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Williamson & Hambly

Williamson Rd & Hambly Ave · Toronto, Ontario · The Beaches · Ward 19, Beaches-East York

Williamson & Hambly sits in The Beaches. At the City's last count here, in 2017, it was a lightly travelled intersection. At the corner: 2 schools within 250 m and a park. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
1,515
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 21, 2017
373 pedestrians · 2 cyclists
Collisions
10
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
1
TTC stop within 100 m
7 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
40/100
city median 48
76 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 427 m

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Williamson & Hambly

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume8-hour count · Feb 21, 2017

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 629 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 42% of the total, against 402 from the west. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 325 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m., 40% above the afternoon peak from 2:45 p.m. (232). Trucks and buses were 15.2% 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 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 10 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2017, 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 west402eastbound · 1 bikes · 9.5% heavy
Total vehicles1,515373 pedestrians · 2 cyclists · 15.2% heavy
From the east484westbound · 1 bikes · 11.0% heavy
From the south629northbound · 0 bikes · 22.3% heavy

Peak hours: 325 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 232 from 2:45 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

The worst year was 2022, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 40% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 23, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions10
With an injury0
Property damage only6
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

Speeds here, last measured in 2019

On Williamson Rd between Hambly Ave and Wineva Ave, 48 m from the corner, a 2-day count in October 2019 put the average speed at 29 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 37 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 40 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,200 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Williamson Rd · Hambly Ave – Wineva Ave · 48 mOct 2019 · 2 days2,19629 km/h37 km/h40 km/h
Hambly Ave · Queen St E – Williamson Rd · 178 mNov 2007 · 3 days1,284———

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Streetcar
501 503 nearest 486 m · 6 min
TTC bus
64 404 92 nearest 14 m
Blue Night
301 322
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Hambly Ave at Williamson Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
85 Lee Ave 461 m · 5 min · 26 docks · 4 stations, 64 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
11 car parks · about 395 spaces
EV charging
117 Hammersmith Ave · 518 m · 6 Level 2 ports; also 1981 Queen Street East (654 m), 2150 Queen Street East (688 m)
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
13 mapped lots within 500 m, 211 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
136 Wineva Ave. · Surface419 m28 *—
85 Lee Ave · Surface451 m6861% (Q1 2026)
117 Hammersmith Ave · Surface528 m2947% (Q1 2026)
166 Woodbine Ave · Surface1.2 km2146% (Q1 2026)
192 Boardwalk Dr · Surface1.3 km2445% (Q1 2026)

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Beach Foodland, 427 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 76 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is 6ix Pizzas, 341 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Hooper's Pharmacy, 601 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. Woodgreen Communtiy Centre Epc runs a seniors' active living programme 775 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • 6ix Pizzas · 2070 Queen St E341 m · 4 min
  • Gabby's · 2076 Queen St E355 m · 4 min
  • Presse International · 2068 Queen St E356 m · 4 min
  • Carload On the Beach · 2054 Queen St E384 m · 5 min
  • Bikkuri Sushi · 2197 Queen St E385 m · 5 min
0 within 300 m · 76 within 1 km
Grocery
Beach Foodland 427 m · 5 min · 5 within 1 km
Food shops
Casa Mia Delicatessen Fine Foods 657 m · 8 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Hooper's Pharmacy 601 m · 7 min · 3 within 1 km
Child care
  • Williamson Road Day Care Centre · 116 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day139 m
  • Boardwalk Montessori School Inc. · 57 spaces, toddler, preschool692 m · 8 min
  • Castle Park Playschool · 34 spaces, kindergarten, school age737 m · 9 min
13 licensed centres · 1,125 spaces within 1 km · 4 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Beaches Recreation Centre Washroom · hours not listed54 m
  • Kew Gardens Playground Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs715 m · 9 min
Health and care
  • Woodgreen Communtiy Centre Epc · seniors' active living centre775 m · 9 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (11)
  • Ivan Forrest Gardens602 m · 7 min
  • Glen Stewart Park715 m · 9 min
  • Kew Gardens772 m · 9 min
  • Beaches Park1 km · 12 min
  • Pantry Park1.1 km · 13 min
and 6 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (16)
  • Glen Ames Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 47 m
  • Williamson Road Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 139 m
  • Boardwalk Montessori SchoolPrivate · 704 m · 8 min
  • Avalon Children's Montessori SchoolPrivate · 743 m · 9 min
  • Balmy Beach Community SchoolEnglish Public · 808 m · 10 min
and 11 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Beaches branch570 m · 7 min
  • Toronto Public Library Main Street branch1.3 km · 15 min
Places of interest
  • Kew Gardens ParkNature/ Park · 786 m · 9 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

