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Elm & Bedford Park

Elm Rd & Bedford Park Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Lawrence Park North · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

Elm & Bedford Park, in Lawrence Park North, is a quiet local crossing. It has parks at the corner. Nearby: Lawrence Station (Line 1) 858 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,432
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jul 21, 1999
279 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
7
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 2 property damage · #4681 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
Lawrence Station 858 m · 5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 180 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 15% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 5 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). On average 0.7 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Elm & Bedford Park

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Lawrence Station (Line 1)858 m
TTC bus
526197124162 nearest 254 m
Express
952
Blue Night
352320
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Woburn Ave / Avenue Rd 279 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 69 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 (18)
  • Avro AcademyPrivate · 362 m
  • Lawrence Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 399 m
  • John Wanless Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 405 m
  • Havergal Jr SchoolPrivate · 493 m
  • Havergal College Sr SchoolPrivate · 551 m
  • Glenview Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 654 m
  • and 12 more
Community centres
  • Bedford Park Community Centre1.1 km
Parks (23)
  • Douglas Greenbelt212 m
  • Glengarry Park220 m
  • Brookdale Park485 m
  • Woburn Avenue Playground606 m
  • Bedford Parkette651 m
  • Chatsworth Ravine724 m
  • and 17 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Locke branch906 m
Places of interest
  • Alexander Muir Memorial GardensNature/ Park · 1 km

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; 87 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Bento Sushi, 319 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in December 2025.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 87 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 21 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Bento Sushi · 1539 Avenue Rd319 mPassed, Dec 2025
Mike's Fish Market · 1539 Avenue Rdgrocery319 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction
Pusateri's · 1539 Avenue Rd319 mPassed, Jul 2024 · 1 infraction
Da Venezia Gourmet Pizza · 1568 Avenue Rd Unit-2322 mPassed, Jul 2026
Iq Foods · 1560 Avenue Rdgrocery336 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Moto Via Avenue · 1554 Avenue Rd344 mPassed, Aug 2025
Motovia · 1554 Avenue Rd344 mConditional pass, Jul 2026 · 5 infractions
12 Tables · 1552 Avenue Rd345 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 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 Otter Creek Centre Outdoor Rink Washroom, 527 m away — currently listed as closed (closed for the season); in season it is View outdoor rink hours. A drinking fountain is 418 m away at Brookdale Park.

  • Otter Creek Centre Outdoor Rink Washroom · 140 Cheritan Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    527 m
  • Woburn Avenue Playground Washroom · 75 Woburn Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    618 m
  • Ledbury Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom · 160 Ledbury St
    View facility hours
    1 km
Drinking water
Brookdale Park drinking fountain · 418 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 872 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is John Wanless Child Care (405 m, 254 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km8 centres · 872 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 8
  • John Wanless Child Care · 245 Fairlawn Ave
    254 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    405 m
  • Avenue Road Child Care (1498 Avenue Road) · 1498 Avenue Rd
    93 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    441 m
  • Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre · 1780 Avenue Rd
    140 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    666 m
  • Mtt Melrose · 375 Melrose Ave
    24 spaces · preschool
    705 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 131 (879 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (2.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.5 km away.

FireFire Station 131 · 879 m3135 Yonge St
Police53 Division · 2.4 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 18 · 2.5 km643 Eglinton Ave W

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

17 registered apartment buildings with 972 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 284 Lawrence Ave W (313 m, 15 units, 3 storeys, built 1940), which scored 77 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 12 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 7 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings17 · 972 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202612 across the 17
Open fire-code violations7
Tallest12 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
284 Lawrence Ave W · Landlord Property and Rental Management153194077 · Sep 20251313 m
312 Douglas Ave · Avenue Road Investment Limited113195175 · Jun 20240 · 2 fire338 m
515 Rosewell Ave · Bentallgreenoak897200598 · Sep 20250344 m
45 Lorindale Ave · Ranee Management253195790 · Aug 20240744 m
15 Bedford Park Ave · High Value Consultants Ltd393196099 · Jul 20250745 m
41 Lorindale Ave · Ranee Management263195786 · Aug 20250759 m
3112 Yonge St · Ranee Management414195797 · Jun 20250806 m
3110 Yonge St · Ranee Management414195797 · Jun 20252811 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 lots430 lots · ≈16,040 spaces · 48.1 ha
Within 500 m35 lots · ≈930 spaces
Green P (public)7 car parks · about 542 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface717 m4254% (Q1 2026)
1880 Avenue Rd · Surface930 m3232% (Q1 2026)
25 Glenforest Road · Surface1 km26 *
246 Brooke Ave · Surface1.1 km9467% (Q1 2026)
6 Sherwood Avenue · Surface1.7 km46 *

