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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 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 16,177 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.
Peak hours: 282 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 330 from 4:00 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
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. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 21, 2026.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 7 | |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 5 | |
| Fail to remain | 3 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 2 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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.
How fast traffic moves here
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. The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 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) — a much more recent reading than the one above.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooke Ave · Esgore Dr – Elm Rd · 84 m | Nov 2022 · 3 days | 1,496 | 34 km/h | 40 km/h | 44 km/h |
| Elm Rd · Felbrigg Ave – Haddington Ave · 153 m | May 2013 · 24 h | 1,843 | 39 km/h | 46 km/h | 50 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
- TTC bus
- 61 97 96 165 nearest 253 m · 3 min
- Express
- 996
- Blue Night
- 396
- Nearest stops
- 2 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- no station 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
- 5 car parks · about 333 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- 5 post-and-rings within 300 m
- Other lots
- 22 mapped lots within 500 m, 286 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 246 Brooke Ave · Surface | 318 m | 94 | 67% (Q1 2026) |
| 1880 Avenue Rd · Surface | 367 m | 32 | 32% (Q1 2026) |
| 25 Glenforest Road · Surface | 1.6 km | 26 * | — |
| 23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface | 1.7 km | 42 | 54% (Q1 2026) |
| 3885 Yonge St · Surface | 1.7 km | 139 | 29% (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
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Tabriz Market, 445 m away. A specialist food shop is closer still: Short and Sweet Bakeshop, 293 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 8 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 54. The nearest is Baskin-Robbins, 231 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Canada Chemists, 403 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Baycrest Hospital, 1.3 km away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Baskin-Robbins · 1917 Avenue Rd231 m
- Sakura Garden · 1921 Avenue Rd237 m
- Old Avenue Restaurant · 1923 Avenue Rd Unit-C244 m
- Caprae & Suidae Butchery · 1903 Avenue Rd262 m · 3 min
- Liliput Playhouse · 1912 1912 Avenue Rd Rd 200271 m · 3 min
- Grocery
- Tabriz Market 445 m · 5 min · 3 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Short and Sweet Bakeshop 293 m · 3 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Canada Chemists 403 m · 5 min · 3 within 1 km
- Child care
- Ridley Orchard School Ltd. · 98 spaces, toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day293 m · 3 min
- Network Child Care Services - Bannockburn Before and After · 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day584 m · 7 min
- Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre · 140 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool668 m · 8 min
- Washrooms
- Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed894 m · 11 min
- Health and care
- Baycrest Hospital · hospital site1.3 km · 16 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 (7)
- Old Orchard Park709 m · 8 min
- Grey Parkette724 m · 9 min
- Yonge Boulevard Parkette1 km · 12 min
- Stewart A. McGregor Parkette1.1 km · 13 min
- Brookdale Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Community centres
- Armour Heights Community Centre900 m · 11 min
- Schools (10)
- John Wanless Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 822 m · 10 min
- Avro AcademyPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
- The Dunblaine SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Armour Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 min
- St Margaret Catholic Elementary School - Carmichael SiteEnglish Separate · 1.2 km · 14 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Armour Heights branch875 m · 10 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.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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
Within a kilometre there are four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 302 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 200 Ridley Blvd (685 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 92, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 Ridley Blvd · Signet Group Inc. | 90 | 4 | 1957 | 87 · Aug 2024 | 685 m · 8 min |
| 2125 Avenue Rd · G.l.g. Developments Ltd. | 33 | 4 | 1955 | 96 · Sep 2026 | 723 m · 9 min |
| 2135 Avenue Rd | 54 | 3 | 1953 | 96 · Aug 2026 | 846 m · 10 min |
| 193 Wilson Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 125 | 5 | 1982 | 89 · Sep 2024 | 943 m · 11 min |
4 registered buildings · 302 units · 1 social housing · tallest 5 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.
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.
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 at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Jan 26, 2022, 18% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Elm & Brooke a walkable intersection?
Elm & Brooke scores 41 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; 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: 3 grocery stores within 1 km · 8 places to eat within 300 m; nearest school 0.8 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 2 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km.
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 246 Brooke Ave (318 m away, 94 spaces, 67% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 286 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 11,670 spaces — 22 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?
8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 54 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Baskin-Robbins (231 m), Sakura Garden (237 m), Old Avenue Restaurant (244 m), Caprae & Suidae Butchery (262 m) and Liliput Playhouse (271 m). 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, 894 m away.
Is there child care near Elm & Brooke?
Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 640 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Ridley Orchard School Ltd. (293 m, 98 spaces), Network Child Care Services - Bannockburn Before and After (584 m, 56 spaces) and Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre (668 m, 140 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Elm & Brooke?
Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 302 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 200 Ridley Blvd (685 m, 90 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 2125 Avenue Rd (723 m, 33 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 2135 Avenue Rd (846 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 193 Wilson Ave (943 m, 125 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 92 out of 100.
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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Jan 26, 2022.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 8 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.73387, -79.41657 · centreline node 13452945.