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Ossington & Leeds

Ossington Ave & Leeds St · Toronto, Ontario · Dovercourt Village · Ward 11, University-Rosedale

Ossington & Leeds is a moderately travelled crossing. It sits in Dovercourt Village, in central Toronto. It has Ossington Station and parks at the corner. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
7,157
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 15, 2021
373 pedestrians · 163 cyclists
Collisions
26
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 19 property damage · #3035 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
Ossington Station
subway station within 250 m
7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 890 vehicles, 77% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 19 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. Cyclists were 2.3% of vehicle volume, about 2.9× the typical share. That comes with about 2.6 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 27%, from 15 in 2016–2020 to 11 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Ossington & Leeds

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Ossington Station (Line 2)194 m; Christie Station (Line 2)605 m; Dufferin Station (Line 2)693 m
TTC bus
63941611262629402 nearest 19 m
Express
929
Blue Night
363300329
Nearest stops
13 surface stops within 300 m — Ossington Ave at Leeds St; Ossington Ave at Leeds St South Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Concord Ave / Bloor St W 243 m · 15 docks · 21 stations, 393 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 (32)
  • St Bruno & St Raymond Catholic Elementary School (Future Site)English Separate · 351 m
  • Sacre Coeur Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 460 m
  • West End Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 567 m
  • Essex Jr Sr & Hawthorne Two BilingualEnglish Public · 571 m
  • St Anthony Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 678 m
  • Central Toronto Academy & Horizon Alternative SrEnglish Public · 769 m
  • and 26 more
Parks (32)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bloor/Gladstone branch758 m
  • Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library College/Shaw branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Randolph Centre for the ArtsPerforming Arts · 1.3 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 38 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 6 grocery and convenience stores, and 217 eating places within a kilometre — 3.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Concord Cafe, 174 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026.

Restaurants & cafés38 within 300 m · 217 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience6 within 300 m · 37 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Concord Cafe · 298 Concord Ave174 mPassed, Sep 2026
Souvlaki Station · 739 Ossington Ave206 mPassed, Jun 2026
Oh So Sweet Ice Cream · 737 Ossington Ave211 mPassed, Aug 2026
Tahini's · 890 Bloor St W218 mPassed, Apr 2026
Bloor Fresh Market · 868 Bloor St Wgrocery224 mPassed, Apr 2026
Star Glow Boba & Coffee · 880 Bloor St W226 mPassed, Apr 2026
Yowhana Convenience Store · 898 Bloor St Wgrocery227 mPassed, Mar 2025 · 1 infraction
Cafe Juventus · 904 Bloor St W231 mPassed, Jun 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 Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom, 378 m away, View outdoor pool hours. A drinking fountain is 140 m away at Northumberland Playground.

  • Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom · 779 Crawford St
    View outdoor pool hours
    378 m
  • Christie Pits Park Washroom · 750 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    475 m
  • Dovercourt Park Washroom · 155 Bartlett Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    516 m
Drinking water
Northumberland Playground drinking fountain · 140 m; Irene Avenue Parkette drinking fountain · 261 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

12 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,017 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue North (163 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km12 centres · 1,017 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 12
  • Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue North · 756 Ossington Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    163 m
  • Bloorcourt Village Early Learning Centre · 823 Dovercourt Rd
    106 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    281 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue South · 720 Ossington Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    282 m
  • Les Bouts D'choux · 98 Essex St
    116 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    460 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 345 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 380 m away.

FireFire Station 345 · 1 km1285 Dufferin St
Police14 Division · 1.4 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 33 · 380 m760 Dovercourt Rd

