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Seaforth & MacDonell

Seaforth Ave & MacDonell Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Roncesvalles · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

In Roncesvalles, in central Toronto, Seaforth & MacDonell is a quiet local crossing, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It has a protected bikeway, a school within 250 m and parks at the corner. Nearby: 14 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,703
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 22, 2022
548 pedestrians · 430 cyclists
Collisions
9
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 8 property damage · #4463 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
5 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Sharrows, Cycle Track - Contraflow
Bike Share: 13 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 210 vehicles, 18% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 3 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 25.2% of vehicle volume, about 33× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 0.9 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Seaforth & MacDonell

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
501504508505506 nearest 251 m
TTC bus
4740229 nearest 40 m
Express
929
Blue Night
301304305306329
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Macdonell Ave at Seaforth Ave
Cycling
Sharrows on MacDonell Ave installed 2024; Cycle Track - Contraflow on Seaforth Ave installed 2024
Bike Share
Lansdowne Ave / Seaforth Ave 115 m · 13 docks · 30 stations, 542 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)
  • Parkdale Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 177 m
  • Parkdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 379 m
  • Mary Mother of God SchoolPrivate · 414 m
  • Holy Family Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 519 m
  • Fern Avenue Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 665 m
  • Shirley St Jr & City View AlternativeEnglish Public · 694 m
  • and 10 more
Parks (32)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch508 m
  • Toronto Public Library High Park branch867 m
Places of interest
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 1.2 km
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 1.4 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 33 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 11 grocery and convenience stores, and 252 eating places within a kilometre — 3.5× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Macdonell House, 55 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés33 within 300 m · 252 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience11 within 300 m · 58 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Macdonell House · 54 Macdonell Ave55 mPassed, Aug 2026
Tiny Cafe · 10 Macdonell Ave200 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
Dollarama · 1488 Queen St Wgrocery218 mPassed, May 2026
Convenience Canada · 1486 Queen St Wgrocery226 mPassed, Apr 2026
Songtsen Gampo Cafe · 1504 Queen St W227 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Mandala Food Store · 1506 Queen St Wgrocery228 mPassed, Apr 2026
T Dot Variety · 4 Macdonell Avegrocery239 mPassed, May 2026
Dolma Momo · 1534 Queen St W245 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 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 Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 486 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 214 m away at Albert Crosland Park (currently off).

  • Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 220 Cowan Ave
    View centre hours
    486 m
  • Sorauren Avenue Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 289 Sorauren Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    712 m
  • Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom · 66 Sheridan Ave
    View centre hours
    715 m
Drinking water
Albert Crosland Park drinking fountain · 214 m · off; West Lodge Park drinking fountain · 365 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

14 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,292 spaces; ten accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Parkdale Childcare Centre (177 m, 177 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km14 centres · 1,292 spaces
Fee subsidy10 of 14
  • Parkdale Childcare Centre · 78 Seaforth Ave
    177 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    177 m
  • Odyssey Montessori School Incorporated · 136 Sorauren Ave
    64 spaces · preschool
    349 m
  • Holy Family Childcare Centre-Queen Victoria · 141 Close Ave
    25 spaces · school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    519 m
  • Ferncliff Daycare and After School Group · 128 Fern Ave
    174 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    665 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 426 (292 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 690 m away.

FireFire Station 426 · 292 m140 Lansdowne Ave
Police14 Division · 1.4 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 690 m1288 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

113 registered apartment buildings with 8,349 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 21 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 4.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 12 Lansdowne Ave (191 m, 26 units, 3 storeys, built 1979), which scored 90 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 113 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 276 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 64 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings113 · 8,349 units · 21 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026276 across the 113
Open fire-code violations64
Tallest23 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
12 Lansdowne Ave · Anchor Property Managers Inc263197990 · Aug 20260191 m
10 Lansdowne Avesocial housing · Neighbours Community Homes213189781 · Jul 20240203 m
20 West Lodge AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation29911195991 · Jul 20246205 m
1496 Queen St W124187090 · Jun 20250218 m
1479 Queen St W · Smartsell Marketing113191783 · Jul 20240 · 2 fire288 m
193 Dowling Ave · Smartsell Marketing165191792 · Aug 20260302 m
1387 Queen St Wsocial housing · Ecuhome Corporation234191091 · Jun 20253304 m
200 Jameson Ave · Dms Property Management Ltd10012196292 · Jun 20253 · 2 fire313 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 lots511 lots · ≈21,710 spaces · 65.1 ha
Within 500 m43 lots · ≈1,130 spaces
Green P (public)18 car parks · about 1,551 spaces
EV charging (City)1224 KING ST W · 931 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking59 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 8 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
14 Fuller Ave · Surface197 m4247% (Q1 2026)
1325 Queen St W · Surface428 m3294% (Q1 2026)
1624 Queen St W · Surface441 m3371% (Q1 2026)
1275 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface1 km120 *
1575 Lake Shore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface1.2 km193 *

