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Woodbine & Columbine

Woodbine Ave & Columbine Ave · Toronto, Ontario · The Beaches · Ward 19, Beaches-East York

Woodbine & Columbine sits in The Beaches. At the City's last count here, in 2003, it was a busier-than-typical intersection. It has a bike lane at the corner. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
11,301
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 27, 2003
129 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
16
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
7 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
37/100
city median 48
55 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 340 m

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Woodbine & Columbine

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 · Nov 27, 2003

The south leg carries the load — 5,649 northbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 111. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,761 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 1,640 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 23 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2003, 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 north5,376southbound · 0 bikes · 3.4% heavy
From the west165eastbound · 0 bikes · 17.0% heavy
Total vehicles11,301129 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 3.5% heavy
From the east111westbound · 0 bikes · 0.9% heavy
From the south5,649northbound · 0 bikes · 3.2% heavy

Peak hours: 1,761 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 1,640 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

2016 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 19% of collisions here involved an injury. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 31% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 6% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 6, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions16
With an injury3
Property damage only9
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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 Columbine Ave between Brookmount Rd and Rainsford Rd (143 m away) recorded an average of 32 km/h in its 24-hour count in September 2010; 85% of drivers were at or under 39 km/h. That segment carries about 800 vehicles a day. The reading is 16 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Kingston Rd (372 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.2% of the 15,424 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Columbine Ave · Brookmount Rd – Rainsford Rd · 143 mSep 2010 · 24 h82432 km/h39 km/h43 km/h
Woodbine Ave · Queen St E – Lane N of Queen and W of Woodbine · 328 mFeb 2016 · 7 days9,798———
Speed sign
Kingston Rd (eastbound), 372 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 27 km/h, 85th percentile 37 km/h; 0.2% at 50 km/h or more. 15,424 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

Streetcar
503 501 nearest 248 m
TTC bus
92 31 22 nearest 14 m
Blue Night
301 322
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Woodbine Ave at Columbine Ave; Woodbine Ave at Norway Ave
Cycling
Bike Lane on Woodbine Ave installed 2017
Bike Share
Heyworth Cres / Kingston Rd 419 m · 5 min · 19 docks · 8 stations, 224 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
17 car parks · about 1,093 spaces
EV charging
166 Woodbine Ave · 414 m · 6 Level 2 ports; also 1856 Queen St E. (473 m), 1834 Queen St E (557 m)
Bike parking
1 post-and-ring within 300 m
Other lots
22 mapped lots within 500 m, 274 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
166 Woodbine Ave · Surface444 m2146% (Q1 2026)
192 Boardwalk Dr · Surface539 m2445% (Q1 2026)
116 Joseph Duggan Rd · Surface634 m2441% (Q1 2026)
118 Sarah Ashbridge Ave · Surface718 m2440% (Q1 2026)
116 Winners Crcl · Surface834 m1052% (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

The nearest grocery store is Bruno's Fine Foods, 340 m away; 4 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 55 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Jugo Juice, 369 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Queen East Medical Pharmacy, 356 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. Woodgreen Communtiy Centre Epc runs a seniors' active living programme 844 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Jugo Juice · 1886b Queen St E None369 m · 4 min
  • Delina Restaurant · 1891 Queen St E397 m · 5 min
  • Ichiban Sushi · 1864 Queen St E423 m · 5 min
  • Breakwall BBQ · 1910 Queen St E424 m · 5 min
  • Sauvignon · 1862 Queen St E425 m · 5 min
0 within 300 m · 55 within 1 km
Grocery
Bruno's Fine Foods 340 m · 4 min · 4 within 1 km
Food shops
Cobs Bread 783 m · 9 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Queen East Medical Pharmacy 356 m · 4 min · 4 within 1 km
Child care
  • Brightpath Academy - the Beach Clubzone · 72 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day491 m · 6 min
  • Brightpath Academy - the Beach · 111 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day514 m · 6 min
  • Norway School Age YMCA · 99 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day614 m · 7 min
6 licensed centres · 555 spaces within 1 km · 2 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Donald D. Summerville Olympic Outdoor Pool Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible811 m · 10 min
  • Pantry Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible946 m · 11 min
Health and care
  • Woodgreen Communtiy Centre Epc · seniors' active living centre844 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 (17)
  • Jeff Sloan Playground455 m · 5 min
  • Edgewood Parkette635 m · 8 min
  • Orchard Park770 m · 9 min
  • Maughan Crescent Parkette875 m · 10 min
  • Measurement Park897 m · 11 min
and 12 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (7)
  • Norway Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 614 m · 7 min
  • Academy of Thought and Industry TorontoPrivate · 664 m · 8 min
  • Kew Beach Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 678 m · 8 min
  • Boardwalk Montessori SchoolPrivate · 797 m · 9 min
  • Glen Ames Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
and 2 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Beaches branch1 km · 12 min
Places of interest
  • Kew Gardens ParkNature/ Park · 1.2 km · 14 min
  • Woodbine BeachNature/ Park · 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 care or retirement home.

