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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
Live traffic camera RESCU 8055 · 32 m
Which way is it looking?4 reference views
Fixed shots from the City, not live.The City's own feed for Birchmount & Eglinton, replaced every few minutes. This card checks for a new frame every 45 seconds.
Traffic volume14-hour count · Oct 19, 2024 · weekend
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 16,177 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 2,366 vehicles in the hour from 9:30 a.m. and 3,269 from 3:00 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
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, 46 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 14, 2026.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Sep 15, 2012.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 472 | #142 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 63 | #152 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 357 | |
| Fail to remain | 62 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 6 | #531 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 3 | |
| Severity not classified | 52 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 46 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 2 | latest Sep 15, 2012 |
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.
Traffic on these streets
The City's most recent midblock count on Birchmount Rd between Bonniewood Rd and Eglinton Ave E (130 m away, Apr 2015) recorded volume only — about 20,171 vehicles a day — with no speed data.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eglinton Ave E · Sinnott Rd – Birchmount Rd · 120 m | Mar 2013 · 3 days | 45,673 | — | — | — |
| Birchmount Rd · Bonniewood Rd – Eglinton Ave E · 130 m | Apr 2015 · 3 days | 20,171 | — | — | — |
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.
- The crossing
- Signal 0458, activated 1958 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- Subway
- Birchmount Station (Line 5)37 m; Ionview Station (Line 5)461 m · 5 min; Golden Mile Station (Line 5)717 m · 9 min
- TTC bus
- 34 17 68 113 43 12 20 21 57 nearest 31 m
- Express
- 968
- Blue Night
- 334 343 300 386
- 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 94 m · 11 docks · 3 stations, 33 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
- 2 car parks · about 872 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 21 mapped lots within 500 m, 304 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy South Lot -155 Transway Cres · Surface | 1.3 km | 673 * | — |
| Kennedy North Service Road - 2450 Eglinton Ave East · Surface | 1.3 km | 199 * | — |
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
You can do a shop on foot from here: H-Habesha Fresh Market &grocery is 246 m away. There are 4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 43 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Suave Korner Kafe, 207 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Scarborough Pharmacy, 239 m away; 7 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Suave Korner Kafe · 2200 Eglinton Ave E Unit-103207 m
- The Birchmount Community Hub · 1021 Birchmount Rd227 m
- Mandarin · 2206 Eglinton Ave E Unit-107265 m · 3 min
- Shaaz Indian Cuisine · 2043 Eglinton Ave E291 m · 3 min
- House of China Restaurant · 2306 Eglinton Ave E320 m · 4 min
- Grocery
- H-Habesha Fresh Market &grocery 246 m · 3 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Vienna Meats and Delicatessen 487 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Scarborough Pharmacy 239 m · 7 within 1 km
- Child care
- Isabella Walton Child Care (Scarborough) Inc. · 52 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day94 m
- Kenlinton Child Care Centre (Operator-Stonehill) Facility #16008 · 62 spaces, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day509 m · 6 min
- Tic Toc Day Care Centre Inc · 52 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day1 km · 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
- Maidavale Park447 m · 5 min
- Eglinton Ravine Park780 m · 9 min
- Maywood Tot Lot1.3 km · 15 min
- Treverton Park1.3 km · 16 min
- Ionview Park1.4 km · 16 min
- Community centres
- Don Montgomery Community Recreation Centre1.4 km · 17 min
- Schools (8)
- Khairul Ummah SchoolPrivate · 732 m · 9 min
- A Plus Academy of AdvancementPrivate · 906 m · 11 min
- Salaheddin Islamic SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km · 14 min
- St Maria Goretti Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.2 km · 15 min
- Centennial College School - Ashtonbee CampusCollege · 1.3 km · 15 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Kennedy/Eglinton branch699 m · 8 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 public washroom or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #758 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
22 registered apartment buildings with 2,219 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 835-841 Birchmount Rd (94 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.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 835-841 Birchmount Rd social housing | 102 | 6 | 1992 | 94 · Sep 2025 | 94 m |
| 2223 Eglinton Ave E · Greenwin Corp. | 75 | 6 | 1971 | 90 · Jun 2026 | 140 m |
| 829 Birchmount Rd · Rydel Management Inc. | 65 | 6 | 1961 | 90 · Oct 2025 | 168 m |
| 2225 Eglinton Ave E · Greenwin Corp. | 94 | 6 | 1971 | 94 · Sep 2025 | 185 m |
| 821 Birchmount Rd · Rydel Management Inc. | 53 | 6 | 1960 | 86 · Jun 2026 | 185 m |
| 1021 Birchmount Rd Toronto Community Housing · Del Management | 236 | 11 | 1972 | 88 · Sep 2025 | 226 m |
22 registered buildings · 2,219 units · 2 social housing · tallest 11 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 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
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 21 | 6 | 0 | street/outdoor (11), apartment parking (5) |
| Bicycle theft | 3 | 0 | 0 | street/outdoor (2), transit property (1) |
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 #211 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.2× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Birchmount & Eglinton a walkable intersection?
Birchmount & Eglinton scores 71 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #758 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: Birchmount Station · 8 stops within 300 m · 17 routes within 1 km; 1 grocery store within 300 m · 4 places to eat within 300 m; 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1.4 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · accessible signals.
Where can I park near Birchmount & Eglinton?
The nearest Green P car park is Kennedy South Lot -155 Transway Cres (1.3 km away, 673 spaces). The City's mapping shows 304 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 68,700 spaces — 21 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, 12, 20, 21 and 2 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Eglinton Ave East at Birchmount Rd, 31 m).
What restaurants are near Birchmount & Eglinton?
4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 43 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Suave Korner Kafe (207 m), The Birchmount Community Hub (227 m), Mandarin (265 m), Shaaz Indian Cuisine (291 m) and House of China Restaurant (320 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Birchmount & Eglinton?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 166 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Isabella Walton Child Care (Scarborough) Inc. (94 m, 52 spaces), Kenlinton Child Care Centre (Operator-Stonehill) Facility #16008 (509 m, 62 spaces) and Tic Toc Day Care Centre Inc (1.0 km, 52 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Birchmount & Eglinton?
22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,219 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 835-841 Birchmount Rd (94 m, 102 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 2223 Eglinton Ave E (140 m, 75 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 829 Birchmount Rd (168 m, 65 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 2225 Eglinton Ave E (185 m, 94 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 22 is 90 out of 100.
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. 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
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 Oct 19, 2024.
- 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; live image from Traffic Cameras (RESCU).
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; 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 20 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: 43.72996, -79.27786 · centreline node 13453221.