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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume14-hour count · Jul 23, 2024
Traffic is heaviest from the east: 647 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 44% of the total, against 2 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the south (233 of 559). Evening rush dominates here: 239 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 111 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 111 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 239 from 4:15 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).
Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m
The worst year was 2018, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 1 collision (9%) involved an injury. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 55% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (9%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 10, 2026.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 11 | 7.5 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles |
| With an injury | 1 | |
| Property damage only | 5 | |
| Fail to remain | 6 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 5 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.
How fast traffic moves here
On Palmerston Ave between Barton Ave and Follis Ave, 167 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2020 put the average speed at 27 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 35 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 39 km/h or more. That segment carries about 600 vehicles a day. The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Palmerston Ave (148 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 25,027 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmerston Ave · Barton Ave – Follis Ave · 167 m | Nov 2020 · 3 days | 560 | 27 km/h | 35 km/h | 39 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Palmerston Ave (southbound), 148 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 17 km/h, 85th percentile 25 km/h; 0.1% at 40 km/h or more. 25,027 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Subway
- Bathurst Station (Line 2)640 m · 8 min; Christie Station (Line 2)843 m · 10 min
- Streetcar
- 511 nearest 660 m · 8 min
- TTC bus
- 7 26 126 127 nearest 204 m
- Blue Night
- 307 300
- Nearest stops
- 2 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- Sharrows on Palmerston Ave installed 2022
- Bike Share
- Palmerston Ave / Vermont Ave 198 m · 15 docks · 20 stations, 385 docks within 1 km
Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- 17 car parks · about 1,114 spaces
- EV charging
- 273 Christie St · 626 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 365 Lippincott St. (915 m), 19 Spadina Rd (1.3 km)
- Bike parking
- 25 post-and-rings within 300 m
- Other lots
- 29 mapped lots within 500 m, 559 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 557 Palmerston Ave · Surface | 624 m | 55 | 80% (Q1 2026) |
| 675 Manning Ave · Surface | 736 m | 49 | 81% (Q1 2026) |
| 376 Clinton St · Surface | 845 m | 34 | 68% (Q1 2026) |
| 365 Lippincott St · Surface | 937 m | 136 | 54% (Q1 2026) |
| 292 Brunswick Avenue · Surface | 1.1 km | 19 * | — |
Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.
Within a walk
What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.
Food, shops and services
Two grocery stores are within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Steven's Grocery, 205 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 8 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 151 — 3.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Chaveta Coffee, 203 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Thu Pharmacy, 600 m away; 6 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: The O'neill Centre, a long-term care home 857 m away (two within a kilometre); The Annex, a retirement home 945 m away (two within a kilometre).
- Restaurants & cafés
- Chaveta Coffee · 994 Bathurst St203 m
- Summerhill Makret · 1014 Bathurst St247 m
- The Lighthouse · 1008 Bathurst St250 m · 3 min
- Yellow Flower · 721 Palmerston Ave256 m · 3 min
- Napoli Centrale · 964 Bathurst St266 m · 3 min
- Grocery
- Steven's Grocery 205 m · 2 within 300 m
- Food shops
- Bakery On the Go 691 m · 8 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Thu Pharmacy 600 m · 7 min · 6 within 1 km
- Child care
- Palmerston Community Daycare · 139 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day202 m
- St. Alban's Boys and Girls Club Preschool · 69 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day224 m
- Odyssey Montessori School · 57 spaces, toddler, preschool642 m · 8 min
- Washrooms
- Jean Sibelius Square Fieldhouse Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible645 m · 8 min
- Christie Pits Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs930 m · 11 min
- Health and care
- The O'neill Centre · long-term care home · 2 within 1 km857 m · 10 min
- The Annex · retirement home · 2 within 1 km945 m · 11 min
Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.
