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Elmsthorpe & Eglinton

Elmsthorpe Ave & Eglinton Ave W · Toronto, Ontario · Lawrence Park South · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence · The Eglinton Way BIA

Elmsthorpe & Eglinton, in Lawrence Park South, is a moderately heavy crossing. It has Avenue Station, a protected bikeway and a school within 250 m at the corner.

Traffic volume
12,587
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 1, 2006
502 pedestrians · 67 cyclists
Collisions
34
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
5 with an injury · 22 property damage · #2621 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 3 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
Avenue Station
subway station within 250 m
7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 38 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,570 vehicles an hour, 1.36× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 25 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 3.4 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 21%, from 19 in 2016–2020 to 15 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Elmsthorpe & Eglinton

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Avenue Station (Line 5)175 m; Chaplin Station (Line 5)513 m; Eglinton Station (Line 1, Line 5)1 km
TTC bus
346113143374103 nearest 15 m
Blue Night
334354320
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Eglinton Ave West at Elmsthorpe Ave; Eglinton Ave West at Castle Knock Rd
Cycling
Cycle Track on Eglinton Ave W installed 2024
Bike Share
125 Burnaby Blvd 102 m · 23 docks · 8 stations, 141 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 (21)
  • Oriole Park Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 197 m
  • Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 401 m
  • Allenby Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 612 m
  • North Preparatory Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 782 m
  • Birmingham International Collegiate of CanadaPrivate · 827 m
  • Forest Hill Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 845 m
  • and 15 more
Community centres
Parks (24)
  • Robert Bateman Parkette426 m
  • Larratt Parkette468 m
  • Eglinton Park585 m
  • Forest Hill Road Park768 m
  • Memorial Park - North York814 m
  • Old Forest Hill Parkette825 m
  • and 18 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Forest Hill branch812 m
  • Toronto Public Library Northern District branch1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 22 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 39 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Kandy Krazed, 31 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2024.

Restaurants & cafés22 within 300 m · 39 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Kandy Krazed · 426 Eglinton Ave W31 mPassed, Apr 2024
Tokyo Sushi · 373 Eglinton Ave W34 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Yonge Seafood Gourmet · 369 Eglinton Ave Wgrocery45 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Subway · 365 Eglinton Ave W54 mPassed, May 2026
The Burrito Bros · 359 Eglinton Ave W77 mPassed, Aug 2026
Starbucks Coffee · 444 Eglinton Ave W78 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
The Bagel House · 450 Eglinton Ave W83 mPassed, Apr 2026
My Greek Table · 454 Eglinton Ave W89 mPassed, Jan 2026

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 North Toronto Memorial Community Centre Washroom, 554 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 442 m away at Robert Bateman Parkette.

  • North Toronto Memorial Community Centre Washroom · 200 Eglinton Ave W
    View centre hours · accessible
    554 m
  • Eglinton Park Washroom · 200 Eglinton Ave W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    636 m
  • Memorial Park Washroom · 340 Chaplin Cres
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    784 m
Drinking water
Robert Bateman Parkette drinking fountain, dog fountain · 442 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 809 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Children's Magic Moments Child Care and Nursery School (177 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km8 centres · 809 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 8
  • Children's Magic Moments Child Care and Nursery School · 98 Braemar Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    177 m
  • Treetop Children's Centre · 80 Braemar Ave
    155 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    197 m
  • Curious Caterpillars - College View · 28 College View Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    390 m
  • Allenby Day Care · 391 St Clements Ave
    259 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    613 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 135 (642 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (854 m) and the nearest ambulance station 476 m away.

FireFire Station 135 · 642 m325 Chaplin Cres
Police53 Division · 854 m75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 18 · 476 m643 Eglinton Ave W

