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York Mills & Valentine

York Mills Rd & Valentine Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills · Ward 16, Don Valley East

York Mills & Valentine is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
28,074
vehicles · 14-hour count, Mar 31, 2026
323 pedestrians · 7 cyclists · #411 busiest
Collisions
81
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
18 with an injury · 56 property damage · #1380 of 5,508 · +4 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
4
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 2,010 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 1.73× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 87 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 8.1 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.9 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions fell 20%, from 45 in 2016–2020 to 36 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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York Mills & Valentine

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
959119125122 nearest 22 m
Express
995996925
Blue Night
395325
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — York Mills Rd at Valentine Dr; Silverdale Cres at York Mills Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
York Mills Rd / Lesmill Rd 867 m · 14 docks · 1 station, 14 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)
  • Rene Gordon Health & Wellness AcademyEnglish Public · 548 m
  • Don Mills LINCEnglish Public · 666 m
  • Three Valleys Public SchoolEnglish Public · 770 m
  • Alathena International Academy - North YorkPrivate · 789 m
  • Alathena International Elementary SchoolPrivate · 789 m
  • Heritage Innovation SchoolPrivate · 801 m
  • and 20 more
Community centres
Parks (14)
  • Spinney Greenbelt210 m
  • Laurentide Park481 m
  • Graydon Hall Park659 m
  • Duncan Mill Greenbelt667 m
  • Sandover Park716 m
  • Three Valleys Park734 m
  • and 8 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Brookbanks branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Canadian Sculpture CentreGallery · 781 m
Signal
0978, activated 1972 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

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; 41 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Donalda Club Dining Room, 357 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 41 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Donalda Club Dining Room · 12 Bushbury Dr Lower Floor357 mPassed, Apr 2026
Complete Mart · 1200 York Mills Rd586 mPassed, Sep 2024
David Duncan House · 125 Moatfield Dr617 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Alborz Supermarket · 879 York Mills Rd Unit-3grocery628 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Darband Restaurant · 879 York Mills Rd Unit-8628 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Pizza Nova · 879 York Mills Rd628 mPassed, Feb 2026
China Gourmet · 877 York Mills Rd637 mPassed, Jul 2026
Subway · 875 York Mills Rd Unit-4646 mPassed, Jan 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

No City washroom within 1 km.

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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 467 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Rene Gordon School Age YMCA (548 m, 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km7 centres · 467 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 7
  • Rene Gordon School Age YMCA · 20 Karen Rd
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    548 m
  • York Mills Child Care Centre · 1200 York Mills Rd
    70 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    586 m
  • Courtleigh Place Child Care Centre · 135 Fenelon Dr
    59 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    699 m
  • Three Valleys Children's Centre · 76 Three Valleys Dr
    128 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    770 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 123 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 33 Division (1.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 123 · 1.3 km143 Bond Ave
Police33 Division · 1 km50 Upjohn Road
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 23 · 1.9 km115 Parkway Forest Dr

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

20 registered apartment buildings with 3,179 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1200 York Mills Rd (586 m, 222 units, 16 storeys, built 1967), which scored 98 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 176 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 35 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings20 · 3,179 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026176 across the 20
Open fire-code violations35
Tallest25 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1200 York Mills Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management22216196798 · Sep 202513 · 7 fire586 m
1202 York Mills Rd · Sterling Karamar Property Management21922196799 · Sep 202520 · 1 fire643 m
267 Roywood Dr · Golfour Property Services Inc.727196292 · Jun 20250675 m
44 Valley Woods Rd · Greenwin Corp.26322196594 · Jun 202542 · 11 fire691 m
135 Fenelon Dr · Beaux Properties Management21819196576 · Sep 202412 · 9 fire698 m
1210 York Mills Rd · Tobis Investments Inc.9110196395 · Sep 20255704 m
1216 York Mills Rd · CAPREIT658196494 · Sep 20256787 m
20 Graydon Hall Dr · Devonshire Properties Inc.30520196880 · Jul 202537 · 1 fire802 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 lots328 lots · ≈44,420 spaces · 133.3 ha
Within 500 m4 lots · ≈390 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 386 m away, ≈165 spaces; 411 m away, ≈185 spaces; 428 m away, ≈4 spaces; 490 m away, ≈38 spaces; 563 m away, ≈80 spaces; 592 m away, ≈217 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, Mar 31, 2026

The west leg carries the load — 13,502 eastbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 1,258. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,577 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 2,616 from 3:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north1,258southbound · 0 bikes · 2.1% heavy
From the west13,502eastbound · 4 bikes · 3.5% heavy
Total vehicles28,074323 pedestrians · 7 cyclists · 3.8% heavy
From the east10,862westbound · 2 bikes · 4.8% heavy
From the south2,452northbound · 1 bikes · 2.5% heavy
AM peak hour2,577 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour2,616 vehicles from 3:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Mar 31, 2026

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 York Mills Rd between Don Mills Rd and Valentine Dr (107 m away) recorded an average of 55 km/h in its 3-day count in March 2020; 85% of drivers were at or under 67 km/h. That segment carries about 8,600 vehicles a day. Valentine Dr between Ruden Cres and Fenelon Dr measured slower: 42 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 49 km/h (Jan 2020). The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
York Mills Rd · Don Mills Rd – Valentine Dr · 107 mMar 2020 · 3 days8,58555 km/h67 km/h72 km/h
Valentine Dr · Ruden Cres – Fenelon Dr · 147 mJan 2020 · 2 days2,25442 km/h49 km/h54 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 (11 collisions), and 2025 closed with 8. 22% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 7% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 16, 2026.

By year

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Exposure-adjusted: 2.9 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions81#1380 of 5,508
With an injury18#1011 of 4,660
Property damage only56
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian6#634 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality1
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 2014102latest May 16, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Oct 10, 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.

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

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle000
Bicycle theft100street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 15, 2018. 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 Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is York Mills & Valentine a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 81 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 & Valentine?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #411 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.73× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at York Mills & Valentine?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on York Mills Rd between Don Mills Rd and Valentine Dr (March 2020), found an average of 55 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 67 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near York Mills & Valentine?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 328 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 44,420 spaces — 4 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to York Mills & Valentine by transit?

Bus routes 95, 91, 191, 25, 122, 995, 996, 925 within 1 km (nearest stop: York Mills Rd at Valentine Dr, 22 m).

What restaurants are near York Mills & Valentine?

None within 300 m, and 41 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Donalda Club Dining Room (357 m), Complete Mart (586 m), David Duncan House (617 m), Darband Restaurant (628 m) and Pizza Nova (628 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near York Mills & Valentine?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 467 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Rene Gordon School Age YMCA (548 m, 43 spaces), York Mills Child Care Centre (586 m, 70 spaces) and Courtleigh Place Child Care Centre (699 m, 59 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near York Mills & Valentine?

20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,179 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1200 York Mills Rd (586 m, 222 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 1202 York Mills Rd (643 m, 219 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 267 Roywood Dr (675 m, 72 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 44 Valley Woods Rd (691 m, 263 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 20 is 93 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 York Mills & Valentine?

Toronto Police place no thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills page.

What neighbourhood is York Mills & Valentine in?

York Mills & Valentine is in Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills (City of Toronto neighbourhood 149). It is in Ward 16, Don Valley East, represented by Councillor Jon Burnside.

Sources

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