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Ellerbeck & Playter

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

Ellerbeck & Playter is a lightly travelled intersection, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. It sits in Playter Estates-Danforth. At the corner: Broadview Station and a park. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,346
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 25, 2016
431 pedestrians · 149 cyclists
Collisions
4
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 1 property damage · #5185 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
Broadview Station
subway station within 250 m
2 streetcar routes · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 57 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 170 vehicles, 15% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 3 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 11.1% of vehicle volume, about 14× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 0.4 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Ellerbeck & Playter

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Broadview Station (Line 2)153 m; Chester Station (Line 2)365 m; Pape Station (Line 2)922 m; Castle Frank Station (Line 2)1 km
Streetcar
504505 nearest 151 m
TTC bus
82562872872100 nearest 118 m
Express
925
Blue Night
304305322300325
Nearest stops
17 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Pretoria Ave / Broadview Ave 93 m · 19 docks · 13 stations, 262 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 · 370 m
  • City Adult Learning CentreEnglish Public · 439 m
  • Montcrest Elementary SchoolPrivate · 571 m
  • Frankland Community SchoolEnglish Public · 606 m
  • Holy Name Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 793 m
  • Rosedale Heights School of the ArtsEnglish Public · 862 m
  • and 8 more
Community centres
Parks (32)
  • Broadview Subway Station Parkette152 m
  • Playter Gardens365 m
  • Logan Avenue Parkette526 m
  • Logan Green Field627 m
  • Todmorden Mills Park675 m
  • Charles Sauriol Parkette821 m
  • and 26 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Pape/Danforth branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • The Danforth Music HallPerforming Arts · 221 m
  • Evergreen Brick WorksAttraction · 917 m
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage SiteLandmark · 1 km
  • Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 1.1 km
  • Riverdale FarmAttraction · 1.3 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 40 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 153 — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Paul's Milk, 90 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in December 2023.

Restaurants & cafés40 within 300 m · 153 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 20 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Paul's Milk · 815b Broadview Ave90 mPassed, Dec 2023
Broadview Espresso · 817 Broadview Ave98 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Kitchenette · 791 Broadview Ave121 mPassed, May 2025
Noor's Fine Foods · 838 Broadview Avegrocery136 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Shoppers Drug Mart · 180 Danforth Avegrocery146 mPassed, Dec 2023 · 1 infraction
Cafe Open Window · 855 Broadview Ave167 mPassed, Apr 2026
Azura · 162 Danforth Ave169 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Cobs Bread · 156 Danforth Ave172 mPassed, Mar 2026

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 Riverdale Park East Outdoor Rink / Pool Washroom, 633 m away, View facility hours. A drinking fountain is 567 m away at Logan Avenue Parkette.

  • Riverdale Park East Outdoor Rink / Pool Washroom · 550 Broadview Ave
    View facility hours
    633 m
  • Withrow Park North Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    820 m
  • Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    941 m
Drinking water
Logan Avenue Parkette drinking fountain, dog fountain · 567 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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,120 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Bluebird Montessori School (Mini) (334 m, 55 spaces, infant, toddler).

Within 1 km10 centres · 1,120 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 10
  • Bluebird Montessori School (Mini) · 905 Broadview Ave
    55 spaces · infant, toddler · $10-a-day
    334 m
  • Jackman Community Daycare · 79 Jackman Ave
    242 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    370 m
  • Children's Circle of St. Barnabas · 361 Danforth Ave
    152 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    396 m
  • Pat Schulz Child Care Centre · 1 Danforth Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    439 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 324 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 51 Division (2.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 324 · 1.6 km840 Gerrard St E
Police51 Division · 2.9 km51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 1.7 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

