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Birchmount & Hollis

Birchmount Rd & Hollis Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Birchcliffe-Cliffside · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

In Birchcliffe-Cliffside, Birchmount & Hollis is a mid-volume intersection. At the corner: a school within 250 m and parks. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
4,919
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 15, 2022
466 pedestrians · 45 cyclists
Collisions
25
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
6 with an injury · 18 property damage · #3062 of 5,508 · +1 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
9 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 610 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 53% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 11 vehicles, close to the citywide median. That comes with about 2.5 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions edged down 8%, from 13 in 2016–2020 to 12 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Birchmount & Hollis

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
126911720135113681617 nearest 11 m
Blue Night
316300
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Birchmount Rd at Hollis Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Birchmount Rd / Kingston Rd 125 m · 15 docks · 6 stations, 90 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 (8)
  • Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 134 m
  • Birch Cliff Public SchoolEnglish Public · 391 m
  • Birchmount Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 423 m
  • Birch Cliff Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 791 m
  • Toronto Islamic Academy SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km
  • Taylor Creek Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km
  • and 2 more
Parks (18)
  • Birchmount Park227 m
  • Avalon Parkette288 m
  • Danforth - Birchmount Parkette307 m
  • Birchcliff Woods327 m
  • Harrison Properties382 m
  • Harding Parkette589 m
  • and 12 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Taylor Memorial branch1 km
Places of interest
  • Rosetta McClain GardensNature/ Park · 627 m

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 3 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 13 — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Big Brothers Gourmet Pizza, 221 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Big Brothers Gourmet Pizza · 1736 Kingston Rd Bldg-1221 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Andrew's Place Bar & Restaurant · 1728 Kingston Rd224 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Ume Fashion Sushi · 1732 Kingston Rd227 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Bodega By City Cottage · 1680 Kingston Rd343 mPassed, Apr 2026
Grayson's Rustic Bakery · 1672 Kingston Rdgrocery361 mPassed, Jun 2026
City Cottage Market · 1666 Kingston Rdgrocery375 mPassed, Jun 2026
Foodsup Inc · 55 Milne Ave580 mPassed, Sep 2026
Mon Petit Univers · 1578 Kingston Rd586 mPassed, Sep 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 Birchmount Community Centre Washroom, 93 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 161 m away at Birchmount Park (currently off).

  • Birchmount Community Centre Washroom · 93 Birchmount Rd
    View centre hours · accessible
    93 m
  • Scarborough Arena Gardens Washroom · 75 Birchmount Rd.
    hours not listed · accessible
    105 m
  • Rosetta McClain Gardens Washroom · 5 Glen Everest Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    589 m
Drinking water
Birchmount Park bottle filling station · 161 m · off; Avalon Parkette drinking fountain · 308 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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 205 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre Community Nursery School (79 m, 20 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km5 centres · 205 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 5
  • Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre Community Nursery School · 93 Birchmount Rd
    20 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    79 m
  • Scarborough Day Nursery School · 51 Eastwood Ave
    71 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    490 m
  • Mon Petit Univers · 1578 Kingston Rd
    30 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    587 m
  • Birch Cliff Heights Licensed Before and After School Program · 120 Highview Ave
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    792 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 225 (439 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (4.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 803 m away.

FireFire Station 225 · 439 m3600 Danforth Ave
Police41 Division · 4.1 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 42 · 803 m1535 Kingston Rd

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 16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 596 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 25 Parkette Pl (162 m, 61 units, 5 storeys, built 1959), which scored 93 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 16 scored below 70; the average is 84, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 17 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings16 · 596 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score84 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202617 across the 16
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest17 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
25 Parkette Pl · Parkette Place Apts Inc.615195993 · Oct 20250162 m
1711 Kingston Rd · Cogir Real Estate183196089 · Aug 20251303 m
1625-1641 Kingston Rd · Icarus Properties: Angelika Kostidis10319500502 m
1625-1641 Kingston Rd · Icarus Properties: Angelika Kostidis11319500502 m
1625-1641 Kingston Rd · Icarus Properties: Angelika Kostidis11319500502 m
10 Glen Everest RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation35017197091 · Jul 20267825 m
1481 Kingston Rd · 1034523 Ontario Ltd153194074 · Aug 20261896 m
160 Pinegrove Ave · 1192918 Ontario Ltd113196394 · Jul 20240908 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 lots316 lots · ≈21,260 spaces · 63.8 ha
Within 500 m17 lots · ≈1,570 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 93 m away, ≈679 spaces; 105 m away, ≈49 spaces; 131 m away, ≈35 spaces; 193 m away, ≈94 spaces; 222 m away, ≈12 spaces; 238 m away, ≈12 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, Jun 15, 2022

