Toronto · intersection · signal 2587

Islington & Finchley

Islington Ave & Finchley Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Edenbridge-Humber Valley · Ward 2, Etobicoke Centre

Islington & Finchley, in Edenbridge-Humber Valley, is a moderately heavy crossing. It has a park and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
16,978
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 19, 2018
70 pedestrians · 15 cyclists
Collisions
33
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
7 with an injury · 26 property damage · #2663 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #998 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,120 vehicles an hour, 1.84× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 243 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 3.3 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 36%, from 14 in 2016–2020 to 19 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 33 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Islington & Finchley

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
374048504546145 nearest 12 m
Express
937
Blue Night
337345
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Islington Ave at Orrell Ave; Islington Ave at Finchley Rd
Regional
MiWay 26 Burnhamthorpe at Burnhamthorpe Rd at Burnhamthorpe Park Blvd820 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
The Kingsway / Ashley Rd 1 km · 15 docks · 1 station, 15 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)
  • Kingsway College SchoolPrivate · 606 m
  • German International School TorontoPrivate · 812 m
  • Etobicoke Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 911 m
  • Mindwerx4kids Day SchoolPrivate · 926 m
  • Rosethorn Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 937 m
  • Humber Valley Village Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 5 more
Community centres
Parks (21)
  • Chestnut Hills Park174 m
  • Islington Heights Park419 m
  • Hilldowntree Parkette437 m
  • Drumoak Road Parkette446 m
  • Wimbleton Road South Parkette573 m
  • Humbertown Park699 m
  • and 15 more
Places of interest
  • Montgomery's InnMuseum · 619 m
Signal
2587, 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; 24 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Islington Golf Club, 511 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in December 2024.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 24 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 4 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Islington Golf Club · 45 Riverbank Dr511 mPassed, Dec 2024
Islington Golf Club-Bar · 45 Riverbank Dr511 mPassed, Jun 2024 · 1 infraction
Big Slice Kitchen · 4748 Dundas St W514 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 2 infractions
Papa Johns · 4746 Dundas St W514 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 3 infractions
Montgomery's Inn · 4709 Dundas St W623 mPassed, Jun 2026
Osmow's · 4850 Dundas St W686 mPassed, Jul 2026
Java Joe's · 1500 Islington Ave723 mPassed, Oct 2025
Pizzaiolo · 1500 Islington Ave, Unit-1723 mPassed, Oct 2025

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 Humber Valley Outdoor Rink Washroom, 877 m away — currently listed as closed (closed for the season); in season it is View outdoor rink hours. A drinking fountain is 165 m away at Chestnut Hills Park.

  • Humber Valley Outdoor Rink Washroom · 50 Anglesey Blvd
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    877 m
Drinking water
Chestnut Hills Park bottle filling station · 165 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 242 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Sunnylea Co-Operative Nursery School (911 m, 31 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km4 centres · 242 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 4
  • Sunnylea Co-Operative Nursery School · 86 Montgomery Rd
    31 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    911 m
  • Hillside Montessori School · 76 Anglesey Blvd
    24 spaces · preschool
    926 m
  • Rosethorn Before and After School Program · 2 Remington Dr
    129 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    937 m
  • Plasp Humber Valley Village Junior Middle School · 65 Hartfield Rd
    58 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 445 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 22 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.4 km away.

FireFire Station 445 · 1.6 km280 Burnhamthorpe Rd
Police22 Division · 1.5 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

