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Irene & Roblocke

Irene Ave & Roblocke Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Dovercourt Village · Ward 11, University-Rosedale

Irene & Roblocke, in Dovercourt Village, in central Toronto, is a quiet local crossing, with pedestrians outnumbering vehicles. At the corner: Ossington Station and parks. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
149
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 23, 2003
153 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
14
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 11 property damage · #3911 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
Ossington Station
subway station within 250 m
1 streetcar route · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 34 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 20 vehicles an hour, 2% of the median counted intersection. Pedestrians outnumber vehicles 1.0 to 1 — rare for a Toronto intersection, where the median is one pedestrian for every 13 vehicles. On average 1.4 collisions a year were reported here in 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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Irene & Roblocke

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)160 m; Christie Station (Line 2)446 m; Dufferin Station (Line 2)807 m
Streetcar
506 nearest 1 km
TTC bus
63161941262629402 nearest 156 m
Express
929
Blue Night
306300363329
Nearest stops
14 surface stops within 300 m — Bloor St West at Shaw St
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Bloor St W / Shaw St - SMART 114 m · 34 docks · 26 stations, 457 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 (32)
  • St Bruno & St Raymond Catholic Elementary School (Future Site)English Separate · 348 m
  • West End Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 363 m
  • Sacre Coeur Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 544 m
  • Central Toronto Academy & Horizon Alternative SrEnglish Public · 584 m
  • Essex Jr Sr & Hawthorne Two BilingualEnglish Public · 606 m
  • Montrose Jr & Delta Alternative SrEnglish Public · 647 m
  • and 26 more
Parks (34)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch850 m
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch851 m
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch931 m
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 55 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 7 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 265 — 3.6× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Jolly Bar and Restaurant, 45 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés55 within 300 m · 265 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience7 within 300 m · 41 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Jolly Bar and Restaurant · 844 Bloor St W45 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Loft Kitchen · 850 Bloor St W52 mPassed, Jun 2026
The Wine Thief · 840 Bloor St Wgrocery55 mPassed, Aug 2026
Vit Beo · 858 Bloor St W Bldg-158 mPassed, Aug 2026
Tall Boys Craft Beer House · 838 Bloor St W65 mPassed, Jun 2026
Eggsmart · 864 Bloor St W68 mPassed, Aug 2026
Shrinking Violet · 828 Bloor St W70 mPassed, Apr 2026
Habesha Sports Bar & Cafe · 842 Bloor St W73 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction

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 Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom, 287 m away, View outdoor pool hours. A drinking fountain is 49 m away at Irene Avenue Parkette.

  • Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom · 779 Crawford St
    View outdoor pool hours
    287 m
  • Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 485 Montrose Ave
    View centre hours
    326 m
  • Christie Pits Park Washroom · 750 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    355 m
Drinking water
Irene Avenue Parkette drinking fountain · 49 m; Northumberland Playground drinking fountain · 163 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

12 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,158 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue North (160 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km12 centres · 1,158 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 12
  • Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue North · 756 Ossington Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    160 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue South · 720 Ossington Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    185 m
  • Bloorcourt Village Early Learning Centre · 823 Dovercourt Rd
    106 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    439 m
  • Kids & Company Ltd. - Bloor Christie · 703 Bloor St W
    56 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    539 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 345 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 474 m away.

FireFire Station 345 · 1.2 km1285 Dufferin St
Police14 Division · 1.3 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 474 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 26 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,623 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 805 Bloor St W (229 m, 24 units, 4 storeys, built 1989), which scored 86 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 26 scored below 70; the average is 84, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 38 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings26 · 1,623 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score84 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202638 across the 26
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
805 Bloor St Wsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes244198986 · Sep 20250 · 1 fire229 m
496 Montrose Ave · Landlord Property & Rental Management Inc243193085 · Jul 20250260 m
177 Pendrith StToronto Community Housing · TCH543196485 · Aug 20250308 m
220 Delaware Ave · Imtradex Corp164193079 · Jul 20250356 m
767 Dovercourt Rd · Jdc Property Management Inc.193200894 · Jul 20250423 m
723 Bloor St W · Cogir Real Estate1641920100 · Jul 20260487 m
711 Bloor St W123192023 · Jul 20260525 m
675 Dovercourt Rd113194045 · Jul 20260529 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 lots781 lots · ≈21,550 spaces · 64.6 ha
Within 500 m42 lots · ≈640 spaces
Green P (public)22 car parks · about 1,049 spaces
EV charging (City)705 Shaw St · 231 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking95 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 33 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
745 Ossington Ave · Surface124 m4667% (Q1 2026)
376 Clinton St · Surface564 m3468% (Q1 2026)
9 Salem Ave · Surface632 m3374% (Q1 2026)
675 Manning Ave · Surface692 m4981% (Q1 2026)
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface738 m3763% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 22 m away, ≈3 spaces; 48 m away, ≈3 spaces; 65 m away, ≈19 spaces; 103 m away, ≈22 spaces (Green P); 107 m away, ≈15 spaces; 115 m away, ≈19 spaces (Green P). More EV charging: 685 Dovercourt Rd (518 m, 2 ports); 273 Christie St (904 m, 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, Jun 23, 2003

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 106 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 71% of the total, against 43 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 37 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 27 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 23 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2003, 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 north43southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west106eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles149153 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 0.0% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour27 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour37 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 23, 2003

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.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

The worst year was 2019, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) 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. The most recent report on file is from May 26, 2023.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions14#3911 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only11
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
All since 201415latest May 26, 2023

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

23 thefts from vehicles and three bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 4.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 0 in 2023–2025, about 0.0 a year, against 3.7 a year before that. 74% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle2300street/outdoor (17), house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft300house driveway/garage (3)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 6, 2022. 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 Dovercourt Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Irene & Roblocke 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 Irene & Roblocke?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Jun 23, 2003, 2% of the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Irene & Roblocke?

The nearest Green P car park is 745 Ossington Ave (124 m away, 46 spaces, 67% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 781 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,550 spaces — 42 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 705 Shaw St (231 m).

How do I get to Irene & Roblocke by transit?

Ossington Station (Line 2) is 160 m away; streetcar route 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 1.0 km away; bus routes 63, 161, 94, 126, 26, 29, 402, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: Bloor St West at Shaw St, 156 m).

What restaurants are near Irene & Roblocke?

55 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 265 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Jolly Bar and Restaurant (45 m), Loft Kitchen (52 m), Vit Beo (58 m), Tall Boys Craft Beer House (65 m) and Eggsmart (68 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 Irene & Roblocke?

The nearest is Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom, 779 Crawford St, 287 m away (View outdoor pool hours). Next nearest: Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre Washroom (326 m); Christie Pits Park Washroom (355 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 Irene & Roblocke?

12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,158 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue North (160 m, 49 spaces), Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue South (185 m, 39 spaces) and Bloorcourt Village Early Learning Centre (439 m, 106 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Irene & Roblocke?

26 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,623 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 805 Bloor St W (229 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 496 Montrose Ave (260 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 177 Pendrith St (308 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 85) and 220 Delaware Ave (356 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 79). The average RentSafeTO score across the 26 is 84 out of 100; 3 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 Irene & Roblocke?

Toronto Police place 23 thefts from vehicles and three 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 Dovercourt Village page.

What neighbourhood is Irene & Roblocke in?

Irene & Roblocke is in Dovercourt Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 172). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe.

Sources

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