Toronto · intersection · signal 1181 · red-light camera

Gordon Baker & Finch

Gordon Baker Rd & Finch Ave E · Toronto, Ontario · Pleasant View · Ward 17, Don Valley North

Gordon Baker & Finch, in Pleasant View, is a heavily travelled arterial crossing. It has a red-light camera in place since 2017 that issued 1,245 tickets in 2025 and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
42,996
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 11, 2024
223 pedestrians · 103 cyclists
Collisions
254
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
45 with an injury · 191 property damage · +15 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #923 of 1,505
Red-light camera
1,245
tickets in 2025
since 2017 · 373 so far in 2026 · tickets by camera
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 3,070 vehicles, 2.7× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 193 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 25 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 5.9 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions edged up 12%, from 120 in 2016–2020 to 134 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 254 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Gordon Baker & Finch

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
39241016942 nearest 374 m
Express
939924
Blue Night
339
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Regional
York Region Transit 024 Woodbine at Victoria Park Av / Hare Gate680 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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 (21)
  • Cherokee Public SchoolEnglish Public · 455 m
  • Ernest Public SchoolEnglish Public · 519 m
  • Seneca College (Newnham Campus)College · 624 m
  • Seneca Hill Public SchoolEnglish Public · 867 m
  • Hillmount Public SchoolEnglish Public · 895 m
  • Chester Le Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 901 m
  • and 15 more
Community centres
  • Seneca Village Community Centre814 m
  • Pleasantview Community Centre1 km
Parks (13)
  • Shawnee Park315 m
  • Pinto Park488 m
  • Seneca Village Park834 m
  • Hobart Park882 m
  • Seneca Hill Park933 m
  • Chester Le Park947 m
  • and 7 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Pleasant View branch1 km
Signal
1181, activated 1976 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 19 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 71 within a kilometre. The nearest is Subway Sandwiches, 528 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 19 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 3 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
M & M Food Market · 1760 Finch Ave Egrocery528 mPassed, Oct 2025
Subway Sandwiches · 1760 Finch Ave E528 mPassed, May 2026
Kandahar Grill and Kabab · 165 Cherokee Blvd534 mPassed, Jun 2026
Bento Sushi · 1750 Finch Ave E624 mPassed, Sep 2025
Starbucks · 1750 Finch Ave E, Bldg-K624 mPassed, Jan 2025
Tim Hortons - Mini Tims · 1750 Finch Ave E, Bldg-A624 mPassed, Jan 2025
Raufi BBQ Hotdog & Sausage Co. · 1750 Finch Ave E624 mPassed, Jun 2026
Tim Hortons - the Bridge · 1750 Finch Ave E624 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions

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 Seneca Village Community Centre Washroom, 817 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 301 m away at Shawnee Park.

  • Seneca Village Community Centre Washroom · 1700 Finch Ave E.
    View centre hours
    817 m
  • Pleasantview Community Centre Washroom · 545 Van Horne Ave
    View centre hours
    1 km
Drinking water
Shawnee Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 301 m; Pinto Park drinking fountain · 415 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 311 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Early Years Education System (E.y.e.s) (803 m, 57 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 311 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • Early Years Education System (E.y.e.s) · 3000 Victoria Park Ave
    57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    803 m
  • Phoenix Child Centre · 625 Seneca Hill Dr
    112 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    867 m
  • Hillmount Child Care · 245 McNicoll Ave
    80 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    895 m
  • Chester Le Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 201 Chester Le Blvd
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    901 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 113 (799 m), the nearest police station 33 Division (5.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.3 km away.

FireFire Station 113 · 799 m700 Seneca Hill Dr
Police33 Division · 5 km50 Upjohn Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 23 · 2.3 km115 Parkway Forest Dr

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

Two registered apartment buildings with 503 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 22. The nearest is 3000 Victoria Park Ave (804 m, 228 units, 6 storeys, built 1972), which scored 80 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Registered buildings2 · 503 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20269 across the 2
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
3000 Victoria Park Ave · Ranee Management2286197280 · Jun 20246804 m
1700 Finch Ave EToronto Community Housing27518197995 · Aug 20253 · 2 fire817 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 lots272 lots · ≈42,660 spaces · 128 ha
Within 500 m7 lots · ≈460 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 328 m away, ≈259 spaces; 344 m away, ≈3 spaces; 396 m away, ≈102 spaces; 439 m away, ≈45 spaces; 473 m away, ≈6 spaces; 494 m away, ≈18 spaces.

