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Greenwood & Plains

Greenwood Ave & Plains Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Old East York · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Greenwood & Plains is a low-volume local intersection. It sits in Old East York. It has a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
3,389
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 20, 2023
439 pedestrians · 48 cyclists
Collisions
19
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 13 property damage · #3501 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 1 cyclist · #1255 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
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 420 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 37% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 8 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). That comes with about 1.9 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Just one of those 19 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Greenwood & Plains

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
8785162702572100 nearest 206 m
Blue Night
322325
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Cosburn Ave / Donlands Ave 433 m · 19 docks · 6 stations, 90 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 (16)
  • The Three Hierarchs AcademyPrivate · 163 m
  • Holy Cross Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 465 m
  • Diefenbaker Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 566 m
  • Cosburn Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 621 m
  • William Burgess Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 806 m
  • East York Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 887 m
  • and 10 more
Parks (19)
  • Four Oaks Gate Park340 m
  • Dieppe Park349 m
  • Cosburn Park668 m
  • Coxwell Ravine Park680 m
  • True Davidson Park693 m
  • Gamble Playground751 m
  • and 13 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch730 m
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch914 m
  • Toronto Public Library Thorncliffe branch1.1 km

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; 61 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is 367 Cafe, 303 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2025.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 61 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 18 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
367 Cafe · 367 Donlands Ave303 mPassed, Aug 2025
Donlands Convenience · 363 Donlands Avegrocery303 mPassed, Mar 2025
Rajkapuri Paan & Snacks · 377 Donlands Ave303 mPassed, Apr 2026
Captain John Donlands Fish and Chips · 373 Donlands Avegrocery310 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 1 infraction
Simba Grill · 375 Donlands Ave310 mPassed, Mar 2025 · 2 infractions
Select Bakery Patisserie · 405 Donlands Avegrocery326 mPassed, Sep 2025
Sophie`s Sports Bar & Grill · 466 Cosburn Ave338 mPassed, Feb 2026
The Donlands Diner · 417 Donlands Ave343 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 7 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 Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 277 m away — currently listed as closed (closed for the season); in season it is View outdoor rink hours. A drinking fountain is 295 m away at Dieppe Park.

  • Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    277 m
  • Dieppe Park Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    374 m
  • East York Civic Centre · 850 Coxwell Avenue
    Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed · accessible
    895 m
Drinking water
Dieppe Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 295 m; Dieppe Park bottle filling station · 380 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

11 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 922 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is East York Montessori School (395 m, 31 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km11 centres · 922 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 11
  • East York Montessori School · 486 Cosburn Ave
    31 spaces · toddler, preschool
    395 m
  • Network Childcare Services - Holy Cross · 299a Donlands Ave
    99 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    465 m
  • Woodgreen Community Services (the)(Debbie Yeung Child Care Centre) · 249 Cosburn Ave
    59 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    467 m
  • Centennial College East York Day Care (Plains Rd) · 175 Plains Rd
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    566 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 322 (445 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (3.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 322 · 445 m256 Cosburn Ave
Police55 Division · 3.2 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 1 km1300 Pape 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

38 registered apartment buildings with 3,016 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 338-342 Donlands Ave (355 m, 36 units, 3 storeys, built 1949), which scored 97 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 61 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 82 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings38 · 3,016 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202661 across the 38
Open fire-code violations82
Tallest25 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
338-342 Donlands Ave · Greenwin Corp.363194997 · Aug 20241355 m
260 Gamble Ave · Greenwin Corp.243195098 · Jul 20253418 m
9 Elmsdale Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.384194586 · Jul 20241439 m
257 Torrens Ave173195094 · Jul 20250 · 5 fire444 m
250 Cosburn Ave406192781 · Jul 20251 · 5 fire467 m
270 Donlands Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Services448201298 · Aug 20263488 m
243 Cosburn Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.326200497 · Jul 20252489 m
246 Cosburn Ave · Colonia Treuhand Management Inc.406195596 · Jul 20250493 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 lots468 lots · ≈25,380 spaces · 76.1 ha
Within 500 m20 lots · ≈540 spaces
Green P (public)14 car parks · about 515 spaces
EV charging (City)132 Chatham Ave · 1.6 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking2 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
850 Coxwell Ave · Surface1 km1862% (Q1 2026)
31 Langford Ave · Surface1.5 km2761% (Q1 2026)
12 Woodycrest Ave · Surface1.5 km3543% (Q1 2026)
17 Eaton Ave · Surface1.6 km3065% (Q1 2026)
1439 Danforth Ave · Surface1.6 km1895% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 224 m away, ≈13 spaces; 298 m away, ≈19 spaces; 314 m away, ≈79 spaces; 331 m away, ≈23 spaces; 335 m away, ≈16 spaces; 358 m away, ≈20 spaces. More EV charging: 1612 Danforth Ave. (1.7 km, 2 ports); 124 Mount Joy Ave (1.7 km, 2 ports); 503 Jones Ave (1.9 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, Apr 20, 2023

