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Gerrard & Gainsborough

Gerrard St E & Gainsborough Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Woodbine Corridor · Ward 19, Beaches-East York

Gerrard & Gainsborough, in Woodbine Corridor, is an intersection of typical volume. It has a school within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
10,209
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 23, 2026
1,171 pedestrians · 292 cyclists · #1686 busiest
Collisions
34
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
11 with an injury · 21 property damage · #2625 of 5,508 · +1 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
2 streetcar routes · 5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 730 vehicles an hour, 63% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 9 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 2.9% of vehicle volume, about 3.7× the typical share. On average 3.4 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 3.3 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions rose 83%, from 12 in 2016–2020 to 22 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Gerrard & Gainsborough

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
506503 nearest 67 m
TTC bus
22923170404 nearest 116 m
Blue Night
306322300
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Gerrard St East at Coxwell Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Fairmount Park 236 m · 19 docks · 10 stations, 188 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 (17)
  • Georges Etienne Cartier Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 235 m
  • Bowmore Road Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 366 m
  • Roden Public & Equinox Holistic AlternativeEnglish Public · 390 m
  • Monarch Park Collegiate & School of Life ExperienceEnglish Public · 489 m
  • Kew Park Montessori School - HiawathaPrivate · 599 m
  • Earl Haig Public SchoolEnglish Public · 639 m
  • and 11 more
Community centres
  • Fairmount Park Community Centre345 m
  • Earl Beatty Community Centre1.1 km
  • S.h. Armstrong Community Recreation Centre1.1 km
Parks (28)
  • Fairford Avenue Parkette142 m
  • Coxwell Avenue Playground265 m
  • Fairmount Park266 m
  • Coxwell Avenue Parkette269 m
  • Williamson Park Ravine284 m
  • Moncur Playground535 m
  • and 22 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Gerrard/Ashdale branch445 m
  • Toronto Public Library Danforth/Coxwell branch896 m

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 11 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 115 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, 200 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés11 within 300 m · 115 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 22 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Le Petit Chaperon Rouge · 419 Coxwell Ave200 mPassed, May 2026
Dollarama · 293 Coxwell Avegrocery203 mPassed, Jan 2025
Deco Gallery · 291 Coxwell Ave212 mPassed, May 2024
Classic Juice Company · 287 Coxwell Ave217 mPassed, Sep 2025 · 1 infraction
de Arts · 300 Coxwell Ave230 mPassed, Jul 2025
Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Gainsborough · 250 Gainsborough Rd236 mPassed, May 2026
No Frills · 269 Coxwell Avegrocery250 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction
Occasions Restaurant · 30 Eastwood Rd Unit-1277 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 1 infraction

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 Fairmount Park Community Centre Washroom, 345 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 267 m away at Coxwell Avenue Parkette.

  • Fairmount Park Community Centre Washroom · 1725 Gerrard St E
    View centre hours
    345 m
  • Monarch Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom · 115 Felstead Ave
    View facility hours
    561 m
Drinking water
Coxwell Avenue Parkette drinking fountain · 267 m; Coxwell Avenue Playground drinking fountain · 268 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

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,131 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Coxwell (199 m, 69 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,131 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 13
  • Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Coxwell · 419 Coxwell Ave
    69 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    199 m
  • Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Gainsborough · 250 Gainsborough Rd
    167 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    235 m
  • Bowmore · 80 Bowmore Rd
    89 spaces · preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    366 m
  • Roden Community Child Care Centre · 151 Hiawatha Rd
    59 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    390 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 323 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 55 Division (750 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.

FireFire Station 323 · 1.3 km153 Chatham Ave
Police55 Division · 750 m101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceEMS TRAINING/TFD Stn 323 · 1.3 km153 Chatham Ave

