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Roncesvalles & Garden

Roncesvalles Ave & Garden Ave · Toronto, Ontario · High Park-Swansea · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park · Roncesvalles Village BIA

In High Park-Swansea, Roncesvalles & Garden is a lightly travelled intersection. At the corner: 2 schools within 250 m. Nearby: 12 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
4,525
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 11, 2002
1,312 pedestrians · 11 cyclists
Collisions
51
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
11 with an injury · 31 property damage · #2037 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
5 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 570 vehicles an hour, 49% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 3 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Police have logged an average of 5.1 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 35%, from 31 in 2016–2020 to 20 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Roncesvalles & Garden

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
504501508505506 nearest 20 m
TTC bus
4028047 nearest 522 m
Blue Night
304301305306
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Roncesvalles Ave at Garden Ave; Roncesvalles Ave at Galley Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Garden Ave / Roncesvalles Ave 13 m · 19 docks · 20 stations, 382 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 (18)
  • Garden Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 103 m
  • Fern Avenue Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 227 m
  • St Vincent de Paul Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 349 m
  • Academy of Enlightened MindsPrivate · 697 m
  • Mary Mother of God SchoolPrivate · 722 m
  • Howard Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 823 m
  • and 12 more
Parks (22)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library High Park branch174 m
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Sunnyside BeachNature/ Park · 1 km
  • Colborne LodgeMuseum · 1 km
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 1.2 km
  • High ParkNature/ Park · 1.3 km
  • Taras H. Shevchenko MuseumMuseum · 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 34 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 12 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 164 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Pierogi King's, 16 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2025.

Restaurants & cafés34 within 300 m · 164 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience12 within 300 m · 45 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Pierogi King's · 147 Roncesvalles Ave16 mPassed, Feb 2025
Shangri-La Fruit Market · 147 Roncesvalles Avegrocery23 mPassed, Jan 2026
Ko Fruit Market · 143 Roncesvalles Avegrocery24 mPassed, May 2024 · 2 infractions
Amey's · 143 Roncesvalles Ave25 mPassed, Jul 2026
Sangria Lounge · 145 Roncesvalles Ave26 mPassed, Mar 2026
Kami Sushi · 153 Roncesvalles Ave30 mPassed, Jul 2026
My Olive · 151 Roncesvalles Ave30 mPassed, Mar 2026
Cafe Russo · 139 Roncesvalles Ave40 mPassed, Jun 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 Sorauren Avenue Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 629 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 539 m away at Charles G. Williams Park.

  • Sorauren Avenue Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 289 Sorauren Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    629 m
  • High Park Parkside Drive Washroom · 1873 Bloor St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    744 m
  • Budapest Park Washroom · 1575 Lake Shore Blvd W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    748 m
Drinking water
Charles G. Williams Park bottle filling station · 539 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

12 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,299 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Sunnyside Garden Day Care (103 m, 193 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km12 centres · 1,299 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 12
  • Sunnyside Garden Day Care · 225 Garden Ave
    193 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    103 m
  • Ferncliff Daycare and After School Group · 128 Fern Ave
    174 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    227 m
  • Kids Zone Daycare Inc. · 123 Glendale Ave
    51 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    256 m
  • My School Co-Operative Nursery School · 116 Fermanagh Ave
    24 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    350 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 426 (754 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (2.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.4 km away.

FireFire Station 426 · 754 m140 Lansdowne Ave
Police14 Division · 2 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 1.4 km1288 Queen St W

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 38 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,661 rental units — six social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 118 Roncesvalles Ave (127 m, 30 units, 3 storeys, built 1940), which scored 95 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 98 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 31 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings38 · 2,661 units · 6 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202698 across the 38
Open fire-code violations31
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
118 Roncesvalles Ave · Akelius Canada Ltd303194095 · Jul 20250127 m
244 Roncesvalles Ave224196795 · Aug 20260265 m
246 Roncesvalles Ave · La Valette Property Management223196995 · Aug 20260288 m
256 Roncesvalles Ave · Yu Shan Chiu153194073 · Jul 20260329 m
150 Fermanagh Ave · Akelius Canada Ltd665195294 · Jul 20250335 m
59 Roncesvalles Ave · Aristocrat Property Management384196786 · Nov 20250351 m
66 Roncesvalles Avesocial housing20011197791 · Aug 20240 · 2 fire356 m
109 Indian Rd · Akelius Ltd388197096 · Jul 20250362 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 lots473 lots · ≈17,510 spaces · 52.5 ha
Within 500 m31 lots · ≈820 spaces
Green P (public)13 car parks · about 1,212 spaces
EV charging (City)430 Roncesvalles Ave · 1 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking61 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1624 Queen St W · Surface646 m3371% (Q1 2026)
1575 Lake Shore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface739 m193 *
14 Fuller Ave · Surface756 m4247% (Q1 2026)
2201 Dundas St W · Surface1.1 km1070% (Q1 2026)
1325 Queen St W · Surface1.2 km3294% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 95 m away, ≈7 spaces; 101 m away, ≈4 spaces; 146 m away, ≈49 spaces; 148 m away, ≈16 spaces; 185 m away, ≈24 spaces; 232 m away, ≈5 spaces. More EV charging: 2251 Dundas St W (1.3 km, 2 ports); 2285 Dundas St W (1.3 km, 2 ports); 1224 KING ST W (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, Dec 11, 2002

