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Ellerbeck St & Lane N of Danforth and W of Ellerbeck

Toronto, Ontario · Playter Estates-Danforth · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth · Broadview Danforth BIA

At its last City count, in 2018, Ellerbeck St & Lane N of Danforth and W of Ellerbeck, in Playter Estates-Danforth, was a lightly travelled intersection, with more people on foot than in cars. It has Broadview Station and a park at the corner. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
442
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 9, 2018
590 pedestrians · 3 cyclists
Collisions
0
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
Broadview Station
subway station within 250 m
13 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
72/100
city median 48 · #718 of 5,672
37 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 385 m

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Ellerbeck St & Lane N of Danforth and W of Ellerbeck

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume8-hour count · Jan 9, 2018

The south leg carries the load — 407 northbound vehicles, or 92% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 2. Morning rush is the busier period: 71 vehicles in the peak hour from 7:30 a.m., compared with 64 from 2:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 9 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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 north5southbound · 3 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west28eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles442590 pedestrians · 3 cyclists · 2.7% heavy
From the east2westbound · 0 bikes · 100.0% heavy
From the south407northbound · 0 bikes · 2.5% heavy

Peak hours: 71 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 64 from 2:00 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

Speeds here, last measured in 2012

The City's counter on Ellerbeck St between Pretoria Ave and Butternut St (242 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.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ellerbeck St · Pretoria Ave – Butternut St · 242 mNov 2012 · 3 days75936 km/h43 km/h48 km/h

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
Broadview Station (Line 2)219 m; Chester Station (Line 2)400 m · 5 min
Streetcar
504 505 nearest 206 m
TTC bus
25 87 8 62 nearest 165 m
Express
925
Blue Night
304 305 300 322
Nearest stops
15 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Danforth Ave / Ellerbeck St 8 m · 15 docks · 8 stations, 168 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
15 car parks · about 623 spaces
EV charging
35 Erindale Ave · 124 m · 4 Level 2 + 6 fast ports; also 14 Arundel Ave. (619 m), 41 FULTON AVE (766 m)
Bike parking
91 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
51 mapped lots within 500 m, 350 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
35 Erindale Ave · Surface107 m9470% (Q1 2026)
242 Danforth Ave · Surface176 m1978% (Q1 2026)
838 Broadview Ave · Surface281 m1176% (Q1 2026)
14 Arundel Ave · Surface609 m3763% (Q1 2026)
18 Ferrier Ave · Surface770 m2358% (Q1 2026)

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

The nearest grocery store is The Big Carrot Natural Food Mart, 385 m away; 8 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. Three specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest Dough Bake Shop at 85 m. There are 37 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 122 eating places within a kilometre — 3.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Zed 80, 71 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 46 m away, one of six within 300 m. The nearest hospital site is Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, 1.7 km away. Sunshine Centres For Seniors - Sunshine In the East runs a seniors' active living programme 322 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Zed 80 · 185 Danforth Ave71 m
  • The Factory Girl · 193 Danforth Ave73 m
  • Gelateo Cafe · 189 Danforth Ave77 m
  • Azura · 162 Danforth Ave96 m
  • Sidebar · 161 Danforth Ave99 m
37 within 300 m · 122 within 1 km
Grocery
The Big Carrot Natural Food Mart 385 m · 5 min · 8 within 1 km
Food shops
Dough Bake Shop 85 m · 3 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
Convenience
2 convenience stores or gas bars within 300 m
Pharmacy
Shoppers Drug Mart 46 m · 9 within 1 km
Child care
  • Children's Circle of St. Barnabas · 152 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day386 m · 5 min
  • Pat Schulz Child Care Centre · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day489 m · 6 min
  • Bluebird Montessori School (Mini) · 55 spaces, infant, toddler · $10-a-day543 m · 6 min
7 licensed centres · 811 spaces within 1 km · 5 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Riverdale Park East Outdoor Rink / Pool Washroom · hours not listed772 m · 9 min
  • Withrow Park North Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.1 km · 12 min
Health and care
  • Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital · hospital site1.7 km · 21 min
  • Sunshine Centres For Seniors - Sunshine In the East · seniors' active living centre322 m · 4 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (15)
  • Broadview Subway Station Parkette193 m
  • Playter Gardens418 m · 5 min
  • Logan Avenue Parkette649 m · 8 min
  • Logan Green Field737 m · 9 min
  • Carlaw Avenue Parkette936 m · 11 min
and 10 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (8)
  • City Adult Learning CentreEnglish Public · 489 m · 6 min
  • Jackman Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 592 m · 7 min
  • Frankland Community SchoolEnglish Public · 702 m · 8 min
  • Montcrest Elementary SchoolPrivate · 771 m · 9 min
  • Holy Name Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 889 m · 11 min
and 3 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Pape/Danforth branch1 km · 12 min
Places of interest
  • The Danforth Music HallPerforming Arts · 114 m
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage SiteLandmark · 1.3 km · 16 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

