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Vaughan & Hocken

Vaughan Rd & Hocken Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Wychwood · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

In Wychwood, Vaughan & Hocken is a lightly travelled intersection. At the corner: a park. Nearby: St Clair West Station (Line 1) 338 m away.

Traffic volume
4,270
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 27, 2019
875 pedestrians · 167 cyclists
Collisions
49
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 41 property damage · #2113 of 5,508 · +2 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
St Clair West Station 338 m · 1 streetcar route · 5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 530 vehicles an hour, 46% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 5 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 3.9% of vehicle volume, about 5.0× the typical share. Police have logged an average of 4.9 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions edged up 13%, from 23 in 2016–2020 to 26 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Vaughan & Hocken

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
St Clair West Station (Line 1)338 m
Streetcar
512 nearest 142 m
TTC bus
79012633127 nearest 108 m
Blue Night
312307
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Hocken Ave / Vaughan Rd 11 m · 19 docks · 17 stations, 290 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 (20)
  • St Michael's College SchoolPrivate · 349 m
  • Hillcrest Community SchoolEnglish Public · 368 m
  • Holy Rosary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 496 m
  • George Brown College - Casa Loma CampusCollege · 873 m
  • Forest Hill TutoringPrivate · 922 m
  • Humewood Community SchoolEnglish Public · 944 m
  • and 14 more
Community centres
Parks (36)
  • Wells Hill Park200 m
  • Wychwood Parkette372 m
  • Tichester Park403 m
  • Nordheimer Ravine479 m
  • Wychwood Barns Park488 m
  • The Tollkeeper's Park552 m
  • and 30 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Wychwood branch80 m
  • Toronto Public Library Davenport branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Artscape Wychwood BarnsLandmark · 489 m
  • Casa LomaAttraction · 832 m
  • Spadina MuseumMuseum · 878 m
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 882 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 27 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 8 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 115. The nearest is Booyah, 29 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2024.

Restaurants & cafés27 within 300 m · 115 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience8 within 300 m · 27 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Dasoni Food · 20 Vaughan Rdgrocery21 mPassed, Feb 2025 · 1 infraction
Booyah · 16 Vaughan Rd29 mPassed, Mar 2024
Sagatay Program · 26 Vaughan Rd40 mPassed, Feb 2026
Dutch Dreams · 36 Vaughan Rd58 mPassed, May 2025 · 1 infraction
Wychwood Pub · 517 St Clair Ave W116 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 1451 Bathurst St122 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 2 infractions
Harvey's · 509 St Clair Ave W122 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Subway · 507 St Clair Ave W, Unit-1123 mPassed, Feb 2025

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 Wells Hill Park Washroom, 173 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 166 m away at Wells Hill Park.

  • Wells Hill Park Washroom · 145 Hilton Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    173 m
  • Hillcrest Park Washroom · 950 Davenport Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    741 m
  • Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom · 301 St. Clair Ave W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    848 m
Drinking water
Wells Hill Park drinking fountain · 166 m; Wells Hill Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 255 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

11 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 954 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St. Alphonsus Day Care Centre (209 m, 65 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km11 centres · 954 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 11
  • St. Alphonsus Day Care Centre · 540 St Clair Ave W
    65 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    209 m
  • Chabad of Midtown - St Clair · 546 St Clair Ave W
    119 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    236 m
  • Chabad of Midtown - Bathurst · 1344 Bathurst St
    132 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    294 m
  • Kinder Grove St. Clair · 94 Vaughan Rd
    41 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    309 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 343 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 13 Division (2.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 343 · 1 km65 Hendrick Ave
Police13 Division · 2.4 km1435 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 34 · 1.8 km674 Markham St

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 126 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 6,758 rental units, 5.5× the median for a Toronto intersection — 15 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 21 Vaughan Rd (56 m, 173 units, 23 storeys, built 1975), which scored 96 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 109 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 40 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings126 · 6,758 units · 15 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026109 across the 126
Open fire-code violations40
Tallest30 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
21 Vaughan Rd · St Clair Place17323197596 · Aug 2025156 m
12 Vaughan Rd163196089 · Jul 2026056 m
1435 Bathurst Stsocial housing · Zerin Development Corporation154191676 · Jul 2025086 m
1400 Bathurst StToronto Community Housing · TCH1135199399 · Aug 20250132 m
497 St Clair Ave Wsocial housing · Zerin Development Corporation194193081 · Jul 20250161 m
1383 Bathurst St · Imperra General Management303191870 · Jul 20250166 m
17 Raglan Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc164193087 · Oct 20250246 m
21 Raglan Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc123193090 · Oct 20250258 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 lots650 lots · ≈17,830 spaces · 53.5 ha
Within 500 m49 lots · ≈1,360 spaces
Green P (public)20 car parks · about 1,083 spaces
EV charging (City)580 Christie St · 586 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking81 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 40 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1445 BATHURST ST · Surface87 m4887% (Q1 2026)
11 Kenwood Ave · Surface324 m2568% (Q1 2026)
640 St Clair Ave W · Surface470 m1866% (Q1 2026)
320 Tweedsmuir Avenue · Garage555 m26 *
700 St. Clair Ave West · Surface657 m18 *

