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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 · Mar 21, 2019
The south leg carries the load — 4,319 northbound vehicles, or 46% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 208. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,712 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,775 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 8 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2019, 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.
Peak hours: 1,712 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,775 from 5:00 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
2017 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 11% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 5% 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 Sep 20, 2026.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Oct 6, 2009.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 19 | |
| With an injury | 2 | |
| Property damage only | 16 | |
| Fail to remain | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 2 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Oct 6, 2009 |
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 2020
The City's counter on Willowdale Ave between Northwood Dr and Centre Ave (89 m away) recorded an average of 54 km/h in its 3-day count in February 2020; 85% of drivers were at or under 64 km/h. That segment carries about 12,700 vehicles a day. The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Centre Ave between Dumont St and Willowdale Ave measured slower: 43 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 52 km/h (Mar 2014).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willowdale Ave · Northwood Dr – Centre Ave · 89 m | Feb 2020 · 3 days | 12,674 | 54 km/h | 64 km/h | 72 km/h |
| Centre Ave · Dumont St – Willowdale Ave · 108 m | Mar 2014 · 24 h | 1,987 | 43 km/h | 52 km/h | 57 km/h |
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.
- The crossing
- Signal 2393, activated 2015 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 98 42 53 60 97 nearest 14 m
- Blue Night
- 320 353
- Nearest stops
- 6 surface stops within 300 m — Willowdale Ave at Centre Ave
- Regional
- York Region Transit 002 Milliken 005 Clark 023 Thornhill Woods 077 Highway 7 088 Bathurst 091 Bayview 098|099 Yonge (Late Night) 099 Yonge 360 Vaughan Mills / Wonderland at Yonge St / Centre Av561 m · 7 min
- 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.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- 3 car parks · about 2,475 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 3 mapped lots within 500 m, 150 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finch East - 814 Willowdale Ave - partial closure, reduced spaces · Surface | 1.6 km | 900 * | — |
| Finch West Lot - 18 Hendon Ave · Surface | 1.6 km | 1,552 * | — |
| 5667 Yonge Street · Surface | 1.7 km | 23 * | — |
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
The nearest grocery store is Khorak Supermarket, 553 m away; 3 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 49 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Khaki Restaurant, 524 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Madawaska Pharmasave, 750 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is St. John's Rehab, 1.0 km away. For seniors' housing: Cummer Lodge, a long-term care home 748 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Khaki Restaurant · 6119 Yonge St524 m · 6 min
- Papa Pastry & Cafe · 6111 Yonge St551 m · 7 min
- Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 6125 Yonge St553 m · 7 min
- Kibo Sushi · 6123 Yonge St572 m · 7 min
- Altona Kabob · 6099 Yonge St572 m · 7 min
- Grocery
- Khorak Supermarket 553 m · 7 min · 3 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Zamani Meats 586 m · 7 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Madawaska Pharmasave 750 m · 9 min · 3 within 1 km
- Child care
- Forest Grove Montessori Preschool · 30 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day457 m · 5 min
- The Munchkin Manor Daycare & Early Learning Centre · 74 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day816 m · 10 min
- Washrooms
- Goulding Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed · accessible947 m · 11 min
- Health and care
- St. John's Rehab · hospital site1 km · 11 min
- Cummer Lodge · long-term care home748 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 (10)
- Centre Park593 m · 7 min
- Aneta Circle Parkette721 m · 9 min
- Wedgewood Park - North York805 m · 10 min
- Lillian Park843 m · 10 min
- Goulding Park1 km · 12 min
- Community centres
- Goulding Community Centre942 m · 11 min
- Schools (8)
- Alpha Quality Education SchoolPrivate · 586 m · 7 min
- Lillian Public SchoolEnglish Public · 739 m · 9 min
- Avondale Secondary Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 11 min
- Drewry AcademyPrivate · 1.3 km · 15 min
- St Agnes Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.3 km · 15 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 library.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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
Five registered apartment buildings with 965 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 1 Homewood Ave (651 m, 67 units, 4 storeys, built 1940), which scored 91 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Homewood Ave · North 44 Property Management Inc | 67 | 4 | 1940 | 91 · Jul 2026 | 651 m · 8 min |
| 175 Cummer Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 246 | 4 | 1970 | 93 · Jun 2024 | 709 m · 8 min |
| 6061 Yonge St · M&r Property Management | 304 | 19 | 1968 | 92 · Jun 2024 | 739 m · 9 min |
| 6210 Yonge St · Better Living Homes Inc. | 83 | 7 | 1968 | 88 · Aug 2025 | 831 m · 10 min |
| 6000 Yonge St · Connaught Yonge Square Limited | 265 | 18 | 1963 | 91 · Aug 2025 | 941 m · 11 min |
5 registered buildings · 965 units · 1 social housing · tallest 19 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
Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 4 | 0 | 0 | house driveway/garage (4) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 Newtonbrook East.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Willowdale & Centre a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 19 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 Willowdale & Centre?
A moderately heavy crossing at the City's last count here, in 2019. Its latest count is from Mar 21, 2019, about today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Willowdale & Centre a walkable intersection?
Willowdale & Centre scores 37 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: nearest school 0.6 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 6 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km; 3 grocery stores within 1 km · 49 within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.
How fast do cars go at Willowdale & Centre?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Willowdale Ave between Northwood Dr and Centre Ave (February 2020), found an average of 54 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 64 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Willowdale & Centre?
The nearest Green P car park is Finch East - 814 Willowdale Ave - partial closure, reduced spaces (1.6 km away, 900 spaces). The City's mapping shows 150 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 23,330 spaces — 3 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Willowdale & Centre by transit?
Bus routes 98, 42, 53, 60, 97 within 1 km (nearest stop: Willowdale Ave at Centre Ave, 14 m); York Region Transit routes 002 Milliken, 005 Clark, 023 Thornhill Woods, 077 Highway 7 at Yonge St / Centre Av.
What restaurants are near Willowdale & Centre?
None within 300 m, and 49 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Khaki Restaurant (524 m), Papa Pastry & Cafe (551 m), Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (553 m), Kibo Sushi (572 m) and Altona Kabob (572 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Willowdale & Centre?
The nearest is Goulding Community Centre Washroom, 45 Goulding Ave, 947 m away, with an accessible washroom.
Is there child care near Willowdale & Centre?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 104 spaces in total; none accepts City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Forest Grove Montessori Preschool (457 m, 30 spaces) and The Munchkin Manor Daycare & Early Learning Centre (816 m, 74 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Willowdale & Centre?
Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 965 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1 Homewood Ave (651 m, 67 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 175 Cummer Ave (709 m, 246 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 6061 Yonge St (739 m, 304 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 6210 Yonge St (831 m, 83 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 91 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Willowdale & Centre?
Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Newtonbrook East page.
What neighbourhood is Willowdale & Centre in?
Willowdale & Centre is in Newtonbrook East (City of Toronto neighbourhood 050). It is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Mar 21, 2019.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 18 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.79305, -79.41192 · centreline node 13444463.