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Elm & Ridley

Elm Rd & Ridley Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · Bedford Park-Nortown · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

Elm & Ridley is a quiet local crossing. It sits in Bedford Park-Nortown. Nearby is 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
751
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 26, 2022
10 pedestrians · 1 cyclists
Collisions
4
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 4 property damage · #5137 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
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 90 vehicles, 8% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 75 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 0.4 collisions a year here over 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 & Ridley

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
619616597 nearest 201 m
Express
996
Blue Night
396320
Nearest stops
6 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.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (12)
  • Armour Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 342 m
  • Glen Briar Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 622 m
  • Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 671 m
  • St Margaret Catholic Elementary School - Carmichael SiteEnglish Separate · 719 m
  • Summit Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Magnificent Minds SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km
  • and 6 more
Community centres
Parks (15)
  • Stewart A. McGregor Parkette675 m
  • Grey Parkette842 m
  • Old Orchard Park864 m
  • York Mills Valley Park1.1 km
  • Jolly Miller Park1.1 km
  • Yonge Boulevard Parkette1.2 km
  • and 9 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Armour Heights branch322 m

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 59 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Tcscc - Family Bistro, 208 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés8 within 300 m · 59 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tcscc - Family Bistro · 141 Wilson Ave Flr-1208 mPassed, Jul 2026
Tcscc - Main Kitchen · 141 Wilson Ave Flr-2208 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Tcscc - Sports Grill · 141 Wilson Ave Flr-1208 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Bruno's Fine Foods · 2055 Avenue Rdgrocery212 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Chiang Rai · 2070 Avenue Rd258 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
L.s.l · 2066 Avenue Rd265 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 3 infractions
The Copper Chimney Authentic Indian Room · 2050 Avenue Rd271 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Karbouzi · 2048 Avenue Rd273 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 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 Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom, 335 m away, View centre hours.

  • Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom · 2140 Avenue Rd
    View centre hours
    335 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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 523 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Armour Heights Child Care Program (342 m, 110 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km7 centres · 523 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 7
  • Armour Heights Child Care Program · 148 Wilson Ave
    110 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    342 m
  • Ridley Orchard School Ltd. · 1920 Avenue Rd
    98 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    509 m
  • Temple Sinai Nursery School · 210 Wilson Ave
    55 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    622 m
  • Plasp St. Margaret C.s. · 85 Carmichael Ave
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    719 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 121 (1.5 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (3.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 121 · 1.5 km10 William Carson Cres
Police32 Division · 3.8 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 54 · 1.8 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

19 registered apartment buildings with 1,130 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 200 Ridley Blvd (148 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 97, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 11 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings19 · 1,130 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score97 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202611 across the 19
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest16 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
200 Ridley Blvd · Signet Group Inc.904195787 · Aug 20241148 m
2125 Avenue Rd · G.l.g. Developments Ltd.334195596 · Sep 20260207 m
2135 Avenue Rd543195396 · Aug 20260256 m
161 Wilson Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc564195698 · Jun 20250262 m
166 Wilson Ave · Signet Group Inc.604195099 · Jun 20252346 m
193 Wilson AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1255198289 · Sep 20240391 m
2175 Avenue Rd · Signet Group Inc.684195099 · Aug 20260400 m
2200 Avenue Rd · Viron Properties Inc.15216196999 · Jul 20250432 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 lots390 lots · ≈17,020 spaces · 51 ha
Within 500 m42 lots · ≈1,670 spaces
Green P (public)5 car parks · about 333 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking2 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
246 Brooke Ave · Surface566 m9467% (Q1 2026)
1880 Avenue Rd · Surface657 m3232% (Q1 2026)
3885 Yonge St · Surface1.1 km13929% (Q1 2026)
25 Glenforest Road · Surface1.5 km26 *
23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface1.7 km4254% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 144 m away, ≈76 spaces; 194 m away, ≈50 spaces; 202 m away, ≈70 spaces; 224 m away, ≈2 spaces; 247 m away, ≈2 spaces; 247 m away, ≈135 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

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The south leg carries the load — 318 northbound vehicles, or 42% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 216. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 120 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 122 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west216eastbound · 0 bikes · 1.9% heavy
Total vehicles75110 pedestrians · 1 cyclists · 1.3% heavy
From the east217westbound · 1 bikes · 0.9% heavy
From the south318northbound · 0 bikes · 1.3% heavy
AM peak hour120 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour122 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

The City's counter on Elm Rd between Felbrigg Ave and Haddington Ave (327 m away) recorded an average of 39 km/h in its 24-hour count in May 2013; 85% of drivers were at or under 46 km/h. That segment carries about 1,800 vehicles a day. Ridley Blvd between Esgore Dr and Elm Rd measured slower: 32 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (Dec 2021). The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Wilson Ave (282 m away, 40 km/h limit), 11% of the 225,506 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ridley Blvd · Esgore Dr – Elm Rd · 106 mDec 2021 · 3 days1,04032 km/h39 km/h43 km/h
Elm Rd · Felbrigg Ave – Haddington Ave · 327 mMay 2013 · 24 h1,84339 km/h46 km/h50 km/h

School-zone speed sign 282 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct39 · 48 km/h
Over the limit27%
50 km/h or more11%

Wilson Ave (eastbound) · 225,506 vehicles logged in July 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 1 collision. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Aug 22, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions4#5137 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only4
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 20144latest Aug 22, 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

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

Police records place no theft from a vehicle or bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025.

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 29, 2014. 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 & Ridley a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 4 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 & Ridley?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Jan 26, 2022, 8% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Elm & Ridley?

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. At the school-zone speed sign 282 m away (40 km/h), 11% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Elm & Ridley?

The nearest Green P car park is 246 Brooke Ave (566 m away, 94 spaces, 67% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 390 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 17,020 spaces — 42 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Elm & Ridley by transit?

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

What restaurants are near Elm & Ridley?

8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 59 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tcscc - Family Bistro (208 m), Tcscc - Main Kitchen (208 m), Tcscc - Sports Grill (208 m), Chiang Rai (258 m) and L.s.l (265 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 & Ridley?

The nearest is Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom, 2140 Avenue Rd, 335 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 & Ridley?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 523 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Armour Heights Child Care Program (342 m, 110 spaces), Ridley Orchard School Ltd. (509 m, 98 spaces) and Temple Sinai Nursery School (622 m, 55 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Elm & Ridley?

19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,130 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 200 Ridley Blvd (148 m, 90 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 2125 Avenue Rd (207 m, 33 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 2135 Avenue Rd (256 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 161 Wilson Ave (262 m, 56 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 is 97 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 & Ridley in?

Elm & Ridley 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