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Laird & Stickney

Laird Dr & Stickney Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Thorncliffe Park · Ward 15, Don Valley West

Laird & Stickney, in Thorncliffe Park, is an above-average intersection for traffic. Nearby is Laird Station (Line 5) 637 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
11,432
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 11, 2015
287 pedestrians · 6 cyclists
Collisions
24
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 20 property damage · #3146 of 5,508 · +3 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
Laird Station 637 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 1,430 vehicles an hour, 1.24× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 40 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 2.4 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 40%, from 10 in 2016–2020 to 14 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Laird & Stickney

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Laird Station (Line 5)637 m
TTC bus
5188156342572100 nearest 64 m
Blue Night
334354325
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Laird Dr at Industrial St; Laird Dr at Commercial Rd South Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
McRae Dr / Laird Dr - SMART 259 m · 24 docks · 7 stations, 98 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)
  • Bessborough Drive Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 621 m
  • St Anselm Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 780 m
  • Leaside High SchoolEnglish Public · 892 m
  • Rolph Road Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 920 m
  • Northlea Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 947 m
  • Overlea LINCEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 5 more
Community centres
Parks (10)
  • Trace Manes Park468 m
  • Radar Park673 m
  • Father Caulfield Park825 m
  • Leonard Linton Park926 m
  • Howard Talbot Park1 km
  • Bessborough Parkette1.1 km
  • and 4 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Leaside branch441 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 19 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 6 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 81. The nearest is Mary Brown's, 109 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés19 within 300 m · 81 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience6 within 300 m · 18 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Mary Brown's · 11 Industrial St Unit-1109 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Pita Land · 11 Industrial St Unit-2109 mPassed, Apr 2026
Chipotle Mexican Grill · 101 Laird Dr121 mPassed, Sep 2026
Olde Yorke Fish and Chips · 96 Laird Drgrocery169 mPassed, Apr 2026
Amsterdam Barrel House · 87 Laird Dr201 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Bento Sushi · 85 Laird Dr202 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Booster Juice · 85 Laird Dr202 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Corks Beer and Wine Bar · 85 Laird Dr Flr-2grocery202 mPassed, Apr 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 Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom, 457 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 424 m away at Trace Manes Park.

  • Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom · 110 Rumsey Rd
    View centre hours · accessible
    457 m
Drinking water
Trace Manes Park bottle filling station · 424 m; Trace Manes Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 480 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 908 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Brightpath Academy - Leaside (213 m, 107 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km9 centres · 908 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 9
  • Brightpath Academy - Leaside · 235 McRae Dr
    107 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    213 m
  • Leaside Day Care Centre · 206 Laird Dr
    99 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    398 m
  • Leaside Children's House · 839 Millwood Rd
    41 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    537 m
  • Trace Manes School (8603758 Canada Inc) · 822 Millwood Rd
    26 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    577 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 321 (213 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (3.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 321 · 213 m231 McRae Dr
Police53 Division · 3.1 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 1.9 km1300 Pape Ave

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 23 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 830 rental units. The nearest is 18 Kenrae Rd (316 m, 13 units, 3 storeys, built 1956), which scored 98 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 18 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings23 · 830 units
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202618 across the 23
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
18 Kenrae Rd · Dream Development Group Corporation133195698 · Oct 20250316 m
870 Millwood Rd · Markar Limited113195085 · Jul 20240450 m
872 Millwood Rd103193997 · Aug 20251459 m
871 Millwood Rd · Wilanmar Holdings Ltd.153194781 · Jul 20240498 m
855 Millwood Rd · Hannah Property Management Ltd.223196089 · Aug 20251503 m
841 Millwood Rd · Hannah Property Management Ltd.173196089 · Aug 20240528 m
823 Millwood Rd · Thriving Property Management134195083 · Aug 20240615 m
795 Eglinton Ave E885198697 · Aug 20260661 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 lots429 lots · ≈49,850 spaces · 149.6 ha
Within 500 m55 lots · ≈6,540 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 77 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking4 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
709 Millwood Rd · Garage1 km2078% (Q1 2026)
1503 Bayview Avw · Surface1 km2465% (Q1 2026)
1670 Bayview Ave · Surface1.1 km33 *

Nearest lots: 33 m away, ≈55 spaces; 44 m away, ≈84 spaces; 46 m away, ≈195 spaces; 86 m away, ≈68 spaces; 90 m away, ≈9 spaces; 102 m away, ≈8 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, Feb 11, 2015

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 5,970 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 20 from the east. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,684 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,615 from 4:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 13.8% 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 12 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2015, 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 north5,219southbound · 1 bikes · 14.5% heavy
From the west223eastbound · 0 bikes · 11.7% heavy
Total vehicles11,432287 pedestrians · 6 cyclists · 13.8% heavy
From the east20westbound · 0 bikes · 25.0% heavy
From the south5,970northbound · 5 bikes · 13.1% heavy
AM peak hour1,684 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,615 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Feb 11, 2015

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 most recent midblock count on Laird Dr between Commercial Rd and Wicksteed Ave (202 m away, May 2015) recorded volume only — about 12,832 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Laird Dr · Commercial Rd – Wicksteed Ave · 202 mMay 2015 · 3 days12,832

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 5 collisions. 4 collisions (17%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 7, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions24#3146 of 5,508
With an injury4#3001 of 4,660
Property damage only20
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian1#2681 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201431latest May 7, 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Laird & Stickney a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 24 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 Laird & Stickney?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Feb 11, 2015, 1.24× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Laird & Stickney?

The nearest Green P car park is 709 Millwood Rd (1.0 km away, 20 spaces, 78% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 429 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 49,850 spaces — 55 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Laird & Stickney by transit?

Laird Station (Line 5) is 637 m away; bus routes 51, 88, 156, 34, 25, 72, 100 within 1 km (nearest stop: Laird Dr at Industrial St, 64 m).

What restaurants are near Laird & Stickney?

19 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 81 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Mary Brown's (109 m), Pita Land (109 m), Chipotle Mexican Grill (121 m), Amsterdam Barrel House (201 m) and Bento Sushi (202 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 Laird & Stickney?

The nearest is Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom, 110 Rumsey Rd, 457 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. 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 Laird & Stickney?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 908 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Brightpath Academy - Leaside (213 m, 107 spaces), Leaside Day Care Centre (398 m, 99 spaces) and Leaside Children's House (537 m, 41 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Laird & Stickney?

23 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 830 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 18 Kenrae Rd (316 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 870 Millwood Rd (450 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 872 Millwood Rd (459 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 871 Millwood Rd (498 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 81). The average RentSafeTO score across the 23 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.

What neighbourhood is Laird & Stickney in?

Laird & Stickney is in Thorncliffe Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 055), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 15, Don Valley West, represented by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin.

Sources

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