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Gillespie & Connolly

Gillespie Ave & Connolly St · Toronto, Ontario · Weston-Pelham Park · Ward 9, Davenport

Gillespie & Connolly, in Weston-Pelham Park, is a quiet local crossing, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. At the corner: 2 schools within 250 m and parks. Nearby: 14 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
470
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 16, 2021
217 pedestrians · 43 cyclists
Collisions
0
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
none reported within 65 m
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
1 streetcar route · 8 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 60 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 5% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 2.2 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 9.1% of vehicle volume, about 12× the typical share.

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Gillespie & Connolly

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
512 nearest 226 m
TTC bus
1271684147891894026 nearest 197 m
Express
941989
Blue Night
312340341
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
St. Clair Ave W / Osler St 234 m · 11 docks · 15 stations, 260 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)
  • Carleton Village Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 77 m
  • St Paul Vi Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 233 m
  • Ecole Elementaire Charles SauriolFrench Public · 583 m
  • St Rita Catholic Elementary School & Msgr Fraser SouthwestEnglish Separate · 709 m
  • Lucy McCormick Sr SchoolEnglish Public · 840 m
  • General Mercer Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 851 m
  • and 11 more
Parks (26)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library St. Clair/Silverthorn branch267 m
  • Toronto Public Library Junction Triangle (formely Perth/Dupont) branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Annette Street branch1.1 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 24 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 9 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 188 — 2.6× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Carleton Village Early Learning Centre, 77 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2026.

Restaurants & cafés24 within 300 m · 188 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience9 within 300 m · 36 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Carleton Village Early Learning Centre · 315 Osler St Rm-106-107-107a77 mPassed, Jan 2026
Wallace Espresso · 70 Hounslow Heath Rd Unit-A206 mPassed, Mar 2026
San Sivar · 1745 St Clair Ave W214 mPassed, Jun 2026
St. Clair Variety · 1713 St Clair Ave Wgrocery219 mPassed, Feb 2024
St. Clair Variety · 1713 St Clair Ave Wgrocery219 mPassed, Jul 2026
Tokes and Tins Convenience · 1685 St Clair Ave Wgrocery243 mPassed, May 2026
Jumpkart · 1779 St Clair Ave W None245 mPassed, Aug 2025
Creme Cafe · 1683 St Clair Ave W246 mPassed, Apr 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 Earlscourt Park Washroom, 647 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 157 m away at Wadsworth Park (currently off).

  • Earlscourt Park Washroom · 1200 Lansdowne Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    647 m
  • Giovanni Caboto Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom · 1367 St. Clair Ave W
    View the facility hours
    675 m
  • Joseph J. Piccininni Community Centre Washroom · 1369 St. Clair Ave W
    View centre hours
    710 m
Drinking water
Wadsworth Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 157 m · off; Wadsworth Park drinking fountain · 182 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 864 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Carleton Village Early Learning Centre (77 m, 153 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km8 centres · 864 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 8
  • Carleton Village Early Learning Centre · 315 Osler St
    153 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    77 m
  • Macaulay - St. Paul Vi · 270 Laughton Ave
    67 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    233 m
  • Davenport Perth Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 1900 Davenport Rd
    36 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    369 m
  • Centre de La Petite Enfance - Les Amis du Monde · 55 Pelham Ave
    279 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    583 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 423 (940 m), the nearest police station 11 Division (182 m) and the nearest ambulance station 908 m away.

