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Ookwemin & Villiers

Ookwemin St & Villiers St · Toronto, Ontario · South Riverdale · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

In South Riverdale, Ookwemin & Villiers is a quiet local crossing. It has a protected bikeway at the corner. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
4,520
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 25, 2004
102 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
36
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 24 property damage · #2547 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
3 streetcar routes · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track, Multi-Use Trail
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 570 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 49% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 44 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 3.6 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 36%, from 22 in 2016–2020 to 14 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Ookwemin & Villiers

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
504508503 nearest 507 m
TTC bus
114202121657275 nearest 182 m
Blue Night
304365
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Cycle Track on Villiers St installed 2021; Multi-Use Trail on Martin Goodman / Waterfront Trl installed 2001
Bike Share
Biidaasige Park West 137 m · 19 docks · 24 stations, 522 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 (11)
  • George Brown College - Young Centre For the Performing ArtsCollege · 533 m
  • Voice Integrative Private SchoolPrivate · 609 m
  • Inglenook Community SchoolEnglish Public · 911 m
  • Market Lane Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 945 m
  • George Brown College - Waterfront CampusCollege · 1 km
  • St Paul Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.2 km
  • and 5 more
Parks (30)
  • Biidaasige Park406 m
  • Jennifer Kateryna Koval's'kyj Park660 m
  • Diamond Jubilee Promenade735 m
  • Aitken Place Park736 m
  • Parliament Square Park806 m
  • Corktown Common844 m
  • and 24 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library St. Lawrence branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library Queen/Saulter branch1.5 km
Places of interest
  • Soulpepper Theatre CompanyPerforming Arts · 447 m
  • Young Centre for the Performing ArtsPerforming Arts · 550 m
  • The Distillery Historic DistrictLandmark · 574 m
  • Thompson Landry Gallery - Stone Building & Cooperage SpaceGallery · 609 m
  • Illuminarium TorontoAttraction · 649 m
  • Polson PierLandmark · 669 m
  • Canadian Stage (Berkeley Street Theatre)Performing Arts · 923 m
  • Alumnae TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 96 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is The Keating Channel, 88 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés5 within 300 m · 96 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 9 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Keating Channel · 2 Villiers St88 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
The Keating Channel · 2 Villiers St88 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 5 infractions
Batl · 33 Villiers St, Unit-105107 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 1 infraction
Cherry Street Bar-B-Que · 275 Cherry St181 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 1 infraction
Cherry Street Bar-B-Que · 275 Cherry St181 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Kotowski, B. - Toronto Plate No. 04603 (Hot Dog Cart) · Polson 18 None496 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Pepper Palace · 9 Case Goods Lane522 mPassed, Aug 2026
Old Flame Brewing Co. · 43 Tank House Lane522 mPassed, Sep 2025

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 Old Fire Hall 30 Community Centre Washroom, 328 m away; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 239 m away at Biidaasige Park.

  • Old Fire Hall 30 Community Centre Washroom · 31 Commissioners St
    hours not listed · accessible
    328 m
  • Old Fire Hall 30 Park Washroom · 31 Commissioners St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    331 m
  • East Bayfront Community Recreation Centre Washrooms · 261 Queens Quay East
    View centre hours · accessible
    604 m
Drinking water
Biidaasige Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 239 m; Biidaasige Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 307 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 270 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Distillery District Early Learning Centre (684 m, 85 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km4 centres · 270 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • Distillery District Early Learning Centre · 8 Distillery Lane
    85 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    684 m
  • Aquabella Child Care · 75 Edgewater Dr
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    691 m
  • St. Lawrence Co-Operative Day Care School Age (230 the Esplanade) · 230 the Esplanade
    74 spaces · preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km
  • St. Lawrence Co-Operative Day Care (2 Princess Street) · 2 Princess St
    49 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 333 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 51 Division (880 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 333 · 1.1 km207 Front St E
Police51 Division · 880 m51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 40 · 1.9 km58 Richmond St E

