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Yonge & Erskine

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

Yonge & Erskine is an above-average intersection for traffic, with a strong pedestrian presence. It sits in North Toronto. It has 3 schools within 250 m and parks at the corner. Nearby: Eglinton Station (Line 1, Line 5) 510 m away.

Traffic volume
12,129
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 25, 2023
4,680 pedestrians · 84 cyclists
Collisions
149
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
14 with an injury · 110 property damage · #730 of 5,508 · +10 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Eglinton Station 510 m · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 16 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,520 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.31× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 2.6 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). That comes with about 15 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 4.8× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions rose 40%, from 62 in 2016–2020 to 87 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Yonge & Erskine

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)510 m; Mount Pleasant Station (Line 5)752 m
TTC bus
9734741031361 nearest 64 m
Blue Night
320334354
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Yonge St at Castlefield Ave South Side; Yonge St at Castlefield Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Erskine Ave / Yonge St SMART 30 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 (26)
  • John Fisher Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 147 m
  • St Monica Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 168 m
  • St Clements SchoolPrivate · 188 m
  • North Toronto Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 258 m
  • St Clements Early LearningPrivate · 263 m
  • Caesar International AcademyPrivate · 444 m
  • and 20 more
Parks (30)
  • 20 Castlefield Ave Park147 m
  • Montgomery Square Park197 m
  • St. Clements - Yonge Parkette239 m
  • 60 Broadway Ave Park292 m
  • 85 Keewatin Ave Park340 m
  • Redpath Avenue Parkette417 m
  • and 24 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Northern District branch320 m
  • Toronto Public Library Mount Pleasant branch1.2 km
Places of interest
  • Alexander Muir Memorial GardensNature/ Park · 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 64 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 6 grocery and convenience stores, and 219 eating places within a kilometre — 3.0× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Green Valley Products, 34 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2025 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés64 within 300 m · 219 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience6 within 300 m · 32 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Green Valley Products · 2443 Yonge St34 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
Kibo Sushi · 2459 Yonge St39 mPassed, Mar 2026
Osmow's · 2439 Yonge St41 mPassed, Jul 2026
Rooh Coffee · 2470 Yonge St42 mPassed, Jul 2025
Starbucks Coffee · 2451 Yonge St42 mPassed, Jun 2025
Starbucks Coffee · 2451 Yonge St43 mPassed, Aug 2026
Good Bite Restaurant · 2463 Yonge St46 mPassed, Jun 2025
Twilight Cafe · 2429 Yonge St57 mPassed, Sep 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, 591 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 235 m away at St. Clements - Yonge Parkette.

  • Eglinton Park Washroom · 200 Eglinton Ave W
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    591 m
  • North Toronto Memorial Community Centre Washroom · 200 Eglinton Ave W
    View centre hours · accessible
    704 m
Drinking water
St. Clements - Yonge Parkette drinking fountain · 235 m; Eglinton Park drinking fountain · 538 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 (147 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
    147 m
  • St. Monica's Satellite (Central Eglinton) · 14 Broadway Ave
    84 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    168 m
  • St. Clement's Early Learning School · 70 St Clements Ave
    55 spaces · preschool
    263 m
  • Brightway Montessori Academy · 65 Broadway Ave
    112 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    347 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 134 (165 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (571 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 134 · 165 m16 Montgomery Ave
Police53 Division · 571 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