Nearest lots: 242 m away, ≈18 spaces; 272 m away, ≈41 spaces; 276 m away, ≈4 spaces; 280 m away, ≈27 spaces; 290 m away, ≈21 spaces; 296 m away, ≈148 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, Jul 21, 1999

The south leg carries the load — 643 northbound vehicles, or 45% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 72. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 231 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 13% above the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. (205). Heavy vehicles made up 2.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 27 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 1999, 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 north592southbound · 0 bikes · 0.3% heavy
From the west72eastbound · 0 bikes · 15.3% heavy
Total vehicles1,432279 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 2.2% heavy
From the east125westbound · 0 bikes · 1.6% heavy
From the south643northbound · 0 bikes · 2.5% heavy
AM peak hour205 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour231 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jul 21, 1999

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 Elm Rd between Lane N of Bedford Park and W of Greer Rd and Woburn Ave (75 m away) recorded an average of 30 km/h in its 24-hour count in September 2010; 85% of drivers were at or under 37 km/h. That segment carries about 3,600 vehicles a day. The reading is 16 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Rosewell Ave (389 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 524 vehicles logged in May 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Elm Rd · Lane N of Bedford Park and W of Greer Rd – Woburn Ave · 75 mSep 2010 · 24 h3,56830 km/h37 km/h40 km/h

School-zone speed sign 389 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct0 · 0 km/h
Over the limit0.0%
40 km/h or more0.0%

Rosewell Ave (southbound), W Side Rosewell Ave Approx 107m S of Lawrence Ave W · 524 vehicles logged in May 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 71% 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 25, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions7#4681 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only2
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 20149latest May 25, 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 three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle320house driveway/garage (3)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 28, 2023. 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 Lawrence Park North.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Elm & Bedford Park a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 7 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 Elm & Bedford Park?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Jul 21, 1999, 15% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Elm & Bedford Park?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Elm Rd between Lane N of Bedford Park and W of Greer Rd and Woburn Ave (September 2010), found an average of 30 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 37 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 389 m away (30 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in May 2026.

Where can I park near Elm & Bedford Park?

The nearest Green P car park is 23 Bedford Park Ave (717 m away, 42 spaces, 54% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 430 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,040 spaces — 35 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Elm & Bedford Park by transit?

Lawrence Station (Line 1) is 858 m away; bus routes 52, 61, 97, 124, 162, 952 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Elm & Bedford Park?

None within 300 m, and 87 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Bento Sushi (319 m), Pusateri's (319 m), Da Venezia Gourmet Pizza (322 m), Moto Via Avenue (344 m) and Motovia (344 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 Elm & Bedford Park?

The nearest is Otter Creek Centre Outdoor Rink Washroom, 140 Cheritan Ave, 527 m away (View outdoor rink hours). The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season. Next nearest: Woburn Avenue Playground Washroom (618 m); Ledbury Park Outdoor Pool / Rink 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 Elm & Bedford Park?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 872 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are John Wanless Child Care (405 m, 254 spaces), Avenue Road Child Care (1498 Avenue Road) (441 m, 93 spaces) and Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre (666 m, 140 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Elm & Bedford Park?

17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 972 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 284 Lawrence Ave W (313 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 312 Douglas Ave (338 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 75), 515 Rosewell Ave (344 m, 89 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 45 Lorindale Ave (744 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 17 is 92 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 Elm & Bedford Park?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles 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 Lawrence Park North page.

What neighbourhood is Elm & Bedford Park in?

Elm & Bedford Park is in Lawrence Park North (City of Toronto neighbourhood 105). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.

Sources

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