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Finch & Skymark

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

In Don Valley Village, Finch & Skymark is a busier-than-typical intersection. At the corner: parks. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
13,403
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 25, 2023
221 pedestrians · 1 cyclists
Collisions
81
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
11 with an injury · 61 property damage · #1365 of 5,508 · +7 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
2
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
2 fatal · 2 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #171 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
1
TTC stop 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

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,680 vehicles an hour, 1.45× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 61 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 8.1 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.6× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 50%, from 54 in 2016–2020 to 27 in 2021–2025. About one in 41 of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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Finch & Skymark

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 27 m
Express
939925
Blue Night
339325
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Finch Ave East at Skymark Dr
Regional
York Region Transit 090 Leslie090B Leslie at Don Mills Rd / Finch Av196 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Brahms Ave / Finch Ave E 496 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 (17)
  • Seneca Hill Public SchoolEnglish Public · 301 m
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 375 m
  • Seneca College (Newnham Campus)College · 394 m
  • Don Valley Middle SchoolEnglish Public · 457 m
  • Hillmount Public SchoolEnglish Public · 706 m
  • McNicoll Avenue School BldgEnglish Public · 797 m
  • and 11 more
Parks (18)
  • Seneca Village Park105 m
  • Seneca Hill Park190 m
  • Skymark Park328 m
  • Hobart Park530 m
  • McNicoll Park611 m
  • Linus Park679 m
  • and 12 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Hillcrest branch1.4 km
  • Toronto Public Library Pleasant View branch1.5 km
Places of interest
  • Historic Zion SchoolhouseMuseum · 944 m
Signal
1454, activated 1983 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

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 9 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 38. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 160 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés9 within 300 m · 38 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Circle K · 1500 Finch Ave Egrocery159 mPassed, Dec 2023
Tim Hortons · 1500 Finch Ave E160 mPassed, May 2026
Pho Jiaba · 3555 Don Mills Rd190 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Chiba Japanese Restaurant · 3555 Don Mills Rd Unit-5191 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Deer Garden Signatures · 3555 Don Mills Rd191 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
KFC · 3555 Don Mills Rd Unit-20191 mPassed, Sep 2026
No Frills · 3555 Don Mills Rdgrocery191 mPassed, Apr 2026
Pizza Hut · 3555 Don Mills Rd Unit-20191 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions

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, 124 m away, View centre hours.

  • Seneca Village Community Centre Washroom · 1700 Finch Ave E.
    View centre hours
    124 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 (300 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
    300 m
  • Jingbao Bilingual Children's Centre · 3105 Don Mills Rd
    89 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    375 m
  • Seneca Hill Centre For Early Learning · 350 Seneca Hill Dr
    90 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    407 m
  • Brahms Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 5 Brahms Ave
    40 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    448 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 113 (117 m), the nearest police station 33 Division (4.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.3 km away.

FireFire Station 113 · 117 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

Within a kilometre there are seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,277 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1700 Finch Ave E (113 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 fire113 m
5 Brahms AveToronto Community Housing · TCH17813197189 · Aug 20250448 m
2 Brahms AveToronto Community Housing · TCH16412197193 · Aug 20253530 m
335 Van Horne Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited12514196996 · Jul 20252659 m
225 Van Horne Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited15313196898 · Jul 20256690 m
201 Van Horne Ave · The Brown Group of Companies Inc.24518196687 · Sep 20242761 m
12 Deerford Rd · CAPREIT13712196989 · Aug 20242793 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 lots276 lots · ≈39,360 spaces · 118.1 ha
Within 500 m23 lots · ≈3,850 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 366 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Don Mills Lot - 1800 Sheppard Ave East · Surface2 km366 *

Nearest lots: 104 m away, ≈128 spaces; 109 m away, ≈307 spaces; 112 m away, ≈386 spaces; 133 m away, ≈21 spaces; 161 m away, ≈96 spaces; 202 m away, ≈190 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, Mar 25, 2023 (a weekend day)

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 6,358 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 47% of the total, against 252 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 2,091 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:00 p.m., against 1,324 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. 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 north1,258southbound · 0 bikes · 0.7% heavy
From the west5,535eastbound · 1 bikes · 3.1% heavy
Total vehicles13,403221 pedestrians · 1 cyclists · 2.7% heavy
From the east6,358westbound · 0 bikes · 2.8% heavy
From the south252northbound · 0 bikes · 0.8% heavy
AM peak hour1,324 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,091 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 25, 2023 · weekend

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 most recent midblock count on Finch Ave E between Skymark Dr and Finch E (78 m away, Mar 2021) recorded volume only — about 15,705 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Seneca Hill Dr (149 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 · 78 mMar 2021 · 3 days15,705
Skymark Dr · Finch Ave E – Don Mills Rd · 203 mJun 2007 · 3 days2,822

School-zone speed sign 149 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

The worst year was 2016, with 19 collisions; 2025 recorded 7. 11 collisions (14%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 5 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (6%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 7 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 14, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions81#1365 of 5,508
With an injury11#1527 of 4,660
Property damage only61
Fail to remain8
Involving a pedestrian4#830 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1458 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality2
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)7
All since 2014118latest Jun 14, 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

Of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025, all were fatal. 2 pedestrians were among those hurt. The most recent was on Aug 19, 2016. Going back to 2006, the total is 6.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions2#171 of 1,505
Fatal2#9 of 319
Involving a pedestrian2#47 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20066latest Aug 19, 2016

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

Six 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. 100% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle600street/outdoor (6)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 4, 2022. 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 & Skymark a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 2 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#171 of 1,505), out of 81 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 & Skymark?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Mar 25, 2023, 1.45× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Finch & Skymark?

The nearest Green P car park is Don Mills Lot - 1800 Sheppard Ave East (2.0 km away, 366 spaces). The City's mapping shows 276 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 39,360 spaces — 23 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Finch & Skymark by transit?

Bus routes 39, 25, 10, 169, 42, 939, 925 within 1 km (nearest stop: Finch Ave East at Skymark Dr, 27 m); York Region Transit routes 090 Leslie, 090B Leslie at Don Mills Rd / Finch Av.

What restaurants are near Finch & Skymark?

9 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 Tim Hortons (160 m), Pho Jiaba (190 m), Chiba Japanese Restaurant (191 m), Deer Garden Signatures (191 m) and KFC (191 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 & Skymark?

The nearest is Seneca Village Community Centre Washroom, 1700 Finch Ave E., 124 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 & Skymark?

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 (300 m, 112 spaces), Jingbao Bilingual Children's Centre (375 m, 89 spaces) and Seneca Hill Centre For Early Learning (407 m, 90 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Finch & Skymark?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,277 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1700 Finch Ave E (113 m, 275 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 5 Brahms Ave (448 m, 178 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 2 Brahms Ave (530 m, 164 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 335 Van Horne Ave (659 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 & Skymark?

Toronto Police place six 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 Don Valley Village page.

What neighbourhood is Finch & Skymark in?

Finch & Skymark 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