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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 · Sep 26, 2006
This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 591 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 63% of the total, against 157 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 156 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 137 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 0.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 20 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2006, 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.
Peak hours: 137 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 156 from 4:30 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
The worst year was 2021, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 1 collision (11%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (11%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 31, 2026.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 9 | |
| With an injury | 1 | |
| Property damage only | 7 | |
| Fail to remain | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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
On Victor Ave between Broadview Ave and Lane W of Howland Rd and N of Simpson, 256 m from the corner, a 3-day count in July 2024 put the average speed at 29 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 35 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 39 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,000 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on 722 Gerrard St East (186 m away, 40 km/h limit), 2.7% of the 25,028 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Ave · Broadview Ave – Lane W of Howland Rd and N of Simpson · 256 m | Jul 2024 · 3 days | 1,017 | 29 km/h | 35 km/h | 39 km/h |
- Speed sign
- 722 Gerrard St East (westbound), 186 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 33 km/h, 85th percentile 42 km/h; 2.7% at 50 km/h or more. 25,028 vehicles logged in July 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
- Streetcar
- 506 504 505 nearest 298 m · 4 min
- TTC bus
- 72 121 nearest 428 m · 5 min
- Blue Night
- 306 304 305 325
- Nearest stops
- 1 surface stop within 300 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Logan Ave / Gerrard St E 316 m · 4 min · 23 docks · 10 stations, 195 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
- 17 car parks · about 737 spaces
- EV charging
- 963 Gerrard St E · 808 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 220 Carlaw Ave. (1.2 km), 14 Arundel Ave. (1.4 km)
- Bike parking
- 20 post-and-rings within 300 m
- Other lots
- 10 mapped lots within 500 m, 513 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 653 Gerrard St E · Surface | 470 m | 30 | 72% (Q1 2026) |
| 573 Gerrard St E · Surface | 704 m | 36 | 75% (Q1 2026) |
| 136 Broadview Ave · Surface | 1.3 km | 22 | 73% (Q1 2026) |
| 25 Ferrier Ave · Surface | 1.4 km | 46 | 82% (Q1 2026) |
| 111 Broadview Ave · Surface | 1.4 km | 92 | 56% (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
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Yao Hua Supermarket, 473 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 69. The nearest is Batifole, 164 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Pacific Pharmacy Toronto, 266 m away; 6 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, 786 m away. Woodgreen Community Centre - Jack McCreadie runs a seniors' active living programme 550 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Batifole · 744 Gerrard St E164 m
- Bep Viet · 738 Gerrard St E169 m
- El Hijo de Tizoc · 797 Gerrard St E318 m · 4 min
- Hailed Coffee · 801 Gerrard St E323 m · 4 min
- Alice Marie Bakery & Coffee · 807 Gerrard St E344 m · 4 min
- Grocery
- Yao Hua Supermarket 473 m · 6 min · 3 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Gerrard St Bakery 498 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Pacific Pharmacy Toronto 266 m · 3 min · 6 within 1 km
- Child care
- Two Short Storeys · 88 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool500 m · 6 min
- Matthew-John Early Learning Centre · 73 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day507 m · 6 min
- Riverdale Mighty Kids Corp · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day529 m · 6 min
- Washrooms
- Riverdale Park East Fieldhouse Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible719 m · 9 min
- Withrow Park South Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.740 m · 9 min
- Health and care
- Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital · hospital site786 m · 9 min
- Woodgreen Community Centre - Jack McCreadie · seniors' active living centre550 m · 7 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 (27)
- Eastdale Playground661 m · 8 min
- Caroline Huebner Parkette679 m · 8 min
- Erica Stark Parkette702 m · 8 min
- Hubbard Park702 m · 8 min
- Dundas Parkette718 m · 9 min
- Community centres
- Matty Eckler Recreation Centre830 m · 10 min
- Jimmie Simpson Recreation Centre1.2 km · 15 min
- Frankland Community Centre1.3 km · 16 min
- Schools (15)
- Eastdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 376 m · 4 min
- Pape Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 609 m · 7 min
- Dundas Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 872 m · 10 min
- Withrow Ave Jr & Quest Alternative SrEnglish Public · 930 m · 11 min
- Seed Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 11 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch629 m · 7 min
- Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter branch1.2 km · 14 min
- Places of interest
- Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 859 m · 10 min
- Riverdale FarmAttraction · 1.2 km · 15 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.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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
Within a kilometre there are four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 337 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 793 Gerrard St E (311 m, 28 units, 5 storeys, built 1950), which scored 83 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 793 Gerrard St E social housing · North44 Property Management Inc | 28 | 5 | 1950 | 83 · Nov 2025 | 311 m · 4 min |
| 425 Broadview Ave | 11 | 3 | 1920 | 82 · Jul 2026 | 474 m · 6 min |
| 444 Logan Ave social housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc | 159 | 22 | 1967 | 86 · Jun 2024 | 551 m · 7 min |
| 369 Pape Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 139 | 8 | 1981 | 93 · Aug 2026 | 706 m · 8 min |
4 registered buildings · 337 units · 3 social housing · tallest 22 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
Four thefts from vehicles and three bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 4 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (4) |
| Bicycle theft | 3 | 1 | 0 | other (3) |
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 North Riverdale.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Howland & Victor a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 9 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 Howland & Victor?
A quiet local crossing at the City's last count here, in 2006. Its latest count is from Sep 26, 2006, 10% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Howland & Victor a walkable intersection?
Howland & Victor scores 37 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; 3 grocery stores within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m; library 629 m away · 2 places of interest within 1.5 km.
How fast do cars go at Howland & Victor?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Victor Ave between Broadview Ave and Lane W of Howland Rd and N of Simpson (July 2024), found an average of 29 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 186 m away (40 km/h), 2.7% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.
Where can I park near Howland & Victor?
The nearest Green P car park is 653 Gerrard St E (470 m away, 30 spaces, 72% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 513 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,240 spaces — 10 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 963 Gerrard St E (808 m).
How do I get to Howland & Victor by transit?
Streetcar routes 506, 504, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 298 m away; bus routes 72, 121 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Howland & Victor?
2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 69 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Batifole (164 m), Bep Viet (169 m), El Hijo de Tizoc (318 m), Hailed Coffee (323 m) and Alice Marie Bakery & Coffee (344 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Howland & Victor?
The nearest is Riverdale Park East Fieldhouse Washroom, 550 Broadview Ave, 719 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Withrow Park South Washroom (740 m); Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom (830 m).
Is there child care near Howland & Victor?
Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 640 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Two Short Storeys (500 m, 88 spaces), Matthew-John Early Learning Centre (507 m, 73 spaces) and Riverdale Mighty Kids Corp (529 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Howland & Victor?
Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 337 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 793 Gerrard St E (311 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 425 Broadview Ave (474 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 444 Logan Ave (551 m, 159 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 369 Pape Ave (706 m, 139 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 86 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Howland & Victor?
Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the North Riverdale page.
What neighbourhood is Howland & Victor in?
Howland & Victor is in North Riverdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 068). 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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Sep 26, 2006.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 14 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.66819, -79.34768 · centreline node 13463725.