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Tangiers & Finch

Tangiers Rd & Finch Ave W · Toronto, Ontario · York University Heights · Ward 6, York Centre · DuKe Heights BIA

Tangiers & Finch is a busier-than-typical intersection. It sits in York University Heights. It has Finch West Station at the corner.

Traffic volume
26,722
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jan 22, 2026
1,607 pedestrians · 11 cyclists · #475 busiest
Collisions
237
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
21 with an injury · 171 property damage · #410 of 5,508 · +8 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 2 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
Finch West Station
subway station within 250 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,910 vehicles an hour, 1.65× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 17 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. Police have logged an average of 24 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 8.9 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.79× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 16%, from 129 in 2016–2020 to 108 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Tangiers & Finch

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Finch West Station (Line 1, Line 6)222 m; Sentinel Station (Line 6)1 km
TTC bus
3610741101106 nearest 24 m
Express
941939
Blue Night
336341
Nearest stops
12 surface stops within 300 m — Finch Ave West at Tangiers Rd; Finch Ave West at Tangiers Rd East Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Keele St / Catford Rd 564 m · 15 docks · 1 station, 15 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 (8)
  • James Cardinal McGuigan Catholic High SchoolEnglish Separate · 456 m
  • Derrydown Public SchoolEnglish Public · 745 m
  • Bais Chaya Mushka Elementary SchoolPrivate · 945 m
  • C W Jefferys Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Seneca College (Seneca at York Campus)College · 1.2 km
  • St Wilfrid Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.2 km
  • and 2 more
Parks (8)
  • Jack Evelyn Wiggins Park779 m
  • Fountainhead Park895 m
  • Bratty Park1 km
  • Sentinel Park1.3 km
  • Grandravine Park1.4 km
  • Fred Young Park1.4 km
  • and 2 more
Signal
1616, activated 1990 · SA2 · transit priority

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 28 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores, and 56 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 30 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés28 within 300 m · 56 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tim Hortons · 1280 Finch Ave W Unit-10830 mPassed, Aug 2026
Tim Hortons · 1280 Finch Ave W, Unit-10830 mPassed, Jul 2025
Don Patron Mexican Restaurant · 1285 Finch Ave W50 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
York Lounge/Fast Fired Pizza · 1275 Finch Ave W, Unit-10167 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 4 infractions
Tim Hortons · 1275 Finch Ave W68 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
York Lounge/Fast Fired Pizza · 1275 Finch Ave W Unit-10168 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 4 infractions
Da Finch Lounge · 1295 Finch Ave W74 mPassed, Aug 2026
Elfs Stucco Employers Society · 1315 Finch Ave W114 mPassed, Jun 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 City washroom within 1 km.

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 259 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Finch Business Park Child Care (422 m, 98 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km3 centres · 259 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 3
  • Finch Business Park Child Care · 1183a Finch Ave W
    98 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    422 m
  • Derrydown School Age YMCA · 120 Derrydown Rd
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    745 m
  • University City Jr YMCA · 453 Sentinel Rd
    90 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    916 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 141 (471 m), the nearest police station 31 Division (3.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 141 · 471 m4100 Keele St
Police31 Division · 3.3 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceEMS Headquarters/EMS 53 Stn/Fire Headquarters · 1.8 km4330 Dufferin St

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

Six registered apartment buildings with 680 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 11 Catford Rd (649 m, 218 units, 9 storeys, built 1968), which scored 82 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 6 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 6 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings6 · 680 units
RentSafeTO score86 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20266 across the 6
Open fire-code violations6
Tallest9 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
11 Catford Rd · N.h.d. Developments Limited2189196882 · Oct 20252 · 5 fire649 m
20 Broadoaks Dr · N.h.d. Developments Limited1779196975 · Oct 20250 · 1 fire743 m
25 Broadoaks Dr · N.h.d. Developments Limited929197393 · Aug 20240829 m
3710 Keele St · N.h.d. Developments Limited929197284 · Sep 20250850 m
391 Sentinel Rd · Rona Property Management444196686 · Jul 202411 km
3700 Keele St · Hazelview Properties Services Inc.573196293 · Aug 202531 km

