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Morningside & Lavinia

Morningside Ave & Lavinia Ave · Toronto, Ontario · High Park-Swansea · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

In High Park-Swansea, Morningside & Lavinia is a lightly travelled intersection. It has a school within 250 m and parks at the corner. Nearby: Jane Station (Line 2) 720 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
2,657
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 3, 2020
479 pedestrians · 9 cyclists
Collisions
19
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 13 property damage · #3489 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
3
TTC stops within 100 m
Jane Station 720 m · 8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 330 vehicles an hour, 29% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 6 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Police have logged an average of 1.9 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Morningside & Lavinia

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Jane Station (Line 2)720 m; Runnymede Station (Line 2)730 m
TTC bus
777127792655149203 nearest 44 m
Express
935
Blue Night
300335
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Morningside Ave at Lavinia Ave East Side; Morningside Ave at Windermere Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Swansea Community Centre 154 m · 15 docks · 10 stations, 212 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)
  • Swansea Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 168 m
  • Erudite Elementary SchoolPrivate · 583 m
  • Humberside Montessori SchoolPrivate · 656 m
  • Blyth Academy School - EtobicokePrivate · 804 m
  • St Pius X Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 911 m
  • Runnymede Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 5 more
Parks (32)
  • Waller Avenue Ravine Lands236 m
  • Rambert Crescent Parkette256 m
  • Sunnybrook Parkette428 m
  • Willard Gardens Parkette431 m
  • South Kingsway Parkette462 m
  • Rennie Park488 m
  • and 26 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Swansea Memorial branch272 m
  • Toronto Public Library Runnymede branch789 m
Places of interest
  • The Village PlayersPerforming Arts · 750 m
  • High ParkNature/ Park · 1.1 km
  • Colborne LodgeMuseum · 1.5 km

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; 86 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Windermere Kids, 482 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 86 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 19 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Windermere Kids · 356 Windermere Ave482 mPassed, Jul 2026
Capybara · 2323 Bloor St W Unit-105584 mPassed, Jul 2026
Prime Sushi · 2323 Bloor St W Bldg-103584 mPassed, Jan 2026
Silver Fox Espresso Bar · 2285 Bloor St W589 mPassed, Jul 2026
Bloor Meat Market · 2283 Bloor St Wgrocery589 mPassed, Feb 2026
Wake' A Boo Breakfast Bar · 2279 Bloor St W590 mPassed, May 2026
Grumpy Gourmet: Purveyor of Fine Foods · 2277 Bloor St Wgrocery591 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Queens Pasta Cafe · 2263 Bloor St W604 mPassed, May 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 Swansea Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 134 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 247 m away at Rennie Park (currently off).

  • Swansea Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 15 Waller Ave
    View centre hours
    134 m
  • Rennie Park David H. Williams Washroom · 1 Rennie Terr
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    292 m
  • High Park Upper Hillside Washroom · 1873 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    824 m
Drinking water
Rennie Park bottle filling station · 247 m · off; Rennie Park bottle filling station · 284 m · off

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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 668 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Swansea Kids Place (168 m, 258 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km7 centres · 668 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 7
  • Swansea Kids Place · 207 Windermere Ave
    258 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    168 m
  • Windermere Kids Inc. · 356 Windermere Ave
    73 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    481 m
  • Simplysmart Childcare Centre & Montessori · 2271 Bloor St W
    142 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    591 m
  • La Petite Ecole · 130 Kennedy Ave
    16 spaces · preschool
    639 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 425 (320 m), the nearest police station 11 Division (3.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 425 · 320 m83 Deforest Rd
Police11 Division · 3.2 km2054 Davenport Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 32 · 1 km9 Clendenan 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

