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O'Connor & Lankin

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

O'Connor & Lankin, in Old East York, is a busier-than-typical intersection. Nearby is 8 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
17,840
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 22, 2006
147 pedestrians · 14 cyclists
Collisions
21
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
5 with an injury · 15 property damage · #3352 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 2,230 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.93× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 121 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 2.1 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 63%, from 8 in 2016–2020 to 13 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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O'Connor & Lankin

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
87087936240491 nearest 71 m
Blue Night
322
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — O'connor Dr at Coxwell Ave; Coxwell Ave at O'connor Dr South Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Coxwell Ave / Plains Rd 239 m · 19 docks · 6 stations, 106 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 (16)
  • Diefenbaker Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 289 m
  • East York Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 370 m
  • Cosburn Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 384 m
  • East York Alternative Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 509 m
  • The Three Hierarchs AcademyPrivate · 837 m
  • R H McGregor Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 881 m
  • and 10 more
Parks (14)
  • Coxwell Ravine Park315 m
  • Cullen Bryant Park381 m
  • Cosburn Park509 m
  • Four Oaks Gate Park567 m
  • True Davidson Park602 m
  • East York Civic Centre725 m
  • and 8 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch599 m
  • Toronto Public Library Thorncliffe branch1.1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 17 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 39. The nearest is Mr. Sub, 81 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés17 within 300 m · 39 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 10 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Mr. Sub · 1068 Coxwell Ave81 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Wayne's Supermarket · 1054 Coxwell Avegrocery96 mPassed, Jul 2025
Skara · 1050 Coxwell Ave100 mPassed, Mar 2026
Pulp &paperie · 1042 Coxwell Ave108 mPassed, May 2025
Mon K Pastisserie · 1040 Coxwell Ave110 mPassed, Mar 2026
Circle K · 561 O'connor Drgrocery122 mPassed, Sep 2025
Tim Hortons · 561 O'connor Dr122 mPassed, Jul 2024
Butter Chicken Roti · 1041 Coxwell Ave128 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 3 infractions

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 Dieppe Park Washroom, 709 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 494 m away at Cosburn Park.

  • Dieppe Park Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    709 m
  • Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    748 m
  • East York Civic Centre · 850 Coxwell Avenue
    Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed · accessible
    756 m
Drinking water
Cosburn Park drinking fountain · 494 m; Cosburn Park drinking fountain · 507 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 584 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Lily's House Inc. (127 m, 15 spaces, toddler).

Within 1 km6 centres · 584 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 6
  • Lily's House Inc. · 1032 Coxwell Ave
    15 spaces · toddler · $10-a-day
    127 m
  • Centennial College East York Day Care (Plains Rd) · 175 Plains Rd
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    289 m
  • East York Montessori School · 486 Cosburn Ave
    31 spaces · toddler, preschool
    556 m
  • Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) · 550 Mortimer Ave
    57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    808 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 224 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 55 Division (3.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 224 · 1.2 km1313 Woodbine Ave
Police55 Division · 3.3 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 1.7 km1300 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

Within a kilometre there are five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 138 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 611 Cosburn Ave (464 m, 12 units, 3 storeys, built 1951), which scored 85 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. No Landlord and Tenant Board order named any of them in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings5 · 138 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score85 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20260 across the 5
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
611 Cosburn Ave123195185 · Sep 20240464 m
494 Mortimer Ave · Deborah Holmes123196574 · Jun 20240853 m
470 Mortimer Ave · Mortimer Rentals Inc424195790 · Jun 20240872 m
1430 Woodbine Avesocial housing616199296 · Aug 202601 km
831 Cosburn Ave113195081 · Sep 202401 km

