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Pape & Riverdale

Pape Ave & Riverdale Ave · Toronto, Ontario · North Riverdale · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Pape & Riverdale, in North Riverdale, is a moderately travelled crossing. At the corner: a school within 250 m and a park. Nearby: Pape Station (Line 2) 1.0 km away.

Traffic volume
5,303
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 9, 2023
774 pedestrians · 15 cyclists
Collisions
17
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 13 property damage · #3644 of 5,508
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1299 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Pape Station 1 km · 3 streetcar routes · 3 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 660 vehicles, 57% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 7 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. That comes with about 1.7 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Just one of those 17 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Pape & Riverdale

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)1 km
Streetcar
506504505 nearest 358 m
TTC bus
7283100 nearest 31 m
Blue Night
306304305325300
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Pape Ave at Riverdale Ave North Side; Riverdale Ave at Pape Ave West Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Blake St / Boultbee Ave 308 m · 15 docks · 12 stations, 245 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 (25)
  • Pape Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 103 m
  • Blake St Jr & East AlternativeEnglish Public · 268 m
  • Bon Berger Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 428 m
  • Riverdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 568 m
  • Earl Grey Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 627 m
  • Jones Avenue Adult CentreEnglish Public · 688 m
  • and 19 more
Parks (33)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Jones branch826 m
  • Toronto Public Library Pape/Danforth branch850 m
  • Toronto Public Library Riverdale branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 1.2 km
  • The Danforth Music HallPerforming 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

Toronto Public Health inspects 14 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 172 — 2.4× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Little Caesars, 282 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2025.

Restaurants & cafés14 within 300 m · 172 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 28 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Kin-Kin Bakery & Bubble Tea · 1000 Gerrard St Egrocery282 mPassed, Oct 2024 · 1 infraction
Little Caesars · 1000 Gerrard St E, Unit-C14282 mPassed, Sep 2025
Asian Gourmet Wok & Grill · 1000 Gerrard St E Unit-F5283 mPassed, Jun 2026
Food Basics · 1000 Gerrard St Egrocery283 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
KFC · 1000 Gerrard St E283 mPassed, Feb 2026
La Sanaz Grill · 1000 Gerrard St E283 mPassed, Aug 2026
Le Greeka · 1000 Gerrard St E283 mPassed, Jun 2026
Lonch Restaurant · 1000 Gerrard St E Unit-F7283 mPassed, Jan 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 Withrow Park South Washroom, 362 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 406 m away at Gerrard - Carlaw Traffic Island (currently off).

  • Withrow Park South Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    362 m
  • Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom · 953 Gerrard St E
    View centre hours
    412 m
  • Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    538 m
Drinking water
Gerrard - Carlaw Traffic Island drinking fountain, dog fountain · 406 m · off; Matty Eckler Playground bottle filling station · 453 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

16 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,377 spaces; ten accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Riverdale Learning Loft Inc. (20 m, 41 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km16 centres · 1,377 spaces
Fee subsidy10 of 16
  • Riverdale Learning Loft Inc. · 433 Pape Ave
    41 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    20 m
  • Riverdale Mighty Kids Corp · 842 Gerrard St E
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    405 m
  • Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Jones · 343 Jones Ave
    128 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    428 m
  • Blake Street Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 84 Blake St
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    440 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 324 (415 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (2.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 324 · 415 m840 Gerrard St E
Police55 Division · 2 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 43 · 1 km126 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 12 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,209 rental units — ten social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 369 Pape Ave (182 m, 139 units, 8 storeys, built 1981), which scored 93 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 15 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 13 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings12 · 1,209 units · 10 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202615 across the 12
Open fire-code violations13
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
369 Pape AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1398198193 · Aug 20266182 m
10 Boultbee AveToronto Community Housing · TCH16711200192 · Jul 20261228 m
80 Blake StToronto Community Housing · TCH19014196998 · Jul 20240 · 7 fire390 m
575 Pape Ave · D&d Property Management173193092 · Jul 20241429 m
793 Gerrard St Esocial housing · North44 Property Management Inc285195083 · Nov 20250592 m
98 Cavell AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1006199296 · Aug 20251656 m
100 Cavell AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation3007197797 · Sep 20260 · 3 fire658 m
39 Harcourt AveToronto Community Housing · TCH153198994 · Nov 20250690 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 lots722 lots · ≈27,690 spaces · 83.1 ha
Within 500 m38 lots · ≈1,370 spaces
Green P (public)21 car parks · about 868 spaces
EV charging (City)963 Gerrard St E · 375 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking5 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 32 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
670 Pape Ave · Surface803 m7447% (Q1 2026)
653 Gerrard St E · Surface915 m3072% (Q1 2026)
20 Eaton Avenue · Surface1 km70 *
716 Pape Ave · Surface1 km7475% (Q1 2026)
77 Gough Ave · Surface1 km1783% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 33 m away, ≈4 spaces; 66 m away, ≈6 spaces; 103 m away, ≈6 spaces; 122 m away, ≈26 spaces; 127 m away, ≈6 spaces; 172 m away, ≈7 spaces. More EV charging: 453 Jones Ave (568 m, 2 ports); 503 Jones Ave (690 m, 2 ports); 220 Carlaw 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, Feb 9, 2023

