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Western Battery & Pirandello

Western Battery Rd & Pirandello St · Toronto, Ontario · Fort York-Liberty Village · Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York

In Fort York-Liberty Village, in central Toronto, Western Battery & Pirandello is a low-volume local intersection, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. At the corner: parks. Nearby: Exhibition GO 612 m away and 12 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
649
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 6, 2022
608 pedestrians · 37 cyclists
Collisions
0
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
none reported within 65 m
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
5 streetcar routes · 2 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 63 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 80 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 7% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 1.1 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 5.7% of vehicle volume, about 7.4× the typical share.

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Western Battery & Pirandello

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
Exhibition GO — Lakeshore West612 m
Streetcar
504508509511501 nearest 157 m
TTC bus
6329 nearest 153 m
Blue Night
304301363307329
Nearest stops
13 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Western Battery Rd / Pirandello St 26 m · 31 docks · 44 stations, 998 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 (11)
  • Discovering Minds Montessori SchoolPrivate · 593 m
  • Niagara Street Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 664 m
  • Givins Shaw Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 737 m
  • St Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • Charles G Fraser Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Ecole Elementaire Pierre Elliott TrudeauFrench Public · 1.3 km
  • and 5 more
Community centres
Parks (40)
  • Bill Johnston Park59 m
  • Liberty Village Park133 m
  • Massey Harris Park183 m
  • Gateway Park218 m
  • Joseph Workman Park307 m
  • South Stanley Park Extension447 m
  • and 34 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Fort York branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Parkdale branch1.5 km
Places of interest
  • Exhibition PlaceConvention & Trade Centres · 572 m
  • Coca-Cola Coliseum (formerly Ricoh Coliseum)Sports / Entertainment Venue · 573 m
  • Enercare CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 577 m
  • Beanfield CentreConvention & Trade Centres · 724 m
  • The Theatre CentrePerforming Arts · 783 m
  • Fort York National Historic SiteMuseum · 833 m
  • BMO FieldSports / Entertainment Venue · 833 m
  • Queen Elizabeth TheatrePerforming Arts · 1 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 22 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 364 — 5.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Hello Coffee, 42 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés22 within 300 m · 364 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 36 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Hello Coffee · 80 Western Battery Rd 142 mPassed, Apr 2026
Liberty Convenience · 80 Western Battery Rd 4grocery42 mPassed, Feb 2026
Ono Poke Bar · 100 Western Battery Rd Unit-2115 mPassed, Feb 2026
Tonton Matcha + Coffee · 100 Western Battery Rd 1115 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
Jordan's No Frills · 1022 King St Wgrocery194 mPassed, Aug 2026
Baskin Robbins · 1029 King St W Unit-1007a202 mPassed, Apr 2026
Maurya · 150 East Liberty St202 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Forest Hill Farmhouse · 39 East Liberty St None213 mPassed, Jul 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 Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom, 516 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 25 m away at Bill Johnston Park.

  • Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom · 890 King St W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    516 m
  • Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom · 700 Wellington St W
    View outdoor pool hours
    559 m
  • Automated public toilet, 1 Strachan Ave
    24 hours · accessible
    607 m
Drinking water
Bill Johnston Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 25 m; Bill Johnston Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 108 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 548 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Liberty Kids (183 m, 18 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km8 centres · 548 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 8
  • Liberty Kids · 125 Western Battery Rd
    18 spaces · toddler, preschool
    183 m
  • Network Child Care Services - Liberty Village Child Care Centre · 21 Western Battery Rd
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    252 m
  • Downtown Kids Academy, Inc. · 905 King St W
    50 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    258 m
  • Queen Street Childcare Centre · 10 White Squirrel Way
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    551 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 346 (895 m), the nearest police station 14 Division (1.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 864 m away.

