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Gertrude & Muriel

Gertrude Pl & Muriel Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Danforth · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Gertrude & Muriel is a quiet local crossing, with heavy foot traffic. It sits in the Danforth. At the corner: Pape Station and a park. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
185
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jul 4, 2001
183 pedestrians · 8 cyclists
Collisions
10
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 7 property damage · #4335 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
Pape Station
subway station within 250 m
6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 20 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 2% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 1.0 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 4.3% of vehicle volume, about 5.6× the typical share. On average 1 collision a year was 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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Gertrude & Muriel

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Pape Station (Line 2)84 m; Donlands Station (Line 2)438 m; Chester Station (Line 2)685 m
TTC bus
7210083516231 nearest 66 m
Blue Night
325300
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Pape Station
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Danforth Ave / Gough Ave 279 m · 25 docks · 11 stations, 207 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)
  • Holy Name Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 421 m
  • Earl Grey Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 531 m
  • Jones Avenue Adult CentreEnglish Public · 551 m
  • Frankland Community SchoolEnglish Public · 560 m
  • Centennial College School - Carlaw CampusCollege · 566 m
  • Wilkinson Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 595 m
  • and 19 more
Parks (23)
  • Carlaw Avenue Parkette239 m
  • Langford Parkette250 m
  • 24 Dewhurst Boulevard Park369 m
  • Logan Green Field425 m
  • Logan Avenue Parkette527 m
  • Aldwych Park563 m
  • and 17 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Pape/Danforth branch220 m
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • The Danforth Music HallPerforming Arts · 1.1 km
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage SiteLandmark · 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 42 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 12 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 187 — 2.6× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 85 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés42 within 300 m · 187 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience12 within 300 m · 30 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tim Hortons · 743 Pape Ave Unit-185 mPassed, Aug 2026
Good Brothers Fruit Market · 733 Pape Avegrocery110 mPassed, Sep 2025
Swiss Chalet · 722 Pape Ave111 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Souv Like · 708 Pape Ave137 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Monopol Cafe · 706 Pape Ave Rm-1138 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Juicy Birds · 721 Pape Ave143 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
A & W · 654 Danforth Ave160 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 2 infractions
Price War · 644 Danforth Ave179 mPassed, Aug 2024 · 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 Withrow Park North Washroom, 605 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 256 m away at Langford Parkette.

  • Withrow Park North Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    605 m
  • Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    670 m
  • Withrow Park South Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    861 m
Drinking water
Langford Parkette bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 256 m; Logan Green Field bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 443 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

14 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,542 spaces; ten accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Play Loft (290 m, 122 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km14 centres · 1,542 spaces
Fee subsidy10 of 14
  • Play Loft · 583 Danforth Ave
    122 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    290 m
  • Childspace Day Care Corporation # 2 (690 Carlaw) · 690 Carlaw Ave
    115 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    421 m
  • Athletic Montessori Academy · 890 Danforth Ave
    24 spaces · preschool
    425 m
  • Broad View French Montessori School · 903 Pape Ave
    33 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    499 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 323 (808 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 808 m away.

FireFire Station 323 · 808 m153 Chatham Ave
Police55 Division · 2.5 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceEMS TRAINING/TFD Stn 323 · 808 m153 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

Within a kilometre there are 19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,705 rental units — nine social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 768 Pape Ave (130 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. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 26 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 16 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings19 · 1,705 units · 9 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202626 across the 19
Open fire-code violations16
Tallest17 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
768 Pape Ave153199073 · Nov 20250130 m
796 Carlaw Ave314192290 · Sep 20241324 m
39 Harcourt AveToronto Community Housing · TCH153198994 · Nov 20250385 m
98 Cavell AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1006199296 · Aug 20251431 m
100 Cavell AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation3007197797 · Sep 20260 · 3 fire433 m
135 Sammon Ave · Town & Country Property Managers113195694 · Dec 20250529 m
51 Donlands Avesocial housing · Dms Property Management Ltd.535198594 · Jul 20240594 m
5 Donlands Ave · North 44 Property Management Inc244193078 · Jul 20241596 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 lots549 lots · ≈14,060 spaces · 42.2 ha
Within 500 m50 lots · ≈860 spaces
Green P (public)20 car parks · about 755 spaces
EV charging (City)14 Arundel Ave. · 592 m · 8 Level 2 ports
Bike parking60 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 80 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
20 Eaton Avenue · Surface89 m70 *
716 Pape Ave · Surface116 m7475% (Q1 2026)
17 Eaton Ave · Surface127 m3065% (Q1 2026)
77 Gough Ave · Surface184 m1783% (Q1 2026)
12 Woodycrest Ave · Surface185 m3543% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 33 m away, ≈13 spaces; 70 m away, ≈48 spaces; 80 m away, ≈60 spaces (Green P); 105 m away, ≈33 spaces; 130 m away, ≈48 spaces (Green P); 131 m away, ≈9 spaces. More EV charging: 503 Jones Ave (594 m, 2 ports); 453 Jones Ave (737 m, 2 ports); 132 Chatham Ave (738 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 — 8-hour, 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 16,183 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.

From the north176southbound · 7 bikes · 4.0% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles185183 pedestrians · 8 cyclists · 3.8% heavy
From the east9westbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour25 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour30 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jul 4, 2001

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 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 segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Muriel Ave · Gertrude Pl – Selkirk St · 101 mApr 2001 · 10 days27526 km/h36 km/h41 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

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%). The most recent report on file is from Jan 23, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions10#4335 of 5,508
With an injury1#4418 of 4,660
Property damage only7
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian1#2827 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 201413latest Jan 23, 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

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.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle610street/outdoor (5), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 31, 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 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. Its latest count is from Jul 4, 2001, 2% of the median for a counted intersection.

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 20 Eaton Avenue (89 m away, 70 spaces). The City's mapping shows 549 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,060 spaces — 50 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 14 Arundel Ave. (592 m).

How do I get to Gertrude & Muriel by transit?

Pape Station (Line 2) is 84 m away; bus routes 72, 100, 83, 51, 62, 31 within 1 km (nearest stop: Pape Station, 66 m).

What restaurants are near Gertrude & Muriel?

42 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 187 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (85 m), Swiss Chalet (111 m), Souv Like (137 m), Monopol Cafe (138 m) and Juicy Birds (143 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 Gertrude & Muriel?

The nearest is Withrow Park North Washroom, 725 Logan Ave, 605 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (670 m); Withrow Park South Washroom (861 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 Gertrude & Muriel?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,542 spaces in total; 10 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Play Loft (290 m, 122 spaces), Childspace Day Care Corporation # 2 (690 Carlaw) (421 m, 115 spaces) and Athletic Montessori Academy (425 m, 24 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Gertrude & Muriel?

19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,705 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 768 Pape Ave (130 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 73), 796 Carlaw Ave (324 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 39 Harcourt Ave (385 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 98 Cavell Ave (431 m, 100 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 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 Gertrude & Muriel?

Toronto Police place six 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 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

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