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Islington & Chestnut Hills

Islington Ave & Chestnut Hills Cres · Toronto, Ontario · Edenbridge-Humber Valley · Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre

In Edenbridge-Humber Valley, Islington & Chestnut Hills is a busier-than-typical intersection. At the corner: a park. Nearby: Islington Station (Line 2) 910 m away.

Traffic volume
22,623
vehicles · 14-hour count, Feb 21, 2024
198 pedestrians · 2 cyclists · #698 busiest
Collisions
39
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
11 with an injury · 26 property damage · #2422 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Islington Station 910 m · 8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,620 vehicles an hour, 1.40× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 114 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 3.9 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 1.7 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions edged up 5%, from 19 in 2016–2020 to 20 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Islington & Chestnut Hills

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Islington Station (Line 2)910 m
TTC bus
3740501101494546145 nearest 18 m
Express
937945
Blue Night
337300345
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Islington Ave at Riverbank Dr; Islington Ave at Chestnut Hills Cres
Regional
MiWay 26 Burnhamthorpe at Burnhamthorpe Rd at Dundas St497 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Mabelle Park 877 m · 15 docks · 2 stations, 30 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 (11)
  • German International School TorontoPrivate · 466 m
  • Etobicoke Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 532 m
  • Kingsway College SchoolPrivate · 632 m
  • Islington Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 646 m
  • Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 870 m
  • Academy of Math and EnglishPrivate · 1 km
  • and 5 more
Community centres
Parks (20)
  • Chestnut Hills Park253 m
  • Donnybrook Park525 m
  • Tom Riley Park692 m
  • Humbertown Park760 m
  • Hilldowntree Parkette783 m
  • Islington Heights Park792 m
  • and 14 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Brentwood branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Montgomery's InnMuseum · 212 m

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 4 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 41. The nearest is Big Slice Kitchen, 136 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2025 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 41 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 9 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Big Slice Kitchen · 4748 Dundas St W136 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 2 infractions
Papa Johns · 4746 Dundas St W142 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 3 infractions
Montgomery's Inn · 4709 Dundas St W217 mPassed, Jun 2026
Osmow's · 4850 Dundas St W283 mPassed, Jul 2026
Rabba Fine Foods · 4869 Dundas St Wgrocery353 mPassed, Aug 2026
Tim Hortons · 4869 Dundas St W353 mPassed, Jul 2026
Coco Fresh Tea & Juice · 4868 Dundas St W372 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 1 infraction
Apna Food Bazaar · 4894 Dundas St Wgrocery448 mPassed, Jul 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

The nearest public washroom is Central Arena Washroom, 785 m away, View arena hours. A drinking fountain is 290 m away at Chestnut Hills Park.

  • Central Arena Washroom · 50 Montgomery Rd
    View arena hours
    785 m
  • Memorial Pool and Health Club Washroom · 44 Montgomery Rd
    View centre hours
    819 m
Drinking water
Chestnut Hills Park bottle filling station · 290 m; Tom Riley Park drinking fountain · 525 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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 518 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Sunnylea Co-Operative Nursery School (531 m, 31 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km5 centres · 518 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 5
  • Sunnylea Co-Operative Nursery School · 86 Montgomery Rd
    31 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    531 m
  • Plasp Islington Junior Middle School · 44 Cordova Ave
    116 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    646 m
  • Willowbrae Academy Etobicoke · 4975 Dundas St W
    110 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten
    701 m
  • Our Lady of Sorrows School Age YMCA · 32 Montgomery Rd
    187 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    870 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 445 (1.5 km), the nearest police station 22 Division (1.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.4 km away.

FireFire Station 445 · 1.5 km280 Burnhamthorpe Rd
Police22 Division · 1.1 km3699 Bloor Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 31 · 1.4 km4219 Dundas St W

