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Thistle Down & Dashwood (East)

Thistle Down Blvd & Dashwood Cres (East) · Toronto, Ontario · Thistletown-Beaumond Heights · Ward 1, Etobicoke North

Thistle Down & Dashwood (East), in Thistletown-Beaumond Heights, is a quiet local crossing. Nearby is Duncanwoods Station (Line 6) 890 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
618
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 7, 2025
94 pedestrians · 9 cyclists · #2372 busiest
Collisions
2
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 2 property damage · #5429 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
Duncanwoods Station 890 m · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 40 vehicles, 4% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 7 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). That comes with about 0.2 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Thistle Down & Dashwood (East)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Duncanwoods Station (Line 6)890 m; Pearldale Station (Line 6)948 m
TTC bus
1187337 nearest 121 m
Express
937
Blue Night
336337
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Thistletown Community Centre 819 m · 11 docks · 2 stations, 26 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 (9)
  • St John Vianney Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 342 m
  • Nile Academy School - Blue Haven CampusPrivate · 461 m
  • Success AcademyPrivate · 622 m
  • St Noel Chabanel Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 645 m
  • Daystrom Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Gulfstream Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 3 more
Parks (18)
  • Albion Gardens Park331 m
  • Bluehaven Park478 m
  • West Humber Parkland683 m
  • Lanyard Park897 m
  • Village Green Park919 m
  • St. Lucie Park1 km
  • and 12 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Woodview Park branch1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 47 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Ecole Elementaire Catholique Saint Noel-Chabanel, 645 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 47 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 16 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Ecole Elementaire Catholique Saint Noel-Chabanel · 30 Thistle Down Blvd Bldg--645 mPassed, Feb 2026
Le Cercle de L'amite · 30 Thistle Down Blvd645 mPassed, Feb 2026
Appetite Taste the Passion · 900 Albion Rd696 mPassed, Jul 2026
Albion Convenience · 900 Albion Rdgrocery708 mPassed, Dec 2023 · 3 infractions
King of Babylon · 900 Albion Rd708 mPassed, Jun 2025
Shoppers Drug Mart · 900 Albion Rd, Unit-1grocery708 mPassed, Jun 2024 · 2 infractions
6ixty Wings · 900 Albion Rd Unit-B20708 mPassed, Jan 2026
Food Basics · 900 Albion Rdgrocery708 mPassed, Aug 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 Thistledown Communty Centre Washroom, 848 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 342 m away at Albion Gardens Park.

  • Thistledown Communty Centre Washroom · 925 Albion Rd
    View centre hours
    848 m
Drinking water
Albion Gardens Park drinking fountain · 342 m; Bluehaven Park drinking fountain · 503 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

Two licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 142 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Garderie du Cercle de L'amitie - Etobicoke (645 m, 69 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km2 centres · 142 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 2
  • Garderie du Cercle de L'amitie - Etobicoke · 30 Thistle Down Blvd
    69 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    645 m
  • Rexdale Day Nursery · 925 Albion Rd
    73 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    851 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 411 (1.7 km), the nearest police station 23 Division (2.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 411 · 1.7 km75 Toryork Dr
Police23 Division · 2.3 km5230 Finch Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 51 · 1.6 km61 Toryork Dr

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

Four registered apartment buildings with 508 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 3001 Finch Ave W (898 m, 166 units, 14 storeys, built 1993), which scored 95 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 97, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 4 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings4 · 508 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score97 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20264 across the 4
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest14 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
3001 Finch Ave Wsocial housing · Ahmadiyya Abode of Peace16614199395 · Oct 20250898 m
2715 Islington Avesocial housing · Our Saviour Thistletown Lutheran Lodge8051992100 · Nov 20251899 m
137 Lindylou Rd · Gold Seal Management Inc.1147196298 · Nov 202511 km
25 Duncanwoods Dr · Cando Apartments Ltd.14811196096 · Jul 202621 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 lots249 lots · ≈47,470 spaces · 142.4 ha
Within 500 m4 lots · ≈220 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 23 spaces
EV charging (City)14 Barkwin Dr · 820 m · 4 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
14 Barkwin Dr · Surface857 m2320% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 325 m away, ≈37 spaces; 326 m away, ≈34 spaces; 468 m away, ≈66 spaces; 484 m away, ≈82 spaces; 604 m away, ≈4 spaces; 605 m away, ≈4 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, Oct 7, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The east leg carries the load — 307 westbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 44. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 65 vehicles in the hour from 3:00 p.m., 14% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (57). Trucks and buses were 8.7% 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 recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west267eastbound · 6 bikes · 15.4% heavy
Total vehicles61894 pedestrians · 9 cyclists · 8.7% heavy
From the east307westbound · 2 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the south44northbound · 1 bikes · 6.8% heavy
AM peak hour57 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour65 vehicles from 3:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 7, 2025

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 Thistle Down Blvd between Judhaven Rd and Bridgenorth Cres (306 m away) recorded an average of 38 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 48 km/h. That segment carries about 1,200 vehicles a day. Dashwood Cres between Thistle Down Blvd and Judhaven Rd measured slower: 26 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 35 km/h (Apr 2026).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dashwood Cres · Thistle Down Blvd – Judhaven Rd · 135 mApr 2026 · 3 days10626 km/h35 km/h41 km/h
Thistle Down Blvd · Judhaven Rd – Bridgenorth Cres · 306 mNov 2023 · 3 days1,23038 km/h48 km/h53 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

2022 was the peak year (1 collision), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Mar 10, 2022.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions2#5429 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only2
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 20142latest Mar 10, 2022

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 vehicle110apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 20, 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 Thistletown-Beaumond Heights.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Thistle Down & Dashwood (East) a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 2 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 Thistle Down & Dashwood (East)?

A quiet local crossing. It ranks #2372 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 4% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Thistle Down & Dashwood (East)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Thistle Down Blvd between Judhaven Rd and Bridgenorth Cres (November 2023), found an average of 38 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Thistle Down & Dashwood (East)?

The nearest Green P car park is 14 Barkwin Dr (857 m away, 23 spaces, 20% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 249 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 47,470 spaces — 4 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 14 Barkwin Dr (820 m).

How do I get to Thistle Down & Dashwood (East) by transit?

Duncanwoods Station (Line 6) is 890 m away; bus routes 118, 73, 37, 937 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Thistle Down & Dashwood (East)?

None within 300 m, and 47 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Ecole Elementaire Catholique Saint Noel-Chabanel (645 m), Le Cercle de L'amite (645 m), Appetite Taste the Passion (696 m), King of Babylon (708 m) and 6ixty Wings (708 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 Thistle Down & Dashwood (East)?

The nearest is Thistledown Communty Centre Washroom, 925 Albion Rd, 848 m away (View centre hours). 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 Thistle Down & Dashwood (East)?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 142 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Garderie du Cercle de L'amitie - Etobicoke (645 m, 69 spaces) and Rexdale Day Nursery (851 m, 73 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Thistle Down & Dashwood (East)?

Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 508 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3001 Finch Ave W (898 m, 166 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 2715 Islington Ave (899 m, 80 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 137 Lindylou Rd (1.0 km, 114 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 25 Duncanwoods Dr (1.0 km, 148 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 97 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 Thistle Down & Dashwood (East)?

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 Thistletown-Beaumond Heights page.

What neighbourhood is Thistle Down & Dashwood (East) in?

Thistle Down & Dashwood (East) is in Thistletown-Beaumond Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 003), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 1, Etobicoke North, represented by Councillor Vincent Crisanti.

Sources

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