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Ellerbeck & Browning

Ellerbeck St & Browning Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Playter Estates-Danforth · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

In Playter Estates-Danforth, Ellerbeck & Browning is a low-volume local intersection, with a well-used cycling route through it. It has a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: Chester Station (Line 2) 459 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,125
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 19, 2016
181 pedestrians · 117 cyclists
Collisions
4
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 2 property damage · #5126 of 5,508
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
Chester Station 459 m · 2 streetcar routes · 7 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 140 vehicles, 12% of 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). Cyclists were 10.4% of vehicle volume, about 13× the typical share. That comes with about 0.4 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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Ellerbeck & Browning

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Chester Station (Line 2)459 m; Broadview Station (Line 2)471 m; Pape Station (Line 2)895 m
Streetcar
504505 nearest 464 m
TTC bus
82562872872100 nearest 83 m
Express
925
Blue Night
304305322300325
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Broadview Ave at Browning Ave; Broadview Ave at Chester Hill Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Pretoria Ave / Broadview Ave 339 m · 19 docks · 13 stations, 254 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 (14)
  • Jackman Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 231 m
  • Frankland Community SchoolEnglish Public · 721 m
  • Centennial College School - Carlaw CampusCollege · 741 m
  • City Adult Learning CentreEnglish Public · 746 m
  • Westwood Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 751 m
  • Chester Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 821 m
  • and 8 more
Parks (31)
  • Todmorden Mills Park385 m
  • Broadview Subway Station Parkette457 m
  • Charles Sauriol Parkette492 m
  • Logan Avenue Parkette570 m
  • Playter Gardens637 m
  • Logan Green Field646 m
  • and 25 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Pape/Danforth branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • The Danforth Music HallPerforming Arts · 549 m
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage SiteLandmark · 654 m
  • Evergreen Brick WorksAttraction · 734 m
  • Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 174 eating places within a kilometre — 2.4× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Supernova Coffee, 67 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés5 within 300 m · 174 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 21 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Supernova Coffee · 897 Broadview Ave67 mPassed, Apr 2026
Bosque · 940 Broadview Ave98 mPassed, Jul 2026
Bosque · 940 Broadview Ave99 mPassed, Jul 2025
Cafe Open Window · 855 Broadview Ave197 mPassed, Apr 2026
Cool Cart · 83 Browning Ave242 mPassed, May 2026
Broadview Espresso · 817 Broadview Ave318 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Noor's Fine Foods · 838 Broadview Avegrocery322 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Dairy Queen · 1040 Broadview Ave342 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 Don Valley Brick Works Washroom, 859 m away — currently listed as closed (maintenance/repairs); in season it is open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

  • Don Valley Brick Works Washroom · 550 Bayview Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    859 m
  • Riverdale Park East Outdoor Rink / Pool Washroom · 550 Broadview Ave
    View facility hours
    1 km
  • Withrow Park North Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,067 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Bluebird Montessori School (Mini) (60 m, 55 spaces, infant, toddler).

Within 1 km10 centres · 1,067 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 10
  • Bluebird Montessori School (Mini) · 905 Broadview Ave
    55 spaces · infant, toddler · $10-a-day
    60 m
  • Jackman Community Daycare · 79 Jackman Ave
    242 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    231 m
  • Children's Circle of St. Barnabas · 361 Danforth Ave
    152 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    559 m
  • Abiona Centre For Infant and Early Mental Health Elc Broadview Campus · 1102 Broadview Ave
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    602 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 322 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 51 Division (3.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.4 km away.

FireFire Station 322 · 1.6 km256 Cosburn Ave
Police51 Division · 3.3 km51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 1.4 km1300 Pape 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

