Toronto · intersection · signal 51

Yonge & Castlefield

Yonge St & Castlefield Ave · Toronto, Ontario · North Toronto · Ward 15, Don Valley West · Uptown Yonge BIA

Yonge & Castlefield, in North Toronto, is a busier-than-typical intersection. At the corner: 4 schools within 250 m, parks and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: Eglinton Station (Line 1, Line 5) 595 m away.

Traffic volume
19,806
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 4, 2024
4,962 pedestrians · 449 cyclists · #903 busiest
Collisions
85
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
6 with an injury · 67 property damage · #1313 of 5,508
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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Eglinton Station 595 m · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 16 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,410 vehicles an hour, 1.22× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 4 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 2.3% of vehicle volume, about 2.9× the typical share. On average 8.5 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 4.3 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 48%, from 56 in 2016–2020 to 29 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Yonge & Castlefield

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Eglinton Station (Line 1, Line 5)595 m; Mount Pleasant Station (Line 5)799 m
TTC bus
9734741031361 nearest 21 m
Blue Night
320334354
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Yonge St at Castlefield Ave; Yonge St at Castlefield Ave South Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Erskine Ave / Yonge St SMART 81 m · 16 docks · 15 stations, 316 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 (29)
  • St Clements SchoolPrivate · 109 m
  • John Fisher Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 144 m
  • St Clements Early LearningPrivate · 206 m
  • St Monica Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 238 m
  • North Toronto Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 322 m
  • Blyth Academy School - Lawrence ParkPrivate · 473 m
  • and 23 more
Parks (31)
  • 20 Castlefield Ave Park101 m
  • St. Clements - Yonge Parkette156 m
  • Montgomery Square Park281 m
  • 85 Keewatin Ave Park311 m
  • 60 Broadway Ave Park337 m
  • Redpath Avenue Parkette411 m
  • and 25 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Northern District branch402 m
  • Toronto Public Library Mount Pleasant branch1.3 km
  • Toronto Public Library Locke branch1.5 km
Places of interest
  • Alexander Muir Memorial GardensNature/ Park · 1.1 km
Signal
0051, activated 1929 · SAP · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval 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 55 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 208 — 2.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is de Mello Palheta Specialty Coffee Roasters, 21 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés55 within 300 m · 208 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 32 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
de Mello Palheta Specialty Coffee Roasters · 2489 Yonge St21 mPassed, May 2026
La Boheme · 2481 Yonge St28 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
The Right Wing · 2497 Yonge St31 mPassed, Jun 2025
Dang Good Donuts · 2487 Yonge St A35 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Carload On Yonge · 2503 Yonge St38 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
Spotato · 2471 Yonge St41 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Good Bite Restaurant · 2463 Yonge St50 mPassed, Jun 2025
Kibo Sushi · 2459 Yonge St56 mPassed, Mar 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 Eglinton Park Washroom, 628 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 151 m away at St. Clements - Yonge Parkette.

  • Eglinton Park Washroom · 200 Eglinton Ave W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    628 m
  • North Toronto Memorial Community Centre Washroom · 200 Eglinton Ave W
    View centre hours · accessible
    764 m
  • Lytton Park Tennis Clubhouse Washroom · 200 Lytton Blvd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    1 km
Drinking water
St. Clements - Yonge Parkette drinking fountain · 151 m; Eglinton Park drinking fountain · 579 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 890 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is French Connection (144 m, 148 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km9 centres · 890 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 9
  • French Connection · 40 Erskine Ave
    148 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    144 m
  • St. Clement's Early Learning School · 70 St Clements Ave
    55 spaces · preschool
    206 m
  • St. Monica's Satellite (Central Eglinton) · 14 Broadway Ave
    84 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    238 m
  • Brightway Montessori Academy · 65 Broadway Ave
    112 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    398 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 134 (244 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (650 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 134 · 244 m16 Montgomery Ave
Police53 Division · 650 m75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 18 · 1.7 km643 Eglinton Ave W

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 110 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 13,546 rental units, 4.8× the median for a Toronto intersection — 14 social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 18 Erskine Ave (91 m, 315 units, 35 storeys, built 2020), which scored 100 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 110 scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 207 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 52 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings110 · 13,546 units · 14 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026207 across the 110
Open fire-code violations52
Tallest39 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
18 Erskine Ave · K&g Apartment Holdings Inc315352020100 · Sep 2025291 m
20 Roselawn Ave · Amira Talaat123195087 · Jul 2024099 m
33 Erskine Ave · Arcanos Property Management Corporation10910196484 · Oct 20253157 m
15 Erskine Ave6516197095 · Sep 20251159 m
65 Keewatin Ave504195894 · Oct 20250174 m
11 Sherwood Ave233193099 · Nov 20251175 m
15 Sherwood Ave263193095 · Jul 20263188 m
12 Broadway AveToronto Community Housing · TCH577199396 · Jul 20240191 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 lots519 lots · ≈18,000 spaces · 54 ha
Within 500 m51 lots · ≈1,930 spaces
Green P (public)9 car parks · about 1,049 spaces
EV charging (City)75 Holly St. · 651 m · 28 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parking39 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 32 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
20 Castlefield Avenue · Surface50 m163 *
6 Sherwood Avenue · Surface213 m46 *
30 Roehampton Ave · Garage419 m18735% (Q1 2026)
75 Holly St · Garage648 m30212% (Q1 2026)
730 Mount Pleasant Rd · Garage1 km5342% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 44 m away, ≈72 spaces; 85 m away, ≈164 spaces (Green P); 104 m away, ≈5 spaces; 109 m away, ≈17 spaces; 119 m away, ≈46 spaces; 128 m away, ≈18 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 4, 2024

