Yonge & Marlborough

Traffic volume8-hour count · Mar 29, 2022

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 3,615 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 44% of the total, against 498 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the south (134 of 157). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,148 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,119 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. 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.

Peak hours: 1,148 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,119 from 5:00 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

The worst year was 2023, with 11 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 6 collisions (9%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 13 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 4 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (6%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 12, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jan 15, 2013. 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.

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

How fast traffic moves here

On Marlborough Ave between Yonge St and Crown's Lane, 25 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2004 put the average speed at 35 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 44 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 49 km/h or more. That segment carries about 600 vehicles a day. The reading is 22 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Yonge St between Roxborough St W and Rowanwood Ave measured slower: 31 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 40 km/h (Jun 2023) — a much more recent reading than the one above. 3 speed humps slow traffic on Marlborough Avenue between Marlborough Pl and Yonge St.

Traffic calming

Marlborough Avenue (Marlborough Pl – Yonge St): 3 speed humps

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

The crossing

Signal 2560, activated 2021 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal

• Groceries and food28/30

  1 grocery store within 300 m · 24 places to eat within 300 m

• Transit22/28

  Summerhill Station 0.3 km · 4 stops within 300 m · 13 routes within 1 km

• Library and places to go8/14

  library 1 km away · 4 places of interest within 1.5 km

• Parks and recreation7/10

  3 parks within 500 m · nearest centre 1.4 km

• Schools and child care4/8

  nearest school 0.5 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

• Crossing on foot8/10

  traffic signal · accessible signals · traffic calming

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Within a kilometre there are 20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,557 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 28 Macpherson Ave (181 m, 17 units, 3 storeys, built 1930), which scored 86 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm.

20 registered buildings · 2,557 units · 3 social housing · tallest 32 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Four thefts from vehicles and four bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

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 Rosedale-Moore Park.

• Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Mar 29, 2022.
• Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
• All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
• Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
• Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; Traffic Calming Database.
• Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
• Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
• Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
• Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 11 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
• Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
• Coordinates: 43.67990, -79.39073 · centreline node 13461783.