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Kenneth & Empress

Kenneth Ave & Empress Ave · Toronto, Ontario · East Willowdale · Ward 18, Willowdale

In East Willowdale, Kenneth & Empress is a quiet local crossing. At the corner: a school within 250 m and parks. Nearby: North York Centre Station (Line 1) 415 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
6,741
vehicles · 14-hour count, Mar 19, 2024
856 pedestrians · 51 cyclists · #1915 busiest
Collisions
29
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
7 with an injury · 19 property damage · #2856 of 5,508 · +2 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
North York Centre Station 415 m · 3 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 480 vehicles an hour, 42% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 8 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. On average 2.9 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 4.3 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 39%, from 18 in 2016–2020 to 11 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Kenneth & Empress

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
North York Centre Station (Line 1)415 m; Sheppard-Yonge Station (Line 1, Line 4)1 km
GO Transit
GO bus 27 Milton / North York19 Mississauga / North York96 Oshawa / Finch Express67 Keswick / North York at Yonge St. @ Empress Ave.392 m
TTC bus
9798185 nearest 396 m
Blue Night
320385384
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
10 Kingsdale Ave 348 m · 31 docks · 5 stations, 123 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 (25)
  • Earl Haig Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 186 m
  • Crown AcademyPrivate · 449 m
  • McKee Public SchoolEnglish Public · 484 m
  • Claude Watson School For the ArtsEnglish Public · 524 m
  • Toronto District School Board - Head OfficeEnglish Public · 565 m
  • Toronto French MontessoriPrivate · 662 m
  • and 19 more
Parks (40)
  • Ring Road Linear Park224 m
  • Lee Lifeson Art Park225 m
  • Princess Park295 m
  • McKenzie Parkette328 m
  • North York Rose Garden439 m
  • Willowdale Park444 m
  • and 34 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library North York Central Library branch572 m
Places of interest
  • Gibson House MuseumMuseum · 556 m
  • Mel Lastman SquareLandmark · 582 m
  • Meridian Arts Centre (formerly Toronto Centre for the Arts)Performing Arts · 651 m

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; 270 eating places are within a kilometre — 3.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Honeymoon Dessert, 364 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 270 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 23 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Honeymoon Dessert · 8 Kingsdale Ave364 mPassed, May 2026
Kinton Ramen · 5165 Yonge St374 mPassed, May 2026
Tokyo Grill 2 · 5175 Yonge St Bldg-1379 mPassed, Aug 2026
Shawarma Max · 5171 Yonge St382 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Tavazo Dried Nuts & Fruits · 5177 Yonge St383 mPassed, Feb 2025 · 1 infraction
Pho 88 Restaurant · 5197 Yonge St387 mPassed, May 2026
A Corner Cafe and Restaurant · 5193 Yonge St387 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Qing Shu Spicy Hotpot · 5195 Yonge St390 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 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 Lee Lifeson Art Park Washroom, 234 m away — currently listed as closed (planned closure), and it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 216 m away at Lee Lifeson Art Park.

  • Lee Lifeson Art Park Washroom · 45 Princess Ave
    hours not listed · accessible · closed — Planned Closure
    234 m
  • Willowdale Park North York Tennis Club Washroom · 75 Hollywood Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    460 m
  • Mitchell Field Community Centre Washroom · 89 Church Ave
    View centre hours · accessible
    467 m
Drinking water
Lee Lifeson Art Park drinking fountain · 216 m; Princess Park drinking fountain · 282 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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 863 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is McKee McKids Enrichment Centre (484 m, 166 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km10 centres · 863 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 10
  • McKee McKids Enrichment Centre · 35 Church Ave
    166 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    484 m
  • Yonge Hearts Child Care Centre · 5176 Yonge St
    114 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    505 m
  • Lansing Co-Op Nursery School · 80 Church Ave
    32 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    529 m
  • Yorktown Montessori School · 349 Kenneth Ave
    40 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    632 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 114 (640 m), the nearest police station 32 Division (586 m) and the nearest ambulance station 640 m away.

FireFire Station 114 · 640 m12 Canterbury Pl
Police32 Division · 586 m30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 58 · 640 m12 Canterbury Pl

