Toronto · intersection · signal 1144

Finch & Cherokee

Finch Ave E & Cherokee Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · Pleasant View · Ward 17, Don Valley North

In Pleasant View, Finch & Cherokee is a high-volume crossing. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
33,857
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 11, 2024
1,291 pedestrians · 130 cyclists · #228 busiest
Collisions
123
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
29 with an injury · 85 property damage · #887 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 2,420 vehicles, 2.1× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 26 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 12 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 3.6 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions fell 36%, from 75 in 2016–2020 to 48 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Finch & Cherokee

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
392410169167 nearest 18 m
Express
924939
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 Av423 m
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.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (22)
  • Ernest Public SchoolEnglish Public · 237 m
  • Cherokee Public SchoolEnglish Public · 597 m
  • Pleasant View Jr High SchoolEnglish Public · 716 m
  • Chester Le Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 735 m
  • St Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 861 m
  • Epiphany of Our Lord Catholic AcademyEnglish Separate · 884 m
  • and 16 more
Community centres
  • Pleasantview Community Centre727 m
  • Seneca Village Community Centre1.2 km
Parks (15)
  • Pinto Park364 m
  • Shawnee Park406 m
  • Van Horne Park741 m
  • Chester Le Park827 m
  • Hobart Park1 km
  • Fairglen Park1.1 km
  • and 9 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Pleasant View branch670 m
Signal
1144, activated 1975 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West · transit priority

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 19 — well below the median of 71 within a kilometre. The nearest is Kandahar Grill and Kabab, 156 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 19 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 3 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Kandahar Grill and Kabab · 165 Cherokee Blvd156 mPassed, Jun 2026
Early Years Education System · 3000 Victoria Park Ave418 mPassed, May 2026
Petro Canada · 2900 Finch Ave Egrocery483 mPassed, Oct 2025
Tim Hortons · 3101 Victoria Park Ave524 mPassed, Jun 2026
Kachiguda Junction · 2938 Finch Ave E597 mPassed, Jun 2025
Becker's · 2942 Finch Ave E597 mPassed, Jun 2026
McDonald's · 2936 Finch Ave E597 mPassed, Feb 2026
Pizza Pizza · 2938 Finch Ave E Unit-A597 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction

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 Pleasantview Community Centre Washroom, 727 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 366 m away at Pinto Park.

  • Pleasantview Community Centre Washroom · 545 Van Horne Ave
    View centre hours
    727 m
Drinking water
Pinto Park drinking fountain · 366 m; Shawnee Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 420 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 201 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Early Years Education System (E.y.e.s) (418 m, 57 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 201 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • Early Years Education System (E.y.e.s) · 3000 Victoria Park Ave
    57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    418 m
  • Chester Le Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 201 Chester Le Blvd
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    735 m
  • Kateri Kids Child Care Centre · 70 Margaret Ave
    46 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    861 m
  • Epiphany of Our Lord Jr YMCA · 3150 Pharmacy Ave
    36 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    884 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 113 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 33 Division (4.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.1 km away.

FireFire Station 113 · 1.1 km700 Seneca Hill Dr
Police33 Division · 4.8 km50 Upjohn Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 23 · 2.1 km115 Parkway Forest Dr

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

Within a kilometre there are four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 892 rental units. The nearest is 3000 Victoria Park Ave (418 m, 228 units, 6 storeys, built 1972), which scored 80 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 13 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings4 · 892 units
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202613 across the 4
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
3000 Victoria Park Ave · Ranee Management2286197280 · Jun 20246418 m
70 Clipper Rd · Schickedanz Bros. Properties20614197095 · Jul 20250733 m
3050 Pharmacy Ave · Park Property Management Inc25218197491 · Sep 20246799 m
60 Clipper Rd · Schickedanz Bros. Properties20614197289 · Jul 20251825 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 lots273 lots · ≈45,370 spaces · 136.1 ha
Within 500 m13 lots · ≈630 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 108 m away, ≈259 spaces; 132 m away, ≈27 spaces; 135 m away, ≈6 spaces; 160 m away, ≈3 spaces; 184 m away, ≈18 spaces; 268 m away, ≈62 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 — 14-hour, 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 16,183 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.

From the north1,900southbound · 25 bikes · 1.7% heavy
From the west16,533eastbound · 36 bikes · 4.4% heavy
Total vehicles33,8571,291 pedestrians · 130 cyclists · 4.3% heavy
From the east13,908westbound · 43 bikes · 4.7% heavy
From the south1,516northbound · 26 bikes · 1.9% heavy
AM peak hour3,248 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour3,031 vehicles from 5:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 11, 2024

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

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), 7.3% of the 114,448 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Cherokee Blvd · Chalet Rd – Pinto Dr · 164 mMar 2024 · 3 days3,23335 km/h44 km/h49 km/h
Finch Ave E · Hwy 404 N – Cherokee Blvd · 200 mOct 2011 · 3 days23,328

School-zone speed sign 125 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct27 · 37 km/h
Over the limit21%
40 km/h or more7.3%

Cherokee Blvd (southbound), 164 Cherokee Boulevard · 114,448 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

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, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 29, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 3.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions123#887 of 5,508
With an injury29#531 of 4,660
Property damage only85
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian6#562 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1848 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified9
Since January 2026 (outside the window)6
All since 2014160latest Jun 29, 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 Jan 11, 2008.

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

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 1, 2021. 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 #228 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.1× the median for a counted intersection.

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), 7.3% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Finch & Cherokee?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 273 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 45,370 spaces — 13 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, 924, 939 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 19 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Kandahar Grill and Kabab (156 m), Early Years Education System (418 m), Tim Hortons (524 m), Kachiguda Junction (597 m) and Becker's (597 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 Finch & Cherokee?

The nearest is Pleasantview Community Centre Washroom, 545 Van Horne Ave, 727 m away (View centre hours). 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 Finch & Cherokee?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 201 spaces in total; 3 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) (418 m, 57 spaces), Chester Le Early Learning & Child Care Centre (735 m, 62 spaces) and Kateri Kids Child Care Centre (861 m, 46 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Finch & Cherokee?

Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 892 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3000 Victoria Park Ave (418 m, 228 units, RentSafeTO score 80), 70 Clipper Rd (733 m, 206 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 3050 Pharmacy Ave (799 m, 252 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 60 Clipper Rd (825 m, 206 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 89 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 & Cherokee?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 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

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