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 lots467 lots · ≈106,560 spaces · 319.7 ha
Within 500 m44 lots · ≈10,470 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 335 spaces
EV charging (City)320 DRIFTWOOD AVE · 1.9 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 3955 Keele St (241 m)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
3950 Keele Street · Surface324 m335 *

Nearest lots: 85 m away, ≈42 spaces; 120 m away, ≈550 spaces; 147 m away, ≈386 spaces; 156 m away, ≈811 spaces; 177 m away, ≈203 spaces; 178 m away, ≈111 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, Jan 22, 2026

The east leg carries the load — 11,316 westbound vehicles, or 42% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 1,542. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,627 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 32% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (1,995). Trucks and buses were 7.3% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north3,612southbound · 3 bikes · 13.2% heavy
From the west10,252eastbound · 3 bikes · 5.3% heavy
Total vehicles26,7221,607 pedestrians · 11 cyclists · 7.3% heavy
From the east11,316westbound · 3 bikes · 7.6% heavy
From the south1,542northbound · 2 bikes · 4.1% heavy
AM peak hour1,995 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,627 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jan 22, 2026

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 Tangiers Rd between Finch Corridor Trl and Murray Ross Pkwy (381 m away) recorded an average of 37 km/h in its 3-day count in December 2021; 85% of drivers were at or under 45 km/h. That segment carries about 4,600 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Finch Ave W · Alexdon Rd – Tangiers Rd · 112 mNov 2011 · 3 days22,949
Tangiers Rd · Finch Corridor Trl – Murray Ross Pkwy · 381 mDec 2021 · 3 days4,62237 km/h45 km/h49 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

2016 was the peak year (44 collisions), and 2025 closed with 22. 9% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 57 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 24% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 1% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 12, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 8.9 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions237#410 of 5,508
With an injury21#811 of 4,660
Property damage only171
Fail to remain57
Involving a pedestrian3#1239 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist2
With a fatality0
Severity not classified45
Since January 2026 (outside the window)8
All since 2014320latest Jun 12, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Jan 12, 2013.

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 42 thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 7.8× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 19 in 2023–2025, about 6.3 a year, against 4.0 a year before that. 62% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 80% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle42170street/outdoor (26), commercial premises (13)
Bicycle theft520street/outdoor (4), other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 25, 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 York University Heights.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Tangiers & Finch a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 237 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 Tangiers & Finch?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #475 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.65× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Tangiers & Finch?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Tangiers Rd between Finch Corridor Trl and Murray Ross Pkwy (December 2021), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 45 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Tangiers & Finch?

The nearest Green P car park is 3950 Keele Street (324 m away, 335 spaces). The City's mapping shows 467 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 106,560 spaces — 44 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 320 DRIFTWOOD AVE (1.9 km).

How do I get to Tangiers & Finch by transit?

Finch West Station (Line 1, Line 6) is 222 m away; bus routes 36, 107, 41, 101, 106, 941, 939 within 1 km (nearest stop: Finch Ave West at Tangiers Rd, 24 m).

What restaurants are near Tangiers & Finch?

28 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 56 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (30 m), Tim Hortons (30 m), Don Patron Mexican Restaurant (50 m), York Lounge/Fast Fired Pizza (67 m) and Tim Hortons (68 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Tangiers & Finch?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 259 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Finch Business Park Child Care (422 m, 98 spaces), Derrydown School Age YMCA (745 m, 71 spaces) and University City Jr YMCA (916 m, 90 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Tangiers & Finch?

Six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 680 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 11 Catford Rd (649 m, 218 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 20 Broadoaks Dr (743 m, 177 units, RentSafeTO score 75), 25 Broadoaks Dr (829 m, 92 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 3710 Keele St (850 m, 92 units, RentSafeTO score 84). The average RentSafeTO score across the 6 is 86 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 Tangiers & Finch?

Toronto Police place 42 thefts from vehicles and five 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 York University Heights page.

What neighbourhood is Tangiers & Finch in?

Tangiers & Finch is in York University Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 027), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak. The corner falls inside the DuKe Heights Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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