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Main & Stephenson

Main St & Stephenson Ave · Toronto, Ontario · East End-Danforth · Ward 19, Beaches-East York · Danforth Village BIA

Main & Stephenson, in East End-Danforth, is an intersection of typical volume. At the corner: Main Street Station, a bike lane and a school within 250 m. Nearby: Danforth GO 168 m away.

Traffic volume
8,104
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 6, 2007
145 pedestrians · 33 cyclists
Collisions
37
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 32 property damage · #2515 of 5,508
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
Main Street Station
subway station within 250 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 1,010 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 56 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 3.7 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 58%, from 26 in 2016–2020 to 11 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Main & Stephenson

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)155 m; Woodbine Station (Line 2)867 m
GO Transit
Danforth GO — Lakeshore East168 m
Streetcar
506 nearest 40 m
TTC bus
6487135232011362404929193 nearest 14 m
Blue Night
306300
Nearest stops
15 surface stops within 300 m — Main St at Danforth Ave - Danforth GO Station; Main St at Danforth Ave South Side - Danforth GO Station
Cycling
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Main St installed 2001
Bike Share
Danforth Ave / Westlake Ave 264 m · 15 docks · 10 stations, 196 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)
  • Danforth LINCEnglish Public · 175 m
  • William J McCordic SchoolEnglish Public · 390 m
  • Secord Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 523 m
  • Beaches Alternative Jr & Kimberley JrEnglish Public · 596 m
  • Gledhill Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 618 m
  • Community Life Christian SchoolPrivate · 750 m
  • and 11 more
Community centres
Parks (22)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Main Street branch505 m

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 15 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 7 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 94. The nearest is Gateway Newstands, 82 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2024 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés15 within 300 m · 94 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience7 within 300 m · 34 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Gateway Newstands · 2550 Danforth Ave82 mPassed, Sep 2024 · 1 infraction
Pavillion Pastries · 2554 Danforth Ave None86 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
Sultan · 2558 Danforth Ave Unit-191 mPassed, Jun 2026
New Baitul Muqaddas Halal Pizza · 2584 Danforth Ave104 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
New Baitul Muqaddas Halal Pizza · 2584 Danforth Ave104 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 2 infractions
Subway · 2575 Danforth Ave118 mPassed, Jul 2026
Tim Hortons · 2575 Danforth Ave118 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
KFC · 2500 Danforth Ave120 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions

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 Main Square Community Centre Washroom, 156 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 197 m away at Stephenson Park.

  • Main Square Community Centre Washroom · 245 Main St
    View centre hours
    156 m
  • Secord Community Centre Washroom · 91 Barrington Ave
    View centre hours
    489 m
  • Norwood Park Washroom · 16 Norwood Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    632 m
Drinking water
Stephenson Park drinking fountain · 197 m; Coleman Park drinking fountain · 218 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

20 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,367 spaces; 11 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Muppets Infant & Toddler Centre 312 (117 m, 63 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten).

Within 1 km20 centres · 1,367 spaces
Fee subsidy11 of 20
  • Muppets Infant & Toddler Centre 312 · 312 Main St
    63 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    117 m
  • Muppets Children's Centre 314 · 314 Main St
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    125 m
  • Main Square Day Care Centre · 265 Main St
    65 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    132 m
  • Muppets Children's Centre 316 · 316 Main St
    26 spaces · infant, toddler · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    135 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 226 (671 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 736 m away.

FireFire Station 226 · 671 m87 Main St
Police55 Division · 2.4 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 46 · 736 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 37 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 4,499 rental units — 11 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 275 Main St (34 m, 324 units, 29 storeys, built 1971), which scored 95 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 80 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 58 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings37 · 4,499 units · 11 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202680 across the 37
Open fire-code violations58
Tallest42 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
275 Main St · Realstar32429197195 · Jul 20250 · 15 fire34 m
255 Main St · Realstar1289196993 · Jul 2025087 m
2526 Danforth Avesocial housing · Community First Development Inc487198892 · Sep 20250104 m
2575 Danforth Ave · Realstar33523197098 · Aug 20268118 m
265 Main St · Realstar29324197095 · Aug 20260 · 11 fire132 m
62 Dawes Rdsocial housing · Riverdale Housing Action Group144199487 · Aug 20260451 m
20 Trent Avesocial housing1118199297 · Aug 20250461 m
2170 Gerrard St E · Mei Kuswanto103193075 · Jun 20240476 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 lots449 lots · ≈20,830 spaces · 62.5 ha
Within 500 m52 lots · ≈2,020 spaces
Green P (public)9 car parks · about 512 spaces
EV charging (City)216 Oakcrest Ave · 316 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking52 post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 777 Victoria Park Ave (1.3 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
101 Cedarvale Ave · Surface763 m3550% (Q1 2026)
72 Amroth Ave · Surface852 m5050% (Q1 2026)
Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface1.2 km173 *
197 Blantyre Ave · Surface1.7 km8329% (Q1 2026)
1612 Danforth Ave · Surface1.8 km2275% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 62 m away, ≈6 spaces; 79 m away, ≈11 spaces; 105 m away, ≈6 spaces; 107 m away, ≈90 spaces; 117 m away, ≈7 spaces; 118 m away, ≈19 spaces. More EV charging: 2219 Gerrard Street East (438 m, 2 ports); 2231 Gerrard Street East (461 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, Dec 6, 2007

