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Leslie & Vanderhoof

Leslie St & Vanderhoof Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Thorncliffe Park · Ward 15, Don Valley West

Leslie & Vanderhoof sits in Thorncliffe Park. At the City's last count here, in 2005, it was a low-volume local intersection. Nearby are 6 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
1,782
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 20, 2005
9 pedestrians · 22 cyclists
Collisions
12
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
6 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
15/100
city median 48
35 places to eat within 1 km

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Leslie & Vanderhoof

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume8-hour count · Jun 20, 2005

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 889 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 231 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 342 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 222 in the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. Trucks and buses were 6.3% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 21 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2005, 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 north662southbound · 13 bikes · 7.7% heavy
From the west231eastbound · 0 bikes · 1.7% heavy
Total vehicles1,7829 pedestrians · 22 cyclists · 6.3% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south889northbound · 9 bikes · 6.4% heavy

Peak hours: 222 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 342 from 4:30 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 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 3 collisions (25%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (8%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 27, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions12
With an injury3
Property damage only7
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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.

Getting there

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

Transit and cycling

TTC bus
88 156 34 51 nearest 115 m
Blue Night
334 354
Nearest stops
1 surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Leonard Linton Park (Vanderhoof Ave) 296 m · 4 min · 7 docks · 1 station, 7 docks 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
none within 2 km
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
20 mapped lots within 500 m, 204 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; 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 listed within a kilometre of this corner. There is a specialist food shop nearby — Larochelle Confections, 154 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 35 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Chai Biskit Co, 363 m away. No pharmacy in the Ministry of Health's register is within a kilometre of this corner. The nearest hospital site is St. Joseph's Infirmary, 1.2 km away, then Lyndhurst Centre at 2.0 km.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Chai Biskit Co · 35 Brian Peck Cres Ph25363 m · 4 min
  • Beytoot · 105 Vanderhoof Ave, Unit-8792 m · 9 min
  • Satvic Tea Co · 105 Vanderhoof Ave, Unit-8792 m · 9 min
  • Foodie Real Fresh · 105 Vanderhoof Ave, Unit-8792 m · 9 min
  • Moonbeams & Marigolds · 105 Vanderhoof Ave, Unit-8792 m · 9 min
0 within 300 m · 35 within 1 km
Food shops
Larochelle Confections 154 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
Health and care
  • St. Joseph's Infirmary · hospital site1.2 km · 14 min
  • Lyndhurst Centre · hospital site2 km · 24 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
  • Leonard Linton Park305 m · 4 min
  • Radar Park821 m · 10 min
Schools
  • Maria Montessori SchoolPrivate · 1.4 km · 17 min
  • Fraser Mustard Early Learning AcademyEnglish Public · 1.4 km · 17 min
  • Thorncliffe Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.4 km · 17 min

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 grocery store, a pharmacy, a community centre, licensed child care, a library, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.

15of 100
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 food3/30

    35 within 1 km

  • Transit7/28

    1 stop within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation4/10

    1 park within 500 m

  • Schools and child care1/8

    nearest school 1.4 km

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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 five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 330 rental units. The nearest is 36 Brentcliffe Rd (850 m, 262 units, 18 storeys, built 2023), which scored 100 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
36 Brentcliffe Rd · Kipling Residential Management Inc262182023100 · Nov 2025850 m · 10 min
958 Eglinton Ave E · Hannah Property Management Ltd.243194593 · Sep 20250.9 km · 11 min
27 Brentcliffe Rd · Gia Property Management123196075 · Aug 20261 km · 11 min
960 Eglinton Ave E · Poloco Holdings Inc.163194490 · Sep 20251 km · 12 min
31 Brentcliffe Rd164195884 · Oct 20251 km · 12 min

5 registered buildings · 330 units · tallest 18 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.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Four 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.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410street/outdoor (2), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft000—

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 Thorncliffe Park.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Leslie & Vanderhoof a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 12 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 & Vanderhoof?

A low-volume local intersection at the City's last count here, in 2005. Its latest count is from Jun 20, 2005, 19% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Leslie & Vanderhoof a walkable intersection?

Leslie & Vanderhoof scores 15 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: 1 park within 500 m; 1 stop within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km; nearest school 1.4 km.

Where can I park near Leslie & Vanderhoof?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 204 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,130 spaces — 20 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Leslie & Vanderhoof by transit?

Bus routes 88, 156, 34, 51 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Leslie & Vanderhoof?

None within 300 m, and 35 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Chai Biskit Co (363 m), Beytoot (792 m), Satvic Tea Co (792 m), Foodie Real Fresh (792 m) and Moonbeams & Marigolds (792 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Leslie & Vanderhoof?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 314 m away at Leonard Linton Park.

What apartment buildings are near Leslie & Vanderhoof?

Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 330 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 36 Brentcliffe Rd (850 m, 262 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 958 Eglinton Ave E (0.9 km, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 27 Brentcliffe Rd (1.0 km, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 75) and 960 Eglinton Ave E (1.0 km, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 88 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Leslie & Vanderhoof?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Thorncliffe Park page.

What neighbourhood is Leslie & Vanderhoof in?

Leslie & Vanderhoof is in Thorncliffe Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 055), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 15, Don Valley West, represented by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin.

Sources

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