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Markham & Herrick

Markham St & Herrick St · Toronto, Ontario · Palmerston-Little Italy · Ward 11, University-Rosedale

In Palmerston-Little Italy, in central Toronto, Markham & Herrick is a low-volume local intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has 2 schools within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: Bathurst Station (Line 2) 365 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
330
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 14, 2021
222 pedestrians · 52 cyclists
Collisions
2
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 1 property damage · #5371 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Bathurst Station 365 m · 3 streetcar routes · 4 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 8-hour count works out to close to 40 vehicles, 4% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 1.5 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 15.8% of vehicle volume, about 20× the typical share. That comes with about 0.2 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Markham & Herrick

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Bathurst Station (Line 2)365 m; Christie Station (Line 2)522 m; Spadina Station (Line 1, Line 2)683 m
Streetcar
511506510 nearest 154 m
TTC bus
947126127 nearest 149 m
Blue Night
306310307300
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Palmerston Blvd / Lennox St 171 m · 11 docks · 30 stations, 618 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 (42)
  • City As School TorontoPrivate · 100 m
  • Central Technical SchoolEnglish Public · 239 m
  • Harbord Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 260 m
  • King Edward Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Separate · 566 m
  • Monsignor Fraser College - Annex CampusEnglish Separate · 569 m
  • Clinton Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 571 m
  • and 36 more
Parks (33)
  • Honest Ed's Park219 m
  • Healey Willan Park378 m
  • Euclid Avenue Parkette382 m
  • Sally Bird Park389 m
  • Seaton Park393 m
  • Ed and Anne Mirvish Parkette462 m
  • and 27 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch370 m
  • Toronto Public Library Spadina Road branch801 m
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Randolph Centre for the ArtsPerforming Arts · 144 m
  • Al Green Theatre (at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre)Performing Arts · 748 m
  • Ukrainian Museum of CanadaMuseum · 753 m
  • Bata Shoe MuseumMuseum · 1.1 km
  • George Ignatieff TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.2 km
  • Art Museum at the University of TorontoGallery · 1.3 km
  • Koerner Hall (at the Telus Centre for Performance and Learning)Performing Arts · 1.4 km
  • Royal Conservatory of MusicPerforming Arts · 1.4 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 24 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores, and 366 eating places within a kilometre — 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Eon Specialty Coffee, 124 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés24 within 300 m · 366 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 34 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Eon Specialty Coffee · 246 Harbord St124 mPassed, May 2026
Pizzeria Badiali Annex · 581 Markham St149 mPassed, Jun 2026
Stop and GO Variety · 681 Bathurst Stgrocery177 mPassed, May 2026
Krispy Kreme Harbord · 215 Harbord St178 mPassed, Aug 2026
Bookbar · 600 Markham St197 mPassed, Aug 2026
La Diperie · 203 Harbord St207 mPassed, Sep 2026
Bishe Tropical Food · 758 Bathurst Stgrocery218 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Spirited Cafe · 758 Bathurst St218 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 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

The nearest public washroom is Bickford Park Washroom, 578 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 365 m away at Healey Willan Park.

  • Bickford Park Washroom · 400 Grace St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    578 m
  • Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 485 Montrose Ave
    View centre hours
    714 m
  • Christie Pits Park Washroom · 750 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    792 m
Drinking water
Healey Willan Park drinking fountain · 365 m; Sally Bird Park drinking fountain · 396 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

19 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,827 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Kids & Company Ltd. - Bloor Christie (512 m, 56 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km19 centres · 1,827 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 19
  • Kids & Company Ltd. - Bloor Christie · 703 Bloor St W
    56 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    512 m
  • The Neighbourhood Group King Edward Child Care · 112 Lippincott St
    105 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    566 m
  • Centro Clinton Day Care Centre · 460 Manning Ave
    174 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    571 m
  • Annex Montessori School · 427 Bloor St W
    68 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    612 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 315 (821 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 427 m away.

FireFire Station 315 · 821 m132 Bellevue Ave
Police14 Division · 1.7 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 34 · 427 m674 Markham St

