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Main & Doncaster

Main St & Doncaster Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Taylor-Massey · Ward 19, Beaches-East York

Main & Doncaster, in Taylor-Massey, is a lightly travelled intersection. At the corner: a bike lane, a school within 250 m and a park. Nearby: Main Street Station (Line 2) 317 m away and Danforth GO 632 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
4,355
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 7, 2017
480 pedestrians · 32 cyclists
Collisions
16
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 11 property damage · #3685 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
4
TTC stops within 100 m
Main Street Station 317 m · 1 streetcar route · 11 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings)
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 540 vehicles an hour, 47% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 9 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. On average 1.6 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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Main & Doncaster

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Main Street Station (Line 2)317 m; Woodbine Station (Line 2)909 m
GO Transit
Danforth GO — Lakeshore East632 m
Streetcar
506 nearest 341 m
TTC bus
6287404232011313564919392 nearest 14 m
Blue Night
306300
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Doncaster Ave at Main St; Main St at Doncaster Ave
Cycling
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Main St installed 2001
Bike Share
Lumsden Ave / Eastdale Ave 353 m · 20 docks · 11 stations, 206 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 (15)
  • Secord Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 147 m
  • William J McCordic SchoolEnglish Public · 375 m
  • Danforth LINCEnglish Public · 409 m
  • Community Life Christian SchoolPrivate · 519 m
  • Gledhill Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 661 m
  • D A Morrison Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 783 m
  • and 9 more
Community centres
Parks (27)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Main Street branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Dawes Road branch1.2 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 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 84. The nearest is Annie's Place - East Toronto Early Learning Centre, 147 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 84 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 34 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Annie's Place - East Toronto Early Learning Centre · 101 Barrington Ave147 mPassed, Aug 2026
Muppets Children's Centre · 314 Main St347 mPassed, Jul 2026
Diamond Pizza& Stone Grill · 510 Main St354 mPassed, Sep 2025 · 1 infraction
L.b. Supermarket · 391 Lumsden Avegrocery358 mPassed, Aug 2024
KFC · 2500 Danforth Ave380 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Sultan · 2558 Danforth Ave Unit-1381 mPassed, Jun 2026
Pavillion Pastries · 2554 Danforth Ave None385 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
Great Fruit Bubble Tea · 2596 Danforth Avegrocery389 mPassed, Jul 2026

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 Secord Community Centre Washroom, 144 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 376 m away at Coleman Park.

  • Secord Community Centre Washroom · 91 Barrington Ave
    View centre hours
    144 m
  • Main Square Community Centre Washroom · 245 Main St
    View centre hours
    581 m
  • Taylor Creek Park Washroom · 260 Dawes Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    682 m
Drinking water
Coleman Park drinking fountain · 376 m; Gledhill Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 522 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

15 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 957 spaces; 11 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Eyet Early Learning Centre (Annie's Place) (147 m, 158 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km15 centres · 957 spaces
Fee subsidy11 of 15
  • Eyet Early Learning Centre (Annie's Place) · 101 Barrington Ave
    158 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    147 m
  • Secord School Age YMCA · 91 Barrington Ave
    30 spaces · school age · fee subsidy
    148 m
  • Muppets Children's Centre 316 · 316 Main St
    26 spaces · infant, toddler · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    339 m
  • Muppets Children's Centre 314 · 314 Main St
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    348 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 224 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 780 m away.

FireFire Station 224 · 1.1 km1313 Woodbine Ave
Police55 Division · 2.7 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 46 · 780 m105 Cedarvale 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 38 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 4,866 rental units — seven social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 114 Barrington Ave (95 m, 12 units, 3 storeys, built 1968), which scored 91 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 95 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 76 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings38 · 4,866 units · 7 social housing
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202695 across the 38
Open fire-code violations76
Tallest42 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
114 Barrington Ave123196891 · Aug 2025095 m
2 Secord Ave · Preston Group30322197197 · Aug 20259215 m
156 Barrington Ave · 1979017 Ontario Inc.123196093 · Aug 20250225 m
165 Barrington Ave · Ranee Management26519196594 · Aug 20262 · 8 fire239 m
195 Barrington Ave · Ranee Management23417196786 · Aug 20244 · 9 fire355 m
90 Eastdale Ave · Preston Group - Toronto, On38324196997 · Oct 202420366 m
2526 Danforth Avesocial housing · Community First Development Inc487198892 · Sep 20250383 m
94 Eastdale Ave · Dbs Communities807202498 · Sep 20253394 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 lots455 lots · ≈19,690 spaces · 59.1 ha
Within 500 m32 lots · ≈970 spaces
Green P (public)6 car parks · about 322 spaces
EV charging (City)216 Oakcrest Ave · 684 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking2 post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 777 Victoria Park Ave (1.2 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
101 Cedarvale Ave · Surface835 m3550% (Q1 2026)
72 Amroth Ave · Surface1 km5050% (Q1 2026)
Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface1.2 km173 *
1612 Danforth Ave · Surface1.8 km2275% (Q1 2026)
850 Coxwell Ave · Surface1.9 km1862% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 23 m away, ≈12 spaces; 43 m away, ≈14 spaces; 158 m away, ≈60 spaces; 206 m away, ≈71 spaces; 284 m away, ≈53 spaces; 291 m away, ≈5 spaces. More EV charging: 2219 Gerrard Street East (907 m, 2 ports); 2231 Gerrard Street East (919 m, 1 ports); 543 Strathmore Blvd (1 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, Mar 7, 2017

