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Underhill & Cassandra (North)

Underhill Dr & Cassandra Blvd (North) · Toronto, Ontario · Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills · Ward 16, Don Valley East

Underhill & Cassandra (North) is a mid-volume intersection. It sits in Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills. Nearby is 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
6,666
vehicles · 8-hour count, Aug 25, 2017
431 pedestrians · 4 cyclists
Collisions
13
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 10 property damage · #3946 of 5,508 · +6 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 830 vehicles an hour, 72% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 15 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. Police have logged an average of 1.3 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Underhill & Cassandra (North)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
9119195122 nearest 38 m
Express
995996
Blue Night
395
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Underhill Dr at Cassandra Blvd (North) South Side; Underhill Dr at Cassandra Blvd (North)
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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 (16)
  • Ranchdale Public SchoolEnglish Public · 255 m
  • Annunciation Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 435 m
  • Cassandra Public SchoolEnglish Public · 521 m
  • Victoria Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 542 m
  • Milne Valley Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 619 m
  • Crestwood Preparatory College SchoolPrivate · 739 m
  • and 10 more
Parks (14)
  • Ranchdale Park327 m
  • Brookbanks Park374 m
  • Dr. Daniel Hill Park393 m
  • Cassandra Park685 m
  • Cassandra Greenbelt743 m
  • Laurentide Park809 m
  • and 8 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Brookbanks branch753 m
  • Toronto Public Library Maryvale branch1.3 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; 14 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Valley Woods Tuck Shop, 450 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2024.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Valley Woods Tuck Shop · 29 Valley Woods Rd450 mPassed, Jul 2024
Muppets Too Preschool Centre · 45 Cassandra Blvd521 mPassed, Jul 2026
Victoria Park Collegiate Institute - Breakfast Club · 15 Wallingford Rd Rm-121543 mPassed, Nov 2025
Sugar & Season Bakehouse · 71 Underhill Dr812 mPassed, Apr 2026
Allwyn's Bakery · 81 Underhill Drgrocery814 mPassed, Aug 2026
High Street Fish & Chips · 55 Underhill Drgrocery814 mPassed, Jun 2026
Pizzaiolo · 51 Underhill Dr Unit-3814 mPassed, Aug 2026
Rosenbaum's Butcher & Deli · 75 Underhill Drgrocery814 mPassed, 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 Broadlands Community Centre Washroom, 816 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 403 m away at Dr. Daniel Hill Park.

  • Broadlands Community Centre Washroom · 19 Castlegrove Blvd
    View centre hours
    816 m
Drinking water
Dr. Daniel Hill Park bottle filling station · 403 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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 473 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Ranchdale Rompers Day Care (255 m, 120 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km6 centres · 473 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 6
  • Ranchdale Rompers Day Care · 60 Ranchdale Cres
    120 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    255 m
  • Annunciation Catholic School Before & After Child Care Program · 65 Avonwick Gate
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    435 m
  • Muppets Too Preschool Centre · 45 Cassandra Blvd
    130 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    521 m
  • Victoria Park Child Care Centre · 15 Wallingford Rd
    36 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    542 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 233 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 33 Division (1.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.7 km away.

FireFire Station 233 · 1.4 km59 Curlew Dr
Police33 Division · 1.9 km50 Upjohn Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 23 · 2.7 km115 Parkway Forest 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

37 registered apartment buildings with 3,456 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 17 Brookbanks Dr (404 m, 44 units, 8 storeys, built 2001), which scored 98 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 37 scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 123 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 29 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings37 · 3,456 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026123 across the 37
Open fire-code violations29
Tallest22 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
17 Brookbanks Dr · Realstar448200198 · Aug 20260404 m
15 Brookbanks Dr · Realstar14820196795 · Jul 20258458 m
11 Valley Woods Rd · Ranee Management326196794 · Jun 20262 · 1 fire463 m
5 Brookbanks Dr · Realstar12415196894 · Jul 20251534 m
44 Valley Woods Rd · Greenwin Corp.26322196594 · Jun 202542 · 11 fire599 m
60 Underhill Dr · Three R Property Management Corporation574196196 · Jun 20250814 m
66 Parkwoods Village Dr · Three R Property Management Corporation656196297 · Jun 20260832 m
1225 York Mills Rd · Realstar140122023100 · Sep 20259840 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 lots327 lots · ≈38,520 spaces · 115.6 ha
Within 500 m5 lots · ≈220 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 335 m away, ≈55 spaces; 429 m away, ≈50 spaces; 435 m away, ≈13 spaces; 486 m away, ≈52 spaces; 500 m away, ≈51 spaces; 504 m away, ≈3 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, Aug 25, 2017

