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Victoria Park & Esquire

Victoria Park Ave & Esquire Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan · Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt

Victoria Park & Esquire, in Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan, is a heavily travelled arterial crossing. Nearby is 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
22,979
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 6, 1998
762 pedestrians · 10 cyclists
Collisions
246
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
20 with an injury · 170 property damage · #388 of 5,508 · +8 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1424 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
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

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,870 vehicles an hour, 2.5× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 30 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 25 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 7.9× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 32%, from 146 in 2016–2020 to 100 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 246 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Victoria Park & Esquire

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
GO bus 41 Hamilton / Pickering at Consumers Rd. @ William Sylvester Dr.725 m
TTC bus
2416785169122 nearest 18 m
Express
924904985
Blue Night
324385
Nearest stops
14 surface stops within 300 m — Victoria Park Ave at Lansing Sq; Victoria Park Ave at Esquire Rd
Regional
York Region Transit 024 Woodbine at Victoria Park Av / Sheppard Av241 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Victoria Park Ave / Patrick Blvd 493 m · 15 docks · 2 stations, 34 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 (24)
  • Victoria Park LINC CentreEnglish Separate · 323 m
  • A R S Armenian Private SchoolPrivate · 391 m
  • Unique Chinese School & Gracepoint ChurchPrivate · 599 m
  • Hanson CollegePrivate · 803 m
  • Amberwood AcademyPrivate · 821 m
  • Elite Academic Secondary SchoolPrivate · 821 m
  • and 18 more
Community centres
Parks (19)
  • Farmcrest Parkette322 m
  • Hickorynut Parkette370 m
  • Atria South Park537 m
  • Wishing Well Woods539 m
  • Atria North Park558 m
  • Wishing Well Park604 m
  • and 13 more

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 7 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 66. The nearest is Athens Pastries, 12 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2025 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés27 within 300 m · 66 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience7 within 300 m · 12 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Athens Pastries · 2567 Victoria Park Ave12 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
Burrito Boyz · 2550 Victoria Park Ave Unit-226 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Halibut House Fish & Chips · 2550 Victoria Park Ave, Unit-3grocery26 mPassed, Mar 2025
My Place Fish & Chips · 2577 Victoria Park Avegrocery77 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Halibut House Fish & Chips · 2550 Victoria Park Ave 3grocery79 mPassed, Feb 2026
Fat Bastard Burrito · 2561 Victoria Park Ave82 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Wicked Carib · 2561 Victoria Park Ave82 mPassed, Aug 2026
Biryanis and More · 2579 Victoria Park Ave85 mPassed, Aug 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 Wishing Well Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 586 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 383 m away at Hickorynut Parkette.

  • Wishing Well Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 1700 Pharmacy Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    586 m
Drinking water
Hickorynut Parkette drinking fountain · 383 m; Atria South Park bottle filling station · 530 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 514 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Ars Nursery School - Armenian Community Centre (381 m, 74 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km8 centres · 514 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 8
  • Ars Nursery School - Armenian Community Centre · 45 Hallcrown Pl
    74 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    381 m
  • Eyes Abacus Child Care · 20 Chichester Pl
    20 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    425 m
  • Young Talents Academy · 2255 Sheppard Ave E
    70 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    432 m
  • Head Start Montessori School · 2235 Sheppard Ave E
    64 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    461 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 115 (1.5 km), the nearest police station 33 Division (3.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 115 · 1.5 km115 Parkway Forest Dr
Police33 Division · 3.4 km50 Upjohn Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 23 · 1.5 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 nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,274 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 8 Chichester Pl (323 m, 210 units, 20 storeys, built 2012), which scored 98 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 94, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 25 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 9 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings9 · 2,274 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score94 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202625 across the 9
Open fire-code violations9
Tallest44 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
8 Chichester Pl · The Brown Group of Companies Inc.21020201298 · Nov 20250323 m
10 Chichester Pl · The Brown Group of Companies Inc.22016197192 · Aug 20263331 m
20 Chichester Pl · Park Property Management Inc18914197096 · Sep 20240425 m
2008 Pharmacy AveToronto Community Housing · Del Management29313197597 · Sep 20254432 m
2727 Victoria Park Ave · Ranee Management17813197295 · Aug 20262448 m
2739 Victoria Park AveToronto Community Housing · TCH20315197187 · Sep 20250 · 8 fire545 m
2743 Victoria Park AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation20115197186 · Sep 20251 · 1 fire648 m
325 Yorkland Blvd · Rhapsody Property Management Services479442024100 · Aug 202512846 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 lots322 lots · ≈41,540 spaces · 124.6 ha
Within 500 m26 lots · ≈8,360 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 366 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Don Mills Lot - 1800 Sheppard Ave East · Surface2 km366 *

Nearest lots: 61 m away, ≈28 spaces; 65 m away, ≈58 spaces; 95 m away, ≈436 spaces; 128 m away, ≈1,076 spaces; 159 m away, ≈141 spaces; 171 m away, ≈66 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, Jan 6, 1998

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 11,386 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 348 from the east. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 4,043 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 13% above the afternoon peak from 5:00 p.m. (3,576). Heavy vehicles made up 3.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 29 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 1998, 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 north10,581southbound · 1 bikes · 3.2% heavy
From the west664eastbound · 2 bikes · 1.7% heavy
Total vehicles22,979762 pedestrians · 10 cyclists · 3.2% heavy
From the east348westbound · 0 bikes · 1.1% heavy
From the south11,386northbound · 7 bikes · 3.4% heavy
AM peak hour4,043 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour3,576 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jan 6, 1998

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 most recent midblock count on Victoria Park Ave between Sheppard Ave E and Patrick Blvd (350 m away, Dec 2013) recorded volume only — about 13,038 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Victoria Park Ave · Sheppard Ave E – Patrick Blvd · 350 mDec 2013 · 24 h13,038

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 2016, with 44 collisions; 2025 recorded 31. 20 collisions (8%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 60 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 24% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 4 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 20, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions246#388 of 5,508
With an injury20#887 of 4,660
Property damage only170
Fail to remain60
Involving a pedestrian4#1063 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist2
With a fatality0
Severity not classified56
Since January 2026 (outside the window)8
All since 2014314latest Jun 20, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Sep 29, 2018.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1424 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#823 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Sep 29, 2018

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

Seven thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 86% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 12, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle731street/outdoor (6), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 12, 2026. 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 Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Victoria Park & Esquire a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1424 of 1,505), out of 246 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Victoria Park & Esquire?

A heavily travelled arterial crossing. Its latest count is from Jan 6, 1998, 2.5× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Victoria Park & Esquire?

The nearest Green P car park is Don Mills Lot - 1800 Sheppard Ave East (2.0 km away, 366 spaces). The City's mapping shows 322 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 41,540 spaces — 26 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Victoria Park & Esquire by transit?

Bus routes 24, 167, 85, 169, 122, 924, 904, 985 within 1 km (nearest stop: Victoria Park Ave at Lansing Sq, 18 m); York Region Transit route 024 Woodbine at Victoria Park Av / Sheppard Av.

What restaurants are near Victoria Park & Esquire?

27 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 66 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Athens Pastries (12 m), Burrito Boyz (26 m), Fat Bastard Burrito (82 m), Wicked Carib (82 m) and Biryanis and More (85 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 Victoria Park & Esquire?

The nearest is Wishing Well Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 1700 Pharmacy Ave, 586 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 Victoria Park & Esquire?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 514 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Ars Nursery School - Armenian Community Centre (381 m, 74 spaces), Eyes Abacus Child Care (425 m, 20 spaces) and Young Talents Academy (432 m, 70 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Victoria Park & Esquire?

Nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,274 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 8 Chichester Pl (323 m, 210 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 10 Chichester Pl (331 m, 220 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 20 Chichester Pl (425 m, 189 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 2008 Pharmacy Ave (432 m, 293 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 9 is 94 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 Victoria Park & Esquire?

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan page.

What neighbourhood is Victoria Park & Esquire in?

Victoria Park & Esquire is in Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan (City of Toronto neighbourhood 118). It is in Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt, represented by Councillor Nick Mantas.

Sources

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