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Poplar & Waldock

Poplar Rd & Waldock St · Toronto, Ontario · West Hill · Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood

In West Hill, Poplar & Waldock is a quiet local crossing. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: Guildwood GO 923 m away and 11 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,850
vehicles · 14-hour count, Sep 30, 2025
325 pedestrians · 39 cyclists · #2246 busiest
Collisions
2
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 0 property damage · #5405 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
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 11 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 130 vehicles, 11% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 6 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 2.1% of vehicle volume, about 2.7× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 0.2 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Poplar & Waldock

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
Guildwood GO — Lakeshore East923 m
VIA Rail
Guildwood 948 m
TTC bus
116128640654 nearest 441 m
Express
905986954
Blue Night
334386354
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Eastview Park 105 m · 11 docks · 5 stations, 69 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 (12)
  • Eastview Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 252 m
  • Maplewood High SchoolEnglish Public · 541 m
  • Poplar Road Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 618 m
  • Academie Alexandre DumasFrench Public · 761 m
  • St Martin de Porres Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 873 m
  • Galloway Road Public SchoolEnglish Public · 934 m
  • and 6 more
Parks (13)
  • Eastview Park188 m
  • Poplar Park389 m
  • Galloway Park522 m
  • Peter Secor Park642 m
  • Deekshill Park0.9 km
  • St. Margarets Parkette1 km
  • and 7 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Morningside branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Guild Park and Gardens (formely known as Guildwood Park)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

There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m of the corner, and 40 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Eastview Jr. P.s. Snack Program, 255 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 40 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Eastview Jr. P.s. Snack Program · 20 Waldock St255 mPassed, Mar 2026
Eastside Club · 100 Galloway Rd462 mPassed, May 2026
Jeprimo's Bakeshop · 153 Morningside Ave Unit-Agrocery484 mPassed, Jul 2026
Al Hera Halal Food Mart · 155 Morningside Ave Unit-5grocery519 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Shatkora Fine Foods Inc · 155 Morningside Ave Unit-3grocery519 mPassed, Feb 2026
Danny's Restaurant & Bar · 155 Morningside Ave, Unit-8519 mPassed, Oct 2025
Impact N Communities · 4301 Kingston Rd539 mPassed, Aug 2026
Galloway Elccc Kitchen · 4299 Kingston Rd559 mPassed, Jul 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

No City washroom within 1 km.

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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 780 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is East Scarb. Boys' & Girls' Club - Eastside Child Care Centre (252 m, 110 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km9 centres · 780 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 9
  • East Scarb. Boys' & Girls' Club - Eastside Child Care Centre · 20 Waldock St
    110 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    252 m
  • Eastside Club Day Care - 100 Galloway Road · 100 Galloway Rd
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    462 m
  • Galloway Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 4299 Kingston Rd
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    558 m
  • Dearham Wood Daycare · 66 Dearham Wood
    95 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    618 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 234 (337 m), the nearest police station 43 Division (1.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 234 · 337 m40 Coronation Dr
Police43 Division · 1.7 km4331 Lawrence Avenue East
AmbulanceTPS 43 Division/EMS Stn 26 · 1.7 km4331 Lawrence Ave E

