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Harbord & Roxton

Harbord St & Roxton Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Palmerston-Little Italy · Ward 11, University-Rosedale

Harbord & Roxton, in Palmerston-Little Italy, in central Toronto, is an intersection of typical volume, with significant cycling traffic. At the corner: a protected bikeway and a school within 250 m. Nearby: Ossington Station (Line 2) 465 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
8,141
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 14, 2005
729 pedestrians · 714 cyclists
Collisions
14
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 9 property damage · #3912 of 5,508
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
3
TTC stops within 100 m
Ossington Station 465 m · 1 streetcar route · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Bike Lane, Cycle Track
Bike Share: 11 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,020 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 11 vehicles, close to the citywide median. Cyclists were 8.8% of vehicle volume, about 11× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 1.4 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Harbord & Roxton

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Ossington Station (Line 2)465 m; Christie Station (Line 2)681 m; Dufferin Station (Line 2)900 m
Streetcar
506 nearest 481 m
TTC bus
946316112629402 nearest 63 m
Express
929
Blue Night
306363300329
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Harbord St at Ossington Ave East Side; Harbord St at Ossington Ave
Cycling
Bike Lane on Roxton Rd installed 2020; Cycle Track on Harbord St installed 2001
Bike Share
Roxton Rd / Harbord St 30 m · 11 docks · 26 stations, 490 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 (31)
  • Central Toronto Academy & Horizon Alternative SrEnglish Public · 124 m
  • Montrose Jr & Delta Alternative SrEnglish Public · 340 m
  • Dewson Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 355 m
  • West End Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 482 m
  • Ossington Old Orchard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 677 m
  • Clinton Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 736 m
  • and 25 more
Parks (29)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch468 m
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch888 m
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch1 km
Places of interest
  • Randolph Centre for the ArtsPerforming Arts · 1.1 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 4 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 346 — 4.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Flock Rotisserie + Greens, 54 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 346 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 49 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Flock Rotisserie + Greens · 379 Harbord St54 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Terrazza · 372 Harbord St68 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Food By Sam · 349 Harbord Stgrocery176 mPassed, Mar 2026
Finch Store · 42 Dewson St272 mPassed, Jul 2026
Dewson Street YMCA · 65 Concord Ave276 mPassed, Feb 2026
Gg Sushi · 865 Bloor St W390 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 2 infractions
Saving Gigi · 859 Bloor St W391 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Lalibela Ethopian Restaurant · 869 Bloor St W Unit-A391 mPassed, Mar 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 Bickford Park Washroom, 441 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 380 m away at Art Eggleton Park.

  • Bickford Park Washroom · 400 Grace St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    441 m
  • Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 485 Montrose Ave
    View centre hours
    458 m
  • Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom · 779 Crawford St
    View outdoor pool hours
    689 m
Drinking water
Art Eggleton Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 380 m; Bickford Park bottle filling station · 440 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

16 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,459 spaces; 11 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Montrose Child Care Centre Inc. (340 m, 117 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km16 centres · 1,459 spaces
Fee subsidy11 of 16
  • Montrose Child Care Centre Inc. · 301 Montrose Ave
    117 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    340 m
  • Dewson Street YMCA · 65 Concord Ave
    127 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    355 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue South · 720 Ossington Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    376 m
  • Lullaboo Childcare Center (College) · 860 College St
    149 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    485 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 315 (1.5 km), the nearest police station 14 Division (864 m) and the nearest ambulance station 640 m away.

FireFire Station 315 · 1.5 km132 Bellevue Ave
Police14 Division · 864 m350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 640 m760 Dovercourt Rd

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 35 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,835 rental units — five social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 333 Harbord St (335 m, 10 units, 3 storeys, built 1913), which scored 89 out of 100 at its June 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Four buildings of the 35 scored below 70; the average is 83, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 46 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings35 · 1,835 units · 5 social housing
RentSafeTO score83 average · 4 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202646 across the 35
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
333 Harbord St · 1569625 Ontario Limited103191389 · Jun 20260335 m
675 Dovercourt Rd113194045 · Jul 20260423 m
46 Delaware Avesocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes143200783 · Jul 20251434 m
805 Bloor St Wsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes244198986 · Sep 20250 · 1 fire452 m
496 Montrose Ave · Landlord Property & Rental Management Inc243193085 · Jul 20250479 m
805 College St · Aykler Real Estate Inc.724192992 · Aug 20261504 m
730 Dovercourt Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management35620196797 · Jul 202514511 m
323 Rusholme Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management22620196887 · Jun 202511561 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 lots809 lots · ≈22,440 spaces · 67.3 ha
Within 500 m38 lots · ≈560 spaces
Green P (public)28 car parks · about 1,818 spaces
EV charging (City)705 Shaw St · 272 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking21 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 36 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
745 Ossington Ave · Surface455 m4667% (Q1 2026)
157 Beatrice St · Surface705 m1864% (Q1 2026)
9 Salem Ave · Surface735 m3374% (Q1 2026)
80 Clinton Street · Surface737 m25 *
74 Clinton Street · Garage750 m79 *

