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Plains & Northbrook

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

Plains & Northbrook is a low-volume local intersection. It sits in Old East York. It has a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,488
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 6, 2006
207 pedestrians · 45 cyclists
Collisions
12
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 9 property damage · #4084 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
9 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 190 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 16% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 7 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 3.0% of vehicle volume, about 3.9× the typical share. That comes with about 1.2 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Plains & Northbrook

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
8875162704042572100 nearest 198 m
Blue Night
322325
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Memorial Park Ave / Kimbourne Ave 426 m · 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.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (16)
  • The Three Hierarchs AcademyPrivate · 192 m
  • Diefenbaker Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 484 m
  • Holy Cross Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 520 m
  • Cosburn Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 542 m
  • East York Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 805 m
  • William Burgess Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 888 m
  • and 10 more
Parks (19)
  • Four Oaks Gate Park309 m
  • Dieppe Park319 m
  • Cosburn Park595 m
  • Coxwell Ravine Park620 m
  • True Davidson Park626 m
  • East York Civic Centre802 m
  • and 13 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch661 m
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Thorncliffe branch1.1 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, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 53 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Sophie`s Sports Bar & Grill, 273 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 53 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 16 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Sophie`s Sports Bar & Grill · 466 Cosburn Ave273 mPassed, Feb 2026
Cosburn Variety · 468 Cosburn Avegrocery280 mPassed, Sep 2025
Karlovo European Meats and Deli · 469 Cosburn Avegrocery324 mPassed, Jan 2026
Nino's Convenience Store · 467 Cosburn Avegrocery326 mPassed, Feb 2024
Boca Brunch · 488 Cosburn Ave327 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
367 Cafe · 367 Donlands Ave385 mPassed, Aug 2025
Donlands Convenience · 363 Donlands Avegrocery385 mPassed, Mar 2025
Rajkapuri Paan & Snacks · 377 Donlands Ave385 mPassed, Apr 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 Outdoor Rink Washroom, 248 m away — currently listed as closed (closed for the season); in season it is View outdoor rink hours. A drinking fountain is 250 m away at Dieppe Park.

  • Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    248 m
  • Dieppe Park Washroom · 455 Cosburn Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    330 m
  • East York Civic Centre · 850 Coxwell Avenue
    Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed · accessible
    831 m
Drinking water
Dieppe Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 250 m; Dieppe Park bottle filling station · 337 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

11 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,110 spaces; nine accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is East York Montessori School (326 m, 31 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km11 centres · 1,110 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 11
  • East York Montessori School · 486 Cosburn Ave
    31 spaces · toddler, preschool
    326 m
  • Centennial College East York Day Care (Plains Rd) · 175 Plains Rd
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    484 m
  • Network Childcare Services - Holy Cross · 299a Donlands Ave
    99 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    520 m
  • Woodgreen Community Services (the)(Debbie Yeung Child Care Centre) · 249 Cosburn Ave
    59 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    536 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 322 (518 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (3.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 322 · 518 m256 Cosburn Ave
Police55 Division · 3.2 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 1.1 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

36 registered apartment buildings with 2,970 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 338-342 Donlands Ave (437 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 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 57 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 82 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings36 · 2,970 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202657 across the 36
Open fire-code violations82
Tallest25 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
338-342 Donlands Ave · Greenwin Corp.363194997 · Aug 20241437 m
260 Gamble Ave · Greenwin Corp.243195098 · Jul 20253498 m
9 Elmsdale Rd · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.384194586 · Jul 20241513 m
257 Torrens Ave173195094 · Jul 20250 · 5 fire525 m
250 Cosburn Ave406192781 · Jul 20251 · 5 fire541 m
270 Donlands Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Services448201298 · Aug 20263551 m
243 Cosburn Avesocial housing · Woodgreen Community Housing Inc.326200497 · Jul 20252559 m
246 Cosburn Ave · Colonia Treuhand Management Inc.406195596 · Jul 20250568 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 lots469 lots · ≈24,650 spaces · 73.9 ha
Within 500 m15 lots · ≈450 spaces
Green P (public)13 car parks · about 478 spaces
EV charging (City)132 Chatham Ave · 1.6 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking2 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
850 Coxwell Ave · Surface892 m1862% (Q1 2026)
31 Langford Ave · Surface1.5 km2761% (Q1 2026)
1439 Danforth Ave · Surface1.6 km1895% (Q1 2026)
12 Woodycrest Ave · Surface1.6 km3543% (Q1 2026)
17 Eaton Ave · Surface1.6 km3065% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 243 m away, ≈13 spaces; 267 m away, ≈79 spaces; 295 m away, ≈50 spaces; 329 m away, ≈55 spaces; 379 m away, ≈19 spaces; 406 m away, ≈23 spaces. More EV charging: 1612 Danforth Ave. (1.6 km, 2 ports); 124 Mount Joy Ave (1.7 km, 2 ports); 503 Jones Ave (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 — 8-hour, 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 16,183 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.

From the north248southbound · 2 bikes · 3.2% heavy
From the west418eastbound · 15 bikes · 1.0% heavy
Total vehicles1,488207 pedestrians · 45 cyclists · 1.2% heavy
From the east729westbound · 27 bikes · 0.8% heavy
From the south93northbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour369 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour221 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 6, 2006

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 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. 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). The reading is 22 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Plains Rd · Northbrook Rd – Athlone Rd · 46 mSep 2004 · 3 days2,21036 km/h44 km/h48 km/h
Northbrook Rd · Plains Rd – O'connor Dr · 104 mSep 2025 · 3 days75634 km/h42 km/h46 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

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.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions12#4084 of 5,508
With an injury3#3396 of 4,660
Property damage only9
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201413latest Jun 24, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

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.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle311house driveway/garage (3)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 31, 2026. 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. Its latest count is from Nov 6, 2006, 16% of the median for a counted intersection.

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 (892 m away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 469 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,650 spaces — 15 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 132 Chatham Ave (1.6 km).

How do I get to Plains & Northbrook by transit?

Bus routes 8, 87, 51, 62, 70, 404, 25, 72 and 1 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Plains & Northbrook?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 53 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Sophie`s Sports Bar & Grill (273 m), Boca Brunch (327 m), 367 Cafe (385 m) and Rajkapuri Paan & Snacks (385 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 & Northbrook?

The nearest is Dieppe Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 455 Cosburn Ave, 248 m away (View outdoor rink hours). The City currently lists it as closed: closed for the season. Next nearest: Dieppe Park Washroom (330 m); East York Civic Centre (831 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 & Northbrook?

11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,110 spaces in total; 9 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are East York Montessori School (326 m, 31 spaces), Centennial College East York Day Care (Plains Rd) (484 m, 56 spaces) and Network Childcare Services - Holy Cross (520 m, 99 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Plains & Northbrook?

36 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,970 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 338-342 Donlands Ave (437 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 260 Gamble Ave (498 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 9 Elmsdale Rd (513 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 257 Torrens Ave (525 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 36 is 87 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 & Northbrook?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 & 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