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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 volume14-hour count · Jun 11, 2024
Traffic is heaviest from the west: 16,533 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 1,516 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 3,248 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 3,031 from 5:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 3,248 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 3,031 from 5:15 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
The worst year was 2017, with 22 collisions; 2025 recorded 13. 29 collisions (24%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 7 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (6%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 11 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 23, 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 Jan 11, 2008.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 123 | #887 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 29 | #530 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 85 | |
| Fail to remain | 11 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 6 | #562 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 9 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 11 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Jan 11, 2008 |
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.
How fast traffic moves here
On Cherokee Blvd between Chalet Rd and Pinto Dr, 164 m from the corner, a 3-day count in March 2024 put the average speed at 35 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 44 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 49 km/h or more. That segment carries about 3,200 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Cherokee Blvd (125 m away, 30 km/h limit), 7.7% of the 109,210 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherokee Blvd · Chalet Rd – Pinto Dr · 164 m | Mar 2024 · 3 days | 3,233 | 35 km/h | 44 km/h | 49 km/h |
| Finch Ave E · Hwy 404 N – Cherokee Blvd · 200 m | Oct 2011 · 3 days | 23,328 | — | — | — |
- Speed sign
- Cherokee Blvd (southbound), 125 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 27 km/h, 85th percentile 37 km/h; 7.7% at 40 km/h or more. 109,210 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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.
- The crossing
- Signal 1144, activated 1975 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West · transit priority
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 39 24 10 169 167 nearest 18 m
- Express
- 939 924
- Blue Night
- 339
- Nearest stops
- 2 surface stops within 300 m — Finch Ave East at Cherokee Blvd
- Regional
- York Region Transit 024 Woodbine at Victoria Park Av / Finch Av488 m · 6 min
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- no station 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
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 8 mapped lots within 500 m, 175 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; 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
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is M & M Food Market, 949 m away. A specialist food shop is closer still: My Cake Plug Inc, 191 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 8 — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Kandahar Grill and Kabab, 191 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Kandahar Grill and Kabab · 165 Cherokee Blvd191 m
- Tim Hortons · 3101 Victoria Park Ave584 m · 7 min
- McDonald's · 2936 Finch Ave E671 m · 8 min
- Pizza Pizza · 2938 Finch Ave E Unit-A671 m · 8 min
- Kachiguda Junction · 2938 Finch Ave E672 m · 8 min
- Grocery
- M & M Food Market 949 m · 11 min
- Food shops
- My Cake Plug Inc 191 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Child care
- Early Years Education System (E.Y.E.S.) · 57 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day474 m · 6 min
- Chester Le Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day919 m · 11 min
- Washrooms
- Pleasantview Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed1 km · 12 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 (8)
- Pinto Park466 m · 6 min
- Shawnee Park577 m · 7 min
- Van Horne Park926 m · 11 min
- Chester Le Park1 km · 12 min
- Seneca Village Park1.2 km · 15 min
- Community centres
- Pleasantview Community Centre1 km · 12 min
- Seneca Village Community Centre1.3 km · 15 min
- Schools (10)
- Ernest Public SchoolEnglish Public · 289 m · 3 min
- Cherokee Public SchoolEnglish Public · 883 m · 11 min
- Chester Le Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 919 m · 11 min
- St Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Pure Degree Mandarin SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km · 15 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Pleasant View branch1.1 km · 13 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 pharmacy.
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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Within a kilometre there is one RentSafeTO-registered apartment building — 228 rental units. The nearest is 3000 Victoria Park Ave (475 m, 228 units, 6 storeys, built 1972), which scored 80 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3000 Victoria Park Ave · Ranee Management | 228 | 6 | 1972 | 80 · Jun 2024 | 475 m · 6 min |
1 registered building · 228 units · tallest 6 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 1 | 0 | 0 | other (1) |
| 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 Pleasant View.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Finch & Cherokee 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 & Cherokee?
A high-volume crossing. It ranks #232 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.1× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Finch & Cherokee a walkable intersection?
Finch & Cherokee scores 41 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: 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1 km; 2 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking.
How fast do cars go at Finch & Cherokee?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Cherokee Blvd between Chalet Rd and Pinto Dr (March 2024), found an average of 35 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 125 m away (30 km/h), 7.7% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Finch & Cherokee?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 175 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,810 spaces — 8 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Finch & Cherokee by transit?
Bus routes 39, 24, 10, 169, 167, 939, 924 within 1 km (nearest stop: Finch Ave East at Cherokee Blvd, 18 m); York Region Transit route 024 Woodbine at Victoria Park Av / Finch Av.
What restaurants are near Finch & Cherokee?
1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 8 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Kandahar Grill and Kabab (191 m), Tim Hortons (584 m), McDonald's (671 m), Pizza Pizza (671 m) and Kachiguda Junction (672 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Finch & Cherokee?
The nearest is Pleasantview Community Centre Washroom, 545 Van Horne Ave, 1.0 km away.
Is there child care near Finch & Cherokee?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 119 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Early Years Education System (E.Y.E.S.) (474 m, 57 spaces) and Chester Le Early Learning & Child Care Centre (919 m, 62 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Finch & Cherokee?
One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 228 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 3000 Victoria Park Ave (475 m, 228 units, RentSafeTO score 80). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 80 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Finch & Cherokee?
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Pleasant View page.
What neighbourhood is Finch & Cherokee in?
Finch & Cherokee is in Pleasant View (City of Toronto neighbourhood 046). It is in Ward 17, Don Valley North, represented by Councillor Shelley Carroll.
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 Jun 11, 2024.
- 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- 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 17 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: 43.79353, -79.33698 · centreline node 13444260.