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Sunnyside & Pearson

Sunnyside Ave & Pearson Ave · Toronto, Ontario · High Park-Swansea · Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park

In High Park-Swansea, Sunnyside & Pearson is a low-volume local intersection. At the corner: a bike lane and a school within 250 m. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
3,487
vehicles · 14-hour count, Apr 9, 2024
634 pedestrians · 144 cyclists · #2111 busiest
Collisions
20
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 12 property damage · #3449 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
4 streetcar routes · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 250 vehicles, 22% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 6 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 4.1% of vehicle volume, about 5.3× the typical share. That comes with about 2 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 5.7 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions rose 300%, from 4 in 2016–2020 to 16 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Sunnyside & Pearson

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
504501508506 nearest 193 m
TTC bus
4028047 nearest 250 m
Blue Night
304301306
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Bike Lane on Sunnyside Ave installed 2024
Bike Share
Sunnyside Ave / The Queensway - SMART 209 m · 19 docks · 16 stations, 319 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 (15)
  • Garden Avenue Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 194 m
  • Fern Avenue Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 493 m
  • St Vincent de Paul Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 608 m
  • Mary Mother of God SchoolPrivate · 692 m
  • Academy of Enlightened MindsPrivate · 1 km
  • High Park Gardens Montessori SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • and 9 more
Parks (22)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library High Park branch409 m
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Sunnyside BeachNature/ Park · 759 m
  • Colborne LodgeMuseum · 853 m
  • High ParkNature/ Park · 1.3 km
  • Museum of Contemporary Canadian ArtGallery · 1.5 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 26 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 9 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 128. The nearest is Glendale House, 126 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026.

Restaurants & cafés26 within 300 m · 128 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience9 within 300 m · 35 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Glendale House · 85 Glendale Ave126 mPassed, Sep 2026
Pearson Fruit & Vegetables · 95 Roncesvalles Avegrocery180 mPassed, Jul 2026
Pearson Fruit & Vegetables · 95 Roncesvalles Avegrocery180 mPassed, Dec 2024
Rowe Farms · 105 Roncesvalles Ave184 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Thin Blue Line Cheese Boutique · 93b Roncesvalles Ave191 mPassed, Jul 2026
Fitbite · 89 Roncesvalles Ave192 mPassed, Apr 2025
Cherry Bomb Cafe · 79 Roncesvalles Ave196 mPassed, Jul 2026
Toasted · 89 Roncesvalles Ave196 mPassed, Jul 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 Budapest Park Washroom, 496 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 530 m away at Budapest Park.

  • Budapest Park Washroom · 1575 Lake Shore Blvd W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    496 m
  • Sunnyside Park Pavillion East Washroom · 1755 Lake Shore Blvd W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    642 m
  • Sunnyside Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 1755 Lake Shore Blvd W
    View outdoor pool hours · accessible
    664 m
Drinking water
Budapest Park drinking fountain · 530 m; Budapest Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 534 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 678 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Kids Zone Daycare Inc. (159 m, 51 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km8 centres · 678 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 8
  • Kids Zone Daycare Inc. · 123 Glendale Ave
    51 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    159 m
  • Sunnyside Garden Day Care · 225 Garden Ave
    193 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    194 m
  • Ferncliff Daycare and After School Group · 128 Fern Ave
    174 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    493 m
  • Sunnyside Day Care - Roncesvalles · 10 High Park Blvd
    87 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    552 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 426 (944 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (2.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 426 · 944 m140 Lansdowne Ave
Police14 Division · 2.2 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 37 · 1.6 km1288 Queen St 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

Within a kilometre there are 38 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,664 rental units — five social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 118 Roncesvalles Ave (158 m, 30 units, 3 storeys, built 1940), which scored 95 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 65 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 15 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings38 · 1,664 units · 5 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202665 across the 38
Open fire-code violations15
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
118 Roncesvalles Ave · Akelius Canada Ltd303194095 · Jul 20250158 m
66 Roncesvalles Avesocial housing20011197791 · Aug 20240 · 2 fire206 m
59 Roncesvalles Ave · Aristocrat Property Management384196786 · Nov 20250248 m
1 Claude Ave · Akelius Canada Ltd303196097 · Jul 20253259 m
109 Indian Rd · Akelius Ltd388197096 · Jul 20250318 m
83 Indian Rd215196086 · Aug 20250322 m
1623 Queen St W · Hannah Property Management Ltd.424192292 · Jun 20260457 m
1621 Queen St W · Pergos Developments746190090 · Jun 20250478 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 lots434 lots · ≈15,480 spaces · 46.4 ha
Within 500 m32 lots · ≈1,300 spaces
Green P (public)10 car parks · about 1,023 spaces
EV charging (City)430 Roncesvalles Ave · 1.2 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking43 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1575 Lake Shore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface468 m193 *
1624 Queen St W · Surface607 m3371% (Q1 2026)
14 Fuller Ave · Surface804 m4247% (Q1 2026)
2001 Lake Shore Blvd. West (Parks) · Surface1.1 km187 *
1275 Lakeshore Blvd. W. (Parks) · Surface1.2 km120 *

Nearest lots: 47 m away, ≈5 spaces; 50 m away, ≈43 spaces; 107 m away, ≈74 spaces; 135 m away, ≈16 spaces; 175 m away, ≈132 spaces; 176 m away, ≈4 spaces. More EV charging: 2251 Dundas St W (1.5 km, 2 ports); 2285 Dundas St W (1.5 km, 2 ports); 1224 KING ST W (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 — 14-hour, Apr 9, 2024

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 1,747 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 4 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the north (74 of 144). Evening rush dominates here: 314 vehicles in the peak hour from 3:30 p.m., against 278 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north1,747southbound · 74 bikes · 1.0% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles3,487634 pedestrians · 144 cyclists · 1.4% heavy
From the east4westbound · 6 bikes · 25.0% heavy
From the south1,736northbound · 64 bikes · 1.8% heavy
AM peak hour278 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour314 vehicles from 3:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Apr 9, 2024

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 Sunnyside Ave between Parkdale Rd and Galley Ave, 75 m from the corner, a 3-day count in October 2024 put the average speed at 29 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 35 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 39 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,300 vehicles a day. Pearson Ave between Lane W of Sorauren and S of Pearson and Lane E of Roncesvalles and N of Pearson measured slower: 27 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 34 km/h (Oct 2025). At the school-zone speed sign on Sunnyside Ave (183 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.7% of the 20,258 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sunnyside Ave · Parkdale Rd – Galley Ave · 75 mOct 2024 · 3 days1,33929 km/h35 km/h39 km/h
Pearson Ave · Lane W of Sorauren and S of Pearson – Lane E of Roncesvalles and N of Pearson · 367 mOct 2025 · 3 days1,01227 km/h34 km/h39 km/h

School-zone speed sign 183 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct19 · 27 km/h
Over the limit1.6%
40 km/h or more0.7%

Sunnyside Ave (northbound), 158 Sunnyside Avenue · 20,258 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

The worst year was 2022, with 6 collisions; 2025 recorded 3. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 40% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (5%), typical for the city. The most recent report on file is from Dec 11, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 5.7 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions20#3449 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only12
Fail to remain8
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2413 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified8
All since 201421latest Dec 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

Three thefts from vehicles and six bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 50% of the bike thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle310other (1), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft620house driveway/garage (3), other (3)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 16, 2025. 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 High Park-Swansea.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Sunnyside & Pearson a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 20 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 Sunnyside & Pearson?

A low-volume local intersection. It ranks #2111 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 22% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Sunnyside & Pearson?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sunnyside Ave between Parkdale Rd and Galley Ave (October 2024), found an average of 29 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 35 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 183 m away (30 km/h), 0.7% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Sunnyside & Pearson?

The nearest Green P car park is 1575 Lake Shore Blvd. W. (Parks) (468 m away, 193 spaces). The City's mapping shows 434 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 15,480 spaces — 32 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 430 Roncesvalles Ave (1.2 km).

How do I get to Sunnyside & Pearson by transit?

Streetcar routes 504, 501, 508, 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 193 m away; bus routes 402, 80, 47 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Sunnyside & Pearson?

26 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 128 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Glendale House (126 m), Rowe Farms (184 m), Thin Blue Line Cheese Boutique (191 m), Fitbite (192 m) and Cherry Bomb Cafe (196 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 Sunnyside & Pearson?

The nearest is Budapest Park Washroom, 1575 Lake Shore Blvd W, 496 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Sunnyside Park Pavillion East Washroom (642 m); Sunnyside Park Outdoor Pool Washroom (664 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 Sunnyside & Pearson?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 678 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kids Zone Daycare Inc. (159 m, 51 spaces), Sunnyside Garden Day Care (194 m, 193 spaces) and Ferncliff Daycare and After School Group (493 m, 174 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sunnyside & Pearson?

38 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,664 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 118 Roncesvalles Ave (158 m, 30 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 66 Roncesvalles Ave (206 m, 200 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 59 Roncesvalles Ave (248 m, 38 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 1 Claude Ave (259 m, 30 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 38 is 88 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 Sunnyside & Pearson?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and six 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 High Park-Swansea page.

What neighbourhood is Sunnyside & Pearson in?

Sunnyside & Pearson is in High Park-Swansea (City of Toronto neighbourhood 087). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.

Sources

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