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Southvale & Astor

Southvale Dr & Astor Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Leaside-Bennington · Ward 15, Don Valley West

Southvale & Astor, in Leaside-Bennington, is a mid-volume intersection. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: 5 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
7,581
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 24, 2019
53 pedestrians · 46 cyclists
Collisions
8
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 7 property damage · #4490 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
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 950 vehicles an hour, 82% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 143 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 0.8 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Southvale & Astor

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
88281565111 nearest 255 m
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Moore Ave / Pottery Rd 283 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 56 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 (9)
  • Rolph Road Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 222 m
  • Bennington Heights Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 468 m
  • St Anselm Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 912 m
  • Polaris Learning Centre SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km
  • Bessborough Drive Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Maurice Cody Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 3 more
Community centres
Parks (21)
  • Mallory Green264 m
  • Sandy Bruce Park315 m
  • Bennington Heights Park395 m
  • Evergreen Gardens Park504 m
  • Nesbitt Park537 m
  • 66 Douglas Crescent Parkette647 m
  • and 15 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Leaside branch943 m
Places of interest
  • Todmorden Mills Heritage SiteLandmark · 1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 26 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Bento Sushi, 350 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 26 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Bento Sushi · 301 Moore Ave350 mPassed, Aug 2026
Loblaws · 301 Moore Avegrocery350 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Starbucks · 301 Moore Ave350 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Dhillon's Karahi Spot · 1213 Bayview Ave392 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Loblaws · 11 Redway Rdgrocery582 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction
Zenshi Sushi · 11 Redway Rd587 mPassed, Dec 2025
The Millwood · 921 Millwood Rd611 mPassed, Jun 2026
Pizza Hut · 1386 Bayview Ave Unit-2616 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 Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom, 850 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom · 110 Rumsey Rd
    View centre hours · accessible
    850 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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 500 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Rolph Road Day Care (222 m, 192 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km7 centres · 500 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 7
  • Rolph Road Day Care · 31 Rolph Rd
    192 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    222 m
  • Bennington Heights Child Care Centre · 76 Bennington Heights Dr
    39 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    468 m
  • Plasp Bennington Heights PS · 76 Bennington Heights Dr
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    468 m
  • Leaside Children's House · 839 Millwood Rd
    41 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    720 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 321 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 53 Division (2.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.4 km away.

FireFire Station 321 · 1.2 km231 McRae Dr
Police53 Division · 2.9 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 41 · 1.4 km1300 Pape Ave

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 21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 558 rental units. The nearest is 93 Mallory Cres (51 m, 10 units, 3 storeys, built 1951), which scored 95 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 8 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 12 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings21 · 558 units
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20268 across the 21
Open fire-code violations12
Tallest6 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
93 Mallory Cres · Crestview Investment Corporation - C/O Lawrence Construction Co103195195 · Jul 2024051 m
39 Leacrest Rd · Crestview Investment Corporation C/O Lawrence Construction Co Limited103195186 · Aug 20240156 m
15 Mallory Cres · 15 Mallory Crescent - Manston Construction Limited and Sylwaks Investment Ltd.343196292 · Aug 20250259 m
1215 Bayview Ave · Advent Property Management Services384194093 · Jul 20260391 m
1291 Bayview Ave · Cromwell Management Inc.696196595 · Sep 20252391 m
1295 Bayview Ave · Robert Slightham194195398 · Sep 20250396 m
1299 Bayview Ave · Robert Slightham194195399 · Aug 20260402 m
1315 Bayview Ave · Agc Group Ltd383195091 · Sep 20250 · 9 fire422 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 lots490 lots · ≈44,940 spaces · 134.8 ha
Within 500 m16 lots · ≈1,010 spaces
Green P (public)4 car parks · about 145 spaces
EV charging (City)41 Inglewood Dr · 1.9 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1503 Bayview Avw · Surface896 m2465% (Q1 2026)
709 Millwood Rd · Garage904 m2078% (Q1 2026)
1670 Bayview Ave · Surface1.3 km33 *
650 Mount Pleasant Rd · Garage1.9 km6841% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 44 m away, ≈91 spaces; 171 m away, ≈58 spaces; 229 m away, ≈45 spaces; 243 m away, ≈33 spaces; 262 m away, ≈85 spaces; 263 m away, ≈35 spaces. More EV charging: 41 FULTON AVE (2 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, Jun 24, 2019

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 3,945 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 111 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the west (43 of 46). Evening rush dominates here: 1,119 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 1,008 in the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 0.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 7 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2019, 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 north111southbound · 3 bikes · 0.9% heavy
From the west3,945eastbound · 43 bikes · 0.7% heavy
Total vehicles7,58153 pedestrians · 46 cyclists · 0.8% heavy
From the east3,525westbound · 0 bikes · 1.0% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,008 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,119 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 24, 2019

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 Southvale Dr between Hanna Rd and Rolph Rd, 264 m from the corner, a 3-day count in September 2022 put the average speed at 38 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 44 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 48 km/h or more. That segment carries about 11,000 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Southvale Dr · Hanna Rd – Rolph Rd · 264 mSep 2022 · 3 days11,04138 km/h44 km/h48 km/h

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 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 0 collisions (0%) 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. The most recent report on file is from Nov 11, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions8#4490 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only7
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 201412latest Nov 11, 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

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 4, 2019. 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 Leaside-Bennington.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Southvale & Astor 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 Southvale & Astor?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Jun 24, 2019, 82% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Southvale & Astor?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Southvale Dr between Hanna Rd and Rolph Rd (September 2022), found an average of 38 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Southvale & Astor?

The nearest Green P car park is 1503 Bayview Avw (896 m away, 24 spaces, 65% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 490 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 44,940 spaces — 16 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 41 Inglewood Dr (1.9 km).

How do I get to Southvale & Astor by transit?

Bus routes 88, 28, 156, 51, 11 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Southvale & Astor?

None within 300 m, and 26 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Bento Sushi (350 m), Starbucks (350 m), Dhillon's Karahi Spot (392 m), Zenshi Sushi (587 m) and The Millwood (611 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 Southvale & Astor?

The nearest is Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom, 110 Rumsey Rd, 850 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. 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 Southvale & Astor?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 500 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Rolph Road Day Care (222 m, 192 spaces), Bennington Heights Child Care Centre (468 m, 39 spaces) and Plasp Bennington Heights PS (468 m, 43 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Southvale & Astor?

21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 558 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 93 Mallory Cres (51 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 39 Leacrest Rd (156 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 15 Mallory Cres (259 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 1215 Bayview Ave (391 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 21 is 91 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 Southvale & Astor?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts 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 Leaside-Bennington page.

What neighbourhood is Southvale & Astor in?

Southvale & Astor is in Leaside-Bennington (City of Toronto neighbourhood 056). It is in Ward 15, Don Valley West, represented by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin.

Sources

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