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Lesmount & Plains

Lesmount Ave & Plains Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Old East York · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Lesmount & Plains, in Old East York, is a quiet local crossing, with significant cycling traffic. Nearby is 12 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,626
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 12, 2005
228 pedestrians · 150 cyclists
Collisions
19
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 10 property damage · #3502 of 5,508 · +1 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
10 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 200 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 18% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 7 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 9.2% of vehicle volume, about 12× the typical share. On average 1.9 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Lesmount & Plains

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
5188762721002588156403 nearest 82 m
Blue Night
322325
Nearest stops
12 surface stops within 300 m — Donlands Ave at Plains Rd; Donlands Ave at Torrens Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Cosburn Ave / Donlands Ave 301 m · 19 docks · 6 stations, 90 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 (17)
  • The Three Hierarchs AcademyPrivate · 273 m
  • Holy Cross Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 367 m
  • William Burgess Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 563 m
  • Diefenbaker Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 809 m
  • Cosburn Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 859 m
  • Chester Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 11 more
Parks (21)
  • Four Oaks Gate Park505 m
  • Dieppe Park511 m
  • Gamble Playground511 m
  • Kiwanis Parkette789 m
  • Arthur Dyson Parkette791 m
  • Coxwell Ravine Park878 m
  • and 15 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch671 m
  • Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch946 m
  • Toronto Public Library Thorncliffe branch1.1 km

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 13 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 44. The nearest is 367 Cafe, 62 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2025.

Restaurants & cafés13 within 300 m · 44 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
367 Cafe · 367 Donlands Ave62 mPassed, Aug 2025
Donlands Convenience · 363 Donlands Avegrocery62 mPassed, Mar 2025
Rajkapuri Paan & Snacks · 377 Donlands Ave66 mPassed, Apr 2026
Captain John Donlands Fish and Chips · 373 Donlands Avegrocery70 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 1 infraction
Simba Grill · 375 Donlands Ave73 mPassed, Mar 2025 · 2 infractions
Henry's Milk · 346 Donlands Ave115 mPassed, Mar 2025
Fresh From the Farm · 350 Donlands Ave118 mPassed, Feb 2025 · 1 infraction
Select Bakery Patisserie · 405 Donlands Avegrocery134 mPassed, Sep 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 Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 447 m away — currently listed as closed (closed for the season); in season it is View outdoor rink hours. A drinking fountain is 487 m away at Dieppe Park.

  • Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    447 m
  • Dieppe Park Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    558 m
  • East York Community Centre Washroom · 1081 Pape Ave
    View centre hours
    653 m
Drinking water
Dieppe Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 487 m; Gamble Playground drinking fountain · 513 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 572 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Woodgreen Community Services (the)(Debbie Yeung Child Care Centre) (304 m, 59 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km8 centres · 572 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 8
  • Woodgreen Community Services (the)(Debbie Yeung Child Care Centre) · 249 Cosburn Ave
    59 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    304 m
  • Network Childcare Services - Holy Cross · 299a Donlands Ave
    99 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    367 m
  • William Burgess Jr YMCA · 100 Torrens Ave
    166 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    563 m
  • East York Montessori School · 486 Cosburn Ave
    31 spaces · toddler, preschool
    619 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 322 (263 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (3.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 735 m away.

FireFire Station 322 · 263 m256 Cosburn Ave
Police55 Division · 3.3 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 735 m1300 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

Within a kilometre there are 58 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 4,857 rental units, 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 338-342 Donlands Ave (112 m, 36 units, 3 storeys, built 1949), which scored 97 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 125 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 93 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings58 · 4,857 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026125 across the 58
Open fire-code violations93
Tallest25 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
338-342 Donlands Ave · Greenwin Corp.363194997 · Aug 20241112 m
260 Gamble Ave · Greenwin Corp.243195098 · Jul 20253193 m
257 Torrens Ave173195094 · Jul 20250 · 5 fire204 m
9 Elmsdale Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.384194586 · Jul 20241254 m
250 Cosburn Ave406192781 · Jul 20251 · 5 fire277 m
246 Cosburn Ave · Colonia Treuhand Management Inc.406195596 · Jul 20250295 m
243 Cosburn Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.326200497 · Jul 20252318 m
240 Cosburn Ave · M&r Property Management386195993 · Jul 20250319 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 lots460 lots · ≈26,040 spaces · 78.1 ha
Within 500 m28 lots · ≈610 spaces
Green P (public)14 car parks · about 515 spaces
EV charging (City)132 Chatham Ave · 1.6 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking12 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
850 Coxwell Ave · Surface1.2 km1862% (Q1 2026)
31 Langford Ave · Surface1.4 km2761% (Q1 2026)
12 Woodycrest Ave · Surface1.4 km3543% (Q1 2026)
17 Eaton Ave · Surface1.5 km3065% (Q1 2026)
20 Eaton Avenue · Surface1.5 km70 *

