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Seneca Hill & Linus

Seneca Hill Dr & Linus Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Don Valley Village · Ward 17, Don Valley North

In Don Valley Village, Seneca Hill & Linus is a lightly travelled intersection. At the corner: a bike lane, a school within 250 m and parks. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,129
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 27, 2020
330 pedestrians · 3 cyclists
Collisions
17
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 11 property damage · #3626 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
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 140 vehicles an hour, 12% 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 1.7 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Seneca Hill & Linus

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
392510169151 nearest 285 m
Express
939925
Blue Night
339325
Nearest stops
1 surface stop within 300 m
Regional
York Region Transit 090 Leslie090B Leslie at Don Mills Rd / Seneca Hill Dr337 m
Cycling
Sharrows on Seneca Hill Dr installed 2006; Sharrows on Linus Rd installed 2006
Bike Share
Brahms Ave / Finch Ave E 329 m · 19 docks · 2 stations, 30 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)
  • Crestview Public SchoolEnglish Public · 167 m
  • Don Valley Middle SchoolEnglish Public · 265 m
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 398 m
  • St Matthias C.s. (Closed For Renovation)English Separate · 512 m
  • Seneca Hill Public SchoolEnglish Public · 660 m
  • Ecole Elementaire Paul DemersFrench Public · 782 m
  • and 10 more
Parks (20)
  • Linus Park83 m
  • O'shea Walkway545 m
  • Seneca Hill Park574 m
  • Skymark Park607 m
  • Willesden Park644 m
  • Green Meadows Park - North York672 m
  • and 14 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Hillcrest branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library Fairview branch1.5 km
Places of interest
  • Historic Zion SchoolhouseMuseum · 426 m

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 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 50. The nearest is Seneca Hill Centre For Early Learning, 229 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 50 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 17 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Seneca Hill Centre For Early Learning · 350 Seneca Hill Dr229 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Jingbao Bilingual Children's Centre · 3105 Don Mills Rd398 mPassed, Jul 2026
Tim Hortons · 1500 Finch Ave E541 mPassed, May 2026
Circle K · 1500 Finch Ave Egrocery542 mPassed, Dec 2023
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 3070 Don Mills Rd E607 mPassed, Jul 2025
Saigon Express · 3070 Don Mills Rd E, Unit-12a607 mPassed, Jul 2025
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 3070 Don Mills Rd E607 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Saigon Express Pho · 3070 Don Mills Rd E Unit-12a607 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions

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 Bellbury Park Tennis Club Washroom, 590 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 114 m away at Linus Park.

  • Bellbury Park Tennis Club Washroom · 55 Van Horne Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    590 m
  • Seneca Village Community Centre Washroom · 1700 Finch Ave E.
    View centre hours
    758 m
Drinking water
Linus Park bottle filling station · 114 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 894 spaces; ten accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Crestview School Age Program YMCA (157 m, 86 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km12 centres · 894 spaces
Fee subsidy10 of 12
  • Crestview School Age Program YMCA · 101 Seneca Hill Dr
    86 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    157 m
  • Seneca Hill Centre For Early Learning · 350 Seneca Hill Dr
    90 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    229 m
  • Brahms Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 5 Brahms Ave
    40 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    371 m
  • Jingbao Bilingual Children's Centre · 3105 Don Mills Rd
    89 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    398 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 113 (729 m), the nearest police station 33 Division (4.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.2 km away.

FireFire Station 113 · 729 m700 Seneca Hill Dr
Police33 Division · 4.3 km50 Upjohn Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 23 · 2.2 km115 Parkway Forest Dr

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 19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,785 rental units — 13 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2 Brahms Ave (325 m, 164 units, 12 storeys, built 1971), which scored 93 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 27 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 4 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings19 · 1,785 units · 13 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202627 across the 19
Open fire-code violations4
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2 Brahms AveToronto Community Housing · TCH16412197193 · Aug 20253325 m
5 Brahms AveToronto Community Housing · TCH17813197189 · Aug 20250370 m
201 Van Horne Ave · The Brown Group of Companies Inc.24518196687 · Sep 20242496 m
225 Van Horne Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited15313196898 · Jul 20256576 m
335 Van Horne Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited12514196996 · Jul 20252631 m
12 Deerford Rd · CAPREIT13712196989 · Aug 20242710 m
1700 Finch Ave EToronto Community Housing27518197995 · Aug 20253 · 2 fire749 m
11 Field SparrowayToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation164197377 · Jul 20240852 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 lots207 lots · ≈29,570 spaces · 88.7 ha
Within 500 m42 lots · ≈2,220 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 366 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Don Mills Lot - 1800 Sheppard Ave East · Surface1.8 km366 *

