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Pape & Cosburn

Pape Ave & Cosburn Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Danforth East York · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth · Pape Village BIA

Pape & Cosburn, in Danforth East York, is a moderately heavy crossing, with heavy foot traffic. At the corner: a bike lane, a park and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
17,612
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 6, 2024
9,481 pedestrians · 716 cyclists · #1064 busiest
Collisions
187
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
22 with an injury · 136 property damage · #557 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
2
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 1 cyclist · #398 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
3
TTC stops within 100 m
7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,260 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 1.9 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 4.1% of vehicle volume, about 5.2× the typical share. On average 19 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 10.6 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 2.1× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions edged down 15%, from 101 in 2016–2020 to 86 in 2021–2025. About one in 94 of those collisions involved a death or serious injury.

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Pape & Cosburn

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
72871006282551 nearest 17 m
Express
925
Blue Night
322325
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Cosburn Ave at Pape Ave; Pape Ave at Cosburn Ave
Cycling
Bike Lane on Cosburn Ave installed 2005
Bike Share
Pape Ave / Gamble Ave 138 m · 19 docks · 7 stations, 130 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 · 282 m
  • Chester Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 309 m
  • Westwood Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 370 m
  • Centennial College School - Carlaw CampusCollege · 532 m
  • Holy Cross Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 657 m
  • The Three Hierarchs AcademyPrivate · 915 m
  • and 6 more
Parks (20)
  • Gamble Playground236 m
  • Westwood Park419 m
  • Agnes Macphail Square443 m
  • Livingstone Park445 m
  • Lower Don Parklands724 m
  • Charles Sauriol Parkette770 m
  • and 14 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch249 m
  • Toronto Public Library Pape/Danforth branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage SiteLandmark · 1 km
  • Evergreen Brick WorksAttraction · 1.4 km
Signal
0669, activated 1958 · FT · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

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 15 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 61. The nearest is McDonald's, 42 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés15 within 300 m · 61 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
McDonald's · 1045 Pape Ave42 mPassed, May 2026
East York Restaurant · 1039 Pape Ave53 mPassed, May 2026 · 4 infractions
241 Pizza · 1029 Pape Ave90 mPassed, Feb 2026
Elmer's Fine Foods · 1027 Pape Avegrocery93 mPassed, Feb 2026
Cafe Serano · 1055 Pape Ave99 mPassed, Mar 2026
Pho Challenge · 1025 Pape Ave99 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Child's Nest Infant Centre · 121 Cosburn Ave115 mPassed, Jul 2026
Burger King · 1068 Pape Ave138 mPassed, Apr 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, 262 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 229 m away at Gamble Playground.

  • East York Community Centre Washroom · 1081 Pape Ave
    View centre hours
    262 m
Drinking water
Gamble Playground drinking fountain · 229 m; Livingstone Park drinking fountain · 452 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 Network Child Care Services - Child's Nest Early Learning Centre (115 m, 40 spaces, infant, toddler).

Within 1 km9 centres · 741 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 9
  • Network Child Care Services - Child's Nest Early Learning Centre · 121 Cosburn Ave
    40 spaces · infant, toddler · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    115 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
    124 m
  • William Burgess Jr YMCA · 100 Torrens Ave
    166 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    282 m
  • Chester Jr YMCA · 115 Gowan Ave
    161 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    309 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 322 (548 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (3.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 408 m away.

FireFire Station 322 · 548 m256 Cosburn Ave
Police55 Division · 3.4 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 408 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

Within a kilometre there are 74 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 4,849 rental units, 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 111 Cosburn Ave (59 m, 36 units, 3 storeys, built 1955), which scored 96 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 74 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 132 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 58 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings74 · 4,849 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026132 across the 74
Open fire-code violations58
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
111 Cosburn Ave · Mpct Dif Cosburn Avenue GP Inc.363195596 · Nov 2025359 m
120 Cosburn Ave · Sowein Apartments576195086 · Jun 2024071 m
101 Cosburn Ave · O'shanter Development Company Ltd7310196093 · Jul 2026285 m
100 Cosburn Ave · Greenwin Corp.1407196199 · Jul 2025898 m
95 Gamble Ave · Q Residential946196196 · Jul 20250101 m
117 Cosburn Ave243195079 · Jul 20240103 m
130 Cosburn Ave486195692 · Jul 20250109 m
133 Gamble Ave · Rolin Realty Limited274196077 · Aug 20260122 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 lots496 lots · ≈22,120 spaces · 66.3 ha
Within 500 m86 lots · ≈1,680 spaces
Green P (public)15 car parks · about 593 spaces
EV charging (City)41 FULTON AVE · 1 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking45 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
716 Pape Ave · Surface1.1 km7475% (Q1 2026)
20 Eaton Avenue · Surface1.1 km70 *
77 Gough Ave · Surface1.1 km1783% (Q1 2026)
17 Eaton Ave · Surface1.1 km3065% (Q1 2026)
12 Woodycrest Ave · Surface1.1 km3543% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 45 m away, ≈53 spaces; 45 m away, ≈7 spaces; 47 m away, ≈14 spaces; 52 m away, ≈6 spaces; 53 m away, ≈3 spaces; 63 m away, ≈7 spaces. More EV charging: 14 Arundel Ave. (1.2 km, 8 ports); 132 Chatham Ave (1.5 km, 2 ports); 35 Erindale Ave (1.5 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 — 14-hour, Nov 6, 2024