Parks, schools and places
- Parks (26)
- Vermont Square Park157 m
- St. Alban's Square623 m · 7 min
- Jean Sibelius Square639 m · 8 min
- Ed and Anne Mirvish Parkette640 m · 8 min
- Euclid Avenue Parkette660 m · 8 min
- Community centres
- William H. Bolton Arena217 m
- Native Youth Resource Centre781 m · 9 min
- Bob Abate Community Recreation Centre1.2 km · 15 min
- Schools (22)
- Palmerston Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 202 m
- Monsignor Fraser College - Annex CampusEnglish Separate · 375 m · 4 min
- Royal St Georges College School - AdvancementPrivate · 551 m · 7 min
- Royal St George's College School - Jr SchoolPrivate · 573 m · 7 min
- Royal St Georges College School - Main AddressPrivate · 614 m · 7 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Palmerston branch622 m · 7 min
- Toronto Public Library Spadina Road branch1.3 km · 15 min
- Places of interest
- Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 852 m · 10 min
- Randolph Centre for the ArtsPerforming Arts · 937 m · 11 min
- Al Green Theatre (at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre)Performing Arts · 1.4 km · 17 min
Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #853 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Within a kilometre there are 21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,176 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1000 Bathurst St (196 m, 14 units, 5 storeys, built 2026). Two buildings of the 21 scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000 Bathurst St · Pad Inc | 14 | 5 | 2026 | — | 196 m |
| 42 Barton Ave · Tyndallwood Investments Ltd | 24 | 4 | 1929 | 100 · Jul 2026 | 330 m · 4 min |
| 38 Barton Ave · Castlehill Property Management | 18 | 4 | 1919 | 76 · Oct 2025 | 339 m · 4 min |
| 922 Bathurst St · Aston Court Residences Inc | 18 | 3 | 1930 | 93 · Jun 2026 | 344 m · 4 min |
| 2 Vermont Ave · Tse In Trust | 16 | 3 | 1900 | 69 · Aug 2025 | 385 m · 5 min |
| 161 Christie St · Canlight Management Inc. | 15 | 4 | 1965 | 91 · Jul 2026 | 517 m · 6 min |
21 registered buildings · 1,176 units · 1 social housing · tallest 23 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
No thefts from vehicles and three bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bicycle theft | 3 | 0 | 0 | house driveway/garage (1), street/outdoor (1) |
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 Annex.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Palmerston & Olive a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 11 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 Palmerston & Olive?
A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Jul 23, 2024, 9% of the median for a counted intersection.
Is Palmerston & Olive a walkable intersection?
Palmerston & Olive scores 70 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #853 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 2 grocery stores within 300 m · 8 places to eat within 300 m; 1 park within 500 m · 2 community centres within 800 m.
How fast do cars go at Palmerston & Olive?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Palmerston Ave between Barton Ave and Follis Ave (November 2020), found an average of 27 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 35 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 148 m away (30 km/h), 0.1% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Palmerston & Olive?
The nearest Green P car park is 557 Palmerston Ave (624 m away, 55 spaces, 80% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 559 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,150 spaces — 29 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 273 Christie St (626 m).
How do I get to Palmerston & Olive by transit?
Bathurst Station (Line 2) is 640 m away; streetcar route 511 stop within 1 km, the nearest 660 m away; bus routes 7, 26, 126, 127 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Palmerston & Olive?
8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 151 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Chaveta Coffee (203 m), Summerhill Makret (247 m), The Lighthouse (250 m), Yellow Flower (256 m) and Napoli Centrale (266 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Palmerston & Olive?
The nearest is Jean Sibelius Square Fieldhouse Washroom, 50 Kendal Ave, 645 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Christie Pits Park Washroom (930 m).
Is there child care near Palmerston & Olive?
Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 850 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Palmerston Community Daycare (202 m, 139 spaces), St. Alban's Boys and Girls Club Preschool (224 m, 69 spaces) and Odyssey Montessori School (642 m, 57 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Palmerston & Olive?
21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,176 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1000 Bathurst St (196 m, 14 units), 42 Barton Ave (330 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 38 Barton Ave (339 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 76) and 922 Bathurst St (344 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 21 is 85 out of 100; 2 scored below 70.
How many thefts are reported at Palmerston & Olive?
Toronto Police place no thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Annex page.
What neighbourhood is Palmerston & Olive in?
Palmerston & Olive is in Annex (City of Toronto neighbourhood 095). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Jul 23, 2024.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 11 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.66979, -79.41563 · centreline node 13463598.