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Hepbourne & Delaware

Hepbourne St & Delaware Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Palmerston-Little Italy · Ward 9, Davenport

Hepbourne & Delaware, in Palmerston-Little Italy, in central Toronto, is a quiet local crossing, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. Nearby is Ossington Station (Line 2) 318 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,510
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 1, 2013
555 pedestrians · 574 cyclists
Collisions
14
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 10 property damage · #3855 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Ossington Station 318 m · 1 streetcar route · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 190 vehicles an hour, 16% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 2.7 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 38.0% of vehicle volume, about 49× 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. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Hepbourne & Delaware

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)318 m; Dufferin Station (Line 2)561 m; Christie Station (Line 2)863 m
Streetcar
506 nearest 621 m
TTC bus
639416129402126 nearest 206 m
Express
929
Blue Night
306363300329
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Concord Ave / Bloor St W 299 m · 15 docks · 23 stations, 420 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 (30)
  • St Mary Catholic Academy Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 423 m
  • Central Toronto Academy & Horizon Alternative SrEnglish Public · 447 m
  • Dewson Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 473 m
  • Montrose Jr & Delta Alternative SrEnglish Public · 682 m
  • West End Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 697 m
  • Bloor C.i. & Alpha Ii AlternativeEnglish Public · 737 m
  • and 24 more
Parks (27)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch545 m
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch730 m
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Randolph Centre for the ArtsPerforming Arts · 1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 22 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores, and 304 eating places within a kilometre — 4.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Lido Softee, 226 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés22 within 300 m · 304 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 50 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Flouring Ideas Bakery & Cafe · 725 Dovercourt Rdgrocery218 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Lido Softee · 305 Rusholme Rd226 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
St. Michael's House · 277 Rusholme Rd231 mPassed, Aug 2026
Billy's Souvlaki Place · 748 Dovercourt Rd235 mPassed, Apr 2026
Taqueria Vegana · 975 Bloor St W239 mPassed, May 2026
The Saj Wraps · 975 Bloor St W240 mPassed, Jul 2025 · 4 infractions
Arada Bar & Restaurant · 965 Bloor St W240 mPassed, May 2026 · 3 infractions
Hurricanes Roadhouse Restaurant · 963 Bloor St W250 mPassed, Jun 2026

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 Dufferin Grove Sports Field Washroom, 463 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 371 m away at Salem Parkette.

  • Dufferin Grove Sports Field Washroom · 875 Dufferin St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    463 m
  • Dufferin Grove Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 875 Dufferin St
    View outdoor rink hours
    563 m
  • Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 485 Montrose Ave
    View centre hours
    662 m
Drinking water
Salem Parkette bottle filling station · 371 m; Northumberland Playground drinking fountain · 407 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 1,264 spaces; 11 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue South (297 m, 39 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km16 centres · 1,264 spaces
Fee subsidy11 of 16
  • Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue South · 720 Ossington Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    297 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue North · 756 Ossington Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    388 m
  • Dewson Street YMCA · 65 Concord Ave
    127 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    473 m
  • Bloorcourt Village Early Learning Centre · 823 Dovercourt Rd
    106 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    477 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 345 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 14 Division (887 m) and the nearest ambulance station 348 m away.

FireFire Station 345 · 1.3 km1285 Dufferin St
Police14 Division · 887 m350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 348 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

29 registered apartment buildings with 1,527 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 675 Dovercourt Rd (82 m, 11 units, 3 storeys, built 1940), which scored 45 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Four buildings of the 29 scored below 70; the average is 82, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 44 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings29 · 1,527 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score82 average · 4 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202644 across the 29
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
675 Dovercourt Rd113194045 · Jul 2026082 m
730 Dovercourt Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management35620196797 · Jul 202514170 m
323 Rusholme Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management22620196887 · Jun 202511223 m
357 Rusholme Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management26716196995 · Jul 202610264 m
1019 Bloor St W · Donros Developments Limited263192863 · Jul 20260325 m
767 Dovercourt Rd · Jdc Property Management Inc.193200894 · Jul 20250334 m
220 Delaware Ave · Imtradex Corp164193079 · Jul 20250337 m
46 Delaware Avesocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes143200783 · Jul 20251417 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 lots739 lots · ≈21,840 spaces · 65.5 ha
Within 500 m51 lots · ≈830 spaces
Green P (public)20 car parks · about 941 spaces
EV charging (City)685 Dovercourt Rd · 126 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking59 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 48 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
745 Ossington Ave · Surface380 m4667% (Q1 2026)
9 Salem Ave · Surface405 m3374% (Q1 2026)
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface497 m3763% (Q1 2026)
9 Bonar Pl · Surface889 m3471% (Q1 2026)
376 Clinton St · Surface1 km3468% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 148 m away, ≈8 spaces; 151 m away, ≈28 spaces; 174 m away, ≈8 spaces; 185 m away, ≈17 spaces; 198 m away, ≈23 spaces; 217 m away, ≈3 spaces. More EV charging: 705 Shaw St (428 m, 2 ports); 283 Ossington Ave (1.1 km, 2 ports); 74 Clinton Street (1.1 km, 4 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, Oct 1, 2013

