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Willowdale & Newton

Willowdale Ave & Newton Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Newtonbrook East · Ward 18, Willowdale

In Newtonbrook East, Willowdale & Newton is an intersection of typical volume. Nearby is 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
6,538
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 14, 2021
84 pedestrians · 8 cyclists
Collisions
44
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
20 with an injury · 23 property damage · #2259 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1460 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 820 vehicles an hour, 71% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 78 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 4.4 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 17%, from 24 in 2016–2020 to 20 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 44 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Willowdale & Newton

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
GO bus 32 Brampton Trinity Common / North York at Yonge St. @ Steeles Ave. W.765 m
TTC bus
9853609742125 nearest 18 m
Express
953960
Blue Night
320353
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Willowdale Ave at Newton Dr
Regional
York Region Transit 002 Milliken005 Clark023 Thornhill Woods077 Highway 7088 Bathurst091 Bayview098|099 Yonge (Late Night)099 Yonge360 Vaughan Mills / Wonderlandblue B Viva Blue Bblue Viva Blue at Yonge St / Otonabee Av528 m
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.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (15)
  • Lillian Public SchoolEnglish Public · 420 m
  • Alpha Quality Education SchoolPrivate · 604 m
  • Centrepoint LINCEnglish Public · 818 m
  • Avondale Secondary Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 893 m
  • St Agnes Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 918 m
  • Drewry AcademyPrivate · 1 km
  • and 9 more
Community centres
Parks (15)
  • Centre Park485 m
  • Lillian Park518 m
  • Wedgewood Park - North York648 m
  • Aneta Circle Parkette650 m
  • Caswell Park834 m
  • Goulding Park889 m
  • and 9 more

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 79 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, 510 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 79 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 12 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Khorak Supermarket · 6125 Yonge St Unit-10grocery510 mPassed, Jun 2026
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 6125 Yonge St510 mPassed, Jun 2026
Khaki Restaurant · 6119 Yonge St549 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 4 infractions
Altona Kabob · 6099 Yonge St553 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Yonge Burger · 6178 Yonge St554 mPassed, Jul 2025
Red Rose Patisserie · 6184 Yonge St555 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Mikaku · 6180 Yonge St Bldg-6180555 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 1 infraction
Yonge Burger · 6178 Yonge St555 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 Goulding Community Centre Washroom, 871 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 513 m away at Centre Park.

  • Goulding Community Centre Washroom · 45 Goulding Ave
    View centre hours · accessible
    871 m
Drinking water
Centre Park drinking fountain · 513 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 172 spaces; one accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Forest Grove Montessori Preschool (204 m, 30 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km4 centres · 172 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 4
  • Forest Grove Montessori Preschool · 53 Madawaska Ave
    30 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    204 m
  • The Munchkin Manor Daycare & Early Learning Centre · 1087 Lillian St
    74 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    487 m
  • Willow World · 288 Cummer Ave
    40 spaces · toddler, preschool
    832 m
  • Plasp St. Agnes - Toronto · 280 Otonabee Ave
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    918 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 111 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (2.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 111 · 1.6 km3300 Bayview Ave
Police32 Division · 2.5 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 56 · 1.6 km3300 Bayview 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

Seven registered apartment buildings with 1,251 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 6210 Yonge St (596 m, 83 units, 7 storeys, built 1968), which scored 88 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 13 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 15 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings7 · 1,251 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202613 across the 7
Open fire-code violations15
Tallest19 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
6210 Yonge St · Better Living Homes Inc.837196888 · Aug 20252 · 15 fire596 m
6061 Yonge St · M&r Property Management30419196892 · Jun 20240623 m
1 Homewood Ave · North 44 Property Management Inc674194091 · Jul 20262642 m
175 Cummer AveToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation2464197093 · Jun 20241781 m
6000 Yonge St · Connaught Yonge Square Limited26518196391 · Aug 20253801 m
45 Cummer Avesocial housing · Community First Development Inc534199694 · Nov 20250838 m
5900 Yonge St · Q Residential23313197095 · Aug 202551 km

