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Islington & Bergamot

Islington Ave & Bergamot Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Elms-Old Rexdale · Ward 1, Etobicoke North

Islington & Bergamot is an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in Elms-Old Rexdale. Nearby is 8 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
29,681
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 11, 2024
2,114 pedestrians · 144 cyclists · #345 busiest
Collisions
221
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
42 with an injury · 146 property damage · #445 of 5,508 · +9 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 3 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
4
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 2,120 vehicles, 1.83× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 14 vehicles, close to the citywide median. That comes with about 22 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 7.5 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.50× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 16%, from 120 in 2016–2020 to 101 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Islington & Bergamot

Getting here

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
379673118 nearest 26 m
Express
937996
Blue Night
337396
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Islington Ave at Bergamot Ave; Bergamot Ave at Islington Ave
Regional
MiWay 30 Rexdale at Bergamot Ave at Islington Ave32 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Armel Ct / Albion Rd 1 km · 19 docks · 1 station, 19 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)
  • Elmlea Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 504 m
  • Al-Hidayah Academy SchoolPrivate · 573 m
  • St Stephen Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 575 m
  • The Elms & Boys LeadershipEnglish Public · 664 m
  • Rexdale Learning Centre LINCEnglish Public · 889 m
  • Timothy Christian SchoolPrivate · 908 m
  • and 7 more
Community centres
Parks (9)
  • Rexlington Park274 m
  • The Elms Park332 m
  • Turpin Avenue Park688 m
  • Frost Park944 m
  • Rexdale Park1 km
  • Acacia Park1.2 km
  • and 3 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Northern Elms branch1 km
Signal
0715, activated 1968 · SA1 · transit priority

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 13 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 57. The nearest is Highland Momo, 112 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026.

Restaurants & cafés13 within 300 m · 57 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Fresh Value Market · 2267 Islington Ave Unit-21grocery112 mPassed, Jun 2026
Highland Momo · 2267 Islington Ave112 mPassed, Feb 2026
Living Well 2 · 2267 Islington Ave Unit-48112 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
McDonald's · 2267 Islington Ave112 mPassed, May 2026
Pizza Fiamma · 2267 Islington Ave Unit-9112 mPassed, Feb 2026
Esso On the Run · 2291 Islington Avegrocery134 mPassed, Mar 2026
Tim Hortons · 2291 Islington Ave134 mPassed, Jul 2025 · 1 infraction
YWCA Bergamot Early Learning Centre · 66 Bergamot Ave154 mPassed, Sep 2026

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

No City washroom within 1 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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 367 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is YWCA Bergamot Early Learning (154 m, 62 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km5 centres · 367 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 5
  • YWCA Bergamot Early Learning · 66 Bergamot Ave
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    154 m
  • George Brown - Elmlea · 50 Hadrian Dr
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    504 m
  • St. Stephen Child Care Centre · 55 Golfdown Dr
    79 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    575 m
  • B.f. Toronto Centre For Early Childhood Education · 45 Golfdown Dr
    98 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    664 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 415 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 23 Division (3.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.3 km away.

FireFire Station 415 · 1.2 km2120 Kipling Ave
Police23 Division · 3.7 km5230 Finch Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 14 · 2.3 km321 Rexdale Blvd

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 24 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,299 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2328 Islington Ave (64 m, 68 units, 7 storeys, built 1962), which scored 93 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 73 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 15 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings24 · 1,299 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202673 across the 24
Open fire-code violations15
Tallest11 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2328 Islington Ave · Orchard Apartments (2328) Inc687196293 · Aug 20242 · 1 fire64 m
2314 Islington Avesocial housing · Rexdale Presbyterian Senior Citizens Corporation19411197782 · Aug 2024376 m
2313 Islington Ave · Golden Equity Properties807196482 · Sep 202522 · 3 fire76 m
25 Bergamot Ave · Pinedale Properties Ltd734196085 · Jul 20251120 m
68 Bergamot Avesocial housing · YWCA Toronto684200787 · Sep 20240147 m
6 Auburndale Crt · Sterling Karamar Property Management827196495 · Sep 20263 · 3 fire175 m
27 Bergamot Ave · Pinedale Properties Ltd1307196091 · Jul 20259195 m
39 Leduc Dr · Steelhouse Properties Inc.133196298 · Aug 20260223 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 lots274 lots · ≈60,790 spaces · 182.4 ha
Within 500 m32 lots · ≈4,090 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 52 m away, ≈38 spaces; 90 m away, ≈195 spaces; 127 m away, ≈171 spaces; 137 m away, ≈36 spaces; 143 m away, ≈48 spaces; 174 m away, ≈1,500 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 — 14-hour, Jun 11, 2024

