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Elmer & Norway (South)

Elmer Ave & Norway Ave (South) · Toronto, Ontario · The Beaches · Ward 19, Beaches-East York

Elmer & Norway (South) is a low-volume local intersection, with a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in The Beaches. It has a bike lane at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
965
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jul 28, 2016
122 pedestrians · 138 cyclists
Collisions
5
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 2 property damage · #4998 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
3 streetcar routes · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 120 vehicles an hour, 10% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 8 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 14.3% of vehicle volume, about 18× the typical share. On average 0.5 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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Elmer & Norway (South)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
503501506 nearest 266 m
TTC bus
92643122 nearest 182 m
Blue Night
301306322
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on Norway Ave installed 2019; Sharrows on Elmer Ave installed 2019
Bike Share
Heyworth Cres / Kingston Rd 293 m · 19 docks · 10 stations, 246 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)
  • Norway Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 407 m
  • Boardwalk Montessori SchoolPrivate · 506 m
  • Kew Beach Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 518 m
  • Glen Ames Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 547 m
  • Williamson Road Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 634 m
  • Academy of Thought and Industry TorontoPrivate · 664 m
  • and 11 more
Community centres
Parks (31)
  • Jeff Sloan Playground471 m
  • Pantry Park662 m
  • Love Crescent Parkette702 m
  • Edgewood Parkette728 m
  • Kew Gardens745 m
  • Cassels Avenue Playground820 m
  • and 25 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Beaches branch605 m
  • Toronto Public Library Main Street branch1.3 km
  • Toronto Public Library Gerrard/Ashdale branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Kew Gardens ParkNature/ Park · 736 m
  • Woodbine BeachNature/ Park · 1.2 km
  • Ashbridges Bay ParkNature/ Park · 1.5 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; 106 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Poke Eats, 383 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 106 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Poke Eats · 1934 Queen St E383 mPassed, May 2026
Heal Wellness · 1938 Queen St E383 mPassed, Mar 2025
Infinity Mart · 1930 Queen St E384 mPassed, May 2026
Island Blend · 1940 Queen St E392 mPassed, Jul 2025
Pizza Nova · 1928 Queen St E392 mPassed, Mar 2025
Pizza Nova · 1928 Queen St E392 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Gong Cha · 1918 Queen St E394 mPassed, Apr 2024 · 1 infraction
Toastology Toastology · 1918 Queen St E394 mPassed, Nov 2024

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 Beaches Recreation Centre Washroom, 516 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 561 m away at Kew Gardens (currently off).

  • Beaches Recreation Centre Washroom · 6 Williamson Rd
    View centre hours
    516 m
  • Kew Gardens Playground Washroom · 2075 Queen St E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    565 m
  • Pantry Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 70 Kewbeach Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    752 m
Drinking water
Kew Gardens drinking fountain · 561 m · off

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

11 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 883 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Norway School Age YMCA (407 m, 99 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km11 centres · 883 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 11
  • Norway School Age YMCA · 390 Kingston Rd
    99 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    407 m
  • Brightpath Academy - the Beach · 1925 Queen St E
    111 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    434 m
  • Brightpath Academy - the Beach Clubzone · 1921 Queen St E
    72 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    440 m
  • Castle Park Playschool · 1971 Queen St E
    34 spaces · kindergarten, school age
    480 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 227 (407 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (1.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 227 · 407 m1904 Queen St E
Police55 Division · 1.1 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 46 · 1.7 km105 Cedarvale Ave

