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Pape & Browning

Pape Ave & Browning Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Danforth East York · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

In Danforth East York, Pape & Browning is an intersection of typical volume. Nearby is Pape Station (Line 2) 398 m away.

Traffic volume
7,028
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 22, 2017
566 pedestrians · 113 cyclists
Collisions
35
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
6 with an injury · 24 property damage · #2602 of 5,508 · +3 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1237 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Pape Station 398 m · 8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 880 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 76% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 12 vehicles, close to the citywide median. That comes with about 3.5 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 19%, from 16 in 2016–2020 to 19 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 35 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Pape & Browning

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Pape Station (Line 2)398 m; Donlands Station (Line 2)635 m; Chester Station (Line 2)728 m
TTC bus
7210062518387825 nearest 71 m
Express
925
Blue Night
325300322
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Pape Ave at Fulton Ave South Side; Pape Ave at Canning Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Fulton Ave / Pape Ave 97 m · 19 docks · 13 stations, 257 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 (22)
  • Centennial College School - Carlaw CampusCollege · 253 m
  • Westwood Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 517 m
  • Chester Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 647 m
  • Holy Name Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 654 m
  • Jackman Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 665 m
  • Frankland Community SchoolEnglish Public · 720 m
  • and 16 more
Parks (23)
  • Agnes Macphail Square277 m
  • Carlaw Avenue Parkette435 m
  • Aldwych Park467 m
  • Langford Parkette500 m
  • Logan Green Field533 m
  • 24 Dewhurst Boulevard Park584 m
  • and 17 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Pape/Danforth branch530 m
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch1 km
Places of interest
  • The Danforth Music HallPerforming Arts · 1.1 km
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage SiteLandmark · 1.2 km
  • Evergreen Brick WorksAttraction · 1.5 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 9 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 196 — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Tzatziki Macchiato, 64 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in November 2025.

Restaurants & cafés9 within 300 m · 196 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 32 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Serano Bakery · 830 Pape Avegrocery49 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Serano Food Market · 830 Pape Ave Unit-5grocery49 mPassed, Mar 2026
Tzatziki Macchiato · 873 Pape Ave64 mPassed, Nov 2025
Storeasy Convenience & Grocery · 846 Pape Avegrocery70 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Gianni's Pasta · 877 Pape Ave71 mPassed, Aug 2025
Lorenzo's Pizzeria · 852 Pape Ave88 mPassed, Mar 2026
Oliver Coffee Bar · 852 Pape Ave Unit-388 mPassed, Aug 2026
Oliver Coffee Bar · 852 Pape Ave, Unit-388 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction

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 Withrow Park North Washroom, 850 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 478 m away at Aldwych Park.

  • Withrow Park North Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    850 m
  • Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    943 m
  • East York Community Centre Washroom · 1081 Pape Ave
    View centre hours
    1 km
Drinking water
Aldwych Park drinking fountain · 478 m; Langford Parkette bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 505 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

19 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,968 spaces; 14 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Broad View French Montessori School (181 m, 33 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km19 centres · 1,968 spaces
Fee subsidy14 of 19
  • Broad View French Montessori School · 903 Pape Ave
    33 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    181 m
  • Play Loft · 583 Danforth Ave
    122 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    534 m
  • Chester Jr YMCA · 115 Gowan Ave
    161 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    647 m
  • Childspace Day Care Corporation # 2 (690 Carlaw) · 690 Carlaw Ave
    115 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    654 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 322 (927 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 322 · 927 m256 Cosburn Ave
Police55 Division · 2.8 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceEMS TRAINING/TFD Stn 323 · 1 km153 Chatham 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

