Toronto · intersection

Maxwell & Waterloo

Maxwell St & Waterloo Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Bathurst Manor · Ward 6, York Centre

Maxwell & Waterloo is a quiet local crossing. It sits in Bathurst Manor. It has a bike lane at the corner. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
710
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 27, 2021
69 pedestrians · 4 cyclists
Collisions
3
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 1 property damage · #5329 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 90 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 8% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 10 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. On average 0.3 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

Map

Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time

Layers click a category to show or hide it · None then one category to see it alone
Maxwell & Waterloo

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
841047160 nearest 455 m
Express
984
Blue Night
384307
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on Waterloo Ave installed 2024; Sharrows on Maxwell St installed 2024
Bike Share
Wilmington Ave / Kennard Ave 772 m · 11 docks · 2 stations, 26 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 (11)
  • The Toronto Heschel SchoolPrivate · 691 m
  • Prosserman Jewish Community Centre & Torah High - Prosserman JCC CampusPrivate · 704 m
  • Bnei Akiva School - Ulpanat OrotPrivate · 739 m
  • Tanenbaum Chat Wallenberg CampusPrivate · 897 m
  • St Robert Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • Dublin Heights Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 5 more
Community centres
Parks (18)
  • Maxwell Park461 m
  • Irving W. Chapley Park753 m
  • Carscadden Greenbelt838 m
  • McAllister Park840 m
  • Hinder Area914 m
  • Hearthstone Valley Greenbelt920 m
  • and 12 more
Places of interest
  • Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education CentreMuseum · 809 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 38 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 490 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 38 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tim Hortons · 680 Sheppard Ave W490 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 674 Sheppard Ave W515 mPassed, Jun 2026
Wolfie's · 670 Sheppard Ave W524 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Ana's Sweet Creations · 664 Sheppard Ave W525 mPassed, Jun 2025
Fish On the Flame · 664 Sheppard Ave Wgrocery526 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Orly Restaurant & Grill · 660 Sheppard Ave W538 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Bun Bo Hue O Nom · 656 Sheppard Ave W540 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Noon Moment · 654 Sheppard Ave W552 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 Hinder Area Washroom, 945 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Hinder Area Washroom · 44 Don River Blvd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    945 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 980 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Fantasia Child Care Center (2724826 Ontario Inc) (502 m, 79 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten).

Within 1 km9 centres · 980 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 9
  • Fantasia Child Care Center (2724826 Ontario Inc) · 678 Sheppard Ave W
    79 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    502 m
  • Gan Yeladim Day Care Centre · 100 Elder St
    57 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    612 m
  • The Toronto Heschel School · 819 Sheppard Ave W
    96 spaces · preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    691 m
  • Moshava Ba'ir Day Camp of Toronto - Preschool · 819 Sheppard Ave W
    74 spaces · preschool, kindergarten
    691 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 143 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (3.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 143 · 1.3 km1009 Sheppard Ave W
Police32 Division · 3 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 54 · 1.5 km4135 Bathurst 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

18 registered apartment buildings with 1,964 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 15 Wilmington Ave (635 m, 24 units, 3 storeys, built 1958), which scored 99 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 25 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings18 · 1,964 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202625 across the 18
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest21 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
15 Wilmington Ave243195899 · Jul 20250635 m
1 Wilmington Ave · Ryis Properties Inc123195993 · Jul 20260667 m
20 Wilmington Ave134196576 · Jul 20250694 m
4455 Bathurst StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation30114198098 · Aug 20261705 m
10 Wilmington Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc.414196093 · Jul 20260715 m
4415 Bathurst St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc16714196294 · Oct 20255769 m
4350 Bathurst St · Alexis Court Apartments356196998 · Sep 20241837 m
35 Canyon Ave · 35 Canyon Avenue Ltd.23721195994 · Sep 20254843 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 lots299 lots · ≈36,590 spaces · 109.8 ha
Within 500 m12 lots · ≈280 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 632 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd · Surface1.5 km632 *

Nearest lots: 417 m away, ≈23 spaces; 425 m away, ≈12 spaces; 425 m away, ≈4 spaces; 440 m away, ≈38 spaces; 445 m away, ≈24 spaces; 455 m away, ≈12 spaces.

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, Oct 27, 2021

The south leg carries the load — 278 northbound vehicles, or 39% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 73. Morning rush is the busier period: 177 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:15 a.m., compared with 115 from 2:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 8.7% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. 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 north274southbound · 1 bikes · 4.0% heavy
From the west85eastbound · 2 bikes · 16.5% heavy
Total vehicles71069 pedestrians · 4 cyclists · 8.7% heavy
From the east73westbound · 0 bikes · 28.8% heavy
From the south278northbound · 1 bikes · 5.8% heavy
AM peak hour177 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour115 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 27, 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 Maxwell St between Cocksfield Ave and Codsell Ave (260 m away) recorded an average of 37 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 1,500 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Maxwell St · Cocksfield Ave – Codsell Ave · 260 mSep 2023 · 3 days1,48537 km/h44 km/h48 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

2024 was the peak year (1 collision), and 2025 closed with 0. 67% of collisions here involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Jan 23, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions3#5329 of 5,508
With an injury2#4010 of 4,660
Property damage only1
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 20143latest Jan 23, 2024

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 one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 3, 2019. 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 Bathurst Manor.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Maxwell & Waterloo a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 3 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 Maxwell & Waterloo?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Oct 27, 2021, 8% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Maxwell & Waterloo?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Maxwell St between Cocksfield Ave and Codsell Ave (September 2023), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Maxwell & Waterloo?

The nearest Green P car park is Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd (1.5 km away, 632 spaces). The City's mapping shows 299 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 36,590 spaces — 12 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Maxwell & Waterloo by transit?

Bus routes 84, 104, 7, 160, 984 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Maxwell & Waterloo?

None within 300 m, and 38 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (490 m), Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (515 m), Wolfie's (524 m), Ana's Sweet Creations (525 m) and Orly Restaurant & Grill (538 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 Maxwell & Waterloo?

The nearest is Hinder Area Washroom, 44 Don River Blvd, 945 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. 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 Maxwell & Waterloo?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 980 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Fantasia Child Care Center (2724826 Ontario Inc) (502 m, 79 spaces), Gan Yeladim Day Care Centre (612 m, 57 spaces) and The Toronto Heschel School (691 m, 96 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Maxwell & Waterloo?

18 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,964 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 15 Wilmington Ave (635 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 1 Wilmington Ave (667 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 20 Wilmington Ave (694 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 76) and 4455 Bathurst St (705 m, 301 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 18 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 Maxwell & Waterloo?

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 Bathurst Manor page.

What neighbourhood is Maxwell & Waterloo in?

Maxwell & Waterloo is in Bathurst Manor (City of Toronto neighbourhood 034). It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak.

Sources

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