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Northumberland & Ossington

Northumberland St & Ossington Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Dovercourt Village · Ward 11, University-Rosedale

Northumberland & Ossington, in Dovercourt Village, in central Toronto, is a moderately travelled crossing. It has Ossington Station and parks at the corner.

Traffic volume
6,660
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 15, 2022
624 pedestrians · 61 cyclists
Collisions
21
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 12 property damage · #3319 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
2
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
1 fatal · 2 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #231 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
Ossington Station
subway station within 250 m
1 streetcar route · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 830 vehicles, 72% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 11 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. Police have logged an average of 2.1 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 33%, from 9 in 2016–2020 to 12 in 2021–2025. About one in 11 of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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Northumberland & Ossington

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Ossington Station (Line 2)74 m; Christie Station (Line 2)584 m; Dufferin Station (Line 2)673 m
Streetcar
506 nearest 1 km
TTC bus
63941611262926402 nearest 65 m
Express
929
Blue Night
306363300329
Nearest stops
14 surface stops within 300 m — Ossington Station
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Concord Ave / Bloor St W 138 m · 15 docks · 24 stations, 427 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 (32)
  • St Bruno & St Raymond Catholic Elementary School (Future Site)English Separate · 409 m
  • West End Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 506 m
  • Sacre Coeur Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 559 m
  • Central Toronto Academy & Horizon Alternative SrEnglish Public · 649 m
  • Essex Jr Sr & Hawthorne Two BilingualEnglish Public · 653 m
  • St Anthony Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 714 m
  • and 26 more
Parks (33)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch724 m
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch1 km
Places of interest
  • Randolph Centre for the ArtsPerforming Arts · 1.2 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 53 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 7 grocery and convenience stores, and 229 eating places within a kilometre — 3.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Souvlaki Station, 84 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés53 within 300 m · 229 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience7 within 300 m · 39 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Souvlaki Station · 739 Ossington Ave84 mPassed, Jun 2026
Oh So Sweet Ice Cream · 737 Ossington Ave89 mPassed, Aug 2026
Tahini's · 890 Bloor St W96 mPassed, Apr 2026
Concord Cafe · 298 Concord Ave100 mPassed, Sep 2026
Yowhana Convenience Store · 898 Bloor St Wgrocery107 mPassed, Mar 2025 · 1 infraction
Star Glow Boba & Coffee · 880 Bloor St W108 mPassed, Apr 2026
Cafe Juventus · 904 Bloor St W115 mPassed, Jun 2026
Bloor Fresh Market · 868 Bloor St Wgrocery115 mPassed, Apr 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 Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom, 393 m away, View outdoor pool hours. A drinking fountain is 29 m away at Northumberland Playground.

  • Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom · 779 Crawford St
    View outdoor pool hours
    393 m
  • Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 485 Montrose Ave
    View centre hours
    469 m
  • Christie Pits Park Washroom · 750 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    477 m
Drinking water
Northumberland Playground drinking fountain · 29 m; Irene Avenue Parkette drinking fountain · 193 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 1,166 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue North (45 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,166 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 13
  • Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue North · 756 Ossington Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    45 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue South · 720 Ossington Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    160 m
  • Bloorcourt Village Early Learning Centre · 823 Dovercourt Rd
    106 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    296 m
  • Les Bouts D'choux · 98 Essex St
    116 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    559 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 345 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 342 m away.

FireFire Station 345 · 1.1 km1285 Dufferin St
Police14 Division · 1.3 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 342 m760 Dovercourt Rd

