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Springhurst & Cowan

Springhurst Ave & Cowan Ave · Toronto, Ontario · South Parkdale · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

In South Parkdale, in central Toronto, Springhurst & Cowan is a lightly travelled intersection. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: Exhibition GO 934 m away and 11 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
2,832
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 20, 2023
449 pedestrians · 138 cyclists
Collisions
21
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 15 property damage · #3334 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
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
3 streetcar routes · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 350 vehicles, 31% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 6 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 4.9% of vehicle volume, about 6.3× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 2.1 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 150%, from 6 in 2016–2020 to 15 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Springhurst & Cowan

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
Exhibition GO — Lakeshore West934 m
Streetcar
504508501 nearest 362 m
TTC bus
402294763 nearest 253 m
Express
929
Blue Night
301304329
Nearest stops
1 surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Martin Goodman Trail (Marilyn Bell Park) 285 m · 31 docks · 17 stations, 362 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 (6)
  • Dr Rita Cox - Kina Minagok Public SchoolEnglish Public · 492 m
  • Holy Family Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 646 m
  • Parkdale Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 784 m
  • Mary Mother of God SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km
  • Parkdale Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • Alexander Muir Gladstone Ave & the GroveEnglish Public · 1.3 km
Parks (29)
  • Springhurst Parkette197 m
  • Spencer - Cowan Parkette270 m
  • Close - Springhurst Parkette346 m
  • Marilyn Bell Park354 m
  • Dufferin - King Park501 m
  • Close Avenue Parkette512 m
  • and 23 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch834 m
Places of interest
  • Medieval Times Dinner and TournamentPerforming Arts · 413 m
  • Queen Elizabeth TheatrePerforming Arts · 734 m
  • BMO FieldSports / Entertainment Venue · 945 m
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 1.2 km
  • Coca-Cola Coliseum (formerly Ricoh Coliseum)Sports / Entertainment Venue · 1.2 km
  • Budweiser StageSports / Entertainment Venue · 1.3 km
  • Enercare CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 1.4 km
  • Exhibition PlaceConvention & Trade Centres · 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 7 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 212 eating places within a kilometre — 2.9× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Spencer Place, 59 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés7 within 300 m · 212 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 37 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Spencer Place · 16 Spencer Ave59 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 2 infractions
Trillium · 4 Spencer Ave81 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Dunn Milk Convenience · 65 Dunn Avegrocery95 mPassed, Oct 2025
Dunn House · 90 Dunn Ave169 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Alpha Omega House · 127 Dunn Ave238 mPassed, Sep 2026
Communiti Care Health · 63a Spencer Ave278 mPassed, Aug 2026
Communiti Care Health · 63 Spencer Ave284 mPassed, Aug 2026
Toronto Rehab Kitchen · 130 Dunn Ave Unit-3292 mPassed, Sep 2026

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 the automated public toilet at 1275 Lake Shore Blvd W, 583 m away, open around the clock; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 268 m away at Spencer - Cowan Parkette.

  • Automated public toilet, 1275 Lake Shore Blvd W
    24 hours · accessible
    583 m
  • Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 220 Cowan Ave
    View centre hours
    780 m
Drinking water
Spencer - Cowan Parkette drinking fountain · 268 m; Marilyn Bell Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 299 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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 410 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Sunflower House (417 m, 44 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km6 centres · 410 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 6
  • Sunflower House · 162 Dunn Ave
    44 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    417 m
  • Parkdale Early Learning Centre - Cdi - 119 Close Ave. · 119 Close Ave
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    474 m
  • Queen Victoria Child Care Centre · 100 Close Ave
    151 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    492 m
  • Holy Family Childcare Centre-Queen Victoria · 141 Close Ave
    25 spaces · school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    646 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 346 (725 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (2.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 731 m away.

