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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 volume8-hour count · Mar 29, 2001
This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The south leg carries the load — 915 northbound vehicles, or 52% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 377. Morning rush is the busier period: 317 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:15 a.m., compared with 269 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 26 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2001, 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: 317 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 269 from 4:45 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
2022 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 82% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 25, 2026.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 11 | |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 6 | |
| Fail to remain | 9 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 5 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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
The City's counter on Beech Ave between Balsam Ave and Glen Stewart Park Trl (46 m away) recorded an average of 33 km/h in its 24-hour count in September 2012; 85% of drivers were at or under 42 km/h. That segment carries about 1,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 14 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Balsam Ave between Glen Stewart Park Trl and Balsam Rd measured slower: 32 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 40 km/h (Apr 2001). At the school-zone speed sign on Lyall Ave (391 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 42,583 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none. 2 speed humps slow traffic on Beech Avenue between Kingston Rd and Balsam Ave, and 2 more calmed segments end here.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beech Ave · Balsam Ave – Glen Stewart Park Trl · 46 m | Sep 2012 · 24 h | 1,441 | 33 km/h | 42 km/h | 47 km/h |
| Balsam Ave · Glen Stewart Park Trl – Balsam Rd · 170 m | Apr 2001 · 3 days | 1,217 | 32 km/h | 40 km/h | 45 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Lyall Ave (eastbound), 391 m — 30 km/h zone. Median 9 km/h, 85th percentile 22 km/h; 0.0% at 40 km/h or more. 42,583 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
- Traffic calming
- Beech Avenue (Kingston Rd – Balsam Ave): 2 speed humps; Beech Avenue (Pine Ave – Balsam Ave): 5 speed humps; Balsam Avenue (Pine Ave – Beech Ave): 4 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.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Streetcar
- 503 501 nearest 149 m
- TTC bus
- 404 12 117 64 135 nearest 149 m
- Blue Night
- 301 322 316 324
- Nearest stops
- 3 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Kingston Rd / Beech Ave 222 m · 15 docks · 5 stations, 77 docks 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
- 4 car parks · about 208 spaces
- EV charging
- 912 Kingston Road · 188 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 2150 Queen Street East (1 km), 117 Hammersmith Ave (1.2 km)
- Bike parking
- 38 post-and-rings within 300 m
- Other lots
- 15 mapped lots within 500 m, 203 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 197 Blantyre Ave · Surface | 859 m | 83 | 29% (Q1 2026) |
| 117 Hammersmith Ave · Surface | 1.2 km | 29 | 47% (Q1 2026) |
| 136 Wineva Ave. · Surface | 1.3 km | 28 * | — |
| 85 Lee Ave · Surface | 1.5 km | 68 | 61% (Q1 2026) |
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
The nearest grocery store is Mac's Market, 342 m away; 2 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. A specialist food shop is closer still: Fearless Meat, 187 m away. There are 8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 58 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Wings Fuzion, 158 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Beech Medical Pharmacy, 172 m away, one of two within 300 m. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Wings Fuzion · 917 Kingston Rd158 m
- Black Dog Cafe · 878 Kingston Rd158 m
- 99 Bottles · 925 Kingston Rd196 m
- Cafe Parmesan · 918 Kingston Rd201 m
- The Beech Tree Pub · 924 Kingston Rd208 m
- Grocery
- Mac's Market 342 m · 4 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Fearless Meat 187 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Convenience
- 2 convenience stores or gas bars within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Beech Medical Pharmacy 172 m · 5 within 1 km
- Child care
- Beaches Montessori School Incorporated · 54 spaces, toddler, preschool295 m · 4 min
- Balmy Beach Community Day Care Centre · 171 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day341 m · 4 min
- Beaches Montessori School South · 16 spaces, preschool492 m · 6 min
- Washrooms
- Adam Beck Community Centre Washroom · Mon 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Tue 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Wed 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Thu 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Fri 2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.; Sat 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Sun Closed539 m · 6 min
- Blantyre Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible949 m · 11 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 (9)
- Glen Stewart Park508 m · 6 min
- Neville Park Blvd Ravine845 m · 10 min
- Bob Acton Park949 m · 11 min
- Ivan Forrest Gardens1.1 km · 13 min
- Blantyre Park1.2 km · 15 min
- Community centres
- Adam Beck Community Centre594 m · 7 min
- Beaches Recreation Centre1.1 km · 13 min
- Ted Reeve Community Arena1.3 km · 15 min
- Schools (16)
- Beaches MontessoriPrivate · 295 m · 4 min
- Balmy Beach Community SchoolEnglish Public · 341 m · 4 min
- Notre Dame Catholic High SchoolEnglish Separate · 388 m · 5 min
