Toronto · intersection · signal 2465

Lesmill & Duncan Mill

Lesmill Rd & Duncan Mill Rd · Toronto, Ontario · St.Andrew-Windfields · Ward 16, Don Valley East

Lesmill & Duncan Mill is a moderately travelled crossing. It sits in St.Andrew-Windfields. At the corner: 3 schools within 250 m and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: Oriole GO 713 m away and 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
13,868
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jan 22, 2026
164 pedestrians · 2 cyclists · #1397 busiest
Collisions
105
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
14 with an injury · 71 property damage · #1063 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 1 cyclist · #845 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
5 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 990 vehicles, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 85 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 11 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 7.6 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.53× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 36%, from 64 in 2016–2020 to 41 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 105 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Lesmill & Duncan Mill

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
Oriole GO — Richmond Hill713 m
TTC bus
122511159525 nearest 24 m
Express
995996925
Blue Night
395325
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Lesmill Rd at Duncan Mill Rd; Duncan Mill Rd at Lesmill Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Duncan Mill Rd / Valleybrook Dr 488 m · 15 docks · 2 stations, 29 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 (24)
  • Metropolitan Preparatory Academy SchoolPrivate · 58 m
  • Brooklyn College Secondary SchoolPrivate · 140 m
  • Webtree AcademyPrivate · 147 m
  • Sidney Ledson Institute For Intell'l Adv'mt SchoolPrivate · 491 m
  • Central Montessori School - York MillsPrivate · 536 m
  • Bayview Glen Private SchoolPrivate · 564 m
  • and 18 more
Parks (16)
  • Moatfield Farm Park386 m
  • Woodsworth Greenbelt454 m
  • Kirkwood Park615 m
  • Betty Sutherland Trail Park691 m
  • Vyner Greenbelt779 m
  • Woodsworth Parkette783 m
  • and 10 more
Places of interest
  • Canadian Sculpture CentreGallery · 653 m
Signal
2465, activated 2018 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval East/West

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 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 51. The nearest is Lucas Coffee Shop, 245 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 51 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 4 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Lucas Coffee Shop · 101 Duncan Mill Rd245 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
The Keg · 1977 Leslie St249 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 2 infractions
Taste Culinary Inc · 1961 Leslie St328 mPassed, Jun 2026
York Mills Gallery · 1885 Leslie St None425 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Shirini Sara Pastry House · 1881 Leslie St, Unit-1433 mPassed, Jul 2025 · 3 infractions
Mama's Greek Cuisine · 1881 Leslie St Unit-B433 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Shirini Sara Pastry House · 1881 Leslie St Unit-1433 mPassed, Jul 2026
Phipps Desserts · 1875 Leslie St475 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 1 infraction

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

No City washroom within 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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 503 spaces; one accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Central Montessori Schools - York Mills Campus (535 m, 319 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km3 centres · 503 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 3
  • Central Montessori Schools - York Mills Campus · 18 Coldwater Rd
    319 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    535 m
  • Bayview Glen · 275 Duncan Mill Rd
    78 spaces · toddler, preschool
    570 m
  • Dunlace Children's Centre · 20 Dunlace Dr
    106 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 116 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 33 Division (1.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.1 km away.

FireFire Station 116 · 1.1 km255 Esther Shiner Blvd
Police33 Division · 1.3 km50 Upjohn Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 23 · 2.1 km115 Parkway Forest Dr

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 seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 991 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 44 Stubbs Dr (377 m, 84 units, 7 storeys, built 1974), which scored 98 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 95, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 28 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 11 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings7 · 991 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score95 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202628 across the 7
Open fire-code violations11
Tallest19 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
44 Stubbs Dr · CAPREIT847197498 · Oct 20252377 m
17 Farmstead Rd · Minto Properties Inc13619197094 · Aug 20266742 m
750 York Mills Rd · Minto Properties Inc13719197095 · Aug 20267 · 6 fire795 m
740 York Mills Rd · Minto Properties Inc13719197097 · Oct 20257 · 1 fire839 m
2020 Don Mills Rdsocial housing · Operating Engineers Local 793 Nph Inc22114199385 · Sep 20244 · 4 fire888 m
755 York Mills Rd · M&r Property Management13818197096 · Aug 20261937 m
745 York Mills Rd · M&r Property Management13818197297 · Aug 202611 km