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 9,475 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 1,038 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the south (206 of 449). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,712 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,654 from 5:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north9,293southbound · 174 bikes · 3.0% heavy
From the west1,038eastbound · 60 bikes · 3.9% heavy
Total vehicles19,8064,962 pedestrians · 449 cyclists · 3.2% heavy
From the east0westbound · 9 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south9,475northbound · 206 bikes · 3.3% heavy
AM peak hour1,712 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,654 vehicles from 5:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jun 4, 2024

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 Keewatin Ave and St Clements Ave, 91 m from the corner, a 7-day count in June 2019 put the average speed at 41 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 52 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 59 km/h or more. That segment carries about 21,900 vehicles a day. Castlefield Ave between Duplex Ave and Rosewell Ave measured slower: 36 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 45 km/h (Nov 2012). The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Erskine Ave (129 m away, 30 km/h limit), 3.0% of the 115,287 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Yonge St · Keewatin Ave – St Clements Ave · 91 mJun 2019 · 7 days21,85141 km/h52 km/h59 km/h
Castlefield Ave · Duplex Ave – Rosewell Ave · 306 mNov 2012 · 24 h1,38136 km/h45 km/h50 km/h

School-zone speed sign 129 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct26 · 34 km/h
Over the limit12%
40 km/h or more3.0%

Erskine Ave (eastbound), 33 Erskine Avenue · 115,287 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 2017, with 16 collisions; 2025 recorded 7. 6 collisions (7%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 15 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. The most recent report on file is from Nov 9, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 4.3 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions85#1313 of 5,508
With an injury6#2576 of 4,660
Property damage only67
Fail to remain15
Involving a pedestrian2#2078 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified12
All since 2014101latest Nov 9, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

Three thefts from vehicles and three bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Mar 7, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle311street/outdoor (3)
Bicycle theft310house driveway/garage (2), other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 7, 2026. 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 North Toronto.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Yonge & Castlefield a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 85 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 & Castlefield?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #903 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.22× the median for a counted intersection, and #408 for pedestrians.

How fast do cars go at Yonge & Castlefield?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Yonge St between Keewatin Ave and St Clements Ave (June 2019), found an average of 41 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 52 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 129 m away (30 km/h), 3.0% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Yonge & Castlefield?

The nearest Green P car park is 20 Castlefield Avenue (50 m away, 163 spaces). The City's mapping shows 519 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 18,000 spaces — 51 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 75 Holly St. (651 m).

How do I get to Yonge & Castlefield by transit?

Eglinton Station (Line 1, Line 5) is 595 m away; bus routes 97, 34, 74, 103, 13, 61 within 1 km (nearest stop: Yonge St at Castlefield Ave, 21 m).

What restaurants are near Yonge & Castlefield?

55 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 208 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are de Mello Palheta Specialty Coffee Roasters (21 m), La Boheme (28 m), The Right Wing (31 m), Dang Good Donuts (35 m) and Carload On Yonge (38 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 & Castlefield?

The nearest is Eglinton Park Washroom, 200 Eglinton Ave W, 628 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: North Toronto Memorial Community Centre Washroom (764 m); Lytton Park Tennis Clubhouse Washroom (1.0 km). 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 & Castlefield?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 890 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are French Connection (144 m, 148 spaces), St. Clement's Early Learning School (206 m, 55 spaces) and St. Monica's Satellite (Central Eglinton) (238 m, 84 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Yonge & Castlefield?

110 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 13,546 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 18 Erskine Ave (91 m, 315 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 20 Roselawn Ave (99 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 33 Erskine Ave (157 m, 109 units, RentSafeTO score 84) and 15 Erskine Ave (159 m, 65 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 110 is 92 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. 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 & Castlefield?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 North Toronto page.

What neighbourhood is Yonge & Castlefield in?

Yonge & Castlefield is in North Toronto (City of Toronto neighbourhood 173). It is in Ward 15, Don Valley West, represented by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin. The corner falls inside the Uptown Yonge Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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