18 registered apartment buildings with 682 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 93 Lavinia Ave (239 m, 68 units, 5 storeys, built 1993), which scored 95 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 19 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings18 · 682 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202619 across the 18
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
93 Lavinia Avesocial housing · Community First Developments Inc685199395 · Aug 20260239 m
1 Runnymede Rd284196790 · Jul 20251278 m
9 Morningside Ave · Westside Storeys Limited364195793 · Aug 20240298 m
2 Kennedy Ave254196792 · Jul 20250310 m
101 Coe Hill Dr473195594 · Jul 20263476 m
99 Coe Hill Dr · Trivest Developments Corporation864195794 · Jul 20255520 m
93 Coe Hill Dr · Aman's Renovations & Property Management384195889 · Jul 20263563 m
109 Runnymede Rd113195287 · Jul 20240595 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 lots430 lots · ≈19,330 spaces · 58 ha
Within 500 m9 lots · ≈280 spaces
Green P (public)9 car parks · about 1,147 spaces
EV charging (City)265 Armadale Ave · 707 m · 8 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parking2 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
265 Durie St · Surface651 m14470% (Q1 2026)
265 Willard Ave · Surface692 m9053% (Q1 2026)
265 Armadale Ave · Surface739 m14458% (Q1 2026)
255 Kennedy Ave · Surface740 m5665% (Q1 2026)
17 Riverview Gdns · Surface864 m9552% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 113 m away, ≈7 spaces; 268 m away, ≈36 spaces; 282 m away, ≈66 spaces; 286 m away, ≈32 spaces; 296 m away, ≈53 spaces; 354 m away, ≈2 spaces. More EV charging: 115 High Park Avenue (1.6 km, 2 ports); 535 Runnymeade Rd (1.8 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 — 8-hour, Mar 3, 2020

The west leg carries the load — 1,198 eastbound vehicles, or 45% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 89. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 452 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 13% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (401). Trucks and buses were 8.1% 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 7 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2020, 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 north89southbound · 2 bikes · 4.5% heavy
From the west1,198eastbound · 3 bikes · 8.6% heavy
Total vehicles2,657479 pedestrians · 9 cyclists · 8.1% heavy
From the east1,148westbound · 0 bikes · 9.0% heavy
From the south222northbound · 4 bikes · 2.7% heavy
AM peak hour401 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour452 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 3, 2020

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 Morningside Ave between Rambert Cres and Walkway S of Morningside and W of Easson (283 m away) recorded an average of 34 km/h in its 3-day count in March 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 40 km/h. That segment carries about 2,900 vehicles a day. Lavinia Ave between Morningside Ave and Deforest Rd measured slower: 28 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Mar 2024). At the school-zone speed sign on Windermere Ave (154 m away, 30 km/h limit), 5.3% of the 132,378 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
Lavinia Ave · Morningside Ave – Deforest Rd · 169 mMar 2024 · 3 days36428 km/h38 km/h43 km/h
Morningside Ave · Rambert Cres – Walkway S of Morningside and W of Easson · 283 mMar 2025 · 3 days2,94234 km/h40 km/h44 km/h

School-zone speed sign 154 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct27 · 36 km/h
Over the limit18%
40 km/h or more5.3%

Windermere Ave (southbound), 214 Windermere Avenue · 132,378 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

2023 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 5% of collisions here involved an injury. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 47% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Nov 5, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions19#3489 of 5,508
With an injury1#4358 of 4,660
Property damage only13
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2053 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
All since 201421latest Nov 5, 2025

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Morningside & Lavinia a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 19 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 Morningside & Lavinia?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Mar 3, 2020, 29% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Morningside & Lavinia?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Morningside Ave between Rambert Cres and Walkway S of Morningside and W of Easson (March 2025), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 40 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 154 m away (30 km/h), 5.3% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Morningside & Lavinia?

The nearest Green P car park is 265 Durie St (651 m away, 144 spaces, 70% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 430 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,330 spaces — 9 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 265 Armadale Ave (707 m).

How do I get to Morningside & Lavinia by transit?

Jane Station (Line 2) is 720 m away; bus routes 77, 71, 27, 79, 26, 55, 149, 203 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Morningside Ave at Lavinia Ave East Side, 44 m).

What restaurants are near Morningside & Lavinia?

None within 300 m, and 86 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Windermere Kids (482 m), Capybara (584 m), Prime Sushi (584 m), Silver Fox Espresso Bar (589 m) and Wake' A Boo Breakfast Bar (590 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 Morningside & Lavinia?

The nearest is Swansea Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 15 Waller Ave, 134 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Rennie Park David H. Williams Washroom (292 m); High Park Upper Hillside Washroom (824 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 Morningside & Lavinia?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 668 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Swansea Kids Place (168 m, 258 spaces), Windermere Kids Inc. (481 m, 73 spaces) and Simplysmart Childcare Centre & Montessori (591 m, 142 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Morningside & Lavinia?

18 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 682 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 93 Lavinia Ave (239 m, 68 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 1 Runnymede Rd (278 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 9 Morningside Ave (298 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 2 Kennedy Ave (310 m, 25 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 18 is 92 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.

What neighbourhood is Morningside & Lavinia in?

Morningside & Lavinia is in High Park-Swansea (City of Toronto neighbourhood 087). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.

Sources

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