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Greenwood & Sammon

Greenwood Ave & Sammon Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Danforth East York · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Greenwood & Sammon, in Danforth East York, was an intersection of typical volume — that was the City's last count here, in 2020. Nearby is Greenwood Station (Line 2) 629 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
4,986
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 1, 2020
532 pedestrians · 214 cyclists
Collisions
29
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Greenwood Station 629 m · 11 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
47/100
city median 48
60 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 466 m

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Greenwood & Sammon

Traffic and safety

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

Traffic volume8-hour count · Oct 1, 2020

The north leg carries the load — 2,322 southbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 314. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 770 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 13% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (680). Trucks and buses were 11.9% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 6 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2020, 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 north2,322southbound · 30 bikes · 12.7% heavy
From the west314eastbound · 74 bikes · 10.2% heavy
Total vehicles4,986532 pedestrians · 214 cyclists · 11.9% heavy
From the east531westbound · 68 bikes · 5.8% heavy
From the south1,819northbound · 42 bikes · 13.0% heavy

Peak hours: 680 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 770 from 4:00 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

2023 was the peak year (6 collisions), and 2025 closed with 5. 7% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 34% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 1, 2026.

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

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions29
With an injury2
Property damage only18
Fail to remain10
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified9
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
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 Sammon Ave between Marlow Ave and Wiley Ave (285 m away) recorded an average of 28 km/h in its 3-day count in August 2020; 85% of drivers were at or under 35 km/h. That segment carries about 1,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Glebeholme Blvd (348 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.2% of the 19,866 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none. 6 speed humps slow traffic on Sammon Avenue between Greenwood Ave and Coxwell Ave (installed 2003).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Greenwood Ave · Queensdale Ave – Sammon Ave · 36 mOct 2012 · 24 h4,358———
Sammon Ave · Marlow Ave – Wiley Ave · 285 mAug 2020 · 3 days1,02328 km/h35 km/h39 km/h
Speed sign
Glebeholme Blvd (westbound), 348 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 20 km/h, 85th percentile 29 km/h; 0.2% at 40 km/h or more. 19,866 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
Traffic calming
Sammon Avenue (Greenwood Ave – Coxwell Ave): 6 speed humps (installed 2003)

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.

The crossing
Signal 0658, activated 1958

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
Greenwood Station (Line 2)629 m · 7 min; Donlands Station (Line 2)1 km · 11 min
TTC bus
62 51 87 31 70 404 83 nearest 214 m
Blue Night
300 322
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Greenwood Ave / Sammon Ave 15 m · 11 docks · 7 stations, 109 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
13 car parks · about 478 spaces
EV charging
132 Chatham Ave · 1 km · 2 Level 2 ports; also 124 Mount Joy Ave (1.2 km), 1612 Danforth Ave. (1.4 km)
Bike parking
1 post-and-ring within 300 m
Other lots
14 mapped lots within 500 m, 349 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
850 Coxwell Ave · Surface902 m1862% (Q1 2026)
1439 Danforth Ave · Surface1.1 km1895% (Q1 2026)
31 Langford Ave · Surface1.2 km2761% (Q1 2026)
737 Rhodes Ave · Surface1.3 km2450% (Q1 2026)
12 Woodycrest Ave · Surface1.3 km3543% (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 Alberto Grocery, 466 m away; 5 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 60 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is North of Brooklyn Pizzeria, 601 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Danforth Central Pharmacy, 624 m away; 8 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Michael Garron Hospital, 836 m away. Woodgreen Community Centre - Outreach Programs runs a seniors' active living programme 885 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • North of Brooklyn Pizzeria · 663 Greenwood Ave Bldg-Main Floor601 m · 7 min
  • A & W · 1190 Danforth Ave613 m · 7 min
  • Kababia · 1202 Danforth Ave627 m · 7 min
  • Tommy's Grill and Bar · 1206 Danforth Ave632 m · 8 min
  • Moonlight Pub · 1162 Danforth Ave643 m · 8 min
0 within 300 m · 60 within 1 km
Grocery
Alberto Grocery 466 m · 6 min · 5 within 1 km
Food shops
North Pole Bakery 652 m · 8 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Danforth Central Pharmacy 624 m · 7 min · 8 within 1 km
Child care
  • Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Queensdale · 278 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day364 m · 4 min
  • Monarch Park Montessori Inc. · 55 spaces, toddler, preschool781 m · 9 min
  • Danforth Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 64 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day795 m · 9 min
10 licensed centres · 1,180 spaces within 1 km · 7 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Dieppe Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible714 m · 9 min
  • Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed · closed — Closed for the Season777 m · 9 min
Health and care
  • Michael Garron Hospital · hospital site836 m · 10 min
  • Woodgreen Community Centre - Outreach Programs · seniors' active living centre885 m · 11 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 (14)
  • Aldwych Park634 m · 8 min
  • Dieppe Park761 m · 9 min
  • East York Civic Centre942 m · 11 min
  • True Davidson Park1 km · 11 min
  • Memorial Gardens Park1 km · 12 min
and 9 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (15)
  • Ecole Elementaire La MosaiqueFrench Public · 364 m · 4 min
  • Danforth Collegiate & Greenwood Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 532 m · 6 min
  • The Three Hierarchs AcademyPrivate · 689 m · 8 min
  • Holy Cross Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 811 m · 10 min
  • Michelle-O'bonsawin Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 861 m · 10 min
and 10 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch1 km · 12 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.

