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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 · Jan 27, 2022
This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 1,867 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 56% of the total, against 26 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 514 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:45 p.m., against 450 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 5 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.
Peak hours: 450 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 514 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 2024, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 71% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Jul 28, 2025.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 7 | |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 2 | |
| Fail to remain | 5 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 5 | |
| 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
On Windermere Ave between Mayfield Ave and Ostend Ave, 218 m from the corner, a 3-day count in March 2025 put the average speed at 34 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 40 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 45 km/h or more. That segment carries about 5,700 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Windermere Ave (370 m away, 30 km/h limit), 5.4% of the 126,189 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windermere Ave · Mayfield Ave – Ostend Ave · 218 m | Mar 2025 · 3 days | 5,712 | 34 km/h | 40 km/h | 45 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Windermere Ave (southbound), 370 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 28 km/h, 85th percentile 36 km/h; 5.4% at 40 km/h or more. 126,189 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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
- Subway
- Jane Station (Line 2)577 m · 7 min; Runnymede Station (Line 2)764 m · 9 min
- TTC bus
- 77 27 26 55 149 71 79 nearest 267 m · 3 min
- Express
- 935
- Blue Night
- 300 335
- Nearest stops
- 2 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Swansea Community Centre 459 m · 5 min · 15 docks · 8 stations, 178 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
- 7 car parks · about 773 spaces
- EV charging
- 265 Armadale Ave · 522 m · 8 Level 2 + 1 fast ports; also 535 Runnymeade Rd (1.8 km)
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 11 mapped lots within 500 m, 207 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 265 Willard Ave · Surface | 517 m | 90 | 53% (Q1 2026) |
| 265 Durie St · Surface | 522 m | 144 | 70% (Q1 2026) |
| 265 Armadale Ave · Surface | 613 m | 144 | 58% (Q1 2026) |
| 255 Kennedy Ave · Surface | 833 m | 56 | 65% (Q1 2026) |
| 17 Riverview Gdns · Surface | 856 m | 95 | 52% (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 Carload Food Market, 401 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 68 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Capybara, 352 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Swansea Village Pharmacy, 532 m away; 5 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. Ukrainian Canadian Social Services (Toronto Inc.) runs a seniors' active living programme 700 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Capybara · 2323 Bloor St W Unit-105352 m · 4 min
- Prime Sushi · 2323 Bloor St W Bldg-103352 m · 4 min
- Second Cup Café · 2340 Bloor St W417 m · 5 min
- McDonald's · 2299 Bloor St W426 m · 5 min
- Gatto Bistro · 2312 Bloor St W446 m · 5 min
- Grocery
- Carload Food Market 401 m · 5 min · 4 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Kingsway Meat Products 395 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Swansea Village Pharmacy 532 m · 6 min · 5 within 1 km
- Child care
- Windermere Kids Inc. · 73 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool222 m
- Swansea Kids Place · 273 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day471 m · 6 min
- Simplysmart Childcare Centre & Montessori · 142 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day525 m · 6 min
- Washrooms
- Swansea Community Recreation Centre Washroom · hours not listed440 m · 5 min
- Rennie Park David H. Williams Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.746 m · 9 min
- Health and care
- Ukrainian Canadian Social Services (Toronto Inc.) · seniors' active living centre700 m · 8 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 (18)
- Willard Gardens Parkette237 m
- Rambert Crescent Parkette253 m · 3 min
- Waller Avenue Ravine Lands419 m · 5 min
- George Chater Parkette470 m · 6 min
- Sunnybrook Parkette703 m · 8 min
- Community centres
- Swansea Community Recreation Centre440 m · 5 min
- Schools (7)
- Erudite Elementary SchoolPrivate · 351 m · 4 min
- Swansea Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 471 m · 6 min
- Humberside Montessori SchoolPrivate · 774 m · 9 min
- Blyth Academy School - EtobicokePrivate · 865 m · 10 min
- St Pius X Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 909 m · 11 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Swansea Memorial branch280 m · 3 min
- Toronto Public Library Runnymede branch926 m · 11 min
- Places of interest
- The Village PlayersPerforming Arts · 848 m · 10 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 #2,083 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
Within a kilometre there are 14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 463 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 93 Lavinia Ave (315 m, 68 units, 5 storeys, built 1993), which scored 95 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 Lavinia Ave social housing · Community First Developments Inc | 68 | 5 | 1993 | 95 · Aug 2026 | 315 m · 4 min |
| 2407 Bloor St W | 12 | 3 | 1920 | 95 · Nov 2025 | 527 m · 6 min |
| 1 Runnymede Rd | 28 | 4 | 1967 | 90 · Jul 2025 | 642 m · 8 min |
| 109 Runnymede Rd | 11 | 3 | 1952 | 87 · Jul 2024 | 655 m · 8 min |
| 111 Runnymede Rd | 16 | 4 | 1960 | 88 · Aug 2026 | 671 m · 8 min |
| 9 Morningside Ave · Westside Storeys Limited | 36 | 4 | 1957 | 93 · Aug 2024 | 686 m · 8 min |
14 registered buildings · 463 units · 1 social housing · tallest 5 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
Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 2 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (2) |
| 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 High Park-Swansea.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Windermere & Briarcroft a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 7 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 Windermere & Briarcroft?
A lightly travelled intersection at the City's last count here, in 2022. Its latest count is from Jan 27, 2022, 36% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Windermere & Briarcroft a walkable intersection?
Windermere & Briarcroft scores 55 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,083 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: 4 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; 2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; Jane Station 0.6 km · 2 stops within 300 m · 12 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Windermere & Briarcroft?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Windermere Ave between Mayfield Ave and Ostend Ave (March 2025), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 40 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 370 m away (30 km/h), 5.4% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Windermere & Briarcroft?
The nearest Green P car park is 265 Willard Ave (517 m away, 90 spaces, 53% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 207 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 5,620 spaces — 11 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 265 Armadale Ave (522 m).
How do I get to Windermere & Briarcroft by transit?
Jane Station (Line 2) is 577 m away; bus routes 77, 27, 26, 55, 149, 71, 79, 935 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Windermere & Briarcroft?
None within 300 m, and 68 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Capybara (352 m), Prime Sushi (352 m), Second Cup Café (417 m), McDonald's (426 m) and Gatto Bistro (446 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Windermere & Briarcroft?
The nearest is Swansea Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 15 Waller Ave, 440 m away. Next nearest: Rennie Park David H. Williams Washroom (746 m).
Is there child care near Windermere & Briarcroft?
Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 683 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Windermere Kids Inc. (222 m, 73 spaces), Swansea Kids Place (471 m, 273 spaces) and Simplysmart Childcare Centre & Montessori (525 m, 142 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Windermere & Briarcroft?
14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 463 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 93 Lavinia Ave (315 m, 68 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 2407 Bloor St W (527 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 1 Runnymede Rd (642 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 109 Runnymede Rd (655 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 87). The average RentSafeTO score across the 14 is 92 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Windermere & Briarcroft?
Toronto Police place two 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 High Park-Swansea page.
What neighbourhood is Windermere & Briarcroft in?
Windermere & Briarcroft is in High Park-Swansea (City of Toronto neighbourhood 087). It is in Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, represented by Councillor Gord Perks.
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 Jan 27, 2022.
- 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- 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 4 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: 43.64716, -79.47930 · centreline node 13467432.