Map
Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time
Getting here
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk
Transit & cycling
- TTC bus
- 377311896 nearest 19 m
- Express
- 937
- Blue Night
- 337396
- Nearest stops
- 2 surface stops within 300 m — Islington Ave at Barker Ave
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Thistletown Community Centre 400 m · 11 docks · 2 stations, 26 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 (13)
- Thistletown Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 459 m
- St Noel Chabanel Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 577 m
- Rivercrest Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 578 m
- St John Vianney Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
- Timothy Christian SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km
- Can-Aim High SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km
- and 7 more
- Community centres
- Parks (10)
- Curtin Park197 m
- Village Green Park398 m
- Thistletown Park650 m
- Albion Gardens Park927 m
- Rexdale Park1 km
- Beaumonde Heights Park1.1 km
- and 4 more
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Rexdale branch1 km
- Signal
- 2595, activated 2022 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Around the corner
Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node
Restaurants & food
No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 46 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Afro Continental Restaurant, 375 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Afro Continental Restaurant · 849 Albion Rd | 375 m | Passed, Apr 2026 |
| Okaishie Supermarket · 823 Albion Rdgrocery | 382 m | Passed, Mar 2026 |
| Dosa Twist · 827 Albion Rd | 384 m | Passed, Apr 2026 |
| Super Samosa Snacks and Sweets · 837 Albion Rd Unit-- | 385 m | Passed, Apr 2026 |
| Thistletown Collegiate Institute (Student Nutrition) · 20 Fordwich Cres | 457 m | Passed, Oct 2025 |
| Shawarma Royal · 967 Albion Rd | 466 m | Passed, May 2026 |
| Manuel Market · 969 Albion Rdgrocery | 471 m | Passed, May 2026 |
| Albion Convenience · 900 Albion Rdgrocery | 487 m | Passed, Dec 2023 · 3 infractions |
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 Thistledown Communty Centre Washroom, 398 m away, View centre hours.
- Thistledown Communty Centre Washroom · 925 Albion Rd
View centre hours398 m - West Acres Seniors Centre Washroom · 65 Hinton Rd
View centre hours1 km
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
Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 242 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Rexdale Day Nursery (405 m, 73 spaces, preschool, school age).
- Rexdale Day Nursery · 925 Albion Rd
73 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day405 m - Garderie du Cercle de L'amitie - Etobicoke · 30 Thistle Down Blvd
69 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day577 m - Sunny Faces Day Care Centre - Rivercrest · 30 Harefield Dr
100 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day578 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 415 (1.7 km), the nearest police station 23 Division (2.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.1 km away.
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 two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 105 rental units. The nearest is 75 Irwin Rd (860 m, 53 units, 6 storeys, built 1955), which scored 75 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 Irwin Rd | 53 | 6 | 1955 | 75 · Sep 2024 | 3 | 860 m |
| 2413 Islington Ave | 52 | 6 | 1955 | 85 · Jun 2024 | 0 | 1 km |
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
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Barkwin Dr · Surface | 752 m | 23 | 20% (Q1 2026) |
Nearest lots: 379 m away, ≈187 spaces; 385 m away, ≈13 spaces; 404 m away, ≈108 spaces; 410 m away, ≈5 spaces; 448 m away, ≈628 spaces; 469 m away, ≈438 spaces.
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, Apr 2, 2019
This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 6,238 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 486 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 2,324 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 1,857 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Trucks and buses were 10.7% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 7 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2019, 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.
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.
How fast traffic moves here
Midblock speed counts on the intersection's streets, the nearest school-zone speed sign, and traffic calming
On Barker Ave between Riverdale Dr and Hentob Crt, 156 m from the corner, a 3-day count in June 2025 put the average speed at 34 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 42 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 46 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,400 vehicles a day.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barker Ave · Riverdale Dr – Hentob Crt · 156 m | Jun 2025 · 3 days | 2,403 | 34 km/h | 42 km/h | 46 km/h |
Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; the 85th-percentile speed is the figure engineers use — 85% of drivers were at or below it. Counts are ad hoc, so some are years old. A midblock reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data.
All police-reported collisions
Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025
The worst year was 2023, with 6 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 3 collisions (15%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 5% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Sep 17, 2025.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 20 | #3414 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 3 | #3316 of 4,660 |
| Property damage only | 16 | |
| Fail to remain | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| All since 2014 | 22 | latest Sep 17, 2025 |
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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Islington & Barker a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 20 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 Islington & Barker?
A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 2, 2019, 1.39× the median for a counted intersection.
How fast do cars go at Islington & Barker?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Barker Ave between Riverdale Dr and Hentob Crt (June 2025), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 42 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Islington & Barker?
The nearest Green P car park is 14 Barkwin Dr (752 m away, 23 spaces, 20% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 213 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,260 spaces — 8 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 14 Barkwin Dr (754 m).
How do I get to Islington & Barker by transit?
Bus routes 37, 73, 118, 96, 937 within 1 km (nearest stop: Islington Ave at Barker Ave, 19 m).
What restaurants are near Islington & Barker?
None within 300 m, and 46 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Afro Continental Restaurant (375 m), Dosa Twist (384 m), Super Samosa Snacks and Sweets (385 m), Thistletown Collegiate Institute (Student Nutrition) (457 m) and Shawarma Royal (466 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 Islington & Barker?
The nearest is Thistledown Communty Centre Washroom, 925 Albion Rd, 398 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: West Acres Seniors Centre Washroom (1.0 km). 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 Islington & Barker?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 242 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Rexdale Day Nursery (405 m, 73 spaces), Garderie du Cercle de L'amitie - Etobicoke (577 m, 69 spaces) and Sunny Faces Day Care Centre - Rivercrest (578 m, 100 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Islington & Barker?
Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 105 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 75 Irwin Rd (860 m, 53 units, RentSafeTO score 75) and 2413 Islington Ave (1.0 km, 52 units, RentSafeTO score 85). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 is 80 out of 100. 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.
What neighbourhood is Islington & Barker in?
Islington & Barker is in Thistletown-Beaumond Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 003), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 1, Etobicoke North, represented by Councillor Vincent Crisanti.
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 Apr 2, 2019.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Aug 29, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Fire Station Locations, Police Facility Locations, Ambulance Station Locations.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport with the Ontario LTB Order Catalogue and Toronto Fire Services inspection data (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 1 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting here: 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. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Walking distance: City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Parking: 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.
- Coordinates: 43.73184, -79.56295 · centreline node 13453545.