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

47of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food9/30

    5 grocery stores within 1 km · 60 within 1 km

  • Transit18/28

    Greenwood Station 0.6 km · 2 stops within 300 m · 11 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 1 km away

  • Parks and recreation3/10

    nearest park 0.6 km · nearest centre 1.4 km

  • Schools and child care6/8

    1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot6/10

    traffic signal · traffic calming

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

11 registered apartment buildings with 965 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, five of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 325 Sammon Ave (33 m, 26 units, 3 storeys, built 1950), which scored 94 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
325 Sammon Ave · Brayden Irwin263195094 · Jul 202533 m
280 Sammon Ave344195571 · Sep 2024200 m
470 Mortimer Ave · Mortimer Rentals Inc424195790 · Jun 2024541 m · 6 min
494 Mortimer Ave · Deborah Holmes123196574 · Jun 2024604 m · 7 min
135 Sammon Ave · Town & Country Property Managers113195694 · Dec 2025675 m · 8 min
145 Strathmore Blvd Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation35014197489 · Aug 2026701 m · 8 min

11 registered buildings · 965 units · 5 social housing · tallest 14 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 three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle320street/outdoor (2), commercial premises (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 Danforth East York.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Greenwood & Sammon a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 29 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 Greenwood & Sammon?

An intersection of typical volume at the City's last count here, in 2020. Its latest count is from Oct 1, 2020, 54% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Greenwood & Sammon a walkable intersection?

Greenwood & Sammon scores 47 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; 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 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; Greenwood Station 0.6 km · 2 stops within 300 m · 11 routes within 1 km; library 1 km away. The crossing itself: traffic signal · traffic calming.

How fast do cars go at Greenwood & Sammon?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sammon Ave between Marlow Ave and Wiley Ave (August 2020), found an average of 28 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 35 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 348 m away (30 km/h), 0.2% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Greenwood & Sammon?

The nearest Green P car park is 850 Coxwell Ave (902 m away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 349 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 7,960 spaces — 14 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 132 Chatham Ave (1.0 km).

How do I get to Greenwood & Sammon by transit?

Greenwood Station (Line 2) is 629 m away; bus routes 62, 51, 87, 31, 70, 404, 83 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Greenwood & Sammon?

None within 300 m, and 60 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are North of Brooklyn Pizzeria (601 m), A & W (613 m), Kababia (627 m), Tommy's Grill and Bar (632 m) and Moonlight Pub (643 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Greenwood & Sammon?

The nearest is Dieppe Park Washroom, 455 Cosburn Ave, 714 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (777 m); East York Civic Centre (921 m).

Is there child care near Greenwood & Sammon?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,180 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Queensdale (364 m, 278 spaces), Monarch Park Montessori Inc. (781 m, 55 spaces) and Danforth Early Learning & Child Care Centre (795 m, 64 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Greenwood & Sammon?

11 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 965 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 325 Sammon Ave (33 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 280 Sammon Ave (200 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 71), 470 Mortimer Ave (541 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 494 Mortimer Ave (604 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 74). The average RentSafeTO score across the 11 is 88 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Greenwood & Sammon?

Toronto Police place three 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 Danforth East York page.

What neighbourhood is Greenwood & Sammon in?

Greenwood & Sammon is in Danforth East York (City of Toronto neighbourhood 059). 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