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Gerrard St E & River St

Toronto, Ontario · Regent Park · Ward 13, Toronto Centre

Gerrard St E & River St is an above-average intersection for traffic, with a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in Regent Park, in central Toronto. It has a protected bikeway, a park and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 14 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
22,973
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jul 3, 2025
3,055 pedestrians · 2,629 cyclists · #678 busiest
Collisions
188
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
43 with an injury · 128 property damage · #551 of 5,508 · +5 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 2 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
4
TTC stops within 100 m
6 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track, Bike Lane
Bike Share: 11 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,640 vehicles an hour, 1.42× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 8 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 11.4% of vehicle volume, about 15× the typical share. On average 19 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 8.2 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.65× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions rose 47%, from 76 in 2016–2020 to 112 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Gerrard St E & River St

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
506505504501503508 nearest 18 m
TTC bus
1216594 nearest 28 m
Blue Night
306305304301365
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Gerrard St East at River St; River St at Gerrard St East
Cycling
Cycle Track on River St installed 2003; Bike Lane on Gerrard St E installed 2001
Bike Share
Gerrard St E / River St 65 m · 11 docks · 24 stations, 461 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 (20)
  • Sprucecourt Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 379 m
  • Monsignor Fraser - St Martin CampusEnglish Separate · 568 m
  • Nelson Mandela Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 616 m
  • Lord Dufferin Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 698 m
  • Seed Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 731 m
  • Queen Alexandra Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 771 m
  • and 14 more
Community centres
  • Pam McConnell Aquatic Centre313 m
  • Regent Park Community Centre635 m
  • Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre1.2 km
  • John Innes Community Recreation Centre1.3 km
  • Wellesley Community Centre1.3 km
  • Moss Park Arena1.3 km
Parks (47)
  • Oak Street Park194 m
  • Riverdale Park West306 m
  • Regent Park384 m
  • Regent Park Boulevard Park470 m
  • Hubbard Park477 m
  • Regent Park Athletic Grounds485 m
  • and 41 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch543 m
  • Toronto Public Library Parliament Street branch737 m
  • Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Riverdale FarmAttraction · 414 m
  • Native Earth Performing Arts & Aki StudioPerforming Arts · 465 m
  • Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 571 m
  • Winchester Street TheatrePerforming Arts · 698 m
  • Allan GardensNature/ Park · 1.3 km
  • Alumnae TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.3 km
  • The Danforth Music HallPerforming Arts · 1.4 km
  • Young Centre for the Performing ArtsPerforming Arts · 1.4 km
Signal
0176, activated 1954 · FT · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South · transit priority

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 218 eating places within a kilometre — 3.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Clubs, 247 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés6 within 300 m · 218 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 48 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Sam's Food Store · 175 River Stgrocery159 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Clubs · 101 Spruce St247 mPassed, Jun 2026
Tahini's · 690 Dundas St E Unit-6274 mPassed, Feb 2026
Bevy. Space · 738 Dundas St E274 mPassed, Sep 2024 · 1 infraction
Bevy · 738 Dundas St E275 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Tim Hortons · 686 Dundas St E276 mPassed, May 2026
Sushi96 · 684 Dundas St E278 mPassed, Sep 2026
Circle K · 660 Dundas St Egrocery303 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 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 Riverdale Park West Washroom, 176 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 190 m away at Oak Street Park.

  • Riverdale Park West Washroom · 375 Sumach St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    176 m
  • Pam McConnell Aquatic Centre Washroom · 640 Dundas St E
    View centre hours
    313 m
  • Riverdale Farm Meeting House Washroom · 201 Winchester St
    9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    410 m
Drinking water
Oak Street Park bottle filling station · 190 m; Riverdale Park West bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 192 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

19 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,516 spaces; 13 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Sprucecourt Child Care Centre (379 m, 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km19 centres · 1,516 spaces
Fee subsidy13 of 19
  • Sprucecourt Child Care Centre · 70 Spruce St
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    379 m
  • Kinder College Early Learning Centre · 25 Nicholas Ave
    103 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    461 m
  • Momentum Montessori Regent Park Inc · 237 Sackville St
    79 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    467 m
  • Two Short Storeys · 430 Broadview Ave
    88 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    587 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 325 (660 m), the nearest police station 51 Division (1.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 325 · 660 m475 Dundas St E
Police51 Division · 1.3 km51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 1.7 km126 Pape 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