FireFire Station 346 · 895 m90 Quebec St
Police14 Division · 1.6 km350 Dovercourt Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 35 · 864 m265 Manitoba 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 15 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,144 rental units — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 24 Shaw St (289 m, 200 units, 9 storeys, built 1989), which scored 87 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 15 scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 49 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings15 · 3,144 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score86 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202649 across the 15
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest35 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
24 Shaw Stsocial housing2009198987 · Aug 20261289 m
15 Solidarity Way · Rhapsody Property Management440262021100 · Aug 20246291 m
25 Ordnance St · Bentallgreenoak Residential Services333312021100 · Jul 20257351 m
11 Ordnance St · Bentallgreenoak Residential Service246242021100 · Jul 20252412 m
800 Adelaide St Wsocial housing · Homes First Society503198788 · Aug 20260549 m
100 Lower Ossington Ave · Killam Apartment REIT1798201391 · Aug 20240556 m
900 Queen St Wsocial housing · Artscape Non-Profit Housing Inc.223199681 · Jul 20241569 m
1100 King St W · Rhapsody Property Management Services - Kings Club Residences Inc.506352019100 · Aug 20262 · 1 fire626 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 lots638 lots · ≈26,040 spaces · 78.1 ha
Within 500 m35 lots · ≈2,400 spaces
Green P (public)24 car parks · about 2,099 spaces
EV charging (City)1051 Queen Street W · 644 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking126 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 61 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1030 King Street West - garage entrance via Shank St. · Garage255 m152 *
34 Hanna Ave · Surface473 m14669% (Q1 2026)
800 Fleet Street · Surface522 m94 *
803 Richmond St W · Surface585 m4856% (Q1 2026)
18 Ossington Ave · Surface646 m20over 100% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 75 m away, ≈43 spaces; 134 m away, ≈36 spaces; 141 m away, ≈23 spaces; 159 m away, ≈29 spaces; 218 m away, ≈19 spaces; 221 m away, ≈41 spaces. More EV charging: 45 Abell St (763 m, 16 ports); 10 Palmerston Ave (1 km, 2 ports); 248 Shaw St (1.1 km, 2 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, Apr 6, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 303 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 47% of the total, against 151 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 113 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 87 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.1% 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 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west151eastbound · 10 bikes · 6.0% heavy
Total vehicles649608 pedestrians · 37 cyclists · 5.1% heavy
From the east303westbound · 22 bikes · 3.6% heavy
From the south195northbound · 5 bikes · 6.7% heavy
AM peak hour87 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour113 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 6, 2022

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 Pirandello St between Lynn Williams St and Western Battery Rd, 33 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2022 put the average speed at 27 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 37 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 42 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,100 vehicles a day. Western Battery Rd between Pirandello St and King-Liberty Pedestrian Cycle Bridge measured slower: 23 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 30 km/h (Mar 2026). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Western Battery Road between East Liberty St and Pirandello St.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Pirandello St · Lynn Williams St – Western Battery Rd · 33 mApr 2022 · 3 days1,12127 km/h37 km/h42 km/h
Western Battery Rd · Pirandello St – King-Liberty Pedestrian Cycle Bridge · 69 mMar 2026 · 3 days87923 km/h30 km/h35 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Western Battery Road · East Liberty St – Pirandello St
    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

Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Western Battery & Pirandello a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025 and police reported no 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 Western Battery & Pirandello?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 6, 2022, 7% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Western Battery & Pirandello?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Pirandello St between Lynn Williams St and Western Battery Rd (April 2022), found an average of 27 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 37 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Western Battery & Pirandello?

The nearest Green P car park is 1030 King Street West - garage entrance via Shank St. (255 m away, 152 spaces). The City's mapping shows 638 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,040 spaces — 35 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 1051 Queen Street W (644 m).

How do I get to Western Battery & Pirandello by transit?

Exhibition GO is 612 m away; streetcar routes 504, 508, 509, 511 and 1 more stop within 1 km, the nearest 157 m away; bus routes 63, 29 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Western Battery & Pirandello?

22 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 364 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Hello Coffee (42 m), Ono Poke Bar (115 m), Tonton Matcha + Coffee (115 m), Baskin Robbins (202 m) and Maurya (202 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 Western Battery & Pirandello?

The nearest is Stanley Park North Toronto Playground Washroom, 890 King St W, 516 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Stanley Park South Outdoor Pool Washroom (559 m); the automated public toilet at 1 Strachan Ave (607 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 Western Battery & Pirandello?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 548 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Liberty Kids (183 m, 18 spaces), Network Child Care Services - Liberty Village Child Care Centre (252 m, 49 spaces) and Downtown Kids Academy, Inc. (258 m, 50 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Western Battery & Pirandello?

15 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,144 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 24 Shaw St (289 m, 200 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 15 Solidarity Way (291 m, 440 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 25 Ordnance St (351 m, 333 units, RentSafeTO score 100) and 11 Ordnance St (412 m, 246 units, RentSafeTO score 100). The average RentSafeTO score across the 15 is 86 out of 100; 2 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.

What neighbourhood is Western Battery & Pirandello in?

Western Battery & Pirandello is in Fort York-Liberty Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 163). It is in Ward 10, Spadina-Fort York, represented by Councillor Ausma Malik.

Sources

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