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 ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,411 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 55 Ellerslie Ave (546 m, 391 units, 17 storeys, built 1966), which scored 99 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 95, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 9 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 5 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings10 · 2,411 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score95 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20269 across the 10
Open fire-code violations5
Tallest36 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
55 Ellerslie Ave · M&r Property Management39117196699 · Jun 20242 · 1 fire546 m
65 Ellerslie Ave · M&r Property Management1076196697 · Oct 20250615 m
35 Park Home AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation28310197492 · Aug 20250649 m
151 Beecroft Rd30627200397 · Aug 20250762 m
414 Willowdale Ave · O'shanter Development Company Ltd.653195897 · Aug 20251787 m
35 Greenfield Ave · Rhapsody Property Management Services36136202098 · Jun 20243 · 1 fire791 m
2 Forest Laneway · Tandem Property Management Inc36629197690 · Aug 20252 · 1 fire795 m
5430 Yonge StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation23914198695 · Aug 20250850 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 lots463 lots · ≈35,280 spaces · 105.9 ha
Within 500 m29 lots · ≈980 spaces
Green P (public)11 car parks · about 3,375 spaces
EV charging (City)33 Elmhurst Ave · 920 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
10 Kingsdale Ave · Surface363 m5344% (Q1 2026)
10 Empress Ave · Surface369 m6769% (Q1 2026)
180 Beecroft Road · Surface719 m173 *
95 Beecroft Rd · Garage891 m38615% (Q1 2026)
10 Harlandale Avenue · Surface1 km112 *

Nearest lots: 80 m away, ≈197 spaces; 210 m away, ≈8 spaces; 216 m away, ≈22 spaces; 230 m away, ≈23 spaces; 259 m away, ≈8 spaces; 265 m away, ≈35 spaces. More EV charging: 19 Glendora Ave (1.2 km, 2 ports); 19 Glendora Ave (1.2 km, 2 ports).

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, Mar 19, 2024

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 2,733 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 41% of the total, against 689 from the south. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 882 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 11% above the afternoon peak from 4:45 p.m. (792). Heavy vehicles made up 0.9% 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 north693southbound · 13 bikes · 1.4% heavy
From the west2,626eastbound · 19 bikes · 0.6% heavy
Total vehicles6,741856 pedestrians · 51 cyclists · 0.9% heavy
From the east2,733westbound · 9 bikes · 0.7% heavy
From the south689northbound · 10 bikes · 2.2% heavy
AM peak hour882 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour792 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Mar 19, 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 Kenneth Ave between Norton Ave and McKee Ave, 355 m from the corner, a 2-day count in March 2020 put the average speed at 39 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 46 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 50 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,300 vehicles a day. Empress Ave between Doris Ave and Kenneth Ave measured slower: 36 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Sep 2020). The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Doris Ave (254 m away, 30 km/h limit), 20% of the 220,104 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Empress Ave · Doris Ave – Kenneth Ave · 109 mSep 2020 · 3 days4,44236 km/h44 km/h49 km/h
Kenneth Ave · Norton Ave – McKee Ave · 355 mMar 2020 · 2 days1,27139 km/h46 km/h50 km/h

School-zone speed sign 254 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct30 · 43 km/h
Over the limit35%
40 km/h or more20%

Doris Ave (northbound), 208 Doris Avenue · 220,104 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 2017, with 6 collisions; 2025 recorded 3. 7 collisions (24%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 4 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (14%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 30, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 4.3 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions29#2856 of 5,508
With an injury7#2259 of 4,660
Property damage only19
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian3#1278 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1984 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201435latest Apr 30, 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

One theft from a vehicle and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft100house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 24, 2016. 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 East Willowdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Kenneth & Empress a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 29 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 Kenneth & Empress?

A quiet local crossing. It ranks #1915 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 42% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Kenneth & Empress?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Kenneth Ave between Norton Ave and McKee Ave (March 2020), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 46 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 254 m away (30 km/h), 20% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Kenneth & Empress?

The nearest Green P car park is 10 Kingsdale Ave (363 m away, 53 spaces, 44% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 463 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 35,280 spaces — 29 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 33 Elmhurst Ave (920 m).

How do I get to Kenneth & Empress by transit?

North York Centre Station (Line 1) is 415 m away; bus routes 97, 98, 185 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Kenneth & Empress?

None within 300 m, and 270 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Honeymoon Dessert (364 m), Kinton Ramen (374 m), Tokyo Grill 2 (379 m), Shawarma Max (382 m) and Tavazo Dried Nuts & Fruits (383 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 Kenneth & Empress?

The nearest is Lee Lifeson Art Park Washroom, 45 Princess Ave, 234 m away, with an accessible washroom. The City currently lists it as closed: planned closure. Next nearest: Willowdale Park North York Tennis Club Washroom (460 m); Mitchell Field Community Centre Washroom (467 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 Kenneth & Empress?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 863 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are McKee McKids Enrichment Centre (484 m, 166 spaces), Yonge Hearts Child Care Centre (505 m, 114 spaces) and Lansing Co-Op Nursery School (529 m, 32 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Kenneth & Empress?

Ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,411 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 55 Ellerslie Ave (546 m, 391 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 65 Ellerslie Ave (615 m, 107 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 35 Park Home Ave (649 m, 283 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 151 Beecroft Rd (762 m, 306 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 10 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 Kenneth & Empress?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and one bicycle theft 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 East Willowdale page.

What neighbourhood is Kenneth & Empress in?

Kenneth & Empress is in East Willowdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 152). It is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng.

Sources

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