Nearest lots: 61 m away, ≈19 spaces; 115 m away, ≈20 spaces; 122 m away, ≈16 spaces; 132 m away, ≈6 spaces; 160 m away, ≈23 spaces; 182 m away, ≈42 spaces. More EV charging: 41 FULTON AVE (1.7 km, 2 ports); 124 Mount Joy Ave (1.8 km, 2 ports); 503 Jones Ave (1.8 km, 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 — 8-hour, Sep 12, 2005

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 688 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 42% of the total, against 153 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 320 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 323 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles were a negligible share of traffic (0.4%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 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 north226southbound · 15 bikes · 0.4% heavy
From the west559eastbound · 54 bikes · 0.2% heavy
Total vehicles1,626228 pedestrians · 150 cyclists · 0.4% heavy
From the east688westbound · 58 bikes · 0.7% heavy
From the south153northbound · 23 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour320 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour323 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 12, 2005

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 Plains Rd between Northbrook Rd and Athlone Rd, 371 m from the corner, a 3-day count in September 2004 put the average speed at 36 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 44 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 48 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,200 vehicles a day. Lesmount Ave between Memorial Park Ave and Cosburn Ave measured slower: 25 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 35 km/h (Jun 2025). The reading is 22 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Lesmount Ave (319 m away, 30 km/h limit), 2.5% of the 23,144 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Lesmount Ave · Memorial Park Ave – Cosburn Ave · 316 mJun 2025 · 3 days46625 km/h35 km/h40 km/h
Plains Rd · Northbrook Rd – Athlone Rd · 371 mSep 2004 · 3 days2,21036 km/h44 km/h48 km/h

School-zone speed sign 319 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct23 · 32 km/h
Over the limit9.5%
40 km/h or more2.5%

Lesmount Ave (southbound), 21 Lesmount Avenue · 23,144 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 2019, with 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 4 collisions (21%) involved an injury. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 26% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 2, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions19#3502 of 5,508
With an injury4#3056 of 4,660
Property damage only10
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201422latest Feb 2, 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

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.

Thefts reported at this corner

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

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 18, 2022. 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 Old East York.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Lesmount & Plains a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 19 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 Lesmount & Plains?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Sep 12, 2005, 18% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Lesmount & Plains?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Plains Rd between Northbrook Rd and Athlone Rd (September 2004), found an average of 36 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 319 m away (30 km/h), 2.5% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Lesmount & Plains?

The nearest Green P car park is 850 Coxwell Ave (1.2 km away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 460 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,040 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 132 Chatham Ave (1.6 km).

How do I get to Lesmount & Plains by transit?

Bus routes 51, 8, 87, 62, 72, 100, 25, 88 and 2 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Donlands Ave at Plains Rd, 82 m).

What restaurants are near Lesmount & Plains?

13 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 44 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are 367 Cafe (62 m), Rajkapuri Paan & Snacks (66 m), Simba Grill (73 m), Henry's Milk (115 m) and Fresh From the Farm (118 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 Lesmount & Plains?

The nearest is Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 455 Cosburn Ave, 447 m away (View outdoor rink hours). The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season. Next nearest: Dieppe Park Washroom (558 m); East York Community Centre Washroom (653 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 Lesmount & Plains?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 572 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Woodgreen Community Services (the)(Debbie Yeung Child Care Centre) (304 m, 59 spaces), Network Childcare Services - Holy Cross (367 m, 99 spaces) and William Burgess Jr YMCA (563 m, 166 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Lesmount & Plains?

58 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,857 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 338-342 Donlands Ave (112 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 260 Gamble Ave (193 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 257 Torrens Ave (204 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 9 Elmsdale Rd (254 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 58 is 90 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 Lesmount & Plains?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 Old East York page.

What neighbourhood is Lesmount & Plains in?

Lesmount & Plains is in Old East York (City of Toronto neighbourhood 058). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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