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Leslie & Gerrard

Leslie St & Gerrard St E · Toronto, Ontario · South Riverdale · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Leslie & Gerrard, in South Riverdale, is an intersection of typical volume, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
10,557
vehicles · 14-hour count, Sep 25, 2024
3,455 pedestrians · 638 cyclists · #1667 busiest
Collisions
30
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 25 property damage · #2786 of 5,508 · +4 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
3 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 26 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 750 vehicles, 65% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 3 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 6.0% of vehicle volume, about 7.8× the typical share. That comes with about 3 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 2.8 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions fell 42%, from 19 in 2016–2020 to 11 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Leslie & Gerrard

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
506501503 nearest 12 m
TTC bus
833172 nearest 211 m
Blue Night
306301325
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Gerrard St East at Leslie St
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Gerrard St E / Leslie St 37 m · 26 docks · 11 stations, 222 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 (23)
  • Riverdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 149 m
  • Leslieville Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 281 m
  • Bon Berger Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 432 m
  • St Joseph Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 454 m
  • Blake St Jr & East AlternativeEnglish Public · 490 m
  • Pape Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 714 m
  • and 17 more
Parks (33)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch441 m
  • Toronto Public Library Gerrard/Ashdale branch933 m
  • Toronto Public Library Pape/Danforth branch1.4 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 14 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 164 eating places within a kilometre — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Frank Drea House, 87 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés14 within 300 m · 164 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 24 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Magpie Cakery Coffee and Bakeshop · 1125 Gerrard St Egrocery27 mPassed, Apr 2026
Frank Drea House · 335 Leslie St87 mPassed, Aug 2026
Riverdale Collegiate Institute- Snp · 1094 Gerrard St E149 mPassed, Dec 2025
Yummy House · 234 Jones Ave229 mPassed, Apr 2026
Smokers Mart · 1061 Gerrard St E230 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Sprouty · 1062 Gerrard St E231 mPassed, Nov 2025
Scenic · 1060 Gerrard St E237 mPassed, Apr 2026
Chula · 1058 Gerrard St E241 mPassed, Aug 2025

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 Greenwood Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom, 270 m away, View facility hours. A drinking fountain is 313 m away at Greenwood Park.

  • Greenwood Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom · 150 Greenwood Ave
    View facility hours
    270 m
  • Greenwood Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 150 Greenwood Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    353 m
  • Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom · 953 Gerrard St E
    View centre hours
    567 m
Drinking water
Greenwood Park drinking fountain · 313 m; Greenwood Park dog fountain · 364 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

17 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,283 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Woodgreen Community Services (Riverdale Child Care) (149 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km17 centres · 1,283 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 17
  • Woodgreen Community Services (Riverdale Child Care) · 1094 Gerrard St E
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    149 m
  • All About Kids Inc. (1055 Gerrard Street East) · 1055 Gerrard St E
    82 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    259 m
  • Woodgreen Community Services (Leslieville Child Care) · 254 Leslie St
    85 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    281 m
  • Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Jones · 343 Jones Ave
    128 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    432 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 324 (872 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (1.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 895 m away.

FireFire Station 324 · 872 m840 Gerrard St E
Police55 Division · 1.3 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 895 m126 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

22 registered apartment buildings with 1,535 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 16 of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1119 Gerrard St E (31 m, 29 units, 5 storeys, built 1996), which scored 93 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 27 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 10 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings22 · 1,535 units · 16 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202627 across the 22
Open fire-code violations10
Tallest14 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1119 Gerrard St Esocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.295199693 · Aug 2026031 m
67 Curzon Stsocial housing · St Josephs Seniors Citizens Apartments914198093 · Jul 20240514 m
1615 Dundas St EToronto Community Housing · TCH814196092 · Aug 20261541 m
1320 Gerrard St Esocial housing455199496 · Nov 20250576 m
369 Pape AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1398198193 · Aug 20266616 m
10 Boultbee AveToronto Community Housing · TCH16711200192 · Jul 20261645 m
80 Blake StToronto Community Housing · TCH19014196998 · Jul 20240 · 7 fire726 m
1395 Gerrard St E · 2239032 Ontario Inc.123196590 · Nov 20250747 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 lots682 lots · ≈32,050 spaces · 96.2 ha
Within 500 m24 lots · ≈390 spaces
Green P (public)27 car parks · about 1,264 spaces
EV charging (City)963 Gerrard St E · 548 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking10 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 32 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
151 Hiawatha Road · Surface870 m50 *
268 Rhodes Ave · Surface1.1 km3968% (Q1 2026)
670 Pape Ave · Surface1.3 km7447% (Q1 2026)
1091 Eastern Avenue · Surface1.3 km45 *
31 Langford Ave · Surface1.4 km2761% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 107 m away, ≈13 spaces; 245 m away, ≈6 spaces; 257 m away, ≈10 spaces; 290 m away, ≈5 spaces; 310 m away, ≈35 spaces; 344 m away, ≈22 spaces. More EV charging: 1313 Gerrard ST E (549 m, 2 ports); 43 Alton Ave (644 m, 2 ports); 1715 DUNDAS ST E (697 m, 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 — 14-hour, Sep 25, 2024

The east leg carries the load — 5,279 westbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 225. Most cyclists arrived from the east (265 of 638). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,031 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 979 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north225southbound · 46 bikes · 5.3% heavy
From the west4,415eastbound · 245 bikes · 2.4% heavy
Total vehicles10,5573,455 pedestrians · 638 cyclists · 2.7% heavy
From the east5,279westbound · 265 bikes · 2.7% heavy
From the south638northbound · 82 bikes · 3.4% heavy
AM peak hour1,031 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour979 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Sep 25, 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 counter on Leslie St between Dundas St E and Sproat Ave (257 m away) recorded an average of 28 km/h in its 3-day count in August 2017; 85% of drivers were at or under 34 km/h. That segment carries about 2,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 9 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 8 speed humps slow traffic on Leslie Street between Queen St E and Gerrard St E.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Leslie St · Dundas St E – Sproat Ave · 257 mAug 2017 · 3 days2,10428 km/h34 km/h37 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Leslie Street · Queen St E – Gerrard St E
    8 speed humps

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

2019 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 7% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.8 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions30#2786 of 5,508
With an injury2#3727 of 4,660
Property damage only25
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#1886 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201442latest May 17, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

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

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle310street/outdoor (2), other (1)
Bicycle theft100apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 18, 2023. 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 South Riverdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Leslie & Gerrard a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 30 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 Leslie & Gerrard?

An intersection of typical volume. It ranks #1667 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 65% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Leslie & Gerrard?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Leslie St between Dundas St E and Sproat Ave (August 2017), found an average of 28 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 34 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Leslie & Gerrard?

The nearest Green P car park is 151 Hiawatha Road (870 m away, 50 spaces). The City's mapping shows 682 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 32,050 spaces — 24 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 963 Gerrard St E (548 m).

How do I get to Leslie & Gerrard by transit?

Streetcar routes 506, 501, 503 stop within 1 km, the nearest 12 m away; bus routes 83, 31, 72 within 1 km (nearest stop: Gerrard St East at Leslie St, 211 m).

What restaurants are near Leslie & Gerrard?

14 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 164 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Frank Drea House (87 m), Riverdale Collegiate Institute- Snp (149 m), Yummy House (229 m), Smokers Mart (230 m) and Sprouty (231 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 & Gerrard?

The nearest is Greenwood Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom, 150 Greenwood Ave, 270 m away (View facility hours). Next nearest: Greenwood Park Fieldhouse Washroom (353 m); Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom (567 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 Leslie & Gerrard?

17 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,283 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Woodgreen Community Services (Riverdale Child Care) (149 m, 49 spaces), All About Kids Inc. (1055 Gerrard Street East) (259 m, 82 spaces) and Woodgreen Community Services (Leslieville Child Care) (281 m, 85 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Leslie & Gerrard?

22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,535 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1119 Gerrard St E (31 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 67 Curzon St (514 m, 91 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 1615 Dundas St E (541 m, 81 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 1320 Gerrard St E (576 m, 45 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 22 is 91 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 & Gerrard?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 South Riverdale page.

What neighbourhood is Leslie & Gerrard in?

Leslie & Gerrard is in South Riverdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 070). 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