Toronto · intersection · signal 1183

Finch & Seneca Hill

Finch Ave E & Seneca Hill Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Don Valley Village · Ward 17, Don Valley North

Finch & Seneca Hill is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in Don Valley Village. It has parks and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
15,948
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 28, 2023
1,512 pedestrians · 1 cyclists
Collisions
397
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
63 with an injury · 268 property damage · +13 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #647 of 1,505
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
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,990 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.72× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 11 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. On average 40 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 13× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 31%, from 235 in 2016–2020 to 162 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 397 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Finch & Seneca Hill

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
39251016942 nearest 26 m
Express
939925
Blue Night
339325
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Finch Ave East at Seneca Hill Dr - Opposite Seneca Polytechnic; Finch Ave East at Au Large Blvd - Seneca Polytechnic
Regional
York Region Transit 090 Leslie090B Leslie at Don Mills Rd / Finch Av353 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Brahms Ave / Finch Ave E 651 m · 19 docks · 2 stations, 30 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 (18)
  • Seneca College (Newnham Campus)College · 266 m
  • Seneca Hill Public SchoolEnglish Public · 307 m
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 478 m
  • Don Valley Middle SchoolEnglish Public · 583 m
  • Hillmount Public SchoolEnglish Public · 643 m
  • McNicoll Avenue School BldgEnglish Public · 855 m
  • and 12 more
Parks (18)
  • Seneca Village Park92 m
  • Seneca Hill Park258 m
  • Skymark Park449 m
  • Hobart Park512 m
  • McNicoll Park599 m
  • Linus Park822 m
  • and 12 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Pleasant View branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Historic Zion SchoolhouseMuseum · 1.1 km
Signal
1183, activated 1977 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 16 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 38 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Subway Sandwiches, 242 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés16 within 300 m · 38 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Subway Sandwiches · 1760 Finch Ave E242 mPassed, May 2026
M & M Food Market · 1760 Finch Ave Egrocery242 mPassed, Oct 2025
Raufi BBQ Hotdog & Sausage Co. · 1750 Finch Ave E267 mPassed, Jun 2026
Tim Hortons - the Bridge · 1750 Finch Ave E267 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Ssf Eats · 1750 Finch Ave E Bldg-A-3rd Fl267 mPassed, Jun 2026
Starbucks · 1750 Finch Ave E Bldg-A267 mPassed, May 2026
Bento Sushi · 1750 Finch Ave E267 mPassed, Sep 2025
Starbucks · 1750 Finch Ave E, Bldg-K267 mPassed, Jan 2025

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 Seneca Village Community Centre Washroom, 83 m away, View centre hours.

  • Seneca Village Community Centre Washroom · 1700 Finch Ave E.
    View centre hours
    83 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 645 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Phoenix Child Centre (306 m, 112 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km9 centres · 645 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 9
  • Phoenix Child Centre · 625 Seneca Hill Dr
    112 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    306 m
  • Jingbao Bilingual Children's Centre · 3105 Don Mills Rd
    89 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    478 m
  • Seneca Hill Centre For Early Learning · 350 Seneca Hill Dr
    90 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    556 m
  • Don Valley Christian Child Care · 25 Axsmith Cres
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    570 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 113 (59 m), the nearest police station 33 Division (4.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.3 km away.

FireFire Station 113 · 59 m700 Seneca Hill Dr
Police33 Division · 4.7 km50 Upjohn Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 23 · 2.3 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

Seven registered apartment buildings with 1,277 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 1700 Finch Ave E (74 m, 275 units, 18 storeys, built 1979), which scored 95 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 18 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings7 · 1,277 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202618 across the 7
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1700 Finch Ave EToronto Community Housing27518197995 · Aug 20253 · 2 fire74 m
5 Brahms AveToronto Community Housing · TCH17813197189 · Aug 20250602 m
2 Brahms AveToronto Community Housing · TCH16412197193 · Aug 20253685 m
335 Van Horne Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited12514196996 · Jul 20252703 m
225 Van Horne Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited15313196898 · Jul 20256751 m
12 Deerford Rd · CAPREIT13712196989 · Aug 20242834 m
201 Van Horne Ave · The Brown Group of Companies Inc.24518196687 · Sep 20242846 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 lots292 lots · ≈42,960 spaces · 128.9 ha
Within 500 m21 lots · ≈5,020 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 41 m away, ≈21 spaces; 99 m away, ≈128 spaces; 172 m away, ≈5 spaces; 221 m away, ≈190 spaces; 231 m away, ≈386 spaces; 242 m away, ≈307 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, Feb 28, 2023