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

21 registered apartment buildings with 1,490 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 177 Pendrith St (178 m, 54 units, 3 storeys, built 1964), which scored 85 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 21 scored below 70; the average is 83, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 38 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings21 · 1,490 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score83 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202638 across the 21
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
177 Pendrith StToronto Community Housing · TCH543196485 · Aug 20250178 m
220 Delaware Ave · Imtradex Corp164193079 · Jul 20250273 m
767 Dovercourt Rd · Jdc Property Management Inc.193200894 · Jul 20250334 m
805 Bloor St Wsocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes244198986 · Sep 20250 · 1 fire434 m
496 Montrose Ave · Landlord Property & Rental Management Inc243193085 · Jul 20250459 m
1019 Bloor St W · Donros Developments Limited263192863 · Jul 20260518 m
730 Dovercourt Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management35620196797 · Jul 202514533 m
357 Rusholme Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management26716196995 · Jul 202610553 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 lots753 lots · ≈22,110 spaces · 66.3 ha
Within 500 m42 lots · ≈690 spaces
Green P (public)24 car parks · about 1,009 spaces
EV charging (City)705 Shaw St · 440 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking71 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 48 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
745 Ossington Ave · Surface195 m4667% (Q1 2026)
9 Salem Ave · Surface536 m3374% (Q1 2026)
7 Bartlett Ave · Surface631 m3763% (Q1 2026)
376 Clinton St · Surface720 m3468% (Q1 2026)
675 Manning Ave · Surface847 m4981% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 95 m away, ≈13 spaces; 111 m away, ≈21 spaces; 140 m away, ≈45 spaces; 165 m away, ≈5 spaces; 183 m away, ≈19 spaces (Green P); 190 m away, ≈50 spaces. More EV charging: 685 Dovercourt Rd (528 m, 2 ports); 273 Christie St (862 m, 2 ports); 74 Clinton Street (1.4 km, 4 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, Sep 15, 2021

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The south leg carries the load — 3,493 northbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 536. Most cyclists arrived from the north (75 of 163). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,026 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,021 from 4:45 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 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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 north3,128southbound · 75 bikes · 5.4% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles7,157373 pedestrians · 163 cyclists · 4.3% heavy
From the east536westbound · 29 bikes · 2.2% heavy
From the south3,493northbound · 59 bikes · 3.7% heavy
AM peak hour1,026 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,021 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 15, 2021

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 Ossington Ave between Northumberland St and Leeds St (61 m away) recorded an average of 41 km/h in its 7-day count in June 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 12,100 vehicles a day. Leeds St between Carling Ave and Lane E of Ossington and S of Leeds measured slower: 28 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 34 km/h (Sep 2021). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ossington Ave · Northumberland St – Leeds St · 61 mJun 2022 · 7 days12,07841 km/h49 km/h54 km/h
Leeds St · Carling Ave – Lane E of Ossington and S of Leeds · 66 mSep 2021 · 3 days1,29328 km/h34 km/h39 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

2017 was the peak year (7 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 12% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions26#3035 of 5,508
With an injury3#3409 of 4,660
Property damage only19
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian1#2857 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201430latest May 17, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Aug 17, 2007.

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 six thefts from vehicles and seven bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 3 in 2023–2025, about 1.0 a year, against 1.4 a year before that. 67% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 43% of the bike thefts were from other premises.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle610street/outdoor (4), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft720other (3), house driveway/garage (3)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 23, 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 Dovercourt Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Ossington & Leeds a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 26 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 Ossington & Leeds?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Sep 15, 2021, 77% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Ossington & Leeds?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ossington Ave between Northumberland St and Leeds St (June 2022), found an average of 41 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Ossington & Leeds?

The nearest Green P car park is 745 Ossington Ave (195 m away, 46 spaces, 67% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 753 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,110 spaces — 42 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 705 Shaw St (440 m).

How do I get to Ossington & Leeds by transit?

Ossington Station (Line 2) is 194 m away; bus routes 63, 94, 161, 126, 26, 29, 402, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: Ossington Ave at Leeds St, 19 m).

What restaurants are near Ossington & Leeds?

38 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 217 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Concord Cafe (174 m), Souvlaki Station (206 m), Oh So Sweet Ice Cream (211 m), Tahini's (218 m) and Star Glow Boba & Coffee (226 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 Ossington & Leeds?

The nearest is Alex Duff Memorial Outdoor Pool Washroom, 779 Crawford St, 378 m away (View outdoor pool hours). Next nearest: Christie Pits Park Washroom (475 m); Dovercourt Park Washroom (516 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 Ossington & Leeds?

12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,017 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue North (163 m, 49 spaces), Bloorcourt Village Early Learning Centre (281 m, 106 spaces) and Network Child Care Services - Ossington Avenue South (282 m, 39 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Ossington & Leeds?

21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,490 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 177 Pendrith St (178 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 220 Delaware Ave (273 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 79), 767 Dovercourt Rd (334 m, 19 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 805 Bloor St W (434 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 21 is 83 out of 100; 3 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 Ossington & Leeds?

Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and seven 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 Dovercourt Village page.

What neighbourhood is Ossington & Leeds in?

Ossington & Leeds is in Dovercourt Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 172). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe.

Sources

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