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Main & Swanwick

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

Main & Swanwick, in East End-Danforth, is a low-volume local intersection. At the corner: a bike lane and a school within 250 m. Nearby: Main Street Station (Line 2) 786 m away and Danforth GO 479 m away.

Traffic volume
4,552
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 24, 2015
703 pedestrians · 88 cyclists
Collisions
45
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 33 property damage · #2228 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
Main Street Station 786 m · 2 streetcar routes · 9 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings)
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 570 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 49% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 6 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. That comes with about 4.5 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 20%, from 25 in 2016–2020 to 20 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Main & Swanwick

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)786 m
GO Transit
Danforth GO — Lakeshore East479 m
Streetcar
506503 nearest 196 m
TTC bus
641354048720231136292 nearest 16 m
Blue Night
306322300
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m — Main St at Swanwick Ave
Cycling
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Main St installed 2005
Bike Share
Gerrard St E / Main St 230 m · 22 docks · 8 stations, 141 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 (22)
  • Beaches Alternative Jr & Kimberley JrEnglish Public · 55 m
  • St John Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 452 m
  • Malvern Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 532 m
  • Notre Dame Catholic High SchoolEnglish Separate · 538 m
  • Danforth LINCEnglish Public · 733 m
  • Norway Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 844 m
  • and 16 more
Parks (23)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Main Street branch135 m
  • Toronto Public Library Beaches branch1.3 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 11 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 93. The nearest is Main Street Terrace, 87 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés11 within 300 m · 93 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 28 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Main Street Terrace · 77 Main St87 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Might & Main · 126 Main St93 mPassed, Jan 2025
East Toronto Village Children's Centre · 43 Kimberley Ave159 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Gemaro Bakery · 143 Main Stgrocery159 mPassed, Aug 2026
Gemaro Bakery · 143 Main Stgrocery160 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 2 infractions
Anima Romana Italian Bakery · 149 Main Stgrocery166 mPassed, Mar 2026
Om Ma John's Pizza & Thai Express · 162 Main St177 mPassed, Feb 2026
Red Tape Brewery · 159 Main St182 mPassed, Feb 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 Norwood Park Washroom, 265 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 263 m away at Norwood Park.

  • Norwood Park Washroom · 16 Norwood Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    265 m
  • Main Square Community Centre Washroom · 245 Main St
    View centre hours
    554 m
  • Adam Beck Community Centre Washroom · 79 Lawlor Ave
    Mon 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Tue 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Wed 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Thu 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Fri 2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.; Sat 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Sun Closed
    860 m
Drinking water
Norwood Park drinking fountain · 263 m; East Toronto Athletic Field drinking fountain · 314 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

23 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,736 spaces; 13 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Community Centre 55 - Children Services (97 Main Street) (31 m, 24 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km23 centres · 1,736 spaces
Fee subsidy13 of 23
  • Community Centre 55 - Children Services (97 Main Street) · 97 Main St
    24 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    31 m
  • Community Centre 55 - Kimberly Public School · 50 Swanwick Ave
    198 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    55 m
  • Kids Connect Daycare · 138 Main St
    57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    129 m
  • Leroux Froebel Bilingual School · 72 Main St
    104 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    136 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 226 (45 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 226 · 45 m87 Main St
Police55 Division · 2 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 46 · 1.1 km105 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 36 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,789 rental units — 14 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 5 Benlamond Ave (203 m, 55 units, 5 storeys, built 1960), which scored 93 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 41 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 29 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings36 · 2,789 units · 14 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202641 across the 36
Open fire-code violations29
Tallest29 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
5 Benlamond Ave · Signet Group Inc.555196093 · Aug 20250203 m
50 Main St · Potomac Construction Limited385197489 · Sep 20260226 m
26 Norwood Rdsocial housing · Nishnawbe Homes Inc123194089 · Oct 20250307 m
2170 Gerrard St E · Mei Kuswanto103193075 · Jun 20240328 m
2149 Gerrard St Esocial housing · Ecuhome Corporation303191096 · Sep 20260335 m
656 Kingston Rdsocial housing · Neighbourhood Link Homes1066199488 · Aug 20240366 m
600 Kingston Rd · Hazelview Property Services Inc688195790 · Aug 20261377 m
700 Kingston Rd · Greenwin Corp.387197193 · Sep 20265381 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 lots481 lots · ≈20,160 spaces · 60.5 ha
Within 500 m39 lots · ≈1,230 spaces
Green P (public)13 car parks · about 591 spaces
EV charging (City)2219 Gerrard Street East · 215 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking33 post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 777 Victoria Park Ave (1.6 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
101 Cedarvale Ave · Surface1 km3550% (Q1 2026)
72 Amroth Ave · Surface1 km5050% (Q1 2026)
117 Hammersmith Ave · Surface1.2 km2947% (Q1 2026)
136 Wineva Ave. · Surface1.2 km28 *
85 Lee Ave · Surface1.3 km6861% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 51 m away, ≈36 spaces; 115 m away, ≈17 spaces; 115 m away, ≈43 spaces; 117 m away, ≈20 spaces; 122 m away, ≈9 spaces; 124 m away, ≈18 spaces. More EV charging: 2231 Gerrard Street East (262 m, 1 ports); 216 Oakcrest Ave (537 m, 2 ports); 912 Kingston Road (852 m, 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, Nov 24, 2015

