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Wychwood & Helena

Wychwood Ave & Helena Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Wychwood · Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's

Wychwood & Helena is a quiet local crossing, with a strong pedestrian presence and a well-used cycling route through it. It sits in Wychwood. It has parks at the corner. Nearby: St Clair West Station (Line 1) 730 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,705
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 15, 2025
961 pedestrians · 254 cyclists · #2258 busiest
Collisions
4
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 0 property damage · #5156 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
St Clair West Station 730 m · 1 streetcar route · 7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 16 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 120 vehicles, 11% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 1.8 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). Cyclists were 14.9% of vehicle volume, about 19× the typical share. That comes with about 0.4 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Wychwood & Helena

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
St Clair West Station (Line 1)730 m
Streetcar
512 nearest 248 m
TTC bus
126907127336326 nearest 180 m
Blue Night
312307363
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Wychwood Ave / Benson Ave - SMART 109 m · 16 docks · 16 stations, 265 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 (20)
  • Hillcrest Community SchoolEnglish Public · 553 m
  • St Michael's College SchoolPrivate · 667 m
  • McMurrich Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 712 m
  • Winona Drive Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 741 m
  • St Bruno and St Raymond Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 830 m
  • St Alphonsus Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 839 m
  • and 14 more
Community centres
Parks (35)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Wychwood branch477 m
  • Toronto Public Library Davenport branch759 m
  • Toronto Public Library Oakwood Village Library and Arts Centre branch1.5 km
Places of interest
  • Artscape Wychwood BarnsLandmark · 100 m
  • Tarragon TheatrePerforming Arts · 1 km
  • Casa LomaAttraction · 1.1 km
  • Spadina MuseumMuseum · 1.2 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 122 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is The Stops Green Barn Kitchen, 120 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026.

Restaurants & cafés15 within 300 m · 122 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 30 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Stops Green Barn Kitchen · 601 Christie St120 mPassed, Feb 2026
Trillium House · 44 Tyrrel Ave187 mPassed, Aug 2026
Becked Goods · 621 St Clair Ave W223 mPassed, Oct 2025
Popoki · 627 St Clair Ave W, Unit-R229 mPassed, Sep 2025 · 1 infraction
Fleur du Jour · 603 St Clair Ave W236 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 1 infraction
Fleur du Jour · 603 St Clair Ave W236 mPassed, Sep 2026
Chinese Dumplings · 645 St Clair Ave W237 mPassed, Mar 2025
Stubbe Chocolates · 653 St Clair Ave W243 mPassed, Jan 2025

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 Hillcrest Park Washroom, 395 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 42 m away at Wychwood Barns Park.

  • Hillcrest Park Washroom · 950 Davenport Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    395 m
  • Wells Hill Park Washroom · 145 Hilton Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    568 m
Drinking water
Wychwood Barns Park drinking fountain · 42 m; Wychwood Barns Park drinking fountain · 133 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

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 1,098 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St. Michael and All Angels Day Care Centre (221 m, 65 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km13 centres · 1,098 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 13
  • St. Michael and All Angels Day Care Centre · 611 St Clair Ave W
    65 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    221 m
  • Chabad of Midtown - St Clair · 546 St Clair Ave W
    119 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    344 m
  • St. Alphonsus Day Care Centre · 540 St Clair Ave W
    65 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    393 m
  • Kinder Grove St. Clair · 94 Vaughan Rd
    41 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    412 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 343 (655 m), the nearest police station 13 Division (2.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 343 · 655 m65 Hendrick Ave
Police13 Division · 2.3 km1435 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 34 · 1.7 km674 Markham St

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

110 registered apartment buildings with 6,168 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 17 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 4.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 607 St Clair Ave W (233 m, 14 units, 3 storeys, built 1989), which scored 96 out of 100 at its June 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 93 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 39 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings110 · 6,168 units · 17 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202693 across the 110
Open fire-code violations39
Tallest30 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
607 St Clair Ave W · Street Haven143198996 · Jun 20260233 m
599 St Clair Ave W163192082 · Sep 20250237 m
595 St Clair Ave W · Anchor Property Managers Inc153190097 · Aug 20260247 m
200 Ellsworth Avesocial housing · St Matthews Bracondale House183198286 · Nov 20250301 m
670 St Clair Ave W · Trivest Developments Corporation123195688 · Jul 20240321 m
6 Pinewood Ave113192787 · Dec 20250339 m
707 St Clair Ave Wsocial housing · St Matthews Bracondale House1307198297 · Aug 20260351 m
8 Pinewood Ave113192592 · Dec 20250357 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 lots679 lots · ≈18,260 spaces · 54.8 ha
Within 500 m50 lots · ≈880 spaces
Green P (public)21 car parks · about 947 spaces
EV charging (City)580 Christie St · 191 m · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking70 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
640 St Clair Ave W · Surface270 m1866% (Q1 2026)
11 Kenwood Ave · Surface338 m2568% (Q1 2026)
700 St. Clair Ave West · Surface380 m18 *
287 RUSHTON RD. · Surface460 m1737% (Q1 2026)
1445 BATHURST ST · Surface473 m4887% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 134 m away, ≈5 spaces; 174 m away, ≈15 spaces; 178 m away, ≈23 spaces; 224 m away, ≈34 spaces; 248 m away, ≈137 spaces; 257 m away, ≈9 spaces. More EV charging: 273 Christie St (1 km, 2 ports); 91 Via Italia (1.8 km, 12 ports); 365 Lippincott St. (1.9 km, 10 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 — 14-hour, Oct 15, 2025

The south leg carries the load — 694 northbound vehicles, or 41% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 1. Most cyclists arrived from the south (113 of 254). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 191 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 12% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (171). Heavy vehicles made up 2.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north621southbound · 93 bikes · 3.5% heavy
From the west1eastbound · 24 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles1,705961 pedestrians · 254 cyclists · 2.8% heavy
From the east389westbound · 24 bikes · 1.5% heavy
From the south694northbound · 113 bikes · 2.9% heavy
AM peak hour171 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour191 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 15, 2025

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 Helena Ave between Lane W of Vaughan and S of Hocken and Wychwood Ave (170 m away) recorded an average of 34 km/h in its 3-day count in July 2006; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 600 vehicles a day. Wychwood Ave between Lane S of Ellsworth and W of Wychwood and Ellsworth Ave measured slower: 33 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 42 km/h (Apr 2017). The reading is 20 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 4 speed humps slow traffic on Helena Avenue between Wychwood Ave and Bathurst St, and 1 more calmed segment ends here.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Wychwood Ave · Lane S of Ellsworth and W of Wychwood – Ellsworth Ave · 136 mApr 2017 · 3 days1,92033 km/h42 km/h46 km/h
Helena Ave · Lane W of Vaughan and S of Hocken – Wychwood Ave · 170 mJul 2006 · 3 days57534 km/h44 km/h51 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Helena Avenue · Wychwood Ave – Bathurst St
    4 speed humps
  • Wychwood Avenue · Alcina Ave – Helena Ave
    1 speed hump

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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 2 collisions. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 100% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 30, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions4#5156 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only0
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 20146latest Jan 30, 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

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 four thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 80% of the bike thefts were from other premises.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410street/outdoor (4)
Bicycle theft510other (4), street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 24, 2025. 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 Wychwood.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Wychwood & Helena a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 4 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 Wychwood & Helena?

A quiet local crossing. It ranks #2258 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 11% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Wychwood & Helena?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Helena Ave between Lane W of Vaughan and S of Hocken and Wychwood Ave (July 2006), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Wychwood & Helena?

The nearest Green P car park is 640 St Clair Ave W (270 m away, 18 spaces, 66% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 679 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,260 spaces — 50 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 580 Christie St (191 m).

How do I get to Wychwood & Helena by transit?

St Clair West Station (Line 1) is 730 m away; streetcar route 512 stop within 1 km, the nearest 248 m away; bus routes 126, 90, 7, 127, 33, 63, 26 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Wychwood & Helena?

15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 122 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Stops Green Barn Kitchen (120 m), Trillium House (187 m), Becked Goods (223 m), Popoki (229 m) and Fleur du Jour (236 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 Wychwood & Helena?

The nearest is Hillcrest Park Washroom, 950 Davenport Rd, 395 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Wells Hill Park Washroom (568 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 Wychwood & Helena?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 1,098 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Michael and All Angels Day Care Centre (221 m, 65 spaces), Chabad of Midtown - St Clair (344 m, 119 spaces) and St. Alphonsus Day Care Centre (393 m, 65 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Wychwood & Helena?

110 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 6,168 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 607 St Clair Ave W (233 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 599 St Clair Ave W (237 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 595 St Clair Ave W (247 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 200 Ellsworth Ave (301 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 86). The average RentSafeTO score across the 110 is 90 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 Wychwood & Helena?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and five 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 Wychwood page.

What neighbourhood is Wychwood & Helena in?

Wychwood & Helena is in Wychwood (City of Toronto neighbourhood 094). It is in Ward 12, Toronto-St. Paul's, represented by Councillor Josh Matlow.

Sources

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