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Galley & MacDonell

Galley Ave & MacDonell Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Roncesvalles · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

Galley & MacDonell sits in Roncesvalles, in central Toronto. At the City's last count here, in 2022, it was a low-volume local intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has a bike lane at the corner. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
880
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 22, 2022
344 pedestrians · 276 cyclists
Collisions
8
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
11 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
39/100
city median 48
1 place to eat within 300 m · grocery 447 m

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Galley & MacDonell

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 · Sep 22, 2022

The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 208 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 131% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (90). Heavy vehicles made up 3.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north880southbound · 177 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 11 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles880344 pedestrians · 276 cyclists · 3.3% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south0northbound · 88 bikes · 0.0% heavy

Peak hours: 90 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 208 from 4:00 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

2020 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 13% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 25% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 15, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions8
With an injury1
Property damage only5
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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 counter on Galley Ave between Macdonell Ave and Sorauren Ave (124 m away) recorded an average of 20 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 29 km/h. That segment carries about 500 vehicles a day. MacDonell Ave between Pearson Ave and Galley Ave measured slower: 19 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 28 km/h (Sep 2026). At the school-zone speed sign on Lansdowne Ave (181 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.6% of the 36,919 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
MacDonell Ave · Pearson Ave – Galley Ave · 51 mSep 2026 · 3 days95419 km/h28 km/h32 km/h
Galley Ave · Macdonell Ave – Sorauren Ave · 124 mSep 2026 · 3 days45420 km/h29 km/h33 km/h
Speed sign
Lansdowne Ave (southbound), 181 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 34 km/h, 85th percentile 39 km/h; 0.6% at 50 km/h or more. 36,919 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.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Streetcar
501 504 505 506 508 nearest 504 m · 6 min
TTC bus
47 402 nearest 267 m · 3 min
Blue Night
301 304 305 306
Nearest stops
1 surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on MacDonell Ave installed 2024; Bike Lane - Contraflow on Galley Ave installed 2024
Bike Share
Lansdowne Ave / Seaforth Ave 356 m · 4 min · 14 docks · 13 stations, 227 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
11 car parks · about 661 spaces
EV charging
1224 KING ST W · 1.6 km · 2 Level 2 ports; also 430 Roncesvalles Ave (1.6 km), 2251 Dundas St W (1.8 km)
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
5 mapped lots within 500 m, 366 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
14 Fuller Ave · Surface503 m4247% (Q1 2026)
1325 Queen St W · Surface814 m3294% (Q1 2026)
1624 Queen St W · Surface834 m3371% (Q1 2026)
9 Bonar Pl · Surface1.4 km3471% (Q1 2026)
1275 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface1.4 km120 *—

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 Mike's No Frills, 447 m away; 13 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m, and 126 eating places within a kilometre — 3.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Macdonell House, 284 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Parkdale Guardian Drugs, 501 m away; 6 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is St. Joseph's Health Centre, 1.4 km away, then Bickle Centre at 1.4 km. Sistering Parkdale Drop - In at Masaryk - Cowan Community Centre runs a seniors' active living programme 1.0 km away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Macdonell House · 54 Macdonell Ave284 m · 3 min
  • Tutto Panino · 100 Sorauren Ave360 m · 4 min
  • Tiny Cafe · 10 Macdonell Ave437 m · 5 min
  • Songtsen Gampo Cafe · 1504 Queen St W462 m · 6 min
  • Mandala Food Store · 1506 Queen St W467 m · 6 min
1 within 300 m · 126 within 1 km
Grocery
Mike's No Frills 447 m · 5 min · 13 within 1 km
Food shops
Butcher By Charlie's World of Meat 447 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Parkdale Guardian Drugs 501 m · 6 min · 6 within 1 km
Child care
  • Odyssey Montessori School Incorporated · 64 spaces, preschool292 m · 3 min
  • Parkdale Childcare Centre · 177 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day436 m · 5 min
  • Ferncliff Daycare and After School Group · 174 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day712 m · 8 min
6 licensed centres · 736 spaces within 1 km · 5 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Sorauren Avenue Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible618 m · 7 min
  • Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom · hours not listed1 km · 11 min
Drinking water: Charles G. Williams Park 522 m · 6 min (off); Albert Crosland Park 529 m · 6 min (off)
Health and care
  • St. Joseph's Health Centre · hospital site1.4 km · 17 min
  • Bickle Centre · hospital site1.4 km · 17 min
  • Sistering Parkdale Drop - In at Masaryk - Cowan Community Centre · seniors' active living centre1 km · 11 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 (22)
and 17 more within 1.5 km
Schools (15)
  • Parkdale Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 436 m · 5 min
  • Parkdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 692 m · 8 min
  • Fern Avenue Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 712 m · 8 min
  • Mary Mother of God SchoolPrivate · 789 m · 9 min
  • Academy of Enlightened MindsPrivate · 860 m · 10 min
and 10 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch921 m · 11 min
  • Toronto Public Library High Park branch1 km · 12 min
Places of interest
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 1.5 km · 18 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 care or retirement home.