The east leg carries the load — 8,128 westbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 507. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,565 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,597 from 5:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.1% 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 4 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. 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 north507southbound · 1 bikes · 3.4% heavy
From the west6,223eastbound · 0 bikes · 5.7% heavy
Total vehicles15,9481,512 pedestrians · 1 cyclists · 5.1% heavy
From the east8,128westbound · 0 bikes · 5.0% heavy
From the south1,090northbound · 0 bikes · 2.8% heavy
AM peak hour2,565 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,597 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Feb 28, 2023

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 counter on Seneca Hill Dr between Hobart Dr and Kingslake Rd (308 m away) recorded an average of 37 km/h in its 5-day count in September 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 47 km/h. That segment carries about 2,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Seneca Hill Dr (128 m away, 30 km/h limit), 35% of the 42,532 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 · Skymark Dr – Finch E · 79 mMar 2021 · 3 days15,705
Au Large Blvd · Finch E – Premier Davis Blvd · 199 mMar 2021 · 3 days2,923
Seneca Hill Dr · Hobart Dr – Kingslake Rd · 308 mSep 2019 · 5 days2,07437 km/h47 km/h52 km/h

School-zone speed sign 128 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct36 · 44 km/h
Over the limit61%
40 km/h or more35%

Seneca Hill Dr (southbound), 669 Seneca Hill Drive · 42,532 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

2018 was the peak year (67 collisions), and 2025 closed with 38. 16% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 77 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 13 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 11, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions397
With an injury63
Property damage only268
Fail to remain77
Involving a pedestrian15
Involving a cyclist2
Involving a motorcyclist4
With a fatality0
Severity not classified66
Since January 2026 (outside the window)13
All since 2014526latest Jun 11, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 motorcyclist was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Aug 23, 2024. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#647 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
In darkness0
All KSI since 20062latest Aug 23, 2024

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 18 thefts from vehicles and 13 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 5.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 7 in 2023–2025, about 2.3 a year, against 3.4 a year before that. 67% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 77% of the bike thefts were from school or campus property. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 13, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1842street/outdoor (12), apartment parking (3)
Bicycle theft1330school/campus (10), street/outdoor (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 13, 2026. 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 & Seneca Hill a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#647 of 1,505), out of 397 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Seneca Hill?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Feb 28, 2023, 1.72× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Finch & Seneca Hill?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Seneca Hill Dr between Hobart Dr and Kingslake Rd (September 2019), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 128 m away (30 km/h), 35% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Finch & Seneca Hill?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 292 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 42,960 spaces — 21 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Finch & Seneca Hill by transit?

Bus routes 39, 25, 10, 169, 42, 939, 925 within 1 km (nearest stop: Finch Ave East at Seneca Hill Dr - Opposite Seneca Polytechnic, 26 m); York Region Transit routes 090 Leslie, 090B Leslie at Don Mills Rd / Finch Av.

What restaurants are near Finch & Seneca Hill?

16 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 38 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Subway Sandwiches (242 m), Raufi BBQ Hotdog & Sausage Co. (267 m), Tim Hortons - the Bridge (267 m), Ssf Eats (267 m) and Starbucks (267 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 & Seneca Hill?

The nearest is Seneca Village Community Centre Washroom, 1700 Finch Ave E., 83 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 & Seneca Hill?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 645 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Phoenix Child Centre (306 m, 112 spaces), Jingbao Bilingual Children's Centre (478 m, 89 spaces) and Seneca Hill Centre For Early Learning (556 m, 90 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Finch & Seneca Hill?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,277 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1700 Finch Ave E (74 m, 275 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 5 Brahms Ave (602 m, 178 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 2 Brahms Ave (685 m, 164 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 335 Van Horne Ave (703 m, 125 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 92 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 & Seneca Hill?

Toronto Police place 18 thefts from vehicles and 13 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. 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 Don Valley Village page.

What neighbourhood is Finch & Seneca Hill in?

Finch & Seneca Hill is in Don Valley Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 047). It is in Ward 17, Don Valley North, represented by Councillor Shelley Carroll.

Sources

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