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The Pond Rd & Nelson

The Pond Rd & Nelson Rd · Toronto, Ontario · York University Heights · Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek

In York University Heights, The Pond Rd & Nelson is a low-volume local intersection. It has a bike lane and a park at the corner. Nearby: York University (Line 1) 688 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
4,423
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 18, 2019
350 pedestrians · 6 cyclists
Collisions
5
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 2 property damage · #5089 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
York University 688 m · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 550 vehicles an hour, 48% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 13 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. On average 0.5 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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The Pond Rd & Nelson

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
York University (Line 1)688 m; Pioneer Village Station (Line 1)878 m
TTC bus
10641108166846035 nearest 204 m
Express
960935
Blue Night
335341353
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Bike Lane on The Pond Rd installed 2008
Bike Share
The Pond Rd / Sentinel Rd 228 m · 27 docks · 7 stations, 118 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 (10)
  • York U - Keele CampusUniversity · 513 m
  • Seneca College (Seneca at York Campus)College · 568 m
  • Shoreham Public Sports and Wellness AcademyEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Brookview Mdl School & Brookview LINCEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Driftwood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • St Wilfrid Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km
  • and 4 more
Community centres
Parks (10)
  • 175 the Pond Road Park117 m
  • Fred Young Park268 m
  • Dan Iannuzzi Park299 m
  • Driftwood Parkette683 m
  • Jack Evelyn Wiggins Park748 m
  • Black Creek Parkland911 m
  • and 4 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library York Woods branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Village at Black Creek (Black Creek Pioneer Village)Museum · 854 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 87 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Aroma Espresso Bar, 254 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés12 within 300 m · 87 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 8 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Aroma Espresso Bar · 105 the Pond Rd Unit-R140254 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Booster Juice · 105 the Pond Rd Unit-20254 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction
M2go-Yorku · 105 the Pond Rd Unit-110254 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Meltwich · 105 the Pond Rd Unit-90254 mPassed, May 2026 · 4 infractions
Subway · 105 the Pond Rd Unit-20254 mPassed, May 2026
Gateway On the GO · 105 the Pond Rd, Unit-60255 mPassed, Oct 2024
Sushi-Q · 105 the Pond Rd, Unit-80255 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 2 infractions
The Break Cafe · 15 Library Lane, Unit-101264 mPassed, Jul 2024

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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 321 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is York University Co-Operative Day Care Centre (369 m, 149 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 321 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • York University Co-Operative Day Care Centre · 90 Atkinson Rd
    149 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    369 m
  • Lee Wiggins Childcare Centre (the) · 4700 Keele St
    25 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    513 m
  • Edgeley Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 405 Driftwood Ave
    57 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    890 m
  • University City Jr YMCA · 453 Sentinel Rd
    90 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    895 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 141 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 31 Division (2.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.7 km away.

FireFire Station 141 · 1.1 km4100 Keele St
Police31 Division · 2.3 km40 Norfinch Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 15 · 2.7 km2753 Jane 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

Nine registered apartment buildings with 2,479 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 310 Niska Rd (570 m, 167 units, 13 storeys, built 1969), which scored 92 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 86 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 7 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings9 · 2,479 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202686 across the 9
Open fire-code violations7
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
310 Niska Rd · Cogir Management Corporation GP16713196992 · Jul 202617 · 2 fire570 m
500 Murray Ross Pkwy · CAPREIT39019197898 · Nov 20250 · 2 fire577 m
320 Niska Rd · Berkley Property Management Inc.16913197491 · Oct 20252601 m
40 Fountainhead Rd · Ranee Management37022197288 · Oct 20259 · 1 fire760 m
470 Sentinel Rd · Ranee Management37022197095 · Oct 202514 · 1 fire761 m
415 Driftwood AveToronto Community Housing · TCH13516196790 · Sep 20242917 m
1 Fountainhead Rd · Ranee Management37022196883 · Jul 202410918 m
35 Fountainhead Rd · Ranee Management37022197396 · Oct 202514 · 1 fire928 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 lots343 lots · ≈54,480 spaces · 163.4 ha
Within 500 m25 lots · ≈1,180 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 2,269 spaces
EV charging (City)320 DRIFTWOOD AVE · 639 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking8 post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 3955 Keele St (1.3 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
2800 Steeles Ave W. · Surface1.1 km1,881 *
3950 Keele Street · Surface1.2 km335 *
7332 Jane St · Surface2 km53 *

Nearest lots: 72 m away, ≈2 spaces; 98 m away, ≈2 spaces; 99 m away, ≈174 spaces; 122 m away, ≈157 spaces; 141 m away, ≈2 spaces; 166 m away, ≈45 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 — 8-hour, Dec 18, 2019

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 2,280 eastbound vehicles, or 52% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 105. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 801 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 15% above the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. (694). Trucks and buses were 6.7% 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 7 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2019, 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 north105southbound · 0 bikes · 6.7% heavy
From the west2,280eastbound · 0 bikes · 7.1% heavy
Total vehicles4,423350 pedestrians · 6 cyclists · 6.7% heavy
From the east2,038westbound · 6 bikes · 6.3% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour694 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour801 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 18, 2019

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 The Pond Rd between Nelson Rd and Passy Cres (84 m away) recorded an average of 49 km/h in its 24-hour count in May 2013; 85% of drivers were at or under 57 km/h. That segment carries about 6,600 vehicles a day. The reading is 13 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
The Pond Rd · Nelson Rd – Passy Cres · 84 mMay 2013 · 24 h6,62549 km/h57 km/h63 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

2019 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 60% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Oct 4, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions5#5089 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only2
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
All since 20145latest Oct 4, 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

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 six thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 83% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle620street/outdoor (5), school/campus (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 19, 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 The Pond Rd & Nelson a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 5 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 The Pond Rd & Nelson?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Dec 18, 2019, 48% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at The Pond Rd & Nelson?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on The Pond Rd between Nelson Rd and Passy Cres (May 2013), found an average of 49 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 57 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near The Pond Rd & Nelson?

The nearest Green P car park is 2800 Steeles Ave W. (1.1 km away, 1,881 spaces). The City's mapping shows 343 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 54,480 spaces — 25 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 320 DRIFTWOOD AVE (639 m).

How do I get to The Pond Rd & Nelson by transit?

York University (Line 1) is 688 m away; bus routes 106, 41, 108, 166, 84, 60, 35, 960 and 1 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near The Pond Rd & Nelson?

12 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 87 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Aroma Espresso Bar (254 m), Booster Juice (254 m), M2go-Yorku (254 m), Meltwich (254 m) and Subway (254 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 The Pond Rd & Nelson?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 321 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are York University Co-Operative Day Care Centre (369 m, 149 spaces), Lee Wiggins Childcare Centre (the) (513 m, 25 spaces) and Edgeley Early Learning & Child Care Centre (890 m, 57 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near The Pond Rd & Nelson?

Nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,479 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 310 Niska Rd (570 m, 167 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 500 Murray Ross Pkwy (577 m, 390 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 320 Niska Rd (601 m, 169 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 40 Fountainhead Rd (760 m, 370 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 9 is 92 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 The Pond Rd & Nelson?

Toronto Police place six 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 York University Heights page.

What neighbourhood is The Pond Rd & Nelson in?

The Pond Rd & Nelson is in York University Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 027), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 7, Humber River-Black Creek, represented by Councillor Anthony Perruzza.

Sources

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