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Symes & Hillborn

Symes Rd & Hillborn Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Rockcliffe-Smythe · Ward 5, York South-Weston

Symes & Hillborn, in Rockcliffe-Smythe, is a quiet local crossing. It has a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 15 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
2,774
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 12, 2024
229 pedestrians · 51 cyclists · #2162 busiest
Collisions
4
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 2 property damage · #5199 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
1 streetcar route · 10 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 200 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 17% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 12 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. On average 0.4 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Symes & Hillborn

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
512 nearest 844 m
TTC bus
171717918940161418916830 nearest 470 m
Express
941989
Blue Night
340341
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Symes Rd / Glen Scarlett Rd - SMART 324 m · 16 docks · 6 stations, 99 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 (16)
  • Iqra Nejashi Islamic SchoolPrivate · 218 m
  • Harwood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 328 m
  • Rockcliffe Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 580 m
  • St Oscar Romero Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 653 m
  • Frank Oke Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 659 m
  • Cordella Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 696 m
  • and 10 more
Community centres
Parks (28)
  • Gaffney Park323 m
  • Black Creek Site East366 m
  • Henrietta Park393 m
  • Symes - Viella Parkette429 m
  • Harwood Park435 m
  • Cayuga Park464 m
  • and 22 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Daniel G. Hill (formely Jane/Dundas) branch1.3 km
  • Toronto Public Library Mount Dennis branch1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 112 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Junction Craft Brewing, 258 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in November 2025.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 112 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 18 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Junction Craft Brewing · 150 Symes Rd258 mPassed, Nov 2025
The Symes · 150 Symes Rd258 mPassed, Apr 2025
Toben Food By Design · 150 Symes Rdgrocery259 mPassed, May 2026
Junction Craft Brewing · 150 Symes Rd259 mPassed, Jul 2026
Viola Food Co. · 100 Symes Rd, Unit-112-Sharedgrocery336 mPassed, Oct 2024
Brodo House · 100 Symes Rd Unit-112-Shared336 mPassed, Jun 2026
Hart & Ziel · 100 Symes Rd Unit-112336 mPassed, Apr 2026
Rain Hard Brewing Co. · 100 Symes Rd Unit-111336 mPassed, Mar 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

No public washroom is listed within a kilometre, but there is a drinking fountain 351 m away at Henrietta Park.

No City washroom within 1 km.

Drinking water
Henrietta Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 351 m; Harwood Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 378 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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 252 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Romero Bears Child Care Centre (653 m, 26 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km3 centres · 252 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 3
  • Romero Bears Child Care Centre · 99 Humber Blvd
    26 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    653 m
  • Kids & Company the Stockyards · 100 Weston Rd
    82 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    0.9 km
  • Macaulay - George Syme Child Care Centre · 69 Pritchard Ave
    144 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 421 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 11 Division (1.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.

FireFire Station 421 · 1.1 km6 Lambton Ave
Police11 Division · 1.7 km2054 Davenport Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 30 · 1.3 km100 Turnberry 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

15 registered apartment buildings with 1,936 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 121 Humber Blvd (441 m, 215 units, 14 storeys, built 1968), which scored 91 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 29 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 23 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings15 · 1,936 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202629 across the 15
Open fire-code violations23
Tallest16 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
121 Humber BlvdToronto Community Housing · TCH21514196891 · Aug 20262 · 2 fire441 m
101 Humber BlvdToronto Community Housing · TCH24614196991 · Aug 20261593 m
270 Ryding Ave163195880 · Aug 20261635 m
8 Castleton Ave · Orchard Park Property Management173196595 · Aug 20260694 m
190 Woolner AveToronto Community Housing · TCH30416196888 · Nov 20250 · 1 fire746 m
200 Woolner Ave · Woolner Holdings Inc30416196879 · Jun 20246 · 6 fire819 m
210 Woolner Ave · Woolner Holdings Inc1889196891 · Nov 20259 · 6 fire887 m
8 Hector Ave · Sterling Karamar Property Management183195790 · Aug 20262910 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 lots631 lots · ≈36,840 spaces · 110.5 ha
Within 500 m29 lots · ≈2,730 spaces
Green P (public)13 car parks · about 469 spaces
EV charging (City)535 Runnymeade Rd · 1.5 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1A Mould Avenue · Surface792 m7 *
3354 Dundas St W · Surface1 km1199% (Q1 2026)
385 Pacific Ave · Surface1.5 km6773% (Q1 2026)
1169 Weston Rd · Surface1.6 km3658% (Q1 2026)
400 Keele St · Surface1.6 km3580% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 141 m away, ≈12 spaces; 146 m away, ≈6 spaces; 171 m away, ≈34 spaces; 241 m away, ≈57 spaces; 256 m away, ≈186 spaces; 263 m away, ≈116 spaces.

