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Geary & Bartlett

Geary Ave & Bartlett Ave N · Toronto, Ontario · Junction-Wallace Emerson · Ward 9, Davenport

Geary & Bartlett, in Junction-Wallace Emerson, in central Toronto, is a lightly travelled intersection. At the corner: a bike lane and parks. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
3,434
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 15, 2020
442 pedestrians · 54 cyclists
Collisions
19
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 11 property damage · #3479 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
1 streetcar route · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane - Contraflow, Bike Lane
Bike Share: 23 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 430 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 37% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 8 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. That comes with about 1.9 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Geary & Bartlett

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
512 nearest 851 m
TTC bus
26291611276347 nearest 112 m
Express
929
Blue Night
329363340
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Bike Lane - Contraflow on Bartlett Ave N installed 2022; Bike Lane on Bartlett Ave N installed 2022
Bike Share
Bartlett Parkette 68 m · 23 docks · 13 stations, 228 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 (23)
  • Dovercourt Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 368 m
  • St Mary of the Angels Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 370 m
  • Uchenna AcademyPrivate · 385 m
  • Regal Road Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 499 m
  • St Anthony Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 723 m
  • Loretto College SchoolEnglish Separate · 826 m
  • and 17 more
Parks (32)
  • Bartlett Parkette56 m
  • Bristol Avenue Parkette East93 m
  • Bristol Avenue Parkette West176 m
  • Brandon Avenue Parkette300 m
  • Chandos Park South371 m
  • Geary Avenue Parkette415 m
  • and 26 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Davenport branch848 m
  • Toronto Public Library Dufferin/St. Clair branch904 m
  • Toronto Public Library Junction Triangle (formely Perth/Dupont) branch1.1 km

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 25 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 96. The nearest is Blood Brothers Brewing, 47 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés25 within 300 m · 96 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 18 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Blood Brothers Brewing · 165 Geary Ave Unit-West47 mPassed, Aug 2026
Blood Brothers Brewing · 165 Geary Ave, Floor-Ground W48 mPassed, Dec 2024
Blood Brothers Brewing · 165 Geary Ave, Unit-West48 mPassed, Oct 2025
Standard Time · 165 Geary Ave, Unit-248 mPassed, Aug 2025
Mista Boiga · 191 Geary Ave57 mPassed, Jun 2026
Son of A Butcher · 195 Geary Avegrocery71 mPassed, May 2026
Nova Era · 200 Geary Ave77 mPassed, May 2025 · 3 infractions
Nova Era · 200 Geary Ave77 mPassed, Nov 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 Wallace Emerson Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 356 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 72 m away at Bartlett Parkette.

  • Wallace Emerson Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 1260 Dufferin St
    View centre hours
    356 m
  • Dovercourt Park Washroom · 155 Bartlett Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    594 m
Drinking water
Bartlett Parkette drinking fountain · 72 m; Bristol Avenue Parkette West bottle filling station · 162 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 570 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Dover Gardens Nursery School (368 m, 16 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km8 centres · 570 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 8
  • Dover Gardens Nursery School · 228 Bartlett Ave
    16 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    368 m
  • Macaulay - Dovercourt Child Care Centre · 228 Bartlett Ave
    131 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    368 m
  • Ascot Avenue Community Day Care · 95 Regal Rd
    183 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    499 m
  • Aspiring Academics Preschool - Somerset · 56 Somerset Ave
    46 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    527 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 345 (312 m), the nearest police station 11 Division (1.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 345 · 312 m1285 Dufferin St
Police11 Division · 1.9 km2054 Davenport Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 1.1 km760 Dovercourt Rd

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 16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,411 rental units — five social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 331 Bartlett Ave N (125 m, 13 units, 3 storeys, built 1905), which scored 74 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 51 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings16 · 1,411 units · 5 social housing
RentSafeTO score85 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202651 across the 16
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest21 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
331 Bartlett Ave NToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation133190574 · Sep 20240125 m
10 Mount Royal Ave · 741476 Ontario Inc123191382 · Jun 20250641 m
2 Regal Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management1048195595 · Jul 20257686 m
156 Brandon Ave19476 · Jul 20250740 m
730 St Clarens Ave · Akelius Canada Ltd27518197481 · Jul 20246775 m
11 Winona Drsocial housing · Hellenic Home For the Aged Inc.1507198797 · Jul 20260813 m
1060 Davenport Rdsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes104199282 · Nov 20250825 m
1011 Lansdowne Ave · 1298781 Ontario Inc35221197376 · Aug 202412 · 1 fire831 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 lots635 lots · ≈20,660 spaces · 62 ha
Within 500 m57 lots · ≈1,750 spaces
Green P (public)22 car parks · about 827 spaces
EV charging (City)91 Via Italia · 1 km · 12 Level 2 ports
Bike parking35 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 22 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
94 Northcliffe Blvd · Surface926 m1380% (Q1 2026)
91 Via Italia · Garage1 km16929% (Q1 2026)
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface1.1 km3763% (Q1 2026)
9 Salem Ave · Surface1.1 km3374% (Q1 2026)
154 Westmount Avenue · Surface1.1 km14 *

Nearest lots: 38 m away, ≈12 spaces; 52 m away, ≈14 spaces; 91 m away, ≈32 spaces; 94 m away, ≈71 spaces; 98 m away, ≈53 spaces; 102 m away, ≈41 spaces. More EV charging: 273 Christie St (1.3 km, 2 ports); 685 Dovercourt Rd (1.3 km, 2 ports); 580 Christie St (1.4 km, 2 ports).