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 2,048 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 45% of the total, against 649 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the north (42 of 88). Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 743 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 18% above the afternoon peak from 2:45 p.m. (630). 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 11 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2015, 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 north2,048southbound · 42 bikes · 15.6% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles4,552703 pedestrians · 88 cyclists · 15.1% heavy
From the east649westbound · 24 bikes · 7.7% heavy
From the south1,855northbound · 22 bikes · 17.2% heavy
AM peak hour743 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour630 vehicles from 2:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 24, 2015

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 Benlamond Ave and Swanwick Ave, 80 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2026 put the average speed at 35 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 42 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 45 km/h or more. That segment carries about 8,900 vehicles a day. Swanwick Ave between Main St and Lane E of Main and S of Swanwick measured slower: 30 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (May 2019). At the school-zone speed sign on Main St (46 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.5% of the 124,418 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Swanwick Ave · Main St – Lane E of Main and S of Swanwick · 22 mMay 2019 · 3 days1,92630 km/h38 km/h42 km/h
Main St · Benlamond Ave – Swanwick Ave · 80 mMay 2026 · 3 days8,92735 km/h42 km/h45 km/h

School-zone speed sign 46 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct34 · 40 km/h
Over the limit3.0%
50 km/h or more0.5%

Main St (northbound), 91 Main Street · 124,418 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 2018, with 11 collisions; 2025 recorded 4. 4 collisions (9%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 22% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 27, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions45#2228 of 5,508
With an injury4#3109 of 4,660
Property damage only33
Fail to remain10
Involving a pedestrian1#3059 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201456latest May 27, 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

Five thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Mar 9, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle531street/outdoor (3), other (2)
Bicycle theft100street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 9, 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 & Swanwick a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 45 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 & Swanwick?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Nov 24, 2015, 49% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Main & Swanwick?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Main St between Benlamond Ave and Swanwick Ave (May 2026), found an average of 35 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 42 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 46 m away (40 km/h), 0.5% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Main & Swanwick?

The nearest Green P car park is 101 Cedarvale Ave (1.0 km away, 35 spaces, 50% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 481 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,160 spaces — 39 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2219 Gerrard Street East (215 m).

How do I get to Main & Swanwick by transit?

Main Street Station (Line 2) is 786 m away; Danforth GO is 479 m away; streetcar routes 506, 503 stop within 1 km, the nearest 196 m away; bus routes 64, 135, 404, 87, 20, 23, 113, 62 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Main St at Swanwick Ave, 16 m).

What restaurants are near Main & Swanwick?

11 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 93 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Main Street Terrace (87 m), Might & Main (93 m), East Toronto Village Children's Centre (159 m), Om Ma John's Pizza & Thai Express (177 m) and Red Tape Brewery (182 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 & Swanwick?

The nearest is Norwood Park Washroom, 16 Norwood Rd, 265 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Main Square Community Centre Washroom (554 m); Adam Beck Community Centre Washroom (860 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 & Swanwick?

23 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,736 spaces in total; 13 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Community Centre 55 - Children Services (97 Main Street) (31 m, 24 spaces), Community Centre 55 - Kimberly Public School (55 m, 198 spaces) and Kids Connect Daycare (129 m, 57 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Main & Swanwick?

36 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,789 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 5 Benlamond Ave (203 m, 55 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 50 Main St (226 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 26 Norwood Rd (307 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 2170 Gerrard St E (328 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 75). The average RentSafeTO score across the 36 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 & Swanwick?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 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 & Swanwick in?

Main & Swanwick is in East End-Danforth (City of Toronto neighbourhood 062). It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford.

Sources

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