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Plains & Derwyn

Plains Rd & Derwyn Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Old East York · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

In Old East York, Plains & Derwyn is a quiet local crossing, with heavy foot traffic. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
2,083
vehicles · 14-hour count, Apr 29, 2026
666 pedestrians · 56 cyclists · #2223 busiest
Collisions
7
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 3 property damage · #4676 of 5,508
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
6 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 14-hour count works out to close to 150 vehicles, 13% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 3 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 2.7% of vehicle volume, about 3.5× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 0.7 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Plains & Derwyn

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
887706251404 nearest 200 m
Blue Night
322
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Cosburn Ave / Durant Ave 347 m · 15 docks · 6 stations, 94 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 (15)
  • Diefenbaker Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 201 m
  • Cosburn Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 280 m
  • The Three Hierarchs AcademyPrivate · 422 m
  • East York Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 527 m
  • East York Alternative Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 710 m
  • Holy Cross Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 750 m
  • and 9 more
Parks (15)
  • Four Oaks Gate Park359 m
  • Dieppe Park369 m
  • Cosburn Park370 m
  • True Davidson Park432 m
  • Coxwell Ravine Park469 m
  • East York Civic Centre611 m
  • and 9 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch458 m
  • Toronto Public Library Thorncliffe branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch1.3 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 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 58. The nearest is Boca Brunch, 190 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 58 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 17 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Boca Brunch · 488 Cosburn Ave190 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Sophie`s Sports Bar & Grill · 466 Cosburn Ave205 mPassed, Feb 2026
Cosburn Variety · 468 Cosburn Avegrocery205 mPassed, Sep 2025
Karlovo European Meats and Deli · 469 Cosburn Avegrocery237 mPassed, Jan 2026
Nino's Convenience Store · 467 Cosburn Avegrocery246 mPassed, Feb 2024
Starbucks Coffee · 976 Coxwell Ave419 mPassed, Aug 2026
Lickadee Split Ice Cream Shoppe · 980 Coxwell Ave426 mPassed, Jul 2025
Lickadee Split Ice Cream Shoppe · 980 Coxwell Ave426 mPassed, Aug 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 Dieppe Park Washroom, 326 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 289 m away at Dieppe Park.

  • Dieppe Park Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    326 m
  • Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    338 m
  • East York Civic Centre · 850 Coxwell Avenue
    Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed · accessible
    644 m
Drinking water
Dieppe Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 289 m; Dieppe Park bottle filling station · 334 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 846 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is East York Montessori School (194 m, 31 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km8 centres · 846 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 8
  • East York Montessori School · 486 Cosburn Ave
    31 spaces · toddler, preschool
    194 m
  • Centennial College East York Day Care (Plains Rd) · 175 Plains Rd
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    201 m
  • Lily's House Inc. · 1032 Coxwell Ave
    15 spaces · toddler · $10-a-day
    443 m
  • Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) · 550 Mortimer Ave
    57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    715 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 322 (785 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (3.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.

FireFire Station 322 · 785 m256 Cosburn Ave
Police55 Division · 3.2 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 1.3 km1300 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 21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,526 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 611 Cosburn Ave (560 m, 12 units, 3 storeys, built 1951), which scored 85 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 33 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 40 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings21 · 1,526 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202633 across the 21
Open fire-code violations40
Tallest25 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
611 Cosburn Ave123195185 · Sep 20240560 m
470 Mortimer Ave · Mortimer Rentals Inc424195790 · Jun 20240584 m
494 Mortimer Ave · Deborah Holmes123196574 · Jun 20240605 m
338-342 Donlands Ave · Greenwin Corp.363194997 · Aug 20241721 m
260 Gamble Ave · Greenwin Corp.243195098 · Jul 20253778 m
9 Elmsdale Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.384194586 · Jul 20241781 m
270 Donlands Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Services448201298 · Aug 20263797 m
257 Torrens Ave173195094 · Jul 20250 · 5 fire809 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 lots463 lots · ≈23,170 spaces · 69.5 ha
Within 500 m18 lots · ≈520 spaces
Green P (public)10 car parks · about 335 spaces
EV charging (City)1612 Danforth Ave. · 1.5 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking12 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
850 Coxwell Ave · Surface708 m1862% (Q1 2026)
1439 Danforth Ave · Surface1.5 km1895% (Q1 2026)
737 Rhodes Ave · Surface1.5 km2450% (Q1 2026)
1612 Danforth Ave · Surface1.5 km2275% (Q1 2026)
31 Langford Ave · Surface1.7 km2761% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 142 m away, ≈28 spaces; 186 m away, ≈50 spaces; 241 m away, ≈55 spaces; 260 m away, ≈33 spaces; 288 m away, ≈79 spaces; 416 m away, ≈15 spaces. More EV charging: 124 Mount Joy Ave (1.6 km, 2 ports); 132 Chatham Ave (1.7 km, 2 ports); 543 Strathmore Blvd (1.9 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 — 14-hour, Apr 29, 2026

