the west16,727eastbound · 53 bikes · 4.5% heavy
Total vehicles30,531152 pedestrians · 55 cyclists · 4.4% heavy
From the east12,780westbound · 2 bikes · 4.6% heavy
From the south509northbound · 0 bikes · 1.6% heavy
AM peak hour2,451 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,694 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 29, 2024

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 Russell Rd between Eglinton Ave W and Maidacroft Pl, 51 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in June 2022 put the average speed at 38 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 45 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 50 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Russell Rd · Eglinton Ave W – Maidacroft Pl · 51 mJun 2022 · 24 h1,91438 km/h45 km/h50 km/h
Eglinton Ave W · Russell Rd – Islington Ave · 259 mSep 2019 · 7 days39,022

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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 8 collisions. 13 collisions (28%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 29, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 1.5 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions47#2158 of 5,508
With an injury13#1356 of 4,660
Property damage only30
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#1819 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201459latest Jan 29, 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

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 25, 2017. 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 Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Eglinton & Russell a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 47 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 & Russell?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #310 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.89× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Eglinton & Russell?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Russell Rd between Eglinton Ave W and Maidacroft Pl (June 2022), found an average of 38 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 45 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Eglinton & Russell?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 150 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 17,620 spaces — 3 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Eglinton & Russell by transit?

Bus routes 32, 37, 73, 405, 937 within 1 km (nearest stop: Eglinton Ave West at Eden Valley Dr, 26 m).

What restaurants are near Eglinton & Russell?

None within 300 m, and 12 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Richview Collegiate Institute (550 m), Richview Collegiate Institute - Student Nutrition Program - A.m. (550 m), Crudo (750 m), Subway (829 m) and Caffe Amore (830 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Eglinton & Russell?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 314 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are The Castle Child Care Centre (457 m, 41 spaces), Ivy Montessori School Inc. (553 m, 30 spaces) and Plasp Father Serra Catholic School (637 m, 86 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Eglinton & Russell?

Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 769 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 51-67 Waterford Dr (594 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 1407 Royal York Rd (602 m, 162 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 165 La Rose Ave (709 m, 211 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 1447 Royal York Rd (732 m, 108 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 97 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 & Russell?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview page.

What neighbourhood is Eglinton & Russell in?

Eglinton & Russell is in Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview (City of Toronto neighbourhood 007). It is in Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre, represented by Councillor Stephen Holyday.

Sources

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