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Bellechasse & Benshire

Bellechasse St & Benshire Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Woburn North · Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood

Bellechasse & Benshire is a low-volume local intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence. It sits in Woburn North. It has a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
606
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 14, 2021
331 pedestrians · 2 cyclists
Collisions
14
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 9 property damage · #3844 of 5,508
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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 11 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 80 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 7% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 1.8 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). On average 1.4 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Bellechasse & Benshire

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
16406954154 nearest 176 m
Express
954
Blue Night
316354
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Benshire Dr / The Meadoway 60 m · 11 docks · 5 stations, 63 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 (12)
  • Bendale Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 63 m
  • St Rose of Lima Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 639 m
  • St Richard Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 813 m
  • Tredway Woodsworth Public SchoolEnglish Public · 870 m
  • St Andrews & Alternative ScarboroughEnglish Public · 915 m
  • North Bendale Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 6 more
Parks (11)
  • Bendale Park582 m
  • Amberdale Ravine Park636 m
  • Thomson Memorial Park819 m
  • North Bendale Park848 m
  • Woodsworth Park856 m
  • St. Andrews Park - Scarborough1 km
  • and 5 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bendale branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library Scarborough Civic Centre branch1.5 km
Places of interest
  • Scarborough MuseumMuseum · 912 m

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; 20 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is St. Rose of Lima Breakfast Club (3216) and Snack Program (3220), 638 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 20 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
St. Rose of Lima Breakfast Club (3216) and Snack Program (3220) · 3220 Lawrence Ave E638 mPassed, May 2026
Rexall Pharmacy · 3030 Lawrence Ave Egrocery669 mPassed, Nov 2023
La Prep · 3050 Lawrence Ave E 111683 mPassed, May 2026
Original Company-General Cafe · 3050 Lawrence Ave E683 mPassed, May 2026
Tim Hortons · 3050 Lawrence Ave E West G683 mPassed, Jan 2026
Bendale Wings & Breakfast · 3264 Lawrence Ave E740 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
90s Lounge Hot and Dessert Bar · 3260 Lawrence Ave E757 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 2 infractions
Charcoal Kebab House · 3256 Lawrence Ave E757 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

The nearest public washroom is Thomson Memorial Park North Washroom, 852 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

  • Thomson Memorial Park North Washroom · 1005 Brimley Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    852 m
  • Thomson Memorial Park South Washroom · 1005 Brimley Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    941 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 487 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Bendale Licensed Before and After School Program (64 m, 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km8 centres · 487 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 8
  • Bendale Licensed Before and After School Program · 61 Benshire Dr
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    64 m
  • St. Rose of Lima YMCA Child Care · 3220 Lawrence Ave E
    112 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    639 m
  • Rosalie Hall Early Learning and Child Care Centre · 3020 Lawrence Ave E
    79 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    767 m
  • Friendly Little Campus (2037711 Ontario Ltd) · 3255 Lawrence Ave E
    36 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    785 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 231 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (3.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 231 · 1.4 km740 Markham Rd
Police42 Division · 3.1 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 28 · 1.1 km2900 Lawrence Ave E

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

Five registered apartment buildings with 651 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 3210 Lawrence Ave E (643 m, 48 units, 6 storeys, built 1960), which scored 79 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 21 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings5 · 651 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202621 across the 5
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest13 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
3210 Lawrence Ave E · Mpm Inc.486196079 · Jul 20240643 m
3201 Lawrence Ave E · Cando Apartments Ltd.12313196094 · Oct 20258764 m
3125 Lawrence Ave E · G & S Regal Management Limited1107196484 · Nov 20256770 m
3010 Lawrence Ave Esocial housing · Jack Goodlad Senior Citizen Residences Corporation17011198995 · Aug 20244 · 1 fire780 m
2950 Lawrence Ave EToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation2006196091 · Sep 20243873 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 lots248 lots · ≈46,850 spaces · 140.5 ha
Within 500 m2 lots · ≈60 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 486 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
158 Borough Drive · Surface1.4 km16 *
40 Bushby Dr · Surface1.5 km21532% (Q1 2026)
101 Grangeway Ave · Surface1.5 km2557% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 31 m away, ≈41 spaces; 35 m away, ≈20 spaces; 531 m away, ≈133 spaces; 615 m away, ≈90 spaces; 657 m away, ≈241 spaces; 681 m away, ≈53 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 — 8-hour, Dec 14, 2021

The west leg carries the load — 227 eastbound vehicles, or 37% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 50. Morning rush is the busier period: 160 vehicles in the peak hour from 7:30 a.m., compared with 78 from 2:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 6.6% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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 north158southbound · 0 bikes · 0.6% heavy
From the west227eastbound · 1 bikes · 6.6% heavy
Total vehicles606331 pedestrians · 2 cyclists · 6.6% heavy
From the east50westbound · 0 bikes · 24.0% heavy
From the south171northbound · 1 bikes · 7.0% heavy
AM peak hour160 vehicles from 7:30 a.m.
PM peak hour78 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 14, 2021

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 Benshire Dr between Bellechasse St and Jarwick Dr (107 m away) recorded an average of 37 km/h in its 3-day count in October 2024; 85% of drivers were at or under 46 km/h. That segment carries about 600 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Benshire Dr · Bellechasse St – Jarwick Dr · 107 mOct 2024 · 3 days63337 km/h46 km/h50 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

2023 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 36% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Dec 30, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions14#3844 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only9
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
All since 201416latest Dec 30, 2025

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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Bellechasse & Benshire a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 14 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 Bellechasse & Benshire?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Dec 14, 2021, 7% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Bellechasse & Benshire?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Benshire Dr between Bellechasse St and Jarwick Dr (October 2024), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 46 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Bellechasse & Benshire?

The nearest Green P car park is 158 Borough Drive (1.4 km away, 16 spaces). The City's mapping shows 248 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 46,850 spaces — 2 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Bellechasse & Benshire by transit?

Bus routes 16, 406, 9, 54, 154, 954 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Bellechasse & Benshire?

None within 300 m, and 20 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are St. Rose of Lima Breakfast Club (3216) and Snack Program (3220) (638 m), La Prep (683 m), Original Company-General Cafe (683 m), Tim Hortons (683 m) and Bendale Wings & Breakfast (740 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 Bellechasse & Benshire?

The nearest is Thomson Memorial Park North Washroom, 1005 Brimley Rd, 852 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Thomson Memorial Park South Washroom (941 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 Bellechasse & Benshire?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 487 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bendale Licensed Before and After School Program (64 m, 43 spaces), St. Rose of Lima YMCA Child Care (639 m, 112 spaces) and Rosalie Hall Early Learning and Child Care Centre (767 m, 79 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bellechasse & Benshire?

Five RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 651 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3210 Lawrence Ave E (643 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 79), 3201 Lawrence Ave E (764 m, 123 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 3125 Lawrence Ave E (770 m, 110 units, RentSafeTO score 84) and 3010 Lawrence Ave E (780 m, 170 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 5 is 89 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.

What neighbourhood is Bellechasse & Benshire in?

Bellechasse & Benshire is in Woburn North (City of Toronto neighbourhood 142), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood, represented by Councillor Paul Ainslie.

Sources

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