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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
- 421139 nearest 177 m
- Express
- 939
- Blue Night
- 339
- Nearest stops
- 2 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Ruddington Dr / Finch Recreational Trail 383 m · 19 docks · 2 stations, 38 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)
- Lester B Pearson Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 67 m
- Dora Education CentrePrivate · 489 m
- St Anne Catholic Academy, School of Virtual LearningEnglish Separate · 641 m
- St Joseph's Morrow Park Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 641 m
- Tyndale University College and Seminary School - BayviewPrivate · 693 m
- Blessed Trinity Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 732 m
- and 6 more
- Community centres
- Bayview Arena745 m
- Parks (21)
- Ruddington Park210 m
- Sawley Banstock Greenbelt445 m
- Bowan Court Parkette601 m
- Bayview Arena Park756 m
- Gustav Parkette847 m
- Ballyconnor Park850 m
- and 15 more
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; 9 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Extendicare Bayview, 377 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Extendicare Bayview · 550 Cummer Ave | 377 m | Passed, May 2026 |
| Donut Counter · 3337 Bayview Ave | 519 m | Passed, Apr 2026 |
| Independent- Your Independent Grocer · 3259 Bayview Avegrocery | 519 m | Passed, Jul 2026 |
| Kaikaki Japanese Cuisine · 3307 Bayview Ave | 519 m | Passed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions |
| Swiss Chalet Rotisserie & Grill · 3253 Bayview Ave None | 519 m | Passed, Feb 2026 |
| Harvey's · 3343 Bayview Ave | 536 m | Passed, Jul 2026 |
| Nikki's Cafe · 3292 Bayview Ave Unit-100 | 616 m | Passed, Jun 2026 |
| Sun Star Chinese Cuisine · 636 Finch Ave E | 647 m | Passed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions |
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 public washroom is listed within a kilometre, but there is a drinking fountain 583 m away at Bowan Court Parkette.
No City washroom within 1 km.
- Drinking water
- Bowan Court Parkette drinking fountain · 583 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 310 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Petit Pearson Child Care - North York (67 m, 207 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).
- Petit Pearson Child Care - North York · 7 Snowcrest Ave
207 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day67 m - Blessed Trinity Before & After School · 3205 Bayview Ave
103 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day731 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 111 (614 m), the nearest police station 32 Division (3.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 614 m 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 are six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 960 rental units. The nearest is 60 Ruddington Dr (317 m, 179 units, 18 storeys, built 1966), which scored 89 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 14 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 4 fire-code violations are open across them.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 Ruddington Dr · Schickedanz Bros. Properties | 179 | 18 | 1966 | 89 · Sep 2024 | 0 | 317 m |
| 70 Ruddington Dr · Schickedanz Bros. Properties | 107 | 18 | 1986 | 95 · Jul 2025 | 0 | 334 m |
| 50 Ruddington Dr · Schickedanz Bros. Properties | 189 | 14 | 1968 | 90 · Jul 2025 | 4 · 1 fire | 384 m |
| 505 Cummer Ave · Schickedanz Bros. Properties | 175 | 13 | 1967 | 97 · Aug 2025 | 3 | 405 m |
| 10 Ruddington Dr · Novi Properties | 155 | 13 | 1967 | 83 · Aug 2026 | 4 · 2 fire | 543 m |
| 11 Ruddington Dr · The Brown Group of Companies Inc. | 155 | 13 | 1968 | 91 · Aug 2026 | 3 · 1 fire | 646 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
Nearest lots: 107 m away, ≈60 spaces; 294 m away, ≈13 spaces; 326 m away, ≈167 spaces; 366 m away, ≈435 spaces; 378 m away, ≈24 spaces; 383 m away, ≈23 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, Mar 19, 2024
This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 374 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 154 from the east. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 190 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 51% above the afternoon peak from 3:00 p.m. (126). Heavy vehicles made up 2.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
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 Snowcrest Ave between Cummer Ave and Unicorn Ave, 87 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2019 put the average speed at 36 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 45 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 50 km/h or more. That segment carries about 800 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Snowcrest Ave (101 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 25,169 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snowcrest Ave · Cummer Ave – Unicorn Ave · 87 m | May 2019 · 3 days | 782 | 36 km/h | 45 km/h | 50 km/h |
School-zone speed sign 101 m
Snowcrest Ave (southbound), 4 Snowcrest Avenue · 25,169 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
The worst year was 2023, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Nov 1, 2023.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 6 | #4933 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 6 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| All since 2014 | 7 | latest Nov 1, 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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Unicorn & Snowcrest (West) a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 6 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 Unicorn & Snowcrest (West)?
A lightly travelled intersection. It ranks #2358 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 5% of the median for a counted intersection.
How fast do cars go at Unicorn & Snowcrest (West)?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Snowcrest Ave between Cummer Ave and Unicorn Ave (May 2019), found an average of 36 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 45 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 101 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.
Where can I park near Unicorn & Snowcrest (West)?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 97 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 12,610 spaces — 8 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Unicorn & Snowcrest (West) by transit?
Bus routes 42, 11, 39, 939 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Unicorn & Snowcrest (West)?
None within 300 m, and 9 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Extendicare Bayview (377 m), Donut Counter (519 m), Kaikaki Japanese Cuisine (519 m), Swiss Chalet Rotisserie & Grill (519 m) and Harvey's (536 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 Unicorn & Snowcrest (West)?
Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 583 m away at Bowan Court Parkette. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.
Is there child care near Unicorn & Snowcrest (West)?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 310 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Petit Pearson Child Care - North York (67 m, 207 spaces) and Blessed Trinity Before & After School (731 m, 103 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Unicorn & Snowcrest (West)?
Six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 960 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 60 Ruddington Dr (317 m, 179 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 70 Ruddington Dr (334 m, 107 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 50 Ruddington Dr (384 m, 189 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 505 Cummer Ave (405 m, 175 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 6 is 91 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.
What neighbourhood is Unicorn & Snowcrest (West) in?
Unicorn & Snowcrest (West) is in Bayview Woods-Steeles (City of Toronto neighbourhood 049). It is in Ward 17, Don Valley North, represented by Councillor Shelley Carroll.
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 Mar 19, 2024.
- 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- 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).
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 17 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: 43.79230, -79.38663 · centreline node 13444518.