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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume8-hour count · Jul 4, 2001
Traffic is heaviest from the north: 176 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 95% of the total, against 9 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 30 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:00 p.m., against 25 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 25 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2001, 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.
Peak hours: 25 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 30 from 2:00 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).
Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m
The worst year was 2018, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 1 collision (10%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (10%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 5, 2026.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 10 | |
| With an injury | 1 | |
| Property damage only | 7 | |
| Fail to remain | 2 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 2 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.
Speeds here, last measured in 2001
On Muriel Ave between Gertrude Pl and Selkirk St, 101 m from the corner, a 10-day count in April 2001 put the average speed at 26 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 36 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 41 km/h or more. That segment carries about 300 vehicles a day. The reading is 25 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muriel Ave · Gertrude Pl – Selkirk St · 101 m | Apr 2001 · 10 days | 275 | 26 km/h | 36 km/h | 41 km/h |
Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Subway
- Pape Station (Line 2)252 m · 3 min; Donlands Station (Line 2)837 m · 10 min; Chester Station (Line 2)921 m · 11 min
- TTC bus
- 72 100 83 62 51 nearest 94 m
- Blue Night
- 325 300
- Nearest stops
- 8 surface stops within 300 m — Pape Station
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Danforth Ave / Gough Ave 381 m · 5 min · 25 docks · 9 stations, 173 docks within 1 km
Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- 15 car parks · about 599 spaces
- EV charging
- 14 Arundel Ave. · 832 m · 8 Level 2 ports; also 503 Jones Ave (1 km), 132 Chatham Ave (1.1 km)
- Bike parking
- 27 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 64 bikes within 600 m
- Other lots
- 18 mapped lots within 500 m, 387 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 716 Pape Ave · Surface | 164 m | 74 | 75% (Q1 2026) |
| 20 Eaton Avenue · Surface | 259 m | 70 * | — |
| 77 Gough Ave · Surface | 339 m | 17 | 83% (Q1 2026) |
| 670 Pape Ave · Surface | 345 m | 74 | 47% (Q1 2026) |
| 17 Eaton Ave · Surface | 493 m | 30 | 65% (Q1 2026) |
Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.
Within a walk
What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.
Food, shops and services
A grocery store is within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Good Brothers Fruit Market, 187 m away. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 10 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 152 — 3.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 153 m away. Two pharmacies sit within 300 m of the corner; the nearest is Pape Drug Mart, 49 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Nisbet Lodge, a long-term care home 100 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Tim Hortons · 743 Pape Ave Unit-1153 m
- Swiss Chalet · 722 Pape Ave154 m
- Souv Like · 708 Pape Ave183 m
- Monopol Cafe · 706 Pape Ave Rm-1183 m
- Juicy Birds · 721 Pape Ave206 m
- Grocery
- Good Brothers Fruit Market 187 m · 10 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Cake Cabaret 321 m · 4 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Pape Drug Mart 49 m · 8 within 1 km
- Child care
- Play Loft · 122 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day393 m · 5 min
- Broad View French Montessori School · 33 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day543 m · 6 min
- Childspace Day Care Corporation # 2 (690 Carlaw) · 115 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day601 m · 7 min
- Washrooms
- Withrow Park North Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.826 m · 10 min
- Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed · closed — Closed for the Season894 m · 11 min
- Health and care
- Nisbet Lodge · long-term care home100 m
Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.
Parks, schools and places
- Parks (15)
- Carlaw Avenue Parkette381 m · 5 min
- Langford Parkette645 m · 8 min
- Logan Green Field671 m · 8 min
- Agnes Macphail Square680 m · 8 min
- Logan Avenue Parkette776 m · 9 min
- Community centres
- Frankland Community Centre795 m · 9 min
- East York Community Recreation Centre1.4 km · 16 min
- Schools (15)
- Holy Name Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 601 m · 7 min
- Centennial College School - Carlaw CampusCollege · 715 m · 9 min
- Frankland Community SchoolEnglish Public · 739 m · 9 min
- Earl Grey Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 898 m · 11 min
- Jones Avenue Adult CentreEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Pape/Danforth branch283 m · 3 min
- Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch1.4 km · 16 min
- Places of interest
- The Danforth Music HallPerforming Arts · 1.3 km · 15 min
Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,078 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Within a kilometre there are 11 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 619 rental units — five social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 768 Pape Ave (183 m, 15 units, 3 storeys, built 1990), which scored 73 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 768 Pape Ave | 15 | 3 | 1990 | 73 · Nov 2025 | 183 m |
| 39 Harcourt Ave Toronto Community Housing · TCH | 15 | 3 | 1989 | 94 · Nov 2025 | 455 m · 5 min |
| 796 Carlaw Ave | 31 | 4 | 1922 | 90 · Sep 2024 | 477 m · 6 min |
| 98 Cavell Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 100 | 6 | 1992 | 96 · Aug 2025 | 643 m · 8 min |
| 100 Cavell Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 300 | 7 | 1977 | 97 · Sep 2026 | 651 m · 8 min |
| 575 Pape Ave · D&d Property Management | 17 | 3 | 1930 | 92 · Jul 2024 | 714 m · 9 min |
11 registered buildings · 619 units · 5 social housing · tallest 7 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Six 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. 83% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 6 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (5), commercial premises (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 Danforth.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Gertrude & Muriel a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 10 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 Gertrude & Muriel?
A quiet local crossing at the City's last count here, in 2001. Its latest count is from Jul 4, 2001, 2% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Gertrude & Muriel a walkable intersection?
Gertrude & Muriel scores 67 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,078 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 1 grocery store within 300 m · 10 places to eat within 300 m; 1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; Pape Station 0.3 km · 8 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Gertrude & Muriel?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Muriel Ave between Gertrude Pl and Selkirk St (April 2001), found an average of 26 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 36 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Gertrude & Muriel?
The nearest Green P car park is 716 Pape Ave (164 m away, 74 spaces, 75% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 387 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 8,840 spaces — 18 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 14 Arundel Ave. (832 m).
How do I get to Gertrude & Muriel by transit?
Pape Station (Line 2) is 252 m away; bus routes 72, 100, 83, 62, 51 within 1 km (nearest stop: Pape Station, 94 m).
What restaurants are near Gertrude & Muriel?
10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 152 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tim Hortons (153 m), Swiss Chalet (154 m), Souv Like (183 m), Monopol Cafe (183 m) and Juicy Birds (206 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Gertrude & Muriel?
The nearest is Withrow Park North Washroom, 725 Logan Ave, 826 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (894 m).
Is there child care near Gertrude & Muriel?
Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 746 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Play Loft (393 m, 122 spaces), Broad View French Montessori School (543 m, 33 spaces) and Childspace Day Care Corporation # 2 (690 Carlaw) (601 m, 115 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Gertrude & Muriel?
11 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 619 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 768 Pape Ave (183 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 73), 39 Harcourt Ave (455 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 796 Carlaw Ave (477 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 98 Cavell Ave (643 m, 100 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 11 is 89 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Gertrude & Muriel?
Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Danforth page.
What neighbourhood is Gertrude & Muriel in?
Gertrude & Muriel is in Danforth (City of Toronto neighbourhood 066). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Jul 4, 2001.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 14 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.68060, -79.34461 · centreline node 13461545.