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 19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,444 rental units — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 4750-4754 Dundas St W (147 m, 14 units, 4 storeys, built 1950), which scored 97 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 95, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 49 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 52 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings19 · 3,444 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score95 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202649 across the 19
Open fire-code violations52
Tallest37 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
4750-4754 Dundas St W · 1564534 Ontario Ltd144195097 · Oct 20250147 m
4752 Dundas St W · 1564534 Ontario Ltd144195097 · Oct 20250148 m
4754 Dundas St W · 1564534 Ontario Ltd144195097 · Oct 20250155 m
4875 Dundas St W · Forest Gate5610196898 · Nov 20253416 m
1294 Islington Ave · Hollyburn Properties Ltd778197198 · Nov 20250 · 10 fire485 m
1286 Islington Ave · Hollyburn Properties Ltd778197188 · Jul 20240 · 7 fire543 m
24 Burnhamthorpe Rd · Freiman Investments425195994 · Nov 20251609 m
22 Burnhamthorpe Rd · Freiman Investments425195985 · Jun 20260614 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 lots385 lots · ≈24,560 spaces · 73.7 ha
Within 500 m19 lots · ≈1,280 spaces
Green P (public)13 car parks · about 2,796 spaces
EV charging (City)8 Kings Lynn Rd · 1.9 km · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parking4 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Islington Lomond Lot - 20 Lomond Drive · Surface803 m283 *
16 Royalavon Cres · Surface1 km5938% (Q1 2026)
Islington Main Lot - 3330 Bloor Street West · Surface1 km534 *
7 Monkton Ave · Surface1.1 km2561% (Q1 2026)
3220 Bloor St W · Surface1.1 km6829% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 131 m away, ≈90 spaces; 169 m away, ≈25 spaces; 195 m away, ≈27 spaces; 201 m away, ≈23 spaces; 213 m away, ≈53 spaces; 291 m away, ≈26 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, Feb 21, 2024

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 10,941 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 195 from the west. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,199 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,277 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north10,941southbound · 1 bikes · 3.0% heavy
From the west195eastbound · 1 bikes · 3.6% heavy
Total vehicles22,623198 pedestrians · 2 cyclists · 3.0% heavy
From the east1,543westbound · 0 bikes · 1.3% heavy
From the south9,944northbound · 0 bikes · 3.4% heavy
AM peak hour2,199 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,277 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Feb 21, 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 Fairway Rd and Orrell Ave, 300 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in November 2018 put the average speed at 61 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 68 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 73 km/h or more. That segment carries about 25,300 vehicles a day. Chestnut Hills Cres between Chestnut Lane and Chestnut Hills Pkwy measured slower: 42 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 49 km/h (Nov 2021). The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Chestnut Hills Cres · Chestnut Lane – Chestnut Hills Pkwy · 119 mNov 2021 · 3 days3,09442 km/h49 km/h55 km/h
Riverbank Dr · Babington Crt – Islington Ave · 137 mFeb 2020 · 2 days37942 km/h50 km/h58 km/h
Chestnut Hills Pkwy · Robin Hood Rd – Herne Hill · 252 mSep 2022 · 24 h99335 km/h43 km/h48 km/h
Islington Ave · Fairway Rd – Orrell Ave · 300 mNov 2018 · 24 h25,26961 km/h68 km/h73 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 8 collisions. 11 collisions (28%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 5% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), a low 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 May 26, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 1.7 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions39#2422 of 5,508
With an injury11#1588 of 4,660
Property damage only26
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian1#2584 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201444latest May 26, 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

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

Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle210house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 30, 2023. 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 Edenbridge-Humber Valley.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Islington & Chestnut Hills a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 39 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 & Chestnut Hills?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #698 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.40× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Islington & Chestnut Hills?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Islington Ave between Fairway Rd and Orrell Ave (November 2018), found an average of 61 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 68 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Islington & Chestnut Hills?

The nearest Green P car park is Islington Lomond Lot - 20 Lomond Drive (803 m away, 283 spaces). The City's mapping shows 385 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,560 spaces — 19 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 8 Kings Lynn Rd (1.9 km).

How do I get to Islington & Chestnut Hills by transit?

Islington Station (Line 2) is 910 m away; bus routes 37, 40, 50, 110, 149, 45, 46, 145 and 2 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Islington Ave at Riverbank Dr, 18 m); MiWay route 26 Burnhamthorpe at Burnhamthorpe Rd at Dundas St.

What restaurants are near Islington & Chestnut Hills?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 41 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Big Slice Kitchen (136 m), Papa Johns (142 m), Montgomery's Inn (217 m), Osmow's (283 m) and Tim Hortons (353 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 & Chestnut Hills?

The nearest is Central Arena Washroom, 50 Montgomery Rd, 785 m away (View arena hours). Next nearest: Memorial Pool and Health Club Washroom (819 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 Islington & Chestnut Hills?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 518 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Sunnylea Co-Operative Nursery School (531 m, 31 spaces), Plasp Islington Junior Middle School (646 m, 116 spaces) and Willowbrae Academy Etobicoke (701 m, 110 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Islington & Chestnut Hills?

19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,444 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 4750-4754 Dundas St W (147 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 4752 Dundas St W (148 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 4754 Dundas St W (155 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 4875 Dundas St W (416 m, 56 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 is 95 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 & Chestnut Hills?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no 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 Edenbridge-Humber Valley page.

What neighbourhood is Islington & Chestnut Hills in?

Islington & Chestnut Hills is in Edenbridge-Humber Valley (City of Toronto neighbourhood 009). It is in Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre, represented by Councillor Stephen Holyday.

Sources

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