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Birchmount & Parkette

Birchmount Rd & Parkette Pl · Toronto, Ontario · Birchcliffe-Cliffside · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

In Birchcliffe-Cliffside, Birchmount & Parkette is a lightly travelled intersection. It has a school within 250 m and parks at the corner. Nearby: 11 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
4,426
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 6, 2007
18 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
9
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 7 property damage · #4382 of 5,508
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
4
TTC stops within 100 m
9 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 550 vehicles an hour, 48% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 246 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 0.9 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Birchmount & Parkette

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
201269117135113161768 nearest 21 m
Blue Night
316300
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Parkette Pl at Birchmount Rd; Birchmount Rd at Parkette Pl
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Birchmount Rd / Kingston Rd 287 m · 15 docks · 5 stations, 75 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 (10)
  • Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 110 m
  • Birchmount Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 375 m
  • Birch Cliff Public SchoolEnglish Public · 516 m
  • Birch Cliff Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 669 m
  • Taylor Creek Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • Toronto Islamic Academy SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km
  • and 4 more
Parks (20)
  • Birchcliff Woods193 m
  • Birchmount Park253 m
  • Danforth - Birchmount Parkette275 m
  • Avalon Parkette442 m
  • Harrison Properties481 m
  • Rosetta McClain Gardens677 m
  • and 14 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Taylor Memorial branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Albert Campbell branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Rosetta McClain GardensNature/ Park · 644 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 16 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Big Brothers Gourmet Pizza, 383 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 16 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 7 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Big Brothers Gourmet Pizza · 1736 Kingston Rd Bldg-1383 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Andrew's Place Bar & Restaurant · 1728 Kingston Rd385 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Ume Fashion Sushi · 1732 Kingston Rd389 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Foodsup Inc · 55 Milne Ave455 mPassed, Sep 2026
Bodega By City Cottage · 1680 Kingston Rd491 mPassed, Apr 2026
Grayson's Rustic Bakery · 1672 Kingston Rdgrocery505 mPassed, Jun 2026
City Cottage Market · 1666 Kingston Rdgrocery518 mPassed, Jun 2026
Mr. Nice Cream Inc. · 63 Mack Ave649 mPassed, May 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, 165 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 237 m away at Birchmount Park (currently off).

  • Birchmount Community Centre Washroom · 93 Birchmount Rd
    View centre hours · accessible
    165 m
  • Scarborough Arena Gardens Washroom · 75 Birchmount Rd.
    hours not listed · accessible
    244 m
  • Rosetta McClain Gardens Washroom · 5 Glen Everest Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    603 m
Drinking water
Birchmount Park bottle filling station · 237 m · off; Avalon Parkette drinking fountain · 461 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 177 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre Community Nursery School (162 m, 20 spaces, preschool).

Within 1 km4 centres · 177 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 4
  • Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre Community Nursery School · 93 Birchmount Rd
    20 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    162 m
  • Scarborough Day Nursery School · 51 Eastwood Ave
    71 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    582 m
  • Birch Cliff Heights Licensed Before and After School Program · 120 Highview Ave
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    670 m
  • Mon Petit Univers · 1578 Kingston Rd
    30 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    706 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 225 (385 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (4.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 916 m away.

FireFire Station 225 · 385 m3600 Danforth Ave
Police41 Division · 4 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 42 · 916 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

12 registered apartment buildings with 531 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 25 Parkette Pl (80 m, 61 units, 5 storeys, built 1959), which scored 93 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 8 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings12 · 531 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score85 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20268 across the 12
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest17 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
25 Parkette Pl · Parkette Place Apts Inc.615195993 · Oct 2025080 m
1711 Kingston Rd · Cogir Real Estate183196089 · Aug 20251462 m
1625-1641 Kingston Rd · Icarus Properties: Angelika Kostidis10319500637 m
1625-1641 Kingston Rd · Icarus Properties: Angelika Kostidis11319500637 m
1625-1641 Kingston Rd · Icarus Properties: Angelika Kostidis11319500637 m
10 Glen Everest RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation35017197091 · Jul 20267790 m
160 Pinegrove Ave · 1192918 Ontario Ltd113196394 · Jul 20240816 m
186 Danforth Rd154196289 · Aug 20240864 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 lots321 lots · ≈21,330 spaces · 64 ha
Within 500 m26 lots · ≈2,500 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 151 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface2 km151 *

Nearest lots: 46 m away, ≈35 spaces; 53 m away, ≈94 spaces; 74 m away, ≈49 spaces; 201 m away, ≈679 spaces; 252 m away, ≈511 spaces; 373 m away, ≈48 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, Dec 6, 2007

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The south leg carries the load — 2,229 northbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 188. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 746 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 718 from 4:30 p.m. Trucks and buses were 8.3% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 19 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2007, 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 north2,009southbound · 0 bikes · 9.1% heavy
From the west188eastbound · 0 bikes · 22.3% heavy
Total vehicles4,42618 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 8.3% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south2,229northbound · 0 bikes · 6.4% heavy
AM peak hour746 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour718 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 6, 2007

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 counter on Birchmount Rd between Pinegrove Ave and Highview Ave (302 m away) recorded an average of 52 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2024; 85% of drivers were at or under 59 km/h. That segment carries about 12,400 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Birchmount Rd (179 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 · Pinegrove Ave – Highview Ave · 302 mNov 2024 · 3 days12,37452 km/h59 km/h64 km/h

School-zone speed sign 179 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

2023 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 3. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 44% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Dec 5, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions9#4382 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only7
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 201411latest Dec 5, 2025

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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410street/outdoor (2), apartment parking (2)
Bicycle theft100street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 17, 2023. 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 & Parkette a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 9 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 & Parkette?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Dec 6, 2007, 48% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Birchmount & Parkette?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Birchmount Rd between Pinegrove Ave and Highview Ave (November 2024), found an average of 52 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 59 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 179 m away (40 km/h), 25% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Birchmount & Parkette?

The nearest Green P car park is Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave (2.0 km away, 151 spaces). The City's mapping shows 321 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,330 spaces — 26 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Birchmount & Parkette by transit?

Bus routes 20, 12, 69, 117, 135, 113, 16, 17 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Parkette Pl at Birchmount Rd, 21 m).

What restaurants are near Birchmount & Parkette?

None within 300 m, and 16 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Big Brothers Gourmet Pizza (383 m), Andrew's Place Bar & Restaurant (385 m), Ume Fashion Sushi (389 m), Foodsup Inc (455 m) and Bodega By City Cottage (491 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 & Parkette?

The nearest is Birchmount Community Centre Washroom, 93 Birchmount Rd, 165 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Scarborough Arena Gardens Washroom (244 m); Rosetta McClain Gardens Washroom (603 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 & Parkette?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 177 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre Community Nursery School (162 m, 20 spaces), Scarborough Day Nursery School (582 m, 71 spaces) and Birch Cliff Heights Licensed Before and After School Program (670 m, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Birchmount & Parkette?

12 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 531 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 25 Parkette Pl (80 m, 61 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 1711 Kingston Rd (462 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 1625-1641 Kingston Rd (637 m, 10 units) and 1625-1641 Kingston Rd (637 m, 11 units). The average RentSafeTO score across the 12 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 & Parkette?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 & Parkette in?

Birchmount & Parkette 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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