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

41 registered apartment buildings with 2,000 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 21 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1636 Gerrard St E (67 m, 48 units, 6 storeys, built 1960), which scored 92 out of 100 at its September 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 56 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 4 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings41 · 2,000 units · 21 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202656 across the 41
Open fire-code violations4
Tallest8 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1636 Gerrard St E · Signet Group Inc.486196092 · Sep 2026267 m
4 Newbold Ave124196488 · Oct 2025086 m
1691 Gerrard St E667195894 · Sep 20252122 m
11 Newbold AveToronto Community Housing · TCH214198483 · Sep 20240150 m
419 Coxwell Avesocial housing · New Frontiers Aboriginal Residential Corporation4432003100 · Aug 20261199 m
425 Coxwell Avesocial housing · New Frontiers Aboriginal Residential Corporation303200296 · Nov 20250237 m
15 Eastwood Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc244196091 · Oct 20252337 m
11 Coatsworth Cressocial housing · Neighbourhood Link Homes1746198995 · Aug 20250393 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 lots486 lots · ≈18,240 spaces · 54.7 ha
Within 500 m30 lots · ≈1,000 spaces
Green P (public)18 car parks · about 1,050 spaces
EV charging (City)29 Bowmore Rd · 476 m · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parking15 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
268 Rhodes Ave · Surface432 m3968% (Q1 2026)
151 Hiawatha Road · Surface476 m50 *
737 Rhodes Ave · Surface904 m2450% (Q1 2026)
1612 Danforth Ave · Surface920 m2275% (Q1 2026)
1439 Danforth Ave · Surface1 km1895% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 85 m away, ≈8 spaces; 96 m away, ≈14 spaces; 107 m away, ≈12 spaces; 125 m away, ≈48 spaces; 221 m away, ≈43 spaces; 223 m away, ≈11 spaces. More EV charging: 31 Roseheath Ave (677 m, 2 ports); 1313 Gerrard ST E (789 m, 2 ports); 124 Mount Joy Ave (860 m, 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, Jun 23, 2026

The east leg carries the load — 4,753 westbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 361. Most cyclists arrived from the east (130 of 292). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,009 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 16% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (872). Heavy vehicles made up 2.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north361southbound · 15 bikes · 12.2% heavy
From the west4,347eastbound · 109 bikes · 2.6% heavy
Total vehicles10,2091,171 pedestrians · 292 cyclists · 2.7% heavy
From the east4,753westbound · 130 bikes · 2.3% heavy
From the south748northbound · 38 bikes · 1.9% heavy
AM peak hour872 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,009 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 23, 2026

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

The City's counter on Gainsborough Rd between Gerrard St E and Wembley Dr (142 m away) recorded an average of 28 km/h in its 3-day count in March 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 35 km/h. That segment carries about 600 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Gerrard St E (217 m away, 40 km/h limit), 1.0% of the 89,176 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority. 5 speed humps slow traffic on Gainsborough Road between Eastwood Rd and Gerrard St E.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Gainsborough Rd · Gerrard St E – Wembley Dr · 142 mMar 2025 · 3 days55328 km/h35 km/h39 km/h

School-zone speed sign 217 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct36 · 42 km/h
Over the limit6.4%
50 km/h or more1.0%

Gerrard St E (eastbound), 1696 Gerrard Street East · 89,176 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Gainsborough Road · Eastwood Rd – Gerrard St E
    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

2023 was the peak year (9 collisions), and 2025 closed with 6. 32% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 6% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 12% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 4, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 3.3 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions34#2625 of 5,508
With an injury11#1581 of 4,660
Property damage only21
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist4#590 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201437latest Apr 4, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection 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 vehicle400street/outdoor (2), other (1)
Bicycle theft400other (2), apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 7, 2022. 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 Woodbine Corridor.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Gerrard & Gainsborough a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 34 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 Gerrard & Gainsborough?

An intersection of typical volume. It ranks #1686 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 63% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Gerrard & Gainsborough?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Gainsborough Rd between Gerrard St E and Wembley Dr (March 2025), found an average of 28 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 35 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 217 m away (40 km/h), 1.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Gerrard & Gainsborough?

The nearest Green P car park is 268 Rhodes Ave (432 m away, 39 spaces, 68% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 486 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,240 spaces — 30 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 29 Bowmore Rd (476 m).

How do I get to Gerrard & Gainsborough by transit?

Streetcar routes 506, 503 stop within 1 km, the nearest 67 m away; bus routes 22, 92, 31, 70, 404 within 1 km (nearest stop: Gerrard St East at Coxwell Ave, 116 m).

What restaurants are near Gerrard & Gainsborough?

11 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 115 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Le Petit Chaperon Rouge (200 m), Deco Gallery (212 m), Classic Juice Company (217 m), de Arts (230 m) and Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Gainsborough (236 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 Gerrard & Gainsborough?

The nearest is Fairmount Park Community Centre Washroom, 1725 Gerrard St E, 345 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Monarch Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom (561 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 Gerrard & Gainsborough?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,131 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Coxwell (199 m, 69 spaces), Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Gainsborough (235 m, 167 spaces) and Bowmore (366 m, 89 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Gerrard & Gainsborough?

41 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,000 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1636 Gerrard St E (67 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 4 Newbold Ave (86 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 1691 Gerrard St E (122 m, 66 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 11 Newbold Ave (150 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 83). The average RentSafeTO score across the 41 is 91 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 Gerrard & Gainsborough?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and four 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 Woodbine Corridor page.

What neighbourhood is Gerrard & Gainsborough in?

Gerrard & Gainsborough is in Woodbine Corridor (City of Toronto neighbourhood 064). It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford.

Sources

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