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Isabella & Huntley

Isabella St & Huntley St · Toronto, Ontario · North St.James Town · Ward 13, Toronto Centre

At its last City count, in 2006, Isabella & Huntley, in North St.James Town, in central Toronto, was a lightly travelled intersection, with heavy foot traffic. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: Sherbourne Station (Line 2) 513 m away.

Traffic
3,488
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 27, 2006
1,224 pedestrians · 42 cyclists
Collisions
32
police-reported · 2016–2025
1 killed or seriously injured · #2703 of 5,519
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Sherbourne Station 513 m · 14 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
72/100
city median 48 · #722 of 5,672
5 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 232 m

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Isabella & Huntley

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 · Feb 27, 2006

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 1,431 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 41% of the total, against 75 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 606 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 566 from 4:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 21 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.

From the north910southbound · 12 bikes · 2.0% heavy
From the west1,431eastbound · 16 bikes · 0.7% heavy
Total vehicles3,4881,224 pedestrians · 42 cyclists · 1.1% heavy
From the east1,072westbound · 12 bikes · 0.5% heavy
From the south75northbound · 2 bikes · 5.3% heavy

Peak hours: 606 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 566 from 4:15 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

The worst year was 2024, with 8 collisions; 2025 recorded 4. 2 collisions (6%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 12 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 38% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (9%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 17, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Dec 21, 2020.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions32#2703 of 5,519
With an injury2
Property damage only20
Fail to remain12
Involving a pedestrian2
Involving a cyclist1
Involving a motorcyclist1
Severity not classified10
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
Killed or seriously injured1
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20061latest Dec 21, 2020

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 Isabella St between Huntley St and Sherbourne St, 99 m from the corner, a 3-day count in December 2025 put the average speed at 31 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 38 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 44 km/h or more. That segment carries about 4,800 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Isabella St (119 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 23,435 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Isabella St · Huntley St – Sherbourne St · 99 mDec 2025 · 3 days4,79131 km/h38 km/h44 km/h
Speed sign
Isabella St (westbound), 119 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 25 km/h, 85th percentile 30 km/h; 0.0% at 40 km/h or more. 23,435 vehicles logged in August 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

Subway
Sherbourne Station (Line 2)513 m · 6 min; Wellesley Station (Line 1)728 m · 9 min; Bloor Station (Line 1)791 m · 9 min; Yonge Station (Line 2)921 m · 11 min
Streetcar
506 nearest 871 m · 10 min
TTC bus
75 94 97 65 19 nearest 209 m
Blue Night
306 300 320 365
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Jarvis St / Isabella St 112 m · 39 docks · 31 stations, 735 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
10 car parks · about 1,855 spaces
EV charging
20 Charles St E. · 673 m · 22 Level 2 + 1 fast ports; also 9 Wellesley St W. (1 km), 188 Carlton St (1 km)
Bike parking
58 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
53 mapped lots within 500 m, 505 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
13 Isabella St · Surface574 m3073% (Q1 2026)
20 Charles St E · Garage722 m64618% (Q1 2026)
405 Sherbourne St · Surface808 m9175% (Q1 2026)
15 Wellesley St E · Surface868 m12654% (Q1 2026)
51 Aberdeen Ave · Surface1.2 km3555% (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

Two grocery stores are within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Rabba Fine Foods, 232 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 5 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 258 — 6.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Rooster Coffee, 221 m away. Two pharmacies sit within 300 m of the corner; the nearest is Rexall, 235 m away. The nearest hospital site is Toronto Grace Health Centre, 622 m away, then Holland Centre at 757 m. For seniors' housing: Wellesley Central Place, a long-term care home 532 m away (two within a kilometre). Sunshine Centres For Seniors - St. James Town Seniors Active Living Program runs a seniors' active living programme 454 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Rooster Coffee · 568 Jarvis St221 m
  • Papa Johns · 570 Jarvis St226 m
  • Tropical Joe's · 563f Sherbourne St226 m
  • Gabby's · 556 Sherbourne St Unit-2228 m
  • Tim Hortons · 563g Sherbourne St257 m · 3 min
5 within 300 m · 258 within 1 km
Grocery
Rabba Fine Foods 232 m · 2 within 300 m
Food shops
Awaze Halal 465 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Rexall 235 m · 12 within 1 km
Child care
  • Wellesley Early Learning Centre - Earlscourt Creche Cdi · 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day451 m · 5 min
  • The Neighbourhood Group Community Services Our Lady of Lourdes · 117 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day644 m · 8 min
  • The Munchkin Manor Daycare & Early Learning Centre Inc. · 49 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day648 m · 8 min
9 licensed centres · 854 spaces within 1 km · 6 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Wellesley Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed465 m · 6 min
Drinking water: St. James Town West Park 344 m · 4 min (off); Barbara Hall Park 436 m · 5 min
Health and care
  • Toronto Grace Health Centre · hospital site622 m · 7 min
  • Holland Centre · hospital site757 m · 9 min
  • Wellesley Central Place · long-term care home · 2 within 1 km532 m · 6 min
  • Sunshine Centres For Seniors - St. James Town Seniors Active Living Program · seniors' active living centre454 m · 5 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 (38)
  • St. James Town West Park351 m · 4 min
  • Charles Street Parkette358 m · 4 min
  • Barbara Hall Park484 m · 6 min
  • Wellesley - Magill Park508 m · 6 min
  • Norman Jewison Park609 m · 7 min
and 33 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (25)
  • Monsignor Fraser College - Isabella CampusEnglish Separate · 146 m
  • Monsignor Fraser College - Isabella NorthEnglish Separate · 267 m · 3 min
  • The Abelard Centre For EducationPrivate · 439 m · 5 min
  • Jarvis Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 467 m · 6 min
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 644 m · 8 min
and 20 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library St. James Town branch496 m · 6 min
  • Toronto Public Library Toronto Reference Library branch1.1 km · 13 min
Places of interest
  • Dancemakers Centre for CreationPerforming Arts · 638 m · 8 min
  • Betty Oliphant Theatre (at Canada's National Ballet School)Performing Arts · 687 m · 8 min
  • CAA Theatre (formerly Panasonic Theatre)Performing Arts · 692 m · 8 min
  • The Japan FoundationMuseum · 1 km · 11 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.

