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O'Connor & Pepler

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

O'Connor & Pepler, in Old East York, is a mid-volume intersection. It has a school within 250 m and a park at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
7,513
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 15, 2007
235 pedestrians · 20 cyclists
Collisions
12
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 5 property damage · #4026 of 5,508
KSI collisions
2
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
1 fatal · 2 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #230 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
6
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 940 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 81% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 32 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 1.2 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. About one in six of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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O'Connor & Pepler

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
87210025518762 nearest 70 m
Express
925
Blue Night
325322
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m — O'connor Dr at Pape Ave; Pape Ave at O'connor Dr
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Pape Ave / Hopedale Ave 347 m · 15 docks · 5 stations, 88 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 (12)
  • William Burgess Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 191 m
  • Chester Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 677 m
  • Westwood Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 784 m
  • Holy Cross Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 791 m
  • The Three Hierarchs AcademyPrivate · 898 m
  • Centennial College School - Carlaw CampusCollege · 1 km
  • and 6 more
Parks (19)
  • Gamble Playground316 m
  • Arthur Dyson Parkette336 m
  • Kiwanis Parkette405 m
  • Livingstone Park437 m
  • Lower Don Parklands728 m
  • Westwood Park791 m
  • and 13 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch201 m
  • Toronto Public Library Thorncliffe branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage SiteLandmark · 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 are 4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 48 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Neon Mini Mart, 32 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2024.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 48 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 10 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Neon Mini Mart · 162 O'connor Dr32 mPassed, Jul 2024
Viva Pizzeria & Pasta · 158 O'connor Dr34 mPassed, Mar 2026
Greek Grill · 128 O'connor Dr71 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Royal Can. Legion Br. 10 · 1083 Pape Ave97 mPassed, Jun 2026
Burger King · 1068 Pape Ave321 mPassed, Apr 2026
Food Basics · 1070 Pape Avegrocery321 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Cafe Serano · 1055 Pape Ave348 mPassed, Mar 2026
McDonald's · 1045 Pape Ave407 mPassed, May 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, 186 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 328 m away at Gamble Playground.

  • East York Community Centre Washroom · 1081 Pape Ave
    View centre hours
    186 m
Drinking water
Gamble Playground drinking fountain · 328 m; Livingstone Park drinking fountain · 430 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 741 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Petite Maison Montessori (117 m, 63 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km9 centres · 741 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 9
  • Petite Maison Montessori · 126 O Connor Dr
    63 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    117 m
  • William Burgess Jr YMCA · 100 Torrens Ave
    166 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    191 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Child's Nest Early Learning Centre · 121 Cosburn Ave
    40 spaces · infant, toddler · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    465 m
  • Network - Child's Nest Early Years and Child Care Centre - 123 Cosburn · 123 Cosburn Ave
    58 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    467 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 322 (621 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (3.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 116 m away.

FireFire Station 322 · 621 m256 Cosburn Ave
Police55 Division · 3.7 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 116 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

74 registered apartment buildings with 5,693 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 1311 Pape Ave (196 m, 10 units, 3 storeys, built 1870). One building of the 74 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 145 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 92 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings74 · 5,693 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026145 across the 74
Open fire-code violations92
Tallest25 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1311 Pape Ave · Yasmin Piroozan10318701196 m
100 Gamble Ave · Novi Properties15212196594 · Jul 20259354 m
133 Gamble Ave · Rolin Realty Limited274196077 · Aug 20260361 m
95 Gamble Ave · Q Residential946196196 · Jul 20250394 m
130 Cosburn Ave486195692 · Jul 20250408 m
120 Cosburn Ave · Sowein Apartments576195086 · Jun 20240409 m
140 Cosburn Ave · Cosburn Manor Inc173196082 · Aug 20260413 m
85 Gamble Ave · Q Residential816196196 · Jul 20251425 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 lots506 lots · ≈29,370 spaces · 88.1 ha
Within 500 m44 lots · ≈1,050 spaces
Green P (public)14 car parks · about 575 spaces
EV charging (City)41 FULTON AVE · 1.3 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking11 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
716 Pape Ave · Surface1.6 km7475% (Q1 2026)
12 Woodycrest Ave · Surface1.6 km3543% (Q1 2026)
20 Eaton Avenue · Surface1.6 km70 *
17 Eaton Ave · Surface1.6 km3065% (Q1 2026)
77 Gough Ave · Surface1.6 km1783% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 42 m away, ≈5 spaces; 54 m away, ≈13 spaces; 72 m away, ≈16 spaces; 100 m away, ≈11 spaces; 105 m away, ≈11 spaces; 107 m away, ≈5 spaces. More EV charging: 14 Arundel Ave. (1.7 km, 8 ports); 132 Chatham Ave (1.9 km, 2 ports); 35 Erindale Ave (1.9 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, Mar 15, 2007