Nearest lots: 84 m away, ≈14 spaces; 95 m away, ≈52 spaces; 119 m away, ≈6 spaces; 119 m away, ≈5 spaces; 126 m away, ≈2 spaces; 135 m away, ≈3 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, Oct 27, 2020

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 435 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 39% of the total, against 304 from the north. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 231 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 51% above the afternoon peak from 4:00 p.m. (153). Heavy vehicles made up 3.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 6 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2020, 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 north304southbound · 1 bikes · 3.6% heavy
From the west390eastbound · 1 bikes · 3.3% heavy
Total vehicles1,129330 pedestrians · 3 cyclists · 3.4% heavy
From the east435westbound · 1 bikes · 3.2% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour231 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour153 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 27, 2020

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 Seneca Hill Dr between Trudy Rd and Rock Fernway, 216 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in October 2023 put the average speed at 33 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 40 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 45 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,900 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Seneca Hill Dr (84 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.2% of the 17,430 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Seneca Hill Dr · Trudy Rd – Rock Fernway · 216 mOct 2023 · 24 h1,91433 km/h40 km/h45 km/h

School-zone speed sign 84 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct33 · 39 km/h
Over the limit1.8%
50 km/h or more0.2%

Seneca Hill Dr (westbound), North Side of Seneca Hill Dr 73m East of Rock Fern Way · 17,430 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 2019, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 1 collision (6%) involved an injury. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 35% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Dec 8, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions17#3626 of 5,508
With an injury1#4372 of 4,660
Property damage only11
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
All since 201418latest Dec 8, 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

Two thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200street/outdoor (1), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft110street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 20, 2024. 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 Don Valley Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Seneca Hill & Linus a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 17 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 Seneca Hill & Linus?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 27, 2020, 12% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Seneca Hill & Linus?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Seneca Hill Dr between Trudy Rd and Rock Fernway (October 2023), 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 84 m away (40 km/h), 0.2% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Seneca Hill & Linus?

The nearest Green P car park is Don Mills Lot - 1800 Sheppard Ave East (1.8 km away, 366 spaces). The City's mapping shows 207 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 29,570 spaces — 42 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Seneca Hill & Linus by transit?

Bus routes 39, 25, 10, 169, 151, 939, 925 within 1 km; York Region Transit routes 090 Leslie, 090B Leslie at Don Mills Rd / Seneca Hill Dr.

What restaurants are near Seneca Hill & Linus?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 50 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Seneca Hill Centre For Early Learning (229 m), Jingbao Bilingual Children's Centre (398 m), Tim Hortons (541 m), Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (607 m) and Saigon Express (607 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 Seneca Hill & Linus?

The nearest is Bellbury Park Tennis Club Washroom, 55 Van Horne Ave, 590 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Seneca Village Community Centre Washroom (758 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 Seneca Hill & Linus?

12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 894 spaces in total; 10 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Crestview School Age Program YMCA (157 m, 86 spaces), Seneca Hill Centre For Early Learning (229 m, 90 spaces) and Brahms Early Learning & Child Care Centre (371 m, 40 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Seneca Hill & Linus?

19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,785 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2 Brahms Ave (325 m, 164 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 5 Brahms Ave (370 m, 178 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 201 Van Horne Ave (496 m, 245 units, RentSafeTO score 87) and 225 Van Horne Ave (576 m, 153 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 is 89 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 Seneca Hill & Linus?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles 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 Don Valley Village page.

What neighbourhood is Seneca Hill & Linus in?

Seneca Hill & Linus is in Don Valley Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 047). It is in Ward 17, Don Valley North, represented by Councillor Shelley Carroll.

Sources

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