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Norway & Waverley

Norway Ave & Waverley Rd · Toronto, Ontario · The Beaches · Ward 19, Beaches-East York

Norway & Waverley, in The Beaches, is a lightly travelled intersection. It has a bike lane at the corner. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,594
vehicles · 8-hour count, Aug 29, 2005
360 pedestrians · 53 cyclists
Collisions
27
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 19 property damage · #2995 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
3 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 200 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 17% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 4 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 3.3% of vehicle volume, about 4.3× the typical share. On average 2.7 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 41%, from 17 in 2016–2020 to 10 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Norway & Waverley

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
503501506 nearest 310 m
TTC bus
6492404 nearest 375 m
Blue Night
301306322
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on Norway Ave installed 2019
Bike Share
Heyworth Cres / Kingston Rd 353 m · 19 docks · 8 stations, 206 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 (18)
  • Glen Ames Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 341 m
  • Norway Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 378 m
  • Williamson Road Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 421 m
  • Boardwalk Montessori SchoolPrivate · 531 m
  • Kew Beach Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 631 m
  • Academy of Thought and Industry TorontoPrivate · 891 m
  • and 12 more
Parks (27)
  • Love Crescent Parkette551 m
  • Jeff Sloan Playground707 m
  • Cassels Avenue Playground742 m
  • Kew Gardens750 m
  • Pantry Park765 m
  • Ivan Forrest Gardens830 m
  • and 21 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Beaches branch561 m
  • Toronto Public Library Main Street branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Kew Gardens ParkNature/ Park · 745 m
  • Woodbine BeachNature/ Park · 1.4 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; 104 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Loft Community Services, 348 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 104 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 12 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Loft Community Services · 505 Kingston Rd348 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Kingston 's Convenience · 452 Kingston Rdgrocery351 mPassed, Aug 2025
K & S Milk Store · 438 Kingston Rd354 mPassed, Aug 2025
Paper Route Cafe · 462 Kingston Rd366 mPassed, Sep 2025
Atrium at Kew Beach · 500 Kingston Rd429 mPassed, May 2026
What A Bagel · 1984 Queen St E466 mPassed, Jul 2025 · 1 infraction
Tiarre's Brunch & Bistro · 1980 Queen St E472 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Tiflisi · 1970 Queen St E474 mPassed, Aug 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 Beaches Recreation Centre Washroom, 314 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 564 m away at Kew Gardens (currently off).

  • Beaches Recreation Centre Washroom · 6 Williamson Rd
    View centre hours
    314 m
  • Kew Gardens Playground Washroom · 2075 Queen St E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    583 m
  • Pantry Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 70 Kewbeach Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    858 m
Drinking water
Kew Gardens drinking fountain · 564 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

15 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,327 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Norway School Age YMCA (378 m, 99 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km15 centres · 1,327 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 15
  • Norway School Age YMCA · 390 Kingston Rd
    99 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    378 m
  • Williamson Road Day Care Centre · 24 Williamson Rd
    116 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    421 m
  • Boardwalk Montessori School Inc. · 1975 Queen St E
    57 spaces · toddler, preschool
    520 m
  • Castle Park Playschool · 1971 Queen St E
    34 spaces · kindergarten, school age
    530 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 227 (585 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (1.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 227 · 585 m1904 Queen St E
Police55 Division · 1.3 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 46 · 1.6 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

48 registered apartment buildings with 2,057 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 12 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 191 Kenilworth Ave (227 m, 31 units, 4 storeys, built 1961), which scored 94 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 56 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 11 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings48 · 2,057 units · 12 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202656 across the 48
Open fire-code violations11
Tallest9 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
191 Kenilworth Ave · Kings College Management Ltd.314196194 · Jul 20251227 m
98 Elmer AveToronto Community Housing · TCH364195592 · Jun 20240282 m
441 Kingston Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.153192089 · Aug 20260304 m
485 Kingston Rd · Twelvestone Realty Advisors Inc.1159195888 · Aug 20261320 m
501 Kingston Rd · Akelius Canada Ltd757195098 · Jul 20254 · 2 fire338 m
419 Woodbine Ave113196093 · Nov 20250360 m
320 Kingston RdToronto Community Housing · TCH363195495 · Jul 20251380 m
474 Kingston Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.384195895 · Jul 20261398 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 lots412 lots · ≈16,010 spaces · 48 ha
Within 500 m18 lots · ≈600 spaces
Green P (public)19 car parks · about 1,198 spaces
EV charging (City)1981 Queen Street East · 504 m · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
85 Lee Ave · Surface557 m6861% (Q1 2026)
136 Wineva Ave. · Surface628 m28 *
166 Woodbine Ave · Surface714 m2146% (Q1 2026)
117 Hammersmith Ave · Surface722 m2947% (Q1 2026)
192 Boardwalk Dr · Surface780 m2445% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 44 m away, ≈18 spaces; 140 m away, ≈15 spaces; 224 m away, ≈31 spaces; 261 m away, ≈82 spaces; 282 m away, ≈23 spaces; 305 m away, ≈86 spaces. More EV charging: 166 Woodbine Ave (695 m, 6 ports); 117 Hammersmith Ave (709 m, 6 ports); 1856 Queen St E. (735 m, 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, Aug 29, 2005