The east leg carries the load — 4,205 westbound vehicles, or 56% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 106. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,131 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 1,120 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 20 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 north285southbound · 7 bikes · 3.2% heavy
From the west2,917eastbound · 0 bikes · 3.3% heavy
Total vehicles7,513235 pedestrians · 20 cyclists · 4.3% heavy
From the east4,205westbound · 13 bikes · 5.2% heavy
From the south106northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,131 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,120 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 15, 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 Warland Ave and Wolverton Ave (302 m away) recorded an average of 49 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2018; 85% of drivers were at or under 57 km/h. That segment carries about 33,800 vehicles a day. Pepler Ave between Lane N of O Connor and E of Pepler and Pape Ave measured slower: 36 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Jun 2004). The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Pepler Ave · Lane N of O Connor and E of Pepler – Pape Ave · 174 mJun 2004 · 2 days33136 km/h48 km/h55 km/h
O'Connor Dr · Warland Ave – Wolverton Ave · 302 mMay 2018 · 3 days33,76449 km/h57 km/h62 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

2021 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 33% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 17% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Dec 20, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions12#4026 of 5,508
With an injury4#2864 of 4,660
Property damage only5
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian2#1505 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality1
Severity not classified2
All since 201416latest Dec 20, 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

Of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025, one was fatal. 2 pedestrians were among those hurt. One of the two happened in darkness. The most recent was on Dec 11, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions2#230 of 1,505
Fatal1#235 of 319
Involving a pedestrian2#83 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20062latest Dec 11, 2024

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 one theft from a vehicle and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110other (1)
Bicycle theft100house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 24, 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 Old East York.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is O'Connor & Pepler a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 2 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#230 of 1,505), out of 12 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Pepler?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Mar 15, 2007, 81% of the median for a counted intersection.

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

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on O'Connor Dr between Warland Ave and Wolverton Ave (May 2018), found an average of 49 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 57 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near O'Connor & Pepler?

The nearest Green P car park is 716 Pape Ave (1.6 km away, 74 spaces, 75% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 506 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 29,370 spaces — 44 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 41 FULTON AVE (1.3 km).

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

Bus routes 8, 72, 100, 25, 51, 87, 62, 925 within 1 km (nearest stop: O'connor Dr at Pape Ave, 70 m).

What restaurants are near O'Connor & Pepler?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 48 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Neon Mini Mart (32 m), Viva Pizzeria & Pasta (34 m), Greek Grill (71 m), Royal Can. Legion Br. 10 (97 m) and Burger King (321 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 & Pepler?

The nearest is East York Community Centre Washroom, 1081 Pape Ave, 186 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 & Pepler?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 741 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Petite Maison Montessori (117 m, 63 spaces), William Burgess Jr YMCA (191 m, 166 spaces) and Network Child Care Services - Child's Nest Early Learning Centre (465 m, 40 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near O'Connor & Pepler?

74 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,693 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1311 Pape Ave (196 m, 10 units), 100 Gamble Ave (354 m, 152 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 133 Gamble Ave (361 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 77) and 95 Gamble Ave (394 m, 94 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 74 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.

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

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and one bicycle theft 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 & Pepler in?

O'Connor & Pepler 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