37of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food9/30

    4 grocery stores within 1 km · 55 within 1 km

  • Transit13/28

    8 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go6/14

    library 1 km away · 2 places of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1 km

  • Schools and child care4/8

    nearest school 0.6 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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

31 registered apartment buildings with 1,280 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, eight of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 98 Elmer Ave (211 m, 36 units, 4 storeys, built 1955), which scored 92 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
98 Elmer Ave Toronto Community Housing · TCH364195592 · Jun 2024211 m
419 Woodbine Ave113196093 · Nov 2025268 m · 3 min
223 Woodbine Ave484192088 · Oct 2024300 m · 4 min
158 Kingston Rd444196087 · Aug 2026357 m · 4 min
320 Kingston Rd Toronto Community Housing · TCH363195495 · Jul 2025364 m · 4 min
204 Kingston Rd · 204 Kingston Birch Properties Inc153193492 · Jul 2025377 m · 4 min

31 registered buildings · 1,280 units · 8 social housing · tallest 9 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 three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle300house driveway/garage (2), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft000—

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 The Beaches.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Woodbine & Columbine a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 16 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 Woodbine & Columbine?

A busier-than-typical intersection at the City's last count here, in 2003. Its latest count is from Nov 27, 2003, 1.22× today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Woodbine & Columbine a walkable intersection?

Woodbine & Columbine 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: 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1 km; nearest school 0.6 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 8 stops within 300 m · 7 routes within 1 km.

How fast do cars go at Woodbine & Columbine?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Columbine Ave between Brookmount Rd and Rainsford Rd (September 2010), found an average of 32 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 39 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 372 m away (40 km/h), 0.2% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Woodbine & Columbine?

The nearest Green P car park is 166 Woodbine Ave (444 m away, 21 spaces, 46% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 274 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 10,750 spaces — 22 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 166 Woodbine Ave (414 m).

How do I get to Woodbine & Columbine by transit?

Streetcar routes 503, 501 stop within 1 km, the nearest 248 m away; bus routes 92, 31, 22 within 1 km (nearest stop: Woodbine Ave at Columbine Ave, 14 m).

What restaurants are near Woodbine & Columbine?

None within 300 m, and 55 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Jugo Juice (369 m), Delina Restaurant (397 m), Ichiban Sushi (423 m), Breakwall BBQ (424 m) and Sauvignon (425 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Woodbine & Columbine?

The nearest is Donald D. Summerville Olympic Outdoor Pool Washroom, 1867 Lake Shore Blvd E, 811 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Pantry Park Fieldhouse Washroom (946 m); Beaches Recreation Centre Washroom (1.0 km).

Is there child care near Woodbine & Columbine?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 555 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Brightpath Academy - the Beach Clubzone (491 m, 72 spaces), Brightpath Academy - the Beach (514 m, 111 spaces) and Norway School Age YMCA (614 m, 99 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Woodbine & Columbine?

31 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,280 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 98 Elmer Ave (211 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 419 Woodbine Ave (268 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 223 Woodbine Ave (300 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 158 Kingston Rd (357 m, 44 units, RentSafeTO score 87). The average RentSafeTO score across the 31 is 91 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Woodbine & Columbine?

Toronto Police place three 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 The Beaches page.

What neighbourhood is Woodbine & Columbine in?

Woodbine & Columbine is in The Beaches (City of Toronto neighbourhood 063). It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined