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Vesta & Robinwood

Vesta Dr & Robinwood Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Forest Hill South · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

In Forest Hill South, Vesta & Robinwood is a low-volume local intersection. At the corner: a park. Nearby: Chaplin Station (Line 5) 681 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
794
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jul 29, 2019
45 pedestrians · 15 cyclists
Collisions
5
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 4 property damage · #5069 of 5,508
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
Chaplin Station 681 m · 4 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 8-hour count works out to close to 100 vehicles, 9% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 18 vehicles, close to the citywide median. That comes with about 0.5 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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Vesta & Robinwood

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Chaplin Station (Line 5)681 m; Forest Hill Station (Line 5)694 m
TTC bus
3373414 nearest 207 m
Blue Night
307334
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Beltline Trail / Chaplin Cres 753 m · 11 docks · 3 stations, 51 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 (21)
  • Forest Hill Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 422 m
  • Robbins Hebrew AcademyPrivate · 484 m
  • Forest Hill Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 716 m
  • Alive Montessori and Private SchoolPrivate · 808 m
  • Cedarvale Community SchoolEnglish Public · 934 m
  • Oriole Park Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 15 more
Community centres
  • Larry Grossman Forest Hill Memorial Arena825 m
  • Phil White Arena1.2 km
Parks (25)
  • Rosemary Parkette204 m
  • Old Forest Hill Parkette466 m
  • Vesta Parkette477 m
  • Robert Bateman Parkette598 m
  • Ridgewood Parkette625 m
  • Larratt Parkette758 m
  • and 19 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Forest Hill branch624 m

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; 47 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Dunloe Children's Centre, 406 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 47 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Dunloe Children's Centre · 78 Dunloe Rd406 mPassed, Sep 2026
Starbucks · 859 Eglinton Ave W707 mPassed, Apr 2026
Forest Hill C.i. · 730 Eglinton Ave W717 mPassed, Apr 2026
Che Peru · 852 Eglinton Ave W746 mPassed, Jan 2026
Aura Dessert Cafe · 860 Eglinton Ave W756 mPassed, Jun 2025
Viet Ca Phe · 866 Eglinton Ave W756 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Breezy Convenience Store · 864 Eglinton Ave Wgrocery759 mPassed, Feb 2026
Cravewings Inc · 557 Eglinton Ave W Ground Floor760 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction

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 Memorial Park Washroom, 864 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 578 m away at Robert Bateman Parkette.

  • Memorial Park Washroom · 340 Chaplin Cres
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    864 m
Drinking water
Robert Bateman Parkette drinking fountain, dog fountain · 578 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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 498 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Dunloe Children's Centre (422 m, 86 spaces, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km7 centres · 498 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 7
  • Dunloe Children's Centre · 78 Dunloe Rd
    86 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    422 m
  • Robbins Hebrew Academy · 1700 Bathurst St
    48 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    484 m
  • Toronto Hebrew Congregation/Holy Blossom Temple Preschool · 1950 Bathurst St
    60 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    547 m
  • Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehab. - (Play & Learn Nursery) · 666 Eglinton Ave W
    34 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    628 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 135 (692 m), the nearest police station 13 Division (1.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 660 m away.

FireFire Station 135 · 692 m325 Chaplin Cres
Police13 Division · 1.5 km1435 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 18 · 660 m643 Eglinton Ave W

