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Birchmount & Crouse

Birchmount Rd & Crouse Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Wexford/Maryvale · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

In Wexford/Maryvale, Birchmount & Crouse is an above-average intersection for traffic. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
14,383
vehicles · 8-hour count, Sep 13, 1999
58 pedestrians · 6 cyclists
Collisions
19
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 14 property damage · #3461 of 5,508 · +8 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 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 1,800 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.56× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 248 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 1.9 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Birchmount & Crouse

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
17544368 nearest 13 m
Express
954
Blue Night
354343
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Birchmount Rd at Crouse Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Birchmount Rd / The Meadoway 211 m · 15 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 (9)
  • Delta Academy Inc Secondary SchoolPrivate · 147 m
  • General Crerar Public SchoolEnglish Public · 589 m
  • Ionview Public SchoolEnglish Public · 722 m
  • Winston Churchill Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 873 m
  • George Peck Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • St Lawrence Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • and 3 more
Community centres
Parks (12)
  • Ionview Park576 m
  • McGregor Park743 m
  • Maidavale Park917 m
  • Jack Goodlad Park1 km
  • Kennedy - Lawrence Parkette1.1 km
  • Mooregate Park1.1 km
  • and 6 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library McGregor Park branch810 m
  • Toronto Public Library Kennedy/Eglinton branch1.3 km

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 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 31. The nearest is Tropical Oasis Restaurant and Bar, 300 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 31 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tropical Oasis Restaurant and Bar · 1197 Birchmount Rd300 mPassed, Aug 2026
Back's Convenience · 1199 Birchmount Rdgrocery308 mPassed, Apr 2026
Aerosports Parks Scarborough · 1120 Birchmount Rd 3442 mPassed, Jun 2026
Cheesecakes Are Kinda Everything · 1110 Birchmount Rd, 14493 mPassed, Dec 2024
Mad Mexican Food Products · 64 Crockford Blvdgrocery574 mPassed, Jul 2024
Ties Cofee · 74 Crockford Blvd, Unit-4609 mPassed, Dec 2024
Amelie's Chocolate & Patisserie · 74 Crockford Blvd Unit-3609 mPassed, May 2026
The Social Brew Cafe and Market Place · 1236 Birchmount Rdgrocery682 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions

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 McGregor Park Community Centre Washroom, 784 m away, View centre hours.

  • McGregor Park Community Centre Washroom · 2231 Lawrence Ave E
    View centre hours
    784 m
  • Jack Goodlad Community Centre Washroom · 929 Kennedy Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    907 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 201 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Tic Toc Day Care Centre Inc (322 m, 52 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km4 centres · 201 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 4
  • Tic Toc Day Care Centre Inc · 1117 Birchmount Rd
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    322 m
  • Wexford Community Childcare Centre · 1 Wayne Ave
    97 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km
  • Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehab. (Scarborough Site) · 1 Wayne Ave
    24 spaces · preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km
  • Plasp St. Lawrence C.s. · 2216 Lawrence Ave E
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 232 (2.0 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (1.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.4 km away.

FireFire Station 232 · 2 km1550 Midland Ave
Police41 Division · 1.2 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 20 · 1.4 km2430 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

Within a kilometre there are 12 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,038 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1165 Birchmount Rd (100 m, 20 units, 4 storeys, built 1965), which scored 93 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 32 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings12 · 1,038 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202632 across the 12
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest15 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1165 Birchmount Rd · Paul Thornton204196593 · Jul 20240100 m
1169 Birchmount Rd · Kovacs Investments Ltd184196086 · Aug 20260123 m
1191 Birchmount Rd414195588 · Aug 20261261 m
1236 Birchmount Rd · Homes First Property Management Inc.2201520231 · 2 fire681 m
1255 Birchmount Rd · Signet Group Inc.706196089 · Aug 20269688 m
2155 Lawrence Ave Esocial housing · Aldebrain Attendant Care Services of Toronto24311199392 · Nov 20251757 m
2185 Lawrence Ave E · Shelborne Property Management14212196890 · Dec 20253761 m
893 Kennedy Rd777196188 · Oct 202511908 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 lots396 lots · ≈88,440 spaces · 265.3 ha
Within 500 m26 lots · ≈5,040 spaces
Green P (public)4 car parks · about 987 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1940 Lawrence Avenue East · Surface1.4 km25 *
Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East · Surface1.4 km90 *
Kennedy North Service Road - 2450 Eglinton Ave East · Surface1.6 km199 *
Kennedy South Lot -155 Transway Cres · Surface1.8 km673 *

