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Melita & Hector

Melita Ave & Hector Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Wychwood · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

Melita & Hector, in Wychwood, is a low-volume local intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence. It has parks at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
336
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 15, 2021
105 pedestrians · 4 cyclists
Collisions
2
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 2 property damage · #5398 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
1 streetcar route · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 27 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 40 vehicles an hour, 4% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 3 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Police have logged an average of 0.2 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Melita & Hector

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
512 nearest 851 m
TTC bus
12612726637161 nearest 128 m
Blue Night
312363307
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Davenport Rd / Christie St 123 m · 27 docks · 18 stations, 282 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 (27)
  • St Bruno and St Raymond Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 296 m
  • Winona Drive Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 660 m
  • Essex Jr Sr & Hawthorne Two BilingualEnglish Public · 669 m
  • Sacre Coeur Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 705 m
  • McMurrich Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 738 m
  • Uchenna AcademyPrivate · 813 m
  • and 21 more
Parks (39)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Davenport branch385 m
  • Toronto Public Library Wychwood branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Artscape Wychwood BarnsLandmark · 635 m
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 869 m
  • Casa LomaAttraction · 1.2 km
  • Spadina MuseumMuseum · 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 4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 145 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Christie Gardens, 134 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 145 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 25 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Christie Gardens · 600 Melita Cres134 mPassed, Aug 2026
The Benue · 440 Christie St141 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
Annabelle · 440 Christie St142 mPassed, Sep 2025
Castleview Wychwood Towers · 351 Christie St216 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Farm Boy · 740 Dupont Stgrocery295 mPassed, Jun 2026
Loblaws Supermarket · 650 Dupont Stgrocery317 mPassed, Jul 2026
T & T Sushi Bar · 650 Dupont St317 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Golden Horseshoe Barbecue · 657 Dupont St342 mPassed, Jun 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 Hillcrest Park Washroom, 269 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 37 m away at Marian Engel Park.

  • Hillcrest Park Washroom · 950 Davenport Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    269 m
Drinking water
Marian Engel Park drinking fountain · 37 m; Hillcrest Park drinking fountain · 228 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

14 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,339 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Odyssey Montessori School (430 m, 57 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km14 centres · 1,339 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 14
  • Odyssey Montessori School · 256 Christie St
    57 spaces · toddler, preschool
    430 m
  • Hawthorne-On-Essex Day Care · 50 Essex St
    179 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    669 m
  • Aspiring Academics Preschool - Somerset · 56 Somerset Ave
    46 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    675 m
  • Les Bouts D'choux · 98 Essex St
    116 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    705 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 343 (873 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (2.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.2 km away.

FireFire Station 343 · 873 m65 Hendrick Ave
Police14 Division · 2.6 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 34 · 1.2 km674 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

33 registered apartment buildings with 1,563 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, ten of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2 Lambertlodge Ave (83 m, 64 units, 5 storeys, built 1983), which scored 91 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 33 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 20 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 8 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings33 · 1,563 units · 10 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202620 across the 33
Open fire-code violations8
Tallest23 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2 Lambertlodge AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation645198391 · Nov 2025083 m
740 Dupont St · Greystar Canada Property Management Services Ltd21092021100 · Dec 20250296 m
858 Davenport Rd · 1810036 Ontario Ltd.103192889 · Jul 20240299 m
470 Melita CresToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation375198090 · Jun 20261325 m
1060 Davenport Rdsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes104199282 · Nov 20250446 m
11 Winona Drsocial housing · Hellenic Home For the Aged Inc.1507198797 · Jul 20260543 m
2 Vermont Ave · Tse In Trust163190069 · Aug 20250756 m
200 Ellsworth Avesocial housing · St Matthews Bracondale House183198286 · Nov 20250762 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 lots732 lots · ≈18,630 spaces · 55.9 ha
Within 500 m38 lots · ≈1,900 spaces
Green P (public)28 car parks · about 1,194 spaces
EV charging (City)273 Christie St · 432 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking18 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
789 St. Clair Avenue West · Surface874 m18 *
640 St Clair Ave W · Surface882 m1866% (Q1 2026)
700 St. Clair Ave West · Surface885 m18 *
287 RUSHTON RD. · Surface912 m1737% (Q1 2026)
11 Kenwood Ave · Surface1 km2568% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 102 m away, ≈6 spaces; 124 m away, ≈33 spaces; 138 m away, ≈5 spaces; 140 m away, ≈9 spaces; 145 m away, ≈16 spaces; 153 m away, ≈8 spaces. More EV charging: 580 Christie St (576 m, 2 ports); 705 Shaw St (1.4 km, 2 ports); 365 Lippincott St. (1.5 km, 10 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 15, 2021

