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Geary & Ossington

Geary Ave & Ossington Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Wychwood · Ward 9, Davenport

In Wychwood, in central Toronto, Geary & Ossington is a mid-volume intersection. At the corner: a school within 250 m and parks. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
11,157
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 22, 2025
660 pedestrians · 291 cyclists · #1625 busiest
Collisions
22
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
6 with an injury · 12 property damage · #3293 of 5,508
KSI collisions
2
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 1 cyclist · #397 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
6 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 800 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 69% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 17 vehicles, close to the citywide median. Cyclists were 2.6% of vehicle volume, about 3.4× the typical share. On average 2.2 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.0 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions fell 43%, from 14 in 2016–2020 to 8 in 2021–2025. About one in 11 of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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Geary & Ossington

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
632616112712629 nearest 58 m
Express
929
Blue Night
363329
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Ossington Ave at Salvador Allende Crt South Side; Ossington Ave at Salvador Allende Crt
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Dupont St / Ossington Ave 167 m · 15 docks · 12 stations, 203 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 (22)
  • Uchenna AcademyPrivate · 244 m
  • St Bruno and St Raymond Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 286 m
  • Sacre Coeur Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 588 m
  • Winona Drive Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 627 m
  • Essex Jr Sr & Hawthorne Two BilingualEnglish Public · 681 m
  • Dovercourt Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 721 m
  • and 16 more
Parks (33)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Davenport branch363 m
  • Toronto Public Library Dufferin/St. Clair branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Artscape Wychwood BarnsLandmark · 1 km
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.4 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 7 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 80. The nearest is 915 Dupont Cafe, 161 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés7 within 300 m · 80 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
915 Dupont Cafe · 915 Dupont St161 mPassed, Jul 2026
James Five · 1022 1022 Ossington Ave Ave258 mPassed, Feb 2026
Aspiring Academics Preschool · 56 Somerset Ave263 mPassed, Aug 2026
Maison T · 1071 Shaw St275 mPassed, Aug 2026
Maison T · 1071 Shaw St276 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 1 infraction
Dark Horse Espresso Bar · 80 Geary Ave284 mPassed, Aug 2026
Casamiento · 787 Dupont St299 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Super Coffee · 1085 Davenport Rd372 mPassed, Apr 2026

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 Dovercourt Park Washroom, 693 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 65 m away at Geary Avenue Parkette.

  • Dovercourt Park Washroom · 155 Bartlett Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    693 m
  • Hillcrest Park Washroom · 950 Davenport Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    724 m
  • Wallace Emerson Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 1260 Dufferin St
    View centre hours
    905 m
Drinking water
Geary Avenue Parkette drinking fountain · 65 m; Geary Avenue Parkette drinking fountain · 179 m · off

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

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,103 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Aspiring Academics Preschool - Somerset (262 m, 46 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,103 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 13
  • Aspiring Academics Preschool - Somerset · 56 Somerset Ave
    46 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    262 m
  • Les Bouts D'choux · 98 Essex St
    116 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    588 m
  • Odyssey Montessori School · 256 Christie St
    57 spaces · toddler, preschool
    660 m
  • Kids Korner Day Care · 180 Westmoreland Ave
    24 spaces · preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    674 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 345 (824 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (2.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 345 · 824 m1285 Dufferin St
Police14 Division · 2.3 km350 Dovercourt 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 18 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 836 rental units — six social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 470 Melita Cres (253 m, 37 units, 5 storeys, built 1980), which scored 90 out of 100 at its June 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 12 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings18 · 836 units · 6 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202612 across the 18
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest9 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
470 Melita CresToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation375198090 · Jun 20261253 m
1060 Davenport Rdsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes104199282 · Nov 20250385 m
11 Winona Drsocial housing · Hellenic Home For the Aged Inc.1507198797 · Jul 20260451 m
740 Dupont St · Greystar Canada Property Management Services Ltd21092021100 · Dec 20250455 m
10 Mount Royal Ave · 741476 Ontario Inc123191382 · Jun 20250489 m
2 Regal Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management1048195595 · Jul 20257558 m
331 Bartlett Ave NToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation133190574 · Sep 20240595 m
2 Lambertlodge AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation645198391 · Nov 20250622 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 lots689 lots · ≈19,890 spaces · 59.7 ha
Within 500 m48 lots · ≈1,050 spaces
Green P (public)22 car parks · about 952 spaces
EV charging (City)273 Christie St · 688 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking28 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 14 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
789 St. Clair Avenue West · Surface1 km18 *
745 Ossington Ave · Surface1.1 km4667% (Q1 2026)
94 Northcliffe Blvd · Surface1.1 km1380% (Q1 2026)
287 RUSHTON RD. · Surface1.2 km1737% (Q1 2026)
9 Salem Ave · Surface1.2 km3374% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 20 m away, ≈3 spaces; 51 m away, ≈20 spaces; 89 m away, ≈22 spaces; 103 m away, ≈37 spaces; 107 m away, ≈5 spaces; 112 m away, ≈2 spaces. More EV charging: 580 Christie St (1 km, 2 ports); 705 Shaw St (1.3 km, 2 ports); 685 Dovercourt Rd (1.3 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 — 14-hour, Oct 22, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 5,167 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 46% of the total, against 1,271 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 1,099 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 1,010 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north5,167southbound · 111 bikes · 4.7% heavy
From the west1,271eastbound · 107 bikes · 2.0% heavy
Total vehicles11,157660 pedestrians · 291 cyclists · 4.6% heavy
From the east0westbound · 4 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south4,719northbound · 69 bikes · 5.2% heavy
AM peak hour1,010 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,099 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 22, 2025