36 registered apartment buildings with 3,349 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 29 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 210 Oak St (73 m, 260 units, 17 storeys, built 1969), which scored 74 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 62 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 17 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings36 · 3,349 units · 29 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202662 across the 36
Open fire-code violations17
Tallest29 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
210 Oak St26017196974 · Jul 2026473 m
230 River StToronto Community Housing · TCH253196196 · Nov 2025077 m
184 River StToronto Community Housing · TCH543200693 · Jul 20260104 m
230 Oak St · Akelius Canada Ltd32723197281 · Jun 202425 · 6 fire105 m
220 Oak StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation46927197285 · Jul 20266 · 8 fire140 m
434 Gerrard St Esocial housing · Homes First Society163189194 · Oct 20250178 m
259 Sumach StToronto Community Housing · TCH473200686 · Jul 20260187 m
26 Gifford St154193081 · Jun 20251360 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 lots796 lots · ≈26,300 spaces · 78.9 ha
Within 500 m39 lots · ≈1,080 spaces
Green P (public)25 car parks · about 2,899 spaces
EV charging (City)188 Carlton St · 1 km · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parking8 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
573 Gerrard St E · Surface517 m3675% (Q1 2026)
653 Gerrard St E · Surface764 m3072% (Q1 2026)
51 Aberdeen Ave · Surface796 m3555% (Q1 2026)
136 Broadview Ave · Surface834 m2273% (Q1 2026)
111 Broadview Ave · Surface913 m9256% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 44 m away, ≈16 spaces; 58 m away, ≈11 spaces; 136 m away, ≈190 spaces; 153 m away, ≈30 spaces; 163 m away, ≈27 spaces; 199 m away, ≈3 spaces. More EV charging: 186 Carlton St (1 km, 1 ports); 220 Carlaw Ave. (1.5 km, 2 ports); 35 Erindale Ave (1.5 km, 10 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, Jul 3, 2025

The west leg carries the load — 6,371 eastbound vehicles, or 28% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 4,365. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,058 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 14% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (1,803). Heavy vehicles made up 2.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 14 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north6,235southbound · 397 bikes · 1.7% heavy
From the west6,371eastbound · 802 bikes · 1.6% heavy
Total vehicles22,9733,055 pedestrians · 2,629 cyclists · 2.1% heavy
From the east6,002westbound · 891 bikes · 2.6% heavy
From the south4,365northbound · 539 bikes · 2.7% heavy
AM peak hour1,803 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,058 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jul 3, 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

The City's counter on Gerrard St E between River St and Blackburn St (268 m away) recorded an average of 50 km/h in its 3-day count in October 2010; 85% of drivers were at or under 59 km/h. That segment carries about 10,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 16 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Gerrard St E · River St – Blackburn St · 268 mOct 2010 · 3 days10,42850 km/h59 km/h64 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

2023 was the peak year (31 collisions), and 2025 closed with 25. 23% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 24 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 13% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 16, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 8.2 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions188#551 of 5,508
With an injury43#300 of 4,660
Property damage only128
Fail to remain24
Involving a pedestrian18#48 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist6#333 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified17
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
All since 2014227latest Jun 16, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Jul 1, 2015.

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 16 thefts from vehicles and eight bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 4.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 12 in 2023–2025, about 4.0 a year, against 1.7 a year before that. 63% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 38% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Mar 25, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1691street/outdoor (10), apartment parking (4)
Bicycle theft830street/outdoor (3), apartment parking (3)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 25, 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 Regent Park.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Gerrard St E & River St a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 188 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 St E & River St?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #678 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.42× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Gerrard St E & River St?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Gerrard St E between River St and Blackburn St (October 2010), found an average of 50 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 59 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Gerrard St E & River St?

The nearest Green P car park is 573 Gerrard St E (517 m away, 36 spaces, 75% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 796 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,300 spaces — 39 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 188 Carlton St (1.0 km).

How do I get to Gerrard St E & River St by transit?

Streetcar routes 506, 505, 504, 501 and 2 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 18 m away; bus routes 121, 65, 94 within 1 km (nearest stop: Gerrard St East at River St, 28 m).

What restaurants are near Gerrard St E & River St?

6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 218 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Toronto Kiwanis Boys & Girls Clubs (247 m), Tahini's (274 m), Bevy. Space (274 m), Bevy (275 m) and Tim Hortons (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 Gerrard St E & River St?

The nearest is Riverdale Park West Washroom, 375 Sumach St, 176 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Pam McConnell Aquatic Centre Washroom (313 m); Riverdale Farm Meeting House Washroom (410 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 St E & River St?

19 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,516 spaces in total; 13 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Sprucecourt Child Care Centre (379 m, 56 spaces), Kinder College Early Learning Centre (461 m, 103 spaces) and Momentum Montessori Regent Park Inc (467 m, 79 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Gerrard St E & River St?

36 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,349 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 210 Oak St (73 m, 260 units, RentSafeTO score 74), 230 River St (77 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 184 River St (104 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 230 Oak St (105 m, 327 units, RentSafeTO score 81). The average RentSafeTO score across the 36 is 90 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 St E & River St?

Toronto Police place 16 thefts from vehicles and eight 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 Regent Park page.

What neighbourhood is Gerrard St E & River St in?

Gerrard St E & River St is in Regent Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 072), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 13, Toronto Centre, represented by Councillor Chris Moise.

Sources

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