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Parkside & Ridout

Parkside Dr & Ridout St · Toronto, Ontario · High Park-Swansea · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

Parkside & Ridout is a busier-than-typical intersection. It sits in High Park-Swansea. Nearby is Keele Station (Line 2) 347 m away and Bloor GO 874 m away.

Traffic volume
20,543
vehicles · 14-hour count, Dec 10, 2024
428 pedestrians · 34 cyclists · #836 busiest
Collisions
43
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
11 with an injury · 26 property damage · #2286 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Keele Station 347 m · 3 streetcar routes · 9 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,470 vehicles an hour, 1.27× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 48 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 4.3 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.1 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions fell 52%, from 29 in 2016–2020 to 14 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Parkside & Ridout

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Keele Station (Line 2)347 m; High Park Station (Line 2)659 m; Dundas West Station (Line 2)731 m
GO Transit
Bloor GO — Kitchener874 m
UP Express
Bloor GO/UP 874 m — trains to Pearson
Streetcar
506504505 nearest 380 m
TTC bus
8018989412033040216840 nearest 163 m
Express
989941
Blue Night
306304305300341340
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Parkside Dr / Bloor St W - SMART 249 m · 12 docks · 18 stations, 295 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 (23)
  • High Park Gardens Montessori SchoolPrivate · 437 m
  • Westminster Classical Christian Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 580 m
  • Howard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 587 m
  • Keele St Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 605 m
  • Bishop Marrocco Thomas Merton Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 699 m
  • Tamarack West Outdoor SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • and 17 more
Community centres
  • Keele Community Centre616 m
Parks (20)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library High Park branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Runnymede branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library Annette Street branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Taras H. Shevchenko MuseumMuseum · 505 m
  • High ParkNature/ Park · 761 m
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 1.1 km
  • The Village PlayersPerforming Arts · 1.3 km
  • Colborne LodgeMuseum · 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 11 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 121. The nearest is Benito's Taqueria, 252 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés11 within 300 m · 121 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 25 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Benito's Taqueria · 1721 Bloor St W252 mPassed, May 2026
Lunch Box · 1731 Bloor St W255 mPassed, Feb 2026
The Mugshot Tavern · 1729 Bloor St W255 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 2 infractions
Cosette · 1715 Bloor St W257 mPassed, Jan 2026
Wings UP · 1733 Bloor St W266 mPassed, May 2026
Pizza Pizza · 1721 Bloor St W270 mPassed, Jul 2026
Subway · 1717 Bloor St W272 mPassed, Jul 2026
Pizzaville · 1730 Bloor St W, Unit-5a283 mPassed, Jan 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 High Park Chess House Washroom, 583 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 125 m away at High Park.

  • High Park Chess House Washroom · 1873 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    583 m
  • Keele Community Centre Washroom · 181 Glenlake Ave
    View centre hours
    622 m
  • High Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Building Washroom · 1873 Bloor St W
    View facility hours · accessible
    629 m
Drinking water
High Park drinking fountain · 125 m; High Park drinking fountain · 240 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

12 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,022 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Atelier Kids Inc. (376 m, 76 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km12 centres · 1,022 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 12
  • Atelier Kids Inc. · 15 Oakmount Rd
    76 spaces · toddler, preschool
    376 m
  • High Park Gardens Montessori School · 35 High Park Gdns
    112 spaces · toddler, kindergarten
    437 m
  • High Park Early Learning Centre · 17 High Park Ave
    67 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    528 m
  • Kids Zone Daycare On Constance · 76 Constance St
    35 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    555 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 423 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 11 Division (2.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 877 m away.

FireFire Station 423 · 1.4 km358 Keele St
Police11 Division · 2.1 km2054 Davenport Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 32 · 877 m9 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

