Toronto · intersection · signal 1252 · red-light camera

Victoria Park & Gordon Baker

Victoria Park Ave & Gordon Baker Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Hillcrest Village · Ward 17, Don Valley North

Victoria Park & Gordon Baker is a busier-than-typical intersection. It sits in Hillcrest Village. It has a red-light camera in place since 2022 that issued 372 tickets in 2025 and a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
16,587
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 29, 2025
193 pedestrians · 18 cyclists · #1166 busiest
Collisions
92
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
18 with an injury · 65 property damage · #1219 of 5,508 · +8 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
372
tickets in 2025
since 2022 · 128 so far in 2026 · tickets by camera
Transit
3
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 1,180 vehicles, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 86 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 9.2 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 5.6 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 54%, from 63 in 2016–2020 to 29 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Victoria Park & Gordon Baker

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
24391675342 nearest 20 m
Express
924953
Blue Night
353
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Victoria Park Ave at Gordon Baker Rd; Gordon Baker Rd at Victoria Park Ave West Side
Regional
York Region Transit 024 Woodbine at Victoria Park Av / Gordon Baker Rd19 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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)
  • Covenant Central AcademyPrivate · 238 m
  • Queen's Elite Academy of CanadaPrivate · 300 m
  • William Academy Scarborough CampusPrivate · 358 m
  • Ut Preparatory Academy Secondary SchoolPrivate · 359 m
  • Toronto International College Secondary SchoolPrivate · 593 m
  • Toronto Heuristic International AcademyPrivate · 784 m
  • and 8 more
Parks (4)
  • Huntsmill Park866 m
  • Bamburgh Park1 km
  • Chester Le Park1.4 km
  • Candlebrook Crescent Park1.5 km
Signal
1252, activated 1979 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 7 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 43 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Huda Restaurant, 83 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés7 within 300 m · 43 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Huda Restaurant · 4035 Gordon Baker Rd83 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Karkumi Cafe · 4033 Gordon Baker Rd83 mPassed, Sep 2026
Shahi Manjil · 3820 Victoria Park Ave91 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Archery Circuit · 3791 Victoria Park Ave124 mPassed, May 2026
Not Fresh · 3680 Victoria Park Ave Unit-6204 mPassed, May 2026
Ah.so Fine Foods · 734 Gordon Baker Rdgrocery227 mPassed, Mar 2026
Bamiyan Kabob (Warehouse) · 754 Gordon Baker Rd227 mPassed, Jul 2026
Kimi · 738 Gordon Baker Rd279 mPassed, Mar 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

No City washroom within 1 km.

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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 260 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Narmer Montessori School (549 m, 18 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km4 centres · 260 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 4
  • Narmer Montessori School · 41 Glendinning Ave
    18 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    549 m
  • Grace Christian School - Day Nursery · 201 Tempo Ave
    91 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    596 m
  • St. Nicholas Child Care Centre - Network · 1020 McNicoll Ave
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    600 m
  • Petite Luminaries Childcare · 155 Gordon Baker Rd
    89 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    790 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 241 (1.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.6 km away.

FireFire Station 241 · 1.3 km3325 Warden Ave
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 24 · 2.6 km3061 Birchmount Rd

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots166 lots · ≈36,920 spaces · 110.8 ha
Within 500 m34 lots · ≈10,900 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 50 m away, ≈54 spaces; 70 m away, ≈9 spaces; 83 m away, ≈47 spaces; 123 m away, ≈247 spaces; 135 m away, ≈530 spaces; 142 m away, ≈525 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, Nov 29, 2025 (a weekend day)

The north leg carries the load — 8,615 southbound vehicles, or 52% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 1,177. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,676 vehicles in the hour from 2:30 p.m., 38% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (1,216). Heavy vehicles made up 2.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north8,615southbound · 7 bikes · 1.9% heavy
From the west1,995eastbound · 2 bikes · 1.3% heavy
Total vehicles16,587193 pedestrians · 18 cyclists · 2.1% heavy
From the east1,177westbound · 4 bikes · 1.0% heavy
From the south4,800northbound · 5 bikes · 3.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,216 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,676 vehicles from 2:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 29, 2025 · weekend

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 counter on Victoria Park Ave between Sparks Ave and Gordon Baker Rd (123 m away) recorded an average of 46 km/h in its 3-day count in December 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 58 km/h. That segment carries about 18,100 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Victoria Park Ave · Sparks Ave – Gordon Baker Rd · 123 mDec 2023 · 3 days18,06246 km/h58 km/h63 km/h
Gordon Baker Rd · Victoria Park Ave – Pharmacy Ave · 211 mSep 2009 · 3 days4,928

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

2016 was the peak year (16 collisions), and 2025 closed with 14. 20% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 1% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 19, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 5.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions92#1219 of 5,508
With an injury18#1005 of 4,660
Property damage only65
Fail to remain10
Involving a pedestrian1#3102 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified9
Since January 2026 (outside the window)8
All since 2014129latest May 19, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 71% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jun 25, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle741street/outdoor (5), commercial premises (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 25, 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 Hillcrest Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Victoria Park & Gordon Baker a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 92 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 Victoria Park & Gordon Baker?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #1166 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

Is there a red-light camera at Victoria Park & Gordon Baker?

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Victoria Park & Gordon Baker since 2022, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 372 tickets in 2025 (416 in 2024) and 128 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 1,573 since it was switched on.

How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Victoria Park & Gordon Baker?

372 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — down from 416 in 2024, and 128 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 1,573 tickets since 2022. A red-light camera ticket in Toronto is $325 and carries no demerit points because it is issued to the vehicle's owner.

How fast do cars go at Victoria Park & Gordon Baker?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Victoria Park Ave between Sparks Ave and Gordon Baker Rd (December 2023), found an average of 46 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 58 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Victoria Park & Gordon Baker?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 166 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 36,920 spaces — 34 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Victoria Park & Gordon Baker by transit?

Bus routes 24, 39, 167, 53, 42, 924, 953 within 1 km (nearest stop: Victoria Park Ave at Gordon Baker Rd, 20 m); York Region Transit route 024 Woodbine at Victoria Park Av / Gordon Baker Rd.

What restaurants are near Victoria Park & Gordon Baker?

7 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 43 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Huda Restaurant (83 m), Karkumi Cafe (83 m), Shahi Manjil (91 m), Archery Circuit (124 m) and Not Fresh (204 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Victoria Park & Gordon Baker?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 260 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Narmer Montessori School (549 m, 18 spaces), Grace Christian School - Day Nursery (596 m, 91 spaces) and St. Nicholas Child Care Centre - Network (600 m, 62 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at Victoria Park & Gordon Baker?

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 Hillcrest Village page.

What neighbourhood is Victoria Park & Gordon Baker in?

Victoria Park & Gordon Baker is in Hillcrest Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 048). 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