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Birchmount & Eglinton

Birchmount Rd & Eglinton Ave E · Toronto, Ontario · Wexford/Maryvale · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

In Wexford/Maryvale, Birchmount & Eglinton is a high-volume crossing. It has a live City traffic camera, Birchmount Station and a bike lane at the corner.

Traffic volume
34,783
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 19, 2024
2,350 pedestrians · 472 cyclists · #208 busiest
Collisions
472
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
63 with an injury · 357 property damage · #142 of 5,508 · +32 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 2 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
Birchmount Station
subway station within 250 m
10 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Bike Lane
Bike Share: 11 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 2,480 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 2.1× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 15 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. That comes with about 47 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 13.6 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 2.7× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 17%, from 258 in 2016–2020 to 214 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Birchmount & Eglinton

Live traffic camera

The City's RESCU camera at Eglinton Ave E & Birchmount Rd — a 320 × 240 still the City replaces every few minutes, with the frame's age and its four fixed reference views

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Live camera RESCU 8055 · Eglinton Ave E & Birchmount Rd · 32 m from the node
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Fixed views the City's reference still for each direction

The City's own feed for Birchmount & Eglinton, published as a 320 × 240 still that its server replaces every few minutes — the card checks for a new frame every 45 seconds while you are on the page (Reload checks now) and says whether the frame changed. The fixed views are the City's reference stills showing where the camera points in each direction.

Live camera · RESCU 8055 · Eglinton Ave E & Birchmount Rd
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Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Birchmount Station (Line 5)37 m; Ionview Station (Line 5)453 m; Golden Mile Station (Line 5)713 m
TTC bus
3417681134315412202157 nearest 31 m
Express
968
Blue Night
334343300386
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Eglinton Ave East at Birchmount Rd; Birchmount Rd at Eglinton Ave East
Cycling
Bike Lane on Eglinton Ave E installed 2021
Bike Share
Birchmount Rd / Eglinton Ave E 72 m · 11 docks · 4 stations, 52 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)
  • Khairul Ummah SchoolPrivate · 594 m
  • Ionview Public SchoolEnglish Public · 880 m
  • A Plus Academy of AdvancementPrivate · 896 m
  • Salaheddin Islamic SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • St Maria Goretti Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • Centennial College School - Ashtonbee CampusCollege · 1 km
  • and 3 more
Parks (9)
  • Maidavale Park345 m
  • Eglinton Ravine Park486 m
  • Maywood Tot Lot921 m
  • Treverton Park1 km
  • Ionview Park1 km
  • Geco Park1.3 km
  • and 3 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Kennedy/Eglinton branch646 m
Signal
0458, activated 1958 · SA1 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 81 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Suave Korner Kafe, 183 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés6 within 300 m · 81 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Suave Korner Kafe · 2200 Eglinton Ave E Unit-103183 mPassed, Aug 2026
Mandarin · 2206 Eglinton Ave E Unit-107188 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
The Birchmount Community Hub · 1021 Birchmount Rd189 mPassed, Jul 2026
H-Habesha Fresh Market &grocery · 2296 Eglinton Ave Egrocery200 mPassed, May 2026 · 4 infractions
Shaaz Indian Cuisine · 2043 Eglinton Ave E264 mPassed, Aug 2026
House of China Restaurant · 2306 Eglinton Ave E285 mPassed, Apr 2026
Mumma's Kitchen · 2310 Eglinton Ave E294 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Ishq · 2007 Eglinton Ave E301 mPassed, May 2026 · 3 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

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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 310 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Isabella Walton Child Care (Scarborough) Inc. (79 m, 52 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km5 centres · 310 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 5
  • Isabella Walton Child Care (Scarborough) Inc. · 835 Birchmount Rd
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    79 m
  • Kenlinton Child Care Centre (Operator-Stonehill) Facility #16008 · 2283 Eglinton Ave E
    62 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    445 m
  • Birds and Bees Day Care Centre · 720 Kennedy Rd
    86 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    845 m
  • Tic Toc Day Care Centre Inc · 1117 Birchmount Rd
    52 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    923 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 222 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (111 m) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 222 · 1.2 km755 Warden Ave
Police41 Division · 111 m2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 21 · 1.7 km887 Pharmacy Ave

