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O'Connor & Beechwood

O'Connor Dr & Beechwood Cres · Toronto, Ontario · Broadview North · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

O'Connor & Beechwood is an intersection of typical volume. It sits in Broadview North. It has a protected bikeway and a park at the corner. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
6,559
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 4, 2021
115 pedestrians · 86 cyclists
Collisions
6
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 5 property damage · #4896 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 820 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 71% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 57 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 0.6 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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O'Connor & Beechwood

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
8257210087516228 nearest 173 m
Express
925
Blue Night
325322
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Cycle Track on O'Connor Dr installed 2024
Bike Share
Gamble Ave / Broadview Ave 350 m · 23 docks · 6 stations, 107 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 (10)
  • William Burgess Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 550 m
  • Chester Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 587 m
  • Westwood Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 724 m
  • Centennial College School - Carlaw CampusCollege · 1 km
  • Bennington Heights Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Holy Cross Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.2 km
  • and 4 more
Parks (22)
  • Livingstone Park157 m
  • Lower Don Parklands269 m
  • Arthur Dyson Parkette590 m
  • Gamble Playground654 m
  • Westwood Park661 m
  • Kiwanis Parkette678 m
  • and 16 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch452 m
Places of interest
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage SiteLandmark · 777 m
  • Evergreen Brick WorksAttraction · 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 is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 41 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Sisters of St Joseph, 81 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 41 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 8 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Sisters of St Joseph · 2 O'connor Dr81 mPassed, Jul 2026
Hidden Gemm Variety · 1229 Broadview Avegrocery201 mPassed, May 2026
Hidden Gemm Variety · 1223 Broadview Avegrocery209 mPassed, Jun 2025
Golden Pizza Geo · 1201 Broadview Ave303 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Greek Grill · 128 O'connor Dr413 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Royal Can. Legion Br. 10 · 1083 Pape Ave435 mPassed, Jun 2026
S. Marjanovic - Toronto Plate No. 01038 (Hot Dog Cart) · 1152 Broadview Ave438 mPassed, Mar 2026
Viva Pizzeria & Pasta · 158 O'connor Dr456 mPassed, Mar 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 East York Community Centre Washroom, 464 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 146 m away at Livingstone Park.

  • East York Community Centre Washroom · 1081 Pape Ave
    View centre hours
    464 m
Drinking water
Livingstone Park drinking fountain · 146 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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 550 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Petite Maison Montessori (363 m, 63 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km6 centres · 550 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 6
  • Petite Maison Montessori · 126 O Connor Dr
    63 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    363 m
  • William Burgess Jr YMCA · 100 Torrens Ave
    166 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    550 m
  • Chester Jr YMCA · 115 Gowan Ave
    161 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    587 m
  • Abiona Centre For Infant and Early Mental Health Elc Broadview Campus · 1102 Broadview Ave
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    649 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 322 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 55 Division (4.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 364 m away.

FireFire Station 322 · 1 km256 Cosburn Ave
Police55 Division · 4 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 364 m1300 Pape 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

67 registered apartment buildings with 4,320 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 1 Fernwood Gdns (111 m, 12 units, 3 storeys, built 1965), which scored 72 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 67 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 121 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 53 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings67 · 4,320 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026121 across the 67
Open fire-code violations53
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1 Fernwood Gdns · 1202074 Ontario Inc123196572 · Jul 20260111 m
5 Fernwood Gdns · 1202074 Ontario Inc123196567 · Aug 20260140 m
11 Fernwood Gdns · 1202074 Ontario Inc123196581 · Jul 20260171 m
1243 Broadview Ave · Apartments R Us Property Mgmt Ltd384195596 · Nov 20250171 m
16 Fernwood Gdns123195274 · Jul 20240205 m
39 Torrens Ave · 1455522 Ontario Ltd283195493 · Jun 20250271 m
20 Gamble Ave · Ranee Management21312196488 · Jul 20255 · 3 fire303 m
2 Gamble Ave · Arilex Apartment Travel Lodge123195086 · Sep 20240318 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 lots467 lots · ≈30,940 spaces · 92.8 ha
Within 500 m43 lots · ≈900 spaces
Green P (public)13 car parks · about 557 spaces
EV charging (City)41 FULTON AVE · 1.1 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
18 Ferrier Ave · Surface1.6 km2358% (Q1 2026)
838 Broadview Ave · Surface1.6 km1176% (Q1 2026)
14 Arundel Ave · Surface1.6 km3763% (Q1 2026)
25 Ferrier Ave · Surface1.6 km4682% (Q1 2026)
77 Gough Ave · Surface1.6 km1783% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 57 m away, ≈10 spaces; 72 m away, ≈46 spaces; 167 m away, ≈16 spaces; 173 m away, ≈9 spaces; 175 m away, ≈19 spaces; 206 m away, ≈14 spaces. More EV charging: 14 Arundel Ave. (1.6 km, 8 ports); 35 Erindale Ave (1.7 km, 10 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, Nov 4, 2021

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 3,227 westbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 140. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,133 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 44% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (789). Trucks and buses were 6.1% 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 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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 north140southbound · 24 bikes · 3.6% heavy
From the west3,192eastbound · 28 bikes · 5.9% heavy
Total vehicles6,559115 pedestrians · 86 cyclists · 6.1% heavy
From the east3,227westbound · 34 bikes · 6.4% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour789 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,133 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 4, 2021

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 O'Connor Dr between Beechwood Cres and Beechwood Dr (74 m away) recorded an average of 43 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 11,100 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
O'Connor Dr · Beechwood Cres – Beechwood Dr · 74 mSep 2025 · 3 days11,05743 km/h49 km/h54 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

2020 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 17% of collisions here 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 Oct 25, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions6#4896 of 5,508
With an injury1#4424 of 4,660
Property damage only5
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 20147latest Oct 25, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Feb 4, 2010.

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 O'Connor & Beechwood 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 O'Connor & Beechwood?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Nov 4, 2021, 71% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at O'Connor & Beechwood?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on O'Connor Dr between Beechwood Cres and Beechwood Dr (September 2025), found an average of 43 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 O'Connor & Beechwood?

The nearest Green P car park is 18 Ferrier Ave (1.6 km away, 23 spaces, 58% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 467 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 30,940 spaces — 43 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 41 FULTON AVE (1.1 km).

How do I get to O'Connor & Beechwood by transit?

Bus routes 8, 25, 72, 100, 87, 51, 62, 28 and 1 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near O'Connor & Beechwood?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 41 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Sisters of St Joseph (81 m), Golden Pizza Geo (303 m), Greek Grill (413 m), Royal Can. Legion Br. 10 (435 m) and S. Marjanovic - Toronto Plate No. 01038 (Hot Dog Cart) (438 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 O'Connor & Beechwood?

The nearest is East York Community Centre Washroom, 1081 Pape Ave, 464 m away (View centre hours). 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 O'Connor & Beechwood?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 550 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Petite Maison Montessori (363 m, 63 spaces), William Burgess Jr YMCA (550 m, 166 spaces) and Chester Jr YMCA (587 m, 161 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near O'Connor & Beechwood?

67 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,320 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1 Fernwood Gdns (111 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 72), 5 Fernwood Gdns (140 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 67), 11 Fernwood Gdns (171 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 81) and 1243 Broadview Ave (171 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 67 is 90 out of 100; 1 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.

What neighbourhood is O'Connor & Beechwood in?

O'Connor & Beechwood is in Broadview North (City of Toronto neighbourhood 057). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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