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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 · Feb 28, 2023
The east leg carries the load — 6,746 westbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 370. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,115 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,208 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.3% 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 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2023, 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: 2,115 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,208 from 4:45 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 (18 collisions), and 2025 closed with 8. 22% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 13 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% 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 29, 2026.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Sep 17, 2014.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 109 | #1020 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 24 | #677 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 73 | |
| Fail to remain | 13 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 2 | #1129 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 12 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 8 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 2 | latest Sep 17, 2014 |
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
The City's most recent midblock count on Finch Ave E between Linus Rd and Skymark Park Trl (95 m away, Mar 2021) recorded volume only — about 15,845 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Seneca Hill Dr (276 m away, 30 km/h limit), 45% of the 30,842 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finch Ave E · Linus Rd – Skymark Park Trl · 95 m | Mar 2021 · 3 days | 15,845 | — | — | — |
- Speed sign
- Seneca Hill Dr (westbound), 276 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 38 km/h, 85th percentile 46 km/h; 45% at 40 km/h or more. 30,842 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 1059, activated 1974 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 39 25 151 42 10 169 nearest 22 m
- Express
- 939 925
- Blue Night
- 339 325
- Nearest stops
- 5 surface stops within 300 m — Finch Ave East at Brahms Ave; Finch Ave East at Linus Rd East Side
- Regional
- York Region Transit 090 Leslie 090B Leslie at Don Mills Rd / Finch Av300 m · 4 min
- Cycling
- Sharrows on Linus Rd installed 2006; Sharrows on Brahms Ave installed 2006
- Bike Share
- Brahms Ave / Finch Ave E 57 m · 19 docks · 1 station, 19 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
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 25 mapped lots within 500 m, 128 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
The nearest grocery store is No Frills, 660 m away; 3 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 26 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 362 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Rexall, 676 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Tim Hortons · 1500 Finch Ave E362 m · 4 min
- O Biscotti · 3303 Don Mills Rd 2105461 m · 5 min
- Congee Wong · 11 Ravel Rd Unit-5-6 None652 m · 8 min
- Petit Potato · 11 Ravel Rd Unit-1-2 None652 m · 8 min
- Sushi Legend · 11 Ravel Rd Unit-3 None652 m · 8 min
- Grocery
- No Frills 660 m · 8 min · 3 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Gloucester Bakery 843 m · 10 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Rexall 676 m · 8 min · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- Brahms Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 40 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day119 m
- Crestview School Age Program YMCA · 86 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day501 m · 6 min
- Northwood Montessori · 53 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day586 m · 7 min
- Washrooms
- Seneca Village Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed653 m · 8 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 (14)
- Skymark Park444 m · 5 min
- Linus Park452 m · 5 min
- Seneca Village Park629 m · 7 min
- Gideon Parkette792 m · 9 min
- Willesden Park824 m · 10 min
- Community centres
- Seneca Village Community Centre670 m · 8 min
- Schools (11)
- Crestview Public SchoolEnglish Public · 524 m · 6 min
- Don Valley Middle SchoolEnglish Public · 618 m · 7 min
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 627 m · 7 min
- Seneca Hill Public SchoolEnglish Public · 882 m · 11 min
- Ecole Elementaire Paul DemersFrench Public · 889 m · 11 min
- Places of interest
- Historic Zion SchoolhouseMuseum · 499 m · 6 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 library 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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Seven registered apartment buildings with 681 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, all of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2 Brahms Ave (69 m, 164 units, 12 storeys, built 1971), which scored 93 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Brahms Ave Toronto Community Housing · TCH | 164 | 12 | 1971 | 93 · Aug 2025 | 69 m |
| 5 Brahms Ave Toronto Community Housing · TCH | 178 | 13 | 1971 | 89 · Aug 2025 | 118 m |
| 1700 Finch Ave E Toronto Community Housing | 275 | 18 | 1979 | 95 · Aug 2025 | 634 m · 8 min |
| 11 Field Sparroway Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 16 | 4 | 1973 | 77 · Jul 2024 | 1 km · 11 min |
| 7 Field Sparroway Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 16 | 4 | 1973 | 90 · Aug 2025 | 1 km · 11 min |
| 13 Field Sparroway Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 16 | 4 | 1973 | 90 · Aug 2025 | 1 km · 12 min |
7 registered buildings · 681 units · 7 social housing · tallest 18 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
Toronto Police place 17 thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 2.0 a year. 71% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 28, 2026.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 17 | 6 | 1 | street/outdoor (12), apartment parking (5) |
| Bicycle theft | 3 | 0 | 0 | street/outdoor (2), house driveway/garage (1) |
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 Don Valley Village.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Finch & Linus a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 109 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 & Linus?
A busier-than-typical intersection at the City's last count here, in 2023. Its latest count is from Feb 28, 2023, 1.49× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Finch & Linus a walkable intersection?
Finch & Linus scores 47 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: 2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 5 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km; nearest school 0.5 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking.
Where can I park near Finch & Linus?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 128 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,300 spaces — 25 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Finch & Linus by transit?
Bus routes 39, 25, 151, 42, 10, 169, 939, 925 within 1 km (nearest stop: Finch Ave East at Brahms Ave, 22 m); York Region Transit routes 090 Leslie, 090B Leslie at Don Mills Rd / Finch Av.
What restaurants are near Finch & Linus?
None within 300 m, and 26 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tim Hortons (362 m), O Biscotti (461 m), Congee Wong (652 m), Petit Potato (652 m) and Sushi Legend (652 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Finch & Linus?
The nearest is Seneca Village Community Centre Washroom, 1700 Finch Ave E., 653 m away.
Is there child care near Finch & Linus?
Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 611 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Brahms Early Learning & Child Care Centre (119 m, 40 spaces), Crestview School Age Program YMCA (501 m, 86 spaces) and Northwood Montessori (586 m, 53 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Finch & Linus?
Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 681 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2 Brahms Ave (69 m, 164 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 5 Brahms Ave (118 m, 178 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 1700 Finch Ave E (634 m, 275 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 11 Field Sparroway (1.0 km, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 77). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 88 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Finch & Linus?
Toronto Police place 17 thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Don Valley Village page.
What neighbourhood is Finch & Linus in?
Finch & Linus is in Don Valley Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 047). 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 Feb 28, 2023.
- 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; 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.
- 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: 43.79196, -79.35807 · centreline node 13444508.