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Monarch Park & Sammon (West)

Monarch Park Ave & Sammon Ave (West) · Toronto, Ontario · Danforth East York · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

In Danforth East York, Monarch Park & Sammon (West) is a lightly travelled intersection, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. At the corner: a bike lane and a school within 250 m. Nearby: Greenwood Station (Line 2) 571 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
2,429
vehicles · 14-hour count, Aug 26, 2026
734 pedestrians · 437 cyclists · #2200 busiest
Collisions
1
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 0 property damage · #5480 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
Greenwood Station 571 m · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 170 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 15% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 3 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 18.0% of vehicle volume, about 23× the typical share. That comes with about 0.1 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Monarch Park & Sammon (West)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Greenwood Station (Line 2)571 m; Coxwell Station (Line 2)628 m; Donlands Station (Line 2)1 km
TTC bus
627040431872251 nearest 200 m
Blue Night
322300
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on Monarch Park Ave installed 2021
Bike Share
Greenwood Ave / Sammon Ave 434 m · 11 docks · 12 stations, 192 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 (21)
  • Ecole Elementaire La MosaiqueFrench Public · 106 m
  • R H McGregor Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 298 m
  • Danforth Collegiate & Greenwood Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 677 m
  • Cosburn Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 685 m
  • Earl Beatty Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 694 m
  • East York Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 796 m
  • and 15 more
Community centres
Parks (26)
  • East York Civic Centre372 m
  • Memorial Gardens Park387 m
  • True Davidson Park464 m
  • Cosburn Park556 m
  • Dieppe Park623 m
  • Les Anthony Parkette658 m
  • and 20 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch467 m
  • Toronto Public Library Danforth/Coxwell branch810 m

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 4 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 132. The nearest is Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, 106 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 132 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 28 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Alberto Grocery · 472 Sammon Avegrocery29 mPassed, Oct 2025
Yanu's Convenience · 471 Sammon Avegrocery35 mPassed, Oct 2025
Le Petit Chaperon Rouge · 80 Queensdale Ave106 mPassed, Jul 2026
Ecole Elementaire La Mosaique · 80 Queensdale Ave106 mPassed, Oct 2025
Pizza Depot · 549 Sammon Ave289 mPassed, May 2025
Puwan Convenience Store · 551 Sammon Avegrocery294 mPassed, Oct 2025
McGregor Junior Y ( YMCA) · 555 Mortimer Ave298 mPassed, Jul 2026
The Apple Cafe · 840 Coxwell Ave331 mPassed, Sep 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 East York Civic Centre, 352 m away, Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 374 m away at Memorial Gardens Park.

  • East York Civic Centre · 850 Coxwell Avenue
    Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed · accessible
    352 m
  • Dieppe Park Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    601 m
  • Earl Beatty Community Centre Washroom · 455 Glebeholme Blvd
    View centre hours
    691 m
Drinking water
Memorial Gardens Park drinking fountain · 374 m; Cosburn Park drinking fountain · 562 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 1,864 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Queensdale (106 m, 278 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km14 centres · 1,864 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 14
  • Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Queensdale · 80 Queensdale Ave
    278 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    106 m
  • McGregor Jr YMCA · 555 Mortimer Ave
    251 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    298 m
  • Monarch Park Montessori Inc. · 201 Monarch Park Ave
    55 spaces · toddler, preschool
    314 m
  • Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) · 550 Mortimer Ave
    57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    348 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 323 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 323 · 1 km153 Chatham Ave
Police55 Division · 2.3 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceEMS TRAINING/TFD Stn 323 · 1 km153 Chatham 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 12 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 850 rental units — five social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 494 Mortimer Ave (237 m, 12 units, 3 storeys, built 1965), which scored 74 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 14 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 4 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings12 · 850 units · 5 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202614 across the 12
Open fire-code violations4
Tallest14 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
494 Mortimer Ave · Deborah Holmes123196574 · Jun 20240237 m
470 Mortimer Ave · Mortimer Rentals Inc424195790 · Jun 20240281 m
325 Sammon Ave · Brayden Irwin263195094 · Jul 20252450 m
280 Sammon Ave344195571 · Sep 20240617 m
1435 Danforth Ave · 1239798 Ontario Ltd123195085 · Sep 20240659 m
611 Cosburn Ave123195185 · Sep 20240710 m
1577 Danforth Avesocial housing · Aykler Real Estate Inc1266199196 · Nov 20250748 m
1275 Danforth AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1094198887 · Jun 20242751 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 lots478 lots · ≈12,360 spaces · 37.1 ha
Within 500 m28 lots · ≈640 spaces
Green P (public)17 car parks · about 652 spaces
EV charging (City)1612 Danforth Ave. · 715 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking6 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
850 Coxwell Ave · Surface335 m1862% (Q1 2026)
1439 Danforth Ave · Surface647 m1895% (Q1 2026)
737 Rhodes Ave · Surface694 m2450% (Q1 2026)
1612 Danforth Ave · Surface720 m2275% (Q1 2026)
31 Langford Ave · Surface1.2 km2761% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 73 m away, ≈22 spaces; 98 m away, ≈26 spaces; 183 m away, ≈13 spaces; 239 m away, ≈12 spaces; 256 m away, ≈70 spaces; 259 m away, ≈60 spaces. More EV charging: 124 Mount Joy Ave (812 m, 2 ports); 132 Chatham Ave (1 km, 2 ports); 31 Roseheath Ave (1.2 km, 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 — 14-hour, Aug 26, 2026

