Toronto · intersection · signal 2589

Birchmount & Merryfield

Birchmount Rd & Merryfield Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Dorset Park · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

Birchmount & Merryfield is an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in Dorset Park. At the corner: an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 16 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
23,028
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 19, 2024
212 pedestrians · 109 cyclists · #673 busiest
Collisions
33
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
6 with an injury · 18 property damage · #2649 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
1 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #488 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 1,640 vehicles, 1.42× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 109 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 3.3 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 1.4 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions fell 50%, from 22 in 2016–2020 to 11 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 33 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Birchmount & Merryfield

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
1754436838129131133 nearest 16 m
Express
954903904938939968
Blue Night
354343
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Birchmount Rd at Merryfield Dr
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Dulverton Rd / Birchmount Rd 414 m · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 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 (11)
  • Dorset Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 588 m
  • Bond Academy SchoolPrivate · 589 m
  • St Lawrence Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 614 m
  • Manhattan Park Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 713 m
  • Winston Churchill Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 790 m
  • General Crerar Public SchoolEnglish Public · 897 m
  • and 5 more
Parks (5)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library McGregor Park branch643 m
Signal
2589, activated 2022 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

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 70. The nearest is Miders Kitchen and Bar, 231 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in December 2025 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 70 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 19 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Miders Kitchen and Bar · 1370 Birchmount Rd Unit-1231 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 1 infraction
Ani Bakery · 25 Howden Rd Unit-2grocery412 mPassed, Aug 2026
Vrcade · 2130 Lawrence Ave E, Unit-100493 mPassed, Oct 2025
Ruby's Mediterranean Cuisine · 2130 Lawrence Ave E493 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 4 infractions
Vrcade · 2130 Lawrence Ave E Unit-100493 mPassed, Aug 2026
Master Butchers Shop · 2155 Lawrence Ave E549 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 2 infractions
Scarborough Pizza & Kabob · 2157 Lawrence Ave E560 mPassed, Jul 2026
Scarborough Pizza & Kabob · 2157 Lawrence Ave E560 mPassed, Aug 2025

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, 697 m away, View centre hours.

  • McGregor Park Community Centre Washroom · 2231 Lawrence Ave E
    View centre hours
    697 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

One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 28 spaces; it accepts City fee subsidy. The nearest is Plasp St. Lawrence C.s. (614 m, 28 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km1 centre · 28 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 1
  • Plasp St. Lawrence C.s. · 2216 Lawrence Ave E
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    614 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 245 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (2.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.2 km away.

FireFire Station 245 · 1.3 km1600 Birchmount Rd
Police41 Division · 2.5 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 20 · 1.2 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 13 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,019 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1475 Birchmount Rd (541 m, 28 units, 5 storeys, built 1967), which scored 82 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 29 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings13 · 1,019 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score85 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202629 across the 13
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest15 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1475 Birchmount Rd · Signet Group Inc.285196782 · Aug 20261541 m
2155 Lawrence Ave Esocial housing · Aldebrain Attendant Care Services of Toronto24311199392 · Nov 20251550 m
1477 Birchmount Rd213196086 · Sep 20251569 m
2185 Lawrence Ave E · Shelborne Property Management14212196890 · Dec 20253589 m
1255 Birchmount Rd · Signet Group Inc.706196089 · Aug 20269616 m
1236 Birchmount Rd · Homes First Property Management Inc.2201520231 · 2 fire626 m
2230 Lawrence Ave E · Comer Group Limited647196272 · Aug 20240689 m
2250 Lawrence Ave E · Ulrich Priperties Ltd336196895 · Nov 20250728 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 lots417 lots · ≈76,000 spaces · 228 ha
Within 500 m23 lots · ≈5,120 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 183 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1940 Lawrence Avenue East · Surface1.3 km25 *
Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East · Surface1.3 km90 *
Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 · Surface1.8 km68 *

Nearest lots: 117 m away, ≈618 spaces; 177 m away, ≈56 spaces; 209 m away, ≈85 spaces; 218 m away, ≈199 spaces; 238 m away, ≈97 spaces; 248 m away, ≈505 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)

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 11,868 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 7 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the south (59 of 109). Evening rush dominates here: 2,775 vehicles in the peak hour from 3:30 p.m., against 1,403 in the morning peak from 9:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 0.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. 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 north11,868southbound · 46 bikes · 0.7% heavy
From the west7eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles23,028212 pedestrians · 109 cyclists · 0.9% heavy
From the east466westbound · 4 bikes · 0.2% heavy
From the south10,687northbound · 59 bikes · 1.1% heavy
AM peak hour1,403 vehicles from 9:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,775 vehicles from 3:30 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

On Birchmount Rd between Exford Dr and Laura Secord Walk, 384 m from the corner, a 7-day count in May 2023 put the average speed at 53 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 63 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 68 km/h or more. That segment carries about 19,600 vehicles a day. Merryfield Dr between Bergen Rd and Vauxhall Dr measured slower: 32 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (Oct 2025).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Merryfield Dr · Bergen Rd – Vauxhall Dr · 142 mOct 2025 · 3 days1,07732 km/h39 km/h43 km/h
Birchmount Rd · Exford Dr – Laura Secord Walk · 384 mMay 2023 · 7 days19,57553 km/h63 km/h68 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 2019, with 6 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 6 collisions (18%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 8 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 24% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (6%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 22, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 1.4 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions33#2649 of 5,508
With an injury6#2356 of 4,660
Property damage only18
Fail to remain8
Involving a pedestrian2#1478 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality1
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201444latest May 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

One collision in 2016–2025 was fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Dec 1, 2017.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#488 of 1,505
Fatal1#43 of 319
Involving a pedestrian1#185 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20061latest Dec 1, 2017

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

Four thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle420commercial premises (3), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 1, 2024. 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 Dorset Park.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Birchmount & Merryfield a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#488 of 1,505), out of 33 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Merryfield?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #673 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.42× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Birchmount & Merryfield?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Birchmount Rd between Exford Dr and Laura Secord Walk (May 2023), found an average of 53 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 63 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Birchmount & Merryfield?

The nearest Green P car park is 1940 Lawrence Avenue East (1.3 km away, 25 spaces). The City's mapping shows 417 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 76,000 spaces — 23 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Birchmount & Merryfield by transit?

Bus routes 17, 54, 43, 68, 38, 129, 131, 133 and 6 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Birchmount Rd at Merryfield Dr, 16 m).

What restaurants are near Birchmount & Merryfield?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 70 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Miders Kitchen and Bar (231 m), Vrcade (493 m), Ruby's Mediterranean Cuisine (493 m), Vrcade (493 m) and Master Butchers Shop (549 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 & Merryfield?

The nearest is McGregor Park Community Centre Washroom, 2231 Lawrence Ave E, 697 m away (View centre hours). 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 & Merryfield?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 28 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Plasp St. Lawrence C.s. (614 m, 28 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Birchmount & Merryfield?

13 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,019 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1475 Birchmount Rd (541 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 2155 Lawrence Ave E (550 m, 243 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 1477 Birchmount Rd (569 m, 21 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 2185 Lawrence Ave E (589 m, 142 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 13 is 85 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 & Merryfield?

Toronto Police place four 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 Dorset Park page.

What neighbourhood is Birchmount & Merryfield in?

Birchmount & Merryfield is in Dorset Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 126). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.

Sources

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