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 1,804 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 41% of the total, against 608 from the west. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 753 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 23% above the afternoon peak from 4:30 p.m. (610). Trucks and buses were 15.1% 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 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 10 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2017, 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 north830southbound · 4 bikes · 10.1% heavy
From the west608eastbound · 8 bikes · 17.1% heavy
Total vehicles4,355480 pedestrians · 32 cyclists · 15.1% heavy
From the east1,113westbound · 5 bikes · 16.8% heavy
From the south1,804northbound · 15 bikes · 15.7% heavy
AM peak hour753 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour610 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 7, 2017

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 Doncaster Ave between Lane E of Main St and S of Doncaster and Barrington Ave, 82 m from the corner, a 2-day count in November 2013 put the average speed at 43 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 49 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 54 km/h or more. That segment carries about 4,900 vehicles a day. Main St between Doncaster Ave and Lumsden Ave measured slower: 41 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Apr 2022). The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Palmer St. (241 m away, 30 km/h limit), 1.5% of the 7,536 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Doncaster Ave · Lane E of Main St and S of Doncaster – Barrington Ave · 82 mNov 2013 · 2 days4,93643 km/h49 km/h54 km/h
Main St · Doncaster Ave – Lumsden Ave · 183 mApr 2022 · 3 days2,94841 km/h48 km/h52 km/h

School-zone speed sign 241 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct16 · 28 km/h
Over the limit5.8%
40 km/h or more1.5%

Palmer St. (southbound), 101 Barrington Avenue · 7,536 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 2024, with 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 2 collisions (13%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (6%). Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 19, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions16#3685 of 5,508
With an injury2#3677 of 4,660
Property damage only11
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#1742 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201427latest Mar 19, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Nov 28, 2012.

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

Nine thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 4 in 2023–2025, about 1.3 a year, against 1.0 a year before that. 44% of the vehicle thefts were from other premises.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle930other (4), house driveway/garage (3)
Bicycle theft210other (1), street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 1, 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 Taylor-Massey.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Main & Doncaster a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 16 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 Main & Doncaster?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Mar 7, 2017, 47% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Main & Doncaster?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Doncaster Ave between Lane E of Main St and S of Doncaster and Barrington Ave (November 2013), found an average of 43 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 241 m away (30 km/h), 1.5% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Main & Doncaster?

The nearest Green P car park is 101 Cedarvale Ave (835 m away, 35 spaces, 50% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 455 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,690 spaces — 32 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 216 Oakcrest Ave (684 m).

How do I get to Main & Doncaster by transit?

Main Street Station (Line 2) is 317 m away; Danforth GO is 632 m away; streetcar route 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 341 m away; bus routes 62, 87, 404, 23, 20, 113, 135, 64 and 3 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Doncaster Ave at Main St, 14 m).

What restaurants are near Main & Doncaster?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 84 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Annie's Place - East Toronto Early Learning Centre (147 m), Muppets Children's Centre (347 m), Diamond Pizza& Stone Grill (354 m), KFC (380 m) and Sultan (381 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 Main & Doncaster?

The nearest is Secord Community Centre Washroom, 91 Barrington Ave, 144 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Main Square Community Centre Washroom (581 m); Taylor Creek Park Washroom (682 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 Main & Doncaster?

15 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 957 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Eyet Early Learning Centre (Annie's Place) (147 m, 158 spaces), Secord School Age YMCA (148 m, 30 spaces) and Muppets Children's Centre 316 (339 m, 26 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Main & Doncaster?

38 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,866 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 114 Barrington Ave (95 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 2 Secord Ave (215 m, 303 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 156 Barrington Ave (225 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 165 Barrington Ave (239 m, 265 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 38 is 93 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 Main & Doncaster?

Toronto Police place nine thefts from vehicles and two 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 Taylor-Massey page.

What neighbourhood is Main & Doncaster in?

Main & Doncaster is in Taylor-Massey (City of Toronto neighbourhood 061), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford.

Sources

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