Toronto · intersection · signal 1693

Hilda & Drewry

Hilda Ave & Drewry Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Newtonbrook West · Ward 18, Willowdale

Hilda & Drewry, in Newtonbrook West, is a moderately travelled crossing. It has 2 schools within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
13,842
vehicles · 14-hour count, Apr 14, 2026
833 pedestrians · 94 cyclists
Collisions
69
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #1586 of 5,519
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
9 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
36/100
city median 48
22 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 817 m

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Hilda & Drewry

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 · Apr 14, 2026

Traffic is spread evenly across the approaches, from 3,410 vehicles entering from the east to 3,541 from the north. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,413 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,437 from 5:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.6% 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 north3,541southbound · 31 bikes · 1.9% heavy
From the west3,414eastbound · 24 bikes · 5.0% heavy
Total vehicles13,842833 pedestrians · 94 cyclists · 3.6% heavy
From the east3,410westbound · 14 bikes · 6.0% heavy
From the south3,477northbound · 25 bikes · 1.6% heavy

Peak hours: 1,413 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,437 from 5:15 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

2016 was the peak year (12 collisions), and 2025 closed with 7. 19% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 7% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 10, 2026.

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

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions69#1586 of 5,519
With an injury13#1360 of 4,669
Property damage only51
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian2
Involving a cyclist1
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
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 Drewry Ave between Rodeo Crt and Fairchild Ave (239 m away) recorded an average of 41 km/h in its 3-day count in March 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 47 km/h. That segment carries about 8,100 vehicles a day. Hilda Ave between Drewry Ave and Connaught Ave measured slower: 35 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 42 km/h (Apr 2026). At the school-zone speed sign on Drewry Ave (121 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.6% of the 8,869 vehicles logged in May 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Hilda Ave · Drewry Ave – Connaught Ave · 125 mApr 2026 · 3 days7,77435 km/h42 km/h45 km/h
Drewry Ave · Rodeo Crt – Fairchild Ave · 239 mMar 2026 · 3 days8,14441 km/h47 km/h51 km/h
Speed sign
Drewry Ave (eastbound), 121 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 36 km/h, 85th percentile 42 km/h; 0.6% at 50 km/h or more. 8,869 vehicles logged in May 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 1693, activated 1997

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

GO Transit
GO bus 32 Brampton Trinity Common / North York at Yonge St. @ Drewry Ave.562 m · 7 min
TTC bus
125 53 60 97 98 42 36 nearest 14 m
Blue Night
320 336
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Drewry Ave at Hilda Ave
Regional
York Region Transit 002 Milliken 005 Clark 023 Thornhill Woods 077 Highway 7 088 Bathurst 091 Bayview 098|099 Yonge (Late Night) 099 Yonge 360 Vaughan Mills / Wonderland at Yonge St / Drewry Av575 m · 7 min
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Talbot Rd / Finch Hydro Corridor 394 m · 5 min · 15 docks · 1 station, 15 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
4 car parks · about 2,537 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
10 mapped lots within 500 m, 226 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Finch East - 814 Willowdale Ave - partial closure, reduced spaces · Surface1.1 km900 *—
Finch West Lot - 18 Hendon Ave · Surface1.1 km1,552 *—
5667 Yonge Street · Surface1.2 km23 *—
11 Finch Ave W · Surface1.4 km6267% (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 H Mart, 817 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 22 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Drewry Cafe, 342 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Medcentral Pharmacy, 521 m away; 7 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is St. John's Rehab, 1.6 km away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Drewry Cafe · 70 Drewry Ave Unit-612342 m · 4 min
  • Cafe Namoo · 23 Drewry Ave466 m · 6 min
  • Chowon Family Restaurant · 17 Drewry Ave474 m · 6 min
  • Coffee Time · 5926 Yonge St562 m · 7 min
  • The Loaf · 5926 Yonge St563 m · 7 min
0 within 300 m · 22 within 1 km
Grocery
H Mart 817 m · 10 min
Food shops
Vava Designer Cakes 884 m · 11 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Medcentral Pharmacy 521 m · 6 min · 7 within 1 km
Child care
  • Play and Grow Child Care Centre · 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day605 m · 7 min
1 licensed centre · 71 spaces within 1 km · accepts City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Goulding Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed · accessible889 m · 11 min
Health and care
  • St. John's Rehab · hospital site1.6 km · 19 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 (9)
  • Fairchild Parkette340 m · 4 min
  • Hendon Park769 m · 9 min
  • Goulding Park865 m · 10 min
  • Edithvale Park1.2 km · 14 min
  • Centre Park1.2 km · 15 min
and 4 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (13)
  • Willowdale Christian SchoolPrivate · 128 m
  • Monseigneur de Charbonnel Catholic Secondary SchoolFrench Separate · 164 m
  • Drewry Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 341 m · 4 min
  • Drewry AcademyPrivate · 462 m · 6 min
  • R J Lang Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 604 m · 7 min
and 8 more within 1.5 km

