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Yonge & Dunster

Yonge Blvd & Dunster Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Bedford Park-Nortown · Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence

Yonge & Dunster, in Bedford Park-Nortown, is a quiet local crossing. Nearby is York Mills Station (Line 1) 720 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
3,398
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 26, 2022
67 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
4
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 3 property damage · #5215 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
York Mills Station 720 m · 8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 420 vehicles, 37% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 51 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. 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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Yonge & Dunster

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
York Mills Station (Line 1)720 m
GO Transit
GO bus 36 Brampton / North York Express33 Guelph / North York92 Oshawa / Yorkdale at York Mills Bus Terminal822 m
TTC bus
9796165617811512295 nearest 23 m
Express
996995
Blue Night
396320395
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Yonge Blvd at Dunster Ave North Side; Yonge Blvd at Apsley Rd
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 (8)
  • Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 257 m
  • Armour Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 504 m
  • The Dunblaine SchoolPrivate · 935 m
  • Glen Briar Academy Elementary SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • St Margaret Catholic Elementary School - Carmichael SiteEnglish Separate · 1.1 km
  • John Wanless Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 2 more
Community centres
Parks (14)
  • Stewart A. McGregor Parkette260 m
  • York Mills Valley Park699 m
  • Jolly Miller Park709 m
  • York Mills Park764 m
  • Yonge Boulevard Parkette932 m
  • Brookfield Parkette1 km
  • and 8 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Armour Heights branch669 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner, though there is 1 grocery or convenience store; 58 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Tcscc - Family Bistro, 448 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 58 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Pina Food - Loretto Abbey · 101 Mason Blvdgrocery288 mPassed, Oct 2025 · 4 infractions
Tcscc - Family Bistro · 141 Wilson Ave Flr-1448 mPassed, Jul 2026
Tcscc - Main Kitchen · 141 Wilson Ave Flr-2448 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Tcscc - Sports Grill · 141 Wilson Ave Flr-1448 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Bruno's Fine Foods · 2055 Avenue Rdgrocery623 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
The Miller Tavern · 3885 Yonge St634 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Chiang Rai · 2070 Avenue Rd671 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
L.s.l · 2066 Avenue Rd676 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 3 infractions

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 Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom, 674 m away, View centre hours.

  • Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom · 2140 Avenue Rd
    View centre hours
    674 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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 445 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Armour Heights Child Care Program (504 m, 110 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km6 centres · 445 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 6
  • Armour Heights Child Care Program · 148 Wilson Ave
    110 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    504 m
  • Orchard Grove Nursery Inc · 100 Old Orchard Grove
    68 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · $10-a-day
    690 m
  • Yes I Can Nursery School · 25 Old York Mills Rd
    24 spaces · preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    844 m
  • Ridley Orchard School Ltd. · 1920 Avenue Rd
    98 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · $10-a-day
    850 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 121 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (3.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.0 km away.

FireFire Station 121 · 1.1 km10 William Carson Cres
Police32 Division · 3.6 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 54 · 2 km4135 Bathurst 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

21 registered apartment buildings with 1,484 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 200 Ridley Blvd (509 m, 90 units, 4 storeys, built 1957), which scored 87 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 94, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 18 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 4 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings21 · 1,484 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score94 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202618 across the 21
Open fire-code violations4
Tallest16 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
200 Ridley Blvd · Signet Group Inc.904195787 · Aug 20241509 m
161 Wilson Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc564195698 · Jun 20250529 m
4000 Yonge St · M&r Property Management3058196492 · Jul 20241 · 4 fire593 m
2125 Avenue Rd · G.l.g. Developments Ltd.334195596 · Sep 20260594 m
2135 Avenue Rd543195396 · Aug 20260599 m
166 Wilson Ave · Signet Group Inc.604195099 · Jun 20252602 m
2175 Avenue Rd · Signet Group Inc.684195099 · Aug 20260625 m
2177 Avenue Rd · Signet Group Inc.684195099 · Jul 20253649 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 lots351 lots · ≈14,190 spaces · 42.6 ha
Within 500 m11 lots · ≈1,100 spaces
Green P (public)6 car parks · about 350 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
3885 Yonge St · Surface648 m13929% (Q1 2026)
246 Brooke Ave · Surface910 m9467% (Q1 2026)
1880 Avenue Rd · Surface1 km3232% (Q1 2026)
25 Glenforest Road · Surface1.4 km26 *
23 Bedford Park Ave · Surface1.6 km4254% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 229 m away, ≈15 spaces; 240 m away, ≈17 spaces; 265 m away, ≈8 spaces; 278 m away, ≈235 spaces; 288 m away, ≈82 spaces; 347 m away, ≈11 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 — 8-hour, Jan 26, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 1,604 southbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 309. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 574 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 9% above the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. (526). Heavy vehicles made up 2.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north1,604southbound · 0 bikes · 3.2% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles3,39867 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 2.7% heavy
From the east309westbound · 0 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the south1,485northbound · 0 bikes · 2.0% heavy
AM peak hour526 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour574 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jan 26, 2022

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 Yonge Blvd between Wilson Ave and Sandringham Dr (263 m away) recorded an average of 33 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 42 km/h. That segment carries about 1,600 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Yonge Blvd · Wilson Ave – Sandringham Dr · 263 mMay 2022 · 3 days1,55533 km/h42 km/h47 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

2024 was the peak year (1 collision), and 2025 closed with 0. 25% of collisions here involved an injury. People walking or cycling were involved in 25% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Oct 18, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions4#5215 of 5,508
With an injury1#4653 of 4,660
Property damage only3
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2547 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 20145latest Oct 18, 2024

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 one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 27, 2020. 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 Bedford Park-Nortown.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Yonge & Dunster 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 Yonge & Dunster?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Jan 26, 2022, 37% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Yonge & Dunster?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Yonge Blvd between Wilson Ave and Sandringham Dr (May 2022), found an average of 33 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 42 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Yonge & Dunster?

The nearest Green P car park is 3885 Yonge St (648 m away, 139 spaces, 29% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 351 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 14,190 spaces — 11 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Yonge & Dunster by transit?

York Mills Station (Line 1) is 720 m away; bus routes 97, 96, 165, 61, 78, 115, 122, 95 and 2 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Yonge Blvd at Dunster Ave North Side, 23 m).

What restaurants are near Yonge & Dunster?

None within 300 m, and 58 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tcscc - Family Bistro (448 m), Tcscc - Main Kitchen (448 m), Tcscc - Sports Grill (448 m), The Miller Tavern (634 m) and Chiang Rai (671 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 & Dunster?

The nearest is Armour Heights Community Centre Washroom, 2140 Avenue Rd, 674 m away (View centre hours). 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 & Dunster?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 445 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Armour Heights Child Care Program (504 m, 110 spaces), Orchard Grove Nursery Inc (690 m, 68 spaces) and Yes I Can Nursery School (844 m, 24 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Yonge & Dunster?

21 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,484 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 200 Ridley Blvd (509 m, 90 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 161 Wilson Ave (529 m, 56 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 4000 Yonge St (593 m, 305 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 2125 Avenue Rd (594 m, 33 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 21 is 94 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 & Dunster?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no 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 Bedford Park-Nortown page.

What neighbourhood is Yonge & Dunster in?

Yonge & Dunster is in Bedford Park-Nortown (City of Toronto neighbourhood 039). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.

Sources

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