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Geary & Salem

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

Geary & Salem is a quiet local crossing. It sits in Junction-Wallace Emerson, in central Toronto. At the corner: parks. Nearby: 12 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
3,008
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 15, 2020
41 pedestrians · 56 cyclists
Collisions
9
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 8 property damage · #4404 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
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
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 23 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 380 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 33% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 73 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 0.9 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Geary & Salem

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
512 nearest 1 km
TTC bus
26161291276347 nearest 144 m
Express
929
Blue Night
312329363340
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Bartlett Parkette 36 m · 23 docks · 11 stations, 170 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 (21)
  • Uchenna AcademyPrivate · 287 m
  • Dovercourt Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 387 m
  • St Mary of the Angels Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 434 m
  • Regal Road Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 536 m
  • St Anthony Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 737 m
  • St Bruno and St Raymond Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 763 m
  • and 15 more
Parks (32)
  • Bartlett Parkette63 m
  • Bristol Avenue Parkette East172 m
  • Bristol Avenue Parkette West262 m
  • Geary Avenue Parkette314 m
  • Brandon Avenue Parkette392 m
  • Chandos Park South462 m
  • and 26 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Davenport branch755 m
  • Toronto Public Library Dufferin/St. Clair branch934 m
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Artscape Wychwood BarnsLandmark · 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 23 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 86. The nearest is Dark Horse Espresso Bar + Dear Grain, 61 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés23 within 300 m · 86 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Dark Horse Espresso Bar + Dear Grain · 120 Geary Ave Unit-10861 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Amelias Market · 340 Westmoreland Ave N Unit-102grocery65 mPassed, Jul 2026
Amelias Market · 340 Westmoreland Ave N, Unit-102grocery65 mPassed, Nov 2025
Blood Brothers Brewing · 165 Geary Ave, Floor-Ground W66 mPassed, Dec 2024
Blood Brothers Brewing · 165 Geary Ave, Unit-West66 mPassed, Oct 2025
Standard Time · 165 Geary Ave, Unit-266 mPassed, Aug 2025
Blood Brothers Brewing · 165 Geary Ave Unit-West66 mPassed, Aug 2026
Famiglia Baldassarre · 116 Geary Ave Unit-108a70 mPassed, Dec 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, 439 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 35 m away at Bartlett Parkette.

  • Wallace Emerson Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 1260 Dufferin St
    View centre hours
    439 m
  • Dovercourt Park Washroom · 155 Bartlett Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    569 m
Drinking water
Bartlett Parkette drinking fountain · 35 m; Bristol Avenue Parkette West bottle filling station · 245 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

12 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 895 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Dover Gardens Nursery School (387 m, 16 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km12 centres · 895 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 12
  • Dover Gardens Nursery School · 228 Bartlett Ave
    16 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    387 m
  • Macaulay - Dovercourt Child Care Centre · 228 Bartlett Ave
    131 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    387 m
  • Aspiring Academics Preschool - Somerset · 56 Somerset Ave
    46 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    438 m
  • Ascot Avenue Community Day Care · 95 Regal Rd
    183 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    536 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 345 (381 m), the nearest police station 11 Division (2.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 345 · 381 m1285 Dufferin St
Police11 Division · 2 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 — 1,463 rental units — six social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 331 Bartlett Ave N (148 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 39 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings16 · 1,463 units · 6 social housing
RentSafeTO score85 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202639 across the 16
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest21 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
331 Bartlett Ave NToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation133190574 · Sep 20240148 m
10 Mount Royal Ave · 741476 Ontario Inc123191382 · Jun 20250576 m
2 Regal Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management1048195595 · Jul 20257627 m
11 Winona Drsocial housing · Hellenic Home For the Aged Inc.1507198797 · Jul 20260730 m
1060 Davenport Rdsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes104199282 · Nov 20250735 m
470 Melita CresToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation375198090 · Jun 20261753 m
156 Brandon Ave19476 · Jul 20250840 m
730 St Clarens Ave · Akelius Canada Ltd27518197481 · Jul 20246875 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 lots643 lots · ≈19,720 spaces · 59.2 ha
Within 500 m58 lots · ≈1,750 spaces
Green P (public)23 car parks · about 875 spaces
EV charging (City)91 Via Italia · 1.1 km · 12 Level 2 ports
Bike parking38 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 14 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
94 Northcliffe Blvd · Surface938 m1380% (Q1 2026)
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface1.1 km3763% (Q1 2026)
91 Via Italia · Garage1.1 km16929% (Q1 2026)
9 Salem Ave · Surface1.1 km3374% (Q1 2026)
154 Westmount Avenue · Surface1.1 km14 *