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

53 registered apartment buildings with 3,288 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, eight of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 481 Palmerston Blvd (75 m, 11 units, 3 storeys, built 1907), which scored 87 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 53 scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 42 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 26 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings53 · 3,288 units · 8 social housing
RentSafeTO score86 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202642 across the 53
Open fire-code violations26
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
481 Palmerston Blvd113190787 · Aug 2025075 m
686 Bathurst St · Stein & Regency Construction Management Co.244194793 · Dec 20250100 m
469 Palmerston Blvd10319320106 m
456 Palmerston Blvd324190481 · Aug 20250179 m
748 Bathurst St · Westbank Ontario Realty Corp95122024100 · Sep 20251189 m
532 Palmerston Blvd214191194 · Aug 20250231 m
153 Borden Stsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes453198774 · Sep 20252362 m
318 Clinton St123197076 · Oct 20250448 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 lots943 lots · ≈21,940 spaces · 65.8 ha
Within 500 m57 lots · ≈1,110 spaces
Green P (public)27 car parks · about 2,492 spaces
EV charging (City)365 Lippincott St. · 355 m · 10 Level 2 ports
Bike parking81 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 71 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
365 Lippincott St · Surface326 m13654% (Q1 2026)
557 Palmerston Ave · Surface338 m5580% (Q1 2026)
675 Manning Ave · Surface444 m4981% (Q1 2026)
292 Brunswick Avenue · Surface448 m19 *
376 Clinton St · Surface543 m3468% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 89 m away, ≈11 spaces; 156 m away, ≈9 spaces; 158 m away, ≈3 spaces; 161 m away, ≈6 spaces; 177 m away, ≈16 spaces; 192 m away, ≈19 spaces. More EV charging: 74 Clinton Street (769 m, 4 ports); 19 Spadina Rd (844 m, 6 ports); 705 Shaw St (918 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, Sep 14, 2021

The east leg carries the load — 187 westbound vehicles, or 57% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 143. Morning rush is the busier period: 62 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:15 a.m., compared with 55 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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 north0southbound · 8 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west143eastbound · 26 bikes · 2.1% heavy
Total vehicles330222 pedestrians · 52 cyclists · 1.5% heavy
From the east187westbound · 7 bikes · 1.1% heavy
From the south0northbound · 11 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour62 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour55 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 14, 2021

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

The City's counter on Herrick St between Lane W of Bathurst and S of Lennox and Markham St (25 m away) recorded an average of 30 km/h in its 5-day count in November 2001; 85% of drivers were at or under 39 km/h. That segment carries about 600 vehicles a day. Markham St between Harbord St and Herrick St measured slower: 18 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 25 km/h (Oct 2025). The reading is 25 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Harbord St (257 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 42,159 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Herrick St · Lane W of Bathurst and S of Lennox – Markham St · 25 mNov 2001 · 5 days56030 km/h39 km/h43 km/h
Markham St · Harbord St – Herrick St · 67 mOct 2025 · 3 days21918 km/h25 km/h29 km/h

School-zone speed sign 257 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct31 · 38 km/h
Over the limit1.0%
50 km/h or more0.1%

Harbord St (westbound), N Side Harbord St 75m E of Manning Ave · 42,159 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

2024 was the peak year (1 collision), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 50% 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 25, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions2#5371 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only1
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 20143latest Feb 25, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle310house driveway/garage (1), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft110house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 14, 2024. 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 Palmerston-Little Italy.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Markham & Herrick a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 2 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 Markham & Herrick?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Sep 14, 2021, 4% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Markham & Herrick?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Herrick St between Lane W of Bathurst and S of Lennox and Markham St (November 2001), found an average of 30 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 39 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 257 m away (40 km/h), 0.1% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Markham & Herrick?

The nearest Green P car park is 365 Lippincott St (326 m away, 136 spaces, 54% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 943 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,940 spaces — 57 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 365 Lippincott St. (355 m).

How do I get to Markham & Herrick by transit?

Bathurst Station (Line 2) is 365 m away; streetcar routes 511, 506, 510 stop within 1 km, the nearest 154 m away; bus routes 94, 7, 126, 127 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Markham & Herrick?

24 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 366 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Eon Specialty Coffee (124 m), Pizzeria Badiali Annex (149 m), Krispy Kreme Harbord (178 m), Bookbar (197 m) and La Diperie (207 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 Markham & Herrick?

The nearest is Bickford Park Washroom, 400 Grace St, 578 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre Washroom (714 m); Christie Pits Park Washroom (792 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 Markham & Herrick?

19 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,827 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kids & Company Ltd. - Bloor Christie (512 m, 56 spaces), The Neighbourhood Group King Edward Child Care (566 m, 105 spaces) and Centro Clinton Day Care Centre (571 m, 174 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Markham & Herrick?

53 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,288 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 481 Palmerston Blvd (75 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 686 Bathurst St (100 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 469 Palmerston Blvd (106 m, 10 units) and 456 Palmerston Blvd (179 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 81). The average RentSafeTO score across the 53 is 86 out of 100; 2 scored below 70. 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 Markham & Herrick?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Palmerston-Little Italy page.

What neighbourhood is Markham & Herrick in?

Markham & Herrick is in Palmerston-Little Italy (City of Toronto neighbourhood 080). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe.

Sources

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