48 registered apartment buildings with 4,114 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 869 Broadview Ave (151 m, 15 units, 3 storeys, built 2004), which scored 68 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 48 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 88 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 21 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings48 · 4,114 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202688 across the 48
Open fire-code violations21
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
869 Broadview Ave · Khyber Developments Inc153200468 · Jul 20260151 m
1000 Broadview Ave · Westdale Properties11018196996 · Jul 20251205 m
849 Broadview Ave · 849 Broadview Birch Properties Inc.324194090 · Aug 20260216 m
1010 Broadview Ave · Arcanos Property Management Corporation10920197192 · Jun 20245243 m
856-858 Broadview Ave · Paul Thornton234195594 · Aug 20260253 m
852 Broadview Ave · Broadview Apartments Inc214196084 · Aug 20260270 m
846-850 Broadview Ave233194069 · Aug 20260286 m
818 Broadview Ave · Tobis Investments Inc.313195091 · Aug 20260389 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 lots476 lots · ≈12,600 spaces · 37.8 ha
Within 500 m44 lots · ≈1,100 spaces
Green P (public)15 car parks · about 623 spaces
EV charging (City)41 FULTON AVE · 158 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking9 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
838 Broadview Ave · Surface344 m1176% (Q1 2026)
35 Erindale Ave · Surface432 m9470% (Q1 2026)
242 Danforth Ave · Surface481 m1978% (Q1 2026)
14 Arundel Ave · Surface535 m3763% (Q1 2026)
18 Ferrier Ave · Surface683 m2358% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 83 m away, ≈11 spaces; 102 m away, ≈13 spaces; 114 m away, ≈5 spaces; 123 m away, ≈11 spaces; 136 m away, ≈74 spaces; 151 m away, ≈13 spaces. More EV charging: 35 Erindale Ave (429 m, 10 ports); 14 Arundel Ave. (525 m, 8 ports); 503 Jones Ave (1.5 km, 2 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, Oct 19, 2016

Traffic is spread evenly across the approaches, from 560 vehicles entering from the west to 565 from the south. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 158 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 10% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (144). Heavy vehicles made up 3.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 10 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2016, 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west560eastbound · 45 bikes · 4.5% heavy
Total vehicles1,125181 pedestrians · 117 cyclists · 3.6% heavy
From the east0westbound · 54 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south565northbound · 18 bikes · 2.8% heavy
AM peak hour144 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour158 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 19, 2016

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 Ellerbeck St between Pretoria Ave and Butternut St (216 m away) recorded an average of 36 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2012; 85% of drivers were at or under 43 km/h. That segment carries about 800 vehicles a day. The reading is 14 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 4 speed humps slow traffic on Ellerbeck Street between Pretoria Ave and Browning Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ellerbeck St · Pretoria Ave – Butternut St · 216 mNov 2012 · 3 days75936 km/h43 km/h48 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Ellerbeck Street · Pretoria Ave – Browning Ave
    4 speed humps

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 (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 50% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Dec 8, 2021.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions4#5126 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only2
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 20145latest Dec 8, 2021

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 five thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle500street/outdoor (3), house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft400other (2), house driveway/garage (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 23, 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 Playter Estates-Danforth.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Ellerbeck & Browning a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 4 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 Ellerbeck & Browning?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 19, 2016, 12% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Ellerbeck & Browning?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ellerbeck St between Pretoria Ave and Butternut St (November 2012), 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 Ellerbeck & Browning?

The nearest Green P car park is 838 Broadview Ave (344 m away, 11 spaces, 76% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 476 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,600 spaces — 44 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 41 FULTON AVE (158 m).

How do I get to Ellerbeck & Browning by transit?

Chester Station (Line 2) is 459 m away; streetcar routes 504, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 464 m away; bus routes 8, 25, 62, 87, 28, 72, 100, 925 within 1 km (nearest stop: Broadview Ave at Browning Ave, 83 m).

What restaurants are near Ellerbeck & Browning?

5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 174 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Supernova Coffee (67 m), Bosque (98 m), Bosque (99 m), Cafe Open Window (197 m) and Cool Cart (242 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 Ellerbeck & Browning?

The nearest is Don Valley Brick Works Washroom, 550 Bayview Ave, 859 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). The City currently lists it as closed: maintenance/repairs. Next nearest: Riverdale Park East Outdoor Rink / Pool Washroom (1.0 km); Withrow Park North 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 Ellerbeck & Browning?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,067 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bluebird Montessori School (Mini) (60 m, 55 spaces), Jackman Community Daycare (231 m, 242 spaces) and Children's Circle of St. Barnabas (559 m, 152 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Ellerbeck & Browning?

48 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,114 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 869 Broadview Ave (151 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 68), 1000 Broadview Ave (205 m, 110 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 849 Broadview Ave (216 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 1010 Broadview Ave (243 m, 109 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 48 is 90 out of 100; 3 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 Ellerbeck & Browning?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and four 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 Playter Estates-Danforth page.

What neighbourhood is Ellerbeck & Browning in?

Ellerbeck & Browning is in Playter Estates-Danforth (City of Toronto neighbourhood 067). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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