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 2,329 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 51% of the total, against 267 from the west. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 898 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m., 9% above the afternoon peak from 5:00 p.m. (826). Trucks and buses were 5.5% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. 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 north2,329southbound · 0 bikes · 5.4% heavy
From the west267eastbound · 6 bikes · 2.6% heavy
Total vehicles4,5251,312 pedestrians · 11 cyclists · 5.5% heavy
From the east0westbound · 4 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south1,929northbound · 1 bikes · 5.9% heavy
AM peak hour898 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour826 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 11, 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 Garden Ave between Lane W of Roncesvalles and N of Garden and Lane E of Sunnyside and N of Garden, 94 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2024 put the average speed at 28 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 37 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 41 km/h or more. That segment carries about 800 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Sunnyside Ave (187 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.7% of the 20,258 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Garden Ave · Lane W of Roncesvalles and N of Garden – Lane E of Sunnyside and N of Garden · 94 mApr 2024 · 3 days80728 km/h37 km/h41 km/h

School-zone speed sign 187 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct19 · 27 km/h
Over the limit1.6%
40 km/h or more0.7%

Sunnyside Ave (northbound), 158 Sunnyside Avenue · 20,258 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

The worst year was 2018, with 11 collisions; 2025 recorded 4. 11 collisions (22%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 22% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 1, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions51#2037 of 5,508
With an injury11#1582 of 4,660
Property damage only31
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian2#1752 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified9
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201466latest May 1, 2026

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

Five thefts from vehicles and seven bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 2 in 2023–2025, about 0.7 a year, against 1.4 a year before that. 100% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 43% of the bike thefts were from other premises. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on May 26, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle521street/outdoor (5)
Bicycle theft701other (3), street/outdoor (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 26, 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 High Park-Swansea.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Roncesvalles & Garden a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 51 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 Roncesvalles & Garden?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Dec 11, 2002, 49% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Roncesvalles & Garden?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Garden Ave between Lane W of Roncesvalles and N of Garden and Lane E of Sunnyside and N of Garden (April 2024), found an average of 28 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 37 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 187 m away (30 km/h), 0.7% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Roncesvalles & Garden?

The nearest Green P car park is 1624 Queen St W (646 m away, 33 spaces, 71% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 473 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 17,510 spaces — 31 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 430 Roncesvalles Ave (1.0 km).

How do I get to Roncesvalles & Garden by transit?

Streetcar routes 504, 501, 508, 505 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 20 m away; bus routes 402, 80, 47 within 1 km (nearest stop: Roncesvalles Ave at Garden Ave, 522 m).

What restaurants are near Roncesvalles & Garden?

34 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 164 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Pierogi King's (16 m), Amey's (25 m), Sangria Lounge (26 m), Kami Sushi (30 m) and My Olive (30 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 Roncesvalles & Garden?

The nearest is Sorauren Avenue Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 289 Sorauren Ave, 629 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: High Park Parkside Drive Washroom (744 m); Budapest Park Washroom (748 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 Roncesvalles & Garden?

12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,299 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Sunnyside Garden Day Care (103 m, 193 spaces), Ferncliff Daycare and After School Group (227 m, 174 spaces) and Kids Zone Daycare Inc. (256 m, 51 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Roncesvalles & Garden?

38 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,661 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 118 Roncesvalles Ave (127 m, 30 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 244 Roncesvalles Ave (265 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 246 Roncesvalles Ave (288 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 256 Roncesvalles Ave (329 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 73). The average RentSafeTO score across the 38 is 88 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 Roncesvalles & Garden?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and seven bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 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 High Park-Swansea page.

What neighbourhood is Roncesvalles & Garden in?

Roncesvalles & Garden is in High Park-Swansea (City of Toronto neighbourhood 087). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks. The corner falls inside the Roncesvalles Village Business Improvement Area.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined