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Elder & Clifton

Elder St & Clifton Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Bathurst Manor · Ward 6, York Centre

Elder & Clifton, in Bathurst Manor, is a lightly travelled intersection. It has parks at the corner. Nearby: 6 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
462
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 13, 2022
48 pedestrians · 15 cyclists
Collisions
3
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 3 property damage · #5247 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
3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 60 vehicles, 5% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 10 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. Cyclists were 3.2% of vehicle volume, about 4.2× the typical share. That comes with about 0.3 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Elder & Clifton

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
10410584 nearest 213 m
Express
984
Blue Night
329384
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m
Regional
York Region Transit 105 Dufferin at Dufferin St / Overbrook Pl912 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Wilmington Ave / Kennard Ave 194 m · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 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 (12)
  • Tanenbaum Chat Wallenberg CampusPrivate · 308 m
  • Forest Valley Outdoor Education CentreEnglish Public · 755 m
  • Charles H Best Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 829 m
  • The Toronto Heschel SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • Prosserman Jewish Community Centre & Torah High - Prosserman JCC CampusPrivate · 1 km
  • Wilmington Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 6 more
Parks (14)
  • Irving W. Chapley Park160 m
  • Maxwell Park448 m
  • Kennard Parkette777 m
  • Hearthstone Valley Greenbelt827 m
  • Michael Feldman Parkette866 m
  • Bayhampton Parkette888 m
  • and 8 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Centennial branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education CentreMuseum · 1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m of the corner, and 24 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is 147 Elder St Inc., 202 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 24 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 0 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
147 Elder St Inc. · 147 Elder St202 mPassed, Jun 2026
Gan Chabad Preschool · 147 Overbrook Pl381 mPassed, Sep 2025
Bakezy Cookie · 36 Beaver Valley Rd419 mPassed, Sep 2024
King Kone Ice Cream#2090_ Best Treats · 144 Clifton Ave528 mPassed, May 2026
King Kone Ice Cream_ice Cream Truck #1734 · 144 Clifton Ave528 mPassed, May 2026
Grill Gate · 832 Sheppard Ave W878 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Grill Gate · 832 Sheppard Ave W878 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
Los Gyros · 816 Sheppard Ave W887 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 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

No public washroom is listed within a kilometre, but there is a drinking fountain 205 m away at Irving W. Chapley Park.

No City washroom within 1 km.

Drinking water
Irving W. Chapley Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 205 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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 679 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Gan Yeladim Day Care Centre (52 m, 57 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km7 centres · 679 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 7
  • Gan Yeladim Day Care Centre · 100 Elder St
    57 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    52 m
  • Gan Chabad Preschool · 147 Overbrook Pl
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    362 m
  • Children Are People Education · 272 Codsell Ave
    155 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    811 m
  • Wilmington Best Schoolage Satellite Centre · 285 Wilmington Ave
    30 spaces · school age · fee subsidy
    829 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 143 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (3.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 143 · 1.2 km1009 Sheppard Ave W
Police32 Division · 3.3 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceEMS Headquarters/EMS 53 Stn/Fire Headquarters · 1 km4330 Dufferin St

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

Nine registered apartment buildings with 277 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 118 Overbrook Pl (310 m, 17 units, 3 storeys, built 1960), which scored 87 out of 100 at its June 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 1 final order naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings9 · 277 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20261 across the 9
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
118 Overbrook Pl173196087 · Jun 20250310 m
229 Pannahill Rd · Sarossa Investments Inc123195092 · Jun 20250771 m
20 Wilmington Ave134196576 · Jul 20250829 m
15 Wilmington Ave243195899 · Jul 20250846 m
10 Wilmington Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc.414196093 · Jul 20260871 m
750 Wilson Heights BlvdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation794199386 · Aug 20241873 m
1 Wilmington Ave · Ryis Properties Inc123195993 · Jul 20260891 m
34 Carscadden Dr · Elevate PM Limited696196598 · Jul 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 lots328 lots · ≈57,690 spaces · 173.1 ha
Within 500 m10 lots · ≈680 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 632 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd · Surface1.6 km632 *

Nearest lots: 105 m away, ≈172 spaces; 218 m away, ≈43 spaces; 232 m away, ≈20 spaces; 319 m away, ≈17 spaces; 319 m away, ≈27 spaces; 324 m away, ≈101 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, Sep 13, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 204 southbound vehicles, or 44% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 55. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 88 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 90 from 4:15 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.0% 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 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north204southbound · 5 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles46248 pedestrians · 15 cyclists · 5.0% heavy
From the east55westbound · 0 bikes · 9.1% heavy
From the south203northbound · 10 bikes · 5.9% heavy
AM peak hour88 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour90 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 13, 2022

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 Elder St between Kennard Ave and Pannahill Rd (135 m away) recorded an average of 38 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2024; 85% of drivers were at or under 47 km/h. That segment carries about 700 vehicles a day. Clifton Ave between Wilmington Ave and Shaftesbury St measured slower: 36 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 43 km/h (Oct 2014).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Elder St · Kennard Ave – Pannahill Rd · 135 mApr 2024 · 3 days74838 km/h47 km/h53 km/h
Clifton Ave · Wilmington Ave – Shaftesbury St · 291 mOct 2014 · 24 h46236 km/h43 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

2022 was the peak year (1 collision), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 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 Feb 18, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions3#5247 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only3
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 20145latest Feb 18, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 3, 2019. 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 Bathurst Manor.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Elder & Clifton a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 3 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 Elder & Clifton?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Sep 13, 2022, 5% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Elder & Clifton?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Elder St between Kennard Ave and Pannahill Rd (April 2024), found an average of 38 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Elder & Clifton?

The nearest Green P car park is Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd (1.6 km away, 632 spaces). The City's mapping shows 328 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 57,690 spaces — 10 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Elder & Clifton by transit?

Bus routes 104, 105, 84, 984 within 1 km; York Region Transit route 105 Dufferin at Dufferin St / Overbrook Pl.

What restaurants are near Elder & Clifton?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 24 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are 147 Elder St Inc. (202 m), Gan Chabad Preschool (381 m), Bakezy Cookie (419 m), King Kone Ice Cream#2090_ Best Treats (528 m) and King Kone Ice Cream_ice Cream Truck #1734 (528 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 Elder & Clifton?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 205 m away at Irving W. Chapley Park. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.

Is there child care near Elder & Clifton?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 679 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Gan Yeladim Day Care Centre (52 m, 57 spaces), Gan Chabad Preschool (362 m, 49 spaces) and Children Are People Education (811 m, 155 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Elder & Clifton?

Nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 277 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 118 Overbrook Pl (310 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 229 Pannahill Rd (771 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 20 Wilmington Ave (829 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 76) and 15 Wilmington Ave (846 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 9 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 Elder & Clifton?

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 Bathurst Manor page.

What neighbourhood is Elder & Clifton in?

Elder & Clifton is in Bathurst Manor (City of Toronto neighbourhood 034). It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak.

Sources

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