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Yorkville & Bellair

Yorkville Ave & Bellair St · Toronto, Ontario · Annex · Ward 11, University-Rosedale · Bloor-Yorkville BIA

Yorkville & Bellair is a low-volume local intersection, with heavy foot traffic. It sits in the Annex, in central Toronto. At the corner: Bay Station, 2 schools within 250 m and parks.

Traffic volume
2,953
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 8, 2015
2,811 pedestrians · 112 cyclists
Collisions
74
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 57 property damage · #1482 of 5,508 · +2 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
Bay Station
subway station within 250 m
1 streetcar route · 6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 24 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 370 vehicles an hour, 32% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 1.1 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Cyclists were 3.8% of vehicle volume, about 4.9× the typical share. On average 7.4 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.4× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions fell 39%, from 46 in 2016–2020 to 28 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Yorkville & Bellair

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Bay Station (Line 2)144 m; Yonge Station (Line 2)359 m; Bloor Station (Line 1)429 m; Museum Station (Line 1)465 m; Rosedale Station (Line 1)603 m; St George Station (Line 1, Line 2)606 m; Wellesley Station (Line 1)817 m
Streetcar
506 nearest 864 m
TTC bus
191397269482 nearest 133 m
Blue Night
306300320
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Cumberland St / Bay St - SMART 117 m · 9 docks · 41 stations, 815 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 (43)
  • Career Quest - TorontoPrivate · 196 m
  • Jesse Ketchum Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 218 m
  • Rosedale Day SchoolPrivate · 280 m
  • McDonald International Academy SchoolPrivate · 377 m
  • The Shire SchoolPrivate · 514 m
  • Humber College - International Graduate SchoolCollege · 612 m
  • and 37 more
Community centres
Parks (54)
  • Village of Yorkville Park136 m
  • Jesse Ketchum Park165 m
  • Town Hall Square259 m
  • Frank Stollery Parkette297 m
  • Belmont Parkette410 m
  • Boswell Parkette410 m
  • and 48 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Yorkville branch228 m
  • Toronto Public Library Toronto Reference Library branch374 m
  • Toronto Public Library Spadina Road branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Village of Yorkville ParkNature/ Park · 128 m
  • Toronto Reference LibraryLandmark · 364 m
  • Gardiner MuseumMuseum · 372 m
  • The Japan FoundationMuseum · 383 m
  • Isabel Bader TheatrePerforming Arts · 438 m
  • Royal Ontario MuseumMuseum · 475 m
  • Royal Conservatory of MusicPerforming Arts · 538 m
  • Koerner Hall (at the Telus Centre for Performance and Learning)Performing Arts · 550 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 110 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 372 — 5.1× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is The Gelato Shop, 18 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2024.

Restaurants & cafés110 within 300 m · 372 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 28 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Gelato Shop · 75 Yorkville Ave18 mPassed, Aug 2024
Trattoria Nervosa · 75 Yorkville Ave18 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 2 infractions
The Gelato Shop · 75 Yorkville Ave18 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
The Red Coral Lounge Isaia Toronto · 77 Yorkville Ave19 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Sadelles/ Treats · 78 Yorkville Ave Flr-2nd Floor27 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Sadelles/ Treats · 78 Yorkville Ave, Flr-2nd Floor27 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
Coco Espresso Bar · 29 Bellair St27 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Koko Share Bar · 81 Yorkville Ave33 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction

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 Ramsden Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 568 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 142 m away at Village of Yorkville Park.

  • Ramsden Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 1020 Yonge St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    568 m
  • Ramsden Park Washroom · 1020 Yonge St
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    638 m
Drinking water
Village of Yorkville Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 142 m; Jesse Ketchum Park bottle filling station · 163 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 542 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Jesse Ketchum Early Learning & Child Care Centre (276 m, 26 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km9 centres · 542 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 9
  • Jesse Ketchum Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 7 Berryman St
    26 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    276 m
  • University of Toronto Childcare On Charles · 35 Charles St W
    73 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    445 m
  • Friends Day Care Centre · 60 Lowther Ave
    22 spaces · preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    608 m
  • Kids & Company - Bloor Street Site · 160 Bloor St E
    85 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    662 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 312 (205 m), the nearest police station 52 Division (1.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 429 m away.

