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Mortimer & Knight

Mortimer Ave & Knight St · Toronto, Ontario · Danforth East York · Ward 19, Beaches-East York

Mortimer & Knight is an intersection of typical volume. It sits in Danforth East York. At the corner: a park. Nearby: Coxwell Station (Line 2) 750 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
6,626
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 16, 2001
307 pedestrians · 11 cyclists
Collisions
13
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 11 property damage · #3986 of 5,508 · +4 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Coxwell Station 750 m · 8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 830 vehicles, 72% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 22 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 1.3 collisions a year here over 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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Mortimer & Knight

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Coxwell Station (Line 2)750 m; Woodbine Station (Line 2)1 km
TTC bus
6240470879193228 nearest 15 m
Blue Night
322300
Nearest stops
13 surface stops within 300 m — Mortimer Ave at Knight St; Mortimer Ave at Dunkirk Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Cosburn Ave / Durant Ave 559 m · 15 docks · 10 stations, 142 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)
  • R H McGregor Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 277 m
  • East York Alternative Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 441 m
  • East York Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 514 m
  • Earl Beatty Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 604 m
  • Cosburn Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 631 m
  • Ecole Elementaire La MosaiqueFrench Public · 670 m
  • and 15 more
Parks (23)
  • Les Anthony Parkette97 m
  • Memorial Gardens Park311 m
  • East York Civic Centre345 m
  • True Davidson Park506 m
  • Cosburn Park539 m
  • Coxwell Common910 m
  • and 17 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch469 m
  • Toronto Public Library Danforth/Coxwell branch855 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 10 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 106. The nearest is Jk Pizza, 161 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés10 within 300 m · 106 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 26 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Jk Pizza · 825 Coxwell Ave Rm-Fc-3161 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction
Oriental Chopsticks · 825 Coxwell Ave Flr-Fc-2161 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction
Subway · 825 Coxwell Ave 5161 mPassed, Apr 2026
The General Store -Gift Shop · 825 Coxwell Ave161 mPassed, Feb 2026
Tim Hortons · 825 Coxwell Ave Flr-Main161 mPassed, Feb 2026
U-Naru Sushi · 825 Coxwell Ave Unit-G105161 mPassed, Jan 2026
Jugo Juice · 825 Coxwell Ave161 mPassed, Jun 2026
Pharmasave · 825 Coxwell Ave C114161 mPassed, Feb 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 East York Civic Centre, 325 m away, Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 277 m away at Memorial Gardens Park.

  • East York Civic Centre · 850 Coxwell Avenue
    Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed · accessible
    325 m
  • Earl Beatty Community Centre Washroom · 455 Glebeholme Blvd
    View centre hours
    583 m
  • Dieppe Park Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    860 m
Drinking water
Memorial Gardens Park drinking fountain · 277 m; Cosburn Park drinking fountain · 553 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

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,533 spaces; eight accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) (266 m, 57 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,533 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 13
  • Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) · 550 Mortimer Ave
    57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    266 m
  • McGregor Jr YMCA · 555 Mortimer Ave
    251 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    277 m
  • Beatty Buddies Daycare · 55 Woodington Ave
    240 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    604 m
  • Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Queensdale · 80 Queensdale Ave
    278 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    670 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 224 (751 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.2 km away.

FireFire Station 224 · 751 m1313 Woodbine Ave
Police55 Division · 2.5 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 46 · 1.2 km105 Cedarvale 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 nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 413 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 611 Cosburn Ave (419 m, 12 units, 3 storeys, built 1951), which scored 85 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 1 final order naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings9 · 413 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20261 across the 9
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
611 Cosburn Ave123195185 · Sep 20240419 m
494 Mortimer Ave · Deborah Holmes123196574 · Jun 20240571 m
470 Mortimer Ave · Mortimer Rentals Inc424195790 · Jun 20240659 m
831 Cosburn Ave113195081 · Sep 20240678 m
1577 Danforth Avesocial housing · Aykler Real Estate Inc1266199196 · Nov 20250888 m
1430 Woodbine Avesocial housing616199296 · Aug 20260930 m
1435 Danforth Ave · 1239798 Ontario Ltd123195085 · Sep 202401 km
1017 Woodbine Ave · Imperra General Managment596197097 · Nov 202501 km