Nearest lots: 160 m away, ≈24 spaces; 238 m away, ≈57 spaces; 244 m away, ≈34 spaces; 256 m away, ≈48 spaces; 263 m away, ≈18 spaces; 293 m away, ≈19 spaces. More EV charging: 45 Abell St (1.2 km, 16 ports); 430 Roncesvalles Ave (1.5 km, 2 ports); 1051 Queen Street W (1.5 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, Sep 22, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 702 southbound vehicles, or 41% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 442. Most cyclists arrived from the north (233 of 430). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 280 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 13% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (248). Trucks and buses were 6.3% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. 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 north702southbound · 233 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles1,703548 pedestrians · 430 cyclists · 6.3% heavy
From the east442westbound · 124 bikes · 2.0% heavy
From the south559northbound · 73 bikes · 13.8% heavy
AM peak hour248 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour280 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 22, 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 counter on MacDonell Ave between Lane N of Queen and W of Lansdowne and Seaforth Ave (99 m away) recorded an average of 33 km/h in its 3-day count in October 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 40 km/h. That segment carries about 1,600 vehicles a day. Seaforth Ave between West Lodge Ave and Lansdowne Ave measured slower: 22 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 30 km/h (Nov 2024). At the school-zone speed sign on Lansdowne Ave (127 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.6% of the 39,866 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none. 8 speed humps slow traffic on Macdonell Avenue between Seaforth Ave and Wabash Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
MacDonell Ave · Lane N of Queen and W of Lansdowne – Seaforth Ave · 99 mOct 2025 · 3 days1,64433 km/h40 km/h44 km/h
Seaforth Ave · West Lodge Ave – Lansdowne Ave · 159 mNov 2024 · 3 days88922 km/h30 km/h34 km/h

School-zone speed sign 127 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct34 · 39 km/h
Over the limit2.6%
50 km/h or more0.6%

Lansdowne Ave (southbound), 76/78, Lansdowne Avenue · 39,866 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

Traffic calming

  • Macdonell Avenue · Seaforth Ave – Wabash Ave
    8 speed humps

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

2022 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 22% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Oct 4, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions9#4463 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only8
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 201410latest Oct 4, 2024

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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on May 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle401street/outdoor (2), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft301house driveway/garage (2), other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 17, 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 Roncesvalles.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Seaforth & MacDonell a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 9 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 Seaforth & MacDonell?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Sep 22, 2022, 18% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Seaforth & MacDonell?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on MacDonell Ave between Lane N of Queen and W of Lansdowne and Seaforth Ave (October 2025), found an average of 33 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 40 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 127 m away (40 km/h), 0.6% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Seaforth & MacDonell?

The nearest Green P car park is 14 Fuller Ave (197 m away, 42 spaces, 47% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 511 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,710 spaces — 43 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1224 KING ST W (931 m).

How do I get to Seaforth & MacDonell by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 504, 508, 505 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 251 m away; bus routes 47, 402, 29, 929 within 1 km (nearest stop: Macdonell Ave at Seaforth Ave, 40 m).

What restaurants are near Seaforth & MacDonell?

33 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 252 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Macdonell House (55 m), Tiny Cafe (200 m), Songtsen Gampo Cafe (227 m) and Dolma Momo (245 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 Seaforth & MacDonell?

The nearest is Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 220 Cowan Ave, 486 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Sorauren Avenue Park Fieldhouse Washroom (712 m); Mary McCormick Recreation Centre Washroom (715 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 Seaforth & MacDonell?

14 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,292 spaces in total; 10 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Parkdale Childcare Centre (177 m, 177 spaces), Odyssey Montessori School Incorporated (349 m, 64 spaces) and Holy Family Childcare Centre-Queen Victoria (519 m, 25 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Seaforth & MacDonell?

113 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 8,349 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 12 Lansdowne Ave (191 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 10 Lansdowne Ave (203 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 20 West Lodge Ave (205 m, 299 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 1496 Queen St W (218 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 113 is 89 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. 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 Seaforth & MacDonell?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and three 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 Roncesvalles page.

What neighbourhood is Seaforth & MacDonell in?

Seaforth & MacDonell is in Roncesvalles (City of Toronto neighbourhood 086). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.

Sources

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