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, Jan 15, 2020

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 1,924 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 56% of the total, against 19 from the north. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 598 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 593 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 15.9% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 7 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2020, 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 north19southbound · 3 bikes · 10.5% heavy
From the west1,924eastbound · 20 bikes · 15.1% heavy
Total vehicles3,434442 pedestrians · 54 cyclists · 15.9% heavy
From the east1,266westbound · 11 bikes · 16.7% heavy
From the south225northbound · 20 bikes · 19.6% heavy
AM peak hour598 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour593 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jan 15, 2020

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 Geary Ave between Bristol Ave and Lane W of Bristol and N of Geary, 131 m from the corner, a 3-day count in January 2020 put the average speed at 40 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 48 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 52 km/h or more. That segment carries about 5,200 vehicles a day. Bartlett Ave N between Bristol Avenue Parkette Trl and Lane S of Davenport and E of Bristol measured slower: 26 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 34 km/h (Sep 2021). The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Dufferin St (364 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.3% of the 90,770 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none. 6 speed humps slow traffic on Bartlett Avenue North between Geary Ave and Davenport Rd.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Geary Ave · Bristol Ave – Lane W of Bristol and N of Geary · 131 mJan 2020 · 3 days5,21340 km/h48 km/h52 km/h
Bartlett Ave N · Bristol Avenue Parkette Trl – Lane S of Davenport and E of Bristol · 237 mSep 2021 · 3 days69326 km/h34 km/h38 km/h

School-zone speed sign 364 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct32 · 39 km/h
Over the limit2.5%
50 km/h or more0.3%

Dufferin St (northbound), 146 Whitehall Drive · 90,770 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Bartlett Avenue North · Geary Ave – Davenport Rd
    6 speed humps

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 2022, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 2 collisions (11%) involved an injury. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 32% of collisions. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (11%). The most recent report on file is from Apr 13, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions19#3479 of 5,508
With an injury2#3723 of 4,660
Property damage only11
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian1#2507 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1879 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
All since 201424latest Apr 13, 2025

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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Feb 19, 2010.

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

11 thefts from vehicles and six bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.8× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.7 a year. 91% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 33% of the bike thefts were from commercial premises — shops, offices and their lots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on May 28, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1141street/outdoor (10), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft610commercial premises (2), street/outdoor (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 28, 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 Junction-Wallace Emerson.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Geary & Bartlett a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 19 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 Geary & Bartlett?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Jan 15, 2020, 37% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Geary & Bartlett?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Geary Ave between Bristol Ave and Lane W of Bristol and N of Geary (January 2020), found an average of 40 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 364 m away (40 km/h), 0.3% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Geary & Bartlett?

The nearest Green P car park is 94 Northcliffe Blvd (926 m away, 13 spaces, 80% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 635 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,660 spaces — 57 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 91 Via Italia (1.0 km).

How do I get to Geary & Bartlett by transit?

Streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 851 m away; bus routes 26, 29, 161, 127, 63, 47, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Geary & Bartlett?

25 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 96 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Blood Brothers Brewing (47 m), Blood Brothers Brewing (48 m), Blood Brothers Brewing (48 m), Standard Time (48 m) and Mista Boiga (57 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 Geary & Bartlett?

The nearest is Wallace Emerson Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 1260 Dufferin St, 356 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Dovercourt Park Washroom (594 m). 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 Geary & Bartlett?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 570 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Dover Gardens Nursery School (368 m, 16 spaces), Macaulay - Dovercourt Child Care Centre (368 m, 131 spaces) and Ascot Avenue Community Day Care (499 m, 183 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Geary & Bartlett?

16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,411 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 331 Bartlett Ave N (125 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 74), 10 Mount Royal Ave (641 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 2 Regal Rd (686 m, 104 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 156 Brandon Ave (740 m, 19 units, RentSafeTO score 76). The average RentSafeTO score across the 16 is 85 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 Geary & Bartlett?

Toronto Police place 11 thefts from vehicles and six bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 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 Junction-Wallace Emerson page.

What neighbourhood is Geary & Bartlett in?

Geary & Bartlett is in Junction-Wallace Emerson (City of Toronto neighbourhood 171). It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo.

Sources

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