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Lankin & Plains

Lankin Blvd & Plains Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Old East York · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Lankin & Plains is a low-volume local intersection, with heavy foot traffic. It sits in Old East York. At the corner: 3 schools within 250 m. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,283
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 24, 2020
418 pedestrians · 18 cyclists
Collisions
5
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 5 property damage · #5061 of 5,508
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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 160 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 14% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 3 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. That comes with about 0.5 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Lankin & Plains

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
70887624049391 nearest 83 m
Blue Night
322
Nearest stops
15 surface stops within 300 m — Coxwell Ave at Plains Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Coxwell Ave / Plains Rd 107 m · 19 docks · 5 stations, 83 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 (15)
  • Diefenbaker Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 164 m
  • Cosburn Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 198 m
  • East York Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 198 m
  • East York Alternative Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 373 m
  • R H McGregor Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 672 m
  • The Three Hierarchs AcademyPrivate · 768 m
  • and 9 more
Parks (14)
  • Cosburn Park310 m
  • True Davidson Park402 m
  • Coxwell Ravine Park491 m
  • East York Civic Centre516 m
  • Memorial Gardens Park520 m
  • Cullen Bryant Park546 m
  • and 8 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch395 m
  • Toronto Public Library Thorncliffe branch1.3 km
  • Toronto Public Library Danforth/Coxwell branch1.5 km

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 18 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 42. The nearest is Starbucks Coffee, 60 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés18 within 300 m · 42 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Starbucks Coffee · 976 Coxwell Ave60 mPassed, Aug 2026
Lickadee Split Ice Cream Shoppe · 980 Coxwell Ave69 mPassed, Jul 2025
Lickadee Split Ice Cream Shoppe · 980 Coxwell Ave69 mPassed, Aug 2026
Little Coxwell Restaurant · 986 Coxwell Ave95 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Revitasize · 1012 Coxwell Ave100 mPassed, Aug 2026
Sushi Bay · 1028 Coxwell Ave118 mPassed, Mar 2026
Knuckle Sandwiches · 969 Coxwell Ave120 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 5 infractions
Pizza Hut · 985 Coxwell Ave126 mPassed, Aug 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 East York Civic Centre, 547 m away, Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 296 m away at Cosburn Park.

  • East York Civic Centre · 850 Coxwell Avenue
    Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed · accessible
    547 m
  • Dieppe Park Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    579 m
  • Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    643 m
Drinking water
Cosburn Park drinking fountain · 296 m; Cosburn Park drinking fountain · 313 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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 862 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Lily's House Inc. (125 m, 15 spaces, toddler).

Within 1 km7 centres · 862 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 7
  • Lily's House Inc. · 1032 Coxwell Ave
    15 spaces · toddler · $10-a-day
    125 m
  • Centennial College East York Day Care (Plains Rd) · 175 Plains Rd
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    164 m
  • East York Montessori School · 486 Cosburn Ave
    31 spaces · toddler, preschool
    429 m
  • Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) · 550 Mortimer Ave
    57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    599 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 224 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 55 Division (3.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 224 · 1.1 km1313 Woodbine Ave
Police55 Division · 3.1 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 1.7 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 five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 138 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 611 Cosburn Ave (275 m, 12 units, 3 storeys, built 1951), which scored 85 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. No Landlord and Tenant Board order named any of them in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings5 · 138 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score85 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20260 across the 5
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
611 Cosburn Ave123195185 · Sep 20240275 m
494 Mortimer Ave · Deborah Holmes123196574 · Jun 20240659 m
470 Mortimer Ave · Mortimer Rentals Inc424195790 · Jun 20240687 m
831 Cosburn Ave113195081 · Sep 20240888 m
1430 Woodbine Avesocial housing616199296 · Aug 20260942 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 lots462 lots · ≈22,820 spaces · 68.5 ha
Within 500 m24 lots · ≈700 spaces
Green P (public)8 car parks · about 229 spaces
EV charging (City)1612 Danforth Ave. · 1.4 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking17 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
850 Coxwell Ave · Surface600 m1862% (Q1 2026)
1612 Danforth Ave · Surface1.5 km2275% (Q1 2026)
1439 Danforth Ave · Surface1.5 km1895% (Q1 2026)
737 Rhodes Ave · Surface1.5 km2450% (Q1 2026)
101 Cedarvale Ave · Surface1.8 km3550% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 67 m away, ≈15 spaces; 91 m away, ≈5 spaces; 121 m away, ≈16 spaces; 127 m away, ≈18 spaces; 128 m away, ≈10 spaces; 140 m away, ≈25 spaces. More EV charging: 543 Strathmore Blvd (1.6 km, 2 ports); 124 Mount Joy Ave (1.7 km, 2 ports); 132 Chatham Ave (1.8 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 — 8-hour, Nov 24, 2020