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 lots230 lots · ≈31,550 spaces · 94.7 ha
Within 500 m11 lots · ≈540 spaces
Green P (public)4 car parks · about 2,537 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Finch East - 814 Willowdale Ave - partial closure, reduced spaces · Surface1.4 km900 *
Finch West Lot - 18 Hendon Ave · Surface1.4 km1,552 *
5667 Yonge Street · Surface1.5 km23 *
11 Finch Ave W · Surface1.7 km6267% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 203 m away, ≈25 spaces; 239 m away, ≈172 spaces; 327 m away, ≈13 spaces; 390 m away, ≈101 spaces; 438 m away, ≈53 spaces; 458 m away, ≈19 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 — 8-hour, Dec 14, 2021

The north leg carries the load — 3,046 southbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 265. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,164 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 73% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (674). Heavy vehicles made up 1.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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 north3,046southbound · 2 bikes · 1.6% heavy
From the west372eastbound · 1 bikes · 0.8% heavy
Total vehicles6,53884 pedestrians · 8 cyclists · 1.5% heavy
From the east265westbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south2,855northbound · 4 bikes · 1.5% heavy
AM peak hour674 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,164 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 14, 2021

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

The City's counter on Willowdale Ave between Newton Dr and Madawaska Ave (47 m away) recorded an average of 42 km/h in its 3-day count in February 2020; 85% of drivers were at or under 57 km/h. That segment carries about 11,900 vehicles a day. Newton Dr between Dumont St and Willowdale Ave measured slower: 42 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 50 km/h (Feb 2011). The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Lillian St (330 m away, 30 km/h limit), 2.7% of the 4,973 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Willowdale Ave · Newton Dr – Madawaska Ave · 47 mFeb 2020 · 3 days11,91442 km/h57 km/h63 km/h
Newton Dr · Dumont St – Willowdale Ave · 110 mFeb 2011 · 24 h63742 km/h50 km/h57 km/h

School-zone speed sign 330 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct0 · 31 km/h
Over the limit15%
40 km/h or more2.7%

Lillian St (northbound), Opp 1046, Lillian Street · 4,973 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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

2016 was the peak year (8 collisions), and 2025 closed with 5. 45% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 2% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Feb 14, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions44#2259 of 5,508
With an injury20#888 of 4,660
Property damage only23
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian2#2067 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201451latest Feb 14, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Mar 17, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1460 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#852 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Mar 17, 2025

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

Police records place no theft from a vehicle or bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025, though 1 has been reported since January 2026.

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 8, 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 Newtonbrook East.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Willowdale & Newton a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1460 of 1,505), out of 44 reported 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 Willowdale & Newton?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Dec 14, 2021, 71% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Willowdale & Newton?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Willowdale Ave between Newton Dr and Madawaska Ave (February 2020), found an average of 42 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 57 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 330 m away (30 km/h), 2.7% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Willowdale & Newton?

The nearest Green P car park is Finch East - 814 Willowdale Ave - partial closure, reduced spaces (1.4 km away, 900 spaces). The City's mapping shows 230 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 31,550 spaces — 11 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Willowdale & Newton by transit?

Bus routes 98, 53, 60, 97, 42, 125, 953, 960 within 1 km (nearest stop: Willowdale Ave at Newton Dr, 18 m); York Region Transit routes 002 Milliken, 005 Clark, 023 Thornhill Woods, 077 Highway 7 at Yonge St / Otonabee Av.

What restaurants are near Willowdale & Newton?

None within 300 m, and 79 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (510 m), Khaki Restaurant (549 m), Altona Kabob (553 m), Yonge Burger (554 m) and Red Rose Patisserie (555 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 Willowdale & Newton?

The nearest is Goulding Community Centre Washroom, 45 Goulding Ave, 871 m away (View centre hours), 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 Willowdale & Newton?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 172 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Forest Grove Montessori Preschool (204 m, 30 spaces), The Munchkin Manor Daycare & Early Learning Centre (487 m, 74 spaces) and Willow World (832 m, 40 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Willowdale & Newton?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,251 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 6210 Yonge St (596 m, 83 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 6061 Yonge St (623 m, 304 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 1 Homewood Ave (642 m, 67 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 175 Cummer Ave (781 m, 246 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 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.

What neighbourhood is Willowdale & Newton in?

Willowdale & Newton 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