The north leg carries the load — 1,555 southbound vehicles, or 46% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 400. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 587 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 28% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (460). Heavy vehicles made up 2.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. 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 north1,555southbound · 2 bikes · 2.3% heavy
From the west609eastbound · 15 bikes · 1.1% heavy
Total vehicles3,389439 pedestrians · 48 cyclists · 2.4% heavy
From the east825westbound · 25 bikes · 2.7% heavy
From the south400northbound · 6 bikes · 4.3% heavy
AM peak hour460 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour587 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 20, 2023

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 counter on Plains Rd between Northbrook Rd and Athlone Rd (128 m away) recorded an average of 36 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2004; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 2,200 vehicles a day. Greenwood Ave between Plains Rd and O'connor Dr measured slower: 37 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 43 km/h (Apr 2022). The reading is 22 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Greenwood Avenue between O'Connor Dr and Plains Rd, and 1 more calmed segment ends here.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Greenwood Ave · Plains Rd – O'connor Dr · 104 mApr 2022 · 3 days3,69837 km/h43 km/h48 km/h
Plains Rd · Northbrook Rd – Athlone Rd · 128 mSep 2004 · 3 days2,21036 km/h44 km/h48 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Greenwood Avenue · O'Connor Dr – Plains Rd
    3 speed humps
  • Greenwood Avenue · Plains Rd – Cosburn Ave
    3 speed humps

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

2024 was the peak year (6 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 11% of collisions here involved an injury. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 26% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 11% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 19, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions19#3501 of 5,508
With an injury2#3896 of 4,660
Property damage only13
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian1#2887 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2244 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201425latest May 19, 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. 1 cyclist was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Nov 30, 2021. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1255 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#211 of 271
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20062latest Nov 30, 2021

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 one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 20, 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 Old East York.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Greenwood & Plains a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1255 of 1,505), out of 19 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 Greenwood & Plains?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 20, 2023, 37% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Greenwood & Plains?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Plains Rd between Northbrook Rd and Athlone Rd (September 2004), 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 & Plains?

The nearest Green P car park is 850 Coxwell Ave (1.0 km away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 468 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 25,380 spaces — 20 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 132 Chatham Ave (1.6 km).

How do I get to Greenwood & Plains by transit?

Bus routes 87, 8, 51, 62, 70, 25, 72, 100 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Greenwood & Plains?

None within 300 m, and 61 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are 367 Cafe (303 m), Rajkapuri Paan & Snacks (303 m), Simba Grill (310 m), Sophie`s Sports Bar & Grill (338 m) and The Donlands Diner (343 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 Greenwood & Plains?

The nearest is Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 455 Cosburn Ave, 277 m away (View outdoor rink hours). The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season. Next nearest: Dieppe Park Washroom (374 m); East York Civic Centre (895 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 Greenwood & Plains?

11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 922 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are East York Montessori School (395 m, 31 spaces), Network Childcare Services - Holy Cross (465 m, 99 spaces) and Woodgreen Community Services (the)(Debbie Yeung Child Care Centre) (467 m, 59 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Greenwood & Plains?

38 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,016 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 338-342 Donlands Ave (355 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 260 Gamble Ave (418 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 9 Elmsdale Rd (439 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 257 Torrens Ave (444 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 38 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 Greenwood & Plains?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 Old East York page.

What neighbourhood is Greenwood & Plains in?

Greenwood & Plains is in Old East York (City of Toronto neighbourhood 058). 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