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Finch & Estelle

Finch Ave E & Estelle Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Newtonbrook East · Ward 18, Willowdale

In Newtonbrook East, Finch & Estelle is a moderately travelled crossing. At the corner: a school within 250 m and a park. Nearby: 6 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
8,877
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 2, 1990
331 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
60
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
6 with an injury · 52 property damage · #1791 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,110 vehicles, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 27 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 6 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 29%, from 35 in 2016–2020 to 25 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Finch & Estelle

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
39114298 nearest 17 m
Express
939
Blue Night
339
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Finch Ave East at Estelle Ave; Finch Ave East at Winlock Park
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Maxome Ave / Finch Hydro Corridor 404 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 (10)
  • Finch Public SchoolEnglish Public · 108 m
  • Blessed Trinity Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 483 m
  • Cummer Valley Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 618 m
  • Bannockburn Montessori School & Beth Tikvah SynagoguePrivate · 670 m
  • Dora Education CentrePrivate · 945 m
  • St Anne Catholic Academy, School of Virtual LearningEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • and 4 more
Community centres
  • Bayview Arena489 m
  • Mitchell Field Community Centre1.4 km
Parks (22)
  • Laredo Park217 m
  • Bayview Arena Park483 m
  • Maxome Park485 m
  • Gustav Parkette543 m
  • Longmore Park867 m
  • Newtonbrook Park946 m
  • and 16 more

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; 8 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 71 within a kilometre. The nearest is Grand Luxe Event Boutique, 527 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 8 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 1 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Grand Luxe Event Boutique · 3125 Bayview Ave527 mPassed, Apr 2026
Nikki's Cafe · 3292 Bayview Ave Unit-100684 mPassed, Jun 2026
More Than Noodles · 1 Byng Ave772 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction
Donut Counter · 3337 Bayview Ave887 mPassed, Apr 2026
Independent- Your Independent Grocer · 3259 Bayview Avegrocery887 mPassed, Jul 2026
Kaikaki Japanese Cuisine · 3307 Bayview Ave887 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Swiss Chalet Rotisserie & Grill · 3253 Bayview Ave None887 mPassed, Feb 2026
Willow World · 288 Cummer Ave903 mPassed, May 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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 508 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Finch Flyers Child Care Program (108 m, 146 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km6 centres · 508 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 6
  • Finch Flyers Child Care Program · 277 Finch Ave E
    146 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    108 m
  • Blessed Trinity Before & After School · 3205 Bayview Ave
    103 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    484 m
  • Bayview Gardens Day Care Centre · 3125 Bayview Ave
    74 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    527 m
  • Bannockburn School · 3080 Bayview Ave
    110 spaces · toddler, preschool
    670 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 111 (715 m), the nearest police station 32 Division (2.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 715 m away.

FireFire Station 111 · 715 m3300 Bayview Ave
Police32 Division · 2 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 56 · 715 m3300 Bayview Ave

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 five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 853 rental units. The nearest is 11 Ruddington Dr (561 m, 155 units, 13 storeys, built 1968), which scored 91 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 14 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 4 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings5 · 853 units
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202614 across the 5
Open fire-code violations4
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
11 Ruddington Dr · The Brown Group of Companies Inc.15513196891 · Aug 20263 · 1 fire561 m
10 Ruddington Dr · Novi Properties15513196783 · Aug 20264 · 2 fire667 m
50 Ruddington Dr · Schickedanz Bros. Properties18914196890 · Jul 20254 · 1 fire851 m
60 Ruddington Dr · Schickedanz Bros. Properties17918196689 · Sep 202401 km
505 Cummer Ave · Schickedanz Bros. Properties17513196797 · Aug 202531 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 lots211 lots · ≈16,650 spaces · 49.9 ha
Within 500 m16 lots · ≈780 spaces
Green P (public)5 car parks · about 2,590 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
5667 Yonge Street · Surface1.6 km23 *
Finch East - 814 Willowdale Ave - partial closure, reduced spaces · Surface1.6 km900 *
Finch West Lot - 18 Hendon Ave · Surface1.6 km1,552 *
11 Finch Ave W · Surface1.7 km6267% (Q1 2026)
10 Kingsdale Ave · Surface2 km5344% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 18 m away, ≈5 spaces; 84 m away, ≈20 spaces; 161 m away, ≈78 spaces; 183 m away, ≈26 spaces; 209 m away, ≈10 spaces; 221 m away, ≈51 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, Apr 2, 1990

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 8,161 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 92% of the total, against 154 from the east. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 1,652 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m., 9% above the afternoon peak from 4:45 p.m. (1,511). Heavy vehicles made up 4.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 36 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 1990, 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 west8,161eastbound · 0 bikes · 3.5% heavy
Total vehicles8,877331 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 4.8% heavy
From the east154westbound · 0 bikes · 59.1% heavy
From the south562northbound · 0 bikes · 8.5% heavy
AM peak hour1,652 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,511 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 2, 1990

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 Finch Ave E between Winlock Pk and Manorcrest Dr, 82 m from the corner, a 3-day count in July 2022 put the average speed at 51 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 59 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 64 km/h or more. That segment carries about 23,900 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Finch Ave E (81 m away, 30 km/h limit), 78% of the 13,358 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Finch Ave E · Winlock Pk – Manorcrest Dr · 82 mJul 2022 · 3 days23,89551 km/h59 km/h64 km/h

School-zone speed sign 81 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct43 · 49 km/h
Over the limit92%
40 km/h or more78%

Finch Ave E (eastbound), 257 Finch Avenue East · 13,358 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 2019, with 15 collisions; 2025 recorded 4. 6 collisions (10%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 3% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 24, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions60#1791 of 5,508
With an injury6#2446 of 4,660
Property damage only52
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201479latest Feb 24, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

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

Nine thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 44% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle950house driveway/garage (4), apartment parking (3)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 10, 2025. 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 Newtonbrook East.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Finch & Estelle a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 60 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 & Estelle?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 2, 1990, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Finch & Estelle?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Finch Ave E between Winlock Pk and Manorcrest Dr (July 2022), found an average of 51 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 59 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 81 m away (30 km/h), 78% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Finch & Estelle?

The nearest Green P car park is 5667 Yonge Street (1.6 km away, 23 spaces). The City's mapping shows 211 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,650 spaces — 16 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Finch & Estelle by transit?

Bus routes 39, 11, 42, 98, 939 within 1 km (nearest stop: Finch Ave East at Estelle Ave, 17 m).

What restaurants are near Finch & Estelle?

None within 300 m, and 8 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Grand Luxe Event Boutique (527 m), Nikki's Cafe (684 m), More Than Noodles (772 m), Donut Counter (887 m) and Kaikaki Japanese Cuisine (887 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 & Estelle?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 508 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Finch Flyers Child Care Program (108 m, 146 spaces), Blessed Trinity Before & After School (484 m, 103 spaces) and Bayview Gardens Day Care Centre (527 m, 74 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Finch & Estelle?

Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 853 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 11 Ruddington Dr (561 m, 155 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 10 Ruddington Dr (667 m, 155 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 50 Ruddington Dr (851 m, 189 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 60 Ruddington Dr (1.0 km, 179 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 90 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 & Estelle?

Toronto Police place nine 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 Newtonbrook East page.

What neighbourhood is Finch & Estelle in?

Finch & Estelle is in Newtonbrook East (City of Toronto neighbourhood 050). It is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng.

Sources

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