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 Ossington Ave between Carus Ave and Marchmount Rd, 237 m from the corner, a 3-day count in October 2021 put the average speed at 45 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 54 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 60 km/h or more. That segment carries about 14,500 vehicles a day. Geary Ave between Somerset Ave and Delaware Ave N measured slower: 40 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Dec 2018). The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Geary Ave · Somerset Ave – Delaware Ave N · 147 mDec 2018 · 3 days3,24240 km/h48 km/h54 km/h
Ossington Ave · Carus Ave – Marchmount Rd · 237 mOct 2021 · 3 days14,49045 km/h54 km/h60 km/h

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 2024, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 3. 6 collisions (27%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 23% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (14%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. The most recent report on file is from May 31, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.0 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions22#3293 of 5,508
With an injury6#2511 of 4,660
Property damage only12
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian2#1913 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2205 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
All since 201428latest May 31, 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

Neither of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 cyclist and 1 motorcyclist were among those hurt. The most recent was on Jul 26, 2018.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions2#397 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#202 of 271
Involving a motorcyclist1
In darkness0
All KSI since 20062latest Jul 26, 2018

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

Three thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle320street/outdoor (3)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 14, 2025. 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 Wychwood.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Geary & Ossington a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 2 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#397 of 1,505), out of 22 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 Geary & Ossington?

A mid-volume intersection. It ranks #1625 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 69% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Geary & Ossington?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ossington Ave between Carus Ave and Marchmount Rd (October 2021), found an average of 45 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 54 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Geary & Ossington?

The nearest Green P car park is 789 St. Clair Avenue West (1.0 km away, 18 spaces). The City's mapping shows 689 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,890 spaces — 48 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 273 Christie St (688 m).

How do I get to Geary & Ossington by transit?

Bus routes 63, 26, 161, 127, 126, 29, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: Ossington Ave at Salvador Allende Crt South Side, 58 m).

What restaurants are near Geary & Ossington?

7 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 80 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are 915 Dupont Cafe (161 m), James Five (258 m), Aspiring Academics Preschool (263 m), Maison T (275 m) and Maison T (276 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 & Ossington?

The nearest is Dovercourt Park Washroom, 155 Bartlett Ave, 693 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Hillcrest Park Washroom (724 m); Wallace Emerson Community Recreation Centre Washroom (905 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 & Ossington?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,103 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Aspiring Academics Preschool - Somerset (262 m, 46 spaces), Les Bouts D'choux (588 m, 116 spaces) and Odyssey Montessori School (660 m, 57 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Geary & Ossington?

18 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 836 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 470 Melita Cres (253 m, 37 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 1060 Davenport Rd (385 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 11 Winona Dr (451 m, 150 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 740 Dupont St (455 m, 210 units, RentSafeTO score 100). The average RentSafeTO score across the 18 is 89 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 & Ossington?

Toronto Police place three 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 Wychwood page.

What neighbourhood is Geary & Ossington in?

Geary & Ossington is in Wychwood (City of Toronto neighbourhood 094). It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo.

Sources

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