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O'Connor & Northridge

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

O'Connor & Northridge is an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in Old East York. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: 13 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
17,475
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 5, 2007
23 pedestrians · 19 cyclists
Collisions
5
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 4 property damage · #5053 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
11 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 2,180 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.89× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 760 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 0.5 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 & Northridge

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
870875162934047288156403 nearest 75 m
Blue Night
322325
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 435 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 (14)
  • Diefenbaker Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 263 m
  • Cosburn Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 391 m
  • East York Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 541 m
  • The Three Hierarchs AcademyPrivate · 605 m
  • East York Alternative Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 714 m
  • R H McGregor Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 929 m
  • and 8 more
Parks (18)
  • Coxwell Ravine Park242 m
  • Four Oaks Gate Park302 m
  • Cosburn Park516 m
  • Dieppe Park594 m
  • True Davidson Park598 m
  • Cullen Bryant Park609 m
  • and 12 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch613 m
  • Toronto Public Library Thorncliffe branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch1.4 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; 46 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Mr. Sub, 339 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 46 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Mr. Sub · 1068 Coxwell Ave339 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Skara · 1050 Coxwell Ave345 mPassed, Mar 2026
Wayne's Supermarket · 1054 Coxwell Avegrocery345 mPassed, Jul 2025
Pulp &paperie · 1042 Coxwell Ave348 mPassed, May 2025
Mon K Pastisserie · 1040 Coxwell Ave349 mPassed, Mar 2026
Sushi Bay · 1028 Coxwell Ave355 mPassed, Mar 2026
Revitasize · 1012 Coxwell Ave364 mPassed, Aug 2026
Starbucks Coffee · 976 Coxwell Ave382 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 Dieppe Park Washroom, 553 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 498 m away at Cosburn Park.

  • Dieppe Park Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    553 m
  • Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    556 m
  • East York Civic Centre · 850 Coxwell Avenue
    Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed · accessible
    797 m
Drinking water
Cosburn Park drinking fountain · 498 m; Cosburn Park drinking fountain · 499 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 701 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Centennial College East York Day Care (Plains Rd) (263 m, 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km9 centres · 701 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 9
  • Centennial College East York Day Care (Plains Rd) · 175 Plains Rd
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    263 m
  • Lily's House Inc. · 1032 Coxwell Ave
    15 spaces · toddler · $10-a-day
    358 m
  • East York Montessori School · 486 Cosburn Ave
    31 spaces · toddler, preschool
    418 m
  • Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) · 550 Mortimer Ave
    57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    863 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 322 (944 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (3.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.4 km away.

FireFire Station 322 · 944 m256 Cosburn Ave
Police55 Division · 3.3 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 1.4 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

18 registered apartment buildings with 2,352 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 611 Cosburn Ave (609 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 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 48 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 80 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings18 · 2,352 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202648 across the 18
Open fire-code violations80
Tallest25 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
611 Cosburn Ave123195185 · Sep 20240609 m
470 Mortimer Ave · Mortimer Rentals Inc424195790 · Jun 20240798 m
494 Mortimer Ave · Deborah Holmes123196574 · Jun 20240808 m
47 Thorncliffe Park Dr · Morguard Nar Canada L.p47425196689 · Sep 20249 · 20 fire838 m
338-342 Donlands Ave · Greenwin Corp.363194997 · Aug 20241839 m
9 Elmsdale Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.384194586 · Jul 20241840 m
49 Thorncliffe Park Dr · Morguard Nar Canada L.p40020196881 · Jul 20245 · 20 fire892 m
65 Thorncliffe Park Dr33220196779 · Oct 20259 · 16 fire904 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 lots445 lots · ≈26,430 spaces · 79.3 ha
Within 500 m15 lots · ≈380 spaces
Green P (public)6 car parks · about 144 spaces
EV charging (City)1612 Danforth Ave. · 1.7 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking8 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
850 Coxwell Ave · Surface858 m1862% (Q1 2026)
1439 Danforth Ave · Surface1.7 km1895% (Q1 2026)
1612 Danforth Ave · Surface1.7 km2275% (Q1 2026)
737 Rhodes Ave · Surface1.7 km2450% (Q1 2026)
31 Langford Ave · Surface1.9 km2761% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 234 m away, ≈28 spaces; 332 m away, ≈32 spaces; 333 m away, ≈25 spaces; 347 m away, ≈5 spaces; 366 m away, ≈15 spaces; 373 m away, ≈16 spaces. More EV charging: 124 Mount Joy Ave (1.9 km, 2 ports); 132 Chatham Ave (1.9 km, 2 ports); 543 Strathmore Blvd (2 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 5, 2007

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The east leg carries the load — 8,954 westbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 23. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,490 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 8% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (2,304). Heavy vehicles made up 4.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 19 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2007, 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 west8,498eastbound · 10 bikes · 4.3% heavy
Total vehicles17,47523 pedestrians · 19 cyclists · 4.0% heavy
From the east8,954westbound · 9 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the south23northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour2,304 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,490 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 5, 2007

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 Milton Rd and Lankin Blvd (204 m away) recorded an average of 43 km/h in its 3-day count in December 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 51 km/h. That segment carries about 36,700 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Plains Rd (215 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.6% of the 42,016 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
O'Connor Dr · Milton Rd – Lankin Blvd · 204 mDec 2025 · 3 days36,66143 km/h51 km/h57 km/h

School-zone speed sign 215 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct21 · 28 km/h
Over the limit2.6%
40 km/h or more0.6%

Plains Rd (eastbound) · 42,016 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

2020 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 20% of collisions here involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Jan 28, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions5#5053 of 5,508
With an injury1#4427 of 4,660
Property damage only4
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 20145latest Jan 28, 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is O'Connor & Northridge a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 5 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 & Northridge?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Nov 5, 2007, 1.89× the median for a counted intersection.

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

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 215 m away (30 km/h), 0.6% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near O'Connor & Northridge?

The nearest Green P car park is 850 Coxwell Ave (858 m away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 445 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,430 spaces — 15 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1612 Danforth Ave. (1.7 km).

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

Bus routes 8, 70, 87, 51, 62, 93, 404, 72 and 3 more within 1 km (nearest stop: O'connor Dr at Derwyn Rd, 75 m).

What restaurants are near O'Connor & Northridge?

None within 300 m, and 46 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Mr. Sub (339 m), Skara (345 m), Pulp &paperie (348 m), Mon K Pastisserie (349 m) and Sushi Bay (355 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 & Northridge?

The nearest is Dieppe Park Washroom, 455 Cosburn Ave, 553 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (556 m); East York Civic Centre (797 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 & Northridge?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 701 spaces in total; 7 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) (263 m, 56 spaces), Lily's House Inc. (358 m, 15 spaces) and East York Montessori School (418 m, 31 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near O'Connor & Northridge?

18 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,352 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 611 Cosburn Ave (609 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 470 Mortimer Ave (798 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 494 Mortimer Ave (808 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 74) and 47 Thorncliffe Park Dr (838 m, 474 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 18 is 89 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.

What neighbourhood is O'Connor & Northridge in?

O'Connor & Northridge 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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