FireFire Station 423 · 940 m358 Keele St
Police11 Division · 182 m2054 Davenport Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 30 · 908 m100 Turnberry 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 nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 645 rental units — five social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 223 Osler St (266 m, 13 units, 4 storeys, built 1992), which scored 81 out of 100 at its June 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 9 scored below 70; the average is 83, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 14 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 15 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings9 · 645 units · 5 social housing
RentSafeTO score83 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202614 across the 9
Open fire-code violations15
Tallest17 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
223 Osler Stsocial housing · Anchor Property Managers Inc134199281 · Jun 20250266 m
61 Pelham Park GdnsToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation35217196891 · Jun 20254 · 1 fire338 m
1884 Davenport RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1869197888 · Sep 20242457 m
485 Perth Ave000720 m
2750 Dundas St Wsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes306199790 · Aug 20260770 m
546 Indian Grv17350 · Jul 20268 · 14 fire783 m
2767 Dundas St Wsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes216199296 · Aug 20250809 m
1625 Dupont St103192077 · Jul 20260878 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 lots702 lots · ≈31,480 spaces · 94.5 ha
Within 500 m46 lots · ≈2,010 spaces
Green P (public)16 car parks · about 844 spaces
EV charging (City)64 Annette St · 1 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking15 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
20 Prescott Avenue · Surface357 m7 *
31 Blackthorn Ave · Surface374 m37 *
400 Keele St · Surface824 m3580% (Q1 2026)
351 Keele St · Surface929 m7270% (Q1 2026)
141 Greenlaw Ave · Surface1 km5445% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 41 m away, ≈29 spaces; 167 m away, ≈208 spaces; 192 m away, ≈17 spaces; 202 m away, ≈8 spaces; 203 m away, ≈9 spaces; 214 m away, ≈15 spaces. More EV charging: 91 Via Italia (1.3 km, 12 ports); 115 High Park Avenue (1.7 km, 2 ports); 2285 Dundas St W (2 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, Sep 16, 2021

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 208 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 44% of the total, against 54 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 102 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 97 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west208eastbound · 24 bikes · 2.4% heavy
Total vehicles470217 pedestrians · 43 cyclists · 3.4% heavy
From the east208westbound · 15 bikes · 3.8% heavy
From the south54northbound · 4 bikes · 5.6% heavy
AM peak hour102 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour97 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 16, 2021

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 Gillespie Ave between Davenport Rd and Connolly St, 117 m from the corner, a 3-day count in March 2004 put the average speed at 31 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 43 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 50 km/h or more. That segment carries about 300 vehicles a day. Connolly St between Lane E of Osler and N of Davenport and Osler St measured slower: 30 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Sep 2010). The reading is 22 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Osler St (137 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 3,783 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Connolly St · Lane E of Osler and N of Davenport – Osler St · 73 mSep 2010 · 2 days80330 km/h38 km/h43 km/h
Gillespie Ave · Davenport Rd – Connolly St · 117 mMar 2004 · 3 days28931 km/h43 km/h50 km/h

School-zone speed sign 137 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct0 · 17 km/h
Over the limit0.2%
40 km/h or more0.0%

Osler St (northbound), Opp 334, Osler St · 3,783 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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

Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Gillespie & Connolly a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025 and police reported no collisions of any severity. 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 Gillespie & Connolly?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Sep 16, 2021, 5% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Gillespie & Connolly?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Gillespie Ave between Davenport Rd and Connolly St (March 2004), found an average of 31 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 43 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 137 m away (30 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Gillespie & Connolly?

The nearest Green P car park is 20 Prescott Avenue (357 m away, 7 spaces). The City's mapping shows 702 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 31,480 spaces — 46 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 64 Annette St (1.0 km).

How do I get to Gillespie & Connolly by transit?

Streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 226 m away; bus routes 127, 168, 41, 47, 89, 189, 40, 26 and 2 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Gillespie & Connolly?

24 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 188 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Carleton Village Early Learning Centre (77 m), Wallace Espresso (206 m), San Sivar (214 m), Jumpkart (245 m) and Creme Cafe (246 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 Gillespie & Connolly?

The nearest is Earlscourt Park Washroom, 1200 Lansdowne Ave, 647 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Giovanni Caboto Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom (675 m); Joseph J. Piccininni Community Centre Washroom (710 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 Gillespie & Connolly?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 864 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Carleton Village Early Learning Centre (77 m, 153 spaces), Macaulay - St. Paul Vi (233 m, 67 spaces) and Davenport Perth Early Learning & Child Care Centre (369 m, 36 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Gillespie & Connolly?

Nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 645 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 223 Osler St (266 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 61 Pelham Park Gdns (338 m, 352 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 1884 Davenport Rd (457 m, 186 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 485 Perth Ave (720 m). The average RentSafeTO score across the 9 is 83 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. 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.

What neighbourhood is Gillespie & Connolly in?

Gillespie & Connolly is in Weston-Pelham Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 091), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo.

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