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St Clair & Alvin

St Clair Ave E & Alvin Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Rosedale-Moore Park · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's · Yonge & St. Clair BIA

St Clair & Alvin is a mid-volume intersection. It sits in Rosedale-Moore Park. It has St Clair Station and 2 schools within 250 m at the corner.

Traffic volume
7,011
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 15, 2008
1,507 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
94
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
9 with an injury · 80 property damage · #1186 of 5,508 · +2 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
St Clair Station
subway station within 250 m
1 streetcar route · 4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 60 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 880 vehicles, 76% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 5 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Police have logged an average of 9.4 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 3.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 38%, from 58 in 2016–2020 to 36 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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St Clair & Alvin

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
St Clair Station (Line 1)73 m; Summerhill Station (Line 1)574 m
Streetcar
512 nearest 112 m
TTC bus
88749713 nearest 80 m
Blue Night
312320
Nearest stops
14 surface stops within 300 m — St Clair Station
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Alvin Ave / St. Clair Ave E 34 m · 19 docks · 16 stations, 246 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 (23)
  • Deer Park Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 164 m
  • The Linden SchoolPrivate · 209 m
  • The York School - Jr CampusPrivate · 413 m
  • The York School - Mdl and Sr CampusPrivate · 424 m
  • Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 752 m
  • Brown Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 798 m
  • and 17 more
Community centres
Parks (34)
  • Yorkminster Park Baptist Church Park308 m
  • Inglewood Parkette415 m
  • Lawton Parkette434 m
  • David A. Balfour Park572 m
  • Amsterdam Square694 m
  • Glenn Gould Park784 m
  • and 28 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Deer Park branch31 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 52 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 7 grocery and convenience stores, and 86 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is The Badminton & Racquet Club of Toronto, 17 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in October 2025 with 3 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés52 within 300 m · 86 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience7 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Badminton & Racquet Club of Toronto · 25 St Clair Ave W17 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 3 infractions
Ultra · 22 St Clair Ave E, Unit-13032 mPassed, Jul 2025 · 2 infractions
La Barista Cafe · 22 St Clair Ave E Unit-732 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 2 infractions
La Barista Cafe · 22 St Clair Ave E32 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 5 infractions
Mary Be Kitchen · 21 St Clair Ave W37 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 1 infraction
El Inka · 21 St Clair Ave E Unit-10038 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 4 infractions
Union Social Eatery · 21 St Clair Ave W38 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Cupcake Paradise · 15 St Clair Ave W42 mPassed, Mar 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 David A. Balfour Park Washroom, 439 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 292 m away at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church Park (currently off).

  • David A. Balfour Park Washroom · 75 Rosehill Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    439 m
Drinking water
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church Park drinking fountain · 292 m · off; Lawton Parkette bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 402 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

11 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,108 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Montessori For Children (St. Clair) Inc (100 m, 48 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km11 centres · 1,108 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 11
  • Montessori For Children (St. Clair) Inc · 25 Alvin Ave
    48 spaces · preschool
    100 m
  • Heath and Ferndale Child Care Program · 23 Ferndale Ave
    261 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    164 m
  • Oriole Nursery School · 1570 Yonge St
    32 spaces · preschool
    328 m
  • Centennial Infant and Child Centre · 1580 Yonge St
    32 spaces · preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    331 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 311 (293 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (2.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 311 · 293 m20 Balmoral Ave
Police53 Division · 2.1 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 45 · 1.5 km135 Davenport Rd

