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Geary & Somerset

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

Geary & Somerset, in Wychwood, in central Toronto, is a quiet local crossing. At the corner: a school within 250 m and parks. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,573
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 15, 2020
21 pedestrians · 59 cyclists
Collisions
2
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 2 property damage · #5420 of 5,508
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
6 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 200 vehicles an hour, 17% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 75 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Cyclists were 3.8% of vehicle volume, about 4.8× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 0.2 collisions a year here over 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 & Somerset

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 105 m
Express
929
Blue Night
363329
Nearest stops
12 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Dupont St / Ossington Ave 225 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 (25)
  • Uchenna AcademyPrivate · 158 m
  • St Bruno and St Raymond Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 374 m
  • Dovercourt Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 640 m
  • Sacre Coeur Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 644 m
  • Winona Drive Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 645 m
  • Essex Jr Sr & Hawthorne Two BilingualEnglish Public · 751 m
  • and 19 more
Parks (34)
  • Geary Avenue Parkette93 m
  • Garrison Creek Park201 m
  • Dupont-Shaw Parkette206 m
  • Bartlett Parkette459 m
  • Frankel - Lambert Park518 m
  • Bristol Avenue Parkette East562 m
  • and 28 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Davenport branch421 m
  • Toronto Public Library Dufferin/St. Clair branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Artscape Wychwood BarnsLandmark · 1.1 km
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.5 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 4 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 84. The nearest is 915 Dupont Cafe, 153 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 84 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
915 Dupont Cafe · 915 Dupont St153 mPassed, Jul 2026
Dark Horse Espresso Bar · 80 Geary Ave187 mPassed, Aug 2026
Aspiring Academics Preschool · 56 Somerset Ave232 mPassed, Aug 2026
James Five · 1022 1022 Ossington Ave Ave271 mPassed, Feb 2026
Good Behaviour · 342 Westmoreland Ave N317 mPassed, Jun 2026
Gaucho Pie Co · 346 Westmoreland Ave N318 mPassed, Feb 2026
Famiglia Baldassarre · 116 Geary Ave Unit-108a336 mPassed, Dec 2025
Freedom Jars Inc · 116 Geary Ave Rm-107c336 mPassed, Feb 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, 641 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 36 m away at Geary Avenue Parkette.

  • Dovercourt Park Washroom · 155 Bartlett Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    641 m
  • Hillcrest Park Washroom · 950 Davenport Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    804 m
  • Wallace Emerson Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 1260 Dufferin St
    View centre hours
    811 m
Drinking water
Geary Avenue Parkette drinking fountain · 36 m; Geary Avenue Parkette drinking fountain · 82 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 (231 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
    231 m
  • Kids Korner Day Care · 180 Westmoreland Ave
    24 spaces · preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    619 m
  • Dover Gardens Nursery School · 228 Bartlett Ave
    16 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    640 m
  • Macaulay - Dovercourt Child Care Centre · 228 Bartlett Ave
    131 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    640 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 345 (732 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (2.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 345 · 732 m1285 Dufferin St
Police14 Division · 2.2 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 (350 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 20261350 m
1060 Davenport Rdsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes104199282 · Nov 20250430 m
10 Mount Royal Ave · 741476 Ontario Inc123191382 · Jun 20250467 m
11 Winona Drsocial housing · Hellenic Home For the Aged Inc.1507198797 · Jul 20260477 m
331 Bartlett Ave NToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation133190574 · Sep 20240500 m
2 Regal Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management1048195595 · Jul 20257536 m
740 Dupont St · Greystar Canada Property Management Services Ltd21092021100 · Dec 20250550 m
2 Lambertlodge AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation645198391 · Nov 20250718 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 lots675 lots · ≈19,830 spaces · 59.5 ha
Within 500 m49 lots · ≈1,080 spaces
Green P (public)23 car parks · about 969 spaces
EV charging (City)273 Christie St · 779 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking33 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 14 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
745 Ossington Ave · Surface1.1 km4667% (Q1 2026)
789 St. Clair Avenue West · Surface1.1 km18 *
94 Northcliffe Blvd · Surface1.1 km1380% (Q1 2026)
9 Salem Ave · Surface1.1 km3374% (Q1 2026)
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface1.2 km3763% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 15 m away, ≈2 spaces; 23 m away, ≈5 spaces; 49 m away, ≈20 spaces; 88 m away, ≈3 spaces; 104 m away, ≈42 spaces; 119 m away, ≈22 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 — 8-hour, Jan 15, 2020

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 925 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 59% of the total, against 32 from the north. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 281 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 287 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 16.1% 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 north32southbound · 10 bikes · 37.5% heavy
From the west925eastbound · 22 bikes · 14.4% heavy
Total vehicles1,57321 pedestrians · 59 cyclists · 16.1% heavy
From the east616westbound · 27 bikes · 17.5% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour281 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour287 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, 352 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. Somerset Ave between Lane N of Geary and E of Somerset and Lane S of Davenport and W of Ossington measured slower: 23 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 33 km/h (Sep 2010). The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 5 speed humps slow traffic on Somerset Avenue between Geary Ave and Davenport Rd.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Somerset Ave · Lane N of Geary and E of Somerset – Lane S of Davenport and W of Ossington · 199 mSep 2010 · 2 days33723 km/h33 km/h36 km/h
Geary Ave · Westmoreland Ave N – Salem Ave N · 352 mJan 2020 · 3 days5,17539 km/h47 km/h52 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Somerset Avenue · 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 1 collision. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Apr 18, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions2#5420 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only2
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 20142latest Apr 18, 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

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

Four 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.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410street/outdoor (3), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 11, 2023. 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 & Somerset a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 2 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 & Somerset?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Jan 15, 2020, 17% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Geary & Somerset?

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 & Somerset?

The nearest Green P car park is 745 Ossington Ave (1.1 km away, 46 spaces, 67% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 675 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,830 spaces — 49 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 273 Christie St (779 m).

How do I get to Geary & Somerset by transit?

Bus routes 63, 26, 161, 127, 126, 29, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Geary & Somerset?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 84 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are 915 Dupont Cafe (153 m), Dark Horse Espresso Bar (187 m), Aspiring Academics Preschool (232 m), James Five (271 m) and Good Behaviour (317 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 & Somerset?

The nearest is Dovercourt Park Washroom, 155 Bartlett Ave, 641 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Hillcrest Park Washroom (804 m); Wallace Emerson Community Recreation Centre Washroom (811 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 & Somerset?

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 (231 m, 46 spaces), Kids Korner Day Care (619 m, 24 spaces) and Dover Gardens Nursery School (640 m, 16 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Geary & Somerset?

18 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 836 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 470 Melita Cres (350 m, 37 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 1060 Davenport Rd (430 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 10 Mount Royal Ave (467 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 82) and 11 Winona Dr (477 m, 150 units, RentSafeTO score 97). 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 & Somerset?

Toronto Police place four 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 & Somerset in?

Geary & Somerset is in Wychwood (City of Toronto neighbourhood 094). 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