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Emmett & Verona

Emmett Ave & Verona Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Mount Dennis · Ward 5, York South-Weston

Emmett & Verona, in Mount Dennis, is a lightly travelled intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence. It has a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 14 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
3,269
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 8, 2001
1,017 pedestrians · 5 cyclists
Collisions
85
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
6 with an injury · 57 property damage · #1312 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1418 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
10 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 410 vehicles an hour, 35% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 3 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Police have logged an average of 8.5 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions edged up 13%, from 40 in 2016–2020 to 45 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 85 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Emmett & Verona

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
73405358932277971171158 nearest 10 m
Express
989935
Blue Night
335334
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Emmett Ave at Verona Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Emmett Ave 247 m · 19 docks · 4 stations, 76 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 (8)
  • York Humber High SchoolEnglish Public · 178 m
  • Bala Avenue Community SchoolEnglish Public · 407 m
  • Portage Trail CommunityschoolEnglish Public · 598 m
  • Roselands Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 940 m
  • Darul Arqam Islamic Academy SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km
  • Westmount Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km
  • and 2 more
Community centres
  • Mount Dennis Community Hall1.2 km
  • Edenbridge Centre1.4 km
Parks (24)
  • Portage Gardens Park425 m
  • Eglinton Flats573 m
  • Fergy Brown Park588 m
  • Canadian Ukrainian Memorial Park620 m
  • Scarlett Woods Golf Course737 m
  • Denison Park841 m
  • and 18 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Mount Dennis branch1.3 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, though there is 1 grocery or convenience store; 34 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Top Chef Ja Cuisine, 392 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 34 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Emmett Convenience · 55 Emmett Ave, Unit-1grocery54 mPassed, Mar 2025
7-Eleven · 1390 Weston Rdgrocery325 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Jola African Food Market · 1366 Weston Rd Unit-2grocery392 mPassed, May 2026
Top Chef Ja Cuisine · 1366 Weston Rd Unit-1392 mPassed, Feb 2026
Pistacchio · 1362 Weston Rd B394 mPassed, Dec 2025
Uhn Reactivation Care Centre (Receiving Kitchen) · 82 Buttonwood Ave Bsmt-G58402 mPassed, May 2026
Freshii · 170 Emmett Ave402 mPassed, Sep 2026
Second Cup/ Chocolato · 170 Emmett Ave402 mPassed, May 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 Eglinton Flats Northwest Service Building Washroom, 354 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 370 m away at Eglinton Flats.

  • Eglinton Flats Northwest Service Building Washroom · 101 Emmett Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    354 m
  • Eglinton Flats Northwest Sports Pavilion Washroom · 101 Emmett Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    364 m
  • Fergy Brown Park Washroom · 3700 Eglinton Ave W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    586 m
Drinking water
Eglinton Flats drinking fountain · 370 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 434 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Jubilee Child Care Centre (54 m, 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km7 centres · 434 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 7
  • Jubilee Child Care Centre · 55 Emmett Ave
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    54 m
  • York Humber Child Care · 100 Emmett Ave
    41 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    178 m
  • Learning Jungle Buttonwood · 100 Sidney Belsey Cres
    88 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    598 m
  • Kiiwednong Aborginal Head Start · 1288 Weston Rd
    16 spaces · preschool
    668 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 442 (1.5 km), the nearest police station 12 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 442 · 1.5 km2015 Lawrence Ave W
Police12 Division · 1.5 km200 Trethewey Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 10 · 1.5 km2015 Lawrence 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

23 registered apartment buildings with 2,730 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 55 Emmett Ave (54 m, 267 units, 23 storeys, built 1968), which scored 79 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 23 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 99 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 18 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings23 · 2,730 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202699 across the 23
Open fire-code violations18
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
55 Emmett Ave · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.26723196879 · Nov 20252454 m
65 Emmett Ave · State Building Group41924197180 · Nov 202521135 m
24 Pinehill Cres · La Valette Property Management294196972 · Jul 20265189 m
12 Buttonwood Ave · Hannah Property Management Ltd.404197792 · Nov 20250296 m
200 Dora Spencer Rdsocial housing1259199293 · Aug 20262329 m
333 Sidney Belsey Cres · Akelius Canada Ltd26412200892 · Aug 202414 · 12 fire481 m
7 Edmund Ave · Trivest Developments Corporation686192890 · Nov 20251567 m
1306 Weston Rd · 10000080779 0nt Ltd113195776 · Aug 20260579 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 lots407 lots · ≈33,230 spaces · 99.7 ha
Within 500 m30 lots · ≈2,270 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 81 spaces
EV charging (City)1812 Weston Rd · 1.4 km · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1169 Weston Rd · Surface1.1 km3658% (Q1 2026)
271A Scarlett Rd · Surface1.2 km1117% (Q1 2026)
4 Rosemount Avenue · Surface1.6 km34 *

Nearest lots: 32 m away, ≈71 spaces; 109 m away, ≈156 spaces; 119 m away, ≈7 spaces; 144 m away, ≈21 spaces; 161 m away, ≈80 spaces; 178 m away, ≈5 spaces. More EV charging: 2000 Weston Rd (1.9 km, 1 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, Mar 8, 2001

The south leg carries the load — 1,323 northbound vehicles, or 40% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 277. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 556 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 541 from 4:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 26 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2001, 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 north1,036southbound · 1 bikes · 2.6% heavy
From the west633eastbound · 1 bikes · 2.2% heavy
Total vehicles3,2691,017 pedestrians · 5 cyclists · 3.5% heavy
From the east277westbound · 2 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south1,323northbound · 1 bikes · 5.4% heavy
AM peak hour556 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour541 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 8, 2001

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 Emmett Ave between Verona Ave and Humber River Recreational Trl (390 m away) recorded an average of 39 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 4,500 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Emmett Ave (224 m away, 30 km/h limit), 16% of the 74,521 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Emmett Ave · Verona Ave – Humber River Recreational Trl · 390 mMay 2025 · 3 days4,49239 km/h44 km/h49 km/h

School-zone speed sign 224 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct31 · 40 km/h
Over the limit39%
40 km/h or more16%

Emmett Ave (westbound), 75 Emmett Avenue · 74,521 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

2022 was the peak year (13 collisions), and 2025 closed with 9. 7% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 22 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 26% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% 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 15, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions85#1312 of 5,508
With an injury6#2555 of 4,660
Property damage only57
Fail to remain22
Involving a pedestrian3#1430 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified22
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 2014104latest Mar 15, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Dec 2, 2023.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1418 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#818 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20061latest Dec 2, 2023

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 66 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 11× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 6.6 a year. 74% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Jan 13, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle66192street/outdoor (49), apartment parking (12)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 13, 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 Mount Dennis.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Emmett & Verona a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1418 of 1,505), out of 85 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Emmett & Verona?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Mar 8, 2001, 35% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Emmett & Verona?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Emmett Ave between Verona Ave and Humber River Recreational Trl (May 2025), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 224 m away (30 km/h), 16% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Emmett & Verona?

The nearest Green P car park is 1169 Weston Rd (1.1 km away, 36 spaces, 58% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 407 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 33,230 spaces — 30 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1812 Weston Rd (1.4 km).

How do I get to Emmett & Verona by transit?

Bus routes 73, 405, 35, 89, 32, 27, 79, 71 and 4 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Emmett Ave at Verona Ave, 10 m).

What restaurants are near Emmett & Verona?

None within 300 m, and 34 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Top Chef Ja Cuisine (392 m), Pistacchio (394 m), Uhn Reactivation Care Centre (Receiving Kitchen) (402 m), Freshii (402 m) and Second Cup/ Chocolato (402 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 Emmett & Verona?

The nearest is Eglinton Flats Northwest Service Building Washroom, 101 Emmett Ave, 354 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Eglinton Flats Northwest Sports Pavilion Washroom (364 m); Fergy Brown Park Washroom (586 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 Emmett & Verona?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 434 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Jubilee Child Care Centre (54 m, 62 spaces), York Humber Child Care (178 m, 41 spaces) and Learning Jungle Buttonwood (598 m, 88 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Emmett & Verona?

23 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,730 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 55 Emmett Ave (54 m, 267 units, RentSafeTO score 79), 65 Emmett Ave (135 m, 419 units, RentSafeTO score 80), 24 Pinehill Cres (189 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 72) and 12 Buttonwood Ave (296 m, 40 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 23 is 87 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 Emmett & Verona?

Toronto Police place 66 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. 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 Mount Dennis page.

What neighbourhood is Emmett & Verona in?

Emmett & Verona is in Mount Dennis (City of Toronto neighbourhood 115), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 5, York South-Weston, represented by Councillor Frances Nunziata.

Sources

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