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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume8-hour count · Nov 6, 2006
The east leg carries the load — 729 westbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 93. Morning rush is the busier period: 369 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:00 a.m., compared with 221 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 20 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2006, 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.
Peak hours: 369 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 221 from 4:30 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).
Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m
The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 3 collisions. 25% of collisions here involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 24, 2026.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 12 | |
| With an injury | 3 | |
| Property damage only | 9 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.
How fast traffic moves here
The City's counter on Plains Rd between Northbrook Rd and Athlone Rd (46 m away) recorded an average of 36 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2004; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 2,200 vehicles a day. The reading is 22 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Northbrook Rd between Plains Rd and O'connor Dr measured slower: 34 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 42 km/h (Sep 2025) — a much more recent reading than the one above.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plains Rd · Northbrook Rd – Athlone Rd · 46 m | Sep 2004 · 3 days | 2,210 | 36 km/h | 44 km/h | 48 km/h |
| Northbrook Rd · Plains Rd – O'connor Dr · 104 m | Sep 2025 · 3 days | 756 | 34 km/h | 42 km/h | 46 km/h |
Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 8 87 51 62 70 nearest 210 m
- Blue Night
- 322
- Nearest stops
- 3 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Memorial Park Ave / Kimbourne Ave 674 m · 8 min · 11 docks · 5 stations, 75 docks within 1 km
Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- 2 car parks · about 36 spaces
- EV charging
- 132 Chatham Ave · 2 km · 2 Level 2 ports
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 9 mapped lots within 500 m, 260 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 850 Coxwell Ave · Surface | 1.3 km | 18 | 62% (Q1 2026) |
| 1439 Danforth Ave · Surface | 2 km | 18 | 95% (Q1 2026) |
Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.
Within a walk
What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.
Food, shops and services
The nearest grocery store is Wayne's Supermarket, 853 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 33 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Sophie`s Sports Bar & Grill, 388 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Hurst Pharmacy, 583 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Michael Garron Hospital, 1.5 km away. Woodgreen Community Centre - Outreach Programs runs a seniors' active living programme 838 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Sophie`s Sports Bar & Grill · 466 Cosburn Ave388 m · 5 min
- 367 Cafe · 367 Donlands Ave390 m · 5 min
- Captain John Donlands Fish and Chips · 373 Donlands Ave399 m · 5 min
- Rajkapuri Paan & Snacks · 377 Donlands Ave401 m · 5 min
- Simba Grill · 375 Donlands Ave406 m · 5 min
- Grocery
- Wayne's Supermarket 853 m · 10 min
- Food shops
- Karlovo European Meats and Deli 443 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Hurst Pharmacy 583 m · 7 min · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- East York Montessori School · 31 spaces, toddler, preschool489 m · 6 min
- Centennial College East York Day Care (Plains Rd) · 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day498 m · 6 min
- Woodgreen Community Services (the)(Debbie Yeung Child Care Centre) · 59 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day703 m · 8 min
- Washrooms
- Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · hours not listed · closed — Closed for the Season269 m · 3 min
- Dieppe Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible820 m · 10 min
- Health and care
- Michael Garron Hospital · hospital site1.5 km · 17 min
- Woodgreen Community Centre - Outreach Programs · seniors' active living centre838 m · 10 min
Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.
Parks, schools and places
- Parks (12)
- Four Oaks Gate Park373 m · 4 min
- Cosburn Park807 m · 10 min
- Coxwell Ravine Park810 m · 10 min
- Dieppe Park867 m · 10 min
- True Davidson Park872 m · 10 min
- Community centres
- East York Community Recreation Centre1 km · 12 min
- Schools (10)
- The Three Hierarchs AcademyPrivate · 266 m · 3 min
- Diefenbaker Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 498 m · 6 min
- Holy Cross Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 734 m · 9 min
- Cosburn Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 752 m · 9 min
- East York Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 924 m · 11 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch899 m · 11 min
- Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch1.1 km · 13 min
Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.
Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
23 registered apartment buildings with 1,356 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 338-342 Donlands Ave (440 m, 36 units, 3 storeys, built 1949), which scored 97 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 338-342 Donlands Ave · Greenwin Corp. | 36 | 3 | 1949 | 97 · Aug 2024 | 440 m · 5 min |
| 257 Torrens Ave | 17 | 3 | 1950 | 94 · Jul 2025 | 574 m · 7 min |
| 260 Gamble Ave · Greenwin Corp. | 24 | 3 | 1950 | 98 · Jul 2025 | 662 m · 8 min |
| 9 Elmsdale Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc. | 38 | 4 | 1945 | 86 · Jul 2024 | 682 m · 8 min |
| 250 Cosburn Ave | 40 | 6 | 1927 | 81 · Jul 2025 | 717 m · 9 min |
| 243 Cosburn Ave social housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc. | 32 | 6 | 2004 | 97 · Jul 2025 | 719 m · 9 min |
23 registered buildings · 1,356 units · 3 social housing · tallest 12 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Mar 31, 2026.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 3 | 1 | 1 | house driveway/garage (3) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 & Northbrook a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 12 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 & Northbrook?
A low-volume local intersection at the City's last count here, in 2006. Its latest count is from Nov 6, 2006, 16% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Plains & Northbrook a walkable intersection?
Plains & Northbrook scores 36 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1 km; 3 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Plains & Northbrook?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Plains Rd between Northbrook Rd and Athlone Rd (September 2004), found an average of 36 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Plains & Northbrook?
The nearest Green P car park is 850 Coxwell Ave (1.3 km away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 260 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 6,370 spaces — 9 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 132 Chatham Ave (2.0 km).
How do I get to Plains & Northbrook by transit?
Bus routes 8, 87, 51, 62, 70 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Plains & Northbrook?
None within 300 m, and 33 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Sophie`s Sports Bar & Grill (388 m), 367 Cafe (390 m), Captain John Donlands Fish and Chips (399 m), Rajkapuri Paan & Snacks (401 m) and Simba Grill (406 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Plains & Northbrook?
The nearest is Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 455 Cosburn Ave, 269 m away. The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season. Next nearest: Dieppe Park Washroom (820 m).
Is there child care near Plains & Northbrook?
Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 426 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are East York Montessori School (489 m, 31 spaces), Centennial College East York Day Care (Plains Rd) (498 m, 56 spaces) and Woodgreen Community Services (the)(Debbie Yeung Child Care Centre) (703 m, 59 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Plains & Northbrook?
23 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,356 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 338-342 Donlands Ave (440 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 257 Torrens Ave (574 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 260 Gamble Ave (662 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 9 Elmsdale Rd (682 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 23 is 89 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Plains & Northbrook?
Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Old East York page.
What neighbourhood is Plains & Northbrook in?
Plains & Northbrook 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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Nov 6, 2006.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 14 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.69406, -79.33751 · centreline node 13459046.