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

50 registered apartment buildings with 2,841 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 990 Avenue Rd (219 m, 40 units, 4 storeys, built 1965), which scored 93 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 50 scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 66 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 16 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings50 · 2,841 units
RentSafeTO score91 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202666 across the 50
Open fire-code violations16
Tallest33 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
990 Avenue Rd · Cromwell Management Inc.404196593 · Jul 20261 · 2 fire219 m
243 Eglinton Ave W · Hannah Property Management Ltd25319790354 m
555 Russell Hill Rd · Greenwin Inc.325195492 · Nov 20251363 m
484 Oriole Pkwy · Hannah Property Management Ltd.183193094 · Aug 20260378 m
486 Oriole Pkwy · Hannah Property Management Ltd.213193082 · Oct 20250380 m
540 Russell Hill Rd · Vesta Management Inc325193790 · Jun 20240406 m
1106 Avenue Rd · High Value Consultants Ltd2241960100 · Jul 20250444 m
4 Latimer Ave · 4 Latimer Holdings Limited655195389 · Sep 20244447 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 lots562 lots · ≈23,150 spaces · 69.5 ha
Within 500 m57 lots · ≈1,140 spaces
Green P (public)11 car parks · about 1,156 spaces
EV charging (City)75 Holly St. · 1.2 km · 28 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
125 Burnaby Blvd · Surface100 m15555% (Q1 2026)
30 Roehampton Ave · Garage1.2 km18735% (Q1 2026)
75 Holly St · Garage1.2 km30212% (Q1 2026)
20 Castlefield Avenue · Surface1.2 km163 *
6 Sherwood Avenue · Surface1.4 km46 *

Nearest lots: 46 m away, ≈14 spaces; 63 m away, ≈22 spaces; 83 m away, ≈18 spaces; 94 m away, ≈18 spaces (Green P); 95 m away, ≈21 spaces; 98 m away, ≈12 spaces. More EV charging: 168 Chiltern Hill Rd (1.4 km, 4 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, Jun 1, 2006

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The west leg carries the load — 6,507 eastbound vehicles, or 52% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 294. Most cyclists arrived from the east (34 of 67). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,704 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,705 from 4:15 p.m. Trucks and buses were 6.0% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 20 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2006, 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 west6,507eastbound · 30 bikes · 5.6% heavy
Total vehicles12,587502 pedestrians · 67 cyclists · 6.0% heavy
From the east5,786westbound · 34 bikes · 6.6% heavy
From the south294northbound · 3 bikes · 2.4% heavy
AM peak hour1,704 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,705 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 1, 2006

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 most recent midblock count on Eglinton Ave W between Elmsthorpe Ave and Castle Knock Rd (29 m away, Mar 2013) recorded volume only — about 13,689 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Eglinton Ave W · Elmsthorpe Ave – Castle Knock Rd · 29 mMar 2013 · 3 days13,689

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

2019 was the peak year (9 collisions), and 2025 closed with 8. 15% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 24% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 27, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions34#2621 of 5,508
With an injury5#2673 of 4,660
Property damage only22
Fail to remain8
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#1811 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201438latest Mar 27, 2026

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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 3 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Nov 26, 2015.

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 two thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle210street/outdoor (1), other (1)
Bicycle theft300street/outdoor (3)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 22, 2023. 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 South.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Elmsthorpe & Eglinton a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 34 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 Elmsthorpe & Eglinton?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Jun 1, 2006, 1.36× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Elmsthorpe & Eglinton?

The nearest Green P car park is 125 Burnaby Blvd (100 m away, 155 spaces, 55% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 562 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 23,150 spaces — 57 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 75 Holly St. (1.2 km).

How do I get to Elmsthorpe & Eglinton by transit?

Avenue Station (Line 5) is 175 m away; bus routes 34, 61, 13, 14, 33, 74, 103 within 1 km (nearest stop: Eglinton Ave West at Elmsthorpe Ave, 15 m).

What restaurants are near Elmsthorpe & Eglinton?

22 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 39 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Kandy Krazed (31 m), Tokyo Sushi (34 m), Subway (54 m), The Burrito Bros (77 m) and Starbucks Coffee (78 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 Elmsthorpe & Eglinton?

The nearest is North Toronto Memorial Community Centre Washroom, 200 Eglinton Ave W, 554 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Eglinton Park Washroom (636 m); Memorial Park Washroom (784 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 Elmsthorpe & Eglinton?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 809 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Children's Magic Moments Child Care and Nursery School (177 m, 49 spaces), Treetop Children's Centre (197 m, 155 spaces) and Curious Caterpillars - College View (390 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Elmsthorpe & Eglinton?

50 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,841 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 990 Avenue Rd (219 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 243 Eglinton Ave W (354 m, 25 units), 555 Russell Hill Rd (363 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 484 Oriole Pkwy (378 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 50 is 91 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. 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 Elmsthorpe & Eglinton?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and three 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 Lawrence Park South page.

What neighbourhood is Elmsthorpe & Eglinton in?

Elmsthorpe & Eglinton is in Lawrence Park South (City of Toronto neighbourhood 103). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle. The corner falls inside the The Eglinton Way Business Improvement Area.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined