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Pape & Torrens

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

In Old East York, Pape & Torrens is an intersection of typical volume. It has a school within 250 m and parks at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
8,465
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 8, 2015
2,048 pedestrians · 195 cyclists
Collisions
61
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
9 with an injury · 41 property damage · #1773 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 1 cyclist · #1241 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,060 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 4 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 2.3% of vehicle volume, about 3.0× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 6.1 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 26%, from 27 in 2016–2020 to 34 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 61 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Pape & Torrens

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
72100887255162 nearest 35 m
Express
925
Blue Night
325322
Nearest stops
14 surface stops within 300 m — Pape Ave at Torrens Ave North Side; Pape Ave at Gamble Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Pape Ave / Gamble Ave 134 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 (10)
  • William Burgess Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 128 m
  • Chester Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 453 m
  • Westwood Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 554 m
  • Holy Cross Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 730 m
  • Centennial College School - Carlaw CampusCollege · 749 m
  • The Three Hierarchs AcademyPrivate · 919 m
  • and 4 more
Parks (23)
  • Gamble Playground206 m
  • Livingstone Park339 m
  • Arthur Dyson Parkette559 m
  • Westwood Park568 m
  • Kiwanis Parkette633 m
  • Lower Don Parklands650 m
  • and 17 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch31 m
  • Toronto Public Library Thorncliffe branch1.4 km
  • Toronto Public Library Pape/Danforth branch1.5 km
Places of interest
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage SiteLandmark · 1 km
  • Evergreen Brick WorksAttraction · 1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 57 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Burger King, 91 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés9 within 300 m · 57 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Burger King · 1068 Pape Ave91 mPassed, Apr 2026
Food Basics · 1070 Pape Avegrocery91 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Cafe Serano · 1055 Pape Ave131 mPassed, Mar 2026
Royal Can. Legion Br. 10 · 1083 Pape Ave136 mPassed, Jun 2026
McDonald's · 1045 Pape Ave188 mPassed, May 2026
Greek Grill · 128 O'connor Dr250 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Viva Pizzeria & Pasta · 158 O'connor Dr252 mPassed, Mar 2026
Neon Mini Mart · 162 O'connor Dr254 mPassed, Jul 2024

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, 50 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 211 m away at Gamble Playground.

  • East York Community Centre Washroom · 1081 Pape Ave
    View centre hours
    50 m
Drinking water
Gamble Playground drinking fountain · 211 m; Livingstone Park drinking fountain · 340 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 William Burgess Jr YMCA (128 m, 166 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km9 centres · 741 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 9
  • William Burgess Jr YMCA · 100 Torrens Ave
    166 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    128 m
  • Petite Maison Montessori · 126 O Connor Dr
    63 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    252 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Child's Nest Early Learning Centre · 121 Cosburn Ave
    40 spaces · infant, toddler · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    272 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
    277 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 322 (581 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (3.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 186 m away.

FireFire Station 322 · 581 m256 Cosburn Ave
Police55 Division · 3.6 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 186 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

71 registered apartment buildings with 4,691 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 100 Gamble Ave (138 m, 152 units, 12 storeys, built 1965), which scored 94 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 71 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 127 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 58 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings71 · 4,691 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026127 across the 71
Open fire-code violations58
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
100 Gamble Ave · Novi Properties15212196594 · Jul 20259138 m
95 Gamble Ave · Q Residential946196196 · Jul 20250164 m
133 Gamble Ave · Rolin Realty Limited274196077 · Aug 20260172 m
120 Cosburn Ave · Sowein Apartments576195086 · Jun 20240203 m
85 Gamble Ave · Q Residential816196196 · Jul 20251205 m
130 Cosburn Ave486195692 · Jul 20250218 m
100 Cosburn Ave · Greenwin Corp.1407196199 · Jul 20258218 m
69 Gamble Ave · M&r Property Management334195899 · Aug 20242231 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 lots503 lots · ≈27,310 spaces · 81.9 ha
Within 500 m82 lots · ≈1,530 spaces
Green P (public)14 car parks · about 575 spaces
EV charging (City)41 FULTON AVE · 1.1 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking29 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
716 Pape Ave · Surface1.3 km7475% (Q1 2026)
20 Eaton Avenue · Surface1.3 km70 *
77 Gough Ave · Surface1.3 km1783% (Q1 2026)
17 Eaton Ave · Surface1.4 km3065% (Q1 2026)
12 Woodycrest Ave · Surface1.4 km3543% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 51 m away, ≈13 spaces; 96 m away, ≈56 spaces; 112 m away, ≈2 spaces; 112 m away, ≈12 spaces; 113 m away, ≈39 spaces; 122 m away, ≈11 spaces. More EV charging: 14 Arundel Ave. (1.4 km, 8 ports); 35 Erindale Ave (1.7 km, 10 ports); 132 Chatham Ave (1.7 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, Sep 8, 2015

