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Silverthorn & Rowntree

Silverthorn Ave & Rowntree Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Weston-Pelham Park · Ward 9, Davenport

Silverthorn & Rowntree is a quiet local crossing, with significant cycling traffic. It sits in Weston-Pelham Park. At the corner: a bike lane. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
2,758
vehicles · 14-hour count, Sep 23, 2025
638 pedestrians · 168 cyclists
Collisions
8
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
9 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
57/100
city median 48 · #1,929 of 5,672
8 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 220 m

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Silverthorn & Rowntree

Traffic and safety

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

Traffic volume14-hour count · Sep 23, 2025

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 1,310 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 47% of the total, against 9 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the north (74 of 168). Evening rush dominates here: 368 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 212 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 13 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north9southbound · 74 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west533eastbound · 22 bikes · 3.4% heavy
Total vehicles2,758638 pedestrians · 168 cyclists · 2.4% heavy
From the east906westbound · 22 bikes · 2.2% heavy
From the south1,310northbound · 50 bikes · 2.2% heavy

Peak hours: 212 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 368 from 4:45 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 worst year was 2018, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 1 collision (13%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 15, 2026.

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

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions8
With an injury1
Property damage only6
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
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

On Rowntree Ave between Blackthorn Ave and Silverthorn Ave, 43 m from the corner, a 2-day count in November 2018 put the average speed at 31 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 38 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 42 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,800 vehicles a day. The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Silverthorn Ave between Rowntree Ave and Rogers Rd measured slower: 24 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 32 km/h (Sep 2025) — a much more recent reading than the one above. At the school-zone speed sign on Rogers Rd (379 m away, 40 km/h limit), 3.2% of the 171,877 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority. 4 speed humps slow traffic on Silverthorn Avenue between Pryor Ave and Rowntree Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Rowntree Ave · Blackthorn Ave – Silverthorn Ave · 43 mNov 2018 · 2 days1,80431 km/h38 km/h42 km/h
Silverthorn Ave · Rowntree Ave – Rogers Rd · 106 mSep 2025 · 3 days2,14924 km/h32 km/h35 km/h
Speed sign
Rogers Rd (westbound), 379 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 37 km/h, 85th percentile 44 km/h; 3.2% at 50 km/h or more. 171,877 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
Traffic calming
Silverthorn Avenue (Pryor Ave – Rowntree Ave): 4 speed humps

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

Streetcar
512 nearest 802 m · 10 min
TTC bus
161 41 168 47 127 nearest 217 m
Express
941
Blue Night
341 340
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Bike Lane - Contraflow on Silverthorn Ave installed 2025
Bike Share
Rogers Rd / Watt Ave 589 m · 7 min · 15 docks · 4 stations, 72 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
8 car parks · about 220 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
7 post-and-rings within 300 m
Other lots
24 mapped lots within 500 m, 372 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
433 Rogers Rd · Surface286 m2827% (Q1 2026)
31 Blackthorn Ave · Surface825 m37 *—
20 Prescott Avenue · Surface1 km7 *—
301 Scott Rd · Surface1.6 km1064% (Q1 2026)
2054 Dufferin St · Surface1.8 km4925% (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

A grocery store is within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is Rogers Supermarket, 220 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 8 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 51. The nearest is Salsicharia E Talho Ribeiro, 20 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Pharmacy Go Caledonia, 213 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Salsicharia E Talho Ribeiro · 291 Silverthorn Ave20 m
  • Bimbas In Toronto · 333 Silverthorn Ave Unit-3195 m
  • Os Amigos Restaurant & Cafe · 335 Silverthorn Ave209 m
  • Dream Taste Takeout and Catering · 330 Silverthorn Ave249 m
  • Seafood Kitchen Toronto · 330 Silverthorn Ave249 m
8 within 300 m · 51 within 1 km
Grocery
Rogers Supermarket 220 m · 6 within 1 km
Food shops
Cookie Bakery 434 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Pharmacy Go Caledonia 213 m · 3 within 1 km
Child care
  • Macaulay - St.nicholas of Bari Child Care Centre · 28 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day340 m · 4 min
  • General Mercer Early Learning Centre · 97 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day409 m · 5 min
  • Macaulay - Fh Miller Child Care Centre · 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day676 m · 8 min
3 licensed centres · 181 spaces within 1 km · all accept City fee subsidy

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 (12)
  • Turnberry North Park456 m · 5 min
  • Regent Park - Etobicoke675 m · 8 min
  • Turnberry South Park757 m · 9 min
  • S.a.d.r.a. Park785 m · 9 min
  • Prescott Parkette937 m · 11 min
and 7 more within 1.5 km
Schools (9)
  • St Nicholas of Bari Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 340 m · 4 min
  • General Mercer Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 409 m · 5 min
  • St Matthew Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 505 m · 6 min
  • F H Miller Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 677 m · 8 min
  • St Paul Vi Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km · 13 min
and 4 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library St. Clair/Silverthorn branch804 m · 10 min
  • Toronto Public Library Evelyn Gregory branch1.3 km · 15 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 community centre, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.

57of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #1,929 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food26/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 8 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit12/28

    2 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 804 m away

  • Parks and recreation4/10

    1 park within 500 m

  • Schools and child care8/8

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

  • Crossing on foot2/10

    traffic calming

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 two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 339 rental units — all social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1500 Keele St (803 m, 132 units, 11 storeys, built 1996), which scored 95 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
1500 Keele St social housing · Self Managed13211199695 · Nov 2025803 m · 10 min
600 Rogers Rd Toronto Community Housing · TCH2079199090 · Aug 2026943 m · 11 min

2 registered buildings · 339 units · 2 social housing · tallest 11 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

Five thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 40% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle510house driveway/garage (2), street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft100house driveway/garage (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 Weston-Pelham Park.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Silverthorn & Rowntree a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 8 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 Silverthorn & Rowntree?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Sep 23, 2025, 17% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is Silverthorn & Rowntree a walkable intersection?

Silverthorn & Rowntree scores 57 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #1,929 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 · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 grocery store within 300 m · 8 places to eat within 300 m; 2 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic calming.

How fast do cars go at Silverthorn & Rowntree?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Rowntree Ave between Blackthorn Ave and Silverthorn Ave (November 2018), found an average of 31 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 38 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 379 m away (40 km/h), 3.2% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Silverthorn & Rowntree?

The nearest Green P car park is 433 Rogers Rd (286 m away, 28 spaces, 27% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 372 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,740 spaces — 24 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Silverthorn & Rowntree by transit?

Streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 802 m away; bus routes 161, 41, 168, 47, 127, 941 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Silverthorn & Rowntree?

8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 51 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Salsicharia E Talho Ribeiro (20 m), Bimbas In Toronto (195 m), Os Amigos Restaurant & Cafe (209 m), Dream Taste Takeout and Catering (249 m) and Seafood Kitchen Toronto (249 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Silverthorn & Rowntree?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 181 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Macaulay - St.nicholas of Bari Child Care Centre (340 m, 28 spaces), General Mercer Early Learning Centre (409 m, 97 spaces) and Macaulay - Fh Miller Child Care Centre (676 m, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Silverthorn & Rowntree?

Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 339 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1500 Keele St (803 m, 132 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 600 Rogers Rd (943 m, 207 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 is 93 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Silverthorn & Rowntree?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Weston-Pelham Park page.

What neighbourhood is Silverthorn & Rowntree in?

Silverthorn & Rowntree is in Weston-Pelham Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 091), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 9, Davenport, represented by Councillor Alejandra Bravo.

Sources

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