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 179 westbound vehicles, or 53% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 45. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 75 vehicles in the hour from 2:00 p.m., 200% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (25). 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 north45southbound · 2 bikes · 6.7% heavy
From the west112eastbound · 1 bikes · 0.9% heavy
Total vehicles336105 pedestrians · 4 cyclists · 1.5% heavy
From the east179westbound · 0 bikes · 0.6% heavy
From the south0northbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour25 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour75 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 15, 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 Melita Cres between Frankel and Lambert Park Trl - Lane W of Melita Cres and S of Wychcrest (242 m away) recorded an average of 28 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2017; 85% of drivers were at or under 39 km/h. That segment carries about 200 vehicles a day. The reading is 9 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Melita Cres (171 m away, 30 km/h limit), 1.0% of the 16,988 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Hector Avenue between Melita Ave and Davenport Rd (installed 2025).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Melita Cres · Frankel – Lambert Park Trl - Lane W of Melita Cres and S of Wychcrest · 242 mSep 2017 · 3 days21628 km/h39 km/h45 km/h

School-zone speed sign 171 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct20 · 29 km/h
Over the limit5.0%
40 km/h or more1.0%

Melita Cres (eastbound), 338 Melita Avenue · 16,988 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Hector Avenue · Melita Ave – Davenport Rd
    2 speed humps
    installed 2025

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

2022 was the peak year (1 collision), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% 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 Aug 1, 2022.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions2#5398 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only2
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 20143latest Aug 1, 2022

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

Police records place no theft from a vehicle or bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025.

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 2, 2015. 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 Wychwood.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Melita & Hector 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 Melita & Hector?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Dec 15, 2021, 4% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Melita & Hector?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Melita Cres between Frankel and Lambert Park Trl - Lane W of Melita Cres and S of Wychcrest (September 2017), found an average of 28 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 171 m away (30 km/h), 1.0% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Melita & Hector?

The nearest Green P car park is 789 St. Clair Avenue West (874 m away, 18 spaces). The City's mapping shows 732 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,630 spaces — 38 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 273 Christie St (432 m).

How do I get to Melita & Hector by transit?

Streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 851 m away; bus routes 126, 127, 26, 63, 7, 161 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Melita & Hector?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 145 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Christie Gardens (134 m), The Benue (141 m), Annabelle (142 m), Castleview Wychwood Towers (216 m) and T & T Sushi Bar (317 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 Melita & Hector?

The nearest is Hillcrest Park Washroom, 950 Davenport Rd, 269 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.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 Melita & Hector?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,339 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Odyssey Montessori School (430 m, 57 spaces), Hawthorne-On-Essex Day Care (669 m, 179 spaces) and Aspiring Academics Preschool - Somerset (675 m, 46 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Melita & Hector?

33 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,563 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2 Lambertlodge Ave (83 m, 64 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 740 Dupont St (296 m, 210 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 858 Davenport Rd (299 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 470 Melita Cres (325 m, 37 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 33 is 90 out of 100; 1 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.

What neighbourhood is Melita & Hector in?

Melita & Hector is in Wychwood (City of Toronto neighbourhood 094). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow.

Sources

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