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 803 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 33% of the total, against 337 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 299 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 205 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 0.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north337southbound · 32 bikes · 1.2% heavy
From the west674eastbound · 138 bikes · 0.6% heavy
Total vehicles2,429734 pedestrians · 437 cyclists · 0.7% heavy
From the east803westbound · 151 bikes · 0.7% heavy
From the south615northbound · 116 bikes · 0.5% heavy
AM peak hour205 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour299 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Aug 26, 2026

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 Monarch Park Ave between Glebeholme Blvd and Milverton Blvd, 300 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in October 2011 put the average speed at 31 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 37 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 39 km/h or more. That segment carries about 800 vehicles a day. Sammon Ave between Leroy Ave and Kimbourne Ave measured slower: 26 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 34 km/h (Apr 2017). The reading is 15 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Durant Ave (190 m away, 30 km/h limit), 5.2% of the 9,959 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Monarch Park Ave · Glebeholme Blvd – Milverton Blvd · 300 mOct 2011 · 24 h84431 km/h37 km/h39 km/h
Sammon Ave · Leroy Ave – Kimbourne Ave · 312 mApr 2017 · 3 days2,40026 km/h34 km/h39 km/h

School-zone speed sign 190 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct25 · 34 km/h
Over the limit20%
40 km/h or more5.2%

Durant Ave (northbound), 555 Mortimer Avenue · 9,959 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 2019, with 1 collision; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 100% 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 Apr 21, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions1#5480 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only0
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 20142latest Apr 21, 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

Two thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft110house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 26, 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 Danforth East York.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Monarch Park & Sammon (West) a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 1 lesser collision. 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 Monarch Park & Sammon (West)?

A lightly travelled intersection. It ranks #2200 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 15% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Monarch Park & Sammon (West)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Monarch Park Ave between Glebeholme Blvd and Milverton Blvd (October 2011), found an average of 31 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 37 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 190 m away (30 km/h), 5.2% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Monarch Park & Sammon (West)?

The nearest Green P car park is 850 Coxwell Ave (335 m away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 478 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,360 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1612 Danforth Ave. (715 m).

How do I get to Monarch Park & Sammon (West) by transit?

Greenwood Station (Line 2) is 571 m away; bus routes 62, 70, 404, 31, 87, 22, 51 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Monarch Park & Sammon (West)?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 132 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Le Petit Chaperon Rouge (106 m), Ecole Elementaire La Mosaique (106 m), Pizza Depot (289 m), McGregor Junior Y ( YMCA) (298 m) and The Apple Cafe (331 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 Monarch Park & Sammon (West)?

The nearest is East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Avenue, 352 m away (Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Dieppe Park Washroom (601 m); Earl Beatty Community Centre Washroom (691 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 Monarch Park & Sammon (West)?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,864 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Queensdale (106 m, 278 spaces), McGregor Jr YMCA (298 m, 251 spaces) and Monarch Park Montessori Inc. (314 m, 55 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Monarch Park & Sammon (West)?

12 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 850 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 494 Mortimer Ave (237 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 74), 470 Mortimer Ave (281 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 325 Sammon Ave (450 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 280 Sammon Ave (617 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 71). The average RentSafeTO score across the 12 is 87 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 Monarch Park & Sammon (West)?

Toronto Police place two 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 Danforth East York page.

What neighbourhood is Monarch Park & Sammon (West) in?

Monarch Park & Sammon (West) is in Danforth East York (City of Toronto neighbourhood 059). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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