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O'Connor & Derwyn

O'Connor Dr & Derwyn Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Old East York · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

At its last City count, in 2006, O'Connor & Derwyn, in Old East York, was an above-average intersection for traffic. Nearby are 6 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
17,467
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 28, 2006
35 pedestrians · 11 cyclists
Collisions
12
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
6 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
37/100
city median 48
30 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 528 m

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O'Connor & Derwyn

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 · Nov 28, 2006

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 9,262 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 53% of the total, against 38 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 2,662 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 2,352 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Trucks and buses were 14.6% 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 20 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2006, 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 west8,167eastbound · 6 bikes · 15.0% heavy
Total vehicles17,46735 pedestrians · 11 cyclists · 14.6% heavy
From the east9,262westbound · 5 bikes · 14.3% heavy
From the south38northbound · 0 bikes · 18.4% heavy

Peak hours: 2,352 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,662 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 2023, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 2 collisions (17%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 17, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jul 21, 2008.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions12
With an injury2
Property damage only8
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20061latest Jul 21, 2008

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

On O'Connor Dr between Milton Rd and Lankin Blvd, 291 m from the corner, a 3-day count in December 2025 put the average speed at 43 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 51 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 57 km/h or more. That segment carries about 36,700 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Plains Rd (249 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.6% of the 38,550 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
O'Connor Dr · Milton Rd – Lankin Blvd · 291 mDec 2025 · 3 days36,66143 km/h51 km/h57 km/h
Speed sign
Plains Rd (eastbound), 249 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 21 km/h, 85th percentile 28 km/h; 0.6% at 40 km/h or more. 38,550 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

TTC bus
8 70 87 51 62 nearest 14 m
Blue Night
322
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — O'connor Dr at Derwyn Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Coxwell Ave / Plains Rd 656 m · 8 min · 19 docks · 3 stations, 45 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
2 car parks · about 36 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
6 mapped lots within 500 m, 196 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
850 Coxwell Ave · Surface1.2 km1862% (Q1 2026)
1439 Danforth Ave · Surface1.9 km1895% (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 Wayne's Supermarket, 528 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 30 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Boca Brunch, 414 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Hurst Pharmacy, 744 m away. The nearest hospital site is Michael Garron Hospital, 1.4 km away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Boca Brunch · 488 Cosburn Ave414 m · 5 min
  • Mr. Sub · 1068 Coxwell Ave470 m · 6 min
  • Sophie`s Sports Bar & Grill · 466 Cosburn Ave503 m · 6 min
  • Tim Hortons · 561 O'connor Dr508 m · 6 min
  • Butter Chicken Roti · 1041 Coxwell Ave522 m · 6 min
0 within 300 m · 30 within 1 km
Grocery
Wayne's Supermarket 528 m · 6 min
Food shops
Karlovo European Meats and Deli 493 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Hurst Pharmacy 744 m · 9 min
Child care
  • Centennial College East York Day Care (Plains Rd) · 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day421 m · 5 min
  • East York Montessori School · 31 spaces, toddler, preschool422 m · 5 min
  • Lily's House Inc. · 15 spaces, toddler · $10-a-day576 m · 7 min
3 licensed centres · 102 spaces within 1 km · 1 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed · closed — Closed for the Season662 m · 8 min
  • Dieppe Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible895 m · 11 min
Health and care
  • Michael Garron Hospital · hospital site1.4 km · 16 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 (10)
  • Four Oaks Gate Park275 m · 3 min
  • Coxwell Ravine Park318 m · 4 min
  • Cosburn Park731 m · 9 min
  • True Davidson Park796 m · 9 min
  • Dieppe Park942 m · 11 min
and 5 more within 1.5 km
Schools (10)
  • Diefenbaker Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 421 m · 5 min
  • Cosburn Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 655 m · 8 min
  • The Three Hierarchs AcademyPrivate · 758 m · 9 min
  • East York Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 827 m · 10 min
  • East York Alternative Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
and 5 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch823 m · 10 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 community centre or a care or retirement home.

37of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food8/30

    1 grocery store within 1 km · 30 within 1 km

  • Transit12/28

    5 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 823 m away

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    2 parks within 500 m

  • Schools and child care7/8

    1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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 — 140 rental units. The nearest is 9 Elmsdale Rd (775 m, 38 units, 4 storeys, built 1945), which scored 86 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
9 Elmsdale Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.384194586 · Jul 2024775 m · 9 min
494 Mortimer Ave · Deborah Holmes123196574 · Jun 2024898 m · 11 min
470 Mortimer Ave · Mortimer Rentals Inc424195790 · Jun 2024899 m · 11 min
338-342 Donlands Ave · Greenwin Corp.363194997 · Aug 2024925 m · 11 min
611 Cosburn Ave123195185 · Sep 2024928 m · 11 min

5 registered buildings · 140 units · tallest 4 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

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

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110other (1)
Bicycle theft000—

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 Old East York.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is O'Connor & Derwyn a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 12 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 & Derwyn?

An above-average intersection for traffic at the City's last count here, in 2006. Its latest count is from Nov 28, 2006, 1.89× today's median for a counted intersection.

Is O'Connor & Derwyn a walkable intersection?

O'Connor & Derwyn scores 37 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: 1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 2 parks within 500 m; 5 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km.

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

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on O'Connor Dr between Milton Rd and Lankin Blvd (December 2025), found an average of 43 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 51 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 249 m away (30 km/h), 0.6% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near O'Connor & Derwyn?

The nearest Green P car park is 850 Coxwell Ave (1.2 km away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 196 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 5,050 spaces — 6 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

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

Bus routes 8, 70, 87, 51, 62 within 1 km (nearest stop: O'connor Dr at Derwyn Rd, 14 m).

What restaurants are near O'Connor & Derwyn?

None within 300 m, and 30 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Boca Brunch (414 m), Mr. Sub (470 m), Sophie`s Sports Bar & Grill (503 m), Tim Hortons (508 m) and Butter Chicken Roti (522 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near O'Connor & Derwyn?

The nearest is Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 455 Cosburn Ave, 662 m away. The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season. Next nearest: Dieppe Park Washroom (895 m).

Is there child care near O'Connor & Derwyn?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 102 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Centennial College East York Day Care (Plains Rd) (421 m, 56 spaces), East York Montessori School (422 m, 31 spaces) and Lily's House Inc. (576 m, 15 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near O'Connor & Derwyn?

Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 140 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 9 Elmsdale Rd (775 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 494 Mortimer Ave (898 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 74), 470 Mortimer Ave (899 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 338-342 Donlands Ave (925 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 86 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at O'Connor & Derwyn?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Old East York page.

What neighbourhood is O'Connor & Derwyn in?

O'Connor & Derwyn is in Old East York (City of Toronto neighbourhood 058). 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