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Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #722 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food25/30

    2 grocery stores within 300 m · 5 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit20/28

    Sherbourne Station 0.5 km · 2 stops within 300 m · 14 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go10/14

    library 496 m away · 8 places of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation10/10

    3 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care7/8

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

  • 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

Within a kilometre there are 120 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 18,081 rental units, 8.0× the median for a Toronto intersection — 16 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 10 Huntley St (79 m, 116 units, 20 storeys, built 1960), which scored 96 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 120 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
10 Huntley St · Glen Corporation11620196096 · Nov 202579 m
135 Isabella St · Berkley Property Management Inc.799196089 · Jun 202490 m
135 Earl Pl · Camden153189885 · Dec 2025131 m
137 Isabella St · Pinedale Properties Ltd567196096 · Jun 2025131 m
44 Huntley St · Berkley Property Management Inc.263191593 · Aug 2024150 m
108 Isabella St · Park Property Management Inc26211195990 · Jun 2024155 m

120 registered buildings · 18,081 units · 16 social housing · tallest 51 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

26 thefts from vehicles and 20 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 7.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 17 in 2023–2025, about 5.7 a year, against 4.1 a year before that. 69% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 50% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Apr 10, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle2661street/outdoor (18), apartment parking (7)
Bicycle theft20110apartment parking (10), street/outdoor (5)

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 St.James Town.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Isabella & Huntley a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 32 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Isabella & Huntley?

A lightly travelled intersection at the City's last count here, in 2006. Its latest count is from Feb 27, 2006, 38% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Isabella & Huntley a walkable intersection?

Isabella & Huntley scores 72 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #722 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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: 3 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 4 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 2 grocery stores within 300 m · 5 places to eat within 300 m.

How fast do cars go at Isabella & Huntley?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Isabella St between Huntley St and Sherbourne St (December 2025), found an average of 31 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 38 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 119 m away (30 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Isabella & Huntley?

The nearest Green P car park is 13 Isabella St (574 m away, 30 spaces, 73% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 505 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 13,650 spaces — 53 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 20 Charles St E. (673 m).

How do I get to Isabella & Huntley by transit?

Sherbourne Station (Line 2) is 513 m away; streetcar route 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 871 m away; bus routes 75, 94, 97, 65, 19 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Isabella & Huntley?

5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 258 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Rooster Coffee (221 m), Papa Johns (226 m), Tropical Joe's (226 m), Gabby's (228 m) and Tim Hortons (257 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Isabella & Huntley?

The nearest is Wellesley Community Centre Washroom, 495 Sherbourne St, 465 m away.

Is there child care near Isabella & Huntley?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 854 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Wellesley Early Learning Centre - Earlscourt Creche Cdi (451 m, 62 spaces), The Neighbourhood Group Community Services Our Lady of Lourdes (644 m, 117 spaces) and The Munchkin Manor Daycare & Early Learning Centre Inc. (648 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Isabella & Huntley?

120 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 18,081 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 10 Huntley St (79 m, 116 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 135 Isabella St (90 m, 79 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 135 Earl Pl (131 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 85) and 137 Isabella St (131 m, 56 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 120 is 88 out of 100; 3 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at Isabella & Huntley?

Toronto Police place 26 thefts from vehicles and 20 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the North St.James Town page.

What neighbourhood is Isabella & Huntley in?

Isabella & Huntley is in North St.James Town (City of Toronto neighbourhood 074). It is in Ward 13, Toronto Centre, represented by Councillor Chris Moise.

Sources

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