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Lennox & Palmerston

Lennox St & Palmerston Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · Palmerston-Little Italy · Ward 11, University-Rosedale

Lennox & Palmerston is a low-volume local intersection, with more people on foot than in cars and a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in Palmerston-Little Italy, in central Toronto. It has a bike lane, a school within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: Bathurst Station (Line 2) 344 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
957
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 14, 2023
1,598 pedestrians · 1,055 cyclists
Collisions
3
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Bathurst Station 344 m · 13 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
80/100
city median 48 · #325 of 5,672
38 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 153 m

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Lennox & Palmerston

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume14-hour count · Nov 14, 2023

The west leg carries the load — 460 eastbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 30. Most cyclists arrived from the north (455 of 1,055). Morning rush is the busier period: 120 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:30 a.m., compared with 94 from 5:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north30southbound · 455 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west460eastbound · 78 bikes · 1.1% heavy
Total vehicles9571,598 pedestrians · 1,055 cyclists · 1.3% heavy
From the east177westbound · 91 bikes · 2.3% heavy
From the south290northbound · 431 bikes · 1.0% heavy

Peak hours: 120 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 94 from 5:30 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

2021 was the peak year (1 collision), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 33% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Aug 16, 2021.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Dec 19, 2012.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions3
With an injury0
Property damage only2
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified1
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20061latest Dec 19, 2012

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

How fast traffic moves here

The City's counter on Palmerston Blvd between Herrick St and Lennox St (66 m away) recorded an average of 27 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 34 km/h. That segment carries about 700 vehicles a day. Lennox St between Lane W of Markham and N of Lennox and Palmerston Blvd measured slower: 23 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 32 km/h (Oct 2025). At the school-zone speed sign on Manning Ave (207 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 41,783 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lennox St · Lane W of Markham and N of Lennox – Palmerston Blvd · 26 mOct 2025 · 3 days67523 km/h32 km/h35 km/h
Palmerston Blvd · Herrick St – Lennox St · 66 mNov 2023 · 3 days68827 km/h34 km/h38 km/h
Speed sign
Manning Ave (southbound), 207 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 19 km/h, 85th percentile 24 km/h; 0.0% at 40 km/h or more. 41,783 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
Bathurst Station (Line 2)344 m · 4 min; Christie Station (Line 2)502 m · 6 min; Spadina Station (Line 2)924 m · 11 min
Streetcar
511 510 506 nearest 207 m
TTC bus
94 7 126 nearest 277 m · 3 min
Blue Night
310 306 300 307
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on Palmerston Blvd installed 2023; Bike Lane - Contraflow on Palmerston Blvd installed 2023; Bike Lane - Contraflow on Lennox St installed 2023
Bike Share
Palmerston Blvd / Lennox St 2 m · 11 docks · 19 stations, 393 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
19 car parks · about 1,622 spaces
EV charging
365 Lippincott St. · 470 m · 10 Level 2 ports; also 74 Clinton Street (1.1 km), 705 Shaw St (1.1 km)
Bike parking
77 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 47 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
34 mapped lots within 500 m, 576 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
557 Palmerston Ave · Surface209 m5580% (Q1 2026)
675 Manning Ave · Surface393 m4981% (Q1 2026)
365 Lippincott St · Surface430 m13654% (Q1 2026)
376 Clinton St · Surface520 m3468% (Q1 2026)
292 Brunswick Avenue · Surface595 m19 *—

