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Victoria Park & Ruscica

Victoria Park Ave & Ruscica Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Wexford/Maryvale · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

In Wexford/Maryvale, Victoria Park & Ruscica is an above-average intersection for traffic. Nearby is 9 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
24,120
vehicles · 14-hour count, Feb 26, 2025
539 pedestrians · 37 cyclists · #608 busiest
Collisions
63
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
13 with an injury · 39 property damage · #1734 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
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 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,720 vehicles an hour, 1.49× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 45 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 6.3 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.6 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions edged down 15%, from 34 in 2016–2020 to 29 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Victoria Park & Ruscica

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
2491675470 nearest 18 m
Express
924954
Blue Night
324354
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Victoria Park Ave at Ruscica Dr; Victoria Park Ave at Innismore Cres
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Surrey Ave / Victoria Park Ave 196 m · 11 docks · 2 stations, 26 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 (10)
  • Sloane Public SchoolEnglish Public · 479 m
  • Victoria Village Public SchoolEnglish Public · 614 m
  • Precious Blood Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 636 m
  • Wexford Public SchoolEnglish Public · 647 m
  • George Peck Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Ecole Elementaire Jeanne LajoieFrench Public · 1.2 km
  • and 4 more
Community centres
Parks (10)
  • Wigmore Park704 m
  • Sweeney Park763 m
  • Wexford Park807 m
  • Craigton Court Tot Lot859 m
  • Wayne Parkette1 km
  • Ashtonbee Reservoir Park1 km
  • and 4 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Victoria Village branch519 m
  • Toronto Public Library Eglinton Square branch1.3 km

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 6 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 42. The nearest is Jatujak, 176 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés6 within 300 m · 42 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Jatujak · 1744 Victoria Park Ave176 mPassed, Aug 2026
Osmow's · 1750 Victoria Park Ave None176 mPassed, Aug 2026
Tagpuan · 1740 Victoria Park Ave176 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Kibo Sushi- Victoria Park · 1752 Victoria Park Ave215 mPassed, Jul 2026
Alforat · 1756 Victoria Park Ave222 mPassed, Jun 2026
Adams · 1760 Victoria Park Ave236 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Charloo's West Indian Foods · 1646 Victoria Park Ave Unit-10grocery421 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 3 infractions
Istanbul Doner House · 1646 Victoria Park Ave421 mPassed, Jun 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 Wexford Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 777 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Wexford Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 55 Elm Bank Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    777 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 367 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Big Dreams Early Learning Centre (141 m, 50 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km4 centres · 367 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • Big Dreams Early Learning Centre · 1703 Victoria Park Ave
    50 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    141 m
  • Muppets Preschool Centre (Victoria Village) · 88 Sweeney Dr
    244 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    614 m
  • Precious Blood Jr YMCA Elp · 1035 Pharmacy Ave
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    636 m
  • Wexford Extended Day and School Age Program · 1050 Pharmacy Ave
    30 spaces · school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    647 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 233 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (2.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 872 m away.

FireFire Station 233 · 1.2 km59 Curlew Dr
Police41 Division · 2.4 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 21 · 872 m887 Pharmacy Ave

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 57 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,599 rental units, 2.5× the median for a Toronto intersection — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1700 Victoria Park Ave (47 m, 54 units, 5 storeys, built 1958), which scored 95 out of 100 at its June 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 122 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 10 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings57 · 3,599 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026122 across the 57
Open fire-code violations10
Tallest15 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1700 Victoria Park Ave · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.545195895 · Jun 2025247 m
1704 Victoria Park Ave · Gold Seal Management Inc.937196697 · Jun 2025079 m
1689 Victoria Park Ave · Future West544195493 · Sep 2025192 m
1698 Victoria Park Ave · Future West Living525196693 · Jun 20251 · 1 fire102 m
1710 Victoria Park Ave · Richmond Community Service Corp. Ph905 470 1244 ,cell 289 200 6649594196896 · Aug 20260142 m
1684 Victoria Park Avesocial housing · Emmanuel Lutheran Manor1128198792 · Jun 20250198 m
1651 Victoria Park Ave · Danam Limited678196493 · Sep 20257222 m
1731 Victoria Park Ave · Centurion Property Associates Inc.434195888 · Aug 20262275 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 lots470 lots · ≈79,460 spaces · 238.4 ha
Within 500 m31 lots · ≈1,710 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 25 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1940 Lawrence Avenue East · Surface1.3 km25 *