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 798 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 38% of the total, against 216 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the west (33 of 56). Evening rush dominates here: 256 vehicles in the peak hour from 3:15 p.m., against 233 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north285southbound · 2 bikes · 1.4% heavy
From the west784eastbound · 33 bikes · 2.3% heavy
Total vehicles2,083666 pedestrians · 56 cyclists · 2.0% heavy
From the east798westbound · 18 bikes · 1.8% heavy
From the south216northbound · 3 bikes · 2.3% heavy
AM peak hour233 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour256 vehicles from 3:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Apr 29, 2026

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 Plains Rd between Milton Rd and Durant Ave, 224 m from the corner, a 3-day count in December 2025 put the average speed at 30 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 37 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 42 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,700 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Plains Rd (137 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.6% of the 42,016 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Plains Rd · Milton Rd – Durant Ave · 224 mDec 2025 · 3 days1,70930 km/h37 km/h42 km/h

School-zone speed sign 137 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct21 · 28 km/h
Over the limit2.6%
40 km/h or more0.6%

Plains Rd (eastbound) · 42,016 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 2020, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 4 collisions (57%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 14% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (14%). The most recent report on file is from Nov 23, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions7#4676 of 5,508
With an injury4#2919 of 4,660
Property damage only3
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian1#2383 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 20148latest Nov 23, 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

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.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Five thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle510house driveway/garage (3), street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 21, 2023. 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 Plains & Derwyn a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 7 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 Plains & Derwyn?

A quiet local crossing. It ranks #2223 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 13% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Plains & Derwyn?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Plains Rd between Milton Rd and Durant Ave (December 2025), found an average of 30 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 37 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 137 m away (30 km/h), 0.6% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Plains & Derwyn?

The nearest Green P car park is 850 Coxwell Ave (708 m away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 463 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 23,170 spaces — 18 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1612 Danforth Ave. (1.5 km).

How do I get to Plains & Derwyn by transit?

Bus routes 8, 87, 70, 62, 51, 404 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Plains & Derwyn?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 58 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Boca Brunch (190 m), Sophie`s Sports Bar & Grill (205 m), Starbucks Coffee (419 m), Lickadee Split Ice Cream Shoppe (426 m) and Lickadee Split Ice Cream Shoppe (426 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 Plains & Derwyn?

The nearest is Dieppe Park Washroom, 455 Cosburn Ave, 326 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (338 m); East York Civic Centre (644 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 Plains & Derwyn?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 846 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are East York Montessori School (194 m, 31 spaces), Centennial College East York Day Care (Plains Rd) (201 m, 56 spaces) and Lily's House Inc. (443 m, 15 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Plains & Derwyn?

21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,526 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 611 Cosburn Ave (560 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 470 Mortimer Ave (584 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 494 Mortimer Ave (605 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 74) and 338-342 Donlands Ave (721 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 21 is 89 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 Plains & Derwyn?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles 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 Old East York page.

What neighbourhood is Plains & Derwyn in?

Plains & Derwyn is in Old East York (City of Toronto neighbourhood 058). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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