Not within a walk: a care or retirement home.

40of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food9/30

    5 grocery stores within 1 km · 76 within 1 km

  • Transit12/28

    4 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go6/14

    library 570 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation6/10

    nearest park 0.6 km · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care7/8

    2 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are 33 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,283 rental units, 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection — seven social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 98 Leuty Ave (383 m, 15 units, 3 storeys), which scored 82 out of 100 at its December 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
98 Leuty Ave153—82 · Dec 2025383 m · 5 min
97 Lee Ave · Glen Willow Investments Ltd103191777 · Oct 2024402 m · 5 min
55 Lee Ave · Olive Corp.123195592 · Aug 2026613 m · 7 min
2263 Queen St E · 793163 Ontario Limited183197582 · Jul 2026625 m · 7 min
2265 Queen St E183192888 · Jul 2026643 m · 8 min
2269 Queen St E · 712880 Ontario Limited173192796 · Jul 2026663 m · 8 min

33 registered buildings · 1,283 units · 7 social housing · tallest 9 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

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 one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 100% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle610street/outdoor (6)
Bicycle theft100street/outdoor (1)

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 The Beaches.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Williamson & Hambly a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 10 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 Williamson & Hambly?

A lightly travelled intersection at the City's last count here, in 2017. Its latest count is from Feb 21, 2017, 16% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Williamson & Hambly a walkable intersection?

Williamson & Hambly scores 40 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 2 schools within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; nearest park 0.6 km · 1 community centre within 800 m; 4 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km.

How fast do cars go at Williamson & Hambly?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Williamson Rd between Hambly Ave and Wineva Ave (October 2019), found an average of 29 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 Williamson & Hambly?

The nearest Green P car park is 136 Wineva Ave. (419 m away, 28 spaces). The City's mapping shows 211 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 9,280 spaces — 13 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 117 Hammersmith Ave (518 m).

How do I get to Williamson & Hambly by transit?

Streetcar routes 501, 503 stop within 1 km, the nearest 486 m away; bus routes 64, 404, 92 within 1 km (nearest stop: Hambly Ave at Williamson Rd, 14 m).

What restaurants are near Williamson & Hambly?

None within 300 m, and 76 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are 6ix Pizzas (341 m), Gabby's (355 m), Presse International (356 m), Carload On the Beach (384 m) and Bikkuri Sushi (385 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Williamson & Hambly?

The nearest is Beaches Recreation Centre Washroom, 6 Williamson Rd, 54 m away. Next nearest: Kew Gardens Playground Washroom (715 m); Kew Beach Lawn Bowling Club Washroom (933 m).

Is there child care near Williamson & Hambly?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,125 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Williamson Road Day Care Centre (139 m, 116 spaces), Boardwalk Montessori School Inc. (692 m, 57 spaces) and Castle Park Playschool (737 m, 34 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Williamson & Hambly?

33 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,283 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 98 Leuty Ave (383 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 97 Lee Ave (402 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 77), 55 Lee Ave (613 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 2263 Queen St E (625 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 82). The average RentSafeTO score across the 33 is 90 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Williamson & Hambly?

Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the The Beaches page.

What neighbourhood is Williamson & Hambly in?

Williamson & Hambly is in The Beaches (City of Toronto neighbourhood 063). It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined