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Van Horne & Silas Hill

Van Horne Ave & Silas Hill Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Don Valley Village · Ward 17, Don Valley North

Van Horne & Silas Hill is a low-volume local intersection. It sits in Don Valley Village. At the corner: a school within 250 m and a park. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
6,215
vehicles · 14-hour count, May 28, 2025
962 pedestrians · 27 cyclists · #1945 busiest
Collisions
3
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 3 property damage · #5326 of 5,508 · +3 since Jan 2026
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
5 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 440 vehicles, 38% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 6 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. That comes with about 0.3 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Van Horne & Silas Hill

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
102516915139 nearest 511 m
Express
925939
Blue Night
325339
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Regional
York Region Transit 090 Leslie090B Leslie at Don Mills Rd / Goodview Rd570 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Don Mills Rd / Goodview Rd 506 m · 11 docks · 2 stations, 30 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 (14)
  • St Matthias C.s. (Closed For Renovation)English Separate · 47 m
  • Crestview Public SchoolEnglish Public · 372 m
  • Lescon Public SchoolEnglish Public · 507 m
  • Don Valley Middle SchoolEnglish Public · 637 m
  • Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 752 m
  • Georges Vanier Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 760 m
  • and 8 more
Parks (21)
  • Bellbury Park191 m
  • Linus Park428 m
  • O'shea Walkway470 m
  • Green Meadows Park - North York542 m
  • Lescon Park577 m
  • Leslie Park620 m
  • and 15 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Fairview branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Historic Zion SchoolhouseMuseum · 648 m
  • CF Fairview MallLandmark · 1.5 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; 49 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is On Hing BBQ, 630 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 49 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 17 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
On Hing BBQ · 3030 Don Mills Rd E 11b630 mPassed, Jul 2026
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 3070 Don Mills Rd E644 mPassed, Jul 2025
Saigon Express · 3070 Don Mills Rd E, Unit-12a644 mPassed, Jul 2025
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 3070 Don Mills Rd E644 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Saigon Express Pho · 3070 Don Mills Rd E Unit-12a644 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Peanut Plaza Pastry Shop · 3064 Don Mills Rd E None646 mPassed, Jul 2025
Peanut Plaza Pastry Shop · 3064 Don Mills Rd E None646 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Mr. Jerk · 3050 Don Mills Rd652 mPassed, Aug 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

The nearest public washroom is Bellbury Park Tennis Club Washroom, 104 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 168 m away at Bellbury Park.

  • Bellbury Park Tennis Club Washroom · 55 Van Horne Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    104 m
  • Oriole Community Centre Washroom · 2975 Don Mills Rd W
    View centre hours
    781 m
Drinking water
Bellbury Park drinking fountain · 168 m; Linus Park bottle filling station · 387 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

12 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 858 spaces; ten accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Plasp Divine Mercy C.s. (46 m, 84 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km12 centres · 858 spaces
Fee subsidy10 of 12
  • Plasp Divine Mercy C.s. · 101 Van Horne Ave
    84 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    46 m
  • Crestview School Age Program YMCA · 101 Seneca Hill Dr
    86 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    392 m
  • Lescon Learners Child Care · 34 Lescon Rd
    100 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    507 m
  • Van Horne Day Care · 201 Van Horne Ave
    50 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    524 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 113 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 33 Division (3.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.0 km away.

FireFire Station 113 · 1.2 km700 Seneca Hill Dr
Police33 Division · 3.9 km50 Upjohn Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 23 · 2 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