Within a kilometre there are 73 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 5,293 rental units, 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection — nine social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 768 Pape Ave (239 m, 15 units, 3 storeys, built 1990), which scored 73 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 73 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 133 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 56 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings73 · 5,293 units · 9 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026133 across the 73
Open fire-code violations56
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
768 Pape Ave153199073 · Nov 20250239 m
135 Sammon Ave · Town & Country Property Managers113195694 · Dec 20250390 m
796 Carlaw Ave314192290 · Sep 20241496 m
160 Floyd Ave123195277 · Jul 20251514 m
156 Floyd Avesocial housing · Affordable Property Management Inc416199293 · Oct 20250527 m
130 Gowan Ave · Greenwin Inc16012196898 · Jun 20247 · 2 fire647 m
100 Gowan Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc.12117196697 · Jun 20254670 m
111 Cosburn Ave · Mpct Dif Cosburn Avenue GP Inc.363195596 · Nov 20253686 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 lots472 lots · ≈12,520 spaces · 37.6 ha
Within 500 m31 lots · ≈730 spaces
Green P (public)18 car parks · about 669 spaces
EV charging (City)14 Arundel Ave. · 656 m · 8 Level 2 ports
Bike parking7 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 64 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
716 Pape Ave · Surface397 m7475% (Q1 2026)
20 Eaton Avenue · Surface413 m70 *
77 Gough Ave · Surface413 m1783% (Q1 2026)
17 Eaton Ave · Surface434 m3065% (Q1 2026)
12 Woodycrest Ave · Surface458 m3543% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 26 m away, ≈15 spaces; 65 m away, ≈5 spaces; 73 m away, ≈29 spaces; 109 m away, ≈14 spaces; 113 m away, ≈5 spaces; 124 m away, ≈28 spaces. More EV charging: 41 FULTON AVE (733 m, 2 ports); 503 Jones Ave (902 m, 2 ports); 132 Chatham Ave (1 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, Mar 22, 2017

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 3,236 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 46% of the total, against 723 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the north (64 of 113). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,005 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,035 from 4:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 8.4% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 10 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2017, 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 north3,069southbound · 64 bikes · 9.4% heavy
From the west723eastbound · 5 bikes · 2.4% heavy
Total vehicles7,028566 pedestrians · 113 cyclists · 8.4% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south3,236northbound · 44 bikes · 8.7% heavy
AM peak hour1,005 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,035 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 22, 2017

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

On Pape Ave between Canning Ave and Browning Ave, 28 m from the corner, a 3-day count in August 2017 put the average speed at 45 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 53 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 58 km/h or more. That segment carries about 14,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 9 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Browning Avenue between Carlaw Ave and Pape Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Pape Ave · Canning Ave – Browning Ave · 28 mAug 2017 · 3 days14,36845 km/h53 km/h58 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Browning Avenue · Carlaw Ave – Pape Ave
    2 speed humps

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

The worst year was 2017, with 8 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 6 collisions (17%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (9%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions35#2602 of 5,508
With an injury6#2512 of 4,660
Property damage only24
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian2#1917 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2214 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201442latest Apr 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Nov 25, 2022.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1237 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20061latest Nov 25, 2022

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

Three thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle320street/outdoor (1), other (1)
Bicycle theft100house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 8, 2025. 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 Danforth East York.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Pape & Browning a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1237 of 1,505), out of 35 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 Pape & Browning?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Mar 22, 2017, 76% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Pape & Browning?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Pape Ave between Canning Ave and Browning Ave (August 2017), found an average of 45 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 53 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Pape & Browning?

The nearest Green P car park is 716 Pape Ave (397 m away, 74 spaces, 75% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 472 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,520 spaces — 31 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 14 Arundel Ave. (656 m).

How do I get to Pape & Browning by transit?

Pape Station (Line 2) is 398 m away; bus routes 72, 100, 62, 51, 83, 87, 8, 25 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Pape Ave at Fulton Ave South Side, 71 m).

What restaurants are near Pape & Browning?

9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 196 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tzatziki Macchiato (64 m), Gianni's Pasta (71 m), Lorenzo's Pizzeria (88 m), Oliver Coffee Bar (88 m) and Oliver Coffee Bar (88 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 Pape & Browning?

The nearest is Withrow Park North Washroom, 725 Logan Ave, 850 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (943 m); East York Community Centre Washroom (1.0 km). 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 Pape & Browning?

19 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,968 spaces in total; 14 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Broad View French Montessori School (181 m, 33 spaces), Play Loft (534 m, 122 spaces) and Chester Jr YMCA (647 m, 161 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Pape & Browning?

73 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 5,293 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 768 Pape Ave (239 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 73), 135 Sammon Ave (390 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 796 Carlaw Ave (496 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 160 Floyd Ave (514 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 77). The average RentSafeTO score across the 73 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 Pape & Browning?

Toronto Police place three 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 Danforth East York page.

What neighbourhood is Pape & Browning in?

Pape & Browning is in Danforth East York (City of Toronto neighbourhood 059). 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