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, Nov 12, 2024

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The south leg carries the load — 1,255 northbound vehicles, or 45% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 738. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 320 vehicles in the hour from 3:00 p.m., 17% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (273). Heavy vehicles made up 3.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 22 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north781southbound · 17 bikes · 3.2% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles2,774229 pedestrians · 51 cyclists · 3.6% heavy
From the east738westbound · 9 bikes · 3.8% heavy
From the south1,255northbound · 25 bikes · 3.7% heavy
AM peak hour273 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour320 vehicles from 3:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 12, 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

The City's counter on Hillborn Ave between Symes Rd and Spears St (62 m away) recorded an average of 32 km/h in its 3-day count in March 2018; 85% of drivers were at or under 38 km/h. That segment carries about 1,800 vehicles a day. The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on McCormack St (269 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 12,968 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Hillborn Ave · Symes Rd – Spears St · 62 mMar 2018 · 3 days1,79132 km/h38 km/h40 km/h
Symes Rd · Glen Scarlett Rd – Terry Dr · 96 mFeb 2002 · 3 days2,679

School-zone speed sign 269 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct23 · 33 km/h
Over the limit0.6%
50 km/h or more0.1%

McCormack St (eastbound), 151 McCormack Street · 12,968 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 (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 25% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 25% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 2, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions4#5199 of 5,508
With an injury1#4586 of 4,660
Property damage only2
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 20145latest Feb 2, 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 one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 20, 2020. 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 Rockcliffe-Smythe.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Symes & Hillborn a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 4 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 Symes & Hillborn?

A quiet local crossing. It ranks #2162 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 17% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Symes & Hillborn?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Hillborn Ave between Symes Rd and Spears St (March 2018), found an average of 32 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 38 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 269 m away (40 km/h), 0.1% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Symes & Hillborn?

The nearest Green P car park is 1A Mould Avenue (792 m away, 7 spaces). The City's mapping shows 631 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 36,840 spaces — 29 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 535 Runnymeade Rd (1.5 km).

How do I get to Symes & Hillborn by transit?

Streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 844 m away; bus routes 171, 71, 79, 189, 40, 161, 41, 89 and 4 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Symes & Hillborn?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 112 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Junction Craft Brewing (258 m), The Symes (258 m), Junction Craft Brewing (259 m), Brodo House (336 m) and Hart & Ziel (336 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 Symes & Hillborn?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 351 m away at Henrietta Park. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.

Is there child care near Symes & Hillborn?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 252 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Romero Bears Child Care Centre (653 m, 26 spaces), Kids & Company the Stockyards (0.9 km, 82 spaces) and Macaulay - George Syme Child Care Centre (1.0 km, 144 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Symes & Hillborn?

15 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,936 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 121 Humber Blvd (441 m, 215 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 101 Humber Blvd (593 m, 246 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 270 Ryding Ave (635 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 80) and 8 Castleton Ave (694 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 15 is 90 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 Symes & Hillborn?

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 Rockcliffe-Smythe page.

What neighbourhood is Symes & Hillborn in?

Symes & Hillborn is in Rockcliffe-Smythe (City of Toronto neighbourhood 111), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 5, York South-Weston, represented by Councillor Frances Nunziata.

Sources

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