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Ridley & Esgore

Ridley Blvd & Esgore Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Bedford Park-Nortown · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

Ridley & Esgore, in Bedford Park-Nortown, is a quiet local crossing. Nearby is York Mills Station (Line 1) 1.0 km away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
860
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 26, 2022
110 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
4
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 2 property damage · #5189 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
York Mills Station 1 km · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 110 vehicles an hour, 9% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 8 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Police have logged an average of 0.4 collisions a year here over 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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Ridley & Esgore

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
York Mills Station (Line 1)1 km
TTC bus
979616561 nearest 231 m
Express
996
Blue Night
396320
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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 (10)
  • Armour Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 450 m
  • Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 498 m
  • Glen Briar Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 825 m
  • St Margaret Catholic Elementary School - Carmichael SiteEnglish Separate · 925 m
  • The Dunblaine SchoolPrivate · 946 m
  • John Wanless Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 4 more
Community centres
Parks (15)
  • Stewart A. McGregor Parkette479 m
  • York Mills Valley Park872 m
  • Jolly Miller Park931 m
  • Grey Parkette1 km
  • Yonge Boulevard Parkette1 km
  • Old Orchard Park1 km
  • and 9 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Armour Heights branch519 m

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; 64 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Tcscc - Family Bistro, 340 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 64 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tcscc - Family Bistro · 141 Wilson Ave Flr-1340 mPassed, Jul 2026
Tcscc - Main Kitchen · 141 Wilson Ave Flr-2340 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Tcscc - Sports Grill · 141 Wilson Ave Flr-1340 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Bruno's Fine Foods · 2055 Avenue Rdgrocery393 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Darbar Persian Grill · 2015 Avenue Rd439 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Chiang Rai · 2070 Avenue Rd442 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
L.s.l · 2066 Avenue Rd445 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 3 infractions
Your Gelato · 2009 Avenue Rd446 mPassed, Sep 2025 · 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 Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom, 529 m away, View centre hours.

  • Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom · 2140 Avenue Rd
    View centre hours
    529 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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 499 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Armour Heights Child Care Program (450 m, 110 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km6 centres · 499 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 6
  • Armour Heights Child Care Program · 148 Wilson Ave
    110 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    450 m
  • Ridley Orchard School Ltd. · 1920 Avenue Rd
    98 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    610 m
  • Orchard Grove Nursery Inc · 100 Old Orchard Grove
    68 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    660 m
  • Temple Sinai Nursery School · 210 Wilson Ave
    55 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    825 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 121 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (3.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.0 km away.

FireFire Station 121 · 1.4 km10 William Carson Cres
Police32 Division · 3.7 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 54 · 2 km4135 Bathurst St

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 22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,491 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 200 Ridley Blvd (342 m, 90 units, 4 storeys, built 1957), which scored 87 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 94, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 18 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 4 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings22 · 1,491 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score94 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202618 across the 22
Open fire-code violations4
Tallest16 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
200 Ridley Blvd · Signet Group Inc.904195787 · Aug 20241342 m
2125 Avenue Rd · G.l.g. Developments Ltd.334195596 · Sep 20260415 m
161 Wilson Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc564195698 · Jun 20250418 m
2135 Avenue Rd543195396 · Aug 20260449 m
166 Wilson Ave · Signet Group Inc.604195099 · Jun 20252503 m
2175 Avenue Rd · Signet Group Inc.684195099 · Aug 20260546 m
2177 Avenue Rd · Signet Group Inc.684195099 · Jul 20253587 m
193 Wilson AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1255198289 · Sep 20240591 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 lots381 lots · ≈16,860 spaces · 50.6 ha
Within 500 m28 lots · ≈980 spaces
Green P (public)5 car parks · about 333 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
246 Brooke Ave · Surface670 m9467% (Q1 2026)
1880 Avenue Rd · Surface734 m3232% (Q1 2026)
3885 Yonge St · Surface871 m13929% (Q1 2026)
25 Glenforest Road · Surface1.3 km26 *
23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface1.5 km4254% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 314 m away, ≈8 spaces; 326 m away, ≈135 spaces; 348 m away, ≈76 spaces; 369 m away, ≈50 spaces; 389 m away, ≈64 spaces; 393 m away, ≈26 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 — 8-hour, Jan 26, 2022

Traffic is heaviest from the west: 276 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 32% of the total, against 114 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 158 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:00 p.m., against 140 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north265southbound · 0 bikes · 0.8% heavy
From the west276eastbound · 0 bikes · 1.1% heavy
Total vehicles860110 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 1.4% heavy
From the east114westbound · 0 bikes · 2.6% heavy
From the south205northbound · 0 bikes · 2.0% heavy
AM peak hour140 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour158 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jan 26, 2022

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 Esgore Dr between Ridley Blvd and Saunders St, 52 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2021 put the average speed at 34 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 1,400 vehicles a day. Ridley Blvd between Esgore Dr and Elm Rd measured slower: 32 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (Dec 2021). The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Esgore Dr · Ridley Blvd – Saunders St · 52 mNov 2021 · 3 days1,35734 km/h39 km/h44 km/h
Ridley Blvd · Esgore Dr – Elm Rd · 106 mDec 2021 · 3 days1,04032 km/h39 km/h43 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 2019, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 75% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (25%). The most recent report on file is from Aug 27, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions4#5189 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only2
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian1#2932 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 20144latest Aug 27, 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.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle420commercial premises (1), other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 9, 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 Bedford Park-Nortown.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Ridley & Esgore a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 4 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 Ridley & Esgore?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Jan 26, 2022, 9% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Ridley & Esgore?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Esgore Dr between Ridley Blvd and Saunders St (November 2021), found an average of 34 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 Ridley & Esgore?

The nearest Green P car park is 246 Brooke Ave (670 m away, 94 spaces, 67% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 381 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,860 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Ridley & Esgore by transit?

York Mills Station (Line 1) is 1.0 km away; bus routes 97, 96, 165, 61, 996 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Ridley & Esgore?

None within 300 m, and 64 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tcscc - Family Bistro (340 m), Tcscc - Main Kitchen (340 m), Tcscc - Sports Grill (340 m), Darbar Persian Grill (439 m) and Chiang Rai (442 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 Ridley & Esgore?

The nearest is Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom, 2140 Avenue Rd, 529 m away (View centre hours). 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 Ridley & Esgore?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 499 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Armour Heights Child Care Program (450 m, 110 spaces), Ridley Orchard School Ltd. (610 m, 98 spaces) and Orchard Grove Nursery Inc (660 m, 68 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Ridley & Esgore?

22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,491 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 200 Ridley Blvd (342 m, 90 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 2125 Avenue Rd (415 m, 33 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 161 Wilson Ave (418 m, 56 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 2135 Avenue Rd (449 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 22 is 94 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 Ridley & Esgore?

Toronto Police place four 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 Bedford Park-Nortown page.

What neighbourhood is Ridley & Esgore in?

Ridley & Esgore is in Bedford Park-Nortown (City of Toronto neighbourhood 039). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.

Sources

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