Toronto · intersection · signal 1381 · red-light camera

Yonge & Athabaska

Yonge St & Athabaska Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Newtonbrook East · Ward 18, Willowdale

In Newtonbrook East, Yonge & Athabaska is a heavily travelled arterial crossing. At the corner: a red-light camera in place since 2022 that issued 2,170 tickets in 2025 and a school within 250 m. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
33,839
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 30, 2026
2,637 pedestrians · 235 cyclists · #230 busiest
Collisions
220
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
28 with an injury · 128 property damage · #450 of 5,508 · +8 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
2,170
tickets in 2025
since 2022 · 1,008 so far in 2026 · tickets by camera
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 2,420 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 2.1× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 13 vehicles, close to the citywide median. That comes with about 22 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 6.5 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.31× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 50%, from 147 in 2016–2020 to 73 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Yonge & Athabaska

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
GO bus 32 Brampton Trinity Common / North York32 Brampton Trinity Common / North York at Yonge St. @ Steeles Ave. W.313 m
TTC bus
5360979842125 nearest 27 m
Express
953960
Blue Night
320353
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Yonge St at Athabaska Ave
Regional
York Region Transit 002 Milliken005 Clark023 Thornhill Woods077 Highway 7088 Bathurst091 Bayview098|099 Yonge (Late Night)099 Yonge360 Vaughan Mills / Wonderlandblue B Viva Blue Bblue Viva Blue at Yonge St / Abitibi Av72 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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 (13)
  • Centrepoint LINCEnglish Public · 241 m
  • Alpha Quality Education SchoolPrivate · 430 m
  • Alborz Education CentrePrivate · 569 m
  • Newtonbrook Secondary SchoolEnglish Public · 588 m
  • Lillian Public SchoolEnglish Public · 770 m
  • Drewry AcademyPrivate · 934 m
  • and 7 more
Community centres
  • Goulding Community Centre581 m
Parks (7)
  • Centre Park499 m
  • Goulding Park565 m
  • Lillian Park1 km
  • Fairchild Parkette1.1 km
  • Wedgewood Park - North York1.2 km
  • Aneta Circle Parkette1.2 km
  • and 1 more
Signal
1381, activated 1984 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

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 46 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 7 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 79. The nearest is The Laterna Restaurant, 34 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés46 within 300 m · 79 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience7 within 300 m · 12 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Laterna Restaurant · 6301 Yonge St34 mPassed, May 2026
Eat Bkk Thai Kitchen · 6307 Yonge St35 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Eat Bkk Thai Kitchen · 6307 Yonge St, Bldg-036 mPassed, May 2025 · 1 infraction
Apkujung Restaurant · 6309 Yonge St45 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 2 infractions
Akane · 6212 Yonge St Unit-103a53 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 3 infractions
Albi Sushi · 6464 Yonge St53 mPassed, Feb 2026
Alminz Kakanin · 6464 Yonge St Unit-121a53 mPassed, Apr 2026
Baskin-Robbins · 6212 Yonge St53 mPassed, Apr 2026

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 Goulding Community Centre Washroom, 551 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 465 m away at Centre Park.

  • Goulding Community Centre Washroom · 45 Goulding Ave
    View centre hours · accessible
    551 m
Drinking water
Centre Park drinking fountain · 465 m; Goulding Park drinking fountain · 500 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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 167 spaces; none accepts City fee subsidy. The nearest is Forest Grove Montessori Preschool (378 m, 30 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km3 centres · 167 spaces
Fee subsidynone
  • Forest Grove Montessori Preschool · 53 Madawaska Ave
    30 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    378 m
  • Tiki's Day Care Centre · 20 Tangreen Crt
    63 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    569 m
  • The Munchkin Manor Daycare & Early Learning Centre · 1087 Lillian St
    74 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    797 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 111 (2.2 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (2.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.2 km away.

FireFire Station 111 · 2.2 km3300 Bayview Ave
Police32 Division · 2.7 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 56 · 2.2 km3300 Bayview 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 seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,200 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 6210 Yonge St (170 m, 83 units, 7 storeys, built 1968), which scored 88 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 26 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 15 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings7 · 1,200 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202626 across the 7
Open fire-code violations15
Tallest19 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
6210 Yonge St · Better Living Homes Inc.837196888 · Aug 20252 · 15 fire170 m
15 Tangreen Crt · CAPREIT21418196890 · Jun 20245464 m
5 Tangreen Crt · CAPREIT21418196887 · Jun 202414475 m
1 Homewood Ave · North 44 Property Management Inc674194091 · Jul 20262511 m
6061 Yonge St · M&r Property Management30419196892 · Jun 20240597 m
6000 Yonge St · Connaught Yonge Square Limited26518196391 · Aug 20253797 m
45 Cummer Avesocial housing · Community First Development Inc534199694 · Nov 202501 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 lots189 lots · ≈26,370 spaces · 79.1 ha
Within 500 m40 lots · ≈9,370 spaces
Green P (public)4 car parks · about 2,537 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Finch East - 814 Willowdale Ave - partial closure, reduced spaces · Surface1.5 km900 *
Finch West Lot - 18 Hendon Ave · Surface1.5 km1,552 *
5667 Yonge Street · Surface1.6 km23 *
11 Finch Ave W · Surface1.8 km6267% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 56 m away, ≈24 spaces; 65 m away, ≈97 spaces; 66 m away, ≈21 spaces; 92 m away, ≈16 spaces; 105 m away, ≈19 spaces; 134 m away, ≈8 spaces.