The north leg carries the load — 2,540 southbound vehicles, or 38% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 720. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,231 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,174 from 4:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 9 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2017, 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 north2,540southbound · 0 bikes · 1.6% heavy
From the west720eastbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles6,666431 pedestrians · 4 cyclists · 1.3% heavy
From the east1,080westbound · 0 bikes · 0.1% heavy
From the south2,326northbound · 3 bikes · 1.9% heavy
AM peak hour1,231 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,174 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Aug 25, 2017

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 Cassandra Blvd between Underhill Dr and Avonwick Gt (197 m away) recorded an average of 46 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 53 km/h. That segment carries about 3,800 vehicles a day. Underhill Dr between Shawfield Cres and Cassandra Blvd measured slower: 37 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Sep 2019). The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Ranchdale Cres (355 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.5% of the 3,753 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Underhill Dr · Shawfield Cres – Cassandra Blvd · 93 mSep 2019 · 2 days7,09737 km/h44 km/h48 km/h
Cassandra Blvd · Underhill Dr – Avonwick Gt · 197 mNov 2019 · 3 days3,75246 km/h53 km/h58 km/h

School-zone speed sign 355 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct0 · 33 km/h
Over the limit2.8%
50 km/h or more0.5%

Ranchdale Cres (northbound), 49 Ranchdale Crescent · 3,753 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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

2023 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 23% of collisions here involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 22, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions13#3946 of 5,508
With an injury3#3220 of 4,660
Property damage only10
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)6
All since 201423latest Jun 22, 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. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Feb 11, 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 four thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410house driveway/garage (3), other (1)
Bicycle theft100house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 29, 2023. 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 Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Underhill & Cassandra (North) a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 13 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 Underhill & Cassandra (North)?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Aug 25, 2017, 72% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Underhill & Cassandra (North)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Cassandra Blvd between Underhill Dr and Avonwick Gt (November 2019), found an average of 46 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 53 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 355 m away (40 km/h), 0.5% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Underhill & Cassandra (North)?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 327 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 38,520 spaces — 5 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Underhill & Cassandra (North) by transit?

Bus routes 91, 191, 95, 122, 995, 996 within 1 km (nearest stop: Underhill Dr at Cassandra Blvd (North) South Side, 38 m).

What restaurants are near Underhill & Cassandra (North)?

None within 300 m, and 14 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Valley Woods Tuck Shop (450 m), Muppets Too Preschool Centre (521 m), Victoria Park Collegiate Institute - Breakfast Club (543 m), Sugar & Season Bakehouse (812 m) and Pizzaiolo (814 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 Underhill & Cassandra (North)?

The nearest is Broadlands Community Centre Washroom, 19 Castlegrove Blvd, 816 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 Underhill & Cassandra (North)?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 473 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Ranchdale Rompers Day Care (255 m, 120 spaces), Annunciation Catholic School Before & After Child Care Program (435 m, 43 spaces) and Muppets Too Preschool Centre (521 m, 130 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Underhill & Cassandra (North)?

37 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,456 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 17 Brookbanks Dr (404 m, 44 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 15 Brookbanks Dr (458 m, 148 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 11 Valley Woods Rd (463 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 5 Brookbanks Dr (534 m, 124 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 37 is 92 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. 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 Underhill & Cassandra (North)?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills page.

What neighbourhood is Underhill & Cassandra (North) in?

Underhill & Cassandra (North) is in Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills (City of Toronto neighbourhood 149). It is in Ward 16, Don Valley East, represented by Councillor Jon Burnside.

Sources

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