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Pretoria & Cambridge

Pretoria Ave & Cambridge Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Playter Estates-Danforth · Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth

In Playter Estates-Danforth, Pretoria & Cambridge is a quiet local crossing, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. At the corner: Broadview Station, a bike lane and a park. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,430
vehicles · 8-hour count, Aug 13, 2002
537 pedestrians · 319 cyclists
Collisions
19
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 13 property damage · #3503 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
Broadview Station
subway station within 250 m
2 streetcar routes · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 180 vehicles, 15% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 2.7 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 22.3% of vehicle volume, about 29× the typical share. That comes with about 1.9 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Pretoria & Cambridge

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Broadview Station (Line 2)211 m; Chester Station (Line 2)573 m; Castle Frank Station (Line 2)844 m
Streetcar
504505 nearest 197 m
TTC bus
8256287289465 nearest 95 m
Express
925
Blue Night
304305322300
Nearest stops
15 surface stops within 300 m — Broadview Ave at Pretoria Ave
Cycling
Sharrows on Cambridge Ave installed 2021
Bike Share
Pretoria Ave / Broadview Ave 118 m · 19 docks · 9 stations, 195 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 (13)
  • City Adult Learning CentreEnglish Public · 408 m
  • Jackman Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 515 m
  • Montcrest Elementary SchoolPrivate · 634 m
  • Rosedale Heights School of the ArtsEnglish Public · 726 m
  • Frankland Community SchoolEnglish Public · 817 m
  • Holy Name Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • and 7 more
Community centres
Parks (28)
  • Broadview Subway Station Parkette178 m
  • Playter Gardens276 m
  • Todmorden Mills Park610 m
  • Logan Avenue Parkette731 m
  • Drumsnab Parkette758 m
  • Charles Sauriol Parkette814 m
  • and 22 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Pape/Danforth branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • The Danforth Music HallPerforming Arts · 336 m
  • Evergreen Brick WorksAttraction · 759 m
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage SiteLandmark · 880 m
  • Riverdale Park (East and West)Nature/ Park · 1.2 km
  • Riverdale FarmAttraction · 1.3 km
  • Winchester Street TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.5 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 22 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 127. The nearest is Broadview Espresso, 115 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés22 within 300 m · 127 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Noor's Fine Foods · 838 Broadview Avegrocery80 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Broadview Espresso · 817 Broadview Ave115 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Paul's Milk · 815b Broadview Ave124 mPassed, Dec 2023
Kitchenette · 791 Broadview Ave151 mPassed, May 2025
Broadview Convenience · 792 Broadview Avegrocery156 mPassed, Dec 2023
Tortaco · 788 Broadview Ave163 mPassed, May 2026
Ryus Noodle Bar · 786 Broadview Ave168 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Cafe Open Window · 855 Broadview Ave184 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 Riverdale Park East Outdoor Rink / Pool Washroom, 705 m away, View facility hours.

  • Riverdale Park East Outdoor Rink / Pool Washroom · 550 Broadview Ave
    View facility hours
    705 m
  • Don Valley Brick Works Washroom · 550 Bayview Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    845 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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 702 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Bluebird Montessori School (Mini) (342 m, 55 spaces, infant, toddler).

Within 1 km7 centres · 702 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 7
  • Bluebird Montessori School (Mini) · 905 Broadview Ave
    55 spaces · infant, toddler · $10-a-day
    342 m
  • Pat Schulz Child Care Centre · 1 Danforth Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    408 m
  • Jackman Community Daycare · 79 Jackman Ave
    242 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    515 m
  • Children's Circle of St. Barnabas · 361 Danforth Ave
    152 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    606 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 313 (1.5 km), the nearest police station 51 Division (3.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 313 · 1.5 km441 Bloor St E
Police51 Division · 3 km51 Parliament Street
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 1.8 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 26 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,263 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 818 Broadview Ave (84 m, 31 units, 3 storeys, built 1950), which scored 91 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 26 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 31 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings26 · 2,263 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202631 across the 26
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
818 Broadview Ave · Tobis Investments Inc.313195091 · Aug 2026084 m
814 Broadview Ave · Trivest Developments Corporation243195083 · Jun 2024193 m
846-850 Broadview Ave233194069 · Aug 20260104 m
812 Broadview Ave · Trivest Developments Corporation243195069 · Nov 20251104 m
70 Cambridge Ave · Westdale Properties27521196793 · Jul 20251105 m
852 Broadview Ave · Broadview Apartments Inc214196084 · Aug 20260108 m
856-858 Broadview Ave · Paul Thornton234195594 · Aug 20260121 m
50 Cambridge Ave · Westdale Properties27521196794 · Sep 20243129 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 lots563 lots · ≈14,400 spaces · 43.2 ha
Within 500 m53 lots · ≈1,210 spaces
Green P (public)17 car parks · about 749 spaces
EV charging (City)35 Erindale Ave · 209 m · 4 Level 2 + 6 fast ports
Bike parking55 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
838 Broadview Ave · Surface63 m1176% (Q1 2026)
35 Erindale Ave · Surface224 m9470% (Q1 2026)
242 Danforth Ave · Surface420 m1978% (Q1 2026)
14 Arundel Ave · Surface678 m3763% (Q1 2026)
18 Ferrier Ave · Surface874 m2358% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 64 m away, ≈11 spaces (Green P); 76 m away, ≈24 spaces (Green P); 80 m away, ≈4 spaces; 83 m away, ≈22 spaces (Green P); 104 m away, ≈19 spaces; 114 m away, ≈88 spaces. More EV charging: 41 FULTON AVE (531 m, 2 ports); 14 Arundel Ave. (667 m, 8 ports); 503 Jones Ave (1.7 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, Aug 13, 2002

