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Royal York & Norseman

Royal York Rd & Norseman St · Toronto, Ontario · Stonegate-Queensway · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore

In Stonegate-Queensway, Royal York & Norseman is a busier-than-typical intersection. At the corner: a bike lane, a school within 250 m and a park. Nearby: 4 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
9,835
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 13, 2022
741 pedestrians · 38 cyclists
Collisions
39
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
7 with an injury · 31 property damage · #2432 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
3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,230 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 13 vehicles, close to the citywide median. Police have logged an average of 3.9 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 100%, from 13 in 2016–2020 to 26 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Royal York & Norseman

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
157666 nearest 40 m
Blue Night
315
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Royal York Rd at Norseman St; Royal York Rd at Norseman St North Side
Cycling
Bike Lane on Royal York Rd installed 2004
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 (15)
  • St Marguerite D'youville Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 134 m
  • Bishop Allen AcademyEnglish Separate · 349 m
  • Sunnylea Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 612 m
  • The Learning CommonPrivate · 661 m
  • Etobicoke School of the ArtsEnglish Public · 726 m
  • Norseman Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 802 m
  • and 9 more
Community centres
Parks (17)
  • Reid Manor Park157 m
  • Berry Road Park550 m
  • Lora Hill Park645 m
  • Sunnylea Park673 m
  • Spring Garden Park756 m
  • Norseman Heights Park798 m
  • and 11 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Brentwood branch1.3 km
  • Toronto Public Library Humber Bay branch1.5 km
Signal
1466, activated 1983 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

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 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 4 — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Ivan Franko Home, 82 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 4 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 0 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Ivan Franko Home · 767 Royal York Rd82 mPassed, May 2026
Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Garderie Francophone · 755 Royal York Rd133 mPassed, May 2026
Park Lawn Preschool · 71 Ballacaine Dr858 mPassed, Jul 2026
Castlebar YMCA · 70 Chartwell Rd893 mPassed, Nov 2024

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 Park Lawn Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom, 942 m away, View facility hours. A drinking fountain is 599 m away at Lora Hill Park.

  • Park Lawn Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom · 330 Park Lawn Rd
    View facility hours
    942 m
Drinking water
Lora Hill Park drinking fountain · 599 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 848 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Etobicoke (Facility #12270) (134 m, 159 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km6 centres · 848 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 6
  • Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Etobicoke (Facility #12270) · 755 Royal York Rd
    159 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    134 m
  • Sunnylea Child Care Centre · 35 Glenroy Ave
    145 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    612 m
  • Royal York Road School · 851 Royal York Rd
    47 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    661 m
  • Norseman School Age Program (YMCA) · 105 Norseman St
    245 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    802 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 433 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 22 Division (1.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.6 km away.

FireFire Station 433 · 1 km615 Royal York Rd
Police22 Division · 1.9 km3699 Bloor Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 31 · 2.6 km4219 Dundas 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 two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 120 rental units. The nearest is 800 Royal York Rd (248 m, 60 units, 6 storeys, built 1965), which scored 91 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Registered buildings2 · 120 units
RentSafeTO score95 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20261 across the 2
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
800 Royal York Rd · Summa Property Management606196591 · Aug 20261248 m
810 Royal York Rd606196098 · Nov 20250331 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 lots681 lots · ≈45,830 spaces · 137.5 ha
Within 500 m6 lots · ≈470 spaces
Green P (public)14 car parks · about 1,592 spaces
EV charging (City)625 The Queensway · 1.3 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
934 Royal York Rd · Surface1.1 km1164% (Q1 2026)
575 Royal York Rd · Surface1.2 km2832% (Q1 2026)
9 Willingdon Blvd · Surface1.3 km11623% (Q1 2026)
7 Jackson Ave · Surface1.3 km4038% (Q1 2026)
5 Dayton Ave · Surface1.3 km1632% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 23 m away, ≈60 spaces; 65 m away, ≈83 spaces; 80 m away, ≈36 spaces; 225 m away, ≈54 spaces; 320 m away, ≈176 spaces; 349 m away, ≈60 spaces. More EV charging: 8 Kings Lynn Rd (1.4 km, 1 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 13, 2022

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 4,171 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 42% of the total, against 93 from the east. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,550 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 1,461 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 4 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 north4,171southbound · 13 bikes · 4.7% heavy
From the west1,654eastbound · 6 bikes · 1.7% heavy
Total vehicles9,835741 pedestrians · 38 cyclists · 4.3% heavy
From the east93westbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south3,917northbound · 18 bikes · 5.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,550 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,461 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 13, 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

The City's most recent midblock count on Norseman St between Royal York Rd and Lorahill Rd (28 m away, Jun 2007) recorded volume only — about 8,952 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Royal York Rd (239 m away, 40 km/h limit), 22% of the 139,967 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Norseman St · Royal York Rd – Lorahill Rd · 28 mJun 2007 · 3 days8,952
Royal York Rd · Coney Rd – Norseman St · 174 mApr 2012 · 3 days8,846

School-zone speed sign 239 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct45 · 52 km/h
Over the limit51%
50 km/h or more22%

Royal York Rd (southbound), 736 Royal York Road · 139,967 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 2024, with 11 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 7 collisions (18%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 3% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (5%), 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 26, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions39#2432 of 5,508
With an injury7#2320 of 4,660
Property damage only31
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian1#2956 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2309 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201457latest May 26, 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

One theft from a vehicle and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft100school/campus (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 28, 2017. 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 Stonegate-Queensway.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Royal York & Norseman a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 39 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 Royal York & Norseman?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Dec 13, 2022, about the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Royal York & Norseman?

The nearest Green P car park is 934 Royal York Rd (1.1 km away, 11 spaces, 64% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 681 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 45,830 spaces — 6 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 625 The Queensway (1.3 km).

How do I get to Royal York & Norseman by transit?

Bus routes 15, 76, 66 within 1 km (nearest stop: Royal York Rd at Norseman St, 40 m).

What restaurants are near Royal York & Norseman?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 4 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Ivan Franko Home (82 m), Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Garderie Francophone (133 m), Park Lawn Preschool (858 m) and Castlebar YMCA (893 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 Royal York & Norseman?

The nearest is Park Lawn Park Outdoor Pool / Rink Washroom, 330 Park Lawn Rd, 942 m away (View facility 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 Royal York & Norseman?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 848 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Etobicoke (Facility #12270) (134 m, 159 spaces), Sunnylea Child Care Centre (612 m, 145 spaces) and Royal York Road School (661 m, 47 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Royal York & Norseman?

Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 120 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 800 Royal York Rd (248 m, 60 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 810 Royal York Rd (331 m, 60 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 is 95 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 Royal York & Norseman?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and one bicycle theft 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 Stonegate-Queensway page.

What neighbourhood is Royal York & Norseman in?

Royal York & Norseman is in Stonegate-Queensway (City of Toronto neighbourhood 016). It is in Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, represented by Councillor Amber Morley.

Sources

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