Toronto · intersection · signal 868 · red-light camera

Leslie & Finch

Leslie St & Finch Ave E · Toronto, Ontario · Don Valley Village · Ward 17, Don Valley North

In Don Valley Village, Leslie & Finch is a top-100 intersection for vehicle traffic in Toronto. At the corner: a red-light camera in place since 2008 that issued 303 tickets in 2025 and a school within 250 m. Nearby: Old Cummer GO 490 m away and 4 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
53,427
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 18, 2024
1,492 pedestrians · 94 cyclists · #22 busiest
Collisions
478
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
95 with an injury · 338 property damage · #138 of 5,508 · +19 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
3
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 3 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #123 of 1,505
Red-light camera
303
tickets in 2025
since 2008 · 131 so far in 2026 · tickets by camera
Transit
4
TTC stops within 100 m
2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 3,820 vehicles, 3.3× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 36 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 48 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 9.0 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.80× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 22%, from 269 in 2016–2020 to 209 in 2021–2025. About one in 159 of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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Leslie & Finch

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
Old Cummer GO — Richmond Hill490 m
TTC bus
15139 nearest 49 m
Express
939
Blue Night
339
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m — Leslie St at Finch Ave East; Finch Ave East at Leslie St East Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Old Cummer GO Station 500 m · 23 docks · 3 stations, 53 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 (10)
  • Ecole Elementaire Paul DemersFrench Public · 223 m
  • Crestview Public SchoolEnglish Public · 683 m
  • Cresthaven Public SchoolEnglish Public · 880 m
  • Pineway Public SchoolEnglish Public · 880 m
  • St Matthias C.s. (Closed For Renovation)English Separate · 896 m
  • Zion Heights Jr High SchoolEnglish Public · 912 m
  • and 4 more
Community centres
  • Cummer Park Community Centre1.2 km
Parks (18)
  • Green Meadows Park - North York351 m
  • Leslie Park581 m
  • Willesden Park628 m
  • East Don Parkland650 m
  • Linus Park819 m
  • Gideon Parkette879 m
  • and 12 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Hillcrest branch789 m
Places of interest
  • Historic Zion SchoolhouseMuseum · 377 m
Signal
0868, activated 1969 · SA1 · transit priority

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 21 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 29. The nearest is Joyous Chinese Cuisine, 96 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés21 within 300 m · 29 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Joyous Chinese Cuisine · 5505 Leslie St96 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Takumi Japanese BBQ · 125 Ravel Rd97 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 2 infractions
Gloucester Bakery · 131 Ravel Rdgrocery102 mPassed, Oct 2025
Gloucester Bakery · 131 Ravel Rdgrocery102 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Wui Chun Yuen · 137 Ravel Rd108 mPassed, May 2025
Pine House Cafe · 149 Ravel Rd Unit-B125 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Pine House Cafe · 149 Ravel Rd, Unit-B125 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 6 infractions
Chatime · 175 Ravel Rd141 mPassed, May 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 Bellbury Park Tennis Club Washroom, 841 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 583 m away at Leslie Park.

  • Bellbury Park Tennis Club Washroom · 55 Van Horne Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    841 m
Drinking water
Leslie Park drinking fountain · 583 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 562 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Les Etoiles Brillantes 2 (223 m, 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km8 centres · 562 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 8
  • Les Etoiles Brillantes 2 · 100 Ravel Rd
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    223 m
  • Northwood Montessori · 1080 Finch Ave E
    53 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    269 m
  • Garderie du Soleil Levant Paul-Demers · 44 Appian Dr
    54 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    542 m
  • Crestview School Age Program YMCA · 101 Seneca Hill Dr
    86 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    675 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 113 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (4.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.1 km away.

FireFire Station 113 · 1.4 km700 Seneca Hill Dr
Police32 Division · 4.3 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 56 · 2.1 km3300 Bayview 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 12 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 502 rental units — all social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 11 Field Sparroway (93 m, 16 units, 4 storeys, built 1973), which scored 77 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 6 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings12 · 502 units · 12 social housing
RentSafeTO score86 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20266 across the 12
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest13 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
11 Field SparrowayToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation164197377 · Jul 2024093 m
7 Field SparrowayToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation164197390 · Aug 20250104 m
13 Field SparrowayToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation164197390 · Aug 20250116 m
5 Field SparrowayToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation164197379 · Jul 20240127 m
15 Field SparrowayToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation164197390 · Aug 20251140 m
3 Field SparrowayToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation164197390 · Aug 20251 · 1 fire147 m
2 Tree SparrowayToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation164197380 · Sep 20260184 m
4 Tree SparrowayToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation164197383 · Sep 20261189 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 lots139 lots · ≈17,800 spaces · 53.4 ha
Within 500 m15 lots · ≈1,700 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 137 m away, ≈236 spaces; 148 m away, ≈590 spaces; 162 m away, ≈102 spaces; 166 m away, ≈17 spaces; 234 m away, ≈14 spaces; 236 m away, ≈261 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 — 14-hour, Jun 18, 2024

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 15,676 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 29% of the total, against 10,662 from the north. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 4,669 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 4,794 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north10,662southbound · 12 bikes · 2.6% heavy
From the west14,518eastbound · 32 bikes · 4.0% heavy
Total vehicles53,4271,492 pedestrians · 94 cyclists · 3.4% heavy
From the east15,676westbound · 31 bikes · 4.4% heavy
From the south12,571northbound · 19 bikes · 2.3% heavy
AM peak hour4,669 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour4,794 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 18, 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

The City's most recent midblock count on Leslie St between Finch Ave E and Tree Sparroway (80 m away, Oct 2014) recorded volume only — about 12,178 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Leslie St · Finch Ave E – Tree Sparroway · 80 mOct 2014 · 7 days12,178
Finch Ave E · Bathford Lane – Leslie St · 91 mOct 2011 · 3 days21,839

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 72 collisions; 2025 recorded 45. 95 collisions (20%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 53 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 14 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 19 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 8, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 9.0 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions478#138 of 5,508
With an injury95#64 of 4,660
Property damage only338
Fail to remain53
Involving a pedestrian13#123 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1851 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist4
With a fatality0
Severity not classified45
Since January 2026 (outside the window)19
All since 2014614latest Jun 8, 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

None of the three serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 3 pedestrians were among those hurt. All happened in daylight or lit conditions (citywide, 39% of KSI collisions occur in darkness). The most recent was on Mar 30, 2025. Going back to 2006, the total is 4.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions3#123 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian3#33 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness00% here vs 39% citywide
All KSI since 20064latest Mar 30, 2025

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

Seven thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 86% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 10, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle720street/outdoor (6), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft001

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 10, 2026. 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 Don Valley Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Leslie & Finch a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 3 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#123 of 1,505), out of 478 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Finch?

A top-100 intersection for vehicle traffic in Toronto. It ranks #22 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 3.3× the median for a counted intersection.

Is there a red-light camera at Leslie & Finch?

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Leslie & Finch since 2008, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 303 tickets in 2025 (342 in 2024) and 131 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 4,165 since it was switched on.

How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Leslie & Finch?

303 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 342 in 2024, and 131 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 4,165 tickets since 2008. A red-light camera ticket in Toronto is $325 and carries no demerit points because it is issued to the vehicle's owner.

Where can I park near Leslie & Finch?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 139 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 17,800 spaces — 15 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Leslie & Finch by transit?

Old Cummer GO is 490 m away; bus routes 151, 39, 939 within 1 km (nearest stop: Leslie St at Finch Ave East, 49 m).

What restaurants are near Leslie & Finch?

21 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 29 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Joyous Chinese Cuisine (96 m), Takumi Japanese BBQ (97 m), Wui Chun Yuen (108 m), Pine House Cafe (125 m) and Pine House Cafe (125 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 Leslie & Finch?

The nearest is Bellbury Park Tennis Club Washroom, 55 Van Horne Ave, 841 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), 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 Leslie & Finch?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 562 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Les Etoiles Brillantes 2 (223 m, 56 spaces), Northwood Montessori (269 m, 53 spaces) and Garderie du Soleil Levant Paul-Demers (542 m, 54 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Leslie & Finch?

12 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 502 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 11 Field Sparroway (93 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 7 Field Sparroway (104 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 13 Field Sparroway (116 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 5 Field Sparroway (127 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 79). The average RentSafeTO score across the 12 is 86 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 Leslie & Finch?

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 Don Valley Village page.

What neighbourhood is Leslie & Finch in?

Leslie & Finch is in Don Valley Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 047). It is in Ward 17, Don Valley North, represented by Councillor Shelley Carroll.

Sources

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