28 registered apartment buildings with 660 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 4750-4754 Dundas St W (531 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 4 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 17 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings28 · 660 units
RentSafeTO score95 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20264 across the 28
Open fire-code violations17
Tallest10 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
4750-4754 Dundas St W · 1564534 Ontario Ltd144195097 · Oct 20250531 m
4752 Dundas St W · 1564534 Ontario Ltd144195097 · Oct 20250545 m
4754 Dundas St W · 1564534 Ontario Ltd144195097 · Oct 20250559 m
7 Bexhill Crt · Realstar134195296 · Jul 20260812 m
4875 Dundas St W · Forest Gate5610196898 · Nov 20253815 m
6 Bexhill Crt · Realstar134195296 · Aug 20250834 m
8 Bexhill Crt · Realstar134195299 · Jul 20260837 m
5 Bexhill Crt · Realstar134195295 · Aug 20250862 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 lots277 lots · ≈14,500 spaces · 43.5 ha
Within 500 m1 lot · ≈70 spaces
Green P (public)11 car parks · about 1,553 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Islington Lomond Lot - 20 Lomond Drive · Surface1.2 km283 *
16 Royalavon Cres · Surface1.3 km5938% (Q1 2026)
Islington Main Lot - 3330 Bloor Street West · Surface1.4 km534 *
3220 Bloor St W · Surface1.5 km6829% (Q1 2026)
7 Monkton Ave · Surface1.5 km2561% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 482 m away, ≈67 spaces; 517 m away, ≈107 spaces; 519 m away, ≈90 spaces; 558 m away, ≈139 spaces; 580 m away, ≈25 spaces; 585 m away, ≈330 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, Dec 19, 2018

The north leg carries the load — 8,512 southbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 119. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,632 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 2,633 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 8 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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 north8,512southbound · 2 bikes · 3.5% heavy
From the west119eastbound · 4 bikes · 5.9% heavy
Total vehicles16,97870 pedestrians · 15 cyclists · 3.9% heavy
From the east242westbound · 4 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the south8,105northbound · 5 bikes · 4.3% heavy
AM peak hour2,632 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour2,633 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 19, 2018

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

The City's counter on Islington Ave between Fairway Rd and Orrell Ave (113 m away) recorded an average of 61 km/h in its 24-hour count in November 2018; 85% of drivers were at or under 68 km/h. That segment carries about 25,300 vehicles a day. Orrell Ave between Perry Cres and Cedarland Dr measured slower: 37 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 49 km/h (Mar 2006). The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Islington Ave · Fairway Rd – Orrell Ave · 113 mNov 2018 · 24 h25,26961 km/h68 km/h73 km/h
Orrell Ave · Perry Cres – Cedarland Dr · 198 mMar 2006 · 24 h39337 km/h49 km/h105 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

2023 was the peak year (8 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 21% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 26, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions33#2663 of 5,508
With an injury7#2250 of 4,660
Property damage only26
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian1#2577 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201437latest Jun 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Oct 2, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#998 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#561 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Oct 2, 2024

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 & Finchley a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#998 of 1,505), out of 33 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 Islington & Finchley?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Dec 19, 2018, 1.84× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Islington & Finchley?

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 & Finchley?

The nearest Green P car park is Islington Lomond Lot - 20 Lomond Drive (1.2 km away, 283 spaces). The City's mapping shows 277 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,500 spaces — 1 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Islington & Finchley by transit?

Bus routes 37, 40, 48, 50, 45, 46, 145, 937 within 1 km (nearest stop: Islington Ave at Orrell Ave, 12 m); MiWay route 26 Burnhamthorpe at Burnhamthorpe Rd at Burnhamthorpe Park Blvd.

What restaurants are near Islington & Finchley?

None within 300 m, and 24 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Islington Golf Club (511 m), Islington Golf Club-Bar (511 m), Big Slice Kitchen (514 m), Papa Johns (514 m) and Montgomery's Inn (623 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 & Finchley?

The nearest is Humber Valley Outdoor Rink Washroom, 50 Anglesey Blvd, 877 m away (View outdoor rink hours). The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season. 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 & Finchley?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 242 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 (911 m, 31 spaces), Hillside Montessori School (926 m, 24 spaces) and Rosethorn Before and After School Program (937 m, 129 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Islington & Finchley?

28 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 660 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 4750-4754 Dundas St W (531 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 4752 Dundas St W (545 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 4754 Dundas St W (559 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 7 Bexhill Crt (812 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 28 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.

What neighbourhood is Islington & Finchley in?

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

Sources

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