Nearest lots: 43 m away, ≈4 spaces; 60 m away, ≈4 spaces; 93 m away, ≈20 spaces; 115 m away, ≈11 spaces; 143 m away, ≈26 spaces; 269 m away, ≈18 spaces. More EV charging: 685 Dovercourt Rd (467 m, 2 ports); 74 Clinton Street (789 m, 4 ports); 283 Ossington Ave (936 m, 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, Nov 14, 2005

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 4,462 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 55% of the total, against 632 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the east (295 of 714). Evening rush dominates here: 1,369 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 1,098 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 21 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2005, 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 · 22 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west3,047eastbound · 286 bikes · 4.5% heavy
Total vehicles8,141729 pedestrians · 714 cyclists · 4.2% heavy
From the east4,462westbound · 295 bikes · 4.2% heavy
From the south632northbound · 111 bikes · 2.1% heavy
AM peak hour1,098 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,369 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 14, 2005

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 Roxton Rd between Harbord St and Lane N of Harbord and E of Roxton, 57 m from the corner, a 3-day count in September 2021 put the average speed at 31 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 41 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 47 km/h or more. That segment carries about 600 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 5 speed humps slow traffic on Roxton Road between College St and Harbord St, and 1 more calmed segment ends here.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Roxton Rd · Harbord St – Lane N of Harbord and E of Roxton · 57 mSep 2021 · 3 days63231 km/h41 km/h47 km/h
Harbord St · Lane E of Ossington and S of Harbord – Ossington Ave · 77 mMay 2010 · 3 days16,952

Traffic calming

  • Roxton Road · College St – Harbord St
    5 speed humps
  • Roxton Road · Bloor St W – Harbord St
    5 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 3 collisions. 1 collision (7%) involved an injury. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 36% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Nov 4, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions14#3912 of 5,508
With an injury1#4506 of 4,660
Property damage only9
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
All since 201415latest Nov 4, 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.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

One theft from a vehicle and six bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 33% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft620street/outdoor (2), apartment parking (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 19, 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 Palmerston-Little Italy.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Harbord & Roxton a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 14 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 Harbord & Roxton?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Nov 14, 2005, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Harbord & Roxton?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Roxton Rd between Harbord St and Lane N of Harbord and E of Roxton (September 2021), found an average of 31 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 41 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Harbord & Roxton?

The nearest Green P car park is 745 Ossington Ave (455 m away, 46 spaces, 67% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 809 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,440 spaces — 38 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 705 Shaw St (272 m).

How do I get to Harbord & Roxton by transit?

Ossington Station (Line 2) is 465 m away; streetcar route 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 481 m away; bus routes 94, 63, 161, 126, 29, 402, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: Harbord St at Ossington Ave East Side, 63 m).

What restaurants are near Harbord & Roxton?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 346 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Flock Rotisserie + Greens (54 m), Terrazza (68 m), Finch Store (272 m), Dewson Street YMCA (276 m) and Gg Sushi (390 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 Harbord & Roxton?

The nearest is Bickford Park Washroom, 400 Grace St, 441 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre Washroom (458 m); Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom (689 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 Harbord & Roxton?

16 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,459 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Montrose Child Care Centre Inc. (340 m, 117 spaces), Dewson Street YMCA (355 m, 127 spaces) and Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue South (376 m, 39 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Harbord & Roxton?

35 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,835 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 333 Harbord St (335 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 675 Dovercourt Rd (423 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 45), 46 Delaware Ave (434 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 83) and 805 Bloor St W (452 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 35 is 83 out of 100; 4 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.

How many thefts are reported at Harbord & Roxton?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and six 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 Palmerston-Little Italy page.

What neighbourhood is Harbord & Roxton in?

Harbord & Roxton is in Palmerston-Little Italy (City of Toronto neighbourhood 080). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined