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Sammon & Knight

Sammon Ave & Knight St · Toronto, Ontario · Danforth East York · Ward 19, Beaches-East York

Sammon & Knight sits in Danforth East York. At the City's last count here, in 2023, it was a low-volume local intersection, with heavy foot traffic. Nearby is Coxwell Station (Line 2) 623 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
2,062
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 21, 2023
766 pedestrians · 45 cyclists
Collisions
14
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Coxwell Station 623 m · 10 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
57/100
city median 48 · #1,933 of 5,672
7 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 533 m

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Sammon & Knight

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume8-hour count · Mar 21, 2023

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 691 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 34% of the total, against 241 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 396 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:00 p.m., against 337 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2023, 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 north691southbound · 1 bikes · 1.6% heavy
From the west672eastbound · 14 bikes · 2.5% heavy
Total vehicles2,062766 pedestrians · 45 cyclists · 2.0% heavy
From the east458westbound · 18 bikes · 2.2% heavy
From the south241northbound · 12 bikes · 1.2% heavy

Peak hours: 337 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 396 from 4:00 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 3 collisions. 2 collisions (14%) involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 29% of collisions. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (14%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 20, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions14
With an injury2
Property damage only8
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist1
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

How fast traffic moves here

The City's most recent midblock count on Sammon Ave between Coxwell Ave and Knight St (105 m away, Apr 2010) recorded volume only — about 2,912 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Coxwell Ave (362 m away, 40 km/h limit), 9.0% of the 138,217 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sammon Ave · Coxwell Ave – Knight St · 105 mApr 2010 · 3 days2,912———
Speed sign
Coxwell Ave (southbound), 362 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 40 km/h, 85th percentile 47 km/h; 9.0% at 50 km/h or more. 138,217 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
Coxwell Station (Line 2)623 m · 7 min
TTC bus
62 404 70 91 93 87 22 nearest 209 m
Blue Night
322 300
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
1612 Danforth Ave 803 m · 10 min · 15 docks · 6 stations, 86 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
6 car parks · about 167 spaces
EV charging
1612 Danforth Ave. · 828 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 543 Strathmore Blvd (1.1 km), 31 Roseheath Ave (1.2 km)
Bike parking
2 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
10 mapped lots within 500 m, 241 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
850 Coxwell Ave · Surface512 m1862% (Q1 2026)
1612 Danforth Ave · Surface830 m2275% (Q1 2026)
737 Rhodes Ave · Surface941 m2450% (Q1 2026)
1439 Danforth Ave · Surface1.1 km1895% (Q1 2026)
101 Cedarvale Ave · Surface1.4 km3550% (Q1 2026)

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Alberto Grocery, 533 m away. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 7 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 44. The nearest is Jugo Juice, 196 m away. Two pharmacies sit within 300 m of the corner; the nearest is Toronto East Pharmasave, 174 m away. The nearest hospital site is Michael Garron Hospital, 306 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Jugo Juice · 825 Coxwell Ave196 m
  • Jk Pizza · 825 Coxwell Ave Rm-Fc-3197 m
  • Oriental Chopsticks · 825 Coxwell Ave Flr-Fc-2197 m
  • Subway · 825 Coxwell Ave 5197 m
  • Tim Hortons · 825 Coxwell Ave Flr-Main197 m
7 within 300 m · 44 within 1 km
Grocery
Alberto Grocery 533 m · 6 min · 4 within 1 km
Food shops
Cheese Headz 600 m · 7 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Toronto East Pharmasave 174 m · 6 within 1 km
Child care
  • Beatty Buddies Daycare · 240 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day422 m · 5 min
  • McGregor Jr YMCA · 251 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day431 m · 5 min
  • Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) · 57 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day497 m · 6 min
8 licensed centres · 1,200 spaces within 1 km · 6 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Earl Beatty Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed416 m · 5 min
  • East York Civic Centre · Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed · accessible600 m · 7 min
Drinking water: Memorial Gardens Park 506 m · 6 min
Health and care
  • Michael Garron Hospital · hospital site306 m · 4 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (10)
  • Les Anthony Parkette321 m · 4 min
  • East York Civic Centre729 m · 9 min
  • Memorial Gardens Park759 m · 9 min
  • Hillingdon - Woodrow Parkette822 m · 10 min
  • True Davidson Park872 m · 10 min
and 5 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (13)
  • Earl Beatty Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 422 m · 5 min
  • R H McGregor Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 431 m · 5 min
  • Ecole Elementaire La MosaiqueFrench Public · 663 m · 8 min
  • East York Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 826 m · 10 min
  • East York Alternative Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 843 m · 10 min
and 8 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Danforth/Coxwell branch700 m · 8 min
  • Toronto Public Library S. Walter Stewart branch844 m · 10 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

57of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,933 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food16/30

    4 grocery stores within 1 km · 7 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit20/28

    Coxwell Station 0.6 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 700 m away

  • Parks and recreation8/10

    1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care8/8

    2 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 218 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 611 Cosburn Ave (746 m, 12 units, 3 storeys, built 1951), which scored 85 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
611 Cosburn Ave123195185 · Sep 2024746 m · 9 min
494 Mortimer Ave · Deborah Holmes123196574 · Jun 2024777 m · 9 min
1577 Danforth Ave social housing · Aykler Real Estate Inc1266199196 · Nov 2025869 m · 10 min
470 Mortimer Ave · Mortimer Rentals Inc424195790 · Jun 2024884 m · 11 min
325 Sammon Ave · Brayden Irwin263195094 · Jul 20251 km · 12 min

5 registered buildings · 218 units · 1 social housing · tallest 6 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

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.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft100other (1)

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 Danforth East York.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Sammon & Knight a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 14 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 Sammon & Knight?

A low-volume local intersection at the City's last count here, in 2023. Its latest count is from Mar 21, 2023, 22% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Sammon & Knight a walkable intersection?

Sammon & Knight scores 57 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,933 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 2 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 park within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; Coxwell Station 0.6 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km.

Where can I park near Sammon & Knight?

The nearest Green P car park is 850 Coxwell Ave (512 m away, 18 spaces, 62% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 241 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 6,070 spaces — 10 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1612 Danforth Ave. (828 m).

How do I get to Sammon & Knight by transit?

Coxwell Station (Line 2) is 623 m away; bus routes 62, 404, 70, 91, 93, 87, 22 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Sammon & Knight?

7 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 44 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Jugo Juice (196 m), Jk Pizza (197 m), Oriental Chopsticks (197 m), Subway (197 m) and Tim Hortons (197 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Sammon & Knight?

The nearest is Earl Beatty Community Centre Washroom, 455 Glebeholme Blvd, 416 m away. Next nearest: East York Civic Centre (600 m).

Is there child care near Sammon & Knight?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,200 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Beatty Buddies Daycare (422 m, 240 spaces), McGregor Jr YMCA (431 m, 251 spaces) and Centennial College Early Childhood Education Centre(550 Mortimer) (497 m, 57 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sammon & Knight?

Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 218 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 611 Cosburn Ave (746 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 494 Mortimer Ave (777 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 74), 1577 Danforth Ave (869 m, 126 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 470 Mortimer Ave (884 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 88 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Sammon & Knight?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Danforth East York page.

What neighbourhood is Sammon & Knight in?

Sammon & Knight is in Danforth East York (City of Toronto neighbourhood 059). It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford.

Sources

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