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Woodbine & Merrill

Woodbine Ave & Merrill Ave E · Toronto, Ontario · East End-Danforth · Ward 19, Beaches-East York

Woodbine & Merrill is a moderately travelled crossing. It sits in East End-Danforth. At the corner: a protected bikeway and a park. Nearby: Woodbine Station (Line 2) 360 m away and Danforth GO 1.0 km away.

Traffic volume
7,699
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 13, 2020
241 pedestrians · 19 cyclists
Collisions
18
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
5 with an injury · 8 property damage · #3585 of 5,508
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 1 cyclist · #1473 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Woodbine Station 360 m · 2 streetcar routes · 9 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 960 vehicles, 83% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 32 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 1.8 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Just one of those 18 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Woodbine & Merrill

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Woodbine Station (Line 2)360 m; Coxwell Station (Line 2)825 m; Main Street Station (Line 2)1 km
GO Transit
Danforth GO — Lakeshore East1 km
Streetcar
506503 nearest 296 m
TTC bus
92919370404226413587 nearest 18 m
Blue Night
306300322
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Woodbine Ave at Merrill Ave; Woodbine Ave at Merrill Ave South Side
Cycling
Cycle Track on Woodbine Ave installed 2017
Bike Share
Amroth Ave / Danforth Ave 244 m · 19 docks · 10 stations, 167 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 (19)
  • Gledhill Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 503 m
  • St Brigid Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 552 m
  • Earl Haig Public SchoolEnglish Public · 792 m
  • Earl Beatty Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 819 m
  • Danforth LINCEnglish Public · 830 m
  • Bowmore Road Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 846 m
  • and 13 more
Parks (31)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Danforth/Coxwell branch771 m
  • Toronto Public Library Main Street branch1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Gerrard/Ashdale branch1.5 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 9 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 98. The nearest is Firkin On the Danforth, 224 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés9 within 300 m · 98 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 24 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Firkin On the Danforth · 2055 Danforth Ave Unit-B224 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Pizza Pizza · 2077 Danforth Ave236 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction
Sandy's Restaurant · 2093 Danforth Ave239 mPassed, Jan 2025 · 1 infraction
Thai Room · 2063 Danforth Ave242 mPassed, Jan 2025
Sobr Market Danforth · 2057a Danforth Avegrocery250 mPassed, Jun 2026
Yes Food Fair · 1940 Gerrard St Egrocery271 mPassed, Jan 2025
Mengistu Butcher Shop & Takeout · 2009 Danforth Avegrocery274 mPassed, Aug 2026
Gyoko Sushi · 2143 Danforth Ave276 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction

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 Norwood Park Washroom, 745 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 47 m away at Oakcrest Parkette.

  • Norwood Park Washroom · 16 Norwood Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    745 m
  • Fairmount Park Community Centre Washroom · 1725 Gerrard St E
    View centre hours
    787 m
  • Earl Beatty Community Centre Washroom · 455 Glebeholme Blvd
    View centre hours
    823 m
Drinking water
Oakcrest Parkette drinking fountain · 47 m; Wildwood Crescent Playground dog fountain · 243 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

20 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,810 spaces; 14 accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Beach Hill Montessori (258 m, 65 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km20 centres · 1,810 spaces
Fee subsidy14 of 20
  • Beach Hill Montessori · 2032 Gerrard St E
    65 spaces · toddler, preschool
    258 m
  • Victoria Education Centre, Montessori & Child Care · 1038 Woodbine Ave
    57 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    476 m
  • Gledhill Avenue Child Care Centre · 2 Gledhill Ave
    175 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    503 m
  • Childspace Day Care Corporation # 1 (50 Woodmount) · 50 Woodmount Ave
    129 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    552 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 226 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 55 Division (1.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 418 m away.

FireFire Station 226 · 1 km87 Main St
Police55 Division · 1.6 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 46 · 418 m105 Cedarvale 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

Within a kilometre there are 28 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,869 rental units — 14 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 133 Merrill Ave E (50 m, 42 units, 3 storeys, built 1960), which scored 96 out of 100 at its June 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 10 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 16 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings28 · 1,869 units · 14 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202610 across the 28
Open fire-code violations16
Tallest29 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
133 Merrill Ave EToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation423196096 · Jun 2025050 m
763 Woodbine Ave · Realstar647201695 · Jun 20241323 m
1908 Gerrard St E · North 44 Property Management Inc285200976 · Sep 20241332 m
751 Woodbine Avesocial housing · Aykler Management975198795 · Nov 20250 · 1 fire347 m
1017 Woodbine Ave · Imperra General Managment596197097 · Nov 20250425 m
1845 Gerrard St Esocial housing · St Jude Community Homes203195089 · Jun 20240518 m
29 Kildonan Rd · Amcl Holdings Ltd173195578 · Jul 20260539 m
650 Woodbine Ave · Equiton Living384197795 · Nov 20250588 m

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 lots510 lots · ≈18,680 spaces · 56 ha
Within 500 m39 lots · ≈700 spaces
Green P (public)18 car parks · about 568 spaces
EV charging (City)543 Strathmore Blvd · 363 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking46 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 40 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
72 Amroth Ave · Surface217 m5050% (Q1 2026)
101 Cedarvale Ave · Surface354 m3550% (Q1 2026)
1612 Danforth Ave · Surface897 m2275% (Q1 2026)
737 Rhodes Ave · Surface1 km2450% (Q1 2026)
1439 Danforth Ave · Surface1.2 km1895% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 45 m away, ≈13 spaces; 72 m away, ≈24 spaces; 186 m away, ≈38 spaces; 205 m away, ≈42 spaces (Green P); 224 m away, ≈3 spaces (Green P); 227 m away, ≈13 spaces (Green P). More EV charging: 31 Roseheath Ave (457 m, 2 ports); 216 Oakcrest Ave (656 m, 2 ports); 1612 Danforth Ave. (884 m, 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, Feb 13, 2020

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 3,912 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 51% of the total, against 294 from the west. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,132 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,182 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 11.8% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 7 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2020, 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 north3,493southbound · 11 bikes · 11.4% heavy
From the west294eastbound · 2 bikes · 10.2% heavy
Total vehicles7,699241 pedestrians · 19 cyclists · 11.8% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south3,912northbound · 6 bikes · 12.4% heavy
AM peak hour1,132 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,182 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Feb 13, 2020

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

On Woodbine Ave between Merrill Ave E and Mendel Ave, 51 m from the corner, a 3-day count in June 2017 put the average speed at 55 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 63 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 68 km/h or more. That segment carries about 16,600 vehicles a day. Merrill Ave E between East Lynn Ave and Moberly Ave measured slower: 24 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 34 km/h (Oct 2000). The reading is 9 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Woodbine Ave · Merrill Ave E – Mendel Ave · 51 mJun 2017 · 3 days16,64255 km/h63 km/h68 km/h
Merrill Ave E · East Lynn Ave – Moberly Ave · 169 mOct 2000 · 3 days60224 km/h34 km/h39 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

The worst year was 2016, with 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 5 collisions (28%) involved an injury. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 28% of collisions. 4 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (22%). The most recent report on file is from Oct 20, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions18#3585 of 5,508
With an injury5#2846 of 4,660
Property damage only8
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist4#670 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
All since 201422latest Oct 20, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 cyclist was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on May 30, 2018. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1473 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#263 of 271
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20062latest May 30, 2018

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

Three thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle310street/outdoor (2), other (1)
Bicycle theft200other (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 22, 2024. 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 End-Danforth.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Woodbine & Merrill a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1473 of 1,505), out of 18 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 Woodbine & Merrill?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Feb 13, 2020, 83% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Woodbine & Merrill?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Woodbine Ave between Merrill Ave E and Mendel Ave (June 2017), found an average of 55 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 63 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Woodbine & Merrill?

The nearest Green P car park is 72 Amroth Ave (217 m away, 50 spaces, 50% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 510 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,680 spaces — 39 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 543 Strathmore Blvd (363 m).

How do I get to Woodbine & Merrill by transit?

Woodbine Station (Line 2) is 360 m away; Danforth GO is 1.0 km away; streetcar routes 506, 503 stop within 1 km, the nearest 296 m away; bus routes 92, 91, 93, 70, 404, 22, 64, 135 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Woodbine Ave at Merrill Ave, 18 m).

What restaurants are near Woodbine & Merrill?

9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 98 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Firkin On the Danforth (224 m), Pizza Pizza (236 m), Sandy's Restaurant (239 m), Thai Room (242 m) and Gyoko Sushi (276 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 Woodbine & Merrill?

The nearest is Norwood Park Washroom, 16 Norwood Rd, 745 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Fairmount Park Community Centre Washroom (787 m); Earl Beatty Community Centre Washroom (823 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 Woodbine & Merrill?

20 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,810 spaces in total; 14 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Beach Hill Montessori (258 m, 65 spaces), Victoria Education Centre, Montessori & Child Care (476 m, 57 spaces) and Gledhill Avenue Child Care Centre (503 m, 175 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Woodbine & Merrill?

28 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,869 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 133 Merrill Ave E (50 m, 42 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 763 Woodbine Ave (323 m, 64 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 1908 Gerrard St E (332 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 76) and 751 Woodbine Ave (347 m, 97 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 28 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.

How many thefts are reported at Woodbine & Merrill?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and two 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 End-Danforth page.

What neighbourhood is Woodbine & Merrill in?

Woodbine & Merrill is in East End-Danforth (City of Toronto neighbourhood 062). 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