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 lots270 lots · ≈38,650 spaces · 116 ha
Within 500 m40 lots · ≈7,630 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 468 spaces
EV charging (City)Bessarion CC · 1.6 km · 10 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Leslie Lot - 2760 Old Leslie Street · Surface1.3 km102 *
Don Mills Lot - 1800 Sheppard Ave East · Surface1.9 km366 *

Nearest lots: 34 m away, ≈112 spaces; 36 m away, ≈10 spaces; 75 m away, ≈50 spaces; 87 m away, ≈117 spaces; 97 m away, ≈299 spaces; 98 m away, ≈79 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, Jan 22, 2026

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 6,916 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 3,166 from the south. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 1,824 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 59% above the afternoon peak from 3:00 p.m. (1,150). Heavy vehicles made up 3.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north6,916southbound · 0 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles13,868164 pedestrians · 2 cyclists · 3.8% heavy
From the east3,786westbound · 0 bikes · 4.8% heavy
From the south3,166northbound · 2 bikes · 4.6% heavy
AM peak hour1,824 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,150 vehicles from 3:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jan 22, 2026

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 Lesmill Rd between Duncan Mill Rd and Leslie N, 259 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in March 2013 put the average speed at 49 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 58 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 63 km/h or more. That segment carries about 13,400 vehicles a day. Duncan Mill Rd between Lesmill Rd and Valleybrook Dr measured slower: 44 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 54 km/h (Mar 2013). The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Duncan Mill Rd · Lesmill Rd – Valleybrook Dr · 234 mMar 2013 · 24 h7,06644 km/h54 km/h59 km/h
Lesmill Rd · Duncan Mill Rd – Leslie N · 259 mMar 2013 · 24 h13,42849 km/h58 km/h63 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 21 collisions; 2025 recorded 11. 14 collisions (13%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 22 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 4 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 12, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 7.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions105#1063 of 5,508
With an injury14#1259 of 4,660
Property damage only71
Fail to remain22
Involving a pedestrian3#1213 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1767 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified20
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 2014139latest Jun 12, 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 cyclist was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Jun 10, 2025. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#845 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#117 of 271
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20062latest Jun 10, 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

Ten 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. The pace has been steady at around 1.0 a year. 90% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1030street/outdoor (9), other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 17, 2025. 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 St.Andrew-Windfields.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lesmill & Duncan Mill a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#845 of 1,505), out of 105 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 Lesmill & Duncan Mill?

A moderately travelled crossing. It ranks #1397 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Lesmill & Duncan Mill?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Lesmill Rd between Duncan Mill Rd and Leslie N (March 2013), found an average of 49 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 58 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Lesmill & Duncan Mill?

The nearest Green P car park is Leslie Lot - 2760 Old Leslie Street (1.3 km away, 102 spaces). The City's mapping shows 270 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 38,650 spaces — 40 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at Bessarion CC (1.6 km).

How do I get to Lesmill & Duncan Mill by transit?

Oriole GO is 713 m away; bus routes 122, 51, 115, 95, 25, 995, 996, 925 within 1 km (nearest stop: Lesmill Rd at Duncan Mill Rd, 24 m).

What restaurants are near Lesmill & Duncan Mill?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 51 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Lucas Coffee Shop (245 m), The Keg (249 m), Taste Culinary Inc (328 m), York Mills Gallery (425 m) and Shirini Sara Pastry House (433 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Lesmill & Duncan Mill?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 503 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Central Montessori Schools - York Mills Campus (535 m, 319 spaces), Bayview Glen (570 m, 78 spaces) and Dunlace Children's Centre (1.0 km, 106 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lesmill & Duncan Mill?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 991 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 44 Stubbs Dr (377 m, 84 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 17 Farmstead Rd (742 m, 136 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 750 York Mills Rd (795 m, 137 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 740 York Mills Rd (839 m, 137 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 95 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 Lesmill & Duncan Mill?

Toronto Police place ten thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts 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 St.Andrew-Windfields page.

What neighbourhood is Lesmill & Duncan Mill in?

Lesmill & Duncan Mill is in St.Andrew-Windfields (City of Toronto neighbourhood 040). It is in Ward 16, Don Valley East, represented by Councillor Jon Burnside.

Sources

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