Map
Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time
Getting here
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk
Transit & cycling
- TTC bus
- 1187337 nearest 39 m
- Express
- 937
- Blue Night
- 337
- Nearest stops
- 5 surface stops within 300 m — Thistle Down Blvd at Thistle Down Blvd North Side; Thistle Down Blvd at Bentwick Cres (East)
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Thistletown Community Centre 536 m · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 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 (12)
- St John Vianney Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 176 m
- St Noel Chabanel Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 393 m
- Nile Academy School - Blue Haven CampusPrivate · 754 m
- Success AcademyPrivate · 1 km
- Gulfstream Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
- Thistletown Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1.2 km
- and 6 more
- Community centres
- Parks (15)
- Albion Gardens Park295 m
- Village Green Park666 m
- West Humber Parkland815 m
- Bluehaven Park821 m
- Curtin Park855 m
- Thistletown Park1 km
- and 9 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; 40 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Appetite Taste the Passion, 373 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Appetite Taste the Passion · 900 Albion Rd | 373 m | Passed, Jul 2026 |
| 6ixty Wings · 900 Albion Rd Unit-B20 | 384 m | Passed, Jan 2026 |
| Food Basics · 900 Albion Rdgrocery | 384 m | Passed, Aug 2026 |
| Golden Joy Hakka Restaurant · 900 Albion Rd | 384 m | Passed, Apr 2026 |
| Albion Convenience · 900 Albion Rdgrocery | 384 m | Passed, Dec 2023 · 3 infractions |
| King of Babylon · 900 Albion Rd | 384 m | Passed, Jun 2025 |
| Shoppers Drug Mart · 900 Albion Rd, Unit-1grocery | 384 m | Passed, Jun 2024 · 2 infractions |
| Ecole Elementaire Catholique Saint Noel-Chabanel · 30 Thistle Down Blvd Bldg-- | 393 m | Passed, Feb 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, 577 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 261 m away at Albion Gardens Park.
- Thistledown Communty Centre Washroom · 925 Albion Rd
View centre hours577 m
- Drinking water
- Albion Gardens Park drinking fountain · 261 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 (393 m, 69 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).
- Garderie du Cercle de L'amitie - Etobicoke · 30 Thistle Down Blvd
69 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day393 m - Rexdale Day Nursery · 925 Albion Rd
73 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day585 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 411 (2.0 km), the nearest police station 23 Division (2.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.0 km away.
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
Within a kilometre there is one RentSafeTO-registered apartment building — 80 rental units — it is social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2715 Islington Ave (924 m, 80 units, 5 storeys, built 1992), which scored 100 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2715 Islington Avesocial housing · Our Saviour Thistletown Lutheran Lodge | 80 | 5 | 1992 | 100 · Nov 2025 | 1 | 924 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
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Barkwin Dr · Surface | 737 m | 23 | 20% (Q1 2026) |
Nearest lots: 44 m away, ≈34 spaces; 223 m away, ≈37 spaces; 278 m away, ≈4 spaces; 289 m away, ≈4 spaces; 316 m away, ≈4 spaces; 432 m away, ≈81 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 25, 2025
This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 1,064 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 47% of the total, against 475 from the north. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 267 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 254 from 2:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.
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
On Thistle Down Blvd between Judhaven Rd and Bridgenorth Cres, 206 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2023 put the average speed at 38 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 48 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 53 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,200 vehicles a day.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thistle Down Blvd · Judhaven Rd – Bridgenorth Cres · 206 m | Nov 2023 · 3 days | 1,230 | 38 km/h | 48 km/h | 53 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
The worst year was 2023, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 40% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Dec 10, 2023.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 5 | #5090 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 3 | |
| Fail to remain | 2 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 2 | |
| All since 2014 | 6 | latest Dec 10, 2023 |
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
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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
Three thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 3 | 1 | 0 | other (2), house driveway/garage (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 7, 2024. 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 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 Thistle Down?
A lightly travelled intersection. It ranks #2211 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 14% of the median for a counted intersection.
How fast do cars go at Thistle Down?
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?
The nearest Green P car park is 14 Barkwin Dr (737 m away, 23 spaces, 20% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 223 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 32,990 spaces — 9 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 14 Barkwin Dr (703 m).
How do I get to Thistle Down by transit?
Bus routes 118, 73, 37, 937 within 1 km (nearest stop: Thistle Down Blvd at Thistle Down Blvd North Side, 39 m).
What restaurants are near Thistle Down?
None within 300 m, and 40 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Appetite Taste the Passion (373 m), 6ixty Wings (384 m), Golden Joy Hakka Restaurant (384 m), King of Babylon (384 m) and Ecole Elementaire Catholique Saint Noel-Chabanel (393 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?
The nearest is Thistledown Communty Centre Washroom, 925 Albion Rd, 577 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?
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 (393 m, 69 spaces) and Rexdale Day Nursery (585 m, 73 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Thistle Down?
One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 80 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 2715 Islington Ave (924 m, 80 units, RentSafeTO score 100). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 100 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?
Toronto Police place three 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 Thistletown-Beaumond Heights page.
What neighbourhood is Thistle Down in?
Thistle Down 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
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Nov 25, 2025.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Aug 29, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Fire Station Locations, Police Facility Locations, Ambulance Station Locations.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport with the Ontario LTB Order Catalogue and Toronto Fire Services inspection data (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Apr 7, 2024.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 1 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting here: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Walking distance: City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Parking: Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations.
- Coordinates: 43.73792, -79.55613 · centreline node 13452614.