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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 · Jul 6, 2016
This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The east leg carries the load — 8,089 westbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 2,184. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,430 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 14% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (2,137). Trucks and buses were 7.9% 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 16,177 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.
Peak hours: 2,137 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,430 from 4:30 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
2023 was the peak year (23 collisions), and 2025 closed with 10. 12% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 14 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 6, 2026.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jun 2, 2010.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 123 | #888 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 15 | #1177 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 98 | |
| Fail to remain | 14 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 10 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 8 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Jun 2, 2010 |
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.
Traffic on these streets
The City's most recent midblock count on Finch Ave W between Alexdon Rd and Tangiers Rd (116 m away, Nov 2011) recorded volume only — about 22,949 vehicles a day — with no speed data.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finch Ave W · Alexdon Rd – Tangiers Rd · 116 m | Nov 2011 · 3 days | 22,949 | — | — | — |
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
- Subway
- Finch West Station (Line 1, Line 6)468 m · 6 min
- TTC bus
- 36 41 101 107 nearest 30 m
- Express
- 941 939
- Blue Night
- 336 341
- Nearest stops
- 5 surface stops within 300 m — Finch Ave West at Alexdon Rd East Side
- Cycling
- Bike Lane - Buffered on Finch Ave W installed 2015
- Bike Share
- Keele St / Catford Rd 927 m · 11 min · 15 docks · 1 station, 15 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
- 1 car park · about 335 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- no post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 3955 Keele St (681 m)
- Other lots
- 18 mapped lots within 500 m, 251 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3950 Keele Street · Surface | 715 m | 335 * | — |
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 Zey Market, 433 m away; 3 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. There are 5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 38 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 215 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Keele & Finch Compounding Phcy, 252 m away, one of two within 300 m. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Tim Hortons · 1275 Finch Ave W215 m
- York Lounge/Fast Fired Pizza · 1275 Finch Ave W Unit-101215 m
- La Casa Dei Pazzi · 1183 Finch Ave W Unit-102218 m
- Tim Hortons · 1280 Finch Ave W Unit-108258 m · 3 min
- Don Patron Mexican Restaurant · 1285 Finch Ave W278 m · 3 min
- Grocery
- Zey Market 433 m · 5 min · 3 within 1 km
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Keele & Finch Compounding Phcy 252 m · 3 min · 6 within 1 km
- Child care
- Finch Business Park Child Care · 98 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day286 m · 3 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
- Fountainhead Park1.3 km · 15 min
- Jack Evelyn Wiggins Park1.3 km · 15 min
- Schools
- James Cardinal McGuigan Catholic High SchoolEnglish Separate · 738 m · 9 min
- Nygh Outpatient and Community Services Centre/Urban InternationalPrivate · 1.2 km · 14 min
- Derrydown Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 15 min
- Bais Chaya Mushka Elementary SchoolPrivate · 1.4 km · 17 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 community centre, a library, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.
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 16 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 0 in 2023–2025, about 0.0 a year, against 2.3 a year before that. 50% of the vehicle thefts were from commercial premises — shops, offices and their lots.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 16 | 0 | 0 | commercial premises (8), street/outdoor (7) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 York University Heights.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Finch & Alexdon a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 123 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 Finch & Alexdon?
An above-average intersection for traffic at the City's last count here, in 2016. Its latest count is from Jul 6, 2016, 1.79× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Finch & Alexdon a walkable intersection?
Finch & Alexdon scores 42 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: Finch West Station 0.5 km · 5 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km; 3 grocery stores within 1 km · 5 places to eat within 300 m; nearest school 0.7 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m.
Where can I park near Finch & Alexdon?
The nearest Green P car park is 3950 Keele Street (715 m away, 335 spaces). The City's mapping shows 251 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 57,990 spaces — 18 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Finch & Alexdon by transit?
Finch West Station (Line 1, Line 6) is 468 m away; bus routes 36, 41, 101, 107, 941, 939 within 1 km (nearest stop: Finch Ave West at Alexdon Rd East Side, 30 m).
What restaurants are near Finch & Alexdon?
5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 38 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tim Hortons (215 m), York Lounge/Fast Fired Pizza (215 m), La Casa Dei Pazzi (218 m), Tim Hortons (258 m) and Don Patron Mexican Restaurant (278 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Finch & Alexdon?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 98 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Finch Business Park Child Care (286 m, 98 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
How many thefts are reported at Finch & Alexdon?
Toronto Police place 16 thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the York University Heights page.
What neighbourhood is Finch & Alexdon in?
Finch & Alexdon is in York University Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 027), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak. The corner falls inside the DuKe Heights Business Improvement Area.
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 Jul 6, 2016.
- 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.
- 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 6 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: 43.76469, -79.48552 · centreline node 13448395.