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 1,730 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 35% of the total, against 332 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 796 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 675 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.9% 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 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north1,730southbound · 10 bikes · 6.7% heavy
From the west1,282eastbound · 20 bikes · 1.0% heavy
Total vehicles4,919466 pedestrians · 45 cyclists · 5.9% heavy
From the east332westbound · 8 bikes · 3.6% heavy
From the south1,575northbound · 7 bikes · 9.3% heavy
AM peak hour675 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour796 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 15, 2022

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 Rhydwen Ave and Parkette Pl, 122 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2022 put the average speed at 39 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 47 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 51 km/h or more. That segment carries about 6,900 vehicles a day. Hollis Ave between Phenix Dr and Birchcliff Ave measured slower: 36 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 42 km/h (Jun 2025). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Birchmount Rd (341 m away, 40 km/h limit), 25% of the 128,938 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Birchmount Rd · Rhydwen Ave – Parkette Pl · 122 mMay 2022 · 3 days6,93139 km/h47 km/h51 km/h
Hollis Ave · Phenix Dr – Birchcliff Ave · 302 mJun 2025 · 3 days3,90336 km/h42 km/h45 km/h

School-zone speed sign 341 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct44 · 52 km/h
Over the limit49%
50 km/h or more25%

Birchmount Rd (southbound) · 128,938 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 2016, with 5 collisions; 2025 recorded 4. 6 collisions (24%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (8%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 31, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions25#3062 of 5,508
With an injury6#2388 of 4,660
Property damage only18
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian1#2230 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1608 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201432latest Mar 31, 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

Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200house driveway/garage (1), other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 16, 2022. 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 Birchcliffe-Cliffside.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Birchmount & Hollis a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 25 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 & Hollis?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Jun 15, 2022, 53% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Birchmount & Hollis?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Birchmount Rd between Rhydwen Ave and Parkette Pl (May 2022), found an average of 39 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 341 m away (40 km/h), 25% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Birchmount & Hollis?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 316 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,260 spaces — 17 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Birchmount & Hollis by transit?

Bus routes 12, 69, 117, 20, 135, 113, 68, 16 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Birchmount Rd at Hollis Ave, 11 m).

What restaurants are near Birchmount & Hollis?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 13 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Big Brothers Gourmet Pizza (221 m), Andrew's Place Bar & Restaurant (224 m), Ume Fashion Sushi (227 m), Bodega By City Cottage (343 m) and Foodsup Inc (580 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 & Hollis?

The nearest is Birchmount Community Centre Washroom, 93 Birchmount Rd, 93 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Scarborough Arena Gardens Washroom (105 m); Rosetta McClain Gardens Washroom (589 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 & Hollis?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 205 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre Community Nursery School (79 m, 20 spaces), Scarborough Day Nursery School (490 m, 71 spaces) and Mon Petit Univers (587 m, 30 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Birchmount & Hollis?

16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 596 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 25 Parkette Pl (162 m, 61 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 1711 Kingston Rd (303 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 1625-1641 Kingston Rd (502 m, 10 units) and 1625-1641 Kingston Rd (502 m, 11 units). The average RentSafeTO score across the 16 is 84 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. 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 & Hollis?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no 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 Birchcliffe-Cliffside page.

What neighbourhood is Birchmount & Hollis in?

Birchmount & Hollis is in Birchcliffe-Cliffside (City of Toronto neighbourhood 122). It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.

Sources

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