Nearest lots: 52 m away, ≈5 spaces; 65 m away, ≈3 spaces; 73 m away, ≈15 spaces; 84 m away, ≈8 spaces; 86 m away, ≈20 spaces; 112 m away, ≈30 spaces. More EV charging: 273 Christie St (1.2 km, 2 ports); 19 Spadina Rd (1.9 km, 6 ports); 365 Lippincott St. (2 km, 10 ports).

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, Jun 27, 2019

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 2,010 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 47% of the total, against 285 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the north (85 of 167). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 569 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 582 from 5:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 8.3% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 7 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2019, 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 north1,975southbound · 85 bikes · 8.6% heavy
From the west285eastbound · 29 bikes · 4.9% heavy
Total vehicles4,270875 pedestrians · 167 cyclists · 8.3% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south2,010northbound · 53 bikes · 8.6% heavy
AM peak hour569 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour582 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 27, 2019

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 Hocken Ave between Lane W of Vaughan and S of Hocken and Wychwood Ave, 213 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in October 2008 put the average speed at 33 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 43 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 48 km/h or more. That segment carries about 500 vehicles a day. The reading is 18 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Hocken Avenue between Vaughan Rd and Wychwood Ave.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Vaughan Rd · Lane N of Ellesworth and E of Vaughan – St Clair Ave W · 137 mDec 2011 · 3 days10,089
Hocken Ave · Lane W of Vaughan and S of Hocken – Wychwood Ave · 213 mOct 2008 · 24 h54433 km/h43 km/h48 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Hocken Avenue · Vaughan Rd – Wychwood Ave
    3 speed humps

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 2017, with 9 collisions; 2025 recorded 3. 3 collisions (6%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 13, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions49#2113 of 5,508
With an injury3#3508 of 4,660
Property damage only41
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2444 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist2
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201456latest Mar 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

21 thefts from vehicles and nine bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 6 in 2023–2025, about 2.0 a year, against 3.4 a year before that. 52% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 56% of the bike thefts were from other premises.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle2160street/outdoor (11), other (5)
Bicycle theft900other (5), street/outdoor (3)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 22, 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 Wychwood.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Vaughan & Hocken a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 49 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 Vaughan & Hocken?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Jun 27, 2019, 46% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Vaughan & Hocken?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Hocken Ave between Lane W of Vaughan and S of Hocken and Wychwood Ave (October 2008), found an average of 33 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 43 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Vaughan & Hocken?

The nearest Green P car park is 1445 BATHURST ST (87 m away, 48 spaces, 87% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 650 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 17,830 spaces — 49 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 580 Christie St (586 m).

How do I get to Vaughan & Hocken by transit?

St Clair West Station (Line 1) is 338 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 142 m away; bus routes 7, 90, 126, 33, 127 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Vaughan & Hocken?

27 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 115 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Booyah (29 m), Sagatay Program (40 m), Dutch Dreams (58 m), Wychwood Pub (116 m) and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (122 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 Vaughan & Hocken?

The nearest is Wells Hill Park Washroom, 145 Hilton Ave, 173 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Hillcrest Park Washroom (741 m); Sir Winston Churchill Park Washroom (848 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 Vaughan & Hocken?

11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 954 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Alphonsus Day Care Centre (209 m, 65 spaces), Chabad of Midtown - St Clair (236 m, 119 spaces) and Chabad of Midtown - Bathurst (294 m, 132 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Vaughan & Hocken?

126 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 6,758 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 21 Vaughan Rd (56 m, 173 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 12 Vaughan Rd (56 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 1435 Bathurst St (86 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 76) and 1400 Bathurst St (132 m, 113 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 126 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 Vaughan & Hocken?

Toronto Police place 21 thefts from vehicles and nine 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 Wychwood page.

What neighbourhood is Vaughan & Hocken in?

Vaughan & Hocken is in Wychwood (City of Toronto neighbourhood 094). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow.

Sources

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