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Parkside & Algonquin

Parkside Dr & Algonquin Ave · Toronto, Ontario · High Park-Swansea · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

Parkside & Algonquin, in High Park-Swansea, is an above-average intersection for traffic. Nearby is 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
12,345
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 24, 2005
25 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
66
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
10 with an injury · 52 property damage · #1660 of 5,508 · +6 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
1
TTC stop within 100 m
4 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 1,540 vehicles, 1.33× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 494 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 6.6 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 26%, from 38 in 2016–2020 to 28 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Parkside & Algonquin

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501508506504 nearest 391 m
TTC bus
80402203 nearest 11 m
Blue Night
301306304
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Parkside Dr at Algonquin Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
High Park Blvd / Parkside Dr 218 m · 15 docks · 12 stations, 244 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 (9)
  • Garden Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 516 m
  • High Park Gardens Montessori SchoolPrivate · 632 m
  • St Vincent de Paul Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 738 m
  • Fern Avenue Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 792 m
  • Howard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 854 m
  • Westminster Classical Christian Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km
  • and 3 more
Parks (15)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library High Park branch581 m
Places of interest
  • Colborne LodgeMuseum · 469 m
  • Sunnyside BeachNature/ Park · 650 m
  • High ParkNature/ Park · 761 m
  • Taras H. Shevchenko MuseumMuseum · 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 is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m of the corner, and 92 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is High Park Club, 168 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 92 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 22 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
High Park Club · 100 Indian Rd168 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Glendale House · 85 Glendale Ave410 mPassed, Sep 2026
Lakeview Lifecare Centre · 46 the Queensway531 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
The Artful Child · 214 Wright Ave555 mPassed, Jun 2024
Second Cup · 30 the Queensway582 mConditional pass, Sep 2026 · 6 infractions
Sobey's Urban Express · 199 Roncesvalles Ave602 mPassed, Apr 2026
Jack's Milk · 211 Roncesvalles Ave607 mPassed, Apr 2026
Dear Grain · 175 Roncesvalles Ave610 mPassed, Sep 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 High Park Parkside Drive Washroom, 198 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 174 m away at High Park.

  • High Park Parkside Drive Washroom · 1873 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    198 m
  • High Park Colborne Lodge Coach House Washroom · 1873 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    457 m
  • High Park Children's Garden Washroom · 1873 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    494 m
Drinking water
High Park bottle filling station · 174 m; High Park bottle filling station · 208 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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,058 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Kids Zone Daycare Inc. (386 m, 51 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km10 centres · 1,058 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 10
  • Kids Zone Daycare Inc. · 123 Glendale Ave
    51 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    386 m
  • Sunnyside Garden Day Care · 225 Garden Ave
    193 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    516 m
  • Sunnyside Day Care - Roncesvalles · 10 High Park Blvd
    87 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    545 m
  • High Park Gardens Montessori School · 35 High Park Gdns
    112 spaces · toddler, kindergarten
    632 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 426 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 14 Division (2.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 426 · 1.4 km140 Lansdowne Ave
Police14 Division · 2.5 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 32 · 1.6 km9 Clendenan 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

14 registered apartment buildings with 627 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 83 Indian Rd (201 m, 21 units, 5 storeys, built 1960), which scored 86 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 4 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings14 · 627 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20264 across the 14
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest11 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
83 Indian Rd215196086 · Aug 20250201 m
109 Indian Rd · Akelius Ltd388197096 · Jul 20250244 m
1 Claude Ave · Akelius Canada Ltd303196097 · Jul 20253476 m
244 Roncesvalles Ave224196795 · Aug 20260583 m
246 Roncesvalles Ave · La Valette Property Management223196995 · Aug 20260591 m
118 Roncesvalles Ave · Akelius Canada Ltd303194095 · Jul 20250593 m
256 Roncesvalles Ave · Yu Shan Chiu153194073 · Jul 20260622 m
150 Fermanagh Ave · Akelius Canada Ltd665195294 · Jul 20250685 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 lots409 lots · ≈14,690 spaces · 44.1 ha
Within 500 m14 lots · ≈340 spaces
Green P (public)10 car parks · about 1,045 spaces
EV charging (City)430 Roncesvalles Ave · 1 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking6 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1575 Lake Shore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface714 m193 *
2001 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Parks) · Surface859 m187 *
1624 Queen St W · Surface1.1 km3371% (Q1 2026)
2201 Dundas St W · Surface1.2 km1070% (Q1 2026)
14 Fuller Ave · Surface1.3 km4247% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 116 m away, ≈13 spaces; 133 m away, ≈48 spaces; 142 m away, ≈28 spaces; 196 m away, ≈6 spaces; 198 m away, ≈7 spaces; 222 m away, ≈36 spaces. More EV charging: 2251 Dundas St W (1.3 km, 2 ports); 2285 Dundas St W (1.4 km, 2 ports); 115 High Park Avenue (1.8 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, Nov 24, 2005