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 3,980 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 417 from the west. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,207 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,185 from 5:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 8.8% 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 19 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2007, 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 north3,707southbound · 13 bikes · 10.3% heavy
From the west417eastbound · 1 bikes · 1.2% heavy
Total vehicles8,104145 pedestrians · 33 cyclists · 8.8% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south3,980northbound · 19 bikes · 8.2% heavy
AM peak hour1,207 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,185 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 6, 2007

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 Main St between Danforth Ave and Lane N of Danforth and W of Main St, 82 m from the corner, a 2-day count in October 2013 put the average speed at 42 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 49 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 53 km/h or more. That segment carries about 4,800 vehicles a day. Stephenson Ave between Morton Rd and Westlake Ave measured slower: 26 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 34 km/h (Jun 2025). The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Main St · Danforth Ave – Lane N of Danforth and W of Main St · 82 mOct 2013 · 2 days4,81742 km/h49 km/h53 km/h
Stephenson Ave · Morton Rd – Westlake Ave · 352 mJun 2025 · 3 days49626 km/h34 km/h38 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 6. 1 collision (3%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. The most recent report on file is from Dec 21, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions37#2515 of 5,508
With an injury1#4581 of 4,660
Property damage only32
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian1#3050 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
All since 201445latest Dec 21, 2025

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

43 thefts from vehicles and six bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 8.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 4.9 a year. 70% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 67% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 20, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle4381street/outdoor (30), apartment parking (12)
Bicycle theft641apartment parking (4), other (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 20, 2026. 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 East End-Danforth.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Main & Stephenson a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 37 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 & Stephenson?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Dec 6, 2007, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Main & Stephenson?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Main St between Danforth Ave and Lane N of Danforth and W of Main St (October 2013), found an average of 42 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Main & Stephenson?

The nearest Green P car park is 101 Cedarvale Ave (763 m away, 35 spaces, 50% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 449 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,830 spaces — 52 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 216 Oakcrest Ave (316 m).

How do I get to Main & Stephenson by transit?

Main Street Station (Line 2) is 155 m away; Danforth GO is 168 m away; streetcar route 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 40 m away; bus routes 64, 87, 135, 23, 20, 113, 62, 404 and 3 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Main St at Danforth Ave - Danforth GO Station, 14 m).

What restaurants are near Main & Stephenson?

15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 94 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Gateway Newstands (82 m), Pavillion Pastries (86 m), Sultan (91 m), New Baitul Muqaddas Halal Pizza (104 m) and New Baitul Muqaddas Halal Pizza (104 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 & Stephenson?

The nearest is Main Square Community Centre Washroom, 245 Main St, 156 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Secord Community Centre Washroom (489 m); Norwood Park Washroom (632 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 & Stephenson?

20 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,367 spaces in total; 11 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Muppets Infant & Toddler Centre 312 (117 m, 63 spaces), Muppets Children's Centre 314 (125 m, 52 spaces) and Main Square Day Care Centre (132 m, 65 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Main & Stephenson?

37 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,499 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 275 Main St (34 m, 324 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 255 Main St (87 m, 128 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 2526 Danforth Ave (104 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 2575 Danforth Ave (118 m, 335 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 37 is 92 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 & Stephenson?

Toronto Police place 43 thefts from vehicles and six bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. 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 East End-Danforth page.

What neighbourhood is Main & Stephenson in?

Main & Stephenson is in East End-Danforth (City of Toronto neighbourhood 062). It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford. The corner falls inside the Danforth Village Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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