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Blantyre & Beachdale

Blantyre Ave & Beachdale Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Birchcliffe-Cliffside · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

Blantyre & Beachdale sits in Birchcliffe-Cliffside. At the City's last count here, in 2006, it was a lightly travelled intersection. Nearby are 8 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
1,399
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 23, 2006
276 pedestrians · 50 cyclists
Collisions
10
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
8 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
36/100
city median 48
42 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 555 m

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Blantyre & Beachdale

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume8-hour count · May 23, 2006

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 565 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 40% of the total, against 94 from the west. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 234 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 244 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 20 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2006, 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 north445southbound · 11 bikes · 2.7% heavy
From the west94eastbound · 3 bikes · 3.2% heavy
Total vehicles1,399276 pedestrians · 50 cyclists · 3.3% heavy
From the east295westbound · 15 bikes · 2.7% heavy
From the south565northbound · 21 bikes · 4.1% heavy

Peak hours: 234 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 244 from 5:00 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 3 collisions. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 60% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (10%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 21, 2026.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions10
With an injury0
Property damage only4
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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.

How fast traffic moves here

On Blantyre Ave between Kingston Rd and Meadow Ave, 127 m from the corner, a 2-day count in March 2020 put the average speed at 32 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 39 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 44 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,300 vehicles a day. The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Blantyre Ave (204 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.6% of the 33,621 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Blantyre Ave · Kingston Rd – Meadow Ave · 127 mMar 2020 · 2 days2,30632 km/h39 km/h44 km/h
Speed sign
Blantyre Ave (northbound), 204 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 26 km/h, 85th percentile 38 km/h; 0.6% at 50 km/h or more. 33,621 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Streetcar
503 nearest 354 m · 4 min
TTC bus
12 117 404 135 nearest 174 m
Blue Night
316 324 322
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Victoria Park Ave / Kingston Rd 416 m · 5 min · 15 docks · 3 stations, 50 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 256 spaces
EV charging
912 Kingston Road · 809 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 2231 Gerrard Street East (1.7 km), 2219 Gerrard Street East (1.8 km)
Bike parking
11 post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 777 Victoria Park Ave (1.7 km)
Other lots
13 mapped lots within 500 m, 238 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
197 Blantyre Ave · Surface140 m8329% (Q1 2026)
Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface1.5 km173 *—

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

No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Aberdeen Market, 555 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 42 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 329 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Birchcliff Pharmacy, 166 m away; 7 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Tim Hortons · 1089 Kingston Rd Unit-7329 m · 4 min
  • Big Boy's Burrito · 1062 Kingston Rd375 m · 4 min
  • Fallingbrook Market & Cafe · 160 Fallingbrook Rd378 m · 5 min
  • Fresh Burrito · 1085 Kingston Rd Unit-9385 m · 5 min
  • Papa John's · 1085 Kingston Rd Unit-10385 m · 5 min
0 within 300 m · 42 within 1 km
Grocery
Aberdeen Market 555 m · 7 min · 4 within 1 km
Food shops
Lucky's Meats 555 m · 7 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Birchcliff Pharmacy 166 m · 7 within 1 km
Child care
  • Today's Child Tomorrow's Future Children's Centre (290 Blantyre) · 116 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day334 m · 4 min
  • Broad View French Montessori School Ii Limited · 34 spaces, toddler, preschool468 m · 6 min
  • Beaches Montessori School South · 16 spaces, preschool509 m · 6 min
7 licensed centres · 504 spaces within 1 km · 2 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Blantyre Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible138 m
  • Blantyre Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · hours not listed · closed — Under Construction605 m · 7 min
Drinking water: Blantyre Park 143 m (off)

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 (6)
  • Blantyre Park579 m · 7 min
  • Neville Park Blvd Ravine676 m · 8 min
  • Lynndale Parkette783 m · 9 min
  • Golf Club Parkette910 m · 11 min
  • Bob Acton Park1.4 km · 16 min
and 1 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (9)
  • Blantyre Public SchoolEnglish Public · 334 m · 4 min
  • Neil McNeil Catholic High SchoolEnglish Separate · 616 m · 7 min
  • Courcelette Public SchoolEnglish Public · 636 m · 8 min
  • Adam Beck Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 666 m · 8 min
  • Beaches MontessoriPrivate · 704 m · 8 min
and 4 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Taylor Memorial branch1.3 km · 15 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 care or retirement home.

36of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food9/30

    4 grocery stores within 1 km · 42 within 1 km

  • Transit12/28

    3 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go2/14

    library 1.3 km away

  • Parks and recreation6/10

    nearest park 0.6 km · 1 community centre within 800 m

  • Schools and child care7/8

    1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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

Within a kilometre there are 14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 591 rental units. The nearest is 1140 Kingston Rd (163 m, 34 units, 5 storeys, built 1971), which scored 93 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
1140 Kingston Rd · Merkur Properties C/O Greenwin Corp.345197193 · Jul 2025163 m
1080 Kingston Rd20216197095 · Jul 2024260 m · 3 min
1150 Kingston Rd · Greenwin Corp515195694 · Jul 2024267 m · 3 min
1200 Kingston Rd615195696 · Aug 2024308 m · 4 min
1165 Kingston Rd · Altima Properties214192091 · Jul 2024356 m · 4 min
2 North Dr · Potomac Construction Limited654196497 · Aug 2025413 m · 5 min

14 registered buildings · 591 units · tallest 16 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

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

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

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 Blantyre & Beachdale a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 10 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 Blantyre & Beachdale?

A lightly travelled intersection at the City's last count here, in 2006. Its latest count is from May 23, 2006, 15% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Blantyre & Beachdale a walkable intersection?

Blantyre & Beachdale scores 36 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; 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: 1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; nearest park 0.6 km · 1 community centre within 800 m; 3 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km.

How fast do cars go at Blantyre & Beachdale?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Blantyre Ave between Kingston Rd and Meadow Ave (March 2020), found an average of 32 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 39 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 204 m away (40 km/h), 0.6% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Blantyre & Beachdale?

The nearest Green P car park is 197 Blantyre Ave (140 m away, 83 spaces, 29% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 238 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 11,130 spaces — 13 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 912 Kingston Road (809 m).

How do I get to Blantyre & Beachdale by transit?

Streetcar route 503 stop within 1 km, the nearest 354 m away; bus routes 12, 117, 404, 135 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Blantyre & Beachdale?

None within 300 m, and 42 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tim Hortons (329 m), Big Boy's Burrito (375 m), Fallingbrook Market & Cafe (378 m), Fresh Burrito (385 m) and Papa John's (385 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Blantyre & Beachdale?

The nearest is Blantyre Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 180 Fallingbrook Rd, 138 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Blantyre Park Outdoor Pool Washroom (605 m); Adam Beck Community Centre Washroom (677 m).

Is there child care near Blantyre & Beachdale?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 504 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Today's Child Tomorrow's Future Children's Centre (290 Blantyre) (334 m, 116 spaces), Broad View French Montessori School Ii Limited (468 m, 34 spaces) and Beaches Montessori School South (509 m, 16 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Blantyre & Beachdale?

14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 591 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1140 Kingston Rd (163 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 1080 Kingston Rd (260 m, 202 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 1150 Kingston Rd (267 m, 51 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 1200 Kingston Rd (308 m, 61 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 14 is 91 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Blantyre & Beachdale?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Birchcliffe-Cliffside page.

What neighbourhood is Blantyre & Beachdale in?

Blantyre & Beachdale is in Birchcliffe-Cliffside (City of Toronto neighbourhood 122). 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