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The west leg carries the load — 648 eastbound vehicles, or 43% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 267. Most cyclists arrived from the west (289 of 574). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 267 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 28% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (209). Trucks and buses were 12.1% 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 16,183 vehicles. The count is 13 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2013, 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 · 61 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west648eastbound · 289 bikes · 13.0% heavy
Total vehicles1,510555 pedestrians · 574 cyclists · 12.1% heavy
From the east595westbound · 173 bikes · 9.1% heavy
From the south267northbound · 51 bikes · 16.9% heavy
AM peak hour209 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour267 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 1, 2013

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 Delaware Ave between Hepbourne St and Lane S of Bloor and E of Dovercourt (103 m away) recorded an average of 30 km/h in its 2-day count in November 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 39 km/h. That segment carries about 500 vehicles a day. Hepbourne St between Rusholme Rd and Havelock St measured slower: 28 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 36 km/h (Jan 2023). The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Delaware Ave · Hepbourne St – Lane S of Bloor and E of Dovercourt · 103 mNov 2019 · 2 days47630 km/h39 km/h44 km/h
Hepbourne St · Rusholme Rd – Havelock St · 304 mJan 2023 · 3 days92328 km/h36 km/h40 km/h

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

2019 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 7% of collisions here involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 29% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 7, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions14#3855 of 5,508
With an injury1#4196 of 4,660
Property damage only10
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201418latest Mar 7, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place eight thefts from vehicles and six bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 2 in 2023–2025, about 0.7 a year, against 1.7 a year before that. 63% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 50% of the bike thefts were from other premises.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle810street/outdoor (5), house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft610other (3), apartment parking (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 10, 2023. 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 Hepbourne & Delaware 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 Hepbourne & Delaware?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Oct 1, 2013, 16% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Hepbourne & Delaware?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Delaware Ave between Hepbourne St and Lane S of Bloor and E of Dovercourt (November 2019), found an average of 30 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 39 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Hepbourne & Delaware?

The nearest Green P car park is 745 Ossington Ave (380 m away, 46 spaces, 67% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 739 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,840 spaces — 51 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 685 Dovercourt Rd (126 m).

How do I get to Hepbourne & Delaware by transit?

Ossington Station (Line 2) is 318 m away; streetcar route 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 621 m away; bus routes 63, 94, 161, 29, 402, 126, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Hepbourne & Delaware?

22 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 304 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Lido Softee (226 m), St. Michael's House (231 m), Billy's Souvlaki Place (235 m), Taqueria Vegana (239 m) and The Saj Wraps (240 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 Hepbourne & Delaware?

The nearest is Dufferin Grove Sports Field Washroom, 875 Dufferin St, 463 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Dufferin Grove Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (563 m); Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre Washroom (662 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 Hepbourne & Delaware?

16 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,264 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue South (297 m, 39 spaces), Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue North (388 m, 49 spaces) and Dewson Street YMCA (473 m, 127 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Hepbourne & Delaware?

29 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,527 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 675 Dovercourt Rd (82 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 45), 730 Dovercourt Rd (170 m, 356 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 323 Rusholme Rd (223 m, 226 units, RentSafeTO score 87) and 357 Rusholme Rd (264 m, 267 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 29 is 82 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 Hepbourne & Delaware?

Toronto Police place eight thefts from vehicles 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 Hepbourne & Delaware in?

Hepbourne & Delaware is in Palmerston-Little Italy (City of Toronto neighbourhood 080). It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo.

Sources

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