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Leslie & Talwood (North)

Leslie St & Talwood Dr (North) · Toronto, Ontario · Banbury-Don Mills · Ward 16, Don Valley East

Leslie & Talwood (North) is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in Banbury-Don Mills. At the corner: a multi-use trail, a school within 250 m and a park. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
16,088
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 20, 2010
248 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
7
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 6 property damage · #4715 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Trail
Multi-Use Trail - Entrance
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,010 vehicles an hour, 1.74× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 65 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 0.7 collisions a year were reported here in 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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Leslie & Talwood (North)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
51162 nearest 17 m
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Leslie St at Talwood Dr (North)
Cycling
Multi-Use Trail - Entrance on Rippleton Park Trl installed 2001
Bike Share
Bond Ave / Don Mills Trail 537 m · 19 docks · 2 stations, 38 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 (19)
  • Rippleton Public SchoolEnglish Public · 216 m
  • Norman Ingram Public SchoolEnglish Public · 637 m
  • Metamorphosis Greek Orthodox SchoolPrivate · 679 m
  • La Citadelle International Academy of Arts & SciencesPrivate · 766 m
  • Denlow Public SchoolEnglish Public · 777 m
  • St Bonaventure Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 882 m
  • and 13 more
Community centres
  • Banbury Community Centre1 km
  • Don Mills Civitan Arena1.4 km
Parks (18)
  • Talwood Park168 m
  • Duncairn Park413 m
  • Rippleton Park428 m
  • Mike Bela Park620 m
  • Southwell Park716 m
  • Bond Park793 m
  • and 12 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Don Mills branch936 m
Places of interest
  • Toronto Botanical Gardens and Edwards GardensNature/ Park · 748 m
Signal
0736, activated 1970 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 9 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 662 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 9 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 1 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Circle K · 800 Lawrence Ave Egrocery662 mPassed, Nov 2024
Tim Hortons · 800 Lawrence Ave E662 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Dandilion Cafe · 755 Lawrence Ave E763 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Brulee · 52 Scarsdale Rd Unit-101834 mPassed, Aug 2026
Rippleton Roadsters Satellite Program · 1340 Leslie St875 mPassed, Mar 2025
Sweetway Cafe Eatery · 170 the Donway W Unit-21 kmPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Chatime Don Mills · 895 Lawrence Ave E Unit-151 kmPassed, Aug 2026
Congee Queen · 895 Lawrence Ave E Unit-81 kmPassed, May 2026 · 3 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 Bond Park Sport Centre Washroom, 692 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Bond Park Sport Centre Washroom · 120 Bond Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    692 m
  • Edwards Gardens Washroom · 755 Lawrence Ave E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    767 m
  • Banbury Community Centre Washroom · 120 Banbury Rd
    View centre hours
    1 km

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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 729 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Rippleton Roadsters Child Care Program (216 m, 186 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km9 centres · 729 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 9
  • Rippleton Roadsters Child Care Program · 21 Rippleton Rd
    186 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    216 m
  • Blue Wave Child Care Centre · 50 Duncairn Rd
    106 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    636 m
  • Norman Ingram School Age YMCA · 50 Duncairn Rd
    30 spaces · school age · fee subsidy
    636 m
  • La Citadelle International Academy of Arts & Science · 36 Scarsdale Rd
    24 spaces · preschool
    766 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 123 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 33 Division (1.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.7 km away.

FireFire Station 123 · 1 km143 Bond Ave
Police33 Division · 1.3 km50 Upjohn Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 57 · 2.7 km2075 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 four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 66 rental units. The nearest is 868 Lawrence Ave E (772 m, 31 units, 4 storeys, built 1954), which scored 87 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 1 final order naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings4 · 66 units
RentSafeTO score88 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20261 across the 4
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest4 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
868 Lawrence Ave E · Jelcoro Investments314195487 · Jul 20240772 m
874 Lawrence Ave E123196087 · Oct 20250810 m
878 Lawrence Ave E · Excel Property Management113196087 · Jul 20260819 m
876 Lawrence Ave E · Excel Property Management123196092 · Oct 20251828 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 lots210 lots · ≈34,240 spaces · 102.7 ha
Within 500 m1 lot · ≈70 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 236 m away, ≈69 spaces; 566 m away, ≈46 spaces; 569 m away, ≈76 spaces; 582 m away, ≈21 spaces; 616 m away, ≈83 spaces; 643 m away, ≈128 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 — 8-hour, Dec 20, 2010

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 7,961 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 400 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 2,716 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 2,470 in the morning peak from 7:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 16 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2010, 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 north7,727southbound · 0 bikes · 3.6% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles16,088248 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 4.6% heavy
From the east400westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south7,961northbound · 0 bikes · 5.9% heavy
AM peak hour2,470 vehicles from 7:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,716 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 20, 2010

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 Talwood Dr and Talwood Park Trl (167 m away, Jun 2011) recorded volume only — about 16,704 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Leslie St · Talwood Dr – Talwood Park Trl · 167 mJun 2011 · 3 days16,704

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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 2 collisions. 1 collision (14%) involved an injury. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (14%). The most recent report on file is from Nov 7, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions7#4715 of 5,508
With an injury1#4371 of 4,660
Property damage only6
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian1#2731 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 20147latest Nov 7, 2025

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Leslie & Talwood (North) a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 7 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 & Talwood (North)?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Dec 20, 2010, 1.74× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Leslie & Talwood (North)?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 210 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 34,240 spaces — 1 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Leslie & Talwood (North) by transit?

Bus routes 51, 162 within 1 km (nearest stop: Leslie St at Talwood Dr (North), 17 m).

What restaurants are near Leslie & Talwood (North)?

None within 300 m, and 9 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (662 m), Dandilion Cafe (763 m), Brulee (834 m), Rippleton Roadsters Satellite Program (875 m) and Sweetway Cafe Eatery (1.0 km). 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 & Talwood (North)?

The nearest is Bond Park Sport Centre Washroom, 120 Bond Ave, 692 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Edwards Gardens Washroom (767 m); Banbury Community Centre Washroom (1.0 km). 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 & Talwood (North)?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 729 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Rippleton Roadsters Child Care Program (216 m, 186 spaces), Blue Wave Child Care Centre (636 m, 106 spaces) and Norman Ingram School Age YMCA (636 m, 30 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Leslie & Talwood (North)?

Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 66 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 868 Lawrence Ave E (772 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 874 Lawrence Ave E (810 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 878 Lawrence Ave E (819 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 87) and 876 Lawrence Ave E (828 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 88 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.

What neighbourhood is Leslie & Talwood (North) in?

Leslie & Talwood (North) is in Banbury-Don Mills (City of Toronto neighbourhood 042). It is in Ward 16, Don Valley East, represented by Councillor Jon Burnside.

Sources

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