The south leg carries the load — 4,217 northbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 204. Most cyclists arrived from the north (99 of 195). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,192 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,270 from 4:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 10.3% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 11 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2015, 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 north3,707southbound · 99 bikes · 11.2% heavy
From the west204eastbound · 4 bikes · 2.0% heavy
Total vehicles8,4652,048 pedestrians · 195 cyclists · 10.3% heavy
From the east337westbound · 11 bikes · 1.8% heavy
From the south4,217northbound · 81 bikes · 10.6% heavy
AM peak hour1,192 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,270 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 8, 2015

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 Torrens Ave between Pape Ave and Donlands Ave (300 m away) recorded an average of 29 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 37 km/h. That segment carries about 800 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Pape Ave · Cosburn Ave – Gamble Ave · 168 mApr 2017 · 9 days8,389
Torrens Ave · Pape Ave – Donlands Ave · 300 mMay 2019 · 3 days81229 km/h37 km/h43 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

2024 was the peak year (9 collisions), and 2025 closed with 5. 15% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 12 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 11% 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 15, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions61#1773 of 5,508
With an injury9#1931 of 4,660
Property damage only41
Fail to remain12
Involving a pedestrian5#770 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1295 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified11
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201472latest May 15, 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. 1 cyclist was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Aug 17, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1241 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#206 of 271
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Aug 17, 2024

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 four thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection 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 vehicle420other (2), street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft110other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 1, 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 Old East York.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Pape & Torrens a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1241 of 1,505), out of 61 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 & Torrens?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Sep 8, 2015, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Pape & Torrens?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Torrens Ave between Pape Ave and Donlands Ave (May 2019), found an average of 29 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 37 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Pape & Torrens?

The nearest Green P car park is 716 Pape Ave (1.3 km away, 74 spaces, 75% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 503 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 27,310 spaces — 82 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 41 FULTON AVE (1.1 km).

How do I get to Pape & Torrens by transit?

Bus routes 72, 100, 8, 87, 25, 51, 62, 925 within 1 km (nearest stop: Pape Ave at Torrens Ave North Side, 35 m).

What restaurants are near Pape & Torrens?

9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 57 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Burger King (91 m), Cafe Serano (131 m), Royal Can. Legion Br. 10 (136 m), McDonald's (188 m) and Greek Grill (250 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 & Torrens?

The nearest is East York Community Centre Washroom, 1081 Pape Ave, 50 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 & Torrens?

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 William Burgess Jr YMCA (128 m, 166 spaces), Petite Maison Montessori (252 m, 63 spaces) and Network Child Care Services - Child's Nest Early Learning Centre (272 m, 40 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Pape & Torrens?

71 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 4,691 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 100 Gamble Ave (138 m, 152 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 95 Gamble Ave (164 m, 94 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 133 Gamble Ave (172 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 77) and 120 Cosburn Ave (203 m, 57 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 71 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 & Torrens?

Toronto Police place four 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 Old East York page.

What neighbourhood is Pape & Torrens in?

Pape & Torrens is in Old East York (City of Toronto neighbourhood 058). 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