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Strathearn & Markdale (West)

Strathearn Rd & Markdale Ave (West) · Toronto, Ontario · Humewood-Cedarvale · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

Strathearn & Markdale (West) is a quiet local crossing. It sits in Humewood-Cedarvale. It has 2 schools within 250 m and parks at the corner. Nearby: Cedarvale Station (Line 1, Line 5) 721 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
2,564
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 15, 2022
409 pedestrians · 3 cyclists
Collisions
1
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 0 property damage · #5497 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
Cedarvale Station 721 m · 7 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 320 vehicles, 28% 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). That comes with about 0.1 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Strathearn & Markdale (West)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Cedarvale Station (Line 1, Line 5)721 m; Forest Hill Station (Line 5)860 m
TTC bus
790346316410933 nearest 522 m
Blue Night
307334363
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Arlington Parkette 427 m · 15 docks · 7 stations, 108 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 (18)
  • Markdale PreschoolPrivate · 85 m
  • Cedarvale Community SchoolEnglish Public · 218 m
  • Leo Baeck Day School - South CampusPrivate · 336 m
  • Robbins Hebrew AcademyPrivate · 445 m
  • J R Wilcox Community SchoolEnglish Public · 545 m
  • The Village Shul Synagogue & Supplmentary SchoolPrivate · 668 m
  • and 12 more
Community centres
  • Phil White Arena352 m
  • Larry Grossman Forest Hill Memorial Arena1.4 km
Parks (27)
  • Glen Cedar Park167 m
  • Cedarvale Park232 m
  • Arlington Parkette426 m
  • Laughlin Park567 m
  • Ben Nobleman Park660 m
  • Connaught Circle Parkette665 m
  • and 21 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Forest Hill branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library Maria A. Shchuka branch1.4 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; 61 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Soul Provisions, 598 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 61 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 16 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Soul Provisions · 397 Vaughan Rd598 mPassed, Apr 2026
Oaxaca Coffee Shop · 399 Vaughan Rd601 mPassed, Apr 2026
Hunter Coffe Shop · 423 Vaughan Rd609 mPassed, May 2026
Pine Villa · 1035 Eglinton Ave W614 mPassed, Sep 2026
Qi Natural Food · 1001 Eglinton Ave Wgrocery616 mPassed, Jul 2026
Qi Natural Food · 1001 Eglinton Ave Wgrocery616 mPassed, Aug 2025
Pazza · 1007 Eglinton Ave W619 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 1 infraction
Curate Cafe · 989 Eglinton Ave W Unit-2626 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 Phil White Arena Washroom, 348 m away — currently listed as closed (maintenance/repairs); in season it is open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 162 m away at Glen Cedar Park.

  • Phil White Arena Washroom · 443 Arlington Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    348 m
Drinking water
Glen Cedar Park drinking fountain · 162 m; Cedarvale Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 233 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 941 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Robbins Hebrew Academy (445 m, 48 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km11 centres · 941 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 11
  • Robbins Hebrew Academy · 1700 Bathurst St
    48 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    445 m
  • J.r. Wilcox Day Care Centre · 231 Ava Rd
    161 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    545 m
  • Toronto Hebrew Congregation/Holy Blossom Temple Preschool · 1950 Bathurst St
    60 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    581 m
  • Lef - Vaughan Road Infant and Toddler Centre · 529 Vaughan Rd
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    665 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 341 (927 m), the nearest police station 13 Division (735 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.4 km away.

FireFire Station 341 · 927 m555 Oakwood Ave
Police13 Division · 735 m1435 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 18 · 1.4 km643 Eglinton Ave W

