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Rainsford & Columbine

Rainsford Rd & Columbine Ave · Toronto, Ontario · The Beaches · Ward 19, Beaches-East York

Rainsford & Columbine, in The Beaches, is a low-volume local intersection, with significant cycling traffic. At the corner: a park. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
816
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 23, 2006
122 pedestrians · 55 cyclists
Collisions
6
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 5 property damage · #4908 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
3 streetcar routes · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 100 vehicles an hour, 9% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 7 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 6.7% of vehicle volume, about 8.7× the typical share. On average 0.6 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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Rainsford & Columbine

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
503501506 nearest 174 m
TTC bus
92312264 nearest 89 m
Blue Night
301306322
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Woodbine Ave at Columbine Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Heyworth Cres / Kingston Rd 409 m · 19 docks · 14 stations, 375 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)
  • Academy of Thought and Industry TorontoPrivate · 426 m
  • Kew Beach Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 553 m
  • Norway Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 562 m
  • Boardwalk Montessori SchoolPrivate · 648 m
  • Bowmore Road Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 718 m
  • Glen Ames Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 834 m
  • and 10 more
Parks (29)
  • Jeff Sloan Playground180 m
  • Edgewood Parkette436 m
  • Orchard Park573 m
  • Cairns Avenue Parkette590 m
  • Maughan Crescent Parkette661 m
  • Measurement Park677 m
  • and 23 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Beaches branch793 m
  • Toronto Public Library Gerrard/Ashdale branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Main Street branch1.5 km
Places of interest
  • Kew Gardens ParkNature/ Park · 862 m
  • Woodbine BeachNature/ Park · 1.1 km
  • Ashbridges Bay ParkNature/ 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

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 125 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Ichiban Sushi, 326 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2025 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 125 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 18 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Ichiban Sushi · 1864 Queen St E326 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 2 infractions
Sauvignon · 1862 Queen St E326 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Sauvignon · 1862 Queen St E327 mPassed, Jul 2025 · 1 infraction
Bruno's Fine Foods · 1880 Queen St Egrocery330 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 3 infractions
Toby's Food Mart · 86 Kingston Rdgrocery354 mPassed, Mar 2025
Jugo Juice · 1886b Queen St E None357 mPassed, Jan 2025
Breakwall BBQ · 1910 Queen St E383 mPassed, May 2025 · 1 infraction
Edgewood Villa · 17 Edgewood Ave386 mPassed, May 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 Kew Gardens Playground Washroom, 704 m away — currently listed as closed (maintenance/repairs); in season it is open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., and it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 532 m away at Orchard Park.

  • Kew Gardens Playground Washroom · 2075 Queen St E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    704 m
  • Pantry Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 70 Kewbeach Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    756 m
  • Donald D. Summerville Olympic Outdoor Pool Washroom · 1867 Lake Shore Blvd E
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    779 m
Drinking water
Orchard Park drinking fountain · 532 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 794 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Brightpath Academy - the Beach Clubzone (436 m, 72 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km9 centres · 794 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 9
  • Brightpath Academy - the Beach Clubzone · 1921 Queen St E
    72 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    436 m
  • Brightpath Academy - the Beach · 1925 Queen St E
    111 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    438 m
  • Kew Beach Day Care Co-Op Inc. · 101 Kippendavie Ave
    182 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    553 m
  • Norway School Age YMCA · 390 Kingston Rd
    99 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    562 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 227 (362 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (780 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 227 · 362 m1904 Queen St E
Police55 Division · 780 m101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 46 · 1.7 km105 Cedarvale 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 47 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,744 rental units, 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection — 15 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 204 Kingston Rd (190 m, 15 units, 3 storeys, built 1934), which scored 92 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 63 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 10 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings47 · 1,744 units · 15 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202663 across the 47
Open fire-code violations10
Tallest9 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
204 Kingston Rd · 204 Kingston Birch Properties Inc153193492 · Jul 20250190 m
158 Kingston Rd444196087 · Aug 20263249 m
98 Elmer AveToronto Community Housing · TCH364195592 · Jun 20240258 m
419 Woodbine Ave113196093 · Nov 20250261 m
156 Kingston Rd · Firm Capital624195071 · Aug 20265266 m
140 Kingston Rd · Signet Group Inc.604195495 · Aug 20266276 m
136 Kingston Rdsocial housing · Aykler Real Estate Inc.944195975 · Aug 20265293 m
223 Woodbine Ave484192088 · Oct 20240301 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 lots417 lots · ≈16,680 spaces · 50 ha
Within 500 m41 lots · ≈3,360 spaces
Green P (public)20 car parks · about 1,157 spaces
EV charging (City)1856 Queen St E. · 348 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking2 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
166 Woodbine Ave · Surface395 m2146% (Q1 2026)
192 Boardwalk Dr · Surface395 m2445% (Q1 2026)
116 Joseph Duggan Rd · Surface423 m2441% (Q1 2026)
118 Sarah Ashbridge Ave · Surface465 m2440% (Q1 2026)
116 Winners Crcl · Surface533 m1052% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 107 m away, ≈13 spaces; 160 m away, ≈2 spaces; 190 m away, ≈17 spaces; 198 m away, ≈9 spaces; 215 m away, ≈3 spaces; 252 m away, ≈23 spaces. More EV charging: 1834 Queen St E (364 m, 2 ports); 166 Woodbine Ave (399 m, 6 ports); 1760 Queen St E. (495 m, 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, May 23, 2006

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 297 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 36% of the total, against 141 from the north. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 192 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 25% above the afternoon peak from 4:45 p.m. (153). Heavy vehicles were a negligible share of traffic (0.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. 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 north141southbound · 7 bikes · 0.7% heavy
From the west152eastbound · 21 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles816122 pedestrians · 55 cyclists · 0.2% heavy
From the east297westbound · 23 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south226northbound · 4 bikes · 0.4% heavy
AM peak hour192 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour153 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · May 23, 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

On Columbine Ave between Brookmount Rd and Rainsford Rd, 48 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in September 2010 put the average speed at 32 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 39 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 43 km/h or more. That segment carries about 800 vehicles a day. Rainsford Rd between Morrissey Lane and Kingston Rd measured slower: 20 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 28 km/h (Sep 2021). The reading is 16 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Columbine Ave · Brookmount Rd – Rainsford Rd · 48 mSep 2010 · 24 h82432 km/h39 km/h43 km/h
Rainsford Rd · Morrissey Lane – Kingston Rd · 126 mSep 2021 · 3 days49920 km/h28 km/h32 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 worst year was 2024, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Dec 25, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions6#4908 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only5
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 20149latest Dec 25, 2025

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

Four thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on May 16, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410house driveway/garage (2), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft001

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 16, 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 The Beaches.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Rainsford & Columbine a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 6 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 Rainsford & Columbine?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from May 23, 2006, 9% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Rainsford & Columbine?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Columbine Ave between Brookmount Rd and Rainsford Rd (September 2010), found an average of 32 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 Rainsford & Columbine?

The nearest Green P car park is 166 Woodbine Ave (395 m away, 21 spaces, 46% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 417 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,680 spaces — 41 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1856 Queen St E. (348 m).

How do I get to Rainsford & Columbine by transit?

Streetcar routes 503, 501, 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 174 m away; bus routes 92, 31, 22, 64 within 1 km (nearest stop: Woodbine Ave at Columbine Ave, 89 m).

What restaurants are near Rainsford & Columbine?

None within 300 m, and 125 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Ichiban Sushi (326 m), Sauvignon (326 m), Sauvignon (327 m), Jugo Juice (357 m) and Breakwall BBQ (383 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 Rainsford & Columbine?

The nearest is Kew Gardens Playground Washroom, 2075 Queen St E, 704 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. The City currently lists it as closed: maintenance/repairs. Next nearest: Pantry Park Fieldhouse Washroom (756 m); Donald D. Summerville Olympic Outdoor Pool Washroom (779 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 Rainsford & Columbine?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 794 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Brightpath Academy - the Beach Clubzone (436 m, 72 spaces), Brightpath Academy - the Beach (438 m, 111 spaces) and Kew Beach Day Care Co-Op Inc. (553 m, 182 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Rainsford & Columbine?

47 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,744 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 204 Kingston Rd (190 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 158 Kingston Rd (249 m, 44 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 98 Elmer Ave (258 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 419 Woodbine Ave (261 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 47 is 91 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 Rainsford & Columbine?

Toronto Police place four 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 The Beaches page.

What neighbourhood is Rainsford & Columbine in?

Rainsford & Columbine is in The Beaches (City of Toronto neighbourhood 063). It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford.

Sources

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