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Greenwood & Dorothy

Greenwood Ave & Dorothy St · Toronto, Ontario · Greenwood-Coxwell · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Greenwood & Dorothy is a low-volume local intersection. It sits in Greenwood-Coxwell. It has a bike lane at the corner. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
5,345
vehicles · 14-hour count, Feb 4, 2026
890 pedestrians · 31 cyclists
Collisions
1
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
9 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
49/100
city median 48 · #2,755 of 5,672
12 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 556 m

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Greenwood & Dorothy

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume14-hour count · Feb 4, 2026

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The south leg carries the load — 2,743 northbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 148. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 527 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 9% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (483). Heavy vehicles made up 4.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north2,454southbound · 17 bikes · 5.5% heavy
From the west148eastbound · 2 bikes · 1.4% heavy
Total vehicles5,345890 pedestrians · 31 cyclists · 4.7% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south2,743northbound · 12 bikes · 4.2% heavy

Peak hours: 483 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 527 from 5:00 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

2024 was the peak year (1 collision), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Jun 27, 2024.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions1
With an injury0
Property damage only1
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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.

How fast traffic moves here

The City's counter on Greenwood Ave between Dundas St E and Athletic Ave (285 m away) recorded an average of 36 km/h in its 3-day count in February 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 8,200 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Greenwood Ave · Dundas St E – Athletic Ave · 285 mFeb 2026 · 3 days8,16836 km/h44 km/h54 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

Streetcar
501 503 506 nearest 203 m
TTC bus
31 83 22 nearest 13 m
Blue Night
301 306 322
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Greenwood Ave at Kerr Rd; Greenwood Ave at Dorothy St
Cycling
Bike Lane on Greenwood Ave installed 2007
Bike Share
Alton Ave / Dundas St E (Greenwood Park) 418 m · 5 min · 42 docks · 10 stations, 228 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
12 car parks · about 883 spaces
EV charging
1715 DUNDAS ST E · 301 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 43 Alton Ave (567 m), 1313 Gerrard ST E (688 m)
Bike parking
12 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
18 mapped lots within 500 m, 383 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1091 Eastern Avenue · Surface908 m45 *—
151 Hiawatha Road · Surface1.1 km50 *—
268 Rhodes Ave · Surface1.1 km3968% (Q1 2026)
1141 Eastern Ave · Surface1.2 km1858% (Q1 2026)
1167 Eastern Ave · Surface1.3 km6632% (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

The nearest grocery store is Greenwood Food Market, 556 m away; 4 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. Two specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest Lambo's Deli at 179 m. There are 12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 83 eating places within a kilometre — 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Dang Smoke BBQ, 174 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Greenwood Pharmacy, 537 m away; 5 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: The Heritage Nursing Home, a long-term care home 728 m away; Chartwell Avondale Retirement Residence, a retirement home 558 m away. Applegrove Community Complex runs a seniors' active living programme 635 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Dang Smoke BBQ · 4 Greenwood Ave174 m
  • Pri's Smoke BBQ · 4 Greenwood Ave177 m
  • KFC · 1364 Queen St E182 m
  • The Greenwood · 1374 Queen St E183 m
  • Tatsuro's · 1378 Queen St E191 m
12 within 300 m · 83 within 1 km
Grocery
Greenwood Food Market 556 m · 7 min · 4 within 1 km
Food shops
Lambo's Deli 179 m · 2 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Greenwood Pharmacy 537 m · 6 min · 5 within 1 km
Child care
  • Woodgreen Community Services (Woodfield Child Care Centre) · 178 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day663 m · 8 min
  • Woodgreen Community Services (Leslieville Child Care) · 85 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day711 m · 8 min
  • Mackie Sunshine Child Care Inc.st. Joseph's Sunshine · 30 spaces, school age738 m · 9 min
8 licensed centres · 545 spaces within 1 km · 3 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • S.h. Armstrong Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed · accessible542 m · 6 min
  • Greenwood Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.658 m · 8 min
Drinking water: Greenwood Park 364 m · 4 min
Health and care
  • The Heritage Nursing Home · long-term care home728 m · 9 min
  • Chartwell Avondale Retirement Residence · retirement home558 m · 7 min
  • Applegrove Community Complex · seniors' active living centre635 m · 8 min

