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Elm & Brooke

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

Elm & Brooke is a lightly travelled intersection. It sits in Bedford Park-Nortown. Nearby is 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,688
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 26, 2022
138 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
7
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 5 property damage · #4682 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 210 vehicles, 18% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 12 vehicles, close to the citywide median. Police have logged an average of 0.7 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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Elm & Brooke

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
619796165 nearest 240 m
Express
996
Blue Night
396320
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Woburn Ave / Avenue Rd 936 m · 15 docks · 1 station, 15 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 (16)
  • John Wanless Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 664 m
  • Armour Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 818 m
  • St Margaret Catholic Elementary School - Carmichael SiteEnglish Separate · 843 m
  • Avro AcademyPrivate · 879 m
  • The Dunblaine SchoolPrivate · 885 m
  • Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 929 m
  • and 10 more
Community centres
Parks (17)
  • Old Orchard Park554 m
  • Grey Parkette585 m
  • Brookdale Park843 m
  • Stewart A. McGregor Parkette866 m
  • Yonge Boulevard Parkette942 m
  • Ledbury Park1 km
  • and 11 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Armour Heights branch727 m

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 24 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 81. The nearest is Sakura Garden, 215 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés24 within 300 m · 81 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 17 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Sakura Garden · 1921 Avenue Rd215 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Old Avenue Restaurant · 1923 Avenue Rd Unit-C216 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Kaze Sushi · 1931 Avenue Rd216 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 3 infractions
Kaze Sushi · 1931 Avenue Rd217 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 4 infractions
Baskin-Robbins · 1917 Avenue Rd217 mPassed, May 2026
Short and Sweet Bakeshop · 1945 Avenue Rdgrocery224 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
La Tavola Ristorante · 1943 Avenue Rd225 mPassed, Jul 2026
Caprae & Suidae Butchery · 1903 Avenue Rd230 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction

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 Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom, 746 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 576 m away at Old Orchard Park.

  • Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom · 2140 Avenue Rd
    View centre hours
    746 m
Drinking water
Old Orchard Park bottle filling station · 576 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

14 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,153 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Ridley Orchard School Ltd. (266 m, 98 spaces, toddler, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km14 centres · 1,153 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 14
  • Ridley Orchard School Ltd. · 1920 Avenue Rd
    98 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    266 m
  • Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre · 1780 Avenue Rd
    140 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    516 m
  • Mtt Melrose · 375 Melrose Ave
    24 spaces · preschool
    553 m
  • Orchard Grove Nursery Inc · 100 Old Orchard Grove
    68 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    597 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 131 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 53 Division (3.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.2 km away.

FireFire Station 131 · 1.4 km3135 Yonge St
Police53 Division · 3.3 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 54 · 2.2 km4135 Bathurst St

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 21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,186 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 200 Ridley Blvd (596 m, 90 units, 4 storeys, built 1957), which scored 87 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 94, 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 buildings21 · 1,186 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score94 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202617 across the 21
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest16 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
200 Ridley Blvd · Signet Group Inc.904195787 · Aug 20241596 m
2125 Avenue Rd · G.l.g. Developments Ltd.334195596 · Sep 20260602 m
2135 Avenue Rd543195396 · Aug 20260683 m
161 Wilson Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc564195698 · Jun 20250728 m
193 Wilson AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1255198289 · Sep 20240777 m
166 Wilson Ave · Signet Group Inc.604195099 · Jun 20252804 m
199 Wilson Ave · Viron Properties Inc.464195598 · Jun 20251848 m
2200 Avenue Rd · Viron Properties Inc.15216196999 · Jul 20250854 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 lots415 lots · ≈18,150 spaces · 54.4 ha
Within 500 m41 lots · ≈960 spaces
Green P (public)5 car parks · about 333 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking22 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1880 Avenue Rd · Surface306 m3232% (Q1 2026)
246 Brooke Ave · Surface310 m9467% (Q1 2026)
25 Glenforest Road · Surface1.2 km26 *
3885 Yonge St · Surface1.2 km13929% (Q1 2026)
23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface1.3 km4254% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 203 m away, ≈15 spaces; 209 m away, ≈26 spaces; 214 m away, ≈25 spaces; 235 m away, ≈2 spaces; 236 m away, ≈25 spaces; 238 m away, ≈2 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, Jan 26, 2022

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 518 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 31% of the total, against 299 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 330 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:00 p.m., against 282 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 5 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 north472southbound · 0 bikes · 1.9% heavy
From the west299eastbound · 0 bikes · 3.0% heavy
Total vehicles1,688138 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 1.8% heavy
From the east399westbound · 0 bikes · 1.3% heavy
From the south518northbound · 0 bikes · 1.5% heavy
AM peak hour282 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour330 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jan 26, 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 Elm Rd between Felbrigg Ave and Haddington Ave, 153 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in May 2013 put the average speed at 39 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 46 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 50 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,800 vehicles a day. Brooke Ave between Esgore Dr and Elm Rd measured slower: 34 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 40 km/h (Nov 2022). The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Brooke Ave · Esgore Dr – Elm Rd · 84 mNov 2022 · 3 days1,49634 km/h40 km/h44 km/h
Elm Rd · Felbrigg Ave – Haddington Ave · 153 mMay 2013 · 24 h1,84339 km/h46 km/h50 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 2023, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 43% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Jun 10, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions7#4682 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only5
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 20149latest Jun 10, 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, though 1 has been reported since January 2026.

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 15, 2026. 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 Bedford Park-Nortown.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Elm & Brooke 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 & Brooke?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Jan 26, 2022, 18% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Elm & Brooke?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Elm Rd between Felbrigg Ave and Haddington Ave (May 2013), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 46 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Elm & Brooke?

The nearest Green P car park is 1880 Avenue Rd (306 m away, 32 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 415 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,150 spaces — 41 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Elm & Brooke by transit?

Bus routes 61, 97, 96, 165, 996 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Elm & Brooke?

24 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 81 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Sakura Garden (215 m), Old Avenue Restaurant (216 m), Kaze Sushi (216 m), Kaze Sushi (217 m) and Baskin-Robbins (217 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 & Brooke?

The nearest is Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom, 2140 Avenue Rd, 746 m away (View centre hours). 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 & Brooke?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,153 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Ridley Orchard School Ltd. (266 m, 98 spaces), Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre (516 m, 140 spaces) and Mtt Melrose (553 m, 24 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Elm & Brooke?

21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,186 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 200 Ridley Blvd (596 m, 90 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 2125 Avenue Rd (602 m, 33 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 2135 Avenue Rd (683 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 161 Wilson Ave (728 m, 56 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 21 is 94 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 Elm & Brooke in?

Elm & Brooke is in Bedford Park-Nortown (City of Toronto neighbourhood 039). 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