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

You can do a shop on foot from here: Gold Leaf Fruits Market is 153 m away, one of two grocery stores within 300 m. There is also a specialist food shop, Magic Health Food, 281 m away. There are 38 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 235 eating places within a kilometre — 5.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Pizzeria Badiali Annex, 123 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Green Pharmacy, 188 m away; 12 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Kensington Eye Institute, 1.4 km away, then Toronto Western Hospital at 1.4 km. For seniors' housing: The O'neill Centre, a long-term care home 664 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Pizzeria Badiali Annex · 581 Markham St123 m
  • Bookbar · 600 Markham St143 m
  • Soleya Teas · 34 Lennox St 5150 m
  • Yupdduk Bloor · 612 Bloor St W151 m
  • Isabella's Mochi Donut Boutique · 607 Bloor St W157 m
38 within 300 m · 235 within 1 km
Grocery
Gold Leaf Fruits Market 153 m · 2 within 300 m
Food shops
Magic Health Food 281 m · 3 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Green Pharmacy 188 m · 12 within 1 km
Child care
  • Kids & Company Ltd. - Bloor Christie · 56 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day515 m · 6 min
  • Palmerston Community Daycare · 139 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day639 m · 8 min
  • Annex Montessori School · 68 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day784 m · 9 min
7 licensed centres · 853 spaces within 1 km · 4 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Bickford Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible788 m · 9 min
  • Christie Pits Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs846 m · 10 min
Drinking water: Seaton Park 512 m · 6 min; Healey Willan Park 537 m · 6 min
Health and care
  • Kensington Eye Institute · hospital site1.4 km · 17 min
  • Toronto Western Hospital · hospital site1.4 km · 17 min
  • The O'neill Centre · long-term care home664 m · 8 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (23)
  • Honest Ed's Park151 m
  • Euclid Avenue Parkette283 m · 3 min
  • Seaton Park495 m · 6 min
  • Ed and Anne Mirvish Parkette536 m · 6 min
  • Healey Willan Park557 m · 7 min
and 18 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (30)
  • City As School TorontoPrivate · 243 m
  • Harbord Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 345 m · 4 min
  • Monsignor Fraser College - Annex CampusEnglish Separate · 500 m · 6 min
  • Central Technical SchoolEnglish Public · 608 m · 7 min
  • Palmerston Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 639 m · 8 min
and 25 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch230 m
  • Toronto Public Library Spadina Road branch1.1 km · 13 min
Places of interest
  • Randolph Centre for the ArtsPerforming Arts · 203 m
  • Al Green Theatre (at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre)Performing Arts · 1 km · 12 min
  • Ukrainian Museum of CanadaMuseum · 1.2 km · 14 min
  • Bata Shoe MuseumMuseum · 1.3 km · 15 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

80of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #325 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food30/30

    2 grocery stores within 300 m · 38 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit23/28

    Bathurst Station 0.3 km · 6 stops within 300 m · 13 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go12/14

    library 230 m away · 1 place of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation10/10

    3 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care5/8

    3 schools within 500 m · 7 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

29 registered apartment buildings with 1,415 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 532 Palmerston Blvd (81 m, 21 units, 4 storeys, built 1911), which scored 94 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 29 scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
532 Palmerston Blvd214191194 · Aug 202581 m
481 Palmerston Blvd113190787 · Aug 2025167 m
748 Bathurst St · Westbank Ontario Realty Corp95122024100 · Sep 2025221 m
469 Palmerston Blvd1031932—229 m
456 Palmerston Blvd324190481 · Aug 2025286 m · 3 min
686 Bathurst St · Stein & Regency Construction Management Co.244194793 · Dec 2025375 m · 4 min

29 registered buildings · 1,415 units · 2 social housing · tallest 24 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft400apartment parking (3), house driveway/garage (1)

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 Palmerston-Little Italy.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lennox & Palmerston a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 3 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 Lennox & Palmerston?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Nov 14, 2023, 6% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is Lennox & Palmerston a walkable intersection?

Lennox & Palmerston scores 80 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #325 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 2 grocery stores within 300 m · 38 places to eat within 300 m; 3 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; library 230 m away · 1 place of interest within 500 m.

How fast do cars go at Lennox & Palmerston?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Palmerston Blvd between Herrick St and Lennox St (November 2023), found an average of 27 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 34 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 207 m away (30 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Lennox & Palmerston?

The nearest Green P car park is 557 Palmerston Ave (209 m away, 55 spaces, 80% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 576 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 13,890 spaces — 34 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 365 Lippincott St. (470 m).

How do I get to Lennox & Palmerston by transit?

Bathurst Station (Line 2) is 344 m away; streetcar routes 511, 510, 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 207 m away; bus routes 94, 7, 126 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Lennox & Palmerston?

38 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 235 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Pizzeria Badiali Annex (123 m), Bookbar (143 m), Soleya Teas (150 m), Yupdduk Bloor (151 m) and Isabella's Mochi Donut Boutique (157 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Lennox & Palmerston?

The nearest is Bickford Park Washroom, 400 Grace St, 788 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Christie Pits Park Washroom (846 m); Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre Washroom (847 m).

Is there child care near Lennox & Palmerston?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 853 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kids & Company Ltd. - Bloor Christie (515 m, 56 spaces), Palmerston Community Daycare (639 m, 139 spaces) and Annex Montessori School (784 m, 68 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lennox & Palmerston?

29 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,415 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 532 Palmerston Blvd (81 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 481 Palmerston Blvd (167 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 748 Bathurst St (221 m, 95 units, RentSafeTO score 100) and 469 Palmerston Blvd (229 m, 10 units). The average RentSafeTO score across the 29 is 85 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at Lennox & Palmerston?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Palmerston-Little Italy page.

What neighbourhood is Lennox & Palmerston in?

Lennox & Palmerston is in Palmerston-Little Italy (City of Toronto neighbourhood 080). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe.

Sources

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