Within a kilometre there are 42 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 6,877 rental units — six social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 515 Parkside Dr (205 m, 75 units, 6 storeys, built 1990), which scored 99 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 74 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 13 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings42 · 6,877 units · 6 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202674 across the 42
Open fire-code violations13
Tallest30 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
515 Parkside Drsocial housing · Loyola Arrupe Corporation756199099 · Aug 20250205 m
1709 Bloor St Wsocial housing · Loyola Arrupe Corporation806199299 · Aug 20250242 m
1778 Bloor St W213192494 · Aug 20250310 m
1700 Bloor St Wsocial housing · Vilnius Manor1159198296 · Aug 20250 · 7 fire338 m
1643 Bloor St W · Berkley Property Management Inc243193076 · Aug 20260407 m
1639 Bloor St W · Greenwin Corp.466196092 · Aug 20260434 m
1624 Bloor St Wsocial housing · Aykler Real Estate Inc.946199297 · Aug 20254459 m
22 Oakmount Rd · Wj Properties21617196595 · Aug 20250475 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 lots509 lots · ≈19,710 spaces · 59.1 ha
Within 500 m27 lots · ≈630 spaces
Green P (public)14 car parks · about 1,283 spaces
EV charging (City)2251 Dundas St W · 612 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking11 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 47 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Keele Lot - 400 Indian Road · Surface411 m187 *
2201 Dundas St W · Surface632 m1070% (Q1 2026)
255 Kennedy Ave · Surface1.3 km5665% (Q1 2026)
351 Keele St · Surface1.4 km7270% (Q1 2026)
695 Lansdowne Ave · Surface1.5 km16over 100% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 279 m away, ≈16 spaces; 291 m away, ≈13 spaces; 293 m away, ≈7 spaces; 297 m away, ≈24 spaces; 311 m away, ≈16 spaces; 321 m away, ≈6 spaces. More EV charging: 430 Roncesvalles Ave (623 m, 2 ports); 2285 Dundas St W (632 m, 2 ports); 115 High Park Avenue (856 m, 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 — 14-hour, Dec 10, 2024

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 12,295 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 60% of the total, against 261 from the east. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 1,824 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 11% above the afternoon peak from 4:45 p.m. (1,639). Heavy vehicles made up 3.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 21 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north12,295southbound · 8 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles20,543428 pedestrians · 34 cyclists · 3.5% heavy
From the east261westbound · 2 bikes · 1.9% heavy
From the south7,987northbound · 24 bikes · 3.9% heavy
AM peak hour1,824 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,639 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Dec 10, 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

On Ridout St between Indian Grv and Parkside Dr, 59 m from the corner, a 3-day count in August 2024 put the average speed at 34 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 1,100 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Ward 4 - S9 (31 m away, 40 km/h limit), 21% of the 76,091 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone. 4 speed humps slow traffic on Ridout Street between Parkside Dr and Indian Rd (installed 2025).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Ridout St · Indian Grv – Parkside Dr · 59 mAug 2024 · 3 days1,11734 km/h42 km/h45 km/h
Parkside Dr · Indian Valley Cres – Ridout St · 74 mNov 2022 · 3 days20,603

School-zone speed sign 31 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct44 · 52 km/h
Over the limit48%
50 km/h or more21%

Ward 4 - S9 (southbound), Opposite 457 Parkside Dr · 76,091 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Ridout Street · Parkside Dr – Indian Rd
    4 speed humps
    installed 2025

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 2019, with 11 collisions; 2025 recorded 3. 11 collisions (26%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 20, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.1 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions43#2286 of 5,508
With an injury11#1616 of 4,660
Property damage only26
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian2#1922 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2227 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201447latest Jan 20, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Parkside & Ridout a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 43 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 & Ridout?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #836 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.27× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Parkside & Ridout?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Ridout St between Indian Grv and Parkside Dr (August 2024), found an average of 34 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 31 m away (40 km/h), 21% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Parkside & Ridout?

The nearest Green P car park is Keele Lot - 400 Indian Road (411 m away, 187 spaces). The City's mapping shows 509 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,710 spaces — 27 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2251 Dundas St W (612 m).

How do I get to Parkside & Ridout by transit?

Keele Station (Line 2) is 347 m away; Bloor GO is 874 m away; streetcar routes 506, 504, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 380 m away; bus routes 80, 189, 89, 41, 203, 30, 402, 168 and 3 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Parkside & Ridout?

11 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 121 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Benito's Taqueria (252 m), Lunch Box (255 m), The Mugshot Tavern (255 m), Cosette (257 m) and Wings UP (266 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 & Ridout?

The nearest is High Park Chess House Washroom, 1873 Bloor St W, 583 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Keele Community Centre Washroom (622 m); High Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Building Washroom (629 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 & Ridout?

12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,022 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Atelier Kids Inc. (376 m, 76 spaces), High Park Gardens Montessori School (437 m, 112 spaces) and High Park Early Learning Centre (528 m, 67 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Parkside & Ridout?

42 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 6,877 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 515 Parkside Dr (205 m, 75 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 1709 Bloor St W (242 m, 80 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 1778 Bloor St W (310 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 1700 Bloor St W (338 m, 115 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 42 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.

What neighbourhood is Parkside & Ridout in?

Parkside & Ridout 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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