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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 · Apr 19, 2018
The north leg carries the load — 1,041 southbound vehicles, or 32% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 662. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 666 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 44% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (462). Heavy vehicles made up 1.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 9 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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: 462 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 666 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
2021 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 9% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 9% 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 Jan 7, 2026.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 11 | |
| With an injury | 1 | |
| Property damage only | 9 | |
| Fail to remain | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| 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.
Speeds here, last measured in 2021
The City's counter on Melrose Ave between Elm Rd and Avenue Rd (200 m away) recorded an average of 39 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2021; 85% of drivers were at or under 48 km/h. That segment carries about 2,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Elm Rd between Melrose Ave and Deloraine Ave measured slower: 29 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 37 km/h (Sep 2010). 3 speed humps slow traffic on Melrose Avenue between Avenue Rd and Elm Rd.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elm Rd · Melrose Ave – Deloraine Ave · 57 m | Sep 2010 · 24 h | 4,155 | 29 km/h | 37 km/h | 40 km/h |
| Melrose Ave · Elm Rd – Avenue Rd · 200 m | Nov 2021 · 3 days | 2,868 | 39 km/h | 48 km/h | 55 km/h |
- Traffic calming
- Melrose Avenue (Avenue Rd – Elm Rd): 3 speed humps
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 52 97 nearest 301 m · 4 min
- Blue Night
- 352
- Nearest stops
- no surface stop within 300 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Woburn Ave / Avenue Rd 784 m · 9 min · 15 docks · 2 stations, 30 docks 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
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 17 mapped lots within 500 m, 270 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 Avenue Rd · Surface | 566 m | 32 | 32% (Q1 2026) |
| 246 Brooke Ave · Surface | 700 m | 94 | 67% (Q1 2026) |
| 25 Glenforest Road · Surface | 1.3 km | 26 * | — |
| 23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface | 1.3 km | 42 | 54% (Q1 2026) |
| 3885 Yonge St · Surface | 1.9 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
The nearest grocery store is Aj & Ashley's No Frills, 390 m away; 3 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m, and 65 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Cafe Avenue Rd, 290 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Habers Compounding Pharmacy, 292 m away; 5 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Baycrest Hospital, 1.7 km away. For seniors' housing: The Teddington, a retirement home 1.0 km away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Cafe Avenue Rd · 1779 Avenue Rd290 m · 3 min
- Lazy Dough · 1775 Avenue Rd301 m · 4 min
- Harvey's Restaurant · 1791 Avenue Rd312 m · 4 min
- Harvey's/Swiss Chalet · 1791 Avenue Rd312 m · 4 min
- Avo Organic Kitchen · 1763 Avenue Rd374 m · 4 min
- Grocery
- Aj & Ashley's No Frills 390 m · 5 min · 3 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Ararat Bakery 380 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Habers Compounding Pharmacy 292 m · 3 min · 5 within 1 km
- Child care
- Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre · 140 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool335 m · 4 min
- Mtt Melrose · 24 spaces, preschool411 m · 5 min
- John Wanless Child Care · 254 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day440 m · 5 min
- Health and care
- Baycrest Hospital · hospital site1.7 km · 20 min
- The Teddington · retirement home1 km · 11 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 (10)
- Old Orchard Park677 m · 8 min
- Brookdale Park772 m · 9 min
- Grey Parkette793 m · 9 min
- Glengarry Park905 m · 11 min
- Douglas Greenbelt915 m · 11 min
- Community centres
- Armour Heights Community Centre1.3 km · 15 min
- Schools (8)
- John Wanless Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 440 m · 5 min
- Avro AcademyPrivate · 748 m · 9 min
- The Dunblaine SchoolPrivate · 1 km · 11 min
- Lawrence Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Ledbury Park Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Armour Heights branch1.3 km · 15 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 public washroom.
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.
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 two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 3 | 1 | 0 | house driveway/garage (2), street/outdoor (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 0 | 0 | house driveway/garage (2) |
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 & Melrose a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 11 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 & Melrose?
A lightly travelled intersection at the City's last count here, in 2018. Its latest count is from Apr 19, 2018, 35% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Elm & Melrose a walkable intersection?
Elm & Melrose scores 29 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: 1 school within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m; 3 grocery stores within 1 km · 1 place to eat within 300 m; nearest park 0.7 km · nearest centre 1.3 km. The crossing itself: traffic calming.
How fast do cars go at Elm & Melrose?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Melrose Ave between Elm Rd and Avenue Rd (November 2021), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Elm & Melrose?
The nearest Green P car park is 1880 Avenue Rd (566 m away, 32 spaces, 32% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 270 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 9,380 spaces — 17 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Elm & Melrose by transit?
Bus routes 61, 52, 97 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Elm & Melrose?
1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 65 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Cafe Avenue Rd (290 m), Lazy Dough (301 m), Harvey's Restaurant (312 m), Harvey's/Swiss Chalet (312 m) and Avo Organic Kitchen (374 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Elm & Melrose?
11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 883 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre (335 m, 140 spaces), Mtt Melrose (411 m, 24 spaces) and John Wanless Child Care (440 m, 254 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at Elm & Melrose?
Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Lawrence Park North page.
What neighbourhood is Elm & Melrose in?
Elm & Melrose 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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Apr 19, 2018.
- 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; Traffic Calming Database.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; 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.
- 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: 43.73062, -79.41516 · centreline node 13453424.