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Birchmount & Parnell

Birchmount Rd & Parnell Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Clairlea-Birchmount · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

Birchmount & Parnell, in Clairlea-Birchmount, is a mid-volume intersection. It has a school within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
6,282
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 21, 2018
50 pedestrians · 15 cyclists
Collisions
20
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 16 property damage · #3383 of 5,508 · +3 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: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 790 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 68% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 126 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 2 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 57%, from 14 in 2016–2020 to 6 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Birchmount & Parnell

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
117113161720686913512 nearest 18 m
Blue Night
300
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Birchmount Rd at Parnell Ave; Birchmount Rd at Parnell Ave South Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Danforth Rd / Birchmount Rd 180 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 64 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)
  • J G Workman Public SchoolEnglish Public · 197 m
  • Danforth Gardens Public SchoolEnglish Public · 461 m
  • Birch Cliff Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 742 m
  • Taylor Creek Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • St Joachim Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km
  • Birchmount Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 2 more
Parks (23)
  • Woodrow Park365 m
  • Sadler Parkette389 m
  • Danforth Gardens Park409 m
  • Oates Park559 m
  • Dunlop Park798 m
  • Highview Park828 m
  • and 17 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Albert Campbell branch327 m
Places of interest
  • Rosetta McClain GardensNature/ Park · 1.3 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 11 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 22 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 97 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2026.

Restaurants & cafés11 within 300 m · 22 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 3 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tim Hortons · 415 Danforth Rd97 mPassed, Jan 2026
Peter Bougadis Master Soft & Delight Dairy Products Inc-110 8ak · 58 Raleigh Ave250 mConditional pass, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Peter Bougadis Master Soft & Delight Dairy Products Inc. Kx1 424 · 58 Raleigh Ave250 mConditional pass, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Bread King Bakeries · 462 Birchmount Rd Unit-31266 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Follow the Child · 462 Birchmount Rd Unit--20266 mPassed, Jul 2026
Iqbal Foods · 462 Birchmount Rd Unit-17-18grocery266 mPassed, Jun 2026
Pizza Hut · 462 Birchmount Rd Unit-56266 mPassed, Jun 2026
Panda Wok · 462 Birchmount Rd Unit-40266 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 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

The nearest public washroom is Highview Park Washroom, 795 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Highview Park Washroom · 150 Highview Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    795 m
  • Dunlop Park Washroom · 19 Dunlop Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    822 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 225 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Follow the Child (285 m, 39 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km4 centres · 225 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • Follow the Child · 462 Birchmount Rd
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    285 m
  • Danforth Gardens Playcare · 20 Santamonica Blvd
    86 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    461 m
  • Birch Cliff Heights Licensed Before and After School Program · 120 Highview Ave
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    741 m
  • Taylor Creek Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 644 Warden Ave
    44 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 225 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (2.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 225 · 1.1 km3600 Danforth Ave
Police41 Division · 2.9 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 47 · 1.7 km3600 St Clair 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

17 registered apartment buildings with 1,430 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 506 Danforth Rd (398 m, 22 units, 3 storeys, built 1965), which scored 89 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 24 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 15 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings17 · 1,430 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202624 across the 17
Open fire-code violations15
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
506 Danforth Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc223196589 · Jul 20240398 m
508 Danforth Rd243195995 · Sep 20250427 m
534 Birchmount Rd · Avenue Place Ltd.344196284 · Jul 20240583 m
536 Birchmount Rd · Performance Property Management283196091 · Sep 20250610 m
540 Birchmount Rd · Trivest Developments Corporation274196092 · Sep 20251636 m
544 Birchmount Rd · Medallion Corporation13111196992 · Sep 20256 · 3 fire674 m
550 Birchmount Rd · Medallion Corporation15310201183 · Sep 20261708 m
552 Birchmount Rd · Medallion Corporation617197487 · Sep 20251749 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 lots404 lots · ≈47,480 spaces · 142.4 ha
Within 500 m59 lots · ≈5,980 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 1,071 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface1.1 km151 *
Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface1.6 km920 *

Nearest lots: 32 m away, ≈5 spaces; 33 m away, ≈183 spaces; 71 m away, ≈32 spaces; 76 m away, ≈105 spaces; 99 m away, ≈71 spaces; 101 m away, ≈65 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, Mar 21, 2018

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 3,067 southbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 282. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,001 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 8% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (926). Heavy vehicles made up 4.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 9 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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 north3,067southbound · 6 bikes · 4.3% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles6,28250 pedestrians · 15 cyclists · 4.3% heavy
From the east282westbound · 4 bikes · 0.7% heavy
From the south2,933northbound · 5 bikes · 4.7% heavy
AM peak hour926 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,001 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 21, 2018

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 Danforth Rd and Sadler Dr (308 m away) recorded an average of 47 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 54 km/h. That segment carries about 12,500 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Danforth Rd (265 m away, 50 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 77,418 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Birchmount Rd · Danforth Rd – Sadler Dr · 308 mMay 2022 · 3 days12,47047 km/h54 km/h59 km/h

School-zone speed sign 265 m

Posted limit50 km/h
Median · 85th pct35 · 41 km/h
Over the limit0.1%
60 km/h or more0.0%

Danforth Rd (eastbound) · 77,418 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

2017 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 10% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 10% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 23, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions20#3383 of 5,508
With an injury2#3612 of 4,660
Property damage only16
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian2#1577 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201425latest Jun 23, 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

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 six thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 50% of the vehicle thefts were from commercial premises — shops, offices and their lots. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 28, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle632commercial premises (3), street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 28, 2026. 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 Clairlea-Birchmount.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Birchmount & Parnell a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 20 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 & Parnell?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Mar 21, 2018, 68% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Birchmount & Parnell?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Birchmount Rd between Danforth Rd and Sadler Dr (May 2022), found an average of 47 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 54 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 265 m away (50 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Birchmount & Parnell?

The nearest Green P car park is Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave (1.1 km away, 151 spaces). The City's mapping shows 404 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 47,480 spaces — 59 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Birchmount & Parnell by transit?

Bus routes 117, 113, 16, 17, 20, 68, 69, 135 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Birchmount Rd at Parnell Ave, 18 m).

What restaurants are near Birchmount & Parnell?

11 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 22 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (97 m), Peter Bougadis Master Soft & Delight Dairy Products Inc-110 8ak (250 m), Peter Bougadis Master Soft & Delight Dairy Products Inc. Kx1 424 (250 m), Bread King Bakeries (266 m) and Follow the Child (266 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 & Parnell?

The nearest is Highview Park Washroom, 150 Highview Ave, 795 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Dunlop Park Washroom (822 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 & Parnell?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 225 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Follow the Child (285 m, 39 spaces), Danforth Gardens Playcare (461 m, 86 spaces) and Birch Cliff Heights Licensed Before and After School Program (741 m, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Birchmount & Parnell?

17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,430 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 506 Danforth Rd (398 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 508 Danforth Rd (427 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 534 Birchmount Rd (583 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 84) and 536 Birchmount Rd (610 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 17 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 & Parnell?

Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. 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 Clairlea-Birchmount page.

What neighbourhood is Birchmount & Parnell in?

Birchmount & Parnell is in Clairlea-Birchmount (City of Toronto neighbourhood 120). It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.

Sources

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