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Merton & Pailton

Merton St & Pailton Cres · Toronto, Ontario · South Eglinton-Davisville · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

In South Eglinton-Davisville, Merton & Pailton is an intersection of typical volume. Nearby is Davisville Station (Line 1) 654 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
5,774
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 18, 2006
373 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
16
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 12 property damage · #3725 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Davisville Station 654 m · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 720 vehicles an hour, 62% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 15 vehicles, close to the citywide median. Police have logged an average of 1.6 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Merton & Pailton

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Davisville Station (Line 1)654 m
TTC bus
741128971488 nearest 192 m
Blue Night
320
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Pailton Cres / Merton St 79 m · 19 docks · 13 stations, 249 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)
  • Greenwood College SchoolPrivate · 328 m
  • Toronto Prep SchoolPrivate · 375 m
  • Hodgson Middle SchoolEnglish Public · 499 m
  • Davisville & Spectrum SchoolEnglish Public · 502 m
  • Sunnybrook SchoolPrivate · 513 m
  • Manor Montessori - de Savery SitePrivate · 609 m
  • and 21 more
Community centres
  • Maurice Cody Community Centre1.2 km
Parks (23)
  • Mount Pleasant Parkette293 m
  • June Rowlands Park337 m
  • The Mission Ground Parkette357 m
  • Glebe Manor Square493 m
  • Moorevale Park701 m
  • Fiona Nelson Parkette781 m
  • and 17 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Mount Pleasant branch702 m
  • Toronto Public Library Deer Park branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Northern District branch1.5 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 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 92. The nearest is Make Ends Meet, 47 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026 with 4 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 92 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 16 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Deno Delight Bakery & Cafe · 250 Merton St Unit-102grocery39 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Make Ends Meet · 228 Merton St47 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 4 infractions
Circle K · 381 Mount Pleasant Rdgrocery221 mPassed, Sep 2025
Tim Hortons · 381 Mount Pleasant Rd221 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 2 infractions
Starving Artist · 505 Mount Pleasant Rd453 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 2 infractions
Millwood Bread & Butter · 507 Mount Pleasant Rd458 mPassed, Aug 2026
Subway · 510 Mount Pleasant Rd462 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction
The Chef Upstairs · 516 Mount Pleasant Rd476 mPassed, Jan 2025 · 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 June Rowlands Park Washroom, 295 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 95 m away at Kay Gardner Beltline Park.

  • June Rowlands Park Washroom · 220 Davisville Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    295 m
  • Hodgson Public School Grounds Outdoor Rink Washroom · 276 Davisville Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    474 m
  • Moorevale Park Tennis Club Washroom · 175 Moore Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    695 m
Drinking water
Kay Gardner Beltline Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 95 m; June Rowlands Park drinking fountain · 296 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 1,198 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Tiny Explorers Academy Inc (342 m, 80 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km14 centres · 1,198 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 14
  • Tiny Explorers Academy Inc · 115 Merton St
    80 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    342 m
  • Little Tots' Manor 2 · 376 Balliol St
    36 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    358 m
  • Tiny Bumblebees Childcare Inc. · 47 Acacia Rd
    25 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    454 m
  • Davisville Care Programme Inc. · 50 Davisville Ave
    346 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    502 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 311 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 53 Division (1.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.3 km away.

FireFire Station 311 · 1.4 km20 Balmoral Ave
Police53 Division · 1.3 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 18 · 2.3 km643 Eglinton Ave W

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 54 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 7,309 rental units, 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 268 Merton St (80 m, 38 units, 5 storeys, built 1999), which scored 100 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 54 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 163 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 31 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings54 · 7,309 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026163 across the 54
Open fire-code violations31
Tallest30 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
268 Merton St · Realstar3851999100 · Nov 2025080 m
221 Balliol St · Park Property Management Inc.27217196892 · Aug 2026197 m
265 Balliol St · Park Property Management Inc.20227196889 · Jul 20244 · 8 fire146 m
384 Mount Pleasant RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1558199392 · Sep 20263 · 1 fire167 m
200 Balliol St · Greenwin Corp.36623196892 · Nov 20259 · 4 fire200 m
165 Balliol St · Imperra General Managment484196893 · Nov 20251210 m
225 Davisville Ave · Greenrock Property Management Limited40125196991 · Jul 202412 · 1 fire216 m
141 Davisville Ave · RPMS31320197097 · Aug 202616 · 1 fire229 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 lots608 lots · ≈34,830 spaces · 104.5 ha
Within 500 m77 lots · ≈10,670 spaces
Green P (public)15 car parks · about 2,162 spaces
EV charging (City)41 Inglewood Dr · 735 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking15 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
650 Mount Pleasant Rd · Garage789 m6841% (Q1 2026)
30 Alvin Avenue · Surface1 km188 *
730 Mount Pleasant Rd · Garage1 km5342% (Q1 2026)
1501 Yonge Street · Surface1 km37 *
10 Delisle Ave · Garage1.1 km24029% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 38 m away, ≈29 spaces; 41 m away, ≈10 spaces; 41 m away, ≈6 spaces; 51 m away, ≈18 spaces; 64 m away, ≈34 spaces; 100 m away, ≈51 spaces. More EV charging: 20 Delisle Ave. (1.1 km, 4 ports); 10 Delisle St (1.1 km, 4 ports); 75 Holly St. (1.1 km, 29 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 18, 2006

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 2,695 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 47% of the total, against 816 from the north. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 879 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 890 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 20 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2006, 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 north816southbound · 0 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the west2,263eastbound · 0 bikes · 2.3% heavy
Total vehicles5,774373 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 2.3% heavy
From the east2,695westbound · 0 bikes · 2.0% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour879 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour890 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 18, 2006

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 Merton St between Lane E of Yonge and S of Merton and Pailton Cres, 268 m from the corner, a 3-day count in July 2019 put the average speed at 36 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 53 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 69 km/h or more. That segment carries about 200 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Pailton Cres · Merton St – Lane N of Merton and W of Pailton Cres · 37 mOct 2011 · 5 days1,272
Merton St · Lane E of Yonge and S of Merton – Pailton Cres · 268 mJul 2019 · 3 days16736 km/h53 km/h69 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 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 2 collisions (13%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (6%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 15, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions16#3725 of 5,508
With an injury2#3884 of 4,660
Property damage only12
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2210 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201418latest Feb 15, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Aug 1, 2009.

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

Three thefts from vehicles and 13 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 6 in 2023–2025, about 2.0 a year, against 1.4 a year before that. 69% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle300street/outdoor (3)
Bicycle theft1360apartment parking (9), street/outdoor (3)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 3, 2023. 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 South Eglinton-Davisville.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Merton & Pailton a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 16 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 Merton & Pailton?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Dec 18, 2006, 62% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Merton & Pailton?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Merton St between Lane E of Yonge and S of Merton and Pailton Cres (July 2019), found an average of 36 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 53 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Merton & Pailton?

The nearest Green P car park is 650 Mount Pleasant Rd (789 m away, 68 spaces, 41% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 608 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 34,830 spaces — 77 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 41 Inglewood Dr (735 m).

How do I get to Merton & Pailton by transit?

Davisville Station (Line 1) is 654 m away; bus routes 74, 11, 28, 97, 14, 88 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Merton & Pailton?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 92 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Make Ends Meet (47 m), Tim Hortons (221 m), Starving Artist (453 m), Millwood Bread & Butter (458 m) and Subway (462 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 Merton & Pailton?

The nearest is June Rowlands Park Washroom, 220 Davisville Ave, 295 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Hodgson Public School Grounds Outdoor Rink Washroom (474 m); Moorevale Park Tennis Club Washroom (695 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 Merton & Pailton?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,198 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Tiny Explorers Academy Inc (342 m, 80 spaces), Little Tots' Manor 2 (358 m, 36 spaces) and Tiny Bumblebees Childcare Inc. (454 m, 25 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Merton & Pailton?

54 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 7,309 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 268 Merton St (80 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 221 Balliol St (97 m, 272 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 265 Balliol St (146 m, 202 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 384 Mount Pleasant Rd (167 m, 155 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 54 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.

How many thefts are reported at Merton & Pailton?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and 13 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 South Eglinton-Davisville page.

What neighbourhood is Merton & Pailton in?

Merton & Pailton is in South Eglinton-Davisville (City of Toronto neighbourhood 174). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow.

Sources

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