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Ellis Ave & Ellis Gdns

Toronto, Ontario · High Park-Swansea · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

In High Park-Swansea, Ellis Ave & Ellis Gdns is a lightly travelled intersection. At the corner: a bike lane. Nearby: 6 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
3,055
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 6, 2022
121 pedestrians · 89 cyclists
Collisions
4
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 3 property damage · #5135 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
2 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 380 vehicles, 33% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 25 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Cyclists were 2.9% of vehicle volume, about 3.8× 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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Ellis Ave & Ellis Gdns

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501508 nearest 112 m
TTC bus
8077203 nearest 98 m
Blue Night
301
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — The Queensway at Ellis Ave West Side
Cycling
Sharrows on Ellis Ave installed 2006
Bike Share
Ellis Ave / The Queensway 27 m · 19 docks · 12 stations, 252 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 (3)
  • Swansea Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • High Park Gardens Montessori SchoolPrivate · 1.4 km
  • Humberside Montessori SchoolPrivate · 1.5 km
Parks (20)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Swansea Memorial branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Colborne LodgeMuseum · 612 m
  • Sunnyside BeachNature/ Park · 832 m
  • High ParkNature/ Park · 908 m

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, though there is 1 grocery or convenience store; 5 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Windermere Early Learning, 343 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Sunshine Foods Convenience · 12 Windermere Avegrocery298 mPassed, Dec 2025
Windermere Early Learning · 103 the Queensway343 mPassed, Aug 2026
Petro Canada · 90 the Queenswaygrocery390 mPassed, Jun 2026
Cheese Boutique Giftware · 29 Ripley Ave Bldg--591 mPassed, Jul 2026
Cheese Boutique · 45 Ripley Ave642 mPassed, Jul 2026
Hooked · 18 Ripley Ave680 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Petro Canada · 8 South Kingswaygrocery686 mPassed, Jan 2024
Petro Canada · 8 South Kingswaygrocery687 mPassed, Jul 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 Sir Casimir Gzowski Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 411 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 261 m away at Sunnyside Bike Park.

  • Sir Casimir Gzowski Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 2001 Lake Shore Blvd W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    411 m
  • High Park Lower Hillside Washroom · 1873 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Under Construction
    554 m
  • High Park Children's Garden Washroom · 1873 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    581 m
Drinking water
Sunnyside Bike Park bottle filling station · 261 m; Sir Casimir Gzowski Park drinking fountain · 390 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

Two licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 315 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Windermere Early Learning Centre (359 m, 57 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km2 centres · 315 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 2
  • Windermere Early Learning Centre · 103 the Queensway
    57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    359 m
  • Swansea Kids Place · 207 Windermere Ave
    258 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 425 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 14 Division (3.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 425 · 1.4 km83 Deforest Rd
Police14 Division · 3.6 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 32 · 1.6 km9 Clendenan 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 eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 404 rental units. The nearest is 65 Windermere Ave (351 m, 92 units, 6 storeys, built 1962), which scored 95 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 17 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings8 · 404 units
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202617 across the 8
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
65 Windermere Ave · Greenwin Corp.926196295 · Jul 20253351 m
75 Windermere Ave · Greenwin Corp.526196295 · Sep 20262388 m
93 Coe Hill Dr · Aman's Renovations & Property Management384195889 · Jul 20263520 m
99 Coe Hill Dr · Trivest Developments Corporation864195794 · Jul 20255565 m
101 Coe Hill Dr473195594 · Jul 20263614 m
9 Morningside Ave · Westside Storeys Limited364195793 · Aug 20240920 m
2 Kennedy Ave254196792 · Jul 202501 km
1 Runnymede Rd284196790 · Jul 202511 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 lots349 lots · ≈19,310 spaces · 57.9 ha
Within 500 m22 lots · ≈1,190 spaces
Green P (public)12 car parks · about 1,428 spaces
EV charging (City)265 Armadale Ave · 1.8 km · 8 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
2001 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Parks) · Surface434 m187 *
2001 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Parks) · Surface530 m185 *
1575 Lake Shore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface1.3 km193 *
15 Marine Parade Drive · Surface1.5 km14 *
255 Kennedy Ave · Surface1.6 km5665% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 246 m away, ≈39 spaces; 260 m away, ≈56 spaces; 264 m away, ≈18 spaces; 277 m away, ≈19 spaces; 338 m away, ≈107 spaces; 352 m away, ≈22 spaces. More EV charging: 430 Roncesvalles Ave (2 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, Apr 6, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 1,462 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 131 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the south (51 of 89). Evening rush dominates here: 564 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 488 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. 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 north1,462southbound · 28 bikes · 1.2% heavy
From the west131eastbound · 10 bikes · 3.8% heavy
Total vehicles3,055121 pedestrians · 89 cyclists · 1.6% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south1,462northbound · 51 bikes · 1.8% heavy
AM peak hour488 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour564 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 6, 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

On Ellis Ave between Grenadier Hts and Rennie Park Trl (Id: 30089103), 364 m from the corner, a 2-day count in April 2012 put the average speed at 41 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 49 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 54 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 14 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ellis Ave · Grenadier Hts – Rennie Park Trl (Id: 30089103) · 364 mApr 2012 · 2 days1,99341 km/h49 km/h54 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

The worst year was 2017, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 1 collision (25%) involved an injury. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (25%). The most recent report on file is from Jul 22, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions4#5135 of 5,508
With an injury1#4240 of 4,660
Property damage only3
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#1832 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 20145latest Jul 22, 2025

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

Police records place no theft from a vehicle or bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025.

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 4, 2015. 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 High Park-Swansea.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Ellis Ave & Ellis Gdns 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 Ellis Ave & Ellis Gdns?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 6, 2022, 33% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Ellis Ave & Ellis Gdns?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ellis Ave between Grenadier Hts and Rennie Park Trl (Id: 30089103) (April 2012), found an average of 41 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Ellis Ave & Ellis Gdns?

The nearest Green P car park is 2001 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Parks) (434 m away, 187 spaces). The City's mapping shows 349 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,310 spaces — 22 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 265 Armadale Ave (1.8 km).

How do I get to Ellis Ave & Ellis Gdns by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 508 stop within 1 km, the nearest 112 m away; bus routes 80, 77, 203 within 1 km (nearest stop: The Queensway at Ellis Ave West Side, 98 m).

What restaurants are near Ellis Ave & Ellis Gdns?

None within 300 m, and 5 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Windermere Early Learning (343 m), Cheese Boutique Giftware (591 m), Cheese Boutique (642 m) and Hooked (680 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 Ellis Ave & Ellis Gdns?

The nearest is Sir Casimir Gzowski Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 2001 Lake Shore Blvd W, 411 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: High Park Lower Hillside Washroom (554 m); High Park Children's Garden Washroom (581 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 Ellis Ave & Ellis Gdns?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 315 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Windermere Early Learning Centre (359 m, 57 spaces) and Swansea Kids Place (1.0 km, 258 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Ellis Ave & Ellis Gdns?

Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 404 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 65 Windermere Ave (351 m, 92 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 75 Windermere Ave (388 m, 52 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 93 Coe Hill Dr (520 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 99 Coe Hill Dr (565 m, 86 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 8 is 93 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.

What neighbourhood is Ellis Ave & Ellis Gdns in?

Ellis Ave & Ellis Gdns is in High Park-Swansea (City of Toronto neighbourhood 087). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.

Sources

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