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Hilda & Patricia

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

Hilda & Patricia, in Newtonbrook West, is a mid-volume intersection. Nearby are 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
8,118
vehicles · 14-hour count, Apr 14, 2026
482 pedestrians · 94 cyclists
Collisions
25
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
9 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
26/100
city median 48
31 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 723 m

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Hilda & Patricia

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

The south leg carries the load — 3,176 northbound vehicles, or 39% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 795. Most cyclists arrived from the south (52 of 94). Morning rush is the busier period: 1,148 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:30 a.m., compared with 1,043 from 5:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.7% 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 north3,159southbound · 19 bikes · 1.7% heavy
From the west988eastbound · 20 bikes · 2.0% heavy
Total vehicles8,118482 pedestrians · 94 cyclists · 1.7% heavy
From the east795westbound · 3 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the south3,176northbound · 52 bikes · 1.3% heavy

Peak hours: 1,148 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,043 from 5:30 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 (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 24% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 4% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 29, 2026.

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

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions253.1 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles
With an injury6
Property damage only18
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
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 Patricia Ave between Manadon Dr and Shetland St (303 m away) recorded an average of 38 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 45 km/h. That segment carries about 2,000 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 (380 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 · 225 mApr 2026 · 3 days7,77435 km/h42 km/h45 km/h
Patricia Ave · Manadon Dr – Shetland St · 303 mApr 2026 · 3 days2,01138 km/h45 km/h50 km/h
Speed sign
Drewry Ave (eastbound), 380 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.

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.911 m · 11 min
TTC bus
125 97 53 60 98 42 nearest 359 m · 4 min
Express
960
Blue Night
320 353
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
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 / Patricia Av628 m · 7 min
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Talbot Rd / Finch Hydro Corridor 743 m · 9 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
2 mapped lots within 500 m, 197 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 · Surface1.5 km900 *—
Finch West Lot - 18 Hendon Ave · Surface1.5 km1,552 *—
5667 Yonge Street · Surface1.6 km23 *—
11 Finch Ave W · Surface1.7 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 Arzon Super Market, 723 m away; 2 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 31 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Drewry Cafe, 514 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Madawaska Pharmasave, 654 m away; 5 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is St. John's Rehab, 1.9 km away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Drewry Cafe · 70 Drewry Ave Unit-612514 m · 6 min
  • Katsuya & Pizza Maru · 6050 Yonge St598 m · 7 min
  • Ikka Ramen · 6048 Yonge St602 m · 7 min
  • Coffee Lunar · 6040 Yonge St615 m · 7 min
  • Ahzimae Zipbap · 6068 Yonge St622 m · 7 min
0 within 300 m · 31 within 1 km
Grocery
Arzon Super Market 723 m · 9 min · 2 within 1 km
Food shops
Vava Designer Cakes 627 m · 7 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Madawaska Pharmasave 654 m · 8 min · 5 within 1 km
Child care
  • St. Paschal Baylon · 72 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day934 m · 11 min
  • Play and Grow Child Care Centre · 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day1 km · 11 min
2 licensed centres · 143 spaces within 1 km · all accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Goulding Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed · accessible540 m · 6 min
Drinking water: Goulding Park 305 m · 4 min
Health and care
  • St. John's Rehab · hospital site1.9 km · 23 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 (6)
  • Goulding Park516 m · 6 min
  • Fairchild Parkette689 m · 8 min
  • Centre Park912 m · 11 min
  • Hendon Park1.1 km · 13 min
  • Moore Park1.2 km · 14 min
and 1 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
  • Goulding Community Centre545 m · 6 min
Schools (11)
  • Willowdale Christian SchoolPrivate · 293 m · 3 min
  • Monseigneur de Charbonnel Catholic Secondary SchoolFrench Separate · 328 m · 4 min
  • Drewry Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 515 m · 6 min
  • Newtonbrook Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 605 m · 7 min
  • Alpha Quality Education SchoolPrivate · 783 m · 9 min
and 6 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.

26of 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

    2 grocery stores within 1 km · 31 within 1 km

  • Transit6/28

    9 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation6/10

    nearest park 0.5 km · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care5/8

    2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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 950 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 6061 Yonge St (643 m, 304 units, 19 storeys, built 1968), which scored 92 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 5 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
6061 Yonge St · M&r Property Management30419196892 · Jun 2024643 m · 8 min
1 Homewood Ave · North 44 Property Management Inc674194091 · Jul 2026664 m · 8 min
33 Drewry Ave social housing · Community First Developments Inc816199669 · Sep 2026820 m · 10 min
6000 Yonge St · Connaught Yonge Square Limited26518196391 · Aug 2025831 m · 10 min
5900 Yonge St · Q Residential23313197095 · Aug 2025927 m · 11 min

5 registered buildings · 950 units · 1 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Hilda & Patricia a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 25 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 & Patricia?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 14, 2026, 50% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is Hilda & Patricia a walkable intersection?

Hilda & Patricia scores 26 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: 2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child cares within 1 km; nearest park 0.5 km · 1 community centre within 800 m; 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 31 within 1 km.

How fast do cars go at Hilda & Patricia?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Patricia Ave between Manadon Dr and Shetland St (April 2026), found an average of 38 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 45 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 380 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 & Patricia?

The nearest Green P car park is Finch East - 814 Willowdale Ave - partial closure, reduced spaces (1.5 km away, 900 spaces). The City's mapping shows 197 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,320 spaces — 2 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Hilda & Patricia by transit?

Bus routes 125, 97, 53, 60, 98, 42, 960 within 1 km; York Region Transit routes 002 Milliken, 005 Clark, 023 Thornhill Woods, 077 Highway 7 at Yonge St / Patricia Av.

What restaurants are near Hilda & Patricia?

None within 300 m, and 31 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Drewry Cafe (514 m), Katsuya & Pizza Maru (598 m), Ikka Ramen (602 m), Coffee Lunar (615 m) and Ahzimae Zipbap (622 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Hilda & Patricia?

The nearest is Goulding Community Centre Washroom, 45 Goulding Ave, 540 m away, with an accessible washroom.

Is there child care near Hilda & Patricia?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 143 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Paschal Baylon (934 m, 72 spaces) and Play and Grow Child Care Centre (1.0 km, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Hilda & Patricia?

Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 950 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 6061 Yonge St (643 m, 304 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 1 Homewood Ave (664 m, 67 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 33 Drewry Ave (820 m, 81 units, RentSafeTO score 69) and 6000 Yonge St (831 m, 265 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 88 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.

What neighbourhood is Hilda & Patricia in?

Hilda & Patricia 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