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Playter & Bayfield

Playter Blvd & Bayfield Cres · Toronto, Ontario · Playter Estates-Danforth · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

Playter & Bayfield is a quiet local crossing. It sits in Playter Estates-Danforth. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: Chester Station (Line 2) 265 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,345
vehicles · 14-hour count, Apr 8, 2025
336 pedestrians · 19 cyclists · #2300 busiest
Collisions
2
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 2 property damage · #5404 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
Chester Station 265 m · 2 streetcar routes · 7 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 100 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 8% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 4 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. On average 0.2 collisions a year were reported here in 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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Playter & Bayfield

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Chester Station (Line 2)265 m; Broadview Station (Line 2)384 m; Pape Station (Line 2)754 m
Streetcar
504505 nearest 383 m
TTC bus
82562877210028 nearest 235 m
Express
925
Blue Night
304305322300325
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Pretoria Ave / Broadview Ave 295 m · 19 docks · 12 stations, 237 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 (17)
  • Jackman Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 138 m
  • Frankland Community SchoolEnglish Public · 529 m
  • City Adult Learning CentreEnglish Public · 669 m
  • Holy Name Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 689 m
  • Centennial College School - Carlaw CampusCollege · 742 m
  • Montcrest Elementary SchoolPrivate · 767 m
  • and 11 more
Parks (29)
  • Broadview Subway Station Parkette384 m
  • Logan Avenue Parkette392 m
  • Logan Green Field480 m
  • Todmorden Mills Park582 m
  • Playter Gardens595 m
  • Charles Sauriol Parkette659 m
  • and 23 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Pape/Danforth branch860 m
  • Toronto Public Library Todmorden Room branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • The Danforth Music HallPerforming Arts · 422 m
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage SiteLandmark · 848 m
  • Evergreen Brick WorksAttraction · 920 m
  • Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 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 12 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 178 — 2.4× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Supernova Coffee, 216 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés12 within 300 m · 178 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 25 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Supernova Coffee · 897 Broadview Ave216 mPassed, Apr 2026
Cafe Open Window · 855 Broadview Ave218 mPassed, Apr 2026
Cool Cart · 83 Browning Ave226 mPassed, May 2026
Bosque · 940 Broadview Ave271 mPassed, Jul 2025
Bosque · 940 Broadview Ave271 mPassed, Jul 2026
Broadview Espresso · 817 Broadview Ave283 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Fresh · 348 Danforth Ave291 mPassed, Apr 2026
The Big Carrot Natural Food Mart · 348 Danforth Ave Unit-1grocery291 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 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 Withrow Park North Washroom, 770 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 429 m away at Logan Avenue Parkette.

