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Elm & Brookdale

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

Elm & Brookdale, in Lawrence Park North, is a low-volume local intersection. It has a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: Lawrence Station (Line 1) 936 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
2,038
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jul 21, 1999
323 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
6
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 5 property damage · #4835 of 5,508 · +2 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 936 m · 5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 250 vehicles an hour, 22% 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). On average 0.6 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 & Brookdale

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)936 m
TTC bus
615297124162 nearest 297 m
Express
952
Blue Night
352320
Nearest stops
1 surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Woburn Ave / Avenue Rd 322 m · 15 docks · 5 stations, 76 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 (17)
  • John Wanless Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 202 m
  • Avro AcademyPrivate · 335 m
  • Lawrence Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 677 m
  • Havergal Jr SchoolPrivate · 770 m
  • Blessed Sacrament Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 806 m
  • Havergal College Sr SchoolPrivate · 821 m
  • and 11 more
Community centres
Parks (24)
  • Brookdale Park411 m
  • Douglas Greenbelt453 m
  • Glengarry Park492 m
  • Woburn Avenue Playground639 m
  • Old Orchard Park715 m
  • Bedford Parkette721 m
  • and 18 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Locke branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Armour Heights branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Alexander Muir Memorial GardensNature/ Park · 1.2 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; 132 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Ambrosia, 329 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 132 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 24 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Ambrosia · 1725 Avenue Rd329 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 2 infractions
M & A Cafe · 1710 Avenue Rd343 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
La Bamboche · 1712 Avenue Rd345 mPassed, Jun 2026
A & W · 1638 Avenue Rd347 mConditional pass, Sep 2026 · 2 infractions
Tutto Pronto · 1718 Avenue Rd350 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
The Bagel House · 1722 Avenue Rd354 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 2 infractions
Safari Bar and Grill · 1749 Avenue Rd357 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
North of Brooklyn Pizzeria · 1728 Avenue Rd362 mPassed, Jun 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 Woburn Avenue Playground Washroom, 656 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 382 m away at Brookdale Park.

  • Woburn Avenue Playground Washroom · 75 Woburn Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    656 m
  • Otter Creek Centre Outdoor Rink Washroom · 140 Cheritan Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    803 m
  • Ledbury Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom · 160 Ledbury St
    View facility hours
    894 m
Drinking water
Brookdale Park drinking fountain · 382 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

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,053 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is John Wanless Child Care (202 m, 254 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,053 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 13
  • John Wanless Child Care · 245 Fairlawn Ave
    254 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    202 m
  • Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre · 1780 Avenue Rd
    140 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    438 m
  • Mtt Melrose · 375 Melrose Ave
    24 spaces · preschool
    491 m
  • Avenue Road Child Care (1498 Avenue Road) · 1498 Avenue Rd
    93 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    662 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 131 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 53 Division (2.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.8 km away.

FireFire Station 131 · 1 km3135 Yonge St
Police53 Division · 2.6 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 18 · 2.8 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

Ten registered apartment buildings with 425 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 312 Douglas Ave (483 m, 11 units, 3 storeys, built 1951), which scored 75 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 5 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings10 · 425 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20265 across the 10
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest7 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
312 Douglas Ave · Avenue Road Investment Limited113195175 · Jun 20240 · 2 fire483 m
284 Lawrence Ave W · Landlord Property and Rental Management153194077 · Sep 20251555 m
515 Rosewell Ave · Bentallgreenoak897200598 · Sep 20250617 m
15 Bedford Park Ave · High Value Consultants Ltd393196099 · Jul 20250806 m
45 Lorindale Ave · Ranee Management253195790 · Aug 20240834 m
41 Lorindale Ave · Ranee Management263195786 · Aug 20250855 m
3112 Yonge St · Ranee Management414195797 · Jun 20250889 m
3110 Yonge St · Ranee Management414195797 · Jun 20252902 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 lots422 lots · ≈16,880 spaces · 50.6 ha
Within 500 m35 lots · ≈750 spaces
Green P (public)6 car parks · about 379 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking4 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1880 Avenue Rd · Surface666 m3232% (Q1 2026)
23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface786 m4254% (Q1 2026)
246 Brooke Ave · Surface786 m9467% (Q1 2026)
25 Glenforest Road · Surface949 m26 *
3885 Yonge St · Surface1.7 km13929% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 161 m away, ≈29 spaces; 245 m away, ≈16 spaces; 266 m away, ≈57 spaces; 270 m away, ≈14 spaces; 270 m away, ≈5 spaces; 276 m away, ≈10 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 north leg carries the load — 694 southbound vehicles, or 34% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 356. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 547 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 128% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (240). Heavy vehicles made up 0.8% 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 north694southbound · 0 bikes · 0.7% heavy
From the west356eastbound · 0 bikes · 2.0% heavy
Total vehicles2,038323 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 0.8% heavy
From the east357westbound · 0 bikes · 0.8% heavy
From the south631northbound · 0 bikes · 0.3% heavy
AM peak hour240 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour547 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 Brookdale Ave between Greer Rd and Elm Rd (140 m away) recorded an average of 34 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2018; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 1,100 vehicles a day. Elm Rd between Brookdale Ave and Fairlawn Ave measured slower: 31 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Sep 2010). The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Elm Rd · Brookdale Ave – Fairlawn Ave · 53 mSep 2010 · 24 h3,77731 km/h38 km/h42 km/h
Brookdale Ave · Greer Rd – Elm Rd · 140 mNov 2018 · 3 days1,07834 km/h44 km/h49 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 2 collisions. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 1, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions6#4835 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only5
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 20149latest May 1, 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 two thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 vehicle200house driveway/garage (1), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft100school/campus (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 25, 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 Lawrence Park North.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Elm & Brookdale a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 6 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 & Brookdale?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Jul 21, 1999, 22% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Elm & Brookdale?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Brookdale Ave between Greer Rd and Elm Rd (November 2018), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Elm & Brookdale?

The nearest Green P car park is 1880 Avenue Rd (666 m away, 32 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 422 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,880 spaces — 35 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Elm & Brookdale by transit?

Lawrence Station (Line 1) is 936 m away; bus routes 61, 52, 97, 124, 162, 952 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Elm & Brookdale?

None within 300 m, and 132 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Ambrosia (329 m), M & A Cafe (343 m), La Bamboche (345 m), A & W (347 m) and Tutto Pronto (350 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 & Brookdale?

The nearest is Woburn Avenue Playground Washroom, 75 Woburn Ave, 656 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Otter Creek Centre Outdoor Rink Washroom (803 m); Ledbury Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom (894 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 Elm & Brookdale?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,053 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are John Wanless Child Care (202 m, 254 spaces), Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre (438 m, 140 spaces) and Mtt Melrose (491 m, 24 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Elm & Brookdale?

Ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 425 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 312 Douglas Ave (483 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 75), 284 Lawrence Ave W (555 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 515 Rosewell Ave (617 m, 89 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 15 Bedford Park Ave (806 m, 39 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 10 is 90 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 & Brookdale?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 & Brookdale in?

Elm & Brookdale 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