72of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #718 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food21/30

    8 grocery stores within 1 km · 37 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit28/28

    Broadview Station · 15 stops within 300 m · 13 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go7/14

    library 1 km away · 1 place of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation9/10

    2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care7/8

    1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

23 registered apartment buildings with 2,135 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 812 Broadview Ave (237 m, 24 units, 3 storeys, built 1950), which scored 69 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 23 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
812 Broadview Ave · Trivest Developments Corporation243195069 · Nov 2025237 m
814 Broadview Ave · Trivest Developments Corporation243195083 · Jun 2024247 m
778 Broadview Ave · Sterling Karamar Property Management393192986 · Aug 2026271 m · 3 min
818 Broadview Ave · Tobis Investments Inc.313195091 · Aug 2026282 m · 3 min
846-850 Broadview Ave233194069 · Aug 2026313 m · 4 min
80 Danforth Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1315197895 · Aug 2026345 m · 4 min

23 registered buildings · 2,135 units · 2 social housing · tallest 24 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Ellerbeck St & Lane N of Danforth and W of Ellerbeck a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025 and police reported no collisions of any severity. 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 St & Lane N of Danforth and W of Ellerbeck?

A lightly travelled intersection at the City's last count here, in 2018. Its latest count is from Jan 9, 2018, 5% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Ellerbeck St & Lane N of Danforth and W of Ellerbeck a walkable intersection?

Ellerbeck St & Lane N of Danforth and W of Ellerbeck scores 72 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #718 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: Broadview Station · 15 stops within 300 m · 13 routes within 1 km; 2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m.

How fast do cars go at Ellerbeck St & Lane N of Danforth and W of Ellerbeck?

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 St & Lane N of Danforth and W of Ellerbeck?

The nearest Green P car park is 35 Erindale Ave (107 m away, 94 spaces, 70% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 350 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 9,030 spaces — 51 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 35 Erindale Ave (124 m).

How do I get to Ellerbeck St & Lane N of Danforth and W of Ellerbeck by transit?

Broadview Station (Line 2) is 219 m away; streetcar routes 504, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 206 m away; bus routes 25, 87, 8, 62, 925 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Ellerbeck St & Lane N of Danforth and W of Ellerbeck?

37 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 122 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Zed 80 (71 m), The Factory Girl (73 m), Gelateo Cafe (77 m), Azura (96 m) and Sidebar (99 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Ellerbeck St & Lane N of Danforth and W of Ellerbeck?

The nearest is Riverdale Park East Outdoor Rink / Pool Washroom, 550 Broadview Ave, 772 m away. Next nearest: Withrow Park North Washroom (1.0 km).

Is there child care near Ellerbeck St & Lane N of Danforth and W of Ellerbeck?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 811 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Children's Circle of St. Barnabas (386 m, 152 spaces), Pat Schulz Child Care Centre (489 m, 49 spaces) and Bluebird Montessori School (Mini) (543 m, 55 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Ellerbeck St & Lane N of Danforth and W of Ellerbeck?

23 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,135 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 812 Broadview Ave (237 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 69), 814 Broadview Ave (247 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 778 Broadview Ave (271 m, 39 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 818 Broadview Ave (282 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 23 is 88 out of 100; 3 scored below 70.

What neighbourhood is Ellerbeck St & Lane N of Danforth and W of Ellerbeck in?

Ellerbeck St & Lane N of Danforth and W of Ellerbeck is in Playter Estates-Danforth (City of Toronto neighbourhood 067). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher. The corner falls inside the Broadview Danforth Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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