Within a kilometre there are 17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,890 rental units — eight social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 201 Van Horne Ave (524 m, 245 units, 18 storeys, built 1966), which scored 87 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 36 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 6 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings17 · 1,890 units · 8 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202636 across the 17
Open fire-code violations6
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
201 Van Horne Ave · The Brown Group of Companies Inc.24518196687 · Sep 20242524 m
185 Shaughnessy Blvd · Westdale Properties18017196793 · Jul 20252 · 1 fire588 m
2980 Don Mills Rd W · Homestead Land Holdings Limited16816197096 · Sep 20244647 m
225 Van Horne Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited15313196898 · Jul 20256678 m
175 Shaughnessy Blvd · Homestead Land Holdings Limited13918196899 · Jul 20258 · 4 fire678 m
2960 Don Mills Rd W · Cando Apartments Ltd.17116196087 · Sep 20244719 m
12 Deerford Rd · CAPREIT13712196989 · Aug 20242756 m
335 Van Horne Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited12514196996 · Jul 20252765 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 lots219 lots · ≈29,700 spaces · 89.1 ha
Within 500 m8 lots · ≈510 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 468 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Don Mills Lot - 1800 Sheppard Ave East · Surface1.5 km366 *
Leslie Lot - 2760 Old Leslie Street · Surface1.8 km102 *

Nearest lots: 33 m away, ≈32 spaces; 81 m away, ≈41 spaces; 406 m away, ≈55 spaces; 440 m away, ≈350 spaces; 464 m away, ≈5 spaces; 464 m away, ≈2 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, May 28, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 3,328 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 54% of the total, against 323 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 733 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:30 p.m., against 559 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 15 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north323southbound · 2 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the west2,564eastbound · 16 bikes · 1.7% heavy
Total vehicles6,215962 pedestrians · 27 cyclists · 1.9% heavy
From the east3,328westbound · 6 bikes · 2.0% heavy
From the south0northbound · 3 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour559 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour733 vehicles from 5:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · May 28, 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

On Van Horne Ave between Seneca Hill Dr and Silas Hill Dr, 93 m from the corner, a 3-day count in June 2025 put the average speed at 36 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 42 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 45 km/h or more. That segment carries about 5,700 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Van Horne Ave (122 m away, 40 km/h limit), 6.9% of the 61,211 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Van Horne Ave · Seneca Hill Dr – Silas Hill Dr · 93 mJun 2025 · 3 days5,71936 km/h42 km/h45 km/h

School-zone speed sign 122 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct41 · 47 km/h
Over the limit25%
50 km/h or more6.9%

Van Horne Ave (westbound), 108/110 Van Horne Avenue · 61,211 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 2022, with 1 collision; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 13, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions3#5326 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only3
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 20147latest Jun 13, 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

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

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 18, 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 Don Valley Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Van Horne & Silas Hill a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 3 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 Van Horne & Silas Hill?

A low-volume local intersection. It ranks #1945 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 38% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Van Horne & Silas Hill?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Van Horne Ave between Seneca Hill Dr and Silas Hill Dr (June 2025), found an average of 36 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 42 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 122 m away (40 km/h), 6.9% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Van Horne & Silas Hill?

The nearest Green P car park is Don Mills Lot - 1800 Sheppard Ave East (1.5 km away, 366 spaces). The City's mapping shows 219 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 29,700 spaces — 8 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Van Horne & Silas Hill by transit?

Bus routes 10, 25, 169, 151, 39, 925, 939 within 1 km; York Region Transit routes 090 Leslie, 090B Leslie at Don Mills Rd / Goodview Rd.

What restaurants are near Van Horne & Silas Hill?

None within 300 m, and 49 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are On Hing BBQ (630 m), Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (644 m), Saigon Express (644 m), Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (644 m) and Saigon Express Pho (644 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 Van Horne & Silas Hill?

The nearest is Bellbury Park Tennis Club Washroom, 55 Van Horne Ave, 104 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Oriole Community Centre Washroom (781 m). 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 Van Horne & Silas Hill?

12 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 858 spaces in total; 10 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Plasp Divine Mercy C.s. (46 m, 84 spaces), Crestview School Age Program YMCA (392 m, 86 spaces) and Lescon Learners Child Care (507 m, 100 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Van Horne & Silas Hill?

17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,890 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 201 Van Horne Ave (524 m, 245 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 185 Shaughnessy Blvd (588 m, 180 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 2980 Don Mills Rd W (647 m, 168 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 225 Van Horne Ave (678 m, 153 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 17 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.

How many thefts are reported at Van Horne & Silas Hill?

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 Don Valley Village page.

What neighbourhood is Van Horne & Silas Hill in?

Van Horne & Silas Hill is in Don Valley Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 047). 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