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

32 registered apartment buildings with 2,877 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 835-841 Birchmount Rd (79 m, 102 units, 6 storeys, built 1992), which scored 94 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 81 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings32 · 2,877 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202681 across the 32
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest14 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
835-841 Birchmount Rdsocial housing1026199294 · Sep 2025079 m
2223 Eglinton Ave E · Greenwin Corp.756197190 · Jun 20264100 m
829 Birchmount Rd · Rydel Management Inc.656196190 · Oct 20251130 m
2225 Eglinton Ave E · Greenwin Corp.946197194 · Sep 20257135 m
821 Birchmount Rd · Rydel Management Inc.536196086 · Jun 20265155 m
1021 Birchmount RdToronto Community Housing · Del Management23611197288 · Sep 20250188 m
2231 Eglinton Ave E · Yad Investments Ltd1106195883 · Jun 20267197 m
2233 Eglinton Ave E · Yad Investments Ltd1106195884 · Jun 20266231 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 lots422 lots · ≈103,730 spaces · 311.2 ha
Within 500 m30 lots · ≈9,370 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 1,792 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Kennedy South Lot -155 Transway Cres · Surface1.2 km673 *
Kennedy North Service Road - 2450 Eglinton Ave East · Surface1.2 km199 *
Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface1.6 km920 *

Nearest lots: 73 m away, ≈50 spaces; 143 m away, ≈245 spaces; 145 m away, ≈137 spaces; 146 m away, ≈348 spaces; 163 m away, ≈401 spaces; 166 m away, ≈107 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, Oct 19, 2024 (a weekend day)

The east leg carries the load — 10,861 westbound vehicles, or 31% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 7,554. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 3,269 vehicles in the hour from 3:00 p.m., 38% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (2,366). Heavy vehicles made up 2.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 23 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north7,876southbound · 97 bikes · 1.7% heavy
From the west8,492eastbound · 129 bikes · 2.3% heavy
Total vehicles34,7832,350 pedestrians · 472 cyclists · 2.0% heavy
From the east10,861westbound · 163 bikes · 2.0% heavy
From the south7,554northbound · 83 bikes · 1.9% heavy
AM peak hour2,366 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour3,269 vehicles from 3:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 19, 2024 · weekend

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 most recent midblock count on Eglinton Ave E between Sinnott Rd and Birchmount Rd (120 m away, Mar 2013) recorded volume only — about 45,673 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Eglinton Ave E · Sinnott Rd – Birchmount Rd · 120 mMar 2013 · 3 days45,673
Birchmount Rd · Bonniewood Rd – Eglinton Ave E · 130 mApr 2015 · 3 days20,171

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

2019 was the peak year (68 collisions), and 2025 closed with 49. 13% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 62 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 1% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 32 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 28, 2026.

By year

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Exposure-adjusted: 13.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions472#142 of 5,508
With an injury63#152 of 4,660
Property damage only357
Fail to remain62
Involving a pedestrian6#531 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1607 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist3
With a fatality0
Severity not classified52
Since January 2026 (outside the window)32
All since 2014599latest Jun 28, 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. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Sep 15, 2012.

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 21 thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 4.0× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has been steady at around 2.4 a year. 52% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle2160street/outdoor (11), apartment parking (5)
Bicycle theft300street/outdoor (2), transit property (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 7, 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 & Eglinton a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 472 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 & Eglinton?

A high-volume crossing. It ranks #208 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.1× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Birchmount & Eglinton?

The nearest Green P car park is Kennedy South Lot -155 Transway Cres (1.2 km away, 673 spaces). The City's mapping shows 422 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 103,730 spaces — 30 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Birchmount & Eglinton by transit?

Birchmount Station (Line 5) is 37 m away; bus routes 34, 17, 68, 113, 43, 154, 12, 20 and 3 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Eglinton Ave East at Birchmount Rd, 31 m).

What restaurants are near Birchmount & Eglinton?

6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 81 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Suave Korner Kafe (183 m), Mandarin (188 m), The Birchmount Community Hub (189 m), Shaaz Indian Cuisine (264 m) and House of China Restaurant (285 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 Birchmount & Eglinton?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 310 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Isabella Walton Child Care (Scarborough) Inc. (79 m, 52 spaces), Kenlinton Child Care Centre (Operator-Stonehill) Facility #16008 (445 m, 62 spaces) and Birds and Bees Day Care Centre (845 m, 86 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Birchmount & Eglinton?

32 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,877 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 835-841 Birchmount Rd (79 m, 102 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 2223 Eglinton Ave E (100 m, 75 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 829 Birchmount Rd (130 m, 65 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 2225 Eglinton Ave E (135 m, 94 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 32 is 90 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 & Eglinton?

Toronto Police place 21 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 & Eglinton in?

Birchmount & Eglinton is in Wexford/Maryvale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 119). It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.

Sources

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