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

46 registered apartment buildings with 2,059 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 300 Winnett Ave (479 m, 35 units, 4 storeys, built 1971), which scored 92 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 46 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 54 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 8 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings46 · 2,059 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202654 across the 46
Open fire-code violations8
Tallest7 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
300 Winnett Ave · Greenwin Corp.354197192 · Nov 20250479 m
330 Winnett Ave · Greenwin Corp.394197192 · Aug 20260482 m
1654 Bathurst St · Brosko Property Management725195088 · Oct 20250492 m
1652 Bathurst St · Trivest Developments Corporation394195090 · Aug 20261499 m
1660 Bathurst St · Sterling Karamar Property Management523194183 · Oct 20255505 m
1650 Bathurst St · Sterling Karamar Property Management253193093 · Aug 20260524 m
1862 Bathurst St · Equiton Living757195184 · Aug 20247561 m
1701 Bathurst St · Hans Myrskog153195387 · Jul 20260569 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 lots542 lots · ≈13,740 spaces · 41.2 ha
Within 500 m9 lots · ≈520 spaces
Green P (public)19 car parks · about 790 spaces
EV charging (City)168 Chiltern Hill Rd · 689 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
995 Eglinton Ave W · Surface623 m3342% (Q1 2026)
168 Chiltern Hill Rd · Garage690 m6834% (Q1 2026)
912 Eglinton Ave W · Surface725 m2662% (Q1 2026)
1531 Eglinton Ave W · Surface1 km2041% (Q1 2026)
406 Oakwood Ave · Surface1 km1757% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 273 m away, ≈34 spaces; 299 m away, ≈40 spaces; 341 m away, ≈138 spaces; 401 m away, ≈84 spaces; 405 m away, ≈65 spaces; 414 m away, ≈112 spaces. More EV charging: 580 Christie St (1.7 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, Nov 15, 2022

The north leg carries the load — 1,473 southbound vehicles, or 57% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 22. Morning rush is the busier period: 466 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:00 a.m., compared with 401 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north1,473southbound · 1 bikes · 2.3% heavy
From the west22eastbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles2,564409 pedestrians · 3 cyclists · 2.1% heavy
From the east393westbound · 0 bikes · 1.8% heavy
From the south676northbound · 1 bikes · 2.1% heavy
AM peak hour466 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour401 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 15, 2022

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 Strathearn Rd between Westover Hill Rd and Ava Rd (284 m away) recorded an average of 33 km/h in its 2-day count in March 2002; 85% of drivers were at or under 34 km/h. That segment carries about 0 vehicles a day. The reading is 24 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Ava Rd (298 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.2% of the 93,132 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Strathearn Rd · Westover Hill Rd – Ava Rd · 284 mMar 2002 · 2 days133 km/h34 km/h35 km/h

School-zone speed sign 298 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct12 · 27 km/h
Over the limit1.0%
40 km/h or more0.2%

Ava Rd (westbound), 142 Ava Road · 93,132 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

2017 was the peak year (1 collision), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 100% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Oct 5, 2017.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions1#5497 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only0
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 20143latest Oct 5, 2017

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 four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410street/outdoor (2), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 24, 2023. 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 Humewood-Cedarvale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Strathearn & Markdale (West) a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 1 lesser collision. 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 Strathearn & Markdale (West)?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Nov 15, 2022, 28% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Strathearn & Markdale (West)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Strathearn Rd between Westover Hill Rd and Ava Rd (March 2002), found an average of 33 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 34 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 298 m away (30 km/h), 0.2% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Strathearn & Markdale (West)?

The nearest Green P car park is 995 Eglinton Ave W (623 m away, 33 spaces, 42% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 542 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 13,740 spaces — 9 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 168 Chiltern Hill Rd (689 m).

How do I get to Strathearn & Markdale (West) by transit?

Cedarvale Station (Line 1, Line 5) is 721 m away; bus routes 7, 90, 34, 63, 164, 109, 33 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Strathearn & Markdale (West)?

None within 300 m, and 61 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Soul Provisions (598 m), Oaxaca Coffee Shop (601 m), Hunter Coffe Shop (609 m), Pine Villa (614 m) and Pazza (619 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 Strathearn & Markdale (West)?

The nearest is Phil White Arena Washroom, 443 Arlington Ave, 348 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). The City currently lists it as closed: maintenance/repairs. 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 Strathearn & Markdale (West)?

11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 941 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Robbins Hebrew Academy (445 m, 48 spaces), J.r. Wilcox Day Care Centre (545 m, 161 spaces) and Toronto Hebrew Congregation/Holy Blossom Temple Preschool (581 m, 60 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Strathearn & Markdale (West)?

46 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,059 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 300 Winnett Ave (479 m, 35 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 330 Winnett Ave (482 m, 39 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 1654 Bathurst St (492 m, 72 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 1652 Bathurst St (499 m, 39 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 46 is 88 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 Strathearn & Markdale (West)?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles 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 Humewood-Cedarvale page.

What neighbourhood is Strathearn & Markdale (West) in?

Strathearn & Markdale (West) is in Humewood-Cedarvale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 106). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow.

Sources

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