111 registered apartment buildings with 13,548 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, 14 of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 4.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 20 Roselawn Ave (61 m, 12 units, 3 storeys, built 1950), which scored 87 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 111 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 buildings111 · 13,548 units · 14 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026207 across the 111
Open fire-code violations52
Tallest39 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
20 Roselawn Ave · Amira Talaat123195087 · Jul 2024061 m
18 Erskine Ave · K&g Apartment Holdings Inc315352020100 · Sep 2025281 m
15 Erskine Ave6516197095 · Sep 2025183 m
12 Broadway AveToronto Community Housing · TCH577199396 · Jul 20240117 m
33 Erskine Ave · Arcanos Property Management Corporation10910196484 · Oct 20253118 m
487 Duplex Ave · Trivest Developments Corporation363190082 · Dec 20250149 m
8 Broadway AveToronto Community Housing · TCH837199397 · Jul 20240150 m
485 Duplex Ave · Trivest Developments Corporation363190094 · Jul 20261160 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 lots527 lots · ≈26,440 spaces · 79.3 ha
Within 500 m56 lots · ≈2,090 spaces
Green P (public)9 car parks · about 1,049 spaces
EV charging (City)75 Holly St. · 569 m · 28 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parking36 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 64 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
20 Castlefield Avenue · Surface104 m163 *
6 Sherwood Avenue · Surface296 m46 *
30 Roehampton Ave · Garage335 m18735% (Q1 2026)
75 Holly St · Garage566 m30212% (Q1 2026)
730 Mount Pleasant Rd · Garage908 m5342% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 35 m away, ≈5 spaces; 55 m away, ≈18 spaces; 60 m away, ≈46 spaces; 77 m away, ≈72 spaces; 102 m away, ≈17 spaces; 113 m away, ≈97 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, Apr 25, 2023

The north leg carries the load — 5,257 southbound vehicles, or 43% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 774. Most cyclists arrived from the south (50 of 84). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,708 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 1,674 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. 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 north5,257southbound · 29 bikes · 3.6% heavy
From the west774eastbound · 5 bikes · 4.0% heavy
Total vehicles12,1294,680 pedestrians · 84 cyclists · 3.9% heavy
From the east1,202westbound · 0 bikes · 2.2% heavy
From the south4,896northbound · 50 bikes · 4.5% heavy
AM peak hour1,708 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,674 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 25, 2023

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 St between Montgomery Ave and Roselawn Ave (94 m away) recorded an average of 39 km/h in its 7-day count in June 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 49 km/h. That segment carries about 20,000 vehicles a day. 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 (93 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 · Montgomery Ave – Roselawn Ave · 94 mJun 2019 · 7 days19,97339 km/h49 km/h56 km/h
Erskine Ave · Yonge St – Redpath Ave · 202 mApr 2021 · 14 days1,775

School-zone speed sign 93 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

2024 was the peak year (22 collisions), and 2025 closed with 16. 9% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 27 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 10 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 15, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions149#730 of 5,508
With an injury14#1325 of 4,660
Property damage only110
Fail to remain27
Involving a pedestrian6#627 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1435 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality1
Severity not classified24
Since January 2026 (outside the window)10
All since 2014196latest Jun 15, 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. The police all-collisions file records 1 fatal collision here in 2016–2025; the KSI file, which is compiled separately and geocoded to the nearest leg, places it just outside the 65 m radius.

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 two thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection 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 vehicle210street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft410commercial premises (2), street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 24, 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 North Toronto.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Yonge & Erskine a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 149 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 & Erskine?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Apr 25, 2023, 1.31× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Yonge & Erskine?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Yonge St between Montgomery Ave and Roselawn Ave (June 2019), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 93 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 & Erskine?

The nearest Green P car park is 20 Castlefield Avenue (104 m away, 163 spaces). The City's mapping shows 527 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,440 spaces — 56 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 75 Holly St. (569 m).

How do I get to Yonge & Erskine by transit?

Eglinton Station (Line 1, Line 5) is 510 m away; bus routes 97, 34, 74, 103, 13, 61 within 1 km (nearest stop: Yonge St at Castlefield Ave South Side, 64 m).

What restaurants are near Yonge & Erskine?

64 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 219 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Green Valley Products (34 m), Kibo Sushi (39 m), Osmow's (41 m), Rooh Coffee (42 m) and Starbucks Coffee (42 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 & Erskine?

The nearest is Eglinton Park Washroom, 200 Eglinton Ave W, 591 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: North Toronto Memorial Community Centre Washroom (704 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 Yonge & Erskine?

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 (147 m, 148 spaces), St. Monica's Satellite (Central Eglinton) (168 m, 84 spaces) and St. Clement's Early Learning School (263 m, 55 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Yonge & Erskine?

111 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 13,548 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 20 Roselawn Ave (61 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 18 Erskine Ave (81 m, 315 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 15 Erskine Ave (83 m, 65 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 12 Broadway Ave (117 m, 57 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 111 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 & Erskine?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and four 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 North Toronto page.

What neighbourhood is Yonge & Erskine in?

Yonge & Erskine 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

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