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 11, 2024

The east leg carries the load — 15,566 westbound vehicles, or 36% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 3,364. Most cyclists arrived from the east (75 of 103). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 3,987 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 3,916 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north3,364southbound · 3 bikes · 3.5% heavy
From the west14,320eastbound · 23 bikes · 4.5% heavy
Total vehicles42,996223 pedestrians · 103 cyclists · 4.1% heavy
From the east15,566westbound · 75 bikes · 4.3% heavy
From the south9,746northbound · 2 bikes · 3.4% heavy
AM peak hour3,987 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour3,916 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 11, 2024

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 most recent midblock count on Gordon Baker Rd between Hwy 404 N and Harold Evans Cres (74 m away, Apr 2009) recorded volume only — about 9,979 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Gordon Baker Rd · Hwy 404 N – Harold Evans Cres · 74 mApr 2009 · 3 days9,979
Finch Ave E · Finch E – Hwy 404 N · 88 mOct 2011 · 3 days19,354

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 (38 collisions), and 2025 closed with 31. 18% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 22 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 1% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 15 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 24, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 5.9 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions254
With an injury45
Property damage only191
Fail to remain22
Involving a pedestrian2
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified18
Since January 2026 (outside the window)15
All since 2014308latest Jun 24, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Mar 3, 2016. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#923 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20062latest Mar 3, 2016

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 no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410house driveway/garage (4)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 13, 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 Pleasant View.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Gordon Baker & Finch a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#923 of 1,505), out of 254 reported 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 Gordon Baker & Finch?

A heavily travelled arterial crossing. Its latest count is from Jun 11, 2024, 2.7× the median for a counted intersection.

Is there a red-light camera at Gordon Baker & Finch?

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Gordon Baker & Finch since 2017, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 1,245 tickets in 2025 (0 in 2024) and 373 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 3,739 since it was switched on.

How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Gordon Baker & Finch?

1,245 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — after none in 2024, and 373 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 3,739 tickets since 2017. A red-light camera ticket in Toronto is $325 and carries no demerit points because it is issued to the vehicle's owner.

Where can I park near Gordon Baker & Finch?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 272 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 42,660 spaces — 7 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Gordon Baker & Finch by transit?

Bus routes 39, 24, 10, 169, 42, 939, 924 within 1 km; York Region Transit route 024 Woodbine at Victoria Park Av / Hare Gate.

What restaurants are near Gordon Baker & Finch?

None within 300 m, and 19 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Subway Sandwiches (528 m), Kandahar Grill and Kabab (534 m), Bento Sushi (624 m), Starbucks (624 m) and Tim Hortons - Mini Tims (624 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 Gordon Baker & Finch?

The nearest is Seneca Village Community Centre Washroom, 1700 Finch Ave E., 817 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Pleasantview Community Centre Washroom (1.0 km). 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 Gordon Baker & Finch?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 311 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Early Years Education System (E.y.e.s) (803 m, 57 spaces), Phoenix Child Centre (867 m, 112 spaces) and Hillmount Child Care (895 m, 80 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Gordon Baker & Finch?

Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 503 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3000 Victoria Park Ave (804 m, 228 units, RentSafeTO score 80) and 1700 Finch Ave E (817 m, 275 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 is 88 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 Gordon Baker & Finch?

Toronto Police place four 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 Pleasant View page.

What neighbourhood is Gordon Baker & Finch in?

Gordon Baker & Finch is in Pleasant View (City of Toronto neighbourhood 046). It is in Ward 17, Don Valley North, represented by Councillor Shelley Carroll.

Sources

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