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

Eight registered apartment buildings with 1,429 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 151 Mill St (539 m, 232 units, 16 storeys, built 2022), which scored 100 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 96, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 57 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 46 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings8 · 1,429 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score96 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202657 across the 8
Open fire-code violations46
Tallest26 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
151 Mill St · Tricon Residential Inc232162022100 · Jul 20258 · 13 fire539 m
181 Mill St · Tricon Residential Inc310262022100 · Jul 202523 · 14 fire540 m
131 Mill St · Tricon Residential Inc23015202299 · Jul 202510 · 15 fire549 m
100 Mill St · Tricon Residentail237112024100 · Nov 20256599 m
75 Cooperage Stsocial housing · Wigwamen Incorporated14512201698 · Nov 20255753 m
5 Hahn Plsocial housing · St Clare's Multifaith Housing324198090 · Sep 20240754 m
33 Hahn Plsocial housing · Les Centres D'accueil Heritage (Owns and Manages Bldg Cah Is Not A Property Mngmt Co)1358198084 · Jul 20255 · 4 fire774 m
20 Palace Stsocial housing · Fred Victor Centre1081096 · Dec 20250804 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 lots527 lots · ≈36,880 spaces · 110.7 ha
Within 500 m9 lots · ≈940 spaces
Green P (public)17 car parks · about 4,625 spaces
EV charging (City)51 Dockside Dr. · 1 km · 5 Level 2 ports
Bike parking2 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 40 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
70 Distillery Lane · Garage472 m103 *
40 Rolling Mills Rd. · Garage663 m25 *
31A Parliament Street · Surface706 m230 *
373 Front Street East · Surface747 m450 *
83 Tannery Road · Garage788 m27 *

Nearest lots: 81 m away, ≈134 spaces; 88 m away, ≈78 spaces; 159 m away, ≈42 spaces; 193 m away, ≈18 spaces; 312 m away, ≈270 spaces; 421 m away, ≈111 spaces. More EV charging: 51 Dockside Dr (1 km, 6 ports); 2 Church St. (1.6 km, 28 ports); 500 Commissioners St (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, May 25, 2004

The north leg carries the load — 2,162 southbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 58. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 640 vehicles in the hour from 2:00 p.m., 34% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (478). Trucks and buses were 28.9% 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 22 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2004, 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 north2,162southbound · 0 bikes · 28.1% heavy
From the west58eastbound · 0 bikes · 36.2% heavy
Total vehicles4,520102 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 28.9% heavy
From the east396westbound · 0 bikes · 24.5% heavy
From the south1,904northbound · 0 bikes · 30.5% heavy
AM peak hour478 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour640 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · May 25, 2004

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 most recent midblock count on Ookwemin St between Villiers St and Bascule Bdge (39 m away, Jun 2011) recorded volume only — about 4,858 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ookwemin St · Villiers St – Bascule Bdge · 39 mJun 2011 · 3 days4,858

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

2019 was the peak year (8 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 11% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 25% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 6% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). The most recent report on file is from Dec 4, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions36#2547 of 5,508
With an injury4#3042 of 4,660
Property damage only24
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist2#1287 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified8
All since 201443latest Dec 4, 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.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection 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 vehicle210street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft100street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 4, 2024. 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 South Riverdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Ookwemin & Villiers a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 36 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 Ookwemin & Villiers?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from May 25, 2004, 49% of the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Ookwemin & Villiers?

The nearest Green P car park is 70 Distillery Lane (472 m away, 103 spaces). The City's mapping shows 527 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 36,880 spaces — 9 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 51 Dockside Dr. (1.0 km).

How do I get to Ookwemin & Villiers by transit?

Streetcar routes 504, 508, 503 stop within 1 km, the nearest 507 m away; bus routes 114, 202, 121, 65, 72, 75 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Ookwemin & Villiers?

5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 96 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Keating Channel (88 m), The Keating Channel (88 m), Batl (107 m), Cherry Street Bar-B-Que (181 m) and Cherry Street Bar-B-Que (181 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 Ookwemin & Villiers?

The nearest is Old Fire Hall 30 Community Centre Washroom, 31 Commissioners St, 328 m away, with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Old Fire Hall 30 Park Washroom (331 m); East Bayfront Community Recreation Centre Washrooms (604 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 Ookwemin & Villiers?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 270 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Distillery District Early Learning Centre (684 m, 85 spaces), Aquabella Child Care (691 m, 62 spaces) and St. Lawrence Co-Operative Day Care School Age (230 the Esplanade) (1.0 km, 74 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Ookwemin & Villiers?

Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,429 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 151 Mill St (539 m, 232 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 181 Mill St (540 m, 310 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 131 Mill St (549 m, 230 units, RentSafeTO score 99) and 100 Mill St (599 m, 237 units, RentSafeTO score 100). The average RentSafeTO score across the 8 is 96 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 Ookwemin & Villiers?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles 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 South Riverdale page.

What neighbourhood is Ookwemin & Villiers in?

Ookwemin & Villiers is in South Riverdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 070). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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