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

Ten registered apartment buildings with 1,667 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, seven of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 4301 Kingston Rd (538 m, 419 units, 20 storeys, built 1972), which scored 91 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 56 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 9 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings10 · 1,667 units · 7 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202656 across the 10
Open fire-code violations9
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
4301 Kingston RdToronto Community Housing · Del Managment41920197291 · Jul 20262 · 6 fire538 m
4201-4203 Kingston Rdsocial housing · Gabriel Dumont Non-Profit Homes393198584 · Sep 20250640 m
4201 Kingston Rdsocial housing · Gabriel Dumont Non-Profit Homes413198586 · Sep 20256640 m
205 Morningside Ave · Signet Group Inc.1075196195 · Oct 20258736 m
207 Morningside Ave · Signet Group Inc.1075196181 · Oct 20259810 m
217 Morningside Ave · Amaz Property Management1109196587 · Aug 20262872 m
4175 Lawrence Ave EToronto Community Housing · Del Managment37513197485 · Oct 202511 · 3 fire888 m
38 Andover Cressocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes254199292 · Jul 20260898 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 lots220 lots · ≈24,040 spaces · 72.1 ha
Within 500 m8 lots · ≈390 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 158 m away, ≈54 spaces; 289 m away, ≈10 spaces; 316 m away, ≈21 spaces; 417 m away, ≈4 spaces; 430 m away, ≈15 spaces; 454 m away, ≈261 spaces.

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, Sep 30, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The north leg carries the load — 799 southbound vehicles, or 43% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 516. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 209 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 202 from 3:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north799southbound · 14 bikes · 5.0% heavy
From the west535eastbound · 11 bikes · 2.4% heavy
Total vehicles1,850325 pedestrians · 39 cyclists · 3.9% heavy
From the east0westbound · 5 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south516northbound · 9 bikes · 3.7% heavy
AM peak hour209 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour202 vehicles from 3:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Sep 30, 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 counter on Waldock St between Eastview Park Trl and Poplar Rd (54 m away) recorded an average of 41 km/h in its 24-hour count in October 2009; 85% of drivers were at or under 50 km/h. That segment carries about 1,200 vehicles a day. Poplar Rd between Gardentree St and Waldock St measured slower: 38 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 46 km/h (Apr 2024). The reading is 17 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Waldock St (192 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 12,122 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Waldock St · Eastview Park Trl – Poplar Rd · 54 mOct 2009 · 24 h1,18641 km/h50 km/h55 km/h
Poplar Rd · Gardentree St – Waldock St · 77 mApr 2024 · 3 days1,24338 km/h46 km/h52 km/h

School-zone speed sign 192 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct22 · 30 km/h
Over the limit0.1%
50 km/h or more0.0%

Waldock St (westbound), Opp 33 Waldock St · 12,122 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

2021 was the peak year (1 collision), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 100% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Jun 15, 2021.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions2#5405 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only0
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 20142latest Jun 15, 2021

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 six thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 83% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle620house driveway/garage (5), other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 21, 2025. 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 West Hill.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Poplar & Waldock 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 Poplar & Waldock?

A quiet local crossing. It ranks #2246 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 11% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Poplar & Waldock?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Waldock St between Eastview Park Trl and Poplar Rd (October 2009), found an average of 41 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 50 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 192 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Poplar & Waldock?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 220 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,040 spaces — 8 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Poplar & Waldock by transit?

Guildwood GO is 923 m away; bus routes 116, 12, 86, 406, 54, 905, 986, 954 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Poplar & Waldock?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 40 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Eastview Jr. P.s. Snack Program (255 m), Eastside Club (462 m), Danny's Restaurant & Bar (519 m), Impact N Communities (539 m) and Galloway Elccc Kitchen (559 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Poplar & Waldock?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 780 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are East Scarb. Boys' & Girls' Club - Eastside Child Care Centre (252 m, 110 spaces), Eastside Club Day Care - 100 Galloway Road (462 m, 49 spaces) and Galloway Early Learning & Child Care Centre (558 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Poplar & Waldock?

Ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,667 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 4301 Kingston Rd (538 m, 419 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 4201-4203 Kingston Rd (640 m, 39 units, RentSafeTO score 84), 4201 Kingston Rd (640 m, 41 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 205 Morningside Ave (736 m, 107 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 10 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 Poplar & Waldock?

Toronto Police place six 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 West Hill page.

What neighbourhood is Poplar & Waldock in?

Poplar & Waldock is in West Hill (City of Toronto neighbourhood 136), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood, represented by Councillor Paul Ainslie.

Sources

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