Nearest lots: 56 m away, ≈28 spaces; 67 m away, ≈5 spaces; 77 m away, ≈39 spaces; 77 m away, ≈94 spaces; 89 m away, ≈29 spaces; 91 m away, ≈43 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, Feb 26, 2025

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 12,426 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 298 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 2,397 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 2,136 in the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 18 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north12,426southbound · 18 bikes · 4.3% heavy
From the west318eastbound · 0 bikes · 2.2% heavy
Total vehicles24,120539 pedestrians · 37 cyclists · 4.2% heavy
From the east298westbound · 4 bikes · 2.7% heavy
From the south11,078northbound · 15 bikes · 4.2% heavy
AM peak hour2,136 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour2,397 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Feb 26, 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 Victoria Park Ave between Draycott Dr and Ruscica Dr, 122 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in November 2018 put the average speed at 60 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 70 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 78 km/h or more. That segment carries about 26,100 vehicles a day. Innismore Cres between Inniswood Dr and Bardwell Cres measured slower: 40 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 49 km/h (Nov 2018). The reading is 8 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Victoria Park Ave · Draycott Dr – Ruscica Dr · 122 mNov 2018 · 24 h26,14760 km/h70 km/h78 km/h
Innismore Cres · Inniswood Dr – Bardwell Cres · 247 mNov 2018 · 24 h47040 km/h49 km/h54 km/h
Ruscica Dr · Sweetbriar Crt – Sloane Ave · 264 mDec 2006 · 24 h22937 km/h45 km/h50 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 2022, with 11 collisions; 2025 recorded 3. 13 collisions (21%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 16% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 5 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (8%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 28, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions63#1734 of 5,508
With an injury13#1413 of 4,660
Property damage only39
Fail to remain10
Involving a pedestrian2#2049 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist3#911 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality1
Severity not classified10
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201473latest Jun 28, 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. The police all-collisions file records 1 fatal collision here in 2016–2025; the KSI file, which is compiled separately and geocoded to the nearest leg, places it just outside the 65 m radius.

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

Six thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 83% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Jan 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle601street/outdoor (5), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft210other (1), apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 17, 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 Wexford/Maryvale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Victoria Park & Ruscica a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 63 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 & Ruscica?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #608 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.49× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Victoria Park & Ruscica?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Victoria Park Ave between Draycott Dr and Ruscica Dr (November 2018), found an average of 60 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 70 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Victoria Park & Ruscica?

The nearest Green P car park is 1940 Lawrence Avenue East (1.3 km away, 25 spaces). The City's mapping shows 470 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 79,460 spaces — 31 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

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

Bus routes 24, 91, 67, 54, 70, 924, 954 within 1 km (nearest stop: Victoria Park Ave at Ruscica Dr, 18 m).

What restaurants are near Victoria Park & Ruscica?

6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 42 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Jatujak (176 m), Osmow's (176 m), Tagpuan (176 m), Kibo Sushi- Victoria Park (215 m) and Alforat (222 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 & Ruscica?

The nearest is Wexford Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 55 Elm Bank Rd, 777 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 & Ruscica?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 367 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Big Dreams Early Learning Centre (141 m, 50 spaces), Muppets Preschool Centre (Victoria Village) (614 m, 244 spaces) and Precious Blood Jr YMCA Elp (636 m, 43 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Victoria Park & Ruscica?

57 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,599 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1700 Victoria Park Ave (47 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 1704 Victoria Park Ave (79 m, 93 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 1689 Victoria Park Ave (92 m, 54 units, RentSafeTO score 93) and 1698 Victoria Park Ave (102 m, 52 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 57 is 92 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 & Ruscica?

Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and two 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 Wexford/Maryvale page.

What neighbourhood is Victoria Park & Ruscica in?

Victoria Park & Ruscica is in Wexford/Maryvale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 119). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.

Sources

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