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

48 registered apartment buildings with 2,024 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 12 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 98 Elmer Ave (55 m, 36 units, 4 storeys, built 1955), which scored 92 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 64 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 11 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings48 · 2,024 units · 12 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202664 across the 48
Open fire-code violations11
Tallest9 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
98 Elmer AveToronto Community Housing · TCH364195592 · Jun 2024055 m
191 Kenilworth Ave · Kings College Management Ltd.314196194 · Jul 20251191 m
419 Woodbine Ave113196093 · Nov 20250199 m
320 Kingston RdToronto Community Housing · TCH363195495 · Jul 20251287 m
125 Kenilworth Ave203192789 · Jul 20250363 m
223 Woodbine Ave484192088 · Oct 20240384 m
204 Kingston Rd · 204 Kingston Birch Properties Inc153193492 · Jul 20250431 m
441 Kingston Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.153192089 · Aug 20260440 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 lots410 lots · ≈15,160 spaces · 45.5 ha
Within 500 m23 lots · ≈3,170 spaces
Green P (public)19 car parks · about 1,139 spaces
EV charging (City)1981 Queen Street East · 492 m · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parking2 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
166 Woodbine Ave · Surface518 m2146% (Q1 2026)
192 Boardwalk Dr · Surface569 m2445% (Q1 2026)
85 Lee Ave · Surface624 m6861% (Q1 2026)
116 Joseph Duggan Rd · Surface634 m2441% (Q1 2026)
118 Sarah Ashbridge Ave · Surface698 m2440% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 48 m away, ≈23 spaces; 138 m away, ≈15 spaces; 191 m away, ≈31 spaces; 200 m away, ≈18 spaces; 227 m away, ≈7 spaces; 261 m away, ≈13 spaces. More EV charging: 166 Woodbine Ave (505 m, 6 ports); 1856 Queen St E. (522 m, 2 ports); 1834 Queen St E (577 m, 2 ports).

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 28, 2016

The north leg carries the load — 642 southbound vehicles, or 67% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 323. Most cyclists arrived from the north (68 of 138). Morning rush is the busier period: 172 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:00 a.m., compared with 133 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 10 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2016, 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 north642southbound · 68 bikes · 3.0% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 26 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles965122 pedestrians · 138 cyclists · 2.5% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south323northbound · 44 bikes · 1.5% heavy
AM peak hour172 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour133 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jul 28, 2016

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 Elmer Ave between Norway Ave and Rhyl Ave (149 m away) recorded an average of 28 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2018; 85% of drivers were at or under 35 km/h. That segment carries about 1,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Kingston Rd (282 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.2% of the 18,270 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Elmer Ave · Norway Ave – Rhyl Ave · 149 mSep 2018 · 3 days1,07728 km/h35 km/h39 km/h

School-zone speed sign 282 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct27 · 38 km/h
Over the limit1.6%
50 km/h or more0.2%

Kingston Rd (eastbound), 347 Kingston Rd · 18,270 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

2017 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 60% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Jul 6, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions5#4998 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only2
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
All since 20147latest Jul 6, 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

Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 1 in 2023–2025, about 0.3 a year, against 1.3 a year before that. 67% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle610house driveway/garage (4), other (2)
Bicycle theft400house driveway/garage (2), apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 26, 2024. 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 The Beaches.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Elmer & Norway (South) a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 5 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 Elmer & Norway (South)?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Jul 28, 2016, 10% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Elmer & Norway (South)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Elmer Ave between Norway Ave and Rhyl Ave (September 2018), found an average of 28 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 35 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 282 m away (40 km/h), 0.2% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Elmer & Norway (South)?

The nearest Green P car park is 166 Woodbine Ave (518 m away, 21 spaces, 46% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 410 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 15,160 spaces — 23 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1981 Queen Street East (492 m).

How do I get to Elmer & Norway (South) by transit?

Streetcar routes 503, 501, 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 266 m away; bus routes 92, 64, 31, 22 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Elmer & Norway (South)?

None within 300 m, and 106 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Poke Eats (383 m), Heal Wellness (383 m), Infinity Mart (384 m), Island Blend (392 m) and Pizza Nova (392 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 Elmer & Norway (South)?

The nearest is Beaches Recreation Centre Washroom, 6 Williamson Rd, 516 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Kew Gardens Playground Washroom (565 m); Pantry Park Fieldhouse Washroom (752 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 Elmer & Norway (South)?

11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 883 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Norway School Age YMCA (407 m, 99 spaces), Brightpath Academy - the Beach (434 m, 111 spaces) and Brightpath Academy - the Beach Clubzone (440 m, 72 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Elmer & Norway (South)?

48 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,024 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 98 Elmer Ave (55 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 191 Kenilworth Ave (191 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 419 Woodbine Ave (199 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 320 Kingston Rd (287 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 48 is 91 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 Elmer & Norway (South)?

Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts 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 The Beaches page.

What neighbourhood is Elmer & Norway (South) in?

Elmer & Norway (South) is in The Beaches (City of Toronto neighbourhood 063). It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford.

Sources

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