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 13,512 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 46% of the total, against 3,058 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 2,768 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 2,194 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north13,512southbound · 44 bikes · 3.9% heavy
From the west4,098eastbound · 37 bikes · 4.9% heavy
Total vehicles29,6812,114 pedestrians · 144 cyclists · 4.2% heavy
From the east3,058westbound · 36 bikes · 3.2% heavy
From the south9,013northbound · 27 bikes · 4.6% heavy
AM peak hour2,194 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,768 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 11, 2024

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 Islington Ave between Rexdale Blvd and Bergamot Ave, 156 m from the corner, a 3-day count in June 2024 put the average speed at 37 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 48 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 53 km/h or more. That segment carries about 30,600 vehicles a day. Bergamot Ave between Auburndale Crt and Kliburn Pl measured slower: 36 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 42 km/h (Apr 2025).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Islington Ave · Rexdale Blvd – Bergamot Ave · 156 mJun 2024 · 3 days30,59437 km/h48 km/h53 km/h
Bergamot Ave · Auburndale Crt – Kliburn Pl · 259 mApr 2025 · 3 days3,17336 km/h42 km/h45 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 2019, with 40 collisions; 2025 recorded 17. 42 collisions (19%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 38 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 8 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 9 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 27, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 7.5 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions221#445 of 5,508
With an injury42#317 of 4,660
Property damage only146
Fail to remain38
Involving a pedestrian7#445 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1935 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified33
Since January 2026 (outside the window)9
All since 2014283latest Jun 27, 2026

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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 3 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Aug 24, 2012.

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

42 thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 7.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 4.3 a year. 69% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on May 21, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle42141street/outdoor (29), apartment parking (11)
Bicycle theft100street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 21, 2026. 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 Elms-Old Rexdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Islington & Bergamot a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 221 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 & Bergamot?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #345 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.83× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Islington & Bergamot?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Islington Ave between Rexdale Blvd and Bergamot Ave (June 2024), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Islington & Bergamot?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 274 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 60,790 spaces — 32 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Islington & Bergamot by transit?

Bus routes 37, 96, 73, 118, 937, 996 within 1 km (nearest stop: Islington Ave at Bergamot Ave, 26 m); MiWay route 30 Rexdale at Bergamot Ave at Islington Ave.

What restaurants are near Islington & Bergamot?

13 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 57 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Highland Momo (112 m), Living Well 2 (112 m), McDonald's (112 m), Pizza Fiamma (112 m) and Tim Hortons (134 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Islington & Bergamot?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 367 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are YWCA Bergamot Early Learning (154 m, 62 spaces), George Brown - Elmlea (504 m, 56 spaces) and St. Stephen Child Care Centre (575 m, 79 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Islington & Bergamot?

24 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,299 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2328 Islington Ave (64 m, 68 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 2314 Islington Ave (76 m, 194 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 2313 Islington Ave (76 m, 80 units, RentSafeTO score 82) and 25 Bergamot Ave (120 m, 73 units, RentSafeTO score 85). The average RentSafeTO score across the 24 is 89 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.

How many thefts are reported at Islington & Bergamot?

Toronto Police place 42 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 Elms-Old Rexdale page.

What neighbourhood is Islington & Bergamot in?

Islington & Bergamot is in Elms-Old Rexdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 005), 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