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 (17)
and 12 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (7)
  • Duke of Connaught Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 663 m · 8 min
  • Leslieville Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 711 m · 8 min
  • St Joseph Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 738 m · 9 min
  • Kew Park Montessori School - HiawathaPrivate · 890 m · 11 min
  • Bruce Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
and 2 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch844 m · 10 min
  • Toronto Public Library Gerrard/Ashdale branch1.1 km · 13 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.

49of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,755 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food19/30

    4 grocery stores within 1 km · 12 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit15/28

    8 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 844 m away

  • Parks and recreation8/10

    1 park within 500 m · 2 community centres within 800 m

  • Schools and child care2/8

    nearest school 0.7 km · 8 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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

15 registered apartment buildings with 503 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 11 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 85 Laing St (388 m, 13 units, 3 storeys, built 1921), which scored 80 out of 100 at its December 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
85 Laing St133192180 · Dec 2025388 m · 5 min
137 Sears St social housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.173199590 · Nov 2025425 m · 5 min
1615 Dundas St E Toronto Community Housing · TCH814196092 · Aug 2026432 m · 5 min
1480 Queen St E social housing · Neighbours Community Homes254199097 · Oct 2025591 m · 7 min
1550 Queen St E · Jnd Management313194878 · Aug 2026685 m · 8 min
970 Eastern Ave social housing · Neighbours Community Homes144198993 · Dec 2025721 m · 9 min

15 registered buildings · 503 units · 11 social housing · tallest 5 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

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle510street/outdoor (3), other (1)
Bicycle theft000—

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 Greenwood-Coxwell.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Greenwood & Dorothy a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 1 lesser collision. 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 Greenwood & Dorothy?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Feb 4, 2026, 33% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is Greenwood & Dorothy a walkable intersection?

Greenwood & Dorothy scores 49 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,755 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 park within 500 m · 2 community centres within 800 m; 4 grocery stores within 1 km · 12 places to eat within 300 m; 8 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km.

How fast do cars go at Greenwood & Dorothy?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Greenwood Ave between Dundas St E and Athletic Ave (February 2026), found an average of 36 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Greenwood & Dorothy?

The nearest Green P car park is 1091 Eastern Avenue (908 m away, 45 spaces). The City's mapping shows 383 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 23,000 spaces — 18 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1715 DUNDAS ST E (301 m).

How do I get to Greenwood & Dorothy by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503, 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 203 m away; bus routes 31, 83, 22 within 1 km (nearest stop: Greenwood Ave at Kerr Rd, 13 m).

What restaurants are near Greenwood & Dorothy?

12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 83 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Dang Smoke BBQ (174 m), Pri's Smoke BBQ (177 m), KFC (182 m), The Greenwood (183 m) and Tatsuro's (191 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Greenwood & Dorothy?

The nearest is S.h. Armstrong Community Centre Washroom, 56 Woodfield Rd, 542 m away, with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Greenwood Park Fieldhouse Washroom (658 m); Greenwood Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom (688 m).

Is there child care near Greenwood & Dorothy?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 545 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Woodgreen Community Services (Woodfield Child Care Centre) (663 m, 178 spaces), Woodgreen Community Services (Leslieville Child Care) (711 m, 85 spaces) and Mackie Sunshine Child Care Inc.st. Joseph's Sunshine (738 m, 30 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Greenwood & Dorothy?

15 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 503 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 85 Laing St (388 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 80), 137 Sears St (425 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 1615 Dundas St E (432 m, 81 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 1480 Queen St E (591 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 15 is 90 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Greenwood & Dorothy?

Toronto Police place five 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 Greenwood-Coxwell page.

What neighbourhood is Greenwood & Dorothy in?

Greenwood & Dorothy is in Greenwood-Coxwell (City of Toronto neighbourhood 065). 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