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 6,443 southbound vehicles, or 52% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 268. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,881 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 1,923 from 4:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.8% 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 21 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2005, 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 north6,443southbound · 0 bikes · 5.8% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles12,34525 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 5.8% heavy
From the east268westbound · 0 bikes · 2.2% heavy
From the south5,634northbound · 0 bikes · 6.1% heavy
AM peak hour1,881 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,923 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 24, 2005

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 Parkside Dr between Garden Ave and Algonquin Ave (106 m away) recorded an average of 41 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 52 km/h. That segment carries about 30,600 vehicles a day. Algonquin Ave between Indian Rd and Parkside Dr measured slower: 31 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 40 km/h (Apr 2005). At the school-zone speed sign on Ward 4 - S10 (168 m away, 40 km/h limit), 29% of the 80,033 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Algonquin Ave · Indian Rd – Parkside Dr · 95 mApr 2005 · 24 h1,01431 km/h40 km/h45 km/h
Parkside Dr · Garden Ave – Algonquin Ave · 106 mMay 2026 · 3 days30,64041 km/h52 km/h59 km/h

School-zone speed sign 168 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct45 · 54 km/h
Over the limit55%
50 km/h or more29%

Ward 4 - S10 (southbound), Opposite 101 Parkside Dr · 80,033 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

2019 was the peak year (13 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 15% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 6, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions66#1660 of 5,508
With an injury10#1743 of 4,660
Property damage only52
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2222 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)6
All since 201478latest Jun 6, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jul 19, 2011.

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 vehicle440street/outdoor (2), house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft100commercial premises (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 22, 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 High Park-Swansea.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Parkside & Algonquin a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 66 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 Parkside & Algonquin?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Nov 24, 2005, 1.33× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Parkside & Algonquin?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Parkside Dr between Garden Ave and Algonquin Ave (May 2026), found an average of 41 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 52 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 168 m away (40 km/h), 29% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Parkside & Algonquin?

The nearest Green P car park is 1575 Lake Shore Blvd. W. (Parks) (714 m away, 193 spaces). The City's mapping shows 409 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,690 spaces — 14 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 430 Roncesvalles Ave (1.0 km).

How do I get to Parkside & Algonquin by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 508, 506, 504 stop within 1 km, the nearest 391 m away; bus routes 80, 402, 203 within 1 km (nearest stop: Parkside Dr at Algonquin Ave, 11 m).

What restaurants are near Parkside & Algonquin?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 92 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are High Park Club (168 m), Glendale House (410 m), Lakeview Lifecare Centre (531 m), The Artful Child (555 m) and Second Cup (582 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 Parkside & Algonquin?

The nearest is High Park Parkside Drive Washroom, 1873 Bloor St W, 198 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: High Park Colborne Lodge Coach House Washroom (457 m); High Park Children's Garden Washroom (494 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 Parkside & Algonquin?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,058 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kids Zone Daycare Inc. (386 m, 51 spaces), Sunnyside Garden Day Care (516 m, 193 spaces) and Sunnyside Day Care - Roncesvalles (545 m, 87 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Parkside & Algonquin?

14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 627 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 83 Indian Rd (201 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 109 Indian Rd (244 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 1 Claude Ave (476 m, 30 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 244 Roncesvalles Ave (583 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 14 is 91 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 Parkside & Algonquin?

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 High Park-Swansea page.

What neighbourhood is Parkside & Algonquin in?

Parkside & Algonquin is in High Park-Swansea (City of Toronto neighbourhood 087). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.

Sources

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