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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume8-hour count · Sep 29, 2004
Traffic is heaviest from the west: 91 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 65% of the total, against 50 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 36 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 22 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Trucks and buses were 17.7% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 22 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2004, 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.
Peak hours: 22 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 36 from 5:00 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).
Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m
The worst year was 2020, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 33% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Dec 29, 2023.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 6 | |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 4 | |
| Fail to remain | 2 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 2 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.
How fast traffic moves here
The City's most recent midblock count on Myrtle Ave between Jones Ave and Bushell Ave (53 m away, Nov 2007) recorded volume only — about 257 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Jones Ave (242 m away, 30 km/h limit), 64% of the 119,779 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myrtle Ave · Jones Ave – Bushell Ave · 53 m | Nov 2007 · 3 days | 257 | — | — | — |
- Speed sign
- Jones Ave (southbound), 242 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 42 km/h, 85th percentile 49 km/h; 64% at 40 km/h or more. 119,779 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Streetcar
- 506 nearest 381 m · 5 min
- TTC bus
- 83 31 72 nearest 121 m
- Blue Night
- 306 325
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Blake St / Boultbee Ave 337 m · 4 min · 15 docks · 6 stations, 136 docks within 1 km
Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- 14 car parks · about 569 spaces
- EV charging
- 453 Jones Ave · 599 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 963 Gerrard St E (706 m), 503 Jones Ave (758 m)
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 11 mapped lots within 500 m, 409 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Langford Ave · Surface | 1.2 km | 27 | 61% (Q1 2026) |
| 151 Hiawatha Road · Surface | 1.2 km | 50 * | — |
| 12 Woodycrest Ave · Surface | 1.3 km | 35 | 43% (Q1 2026) |
| 17 Eaton Ave · Surface | 1.4 km | 30 | 65% (Q1 2026) |
| 670 Pape Ave · Surface | 1.4 km | 74 | 47% (Q1 2026) |
Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.
Within a walk
What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.
Food, shops and services
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Food Basics, 749 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 58 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Yummy House, 343 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Vina Pharmacy, 537 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. Second Mile Club - Four Branch - East Toronto Senior Recreation Club runs a seniors' active living programme 768 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Yummy House · 234 Jones Ave343 m · 4 min
- Scenic · 1060 Gerrard St E352 m · 4 min
- Greek Restaurant · 1056 Gerrard St E362 m · 4 min
- Royal Hakka & Sizzler · 1056 Gerrard St E362 m · 4 min
- Sprouty · 1062 Gerrard St E371 m · 4 min
- Grocery
- Food Basics 749 m · 9 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Soul Chocolate 472 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Vina Pharmacy 537 m · 6 min · 4 within 1 km
- Child care
- Woodgreen Community Services (Riverdale Child Care) · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day210 m
- Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Jones · 128 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day249 m
- All About Kids Inc. (1055 Gerrard Street East) · 82 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day440 m · 5 min
- Washrooms
- Greenwood Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom · hours not listed721 m · 9 min
- Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom · hours not listed767 m · 9 min
- Health and care
- Second Mile Club - Four Branch - East Toronto Senior Recreation Club · seniors' active living centre768 m · 9 min
Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.
Parks, schools and places
- Parks (19)
- Matty Eckler Playground731 m · 9 min
- Kempton Howard Park825 m · 10 min
- Greenwood Park851 m · 10 min
- The Pocket1 km · 12 min
- Phin Park1 km · 12 min
- Community centres
- Matty Eckler Recreation Centre767 m · 9 min
- Maple Leaf Cottage1.5 km · 17 min
- Schools (14)
- Riverdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 210 m
- Bon Berger Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 249 m
- Blake St Jr & East AlternativeEnglish Public · 430 m · 5 min
- Leslieville Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 688 m · 8 min
- Jones Avenue Adult CentreEnglish Public · 796 m · 9 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Jones branch755 m · 9 min
- Toronto Public Library Gerrard/Ashdale branch1.3 km · 16 min
Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.
Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Within a kilometre there are five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 570 rental units — all social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1119 Gerrard St E (406 m, 29 units, 5 storeys, built 1996), which scored 93 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 94, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1119 Gerrard St E social housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc. | 29 | 5 | 1996 | 93 · Aug 2026 | 406 m · 5 min |
| 10 Boultbee Ave Toronto Community Housing · TCH | 167 | 11 | 2001 | 92 · Jul 2026 | 512 m · 6 min |
| 80 Blake St Toronto Community Housing · TCH | 190 | 14 | 1969 | 98 · Jul 2024 | 604 m · 7 min |
| 369 Pape Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 139 | 8 | 1981 | 93 · Aug 2026 | 807 m · 10 min |
| 1320 Gerrard St E social housing | 45 | 5 | 1994 | 96 · Nov 2025 | 1 km · 12 min |
5 registered buildings · 570 units · 5 social housing · tallest 14 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Six thefts from vehicles and five bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 2 in 2023–2025, about 0.7 a year, against 1.3 a year before that. 83% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 80% of the bike thefts were from other premises.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 6 | 2 | 0 | street/outdoor (5), house driveway/garage (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 5 | 0 | 0 | other (4), house driveway/garage (1) |
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 Riverdale.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Myrtle & Bushell a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 6 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 Myrtle & Bushell?
A quiet local crossing at the City's last count here, in 2004. Its latest count is from Sep 29, 2004, 2% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Myrtle & Bushell a walkable intersection?
Myrtle & Bushell scores 40 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 3 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m; nearest park 0.7 km · 1 community centre within 800 m; 4 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km.
Where can I park near Myrtle & Bushell?
The nearest Green P car park is 31 Langford Ave (1.2 km away, 27 spaces, 61% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 409 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,110 spaces — 11 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 453 Jones Ave (599 m).
How do I get to Myrtle & Bushell by transit?
Streetcar route 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 381 m away; bus routes 83, 31, 72 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Myrtle & Bushell?
None within 300 m, and 58 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Yummy House (343 m), Scenic (352 m), Greek Restaurant (362 m), Royal Hakka & Sizzler (362 m) and Sprouty (371 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Myrtle & Bushell?
The nearest is Greenwood Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom, 150 Greenwood Ave, 721 m away. Next nearest: Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom (767 m); Greenwood Park Fieldhouse Washroom (812 m).
Is there child care near Myrtle & Bushell?
Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 695 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Woodgreen Community Services (Riverdale Child Care) (210 m, 49 spaces), Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Jones (249 m, 128 spaces) and All About Kids Inc. (1055 Gerrard Street East) (440 m, 82 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Myrtle & Bushell?
Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 570 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1119 Gerrard St E (406 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 10 Boultbee Ave (512 m, 167 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 80 Blake St (604 m, 190 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 369 Pape Ave (807 m, 139 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 94 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Myrtle & Bushell?
Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the South Riverdale page.
What neighbourhood is Myrtle & Bushell in?
Myrtle & Bushell is in South Riverdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 070). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Sep 29, 2004.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 14 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.67183, -79.33535 · centreline node 13463063.