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 library or a care or retirement home.

36of 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 food8/30

    1 grocery store within 1 km · 22 within 1 km

  • Transit14/28

    4 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 0.9 km

  • Schools and child care5/8

    4 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot4/10

    traffic signal

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

Five registered apartment buildings with 936 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 33 Drewry Ave (471 m, 81 units, 6 storeys, built 1996), which scored 69 out of 100 at its September 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 5 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
33 Drewry Ave social housing · Community First Developments Inc816199669 · Sep 2026471 m · 6 min
5900 Yonge St · Q Residential23313197095 · Aug 2025578 m · 7 min
45 Cummer Ave social housing · Community First Development Inc534199694 · Nov 2025728 m · 9 min
6000 Yonge St · Connaught Yonge Square Limited26518196391 · Aug 2025747 m · 9 min
6061 Yonge St · M&r Property Management30419196892 · Jun 20241 km · 11 min

5 registered buildings · 936 units · 2 social housing · tallest 19 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 one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100house driveway/garage (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 Newtonbrook West.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Hilda & Drewry a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 69 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 Hilda & Drewry?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 14, 2026, about the median for a counted intersection.

Is Hilda & Drewry a walkable intersection?

Hilda & Drewry scores 36 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: 4 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 1 km; 4 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km; 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 0.9 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal.

How fast do cars go at Hilda & Drewry?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Drewry Ave between Rodeo Crt and Fairchild Ave (March 2026), found an average of 41 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 121 m away (40 km/h), 0.6% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in May 2026.

Where can I park near Hilda & Drewry?

The nearest Green P car park is Finch East - 814 Willowdale Ave - partial closure, reduced spaces (1.1 km away, 900 spaces). The City's mapping shows 226 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,410 spaces — 10 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Hilda & Drewry by transit?

Bus routes 125, 53, 60, 97, 98, 42, 36 within 1 km (nearest stop: Drewry Ave at Hilda Ave, 14 m); York Region Transit routes 002 Milliken, 005 Clark, 023 Thornhill Woods, 077 Highway 7 at Yonge St / Drewry Av.

What restaurants are near Hilda & Drewry?

None within 300 m, and 22 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Drewry Cafe (342 m), Cafe Namoo (466 m), Chowon Family Restaurant (474 m), Coffee Time (562 m) and The Loaf (563 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Hilda & Drewry?

The nearest is Goulding Community Centre Washroom, 45 Goulding Ave, 889 m away, with an accessible washroom.

Is there child care near Hilda & Drewry?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 71 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Play and Grow Child Care Centre (605 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Hilda & Drewry?

Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 936 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 33 Drewry Ave (471 m, 81 units, RentSafeTO score 69), 5900 Yonge St (578 m, 233 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 45 Cummer Ave (728 m, 53 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 6000 Yonge St (747 m, 265 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 88 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at Hilda & Drewry?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Newtonbrook West page.

What neighbourhood is Hilda & Drewry in?

Hilda & Drewry is in Newtonbrook West (City of Toronto neighbourhood 036). It is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng.

Sources

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