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, Jun 30, 2026

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 17,351 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 51% of the total, against 828 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the north (104 of 235). Evening rush dominates here: 2,917 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:30 p.m., against 2,615 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Trucks and buses were 6.2% 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. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north17,351southbound · 104 bikes · 6.1% heavy
From the west1,557eastbound · 35 bikes · 1.3% heavy
Total vehicles33,8392,637 pedestrians · 235 cyclists · 6.2% heavy
From the east828westbound · 21 bikes · 1.1% heavy
From the south14,103northbound · 75 bikes · 7.1% heavy
AM peak hour2,615 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,917 vehicles from 5:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 30, 2026

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 Yonge St between Abitibi Ave and Nipigon Ave, 143 m from the corner, a 3-day count in August 2004 put the average speed at 45 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 58 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 64 km/h or more. That segment carries about 52,900 vehicles a day. Athabaska Ave between Lane E of Yonge and S of Athabaska and Dumont St measured slower: 42 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 52 km/h (Oct 2014). The reading is 22 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Yonge St · Abitibi Ave – Nipigon Ave · 143 mAug 2004 · 3 days52,89245 km/h58 km/h64 km/h
Athabaska Ave · Lane E of Yonge and S of Athabaska – Dumont St · 167 mOct 2014 · 24 h1,16042 km/h52 km/h58 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 70 collisions; 2025 recorded 14. 28 collisions (13%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 70 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 32% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 9 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 26, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 6.5 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions220#450 of 5,508
With an injury28#568 of 4,660
Property damage only128
Fail to remain70
Involving a pedestrian7#492 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1431 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified64
Since January 2026 (outside the window)8
All since 2014377latest Jun 26, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Aug 8, 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

Ten thefts from vehicles and six bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 3 in 2023–2025, about 1.0 a year, against 1.9 a year before that. 80% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 50% of the bike thefts were from commercial premises — shops, offices and their lots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1020street/outdoor (8), commercial premises (2)
Bicycle theft610commercial premises (3), street/outdoor (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 17, 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 Newtonbrook East.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Yonge & Athabaska a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 220 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 Yonge & Athabaska?

A heavily travelled arterial crossing. It ranks #230 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.1× the median for a counted intersection.

Is there a red-light camera at Yonge & Athabaska?

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Yonge & Athabaska since 2022, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 2,170 tickets in 2025 (1,908 in 2024) and 1,008 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 8,431 since it was switched on.

How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Yonge & Athabaska?

2,170 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — up from 1,908 in 2024, and 1,008 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 8,431 tickets since 2022. A red-light camera ticket in Toronto is $325 and carries no demerit points because it is issued to the vehicle's owner.

How fast do cars go at Yonge & Athabaska?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Yonge St between Abitibi Ave and Nipigon Ave (August 2004), found an average of 45 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 58 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Yonge & Athabaska?

The nearest Green P car park is Finch East - 814 Willowdale Ave - partial closure, reduced spaces (1.5 km away, 900 spaces). The City's mapping shows 189 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,370 spaces — 40 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Yonge & Athabaska by transit?

Bus routes 53, 60, 97, 98, 42, 125, 953, 960 within 1 km (nearest stop: Yonge St at Athabaska Ave, 27 m); York Region Transit routes 002 Milliken, 005 Clark, 023 Thornhill Woods, 077 Highway 7 at Yonge St / Abitibi Av.

What restaurants are near Yonge & Athabaska?

46 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 79 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Laterna Restaurant (34 m), Eat Bkk Thai Kitchen (35 m), Eat Bkk Thai Kitchen (36 m), Apkujung Restaurant (45 m) and Akane (53 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 Yonge & Athabaska?

The nearest is Goulding Community Centre Washroom, 45 Goulding Ave, 551 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. 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 Yonge & Athabaska?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 167 spaces in total; none accepts City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Forest Grove Montessori Preschool (378 m, 30 spaces), Tiki's Day Care Centre (569 m, 63 spaces) and The Munchkin Manor Daycare & Early Learning Centre (797 m, 74 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Yonge & Athabaska?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,200 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 6210 Yonge St (170 m, 83 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 15 Tangreen Crt (464 m, 214 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 5 Tangreen Crt (475 m, 214 units, RentSafeTO score 87) and 1 Homewood Ave (511 m, 67 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 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 Yonge & Athabaska?

Toronto Police place ten thefts from vehicles and six 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 Newtonbrook East page.

What neighbourhood is Yonge & Athabaska in?

Yonge & Athabaska is in Newtonbrook East (City of Toronto neighbourhood 050). It is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng.

Sources

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