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

74 registered apartment buildings with 6,372 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.2× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 40 Pleasant Blvd (93 m, 163 units, 32 storeys, built 1969), which scored 94 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 74 scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 109 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 19 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings74 · 6,372 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026109 across the 74
Open fire-code violations19
Tallest32 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
40 Pleasant Blvd · Yonge Pleasant Holdings Ltd.16332196994 · Nov 2025493 m
60 Pleasant Blvd · Yonge Pleasant Holdings Limited16332196992 · Sep 20241116 m
77 St Clair Ave E · Azuria Group Incorporated18520196782 · Nov 20252119 m
80 St Clair Ave E · North Edge Properties Ltd.30727197097 · Jun 202611 · 6 fire190 m
7 Heath St E · Living Properties Inc303194693 · Jul 20260195 m
50 Rosehill Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited24523196994 · Nov 20252205 m
33 Rosehill Ave · Quadreal Property Group21628196997 · Aug 20262254 m
49 St Clair Ave W · Akelius Canada Ltd347193092 · Jun 20260 · 1 fire289 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 lots569 lots · ≈28,140 spaces · 84.4 ha
Within 500 m62 lots · ≈1,960 spaces
Green P (public)12 car parks · about 1,678 spaces
EV charging (City)20 Delisle Ave. · 239 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parking113 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 48 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
30 Alvin Avenue · Surface87 m188 *
21 Pleasant Blvd. · Garage147 m557 *
1501 Yonge Street · Surface161 m37 *
30 St. Clair Avenue West · Garage231 m173 *
10 Delisle Ave · Garage245 m24029% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 72 m away, ≈20 spaces; 76 m away, ≈4 spaces; 94 m away, ≈12 spaces (Green P); 94 m away, ≈4 spaces; 95 m away, ≈15 spaces; 96 m away, ≈60 spaces (Green P). More EV charging: 10 Delisle St (239 m, 4 ports); 41 Inglewood Dr (481 m, 2 ports); 74 Yorkville Ave (1.9 km, 9 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 15, 2008

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The east leg carries the load — 3,661 westbound vehicles, or 52% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 857. Morning rush is the busier period: 1,130 vehicles in the peak hour from 7:30 a.m., compared with 997 from 4:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 18 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2008, 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 north857southbound · 0 bikes · 1.3% heavy
From the west2,493eastbound · 0 bikes · 1.7% heavy
Total vehicles7,0111,507 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 3.0% heavy
From the east3,661westbound · 0 bikes · 4.3% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,130 vehicles from 7:30 a.m.
PM peak hour997 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 15, 2008

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 Alvin Ave between St Clair Ave E and Heath St E (110 m away) recorded an average of 31 km/h in its 3-day count in October 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 39 km/h. That segment carries about 2,500 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
St Clair Ave E · Yonge St – Tamblyn Lane · 91 mJan 2019 · 7 days7,735
Alvin Ave · St Clair Ave E – Heath St E · 110 mOct 2022 · 3 days2,51731 km/h39 km/h43 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

2017 was the peak year (16 collisions), and 2025 closed with 6. 10% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 8, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions94#1186 of 5,508
With an injury9#1954 of 4,660
Property damage only80
Fail to remain8
Involving a pedestrian3#1406 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 2014110latest May 8, 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 24 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 4.8× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 4 in 2023–2025, about 1.3 a year, against 3.6 a year before that. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 25% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 2, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle500street/outdoor (3), transit property (2)
Bicycle theft2442apartment parking (6), street/outdoor (6)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 2, 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 Rosedale-Moore Park.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is St Clair & Alvin a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 94 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 St Clair & Alvin?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Sep 15, 2008, 76% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at St Clair & Alvin?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Alvin Ave between St Clair Ave E and Heath St E (October 2022), found an average of 31 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 39 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near St Clair & Alvin?

The nearest Green P car park is 30 Alvin Avenue (87 m away, 188 spaces). The City's mapping shows 569 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 28,140 spaces — 62 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 20 Delisle Ave. (239 m).

How do I get to St Clair & Alvin by transit?

St Clair Station (Line 1) is 73 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 112 m away; bus routes 88, 74, 97, 13 within 1 km (nearest stop: St Clair Station, 80 m).

What restaurants are near St Clair & Alvin?

52 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 86 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Badminton & Racquet Club of Toronto (17 m), Ultra (32 m), La Barista Cafe (32 m), La Barista Cafe (32 m) and Mary Be Kitchen (37 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 St Clair & Alvin?

The nearest is David A. Balfour Park Washroom, 75 Rosehill Ave, 439 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.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 St Clair & Alvin?

11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,108 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Montessori For Children (St. Clair) Inc (100 m, 48 spaces), Heath and Ferndale Child Care Program (164 m, 261 spaces) and Oriole Nursery School (328 m, 32 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near St Clair & Alvin?

74 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 6,372 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 40 Pleasant Blvd (93 m, 163 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 60 Pleasant Blvd (116 m, 163 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 77 St Clair Ave E (119 m, 185 units, RentSafeTO score 82) and 80 St Clair Ave E (190 m, 307 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 74 is 91 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 St Clair & Alvin?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and 24 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 Rosedale-Moore Park page.

What neighbourhood is St Clair & Alvin in?

St Clair & Alvin is in Rosedale-Moore Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 098). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow. The corner falls inside the Yonge & St. Clair Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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