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Finch & Alexdon

Finch Ave W & Alexdon Rd · Toronto, Ontario · York University Heights · Ward 6, York Centre · DuKe Heights BIA

In York University Heights, Finch & Alexdon is an above-average intersection for traffic. It has a bike lane at the corner. Nearby: Finch West Station (Line 1, Line 6) 449 m away.

Traffic volume
16,560
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jul 6, 2016
67 pedestrians · 11 cyclists
Collisions
123
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
15 with an injury · 98 property damage · #888 of 5,508 · +6 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
1
TTC stop within 100 m
Finch West Station 449 m · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane - Buffered
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 2,070 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.79× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 247 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 12 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 4.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. The pace has been steady: 63 collisions in 2016–2020 and 60 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Finch & Alexdon

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Finch West Station (Line 1, Line 6)449 m
TTC bus
3610710141 nearest 30 m
Express
939941
Blue Night
336341
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 710 m · 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.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (7)
  • James Cardinal McGuigan Catholic High SchoolEnglish Separate · 683 m
  • Bais Chaya Mushka Elementary SchoolPrivate · 786 m
  • Derrydown Public SchoolEnglish Public · 937 m
  • Nygh Outpatient and Community Services Centre/Urban InternationalPrivate · 1.1 km
  • Seneca College (Seneca at York Campus)College · 1.3 km
  • C W Jefferys Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1.4 km
  • and 1 more
Parks (5)
  • Jack Evelyn Wiggins Park941 m
  • Fountainhead Park1.1 km
  • Bratty Park1.2 km
  • Sentinel Park1.5 km
  • Grandravine Park1.5 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 55 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 179 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés10 within 300 m · 55 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 9 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tim Hortons · 1275 Finch Ave W179 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
York Lounge/Fast Fired Pizza · 1275 Finch Ave W Unit-101179 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 4 infractions
York Lounge/Fast Fired Pizza · 1275 Finch Ave W, Unit-101179 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 4 infractions
La Casa Dei Pazzi · 1183 Finch Ave W Unit-102197 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 2 infractions
Crescent Bakery and Cafe · 1270 Finch Ave W, Unit-2grocery229 mPassed, Nov 2024 · 1 infraction
El Eden · 1270 Finch Ave W Unit-15229 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 3 infractions
Tim Hortons · 1280 Finch Ave W, Unit-108247 mPassed, Jul 2025
Tim Hortons · 1280 Finch Ave W Unit-108247 mPassed, Aug 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

No City washroom within 1 km.

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

Two licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 169 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Finch Business Park Child Care (209 m, 98 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km2 centres · 169 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 2
  • Finch Business Park Child Care · 1183a Finch Ave W
    98 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    209 m
  • Derrydown School Age YMCA · 120 Derrydown Rd
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    937 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 141 (625 m), the nearest police station 31 Division (3.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 141 · 625 m4100 Keele St
Police31 Division · 3.5 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceEMS Headquarters/EMS 53 Stn/Fire Headquarters · 1.6 km4330 Dufferin 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

Four registered apartment buildings with 579 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 11 Catford Rd (814 m, 218 units, 9 storeys, built 1968), which scored 82 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 84, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 2 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 6 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings4 · 579 units
RentSafeTO score84 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20262 across the 4
Open fire-code violations6
Tallest9 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
11 Catford Rd · N.h.d. Developments Limited2189196882 · Oct 20252 · 5 fire814 m
20 Broadoaks Dr · N.h.d. Developments Limited1779196975 · Oct 20250 · 1 fire890 m
3710 Keele St · N.h.d. Developments Limited929197284 · Sep 202501 km
25 Broadoaks Dr · N.h.d. Developments Limited929197393 · Aug 202401 km

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 lots475 lots · ≈117,090 spaces · 351.3 ha
Within 500 m30 lots · ≈10,030 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 335 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 3955 Keele St (434 m)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
3950 Keele Street · Surface509 m335 *

Nearest lots: 65 m away, ≈93 spaces; 83 m away, ≈203 spaces; 112 m away, ≈414 spaces; 171 m away, ≈81 spaces; 172 m away, ≈13 spaces; 182 m away, ≈42 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, 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 16,183 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west6,287eastbound · 6 bikes · 9.0% heavy
Total vehicles16,56067 pedestrians · 11 cyclists · 7.9% heavy
From the east8,089westbound · 5 bikes · 7.4% heavy
From the south2,184northbound · 0 bikes · 6.5% heavy
AM peak hour2,137 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,430 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jul 6, 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 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 segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Finch Ave W · Alexdon Rd – Tangiers Rd · 116 mNov 2011 · 3 days22,949

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

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, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 16, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions123#888 of 5,508
With an injury15#1177 of 4,660
Property damage only98
Fail to remain14
Involving a pedestrian1#2489 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1856 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified10
Since January 2026 (outside the window)6
All since 2014156latest Apr 16, 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. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jun 2, 2010.

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 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

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1600commercial premises (8), street/outdoor (7)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 14, 2022. 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. Its latest count is from Jul 6, 2016, 1.79× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Finch & Alexdon?

The nearest Green P car park is 3950 Keele Street (509 m away, 335 spaces). The City's mapping shows 475 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 117,090 spaces — 30 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 449 m away; bus routes 36, 107, 101, 41, 939, 941 within 1 km (nearest stop: Finch Ave West at Alexdon Rd East Side, 30 m).

What restaurants are near Finch & Alexdon?

10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 55 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (179 m), York Lounge/Fast Fired Pizza (179 m), York Lounge/Fast Fired Pizza (179 m), La Casa Dei Pazzi (197 m) and El Eden (229 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Finch & Alexdon?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 169 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Finch Business Park Child Care (209 m, 98 spaces) and Derrydown School Age YMCA (937 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Finch & Alexdon?

Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 579 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 11 Catford Rd (814 m, 218 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 20 Broadoaks Dr (890 m, 177 units, RentSafeTO score 75), 3710 Keele St (1.0 km, 92 units, RentSafeTO score 84) and 25 Broadoaks Dr (1.0 km, 92 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 84 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 Finch & Alexdon?

Toronto Police place 16 thefts from vehicles and no 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 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

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