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Willowdale & Princess

Willowdale Ave & Princess Ave · Toronto, Ontario · East Willowdale · Ward 18, Willowdale

In East Willowdale, Willowdale & Princess is a moderately travelled crossing. It has a protected bikeway at the corner. Nearby: North York Centre Station (Line 1) 845 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
6,326
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 29, 2022
163 pedestrians · 18 cyclists
Collisions
11
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 6 property damage · #4242 of 5,508
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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
North York Centre Station 845 m · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 790 vehicles, 68% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 39 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 1.1 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Willowdale & Princess

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
North York Centre Station (Line 1)845 m
GO Transit
GO bus 27 Milton / North York19 Mississauga / North York96 Oshawa / Finch Express67 Keswick / North York at Yonge St. @ Empress Ave.834 m
TTC bus
9818597 nearest 87 m
Blue Night
385320
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Willowdale Ave at Empress Ave; Willowdale Ave at Hillcrest Ave
Cycling
Cycle Track on Willowdale Ave installed 2022
Bike Share
10 Kingsdale Ave 795 m · 31 docks · 4 stations, 84 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 (23)
  • Earl Haig Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 303 m
  • Central Montessori School - WillowdalePrivate · 474 m
  • Newton International College SchoolPrivate · 538 m
  • Academy of Excellence Secondary SchoolPrivate · 627 m
  • Cornell International AcademyPrivate · 731 m
  • Toronto Central Academy Secondary SchoolPrivate · 757 m
  • and 17 more
Parks (42)
  • Empress Tot Lot533 m
  • Lee Lifeson Art Park606 m
  • Willowdale Park611 m
  • Mitchell Field Park646 m
  • Maplehurst Park655 m
  • Ring Road Linear Park673 m
  • and 36 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library North York Central Library branch1 km
Places of interest
  • Mel Lastman SquareLandmark · 1 km
  • Gibson House MuseumMuseum · 1 km
  • Meridian Arts Centre (formerly Toronto Centre for the Arts)Performing Arts · 1 km

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; 104 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is The Dumpling, 345 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 104 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 8 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Dumpling · 184 Willowdale Ave345 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Old K Fried Chicken · 142 Willowdale Ave Unit-2548 mPassed, Aug 2026
Michi Sushi · 126 Willowdale Ave638 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Paisano's Italian Garden Cafe · 116 Willowdale Ave694 mPassed, Aug 2026
Invictus Game Station · 250 Sheppard Ave E Unit-100730 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 3 infractions
Shamshiri Restaurant · 280 Sheppard Ave E Unit-106750 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
McKee McKids · 35 Church Ave790 mPassed, Nov 2025
The Peri Peri Shack · 191 Sheppard Ave E800 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions

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 Lee Lifeson Art Park Washroom, 635 m away — currently listed as closed (planned closure), and it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 563 m away at Willowdale Park.

  • Lee Lifeson Art Park Washroom · 45 Princess Ave
    hours not listed · accessible · closed — Planned Closure
    635 m
  • Mitchell Field Community Centre Washroom · 89 Church Ave
    View centre hours · accessible
    658 m
  • Willowdale Park North York Tennis Club Washroom · 75 Hollywood Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    667 m
Drinking water
Willowdale Park drinking fountain · 563 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 820 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Central Montessori Schools - Willowdale Campus (474 m, 62 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km9 centres · 820 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 9
  • Central Montessori Schools - Willowdale Campus · 157 Willowdale Ave
    62 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    474 m
  • Central Montessori Schools - Maplehurst Campus · 181 Maplehurst Ave
    64 spaces · preschool
    742 m
  • Lansing Co-Op Nursery School · 80 Church Ave
    32 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    755 m
  • Central Montessori School · 180 Sheppard Ave E
    54 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    782 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 114 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (1.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 114 · 1.1 km12 Canterbury Pl
Police32 Division · 1 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 58 · 1.1 km12 Canterbury Pl

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

Four registered apartment buildings with 838 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 414 Willowdale Ave (774 m, 65 units, 3 storeys, built 1958), which scored 97 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 96, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 5 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings4 · 838 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score96 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20265 across the 4
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest29 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
414 Willowdale Ave · O'shanter Development Company Ltd.653195897 · Aug 20251774 m
422 Willowdale Avesocial housing · Canadian Helen Keller Centre164199298 · Jun 20240886 m
2 Forest Laneway · Tandem Property Management Inc36629197690 · Aug 20252 · 1 fire1 km
55 Ellerslie Ave · M&r Property Management39117196699 · Jun 20242 · 1 fire1 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 lots455 lots · ≈30,890 spaces · 92.7 ha
Within 500 m18 lots · ≈490 spaces
Green P (public)11 car parks · about 3,375 spaces
EV charging (City)33 Elmhurst Ave · 1.2 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
10 Kingsdale Ave · Surface811 m5344% (Q1 2026)
10 Empress Ave · Surface815 m6769% (Q1 2026)
180 Beecroft Road · Surface1.1 km173 *
95 Beecroft Rd · Garage1.2 km38615% (Q1 2026)
10 Harlandale Avenue · Surface1.2 km112 *

Nearest lots: 240 m away, ≈23 spaces; 307 m away, ≈8 spaces; 317 m away, ≈25 spaces; 336 m away, ≈27 spaces; 337 m away, ≈11 spaces; 343 m away, ≈22 spaces. More EV charging: 19 Glendora Ave (1.4 km, 2 ports); 19 Glendora Ave (1.4 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, Mar 29, 2022

The north leg carries the load — 3,370 southbound vehicles, or 53% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 114. Morning rush is the busier period: 1,076 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:15 a.m., compared with 937 from 2:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. 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 north3,370southbound · 7 bikes · 2.3% heavy
From the west195eastbound · 4 bikes · 0.5% heavy
Total vehicles6,326163 pedestrians · 18 cyclists · 2.3% heavy
From the east114westbound · 4 bikes · 2.6% heavy
From the south2,647northbound · 3 bikes · 2.3% heavy
AM peak hour1,076 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour937 vehicles from 2:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 29, 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

The City's counter on Willowdale Ave between Hillcrest Ave and Princess Ave (52 m away) recorded an average of 49 km/h in its 3-day count in February 2020; 85% of drivers were at or under 57 km/h. That segment carries about 9,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Willowdale Ave · Hillcrest Ave – Princess Ave · 52 mFeb 2020 · 3 days9,37149 km/h57 km/h62 km/h

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

2023 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 27% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 9% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from May 18, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions11#4242 of 5,508
With an injury3#3528 of 4,660
Property damage only6
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian1#3144 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 201418latest May 18, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 16, 2022. 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 & Princess a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 11 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 & Princess?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Mar 29, 2022, 68% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Willowdale & Princess?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Willowdale Ave between Hillcrest Ave and Princess Ave (February 2020), found an average of 49 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 57 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Willowdale & Princess?

The nearest Green P car park is 10 Kingsdale Ave (811 m away, 53 spaces, 44% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 455 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 30,890 spaces — 18 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 33 Elmhurst Ave (1.2 km).

How do I get to Willowdale & Princess by transit?

North York Centre Station (Line 1) is 845 m away; bus routes 98, 185, 97 within 1 km (nearest stop: Willowdale Ave at Empress Ave, 87 m).

What restaurants are near Willowdale & Princess?

None within 300 m, and 104 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Dumpling (345 m), Old K Fried Chicken (548 m), Michi Sushi (638 m), Paisano's Italian Garden Cafe (694 m) and Invictus Game Station (730 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 & Princess?

The nearest is Lee Lifeson Art Park Washroom, 45 Princess Ave, 635 m away, with an accessible washroom. The City currently lists it as closed: planned closure. Next nearest: Mitchell Field Community Centre Washroom (658 m); Willowdale Park North York Tennis Club Washroom (667 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 Willowdale & Princess?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 820 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Central Montessori Schools - Willowdale Campus (474 m, 62 spaces), Central Montessori Schools - Maplehurst Campus (742 m, 64 spaces) and Lansing Co-Op Nursery School (755 m, 32 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Willowdale & Princess?

Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 838 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 414 Willowdale Ave (774 m, 65 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 422 Willowdale Ave (886 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 2 Forest Laneway (1.0 km, 366 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 55 Ellerslie Ave (1.0 km, 391 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 96 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.

How many thefts are reported at Willowdale & Princess?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Police offset every reported occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing it, so the count covers the streets, driveways and parking around this corner rather than the corner itself. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the East Willowdale page.

What neighbourhood is Willowdale & Princess in?

Willowdale & Princess is in East Willowdale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 152). It is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng.

Sources

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