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Symes & Terry

Symes Rd & Terry Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Rockcliffe-Smythe · Ward 5, York South-Weston

Symes & Terry, in Rockcliffe-Smythe, is a low-volume local intersection. Nearby are 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
4,789
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 12, 2024
84 pedestrians · 44 cyclists
Collisions
10
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
7 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
26/100
city median 48
2 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 778 m

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Symes & Terry

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume14-hour count · Nov 12, 2024

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The south leg carries the load — 1,996 northbound vehicles, or 42% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 1,323. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 565 vehicles in the hour from 5:15 p.m., 49% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (379). Heavy vehicles made up 2.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 23 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west1,323eastbound · 9 bikes · 3.3% heavy
Total vehicles4,78984 pedestrians · 44 cyclists · 2.8% heavy
From the east1,470westbound · 20 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the south1,996northbound · 15 bikes · 2.3% heavy

Peak hours: 379 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 565 from 5:15 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 3 collisions. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 10% 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 Aug 26, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions102.1 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles
With an injury0
Property damage only10
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

How fast traffic moves here

The City's counter on Terry Dr between Symes Rd and Gaffney Park Trl (239 m away) recorded an average of 40 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2004; 85% of drivers were at or under 54 km/h. That segment carries about 900 vehicles a day. The reading is 22 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on McCormack St (265 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 12,512 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none. 4 speed humps slow traffic on Terry Drive between Rockcliffe Blvd and Symes Rd.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Symes Rd · Glen Scarlett Rd – Terry Dr · 18 mFeb 2002 · 3 days2,679———
Terry Dr · Symes Rd – Gaffney Park Trl · 239 mNov 2004 · 3 days91940 km/h54 km/h63 km/h
Speed sign
McCormack St (eastbound), 265 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 21 km/h, 85th percentile 33 km/h; 0.1% at 50 km/h or more. 12,512 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
Traffic calming
Terry Drive (Rockcliffe Blvd – Symes Rd): 4 speed humps

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

TTC bus
71 171 79 161 41 89 nearest 585 m · 7 min
Blue Night
341
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 283 m · 3 min · 16 docks · 3 stations, 50 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
2 car parks · about 18 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
17 mapped lots within 500 m, 377 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1A Mould Avenue · Surface1 km7 *—
3354 Dundas St W · Surface1.5 km1199% (Q1 2026)

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

The nearest grocery store is Newport Market Place, 778 m away. There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 9 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is The Symes, 239 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Medbox Rx Pharmacy, 1.0 km away. The nearest hospital site is Runnymede Healthcare Centre, 1.7 km away. George Syme Seniors Centre of York runs a seniors' active living programme 873 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • The Symes · 150 Symes Rd239 m
  • Toben Food By Design · 150 Symes Rd239 m
  • Brodo House · 100 Symes Rd Unit-112-Shared408 m · 5 min
  • Hart & Ziel · 100 Symes Rd Unit-112408 m · 5 min
  • Freshy Box · 100 Symes Rd 112408 m · 5 min
2 within 300 m · 9 within 1 km
Grocery
Newport Market Place 778 m · 9 min
Food shops
El Cheese 408 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Medbox Rx Pharmacy 1 km · 12 min
Child care
  • Romero Bears Child Care Centre · 26 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day911 m · 11 min
1 licensed centre · 26 spaces within 1 km · accepts City fee subsidy
Health and care
  • Runnymede Healthcare Centre · hospital site1.7 km · 20 min
  • George Syme Seniors Centre of York · seniors' active living centre873 m · 10 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (13)
  • Harwood Park635 m · 8 min
  • Cayuga Park716 m · 9 min
  • Gaffney Park783 m · 9 min
  • Black Creek Site East1 km · 12 min
  • Maple Claire Park1.1 km · 13 min
and 8 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
  • Harwood Hall847 m · 10 min
  • David Appleton Community Centre871 m · 10 min
Schools (8)
  • Iqra Nejashi Islamic SchoolPrivate · 338 m · 4 min
  • Harwood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 495 m · 6 min
  • Rockcliffe Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 790 m · 9 min
  • St Oscar Romero Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 911 m · 11 min
  • George Syme Community SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 14 min
and 3 more within 1.5 km

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

Not within a walk: a library, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.

26of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food12/30

    1 grocery store within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit4/28

    7 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation3/10

    nearest park 0.6 km · nearest centre 0.8 km

  • Schools and child care5/8

    2 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot2/10

    traffic calming

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Five registered apartment buildings with 1,086 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 121 Humber Blvd (737 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 89, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
121 Humber Blvd Toronto Community Housing · TCH21514196891 · Aug 2026737 m · 9 min
101 Humber Blvd Toronto Community Housing · TCH24614196991 · Aug 2026777 m · 9 min
190 Woolner Ave Toronto Community Housing · TCH30416196888 · Nov 2025873 m · 10 min
8 Castleton Ave · Orchard Park Property Management173196595 · Aug 2026881 m · 10 min
200 Woolner Ave · Woolner Holdings Inc30416196879 · Jun 20241 km · 12 min

5 registered buildings · 1,086 units · 3 social housing · tallest 16 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

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 no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 80% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jan 20, 2026.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle501house driveway/garage (4), other (1)
Bicycle theft000—

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 & Terry a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 10 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 & Terry?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Nov 12, 2024, 30% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is Symes & Terry a walkable intersection?

Symes & Terry scores 26 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 2 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 1 km; 1 grocery store within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m; nearest park 0.6 km · nearest centre 0.8 km. The crossing itself: traffic calming.

How fast do cars go at Symes & Terry?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Terry Dr between Symes Rd and Gaffney Park Trl (November 2004), found an average of 40 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 54 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 265 m away (40 km/h), 0.1% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Symes & Terry?

The nearest Green P car park is 1A Mould Avenue (1.0 km away, 7 spaces). The City's mapping shows 377 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,560 spaces — 17 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Symes & Terry by transit?

Bus routes 71, 171, 79, 161, 41, 89 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Symes & Terry?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 9 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are The Symes (239 m), Toben Food By Design (239 m), Brodo House (408 m), Hart & Ziel (408 m) and Freshy Box (408 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Symes & Terry?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 499 m away at Harwood Park.

Is there child care near Symes & Terry?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 26 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Romero Bears Child Care Centre (911 m, 26 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Symes & Terry?

Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,086 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 121 Humber Blvd (737 m, 215 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 101 Humber Blvd (777 m, 246 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 190 Woolner Ave (873 m, 304 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 8 Castleton Ave (881 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 89 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Symes & Terry?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Rockcliffe-Smythe page.

What neighbourhood is Symes & Terry in?

Symes & Terry 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