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 5,839 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 33% of the total, against 2,859 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 1,716 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 1,541 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 22 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north5,839southbound · 215 bikes · 3.9% heavy
From the west2,859eastbound · 145 bikes · 4.8% heavy
Total vehicles17,6129,481 pedestrians · 716 cyclists · 4.3% heavy
From the east3,110westbound · 161 bikes · 4.3% heavy
From the south5,804northbound · 195 bikes · 4.6% heavy
AM peak hour1,541 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,716 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 6, 2024

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 Pape Ave between Cosburn Ave and Gamble Ave (56 m away, Apr 2017) recorded volume only — about 8,389 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Gowan Ave (251 m away, 30 km/h limit), 2.7% of the 30,134 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Pape Ave · Cosburn Ave – Gamble Ave · 56 mApr 2017 · 9 days8,389
Cosburn Ave · Pape Ave – Todmorden Lane · 143 mApr 2013 · 3 days4,570

School-zone speed sign 251 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct23 · 32 km/h
Over the limit9.9%
40 km/h or more2.7%

Gowan Ave (westbound), Burncrest Road · 30,134 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 2024, with 25 collisions; 2025 recorded 14. 22 collisions (12%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 34 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 16 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (9%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 29, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 10.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions187#557 of 5,508
With an injury22#776 of 4,660
Property damage only136
Fail to remain34
Involving a pedestrian10#240 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist6#352 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist2
With a fatality0
Severity not classified29
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 2014239latest Jun 29, 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

Neither of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 pedestrian and 1 cyclist were among those hurt. One of the two happened in darkness. The most recent was on Jul 12, 2016. Going back to 2006, the total is 5.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions2#398 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#703 of 879
Involving a cyclist1#204 of 271
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20065latest Jul 12, 2016

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

11 thefts from vehicles and 11 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 3.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 2.2 a year. 64% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 36% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1140street/outdoor (7), apartment parking (2)
Bicycle theft1130street/outdoor (4), other (3)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 7, 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 & Cosburn a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 2 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#398 of 1,505), out of 187 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 & Cosburn?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #1064 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection, and #219 for pedestrians.

Where can I park near Pape & Cosburn?

The nearest Green P car park is 716 Pape Ave (1.1 km away, 74 spaces, 75% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 496 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,120 spaces — 86 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 41 FULTON AVE (1.0 km).

How do I get to Pape & Cosburn by transit?

Bus routes 72, 87, 100, 62, 8, 25, 51, 925 within 1 km (nearest stop: Cosburn Ave at Pape Ave, 17 m).

What restaurants are near Pape & Cosburn?

15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 61 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are McDonald's (42 m), East York Restaurant (53 m), 241 Pizza (90 m), Cafe Serano (99 m) and Pho Challenge (99 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 & Cosburn?

The nearest is East York Community Centre Washroom, 1081 Pape Ave, 262 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 Pape & Cosburn?

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 Network Child Care Services - Child's Nest Early Learning Centre (115 m, 40 spaces), Network - Child's Nest Early Years and Child Care Centre - 123 Cosburn (124 m, 58 spaces) and William Burgess Jr YMCA (282 m, 166 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Pape & Cosburn?

74 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,849 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 111 Cosburn Ave (59 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 120 Cosburn Ave (71 m, 57 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 101 Cosburn Ave (85 m, 73 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 100 Cosburn Ave (98 m, 140 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 74 is 89 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 & Cosburn?

Toronto Police place 11 thefts from vehicles and 11 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 Danforth East York page.

What neighbourhood is Pape & Cosburn in?

Pape & Cosburn is in Danforth East York (City of Toronto neighbourhood 059). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher. The corner falls inside the Pape Village Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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