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 546 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 43% of the total, against 117 from the south. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 304 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m., 96% above the afternoon peak from 2:00 p.m. (155). Heavy vehicles made up 1.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 6 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2020, 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 north227southbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west393eastbound · 5 bikes · 0.8% heavy
Total vehicles1,283418 pedestrians · 18 cyclists · 1.8% heavy
From the east546westbound · 9 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the south117northbound · 3 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour304 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour155 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 24, 2020

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 Lankin Blvd between Plains Rd and Judith Dr, 64 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in April 2008 put the average speed at 39 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 49 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 55 km/h or more. That segment carries about 700 vehicles a day. Plains Rd between Milton Rd and Durant Ave measured slower: 30 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 37 km/h (Dec 2025). The reading is 18 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Durant Ave (141 m away, 30 km/h limit), 1.1% of the 15,230 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lankin Blvd · Plains Rd – Judith Dr · 64 mApr 2008 · 24 h70439 km/h49 km/h55 km/h
Plains Rd · Milton Rd – Durant Ave · 136 mDec 2025 · 3 days1,70930 km/h37 km/h42 km/h

School-zone speed sign 141 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct6 · 27 km/h
Over the limit4.1%
40 km/h or more1.1%

Durant Ave (northbound), 147 Durant Avenue · 15,230 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 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Feb 2, 2023.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions5#5061 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only5
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 20146latest Feb 2, 2023

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 vehicle200house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 4, 2021. 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 Old East York.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lankin & Plains a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 5 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 Lankin & Plains?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Nov 24, 2020, 14% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Lankin & Plains?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lankin Blvd between Plains Rd and Judith Dr (April 2008), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 141 m away (30 km/h), 1.1% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Lankin & Plains?

The nearest Green P car park is 850 Coxwell Ave (600 m away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 462 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,820 spaces — 24 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1612 Danforth Ave. (1.4 km).

How do I get to Lankin & Plains by transit?

Bus routes 70, 8, 87, 62, 404, 93, 91 within 1 km (nearest stop: Coxwell Ave at Plains Rd, 83 m).

What restaurants are near Lankin & Plains?

18 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 42 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Starbucks Coffee (60 m), Lickadee Split Ice Cream Shoppe (69 m), Lickadee Split Ice Cream Shoppe (69 m), Little Coxwell Restaurant (95 m) and Revitasize (100 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 Lankin & Plains?

The nearest is East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Avenue, 547 m away (Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Dieppe Park Washroom (579 m); Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (643 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 Lankin & Plains?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 862 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Lily's House Inc. (125 m, 15 spaces), Centennial College East York Day Care (Plains Rd) (164 m, 56 spaces) and East York Montessori School (429 m, 31 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lankin & Plains?

Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 138 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 611 Cosburn Ave (275 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 494 Mortimer Ave (659 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 74), 470 Mortimer Ave (687 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 831 Cosburn Ave (888 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 81). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 85 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 Lankin & Plains?

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 Old East York page.

What neighbourhood is Lankin & Plains in?

Lankin & Plains is in Old East York (City of Toronto neighbourhood 058). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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