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

20 registered apartment buildings with 1,453 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 220 Delaware Ave (223 m, 16 units, 4 storeys, built 1930), which scored 79 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 20 scored below 70; the average is 83, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 37 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings20 · 1,453 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score83 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202637 across the 20
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
220 Delaware Ave · Imtradex Corp164193079 · Jul 20250223 m
177 Pendrith StToronto Community Housing · TCH543196485 · Aug 20250284 m
767 Dovercourt Rd · Jdc Property Management Inc.193200894 · Jul 20250291 m
805 Bloor St Wsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes244198986 · Sep 20250 · 1 fire372 m
496 Montrose Ave · Landlord Property & Rental Management Inc243193085 · Jul 20250404 m
730 Dovercourt Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management35620196797 · Jul 202514449 m
675 Dovercourt Rd113194045 · Jul 20260461 m
1019 Bloor St W · Donros Developments Limited263192863 · Jul 20260466 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 lots750 lots · ≈21,720 spaces · 65.2 ha
Within 500 m45 lots · ≈770 spaces
Green P (public)21 car parks · about 961 spaces
EV charging (City)705 Shaw St · 335 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking113 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 38 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
745 Ossington Ave · Surface74 m4667% (Q1 2026)
9 Salem Ave · Surface502 m3374% (Q1 2026)
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface606 m3763% (Q1 2026)
376 Clinton St · Surface702 m3468% (Q1 2026)
675 Manning Ave · Surface830 m4981% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 55 m away, ≈5 spaces; 63 m away, ≈19 spaces (Green P); 78 m away, ≈50 spaces; 88 m away, ≈6 spaces (Green P); 92 m away, ≈19 spaces; 93 m away, ≈22 spaces (Green P). More EV charging: 685 Dovercourt Rd (436 m, 2 ports); 273 Christie St (0.9 km, 2 ports); 74 Clinton Street (1.3 km, 4 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, Feb 15, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The north leg carries the load — 3,179 southbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 510. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 990 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 965 from 5:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.0% 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 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north3,179southbound · 26 bikes · 4.8% heavy
From the west510eastbound · 22 bikes · 17.3% heavy
Total vehicles6,660624 pedestrians · 61 cyclists · 5.0% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south2,971northbound · 13 bikes · 3.1% heavy
AM peak hour990 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour965 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Feb 15, 2022

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 Ossington Ave between Northumberland St and Leeds St (61 m away) recorded an average of 41 km/h in its 7-day count in June 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 12,100 vehicles a day. Northumberland St between Dovercourt Rd and Westmoreland Ave measured slower: 24 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 35 km/h (Apr 2004). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ossington Ave · Northumberland St – Leeds St · 61 mJun 2022 · 7 days12,07841 km/h49 km/h54 km/h
Northumberland St · Dovercourt Rd – Westmoreland Ave · 351 mApr 2004 · 3 days63924 km/h35 km/h42 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

2019 was the peak year (6 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 0% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 38% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 10% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 27, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions21#3319 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only12
Fail to remain8
Involving a pedestrian1#2118 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1500 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality1
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201427latest Jun 27, 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

Of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025, one was fatal. 2 pedestrians were among those hurt. The most recent was on Jul 30, 2020.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions2#231 of 1,505
Fatal1#237 of 319
Involving a pedestrian2#84 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20062latest Jul 30, 2020

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

Toronto Police place nine thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 78% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jan 1, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle931street/outdoor (7), house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 1, 2026. 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 Dovercourt Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Northumberland & Ossington a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 2 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#231 of 1,505), out of 21 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Northumberland & Ossington?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Feb 15, 2022, 72% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Northumberland & Ossington?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ossington Ave between Northumberland St and Leeds St (June 2022), found an average of 41 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Northumberland & Ossington?

The nearest Green P car park is 745 Ossington Ave (74 m away, 46 spaces, 67% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 750 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,720 spaces — 45 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 705 Shaw St (335 m).

How do I get to Northumberland & Ossington by transit?

Ossington Station (Line 2) is 74 m away; streetcar route 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 1.0 km away; bus routes 63, 94, 161, 126, 29, 26, 402, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: Ossington Station, 65 m).

What restaurants are near Northumberland & Ossington?

53 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 229 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Souvlaki Station (84 m), Oh So Sweet Ice Cream (89 m), Tahini's (96 m), Concord Cafe (100 m) and Star Glow Boba & Coffee (108 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 Northumberland & Ossington?

The nearest is Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom, 779 Crawford St, 393 m away (View outdoor pool hours). Next nearest: Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre Washroom (469 m); Christie Pits Park Washroom (477 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 Northumberland & Ossington?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,166 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue North (45 m, 49 spaces), Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue South (160 m, 39 spaces) and Bloorcourt Village Early Learning Centre (296 m, 106 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Northumberland & Ossington?

20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,453 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 220 Delaware Ave (223 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 79), 177 Pendrith St (284 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 767 Dovercourt Rd (291 m, 19 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 805 Bloor St W (372 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 20 is 83 out of 100; 3 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 Northumberland & Ossington?

Toronto Police place nine thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 Dovercourt Village page.

What neighbourhood is Northumberland & Ossington in?

Northumberland & Ossington is in Dovercourt Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 172). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe.

Sources

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