The east leg carries the load — 589 westbound vehicles, or 37% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 252. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 245 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 257 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 0.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 21 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2005, 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 north362southbound · 8 bikes · 0.6% heavy
From the west391eastbound · 23 bikes · 0.8% heavy
Total vehicles1,594360 pedestrians · 53 cyclists · 0.5% heavy
From the east589westbound · 16 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south252northbound · 6 bikes · 1.2% heavy
AM peak hour245 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour257 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Aug 29, 2005

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 Waverley Rd between Queen St E and Norway Ave (250 m away) recorded an average of 26 km/h in its 7-day count in June 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 34 km/h. That segment carries about 1,300 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Kingston Rd (316 m away, 40 km/h limit), 11% of the 192,382 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem. 6 speed humps slow traffic on Waverley Road between Queen St E and Norway Ave (installed 2003), and 1 more calmed segment ends here.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Waverley Rd · Queen St E – Norway Ave · 250 mJun 2022 · 7 days1,26426 km/h34 km/h37 km/h

School-zone speed sign 316 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct39 · 48 km/h
Over the limit27%
50 km/h or more11%

Kingston Rd (westbound), Burncrest Road · 192,382 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Waverley Road · Queen St E – Norway Ave
    6 speed humps
    installed 2003
  • Waverley Road · Norway Ave – Kingston Rd
    3 speed humps

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

2022 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 0% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 33% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Oct 2, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions27#2995 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only19
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified8
All since 201431latest Oct 2, 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.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Toronto Police place 16 thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 2 in 2023–2025, about 0.7 a year, against 2.4 a year before that. 44% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1610house driveway/garage (7), other (6)
Bicycle theft310house driveway/garage (2), other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 16, 2023. 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 The Beaches.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Norway & Waverley a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 27 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 Norway & Waverley?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Aug 29, 2005, 17% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Norway & Waverley?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Waverley Rd between Queen St E and Norway Ave (June 2022), found an average of 26 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 34 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 316 m away (40 km/h), 11% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Norway & Waverley?

The nearest Green P car park is 85 Lee Ave (557 m away, 68 spaces, 61% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 412 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,010 spaces — 18 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1981 Queen Street East (504 m).

How do I get to Norway & Waverley by transit?

Streetcar routes 503, 501, 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 310 m away; bus routes 64, 92, 404 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Norway & Waverley?

None within 300 m, and 104 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Loft Community Services (348 m), K & S Milk Store (354 m), Paper Route Cafe (366 m), Atrium at Kew Beach (429 m) and What A Bagel (466 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 Norway & Waverley?

The nearest is Beaches Recreation Centre Washroom, 6 Williamson Rd, 314 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Kew Gardens Playground Washroom (583 m); Pantry Park Fieldhouse Washroom (858 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 Norway & Waverley?

15 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,327 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Norway School Age YMCA (378 m, 99 spaces), Williamson Road Day Care Centre (421 m, 116 spaces) and Boardwalk Montessori School Inc. (520 m, 57 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Norway & Waverley?

48 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,057 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 191 Kenilworth Ave (227 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 98 Elmer Ave (282 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 441 Kingston Rd (304 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 485 Kingston Rd (320 m, 115 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 48 is 90 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 Norway & Waverley?

Toronto Police place 16 thefts from vehicles and three 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 The Beaches page.

What neighbourhood is Norway & Waverley in?

Norway & Waverley is in The Beaches (City of Toronto neighbourhood 063). It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford.

Sources

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