FireFire Station 346 · 725 m90 Quebec St
Police14 Division · 2 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 35 · 731 m265 Manitoba 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

107 registered apartment buildings with 7,723 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 19 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 4.7× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 36 Spencer Ave (116 m, 46 units, 8 storeys, built 2017), which scored 85 out of 100 at its September 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 216 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 53 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings107 · 7,723 units · 19 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026216 across the 107
Open fire-code violations53
Tallest35 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
36 Spencer Ave · Pennylane Properties468201785 · Sep 20260 · 3 fire116 m
30 Springhurst Ave · Janwalk12212196596 · Jun 20250 · 4 fire132 m
29 Spencer Ave · Adams and Waks Construction Ltd546195990 · Jul 20260143 m
31 Spencer Ave · Neighbours Non-Profit Homes546196589 · Jul 20262 · 2 fire154 m
90 Dunn Ave000169 m
35 Spencer Ave · Myriad Property Management807196093 · Jul 20254175 m
24 Tyndall Ave · Metcap Living Management Inc.737196598 · Jun 20253 · 1 fire197 m
47 Spencer Ave · Dms Property Management605196295 · Jul 20254215 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 lots367 lots · ≈19,920 spaces · 59.8 ha
Within 500 m51 lots · ≈2,670 spaces
Green P (public)17 car parks · about 1,511 spaces
EV charging (City)1224 KING ST W · 565 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking2 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1275 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface640 m120 *
1155 King Street West · Surface668 m269 *
1325 Queen St W · Surface828 m3294% (Q1 2026)
34 Hanna Ave · Surface1 km14669% (Q1 2026)
45 Abell St · Garage1 km12460% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 90 m away, ≈5 spaces; 99 m away, ≈8 spaces; 112 m away, ≈3 spaces; 122 m away, ≈27 spaces; 143 m away, ≈57 spaces; 161 m away, ≈32 spaces. More EV charging: 45 Abell St (1 km, 16 ports); 1051 Queen Street W (1.4 km, 2 ports); 248 Shaw St (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 20, 2023

The west leg carries the load — 1,173 eastbound vehicles, or 41% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 17. Morning rush is the busier period: 572 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:30 a.m., compared with 311 from 2:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. 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 north818southbound · 33 bikes · 2.6% heavy
From the west1,173eastbound · 50 bikes · 1.9% heavy
Total vehicles2,832449 pedestrians · 138 cyclists · 2.0% heavy
From the east824westbound · 55 bikes · 1.8% heavy
From the south17northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour572 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour311 vehicles from 2:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 20, 2023

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 most recent midblock count on Cowan Ave between Trenton Ter and Spencer Cowan Parkette Trl (173 m away, Sep 2020) recorded volume only — about 868 vehicles a day — with no speed data. 7 speed humps slow traffic on Cowan Avenue between Springhurst Ave and King St W.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Cowan Ave · Trenton Ter – Spencer Cowan Parkette Trl · 173 mSep 2020 · 3 days868

Traffic calming

  • Cowan Avenue · Springhurst Ave – King St W
    7 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

2024 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 5% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 24% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 11, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions21#3334 of 5,508
With an injury1#4179 of 4,660
Property damage only15
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian1#2349 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201426latest Feb 11, 2026

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 five thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 40% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle510house driveway/garage (2), street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft420other (3), house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 3, 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 South Parkdale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Springhurst & Cowan a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 21 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 Springhurst & Cowan?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Jun 20, 2023, 31% of the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Springhurst & Cowan?

The nearest Green P car park is 1275 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (Parks) (640 m away, 120 spaces). The City's mapping shows 367 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,920 spaces — 51 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1224 KING ST W (565 m).

How do I get to Springhurst & Cowan by transit?

Exhibition GO is 934 m away; streetcar routes 504, 508, 501 stop within 1 km, the nearest 362 m away; bus routes 402, 29, 47, 63, 929 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Springhurst & Cowan?

7 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 212 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Spencer Place (59 m), Trillium (81 m), Dunn House (169 m), Alpha Omega House (238 m) and Communiti Care Health (278 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 Springhurst & Cowan?

The nearest is the automated public toilet at 1275 Lake Shore Blvd W, 583 m away (open around the clock), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre Washroom (780 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 Springhurst & Cowan?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 410 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Sunflower House (417 m, 44 spaces), Parkdale Early Learning Centre - Cdi - 119 Close Ave. (474 m, 49 spaces) and Queen Victoria Child Care Centre (492 m, 151 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Springhurst & Cowan?

107 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 7,723 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 36 Spencer Ave (116 m, 46 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 30 Springhurst Ave (132 m, 122 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 29 Spencer Ave (143 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 31 Spencer Ave (154 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 107 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 Springhurst & Cowan?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and four 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 South Parkdale page.

What neighbourhood is Springhurst & Cowan in?

Springhurst & Cowan is in South Parkdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 085), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.

Sources

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