- St John Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 495 m · 6 min
- Malvern Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 553 m · 7 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Main Street branch1.3 km · 15 min
- Places of interest
- Balmy Beach ParkNature/ Park · 1.2 km · 15 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 care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,608 of 5,672. 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
35 registered apartment buildings with 1,294 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, five of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 828 Kingston Rd (282 m, 147 units, 7 storeys, built 1962), which scored 96 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 828 Kingston Rd Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 147 | 7 | 1962 | 96 · Jul 2025 | 282 m · 3 min |
| 983 Kingston Rd · Ez Property Management Ltd | 14 | 3 | 1925 | 78 · Jun 2024 | 434 m · 5 min |
| 987 Kingston Rd · Ez Property Management | 15 | 3 | 1925 | 90 · Jul 2025 | 449 m · 5 min |
| 737 Kingston Rd · Jblue Enterprises | 24 | 4 | 1935 | 83 · Aug 2026 | 533 m · 6 min |
| 700 Kingston Rd · Greenwin Corp. | 38 | 7 | 1971 | 93 · Sep 2026 | 637 m · 8 min |
| 109 Beech Ave · Colloredo-Mansfeld | 18 | 3 | 1971 | 77 · Jul 2024 | 664 m · 8 min |
35 registered buildings · 1,294 units · 5 social housing · tallest 16 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.
Thefts reported at this corner
Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025
Toronto Police place 11 thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 1 in 2023–2025, about 0.3 a year, against 1.7 a year before that. 55% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 11 | 1 | 0 | house driveway/garage (6), other (4) |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 0 | 0 | other (2) |
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 The Beaches.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Balsam & Beech a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 11 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 Balsam & Beech?
A lightly travelled intersection at the City's last count here, in 2001. Its latest count is from Mar 29, 2001, 19% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Balsam & Beech a walkable intersection?
Balsam & Beech scores 50 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,608 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; 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 · 4 licensed child care within 500 m; 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 8 places to eat within 300 m; nearest park 0.5 km · 1 community centre within 800 m. The crossing itself: traffic calming.
How fast do cars go at Balsam & Beech?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Beech Ave between Balsam Ave and Glen Stewart Park Trl (September 2012), found an average of 33 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 42 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 391 m away (30 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Balsam & Beech?
The nearest Green P car park is 197 Blantyre Ave (859 m away, 83 spaces, 29% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 203 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 9,410 spaces — 15 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 912 Kingston Road (188 m).
How do I get to Balsam & Beech by transit?
Streetcar routes 503, 501 stop within 1 km, the nearest 149 m away; bus routes 404, 12, 117, 64, 135 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Balsam & Beech?
8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 58 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Wings Fuzion (158 m), Black Dog Cafe (158 m), 99 Bottles (196 m), Cafe Parmesan (201 m) and The Beech Tree Pub (208 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Balsam & Beech?
The nearest is Adam Beck Community Centre Washroom, 79 Lawlor Ave, 539 m away (Mon 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Tue 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Wed 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Thu 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Fri 2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.; Sat 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Sun Closed). Next nearest: Blantyre Park Fieldhouse Washroom (949 m).
Is there child care near Balsam & Beech?
13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 906 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Beaches Montessori School Incorporated (295 m, 54 spaces), Balmy Beach Community Day Care Centre (341 m, 171 spaces) and Beaches Montessori School South (492 m, 16 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Balsam & Beech?
35 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,294 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 828 Kingston Rd (282 m, 147 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 983 Kingston Rd (434 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 78), 987 Kingston Rd (449 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 737 Kingston Rd (533 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 83). The average RentSafeTO score across the 35 is 90 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Balsam & Beech?
Toronto Police place 11 thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the The Beaches page.
What neighbourhood is Balsam & Beech in?
Balsam & Beech is in The Beaches (City of Toronto neighbourhood 063). It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford.
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 Mar 29, 2001.
- 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); 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 19 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: 43.67907, -79.29023 · centreline node 13461674.