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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume14-hour count · Feb 11, 2025
Traffic is heaviest from the east: 5,163 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 54 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 964 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 929 from 6:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 20 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 964 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 929 from 6:00 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 peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 5 collisions. 1 collision (4%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 4% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 24, 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 Feb 27, 2008.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 26 | 2.6 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles |
| With an injury | 1 | |
| Property damage only | 24 | |
| Fail to remain | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 3 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Feb 27, 2008 |
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 York Mills Rd between Ness Dr and Rayoak Dr, 73 m from the corner, a 3-day count in March 2024 put the average speed at 39 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 9,500 vehicles a day. Ness Dr between York Mills Rd and Lynedock Cres measured slower: 31 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Dec 2019). At the school-zone speed sign on Brookbanks Dr (206 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.5% of the 13,285 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| York Mills Rd · Ness Dr – Rayoak Dr · 73 m | Mar 2024 · 3 days | 9,487 | 39 km/h | 44 km/h | 49 km/h |
| Ness Dr · York Mills Rd – Lynedock Cres · 80 m | Dec 2019 · 2 days | 3,324 | 31 km/h | 38 km/h | 42 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Brookbanks Dr (westbound), 206 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 34 km/h, 85th percentile 41 km/h; 0.5% at 50 km/h or more. 13,285 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
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.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 95 122 24 191 nearest 152 m
- Express
- 995 996 924
- Blue Night
- 395 324
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 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.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 22 mapped lots within 500 m, 147 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.
Within a walk
What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.
Food, shops and services
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Food Basics, 379 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 10 — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Sunrise Caribbean Restaurant, 189 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 236 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Amenida Rayoak, a retirement home 336 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Sunrise Caribbean Restaurant · 1285 York Mills Rd189 m
- Shine It Up Inc (Sorelle) · 29 Roywood Dr344 m · 4 min
- Chick N Joy · 1265 York Mills Rd Unit-F3377 m · 4 min
- Subway · 1265 York Mills Rd Unit-F1-2377 m · 4 min
- A + W · 1277 York Mills Rd379 m · 5 min
- Grocery
- Food Basics 379 m · 5 min
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 236 m · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- Garderie Rayon de Soleil · 77 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day99 m
- PLASP St. Isaac Jogues Catholic School - Tor · 28 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day145 m
- Roywood Child Care North York · 59 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day398 m · 5 min
- Health and care
- Amenida Rayoak · retirement home336 m · 4 min
Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.
Parks, schools and places
- Parks (10)
- Roywood Park518 m · 6 min
- Lynedock Park812 m · 10 min
- Fenside Park923 m · 11 min
- Sandover Park1 km · 12 min
- Brookbanks Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Community centres
- Fenside Arena1 km · 12 min
- Schools (12)
- St Madeleine Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 99 m
- St Isaac Jogues Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 145 m
- Crestwood Preparatory College SchoolPrivate · 426 m · 5 min
- Roywood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 438 m · 5 min
- Victoria Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 885 m · 11 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Brookbanks branch458 m · 5 min
Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.
Not within a walk: a public washroom.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Within a kilometre there are 32 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,284 rental units, 2.1× the median for a Toronto intersection — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 83 Parkwoods Village Dr (78 m, 68 units, 7 storeys, built 1994), which scored 91 out of 100 at its June 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 Parkwoods Village Dr social housing · Community First Developments Inc. | 68 | 7 | 1994 | 91 · Jun 2025 | 78 m |
| 1300 York Mills Rd · Ranee Management | 112 | 8 | 1965 | 87 · Oct 2025 | 109 m |
| 1325 York Mills Rd · York Mills Court Apts | 64 | 4 | 1961 | 73 · Sep 2024 | 127 m |
| 1284 York Mills Rd · York Mills Place | 63 | 7 | 1959 | 93 · Sep 2024 | 223 m |
| 235 Brookbanks Dr · Three R Property Management Corporation | 41 | 4 | 1967 | 97 · Aug 2026 | 276 m · 3 min |
| 76 Parkwoods Village Dr · Parkwoods Management | 65 | 6 | 1962 | 88 · Jun 2025 | 315 m · 4 min |
32 registered buildings · 2,284 units · 3 social housing · tallest 12 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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is York Mills & Ness a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 26 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 York Mills & Ness?
A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Feb 11, 2025, 61% of the median for a counted intersection.
Is York Mills & Ness a walkable intersection?
York Mills & Ness scores 42 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 4 schools within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m; 4 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km; library 458 m away.
How fast do cars go at York Mills & Ness?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on York Mills Rd between Ness Dr and Rayoak Dr (March 2024), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 206 m away (40 km/h), 0.5% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near York Mills & Ness?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 147 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 17,220 spaces — 22 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to York Mills & Ness by transit?
Bus routes 95, 122, 24, 191, 995, 996, 924 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near York Mills & Ness?
1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 10 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Sunrise Caribbean Restaurant (189 m), Shine It Up Inc (Sorelle) (344 m), Chick N Joy (377 m), Subway (377 m) and A + W (379 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near York Mills & Ness?
Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 541 m away at Brookbanks Park.
Is there child care near York Mills & Ness?
Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 346 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Garderie Rayon de Soleil (99 m, 77 spaces), PLASP St. Isaac Jogues Catholic School - Tor (145 m, 28 spaces) and Roywood Child Care North York (398 m, 59 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near York Mills & Ness?
32 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,284 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 83 Parkwoods Village Dr (78 m, 68 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 1300 York Mills Rd (109 m, 112 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 1325 York Mills Rd (127 m, 64 units, RentSafeTO score 73) and 1284 York Mills Rd (223 m, 63 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 32 is 92 out of 100.
What neighbourhood is York Mills & Ness in?
York Mills & Ness is in Fenside-Parkwoods (City of Toronto neighbourhood 150). It is in Ward 16, Don Valley East, represented by Councillor Jon Burnside.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Feb 11, 2025.
- 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- 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).
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 16 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: 43.76179, -79.32290 · centreline node 13448491.