  • Withrow Park North Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    770 m
  • Riverdale Park East Outdoor Rink / Pool Washroom · 550 Broadview Ave
    View facility hours
    821 m
  • Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 725 Logan Ave
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    901 m
Drinking water
Logan Avenue Parkette drinking fountain, dog fountain · 429 m; Logan Green Field bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 470 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 1,133 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Jackman Community Daycare (138 m, 242 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km11 centres · 1,133 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 11
  • Jackman Community Daycare · 79 Jackman Ave
    242 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    138 m
  • Bluebird Montessori School (Mini) · 905 Broadview Ave
    55 spaces · infant, toddler · $10-a-day
    242 m
  • Children's Circle of St. Barnabas · 361 Danforth Ave
    152 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    361 m
  • Frankland Day Care Centre · 816 Logan Ave
    76 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    529 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 322 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 51 Division (3.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 322 · 1.6 km256 Cosburn Ave
Police51 Division · 3.1 km51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 1.5 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 32 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,655 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 869 Broadview Ave (210 m, 15 units, 3 storeys, built 2004), which scored 68 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 32 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 40 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings32 · 2,655 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202640 across the 32
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
869 Broadview Ave · Khyber Developments Inc153200468 · Jul 20260210 m
849 Broadview Ave · 849 Broadview Birch Properties Inc.324194090 · Aug 20260219 m
856-858 Broadview Ave · Paul Thornton234195594 · Aug 20260278 m
846-850 Broadview Ave233194069 · Aug 20260282 m
852 Broadview Ave · Broadview Apartments Inc214196084 · Aug 20260283 m
818 Broadview Ave · Tobis Investments Inc.313195091 · Aug 20260357 m
812 Broadview Ave · Trivest Developments Corporation243195069 · Nov 20251363 m
814 Broadview Ave · Trivest Developments Corporation243195083 · Jun 20241366 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 lots527 lots · ≈13,350 spaces · 40 ha
Within 500 m56 lots · ≈1,110 spaces
Green P (public)15 car parks · about 623 spaces
EV charging (City)41 FULTON AVE · 277 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking22 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
242 Danforth Ave · Surface305 m1978% (Q1 2026)
838 Broadview Ave · Surface330 m1176% (Q1 2026)
35 Erindale Ave · Surface331 m9470% (Q1 2026)
14 Arundel Ave · Surface350 m3763% (Q1 2026)
18 Ferrier Ave · Surface520 m2358% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 156 m away, ≈35 spaces; 182 m away, ≈11 spaces; 197 m away, ≈15 spaces; 199 m away, ≈13 spaces; 201 m away, ≈12 spaces; 207 m away, ≈13 spaces. More EV charging: 35 Erindale Ave (334 m, 10 ports); 14 Arundel Ave. (339 m, 8 ports); 503 Jones Ave (1.3 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 8, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 1,041 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 77% of the total, against 120 from the west. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 275 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 304% above the afternoon peak from 3:45 p.m. (68). Heavy vehicles made up 2.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 17 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north1,041southbound · 10 bikes · 1.8% heavy
From the west120eastbound · 3 bikes · 4.2% heavy
Total vehicles1,345336 pedestrians · 19 cyclists · 2.5% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south184northbound · 6 bikes · 4.9% heavy
AM peak hour275 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour68 vehicles from 3:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Apr 8, 2025

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 most recent midblock count on Playter Cres between Bayfield Cres and Playter Blvd (188 m away, Nov 2007) recorded volume only — about 1,188 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Playter Cres · Bayfield Cres – Playter Blvd · 188 mNov 2007 · 3 days1,188
Playter Blvd · Hurndale Ave – Playter Cres · 209 mNov 2007 · 3 days1,382

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 2023, with 1 collision; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Jun 11, 2023.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions2#5404 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only2
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 20142latest Jun 11, 2023

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

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Feb 27, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle101street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 27, 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 Playter Estates-Danforth.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Playter & Bayfield a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 2 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 Playter & Bayfield?

A quiet local crossing. It ranks #2300 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 8% of the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Playter & Bayfield?

The nearest Green P car park is 242 Danforth Ave (305 m away, 19 spaces, 78% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 527 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 13,350 spaces — 56 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 41 FULTON AVE (277 m).

How do I get to Playter & Bayfield by transit?

Chester Station (Line 2) is 265 m away; streetcar routes 504, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 383 m away; bus routes 8, 25, 62, 87, 72, 100, 28, 925 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Playter & Bayfield?

12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 178 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Supernova Coffee (216 m), Cafe Open Window (218 m), Cool Cart (226 m), Bosque (271 m) and Bosque (271 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 Playter & Bayfield?

The nearest is Withrow Park North Washroom, 725 Logan Ave, 770 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Riverdale Park East Outdoor Rink / Pool Washroom (821 m); Withrow Park Outdoor Rink Washroom (901 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 Playter & Bayfield?

11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,133 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Jackman Community Daycare (138 m, 242 spaces), Bluebird Montessori School (Mini) (242 m, 55 spaces) and Children's Circle of St. Barnabas (361 m, 152 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Playter & Bayfield?

32 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,655 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 869 Broadview Ave (210 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 68), 849 Broadview Ave (219 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 856-858 Broadview Ave (278 m, 23 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 846-850 Broadview Ave (282 m, 23 units, RentSafeTO score 69). The average RentSafeTO score across the 32 is 89 out of 100; 3 scored below 70. 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 Playter & Bayfield?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 Playter Estates-Danforth page.

What neighbourhood is Playter & Bayfield in?

Playter & Bayfield is in Playter Estates-Danforth (City of Toronto neighbourhood 067). 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