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 47 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,722 rental units, 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1701 Bathurst St (383 m, 15 units, 3 storeys, built 1953), which scored 87 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 47 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 66 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 33 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings47 · 2,722 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202666 across the 47
Open fire-code violations33
Tallest11 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1701 Bathurst St · Hans Myrskog153195387 · Jul 20260383 m
1705 Bathurst St · Sholars Developments Ltd and Rachel Hersh103193759 · Jul 20240394 m
1660 Bathurst St · Sterling Karamar Property Management523194183 · Oct 20255434 m
1654 Bathurst St · Brosko Property Management725195088 · Oct 20250465 m
1862 Bathurst St · Equiton Living757195184 · Aug 20247475 m
1652 Bathurst St · Trivest Developments Corporation394195090 · Aug 20261480 m
1650 Bathurst St · Sterling Karamar Property Management253193093 · Aug 20260493 m
699 Eglinton Ave W · Cogir Real Estate274195094 · Jul 20251568 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 lots555 lots · ≈13,790 spaces · 41.4 ha
Within 500 m10 lots · ≈250 spaces
Green P (public)15 car parks · about 566 spaces
EV charging (City)168 Chiltern Hill Rd · 806 m · 4 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
168 Chiltern Hill Rd · Garage848 m6834% (Q1 2026)
912 Eglinton Ave W · Surface853 m2662% (Q1 2026)
453 Spadina Rd · Surface942 m5584% (Q1 2026)
125 Burnaby Blvd · Surface1 km15555% (Q1 2026)
995 Eglinton Ave W · Surface1 km3342% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 304 m away, ≈30 spaces; 373 m away, ≈9 spaces; 377 m away, ≈27 spaces; 384 m away, ≈18 spaces; 398 m away, ≈63 spaces; 424 m away, ≈12 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, Jul 29, 2019

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 430 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 54% of the total, against 92 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 119 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 110 in the morning peak from 8:00 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 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 north430southbound · 8 bikes · 2.6% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles79445 pedestrians · 15 cyclists · 1.9% heavy
From the east92westbound · 0 bikes · 2.2% heavy
From the south272northbound · 7 bikes · 0.7% heavy
AM peak hour110 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour119 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jul 29, 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 Vesta Dr between Robinwood Ave and Ava Rd, 45 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2021 put the average speed at 42 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 49 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 55 km/h or more. That segment carries about 3,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Vesta Dr · Robinwood Ave – Ava Rd · 45 mNov 2021 · 3 days3,09442 km/h49 km/h55 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 2024, with 1 collision; 2025 recorded 0. 1 collision (20%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Dec 12, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions5#5069 of 5,508
With an injury1#4495 of 4,660
Property damage only4
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 20146latest Dec 12, 2024

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

No thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle000
Bicycle theft100other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 28, 2020. 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 Forest Hill South.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Vesta & Robinwood 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 Vesta & Robinwood?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Jul 29, 2019, 9% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Vesta & Robinwood?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Vesta Dr between Robinwood Ave and Ava Rd (November 2021), found an average of 42 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Vesta & Robinwood?

The nearest Green P car park is 168 Chiltern Hill Rd (848 m away, 68 spaces, 34% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 555 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 13,790 spaces — 10 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 168 Chiltern Hill Rd (806 m).

How do I get to Vesta & Robinwood by transit?

Chaplin Station (Line 5) is 681 m away; bus routes 33, 7, 34, 14 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Vesta & Robinwood?

None within 300 m, and 47 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Dunloe Children's Centre (406 m), Starbucks (707 m), Forest Hill C.i. (717 m), Che Peru (746 m) and Aura Dessert Cafe (756 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 Vesta & Robinwood?

The nearest is Memorial Park Washroom, 340 Chaplin Cres, 864 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. 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 Vesta & Robinwood?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 498 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Dunloe Children's Centre (422 m, 86 spaces), Robbins Hebrew Academy (484 m, 48 spaces) and Toronto Hebrew Congregation/Holy Blossom Temple Preschool (547 m, 60 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Vesta & Robinwood?

47 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,722 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1701 Bathurst St (383 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 1705 Bathurst St (394 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 59), 1660 Bathurst St (434 m, 52 units, RentSafeTO score 83) and 1654 Bathurst St (465 m, 72 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 47 is 90 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 Vesta & Robinwood?

Toronto Police place no 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 Forest Hill South page.

What neighbourhood is Vesta & Robinwood in?

Vesta & Robinwood is in Forest Hill South (City of Toronto neighbourhood 101). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow.

Sources

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