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 2,074 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 39% of the total, against 550 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 875 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 785 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.7% 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 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2023, 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 north2,074southbound · 2 bikes · 5.8% heavy
From the west2,024eastbound · 3 bikes · 7.2% heavy
Total vehicles5,303774 pedestrians · 15 cyclists · 5.7% heavy
From the east655westbound · 5 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the south550northbound · 5 bikes · 3.1% heavy
AM peak hour785 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour875 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Feb 9, 2023

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 Riverdale Ave and Withrow Ave, 48 m from the corner, a 3-day count in December 2018 put the average speed at 35 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 42 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 45 km/h or more. That segment carries about 9,500 vehicles a day. Riverdale Ave between Lane E of Pape and S of Riverdale and Poucher St measured slower: 29 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 35 km/h (Dec 2018). The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Riverdale Ave (101 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.3% of the 23,049 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Riverdale Avenue between Pape Ave and Kiswick St.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Pape Ave · Riverdale Ave – Withrow Ave · 48 mDec 2018 · 3 days9,53135 km/h42 km/h45 km/h
Riverdale Ave · Lane E of Pape and S of Riverdale – Poucher St · 62 mDec 2018 · 3 days4,13829 km/h35 km/h39 km/h

School-zone speed sign 101 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct17 · 26 km/h
Over the limit0.8%
50 km/h or more0.3%

Riverdale Ave (eastbound), 245 Riverdale Avenue · 23,049 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Riverdale Avenue · Pape Ave – Kiswick St
    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 2020, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 3 collisions (18%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 6% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Mar 3, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions17#3644 of 5,508
With an injury3#3437 of 4,660
Property damage only13
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 201420latest Mar 3, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Mar 6, 2022. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1299 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#747 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20062latest Mar 6, 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

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100school/campus (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 22, 2016. 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 North Riverdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Pape & Riverdale a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1299 of 1,505), out of 17 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 & Riverdale?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Feb 9, 2023, 57% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Pape & Riverdale?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Pape Ave between Riverdale Ave and Withrow Ave (December 2018), found an average of 35 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 42 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 101 m away (40 km/h), 0.3% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Pape & Riverdale?

The nearest Green P car park is 670 Pape Ave (803 m away, 74 spaces, 47% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 722 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,690 spaces — 38 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 963 Gerrard St E (375 m).

How do I get to Pape & Riverdale by transit?

Pape Station (Line 2) is 1.0 km away; streetcar routes 506, 504, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 358 m away; bus routes 72, 83, 100 within 1 km (nearest stop: Pape Ave at Riverdale Ave North Side, 31 m).

What restaurants are near Pape & Riverdale?

14 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 172 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Little Caesars (282 m), Asian Gourmet Wok & Grill (283 m), KFC (283 m), La Sanaz Grill (283 m) and Le Greeka (283 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 & Riverdale?

The nearest is Withrow Park South Washroom, 725 Logan Ave, 362 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Matty Eckler Recreation Centre Washroom (412 m); Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (538 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 Pape & Riverdale?

16 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,377 spaces in total; 10 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Riverdale Learning Loft Inc. (20 m, 41 spaces), Riverdale Mighty Kids Corp (405 m, 49 spaces) and Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Jones (428 m, 128 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Pape & Riverdale?

12 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,209 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 369 Pape Ave (182 m, 139 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 10 Boultbee Ave (228 m, 167 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 80 Blake St (390 m, 190 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 575 Pape Ave (429 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 12 is 92 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 Pape & Riverdale?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no 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 North Riverdale page.

What neighbourhood is Pape & Riverdale in?

Pape & Riverdale is in North Riverdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 068). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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