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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 · Feb 15, 2018
The north leg carries the load — 3,996 southbound vehicles, or 40% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 1,362. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,688 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 13% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (1,500). Heavy vehicles made up 1.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 9 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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: 1,500 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,688 from 4:30 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
2019 was the peak year (10 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 23% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 3% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 3% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 16, 2026.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 39 | #2440 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 9 | #1965 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 30 | |
| Fail to remain | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 6 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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.
How fast traffic moves here
The City's counter on Willowdale Ave between Princess Ave and Empress Ave (49 m away) recorded an average of 40 km/h in its 3-day count in September 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 10,700 vehicles a day.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willowdale Ave · Princess Ave – Empress Ave · 49 m | Sep 2026 · 3 days | 10,713 | 40 km/h | 49 km/h | 54 km/h |
| Empress Ave · Dudley Ave – Willowdale Ave · 110 m | Nov 2010 · 3 days | 6,087 | — | — | — |
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 1136, activated 1974 · 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
- Subway
- North York Centre Station (Line 1)940 m · 11 min
- GO Transit
- GO bus 96 Oshawa / Finch Express 27 Milton / North York 19 Mississauga / North York 67 Keswick / North York at Yonge St. @ Empress Ave.846 m · 10 min
- TTC bus
- 98 97 185 nearest 15 m
- Blue Night
- 320 385
- Nearest stops
- 5 surface stops within 300 m — Willowdale Ave at Empress Ave
- Cycling
- Cycle Track on Willowdale Ave installed 2022
- Bike Share
- 10 Kingsdale Ave 860 m · 10 min · 31 docks · 2 stations, 42 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
- 5 car parks · about 791 spaces
- EV charging
- 33 Elmhurst Ave · 1.7 km · 2 Level 2 ports
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 6 mapped lots within 500 m, 283 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Empress Ave · Surface | 811 m | 67 | 69% (Q1 2026) |
| 10 Kingsdale Ave · Surface | 868 m | 53 | 44% (Q1 2026) |
| 180 Beecroft Road · Surface | 1.3 km | 173 * | — |
| 95 Beecroft Rd · Garage | 1.7 km | 386 | 15% (Q1 2026) |
| 10 Harlandale Avenue · Surface | 1.7 km | 112 * | — |
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 Ava Esfahan (Food Market), 917 m away; 2 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 44 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is The Dumpling, 449 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Rexall, 948 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- The Dumpling · 184 Willowdale Ave449 m · 5 min
- Mana Healthy Bites · 75 Parkview Ave659 m · 8 min
- Old K Fried Chicken · 142 Willowdale Ave Unit-2667 m · 8 min
- Michi Sushi · 126 Willowdale Ave761 m · 9 min
- Paisano's Italian Garden Cafe · 116 Willowdale Ave805 m · 10 min
- Grocery
- Ava Esfahan (Food Market) 917 m · 11 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Tavazo Dried Nuts & Fruits 889 m · 11 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Rexall 948 m · 11 min · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- Central Montessori Schools - Willowdale Campus · 62 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day600 m · 7 min
- Lansing Co-Op Nursery School · 32 spaces, preschool · $10-a-day948 m · 11 min
- Washrooms
- Lee Lifeson Art Park Washroom · hours not listed · accessible · closed — Planned Closure755 m · 9 min
- Mitchell Field Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed · accessible809 m · 10 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 (26)
- Empress Tot Lot544 m · 6 min
- Ring Road Linear Park717 m · 9 min
- Lee Lifeson Art Park767 m · 9 min
- Mitchell Field Park787 m · 9 min
- Princess Park816 m · 10 min
- Community centres
- Mitchell Field Community Centre795 m · 9 min
- Douglas Snow Aquatic Centre1.3 km · 16 min
- Schools (15)
- Earl Haig Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 405 m · 5 min
- Central Montessori School - WillowdalePrivate · 600 m · 7 min
- Newton International College SchoolPrivate · 645 m · 8 min
- Academy of Excellence Secondary SchoolPrivate · 732 m · 9 min
- Cornell International AcademyPrivate · 858 m · 10 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library North York Central Library branch1.1 km · 13 min
- Places of interest
- Gibson House MuseumMuseum · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Mel Lastman SquareLandmark · 1.2 km · 14 min
- Meridian Arts Centre (formerly Toronto Centre for the Arts)Performing Arts · 1.3 km · 16 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.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,706 of 5,672. 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
Two registered apartment buildings with 81 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 414 Willowdale Ave (709 m, 65 units, 3 storeys, built 1958), which scored 97 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 414 Willowdale Ave · O'shanter Development Company Ltd. | 65 | 3 | 1958 | 97 · Aug 2025 | 709 m · 8 min |
| 422 Willowdale Ave social housing · Canadian Helen Keller Centre | 16 | 4 | 1992 | 98 · Jun 2024 | 807 m · 10 min |
2 registered buildings · 81 units · 1 social housing · tallest 4 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
Police records place no theft from a vehicle or bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025.
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 East Willowdale.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Willowdale & Empress a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 39 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 & Empress?
An above-average intersection for traffic at the City's last count here, in 2018. Its latest count is from Feb 15, 2018, about today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Willowdale & Empress a walkable intersection?
Willowdale & Empress scores 50 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,706 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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: North York Centre Station 0.9 km · 5 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km; nearest park 0.5 km · 1 community centre within 800 m; 1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child cares within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking · accessible signals.
How fast do cars go at Willowdale & Empress?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Willowdale Ave between Princess Ave and Empress Ave (September 2026), found an average of 40 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Willowdale & Empress?
The nearest Green P car park is 10 Empress Ave (811 m away, 67 spaces, 69% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 283 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,630 spaces — 6 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 33 Elmhurst Ave (1.7 km).
How do I get to Willowdale & Empress by transit?
North York Centre Station (Line 1) is 940 m away; bus routes 98, 97, 185 within 1 km (nearest stop: Willowdale Ave at Empress Ave, 15 m).
What restaurants are near Willowdale & Empress?
None within 300 m, and 44 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are The Dumpling (449 m), Mana Healthy Bites (659 m), Old K Fried Chicken (667 m), Michi Sushi (761 m) and Paisano's Italian Garden Cafe (805 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Willowdale & Empress?
The nearest is Lee Lifeson Art Park Washroom, 45 Princess Ave, 755 m away, with an accessible washroom. The City currently lists it as closed: planned closure. Next nearest: Mitchell Field Community Centre Washroom (809 m).
Is there child care near Willowdale & Empress?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 94 spaces in total; none accepts City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Central Montessori Schools - Willowdale Campus (600 m, 62 spaces) and Lansing Co-Op Nursery School (948 m, 32 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Willowdale & Empress?
Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 81 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 414 Willowdale Ave (709 m, 65 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 422 Willowdale Ave (807 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 is 98 out of 100.
What neighbourhood is Willowdale & Empress in?
Willowdale & Empress is in East Willowdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 152). 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 Feb 15, 2018.
- 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: 43.77149, -79.40285 · centreline node 13447240.