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Leslie & Bannatyne

Leslie St & Bannatyne Dr · Toronto, Ontario · St.Andrew-Windfields · Ward 16, Don Valley East

Leslie & Bannatyne, in St.Andrew-Windfields, is a heavily travelled arterial crossing. Nearby are Oriole GO 1.0 km away and 7 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
32,615
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jan 22, 2026
247 pedestrians · 5 cyclists · #261 busiest
Collisions
101
police-reported · 2016–2025
0 killed or seriously injured · 1 since Jan 2026 · #1105 of 5,519
Getting there
4
TTC stops within 100 m
7 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
39/100
city median 48
2 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 858 m

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Leslie & Bannatyne

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 · Jan 22, 2026

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 15,581 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 239 from the east. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,832 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,995 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north13,558southbound · 1 bikes · 3.0% heavy
From the west3,237eastbound · 1 bikes · 2.6% heavy
Total vehicles32,615247 pedestrians · 5 cyclists · 3.1% heavy
From the east239westbound · 0 bikes · 2.1% heavy
From the south15,581northbound · 3 bikes · 3.3% heavy

Peak hours: 2,832 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,995 from 5:00 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

The worst year was 2022, with 16 collisions; 2025 recorded 8. 18 collisions (18%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 16, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. Since January 2026, after the ranking window closed, 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded here (1 pedestrian involved), the latest on Jun 16, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions101#1105 of 5,519
With an injury18#992 of 4,669
Property damage only76
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian2
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
Killed or seriously injured0
Killed or seriously injured since January 2026 (outside the window)11 pedestrian · latest Jun 16, 2026
All KSI since 20061latest Jun 16, 2026

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.

Speeds here, last measured in 2013

On Bannatyne Dr between Riderwood Dr and Woodsworth Rd, 170 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in May 2013 put the average speed at 48 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 56 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 62 km/h or more. That segment carries about 4,300 vehicles a day. The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Leslie St · Kirkwood Rd – Bannatyne Dr · 128 mJun 2011 · 3 days22,742———
Bannatyne Dr · Riderwood Dr – Woodsworth Rd · 170 mMay 2013 · 24 h4,26448 km/h56 km/h62 km/h

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.

The crossing
Signal 0738, activated 1969

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

GO Transit
Oriole GO — Richmond Hill1 km · 12 min
TTC bus
51 115 95 122 nearest 23 m
Express
995 996
Blue Night
395
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Leslie St at Bannatyne Dr North Side; Bannatyne Dr at Leslie St
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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
1 car park · about 102 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
9 mapped lots within 500 m, 140 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Leslie Lot - 2760 Old Leslie Street · Surface1.6 km102 *—

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

No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Longos, 858 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 26. The nearest is Taste Culinary Inc, 87 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 581 m away. The nearest hospital site is North York General Hospital, 1.2 km away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Taste Culinary Inc · 1961 Leslie St87 m
  • The Keg · 1977 Leslie St102 m
  • Mama's Greek Cuisine · 1881 Leslie St Unit-B340 m · 4 min
  • Chapman's Specialty Foods · 1875 Leslie St 3384 m · 5 min
  • Phipps Desserts · 1875 Leslie St384 m · 5 min
2 within 300 m · 26 within 1 km
Grocery
Longos 858 m · 10 min
Food shops
Shirini Sara Pastry House 340 m · 4 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Shoppers Drug Mart 581 m · 7 min
Child care
  • Central Montessori Schools - York Mills Campus · 319 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day663 m · 8 min
1 licensed centre · 319 spaces within 1 km
Health and care
  • North York General Hospital · hospital site1.2 km · 15 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 (9)
  • Kirkwood Park548 m · 7 min
  • Woodsworth Greenbelt674 m · 8 min
  • Vyner Greenbelt701 m · 8 min
  • Moatfield Farm Park840 m · 10 min
  • Woodsworth Parkette1 km · 11 min
and 4 more within 1.5 km
Schools (9)
  • Central Montessori School - York MillsPrivate · 662 m · 8 min
  • Webtree AcademyPrivate · 1 km · 12 min
  • Dunlace Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Metropolitan Preparatory Academy SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Windfields Middle SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 14 min
and 4 more within 1.5 km

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.

Not within a walk: a community centre, a library, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.

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Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food12/30

    1 grocery store within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit19/28

    Oriole GO 1 km · 8 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation2/10

    nearest park 0.5 km

  • Schools and child care2/8

    nearest school 0.7 km · 1 licensed child care within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot4/10

    traffic signal

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

Within a kilometre there are six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 770 rental units. The nearest is 44 Stubbs Dr (422 m, 84 units, 7 storeys, built 1974), which scored 98 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 96, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
44 Stubbs Dr · CAPREIT847197498 · Oct 2025422 m · 5 min
17 Farmstead Rd · Minto Properties Inc13619197094 · Aug 2026580 m · 7 min
750 York Mills Rd · Minto Properties Inc13719197095 · Aug 2026611 m · 7 min
755 York Mills Rd · M&r Property Management13818197096 · Aug 2026775 m · 9 min
745 York Mills Rd · M&r Property Management13818197297 · Aug 2026872 m · 10 min
740 York Mills Rd · Minto Properties Inc13719197097 · Oct 2025884 m · 11 min

6 registered buildings · 770 units · tallest 19 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Leslie & Bannatyne a dangerous intersection?

Not by the ten-year ranking: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 101 lesser collisions. 1 serious-injury collision has been recorded since January 2026, after the ranking window closed. 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 Leslie & Bannatyne?

A heavily travelled arterial crossing. It ranks #261 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.0× the median for a counted intersection.

Is Leslie & Bannatyne a walkable intersection?

Leslie & Bannatyne scores 39 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; 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: Oriole GO 1 km · 8 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km; 1 grocery store within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m; nearest school 0.7 km · 1 licensed child care within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal.

How fast do cars go at Leslie & Bannatyne?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Bannatyne Dr between Riderwood Dr and Woodsworth Rd (May 2013), found an average of 48 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 56 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Leslie & Bannatyne?

The nearest Green P car park is Leslie Lot - 2760 Old Leslie Street (1.6 km away, 102 spaces). The City's mapping shows 140 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,010 spaces — 9 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Leslie & Bannatyne by transit?

Oriole GO is 1.0 km away; bus routes 51, 115, 95, 122, 995, 996 within 1 km (nearest stop: Leslie St at Bannatyne Dr North Side, 23 m).

What restaurants are near Leslie & Bannatyne?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 26 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Taste Culinary Inc (87 m), The Keg (102 m), Mama's Greek Cuisine (340 m), Chapman's Specialty Foods (384 m) and Phipps Desserts (384 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Leslie & Bannatyne?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 319 spaces in total; it does not accept City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Central Montessori Schools - York Mills Campus (663 m, 319 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Leslie & Bannatyne?

Six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 770 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 44 Stubbs Dr (422 m, 84 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 17 Farmstead Rd (580 m, 136 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 750 York Mills Rd (611 m, 137 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 755 York Mills Rd (775 m, 138 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 6 is 96 out of 100.

What neighbourhood is Leslie & Bannatyne in?

Leslie & Bannatyne is in St.Andrew-Windfields (City of Toronto neighbourhood 040). It is in Ward 16, Don Valley East, represented by Councillor Jon Burnside.

Sources

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