Within a kilometre there are 26 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,225 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 846-850 Broadview Ave (136 m, 23 units, 3 storeys, built 1940), which scored 69 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 26 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 31 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings26 · 2,225 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202631 across the 26
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
846-850 Broadview Ave233194069 · Aug 20260136 m
812 Broadview Ave · Trivest Developments Corporation243195069 · Nov 20251145 m
849 Broadview Ave · 849 Broadview Birch Properties Inc.324194090 · Aug 20260146 m
818 Broadview Ave · Tobis Investments Inc.313195091 · Aug 20260148 m
814 Broadview Ave · Trivest Developments Corporation243195083 · Jun 20241152 m
852 Broadview Ave · Broadview Apartments Inc214196084 · Aug 20260160 m
856-858 Broadview Ave · Paul Thornton234195594 · Aug 20260173 m
869 Broadview Ave · Khyber Developments Inc153200468 · Jul 20260210 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 lots586 lots · ≈14,660 spaces · 44 ha
Within 500 m67 lots · ≈1,500 spaces
Green P (public)16 car parks · about 658 spaces
EV charging (City)35 Erindale Ave · 104 m · 4 Level 2 + 6 fast ports
Bike parking105 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
35 Erindale Ave · Surface105 m9470% (Q1 2026)
838 Broadview Ave · Surface148 m1176% (Q1 2026)
242 Danforth Ave · Surface219 m1978% (Q1 2026)
14 Arundel Ave · Surface471 m3763% (Q1 2026)
18 Ferrier Ave · Surface671 m2358% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 65 m away, ≈7 spaces; 77 m away, ≈13 spaces; 111 m away, ≈11 spaces; 112 m away, ≈83 spaces (Green P); 136 m away, ≈7 spaces; 139 m away, ≈42 spaces. More EV charging: 14 Arundel Ave. (461 m, 8 ports); 41 FULTON AVE (469 m, 2 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 25, 2016

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 474 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 35% of the total, against 3 from the north. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 214 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 213 from 4:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. 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 north3southbound · 17 bikes · 33.3% heavy
From the west400eastbound · 43 bikes · 2.3% heavy
Total vehicles1,346431 pedestrians · 149 cyclists · 3.2% heavy
From the east469westbound · 52 bikes · 3.6% heavy
From the south474northbound · 37 bikes · 3.4% heavy
AM peak hour214 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour213 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 25, 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

On Ellerbeck St between Pretoria Ave and Butternut St, 114 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2012 put the average speed at 36 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 43 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 48 km/h or more. That segment carries about 800 vehicles a day. Pretoria Ave between Cambridge Ave and Broadview Ave measured slower: 21 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 29 km/h (Apr 2008). 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
Playter Cres · Bayfield Cres – Playter Blvd · 100 mNov 2007 · 3 days1,188
Ellerbeck St · Pretoria Ave – Butternut St · 114 mNov 2012 · 3 days75936 km/h43 km/h48 km/h
Playter Blvd · Hurndale Ave – Playter Cres · 133 mNov 2007 · 3 days1,382
Pretoria Ave · Cambridge Ave – Broadview Ave · 161 mApr 2008 · 24 h9321 km/h29 km/h32 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 1 collision. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 75% of collisions. 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 May 31, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions4#5185 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only1
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 20147latest May 31, 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

Six thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 33% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle610house driveway/garage (2), other (2)
Bicycle theft200other (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 7, 2025. 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 & Playter 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 & Playter?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 25, 2016, 15% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Ellerbeck & Playter?

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 & Playter?

The nearest Green P car park is 35 Erindale Ave (105 m away, 94 spaces, 70% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 586 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,660 spaces — 67 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 35 Erindale Ave (104 m).

How do I get to Ellerbeck & Playter by transit?

Broadview Station (Line 2) is 153 m away; streetcar routes 504, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 151 m away; bus routes 8, 25, 62, 87, 28, 72, 100, 925 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Ellerbeck & Playter?

40 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 153 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Paul's Milk (90 m), Broadview Espresso (98 m), Kitchenette (121 m), Cafe Open Window (167 m) and Azura (169 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 & Playter?

The nearest is Riverdale Park East Outdoor Rink / Pool Washroom, 550 Broadview Ave, 633 m away (View facility hours). Next nearest: Withrow Park North Washroom (820 m); Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (941 m). 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 & Playter?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,120 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) (334 m, 55 spaces), Jackman Community Daycare (370 m, 242 spaces) and Children's Circle of St. Barnabas (396 m, 152 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Ellerbeck & Playter?

26 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,225 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 846-850 Broadview Ave (136 m, 23 units, RentSafeTO score 69), 812 Broadview Ave (145 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 69), 849 Broadview Ave (146 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 818 Broadview Ave (148 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 26 is 88 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 & Playter?

Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and two 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 & Playter in?

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

Sources

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