Nearest lots: 45 m away, ≈36 spaces; 46 m away, ≈56 spaces; 89 m away, ≈17 spaces; 116 m away, ≈74 spaces; 171 m away, ≈518 spaces; 181 m away, ≈86 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, Sep 13, 1999

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 7,062 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 49% of the total, against 314 from the west. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,499 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 2,456 from 4:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.6% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 27 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 1999, 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 north7,007southbound · 3 bikes · 5.5% heavy
From the west314eastbound · 0 bikes · 14.0% heavy
Total vehicles14,38358 pedestrians · 6 cyclists · 5.6% heavy
From the east0westbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south7,062northbound · 2 bikes · 5.4% heavy
AM peak hour2,499 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour2,456 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Sep 13, 1999

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 Birchmount Rd between Crouse Rd and Flora Dr, 84 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in March 2009 put the average speed at 66 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 74 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 80 km/h or more. That segment carries about 20,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 17 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Birchmount Rd · Crouse Rd – Flora Dr · 84 mMar 2009 · 24 h20,07166 km/h74 km/h80 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 2023, with 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 2 collisions (11%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 16% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 8 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 22, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions19#3461 of 5,508
With an injury2#3611 of 4,660
Property damage only14
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)8
All since 201429latest Jun 22, 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

Five thefts from vehicles and three bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 60% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle530house driveway/garage (3), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft310street/outdoor (1), commercial premises (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 29, 2025. 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 Wexford/Maryvale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Birchmount & Crouse a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 19 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 Birchmount & Crouse?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Sep 13, 1999, 1.56× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Birchmount & Crouse?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Birchmount Rd between Crouse Rd and Flora Dr (March 2009), found an average of 66 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 74 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Birchmount & Crouse?

The nearest Green P car park is 1940 Lawrence Avenue East (1.4 km away, 25 spaces). The City's mapping shows 396 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 88,440 spaces — 26 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Birchmount & Crouse by transit?

Bus routes 17, 54, 43, 68, 954 within 1 km (nearest stop: Birchmount Rd at Crouse Rd, 13 m).

What restaurants are near Birchmount & Crouse?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 31 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tropical Oasis Restaurant and Bar (300 m), Aerosports Parks Scarborough (442 m), Cheesecakes Are Kinda Everything (493 m), Ties Cofee (609 m) and Amelie's Chocolate & Patisserie (609 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 Birchmount & Crouse?

The nearest is McGregor Park Community Centre Washroom, 2231 Lawrence Ave E, 784 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Jack Goodlad Community Centre Washroom (907 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 Birchmount & Crouse?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 201 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Tic Toc Day Care Centre Inc (322 m, 52 spaces), Wexford Community Childcare Centre (1.0 km, 97 spaces) and Holland-Bloorview Kids Rehab. (Scarborough Site) (1.0 km, 24 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Birchmount & Crouse?

12 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,038 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1165 Birchmount Rd (100 m, 20 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 1169 Birchmount Rd (123 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 1191 Birchmount Rd (261 m, 41 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 1236 Birchmount Rd (681 m, 220 units). The average RentSafeTO score across the 12 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.

How many thefts are reported at Birchmount & Crouse?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts 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 Wexford/Maryvale page.

What neighbourhood is Birchmount & Crouse in?

Birchmount & Crouse is in Wexford/Maryvale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 119). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.

Sources

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