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 lots437 lots · ≈25,900 spaces · 77.7 ha
Within 500 m17 lots · ≈470 spaces
Green P (public)5 car parks · about 117 spaces
EV charging (City)1612 Danforth Ave. · 1.6 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking17 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
850 Coxwell Ave · Surface809 m1862% (Q1 2026)
1612 Danforth Ave · Surface1.7 km2275% (Q1 2026)
1439 Danforth Ave · Surface1.7 km1895% (Q1 2026)
737 Rhodes Ave · Surface1.7 km2450% (Q1 2026)
101 Cedarvale Ave · Surface2 km3550% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 64 m away, ≈32 spaces; 94 m away, ≈25 spaces; 119 m away, ≈28 spaces; 142 m away, ≈5 spaces; 143 m away, ≈22 spaces; 146 m away, ≈16 spaces. More EV charging: 543 Strathmore Blvd (1.8 km, 2 ports); 124 Mount Joy Ave (1.9 km, 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, Nov 22, 2006

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 9,530 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 53% of the total, against 234 from the south. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 2,714 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m., 13% above the afternoon peak from 4:15 p.m. (2,401). Trucks and buses were 9.7% 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 16,183 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 west8,076eastbound · 0 bikes · 4.9% heavy
Total vehicles17,840147 pedestrians · 14 cyclists · 9.7% heavy
From the east9,530westbound · 13 bikes · 13.8% heavy
From the south234northbound · 1 bikes · 8.1% heavy
AM peak hour2,714 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,401 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 22, 2006

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

On O'Connor Dr between Milton Rd and Lankin Blvd, 67 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. Lankin Blvd between Plains Rd and Judith Dr measured slower: 39 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 49 km/h (Apr 2008). At the school-zone speed sign on Plains Ave (267 m away, 30 km/h limit), 1.6% of the 29,478 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
O'Connor Dr · Milton Rd – Lankin Blvd · 67 mDec 2025 · 3 days36,66143 km/h51 km/h57 km/h
Lankin Blvd · Plains Rd – Judith Dr · 145 mApr 2008 · 24 h70439 km/h49 km/h55 km/h

School-zone speed sign 267 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct25 · 32 km/h
Over the limit8.1%
40 km/h or more1.6%

Plains Ave (westbound), 36 Plains Road · 29,478 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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

The worst year was 2022, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 5 collisions (24%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 5% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 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 Jan 19, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions21#3352 of 5,508
With an injury5#2761 of 4,660
Property damage only15
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201422latest Jan 19, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

Three thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle300other (2), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 23, 2019. 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 & Lankin a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 21 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 & Lankin?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Nov 22, 2006, 1.93× the median for a counted intersection.

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

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 267 m away (30 km/h), 1.6% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near O'Connor & Lankin?

The nearest Green P car park is 850 Coxwell Ave (809 m away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 437 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 25,900 spaces — 17 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1612 Danforth Ave. (1.6 km).

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

Bus routes 8, 70, 87, 93, 62, 404, 91 within 1 km (nearest stop: O'connor Dr at Coxwell Ave, 71 m).

What restaurants are near O'Connor & Lankin?

17 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 39 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Mr. Sub (81 m), Skara (100 m), Pulp &paperie (108 m), Mon K Pastisserie (110 m) and Tim Hortons (122 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 & Lankin?

The nearest is Dieppe Park Washroom, 455 Cosburn Ave, 709 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (748 m); East York Civic Centre (756 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 O'Connor & Lankin?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 584 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Lily's House Inc. (127 m, 15 spaces), Centennial College East York Day Care (Plains Rd) (289 m, 56 spaces) and East York Montessori School (556 m, 31 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near O'Connor & Lankin?

Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 138 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 611 Cosburn Ave (464 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 494 Mortimer Ave (853 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 74), 470 Mortimer Ave (872 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 1430 Woodbine Ave (1.0 km, 61 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 85 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 O'Connor & Lankin?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and no 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 Old East York page.

What neighbourhood is O'Connor & Lankin in?

O'Connor & Lankin is in Old East York (City of Toronto neighbourhood 058). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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