Nearest lots: 15 m away, ≈10 spaces; 16 m away, ≈53 spaces; 51 m away, ≈39 spaces; 94 m away, ≈17 spaces; 117 m away, ≈17 spaces; 127 m away, ≈14 spaces. More EV charging: 273 Christie St (1.2 km, 2 ports); 685 Dovercourt Rd (1.3 km, 2 ports); 580 Christie St (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 — 8-hour, Jan 15, 2020

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 1,592 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 53% of the total, against 296 from the north. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 546 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 512 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 14.7% 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 north296southbound · 7 bikes · 16.9% heavy
From the west1,592eastbound · 25 bikes · 14.3% heavy
Total vehicles3,00841 pedestrians · 56 cyclists · 14.7% heavy
From the east1,120westbound · 24 bikes · 14.6% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour546 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour512 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 Westmoreland Ave N and Salem Ave N, 50 m from the corner, a 3-day count in January 2020 put the average speed at 39 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 47 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 52 km/h or more. That segment carries about 5,200 vehicles a day. The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 5 speed humps slow traffic on Salem Avenue North between Geary Ave and Davenport Rd.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Geary Ave · Westmoreland Ave N – Salem Ave N · 50 mJan 2020 · 3 days5,17539 km/h47 km/h52 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Salem Avenue North · Geary Ave – Davenport Rd
    5 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 2020, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 1 collision (11%) involved an injury. 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 May 27, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions9#4404 of 5,508
With an injury1#4265 of 4,660
Property damage only8
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201415latest May 27, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

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

Nine thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 1.1 a year. 56% 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 vehicle930street/outdoor (5), house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft200house driveway/garage (1), other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 27, 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 Junction-Wallace Emerson.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Geary & Salem a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 9 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 & Salem?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Jan 15, 2020, 33% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Geary & Salem?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Geary Ave between Westmoreland Ave N and Salem Ave N (January 2020), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Geary & Salem?

The nearest Green P car park is 94 Northcliffe Blvd (938 m away, 13 spaces, 80% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 643 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,720 spaces — 58 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 91 Via Italia (1.1 km).

How do I get to Geary & Salem by transit?

Streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 1.0 km away; bus routes 26, 161, 29, 127, 63, 47, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Geary & Salem?

23 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 86 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Dark Horse Espresso Bar + Dear Grain (61 m), Blood Brothers Brewing (66 m), Blood Brothers Brewing (66 m), Standard Time (66 m) and Blood Brothers Brewing (66 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 & Salem?

The nearest is Wallace Emerson Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 1260 Dufferin St, 439 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Dovercourt Park Washroom (569 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 & Salem?

12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 895 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Dover Gardens Nursery School (387 m, 16 spaces), Macaulay - Dovercourt Child Care Centre (387 m, 131 spaces) and Aspiring Academics Preschool - Somerset (438 m, 46 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Geary & Salem?

16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,463 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 331 Bartlett Ave N (148 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 74), 10 Mount Royal Ave (576 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 2 Regal Rd (627 m, 104 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 11 Winona Dr (730 m, 150 units, RentSafeTO score 97). 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 & Salem?

Toronto Police place nine thefts from vehicles and two 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 Junction-Wallace Emerson page.

What neighbourhood is Geary & Salem in?

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

Sources

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