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 lots399 lots · ≈11,390 spaces · 34.2 ha
Within 500 m21 lots · ≈740 spaces
Green P (public)9 car parks · about 259 spaces
EV charging (City)1612 Danforth Ave. · 823 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking11 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
850 Coxwell Ave · Surface283 m1862% (Q1 2026)
1612 Danforth Ave · Surface844 m2275% (Q1 2026)
737 Rhodes Ave · Surface913 m2450% (Q1 2026)
1439 Danforth Ave · Surface1 km1895% (Q1 2026)
101 Cedarvale Ave · Surface1.2 km3550% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 73 m away, ≈28 spaces; 128 m away, ≈52 spaces; 149 m away, ≈33 spaces; 195 m away, ≈2 spaces; 204 m away, ≈6 spaces; 208 m away, ≈33 spaces. More EV charging: 543 Strathmore Blvd (1 km, 2 ports); 124 Mount Joy Ave (1.2 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 — 8-hour, Jan 16, 2001

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 3,466 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 10 from the south. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 1,141 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 12% above the afternoon peak from 4:45 p.m. (1,017). Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 26 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2001, 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west3,466eastbound · 4 bikes · 2.3% heavy
Total vehicles6,626307 pedestrians · 11 cyclists · 3.0% heavy
From the east3,150westbound · 7 bikes · 3.9% heavy
From the south10northbound · 0 bikes · 20.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,141 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,017 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jan 16, 2001

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 Mortimer Ave between Durant Ave and Coxwell Ave, 292 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2023 put the average speed at 35 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 44 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 48 km/h or more. That segment carries about 11,700 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Coxwell Ave (231 m away, 40 km/h limit), 7.9% of the 139,151 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Mortimer Ave · Durant Ave – Coxwell Ave · 292 mNov 2023 · 3 days11,71435 km/h44 km/h48 km/h

School-zone speed sign 231 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct39 · 47 km/h
Over the limit24%
50 km/h or more7.9%

Coxwell Ave (southbound), 845 Coxwell Avenue · 139,151 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 2018, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 2 collisions (15%) involved an injury. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (8%). Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 8, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions13#3986 of 5,508
With an injury2#3860 of 4,660
Property damage only11
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian1#2813 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201420latest Jun 8, 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

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 11, 2022. 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 Mortimer & Knight a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 13 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 Mortimer & Knight?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Jan 16, 2001, 72% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Mortimer & Knight?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Mortimer Ave between Durant Ave and Coxwell Ave (November 2023), found an average of 35 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 231 m away (40 km/h), 7.9% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Mortimer & Knight?

The nearest Green P car park is 850 Coxwell Ave (283 m away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 399 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 11,390 spaces — 21 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1612 Danforth Ave. (823 m).

How do I get to Mortimer & Knight by transit?

Coxwell Station (Line 2) is 750 m away; bus routes 62, 404, 70, 87, 91, 93, 22, 8 within 1 km (nearest stop: Mortimer Ave at Knight St, 15 m).

What restaurants are near Mortimer & Knight?

10 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 106 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Jk Pizza (161 m), Oriental Chopsticks (161 m), Subway (161 m), The General Store -Gift Shop (161 m) and Tim Hortons (161 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 Mortimer & Knight?

The nearest is East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Avenue, 325 m away (Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Earl Beatty Community Centre Washroom (583 m); Dieppe Park Washroom (860 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 Mortimer & Knight?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,533 spaces in total; 8 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) (266 m, 57 spaces), McGregor Jr YMCA (277 m, 251 spaces) and Beatty Buddies Daycare (604 m, 240 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Mortimer & Knight?

Nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 413 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 611 Cosburn Ave (419 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 494 Mortimer Ave (571 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 74), 470 Mortimer Ave (659 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 831 Cosburn Ave (678 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 81). The average RentSafeTO score across the 9 is 88 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 Mortimer & Knight?

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 Danforth East York page.

What neighbourhood is Mortimer & Knight in?

Mortimer & Knight is in Danforth East York (City of Toronto neighbourhood 059). It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford.

Sources

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