39of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food11/30

    13 grocery stores within 1 km · 1 place to eat within 300 m

  • Transit9/28

    1 stop within 300 m · 11 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go6/14

    library 921 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation6/10

    nearest park 0.6 km · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care7/8

    1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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

50 registered apartment buildings with 3,935 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 11 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 1496 Queen St W (448 m, 12 units, 4 storeys, built 1870), which scored 90 out of 100 at its June 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 50 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
1496 Queen St W124187090 · Jun 2025448 m · 5 min
10 Lansdowne Ave social housing · Neighbours Community Homes213189781 · Jul 2024514 m · 6 min
12 Lansdowne Ave · Anchor Property Managers Inc263197990 · Aug 2026525 m · 6 min
200 Jameson Ave · Dms Property Management Ltd10012196292 · Jun 2025558 m · 7 min
1479 Queen St W · Smartsell Marketing113191783 · Jul 2024602 m · 7 min
1387 Queen St W social housing · Ecuhome Corporation234191091 · Jun 2025615 m · 7 min

50 registered buildings · 3,935 units · 11 social housing · tallest 22 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 three thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle320street/outdoor (2), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft410house driveway/garage (2), other (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 Roncesvalles.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Galley & MacDonell a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 8 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 Galley & MacDonell?

A low-volume local intersection at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Sep 22, 2022, 10% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Galley & MacDonell a walkable intersection?

Galley & MacDonell scores 39 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: 1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; nearest park 0.6 km · 1 community centre within 800 m; library 921 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km.

How fast do cars go at Galley & MacDonell?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Galley Ave between Macdonell Ave and Sorauren Ave (September 2026), found an average of 20 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 29 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 181 m away (40 km/h), 0.6% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Galley & MacDonell?

The nearest Green P car park is 14 Fuller Ave (503 m away, 42 spaces, 47% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 366 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 11,770 spaces — 5 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1224 KING ST W (1.6 km).

How do I get to Galley & MacDonell by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 504, 505, 506 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 504 m away; bus routes 47, 402 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Galley & MacDonell?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 126 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Macdonell House (284 m), Tutto Panino (360 m), Tiny Cafe (437 m), Songtsen Gampo Cafe (462 m) and Mandala Food Store (467 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Galley & MacDonell?

The nearest is Sorauren Avenue Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 289 Sorauren Ave, 618 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom (1.0 km).

Is there child care near Galley & MacDonell?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 736 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Odyssey Montessori School Incorporated (292 m, 64 spaces), Parkdale Childcare Centre (436 m, 177 spaces) and Ferncliff Daycare and After School Group (712 m, 174 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Galley & MacDonell?

50 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,935 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1496 Queen St W (448 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 10 Lansdowne Ave (514 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 12 Lansdowne Ave (525 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 200 Jameson Ave (558 m, 100 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 50 is 88 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at Galley & MacDonell?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Roncesvalles page.

What neighbourhood is Galley & MacDonell in?

Galley & MacDonell is in Roncesvalles (City of Toronto neighbourhood 086). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined