Toronto · intersection · signal 1012

Leslie & Van Horne

Leslie St & Van Horne Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Don Valley Village · Ward 17, Don Valley North

In Don Valley Village, Leslie & Van Horne is a busier-than-typical intersection. At the corner: a park. Nearby: 4 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
13,523
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 14, 2021
221 pedestrians · 3 cyclists
Collisions
48
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
11 with an injury · 36 property damage · #2133 of 5,508 · +3 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1143 of 1,505
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
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,690 vehicles an hour, 1.46× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 61 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 4.8 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 15%, from 26 in 2016–2020 to 22 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 48 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Leslie & Van Horne

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
15139 nearest 20 m
Express
939
Blue Night
339
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Leslie St at Van Horne Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Finch Ave E / Upper Don Recreational Trail 884 m · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 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)
  • St Matthias C.s. (Closed For Renovation)English Separate · 585 m
  • Crestview Public SchoolEnglish Public · 750 m
  • Lescon Public SchoolEnglish Public · 779 m
  • Ecole Elementaire Paul DemersFrench Public · 915 m
  • Don Valley Middle SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Dallington Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 4 more
Community centres
Parks (22)
  • Leslie Park147 m
  • Alamosa Park381 m
  • Green Meadows Park - North York388 m
  • Bellbury Park422 m
  • Lescon Park713 m
  • East Don Parkland789 m
  • and 16 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Hillcrest branch1.5 km
Places of interest
  • Historic Zion SchoolhouseMuseum · 780 m
Signal
1012, activated 1973 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South

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; 29 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Home of Taste, 458 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in October 2025 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 29 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Home of Taste · 4800 Leslie St, Unit-108458 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 1 infraction
Pizza Nova · 4847 Leslie St518 mPassed, Oct 2025
Pizza Nova · 4847 Leslie St518 mPassed, Aug 2026
Nymart.ca Convenience · 4789 Leslie Stgrocery563 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Circle K · 4751 Leslie Stgrocery568 mPassed, Aug 2026
Tim Hortons · 4751 Leslie St568 mPassed, Jul 2024
Circle K · 4751 Leslie Stgrocery569 mPassed, Jul 2025
Tim Hortons · 4751 Leslie St569 mPassed, Jul 2024

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, 459 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 149 m away at Leslie Park.

  • Bellbury Park Tennis Club Washroom · 55 Van Horne Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    459 m
Drinking water
Leslie Park drinking fountain · 149 m; Alamosa Park drinking fountain · 376 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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 433 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Garderie du Soleil Levant Paul-Demers (447 m, 54 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km6 centres · 433 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 6
  • Garderie du Soleil Levant Paul-Demers · 44 Appian Dr
    54 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    447 m
  • Plasp Divine Mercy C.s. · 101 Van Horne Ave
    84 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    585 m
  • Crestview School Age Program YMCA · 101 Seneca Hill Dr
    86 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    762 m
  • Lescon Learners Child Care · 34 Lescon Rd
    100 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    779 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 116 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 33 Division (3.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.3 km away.

FireFire Station 116 · 1.6 km255 Esther Shiner Blvd
Police33 Division · 3.9 km50 Upjohn Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 56 · 2.3 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 ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 160 rental units — all social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 7 Field Sparroway (778 m, 16 units, 4 storeys, built 1973), which scored 90 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 3 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings10 · 160 units · 10 social housing
RentSafeTO score85 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20263 across the 10
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest4 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
7 Field SparrowayToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation164197390 · Aug 20250778 m
5 Field SparrowayToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation164197379 · Jul 20240785 m
3 Field SparrowayToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation164197390 · Aug 20251 · 1 fire785 m
11 Field SparrowayToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation164197377 · Jul 20240794 m
13 Field SparrowayToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation164197390 · Aug 20250818 m
15 Field SparrowayToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation164197390 · Aug 20251843 m
6 Tree SparrowayToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation164197383 · Sep 20260885 m
4 Tree SparrowayToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation164197383 · Sep 20261886 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 lots217 lots · ≈28,410 spaces · 85.2 ha
Within 500 m9 lots · ≈1,120 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 468 spaces
EV charging (City)Bessarion CC · 1.8 km · 10 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Leslie Lot - 2760 Old Leslie Street · Surface1.5 km102 *
Don Mills Lot - 1800 Sheppard Ave East · Surface1.8 km366 *

Nearest lots: 30 m away, ≈147 spaces; 75 m away, ≈4 spaces; 234 m away, ≈100 spaces; 277 m away, ≈275 spaces; 343 m away, ≈9 spaces; 442 m away, ≈213 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 14, 2021

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 6,119 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 45% of the total, against 71 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 2,129 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 1,283 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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 north6,119southbound · 2 bikes · 1.9% heavy
From the west71eastbound · 1 bikes · 4.2% heavy
Total vehicles13,523221 pedestrians · 3 cyclists · 1.6% heavy
From the east1,591westbound · 0 bikes · 0.6% heavy
From the south5,742northbound · 0 bikes · 1.5% heavy
AM peak hour1,283 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,129 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 14, 2021

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

On Leslie St between Wild Briarway and Van Horne Ave, 89 m from the corner, a 3-day count in August 2023 put the average speed at 57 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 67 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 73 km/h or more. That segment carries about 22,600 vehicles a day. Van Horne Ave between Spindlewood Dr and Cobblestone Dr measured slower: 41 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Jun 2025).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Leslie St · Wild Briarway – Van Horne Ave · 89 mAug 2023 · 3 days22,57357 km/h67 km/h73 km/h
Van Horne Ave · Spindlewood Dr – Cobblestone Dr · 112 mJun 2025 · 3 days6,82841 km/h48 km/h52 km/h

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 2018, with 10 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 11 collisions (23%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 4% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (6%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 22, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions48#2133 of 5,508
With an injury11#1601 of 4,660
Property damage only36
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian2#1861 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2080 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201465latest Jun 22, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Apr 25, 2016.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1143 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#652 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Apr 25, 2016

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

Five thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 40% of the vehicle thefts were from other premises.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle500other (2), street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft100house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 5, 2021. 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 & Van Horne a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1143 of 1,505), out of 48 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 & Van Horne?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Dec 14, 2021, 1.46× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Leslie & Van Horne?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Leslie St between Wild Briarway and Van Horne Ave (August 2023), found an average of 57 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 67 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Leslie & Van Horne?

The nearest Green P car park is Leslie Lot - 2760 Old Leslie Street (1.5 km away, 102 spaces). The City's mapping shows 217 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 28,410 spaces — 9 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at Bessarion CC (1.8 km).

How do I get to Leslie & Van Horne by transit?

Bus routes 151, 39, 939 within 1 km (nearest stop: Leslie St at Van Horne Ave, 20 m).

What restaurants are near Leslie & Van Horne?

None within 300 m, and 29 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Home of Taste (458 m), Pizza Nova (518 m), Pizza Nova (518 m), Tim Hortons (568 m) and Tim Hortons (569 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 & Van Horne?

The nearest is Bellbury Park Tennis Club Washroom, 55 Van Horne Ave, 459 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 & Van Horne?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 433 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Garderie du Soleil Levant Paul-Demers (447 m, 54 spaces), Plasp Divine Mercy C.s. (585 m, 84 spaces) and Crestview School Age Program YMCA (762 m, 86 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Leslie & Van Horne?

Ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 160 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 7 Field Sparroway (778 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 5 Field Sparroway (785 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 79), 3 Field Sparroway (785 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 11 Field Sparroway (794 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 77). The average RentSafeTO score across the 10 is 85 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 & Van Horne?

Toronto Police place five 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 Don Valley Village page.

What neighbourhood is Leslie & Van Horne in?

Leslie & Van Horne 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