FireFire Station 312 · 205 m34 Yorkville Ave
Police52 Division · 1.9 km255 Dundas Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 45 · 429 m135 Davenport Rd

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

Within a kilometre there are 83 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 10,382 rental units, 3.6× the median for a Toronto intersection — eight social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 131 Bloor St W (280 m, 157 units, 14 storeys, built 1963), which scored 90 out of 100 at its September 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Three buildings of the 83 scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 217 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 105 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings83 · 10,382 units · 8 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · 3 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026217 across the 83
Open fire-code violations105
Tallest51 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
131 Bloor St W · Morguard Corporation15714196390 · Sep 20263280 m
95 Davenport Rd263196980 · Sep 20250280 m
8 St Thomas St · Bentallgreenoak164192689 · Aug 20260297 m
18 Davenport RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation12816198089 · Aug 20240300 m
2 St Thomas St · Bentallgreenoak24826201796 · Oct 20256338 m
44 Charles St W · Jll79351197291 · Aug 202412361 m
103 Avenue Rd · Hollyburn Properties Ltd12411195986 · Sep 20254380 m
57 Charles St W · Quadreal Property Group25021197789 · Oct 20250399 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 lots949 lots · ≈23,840 spaces · 71.5 ha
Within 500 m57 lots · ≈1,340 spaces
Green P (public)22 car parks · about 3,070 spaces
EV charging (City)74 Yorkville Ave · 8 m · 8 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parking168 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 72 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
74 Yorkville Ave · Garage81 m17575% (Q1 2026)
20 Charles St E · Garage522 m64618% (Q1 2026)
9 Bedford Rd · Garage530 m37151% (Q1 2026)
1010 Yonge St. · Surface555 m48 *
13 Isabella St · Surface658 m3073% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 58 m away, ≈29 spaces; 118 m away, ≈4 spaces; 128 m away, ≈15 spaces; 141 m away, ≈3 spaces; 238 m away, ≈6 spaces; 243 m away, ≈50 spaces. More EV charging: 20 Charles St E. (555 m, 23 ports); 9 Wellesley St W. (869 m, 8 ports); 19 Spadina Rd (1.1 km, 6 ports).

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, Dec 8, 2015

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 1,807 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 61% of the total, against 1,146 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the east (47 of 112). Evening rush dominates here: 411 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 341 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 11 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2015, 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 20 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles2,9532,811 pedestrians · 112 cyclists · 3.3% heavy
From the east1,807westbound · 47 bikes · 2.7% heavy
From the south1,146northbound · 45 bikes · 4.4% heavy
AM peak hour341 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour411 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 8, 2015

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

On Yorkville Ave between Bellair St and Hazelton Ave, 75 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2021 put the average speed at 41 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 49 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 55 km/h or more. That segment carries about 5,200 vehicles a day. The reading is 5 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Yorkville Ave · Bellair St – Hazelton Ave · 75 mNov 2021 · 3 days5,16841 km/h49 km/h55 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

The worst year was 2019, with 12 collisions; 2025 recorded 3. 1 collision (1%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 19 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 26% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (1%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 24, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions74#1482 of 5,508
With an injury1#4659 of 4,660
Property damage only57
Fail to remain19
Involving a pedestrian1#3193 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified16
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201489latest Jan 24, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

132 thefts from vehicles and ten bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 24× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 14.2 a year. 98% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 40% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Apr 25, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle132381street/outdoor (130), apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft1000apartment parking (4), street/outdoor (3)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 25, 2026. 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 Annex.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Yorkville & Bellair a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 74 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 Yorkville & Bellair?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Dec 8, 2015, 32% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Yorkville & Bellair?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Yorkville Ave between Bellair St and Hazelton Ave (November 2021), found an average of 41 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 49 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Yorkville & Bellair?

The nearest Green P car park is 74 Yorkville Ave (81 m away, 175 spaces, 75% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 949 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 23,840 spaces — 57 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 74 Yorkville Ave (8 m).

How do I get to Yorkville & Bellair by transit?

Bay Station (Line 2) is 144 m away; streetcar route 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 864 m away; bus routes 19, 13, 97, 26, 94, 82 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Yorkville & Bellair?

110 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 372 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Gelato Shop (18 m), Trattoria Nervosa (18 m), The Gelato Shop (18 m), The Red Coral Lounge Isaia Toronto (19 m) and Sadelles/ Treats (27 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 Yorkville & Bellair?

The nearest is Ramsden Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 1020 Yonge St, 568 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Ramsden Park Washroom (638 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 Yorkville & Bellair?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 542 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Jesse Ketchum Early Learning & Child Care Centre (276 m, 26 spaces), University of Toronto Childcare On Charles (445 m, 73 spaces) and Friends Day Care Centre (608 m, 22 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Yorkville & Bellair?

83 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 10,382 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 131 Bloor St W (280 m, 157 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 95 Davenport Rd (280 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 80), 8 St Thomas St (297 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 18 Davenport Rd (300 m, 128 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 83 is 88 out of 100; 3 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 Yorkville & Bellair?

Toronto Police place 132 thefts from vehicles and ten bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 since January 2026. 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 Annex page.

What neighbourhood is Yorkville & Bellair in?

Yorkville & Bellair is in Annex (City of Toronto neighbourhood 095). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe. The corner falls inside the Bloor-Yorkville Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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