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 962 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 67% of the total, against 221 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the north (139 of 319). Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 262 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 31% above the afternoon peak from 5:00 p.m. (200). Heavy vehicles made up 2.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 24 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2002, 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 north221southbound · 139 bikes · 3.2% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles1,430537 pedestrians · 319 cyclists · 2.9% heavy
From the east962westbound · 84 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the south247northbound · 96 bikes · 2.8% heavy
AM peak hour262 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour200 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Aug 13, 2002

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 Cambridge Ave between Eastmount Ave and Thorncliffe Ave, 178 m from the corner, a 3-day count in December 2009 put the average speed at 29 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 39 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 44 km/h or more. That segment carries about 300 vehicles a day. Pretoria Ave between Cambridge Ave and Broadview Ave measured slower: 21 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 29 km/h (Apr 2008). The reading is 17 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Cambridge Avenue between Pretoria Ave and Chester Hill Rd, and 1 more calmed segment ends here.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Pretoria Ave · Cambridge Ave – Broadview Ave · 50 mApr 2008 · 24 h9321 km/h29 km/h32 km/h
Cambridge Ave · Eastmount Ave – Thorncliffe Ave · 178 mDec 2009 · 3 days31929 km/h39 km/h44 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Cambridge Avenue · Pretoria Ave – Chester Hill Rd
    3 speed humps
  • Cambridge Avenue · Danforth Ave – Pretoria Ave
    4 speed humps

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 6 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 42% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (5%). The most recent report on file is from Nov 21, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions19#3503 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only13
Fail to remain8
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2250 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
All since 201424latest Nov 21, 2024

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

22 thefts from vehicles and 26 bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 8.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 4 in 2023–2025, about 1.3 a year, against 6.3 a year before that. 32% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 46% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 3 more have been reported, the latest on May 22, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle2213street/outdoor (7), apartment parking (7)
Bicycle theft2630apartment parking (12), house driveway/garage (9)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 22, 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 Pretoria & Cambridge a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 19 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 Pretoria & Cambridge?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Aug 13, 2002, 15% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Pretoria & Cambridge?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Cambridge Ave between Eastmount Ave and Thorncliffe Ave (December 2009), found an average of 29 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 39 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Pretoria & Cambridge?

The nearest Green P car park is 838 Broadview Ave (63 m away, 11 spaces, 76% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 563 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,400 spaces — 53 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 35 Erindale Ave (209 m).

How do I get to Pretoria & Cambridge by transit?

Broadview Station (Line 2) is 211 m away; streetcar routes 504, 505 stop within 1 km, the nearest 197 m away; bus routes 8, 25, 62, 87, 28, 94, 65, 925 within 1 km (nearest stop: Broadview Ave at Pretoria Ave, 95 m).

What restaurants are near Pretoria & Cambridge?

22 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 127 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Broadview Espresso (115 m), Paul's Milk (124 m), Kitchenette (151 m), Tortaco (163 m) and Ryus Noodle Bar (168 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 Pretoria & Cambridge?

The nearest is Riverdale Park East Outdoor Rink / Pool Washroom, 550 Broadview Ave, 705 m away (View facility hours). Next nearest: Don Valley Brick Works Washroom (845 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 Pretoria & Cambridge?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 702 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bluebird Montessori School (Mini) (342 m, 55 spaces), Pat Schulz Child Care Centre (408 m, 49 spaces) and Jackman Community Daycare (515 m, 242 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Pretoria & Cambridge?

26 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,263 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 818 Broadview Ave (84 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 814 Broadview Ave (93 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 83), 846-850 Broadview Ave (104 m, 23 units, RentSafeTO score 69) and 812 Broadview Ave (104 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 69). The average RentSafeTO score across the 26 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 Pretoria & Cambridge?

Toronto Police place 22 thefts from vehicles and 26 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 3 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 Pretoria & Cambridge in?

Pretoria & Cambridge is in Playter Estates-Danforth (City of Toronto neighbourhood 067). It is in Ward 14, Toronto-Danforth, represented by Councillor Paula Fletcher.

Sources

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