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Bolster & Pitt

Bolster Ave & Pitt Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Clairlea-Birchmount · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

Bolster & Pitt is a quiet local crossing, with heavy foot traffic and significant cycling traffic. It sits in Clairlea-Birchmount. Nearby are 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
707
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jun 17, 2025
295 pedestrians · 50 cyclists
Collisions
2
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
7 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
26/100
city median 48
32 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 453 m

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Bolster & Pitt

Traffic and safety

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

Traffic volume14-hour count · Jun 17, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 322 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 46% of the total, against 155 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 84 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:15 p.m., against 71 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 16 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north322southbound · 14 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles707295 pedestrians · 50 cyclists · 1.8% heavy
From the east155westbound · 25 bikes · 1.3% heavy
From the south230northbound · 11 bikes · 0.4% heavy

Peak hours: 71 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 84 from 5:15 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 worst year was 2017, with 1 collision; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 50% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 6, 2026.

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

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions2
With an injury0
Property damage only1
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified1
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
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 Bolster Ave between Westbourne Ave and Bexhill Ave, 210 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2023 put the average speed at 33 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 43 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 48 km/h or more. That segment carries about 400 vehicles a day. Pitt Ave between Bolster Ave and Dawes Rd measured slower: 32 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (Mar 2026). At the school-zone speed sign on Pharmacy Ave (347 m away, 50 km/h limit), 1.2% of the 57,082 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Pitt Ave · Bolster Ave – Dawes Rd · 109 mMar 2026 · 3 days62332 km/h39 km/h44 km/h
Bolster Ave · Westbourne Ave – Bexhill Ave · 210 mMay 2023 · 3 days42533 km/h43 km/h48 km/h
Speed sign
Pharmacy Ave (southbound), 347 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 46 km/h, 85th percentile 52 km/h; 1.2% at 60 km/h or more. 57,082 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

TTC bus
24 67 404 23 8 nearest 310 m · 4 min
Express
924
Blue Night
324
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Victoria Park Ave / Dawes Rd 399 m · 5 min · 19 docks · 2 stations, 34 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 324 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
no post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 777 Victoria Park Ave (1.4 km)
Other lots
18 mapped lots within 500 m, 227 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface1.5 km173 *—
Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface1.8 km151 *—

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 No Frills, 453 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 32 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is St. Clair Bar & Grill, 338 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Global Drug Mart, 388 m away; 5 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Providence Healthcare, 1.3 km away. South Riverdale Community Health Centre - Harmony Hall Active Living Centres runs a seniors' active living programme 836 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • St. Clair Bar & Grill · 1080 Victoria Park Ave338 m · 4 min
  • Gingerman Restaurant · 1104 Victoria Park Ave436 m · 5 min
  • McDonald's · 3150 St Clair Ave E439 m · 5 min
  • Little Italy Pizza & Delights · 1093 Victoria Park Ave440 m · 5 min
  • Seaport Merchants · 1101 Victoria Park Ave453 m · 5 min
0 within 300 m · 32 within 1 km
Grocery
No Frills 453 m · 5 min · 2 within 1 km
Pharmacy
Global Drug Mart 388 m · 5 min · 5 within 1 km
Child care
  • Our Lady of Fatima YMCA · 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day631 m · 8 min
  • Dawes Road Centre For Early Learning · 80 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day688 m · 8 min
  • Tiago Avenue Community Child Care · 41 spaces, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day1 km · 12 min
3 licensed centres · 192 spaces within 1 km · all accept City fee subsidy
Health and care
  • Providence Healthcare · hospital site1.3 km · 16 min
  • South Riverdale Community Health Centre - Harmony Hall Active Living Centres · seniors' active living centre836 m · 10 min

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 (9)
  • Regents Park285 m · 3 min
  • Joshua Cronkwright Parkette772 m · 9 min
  • Moreau Trail Park873 m · 10 min
  • Donora Park886 m · 11 min
  • Jim McPherson Park1 km · 12 min
and 4 more within 1.5 km
Schools (6)
  • Regent Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 402 m · 5 min
  • Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 631 m · 8 min
  • Victoria Park Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
  • George Webster Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Gordon A Brown Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 16 min
and 1 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Dawes Road branch712 m · 8 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 community centre, a public washroom or a care or retirement home.

26of 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

    2 grocery stores within 1 km · 32 within 1 km

  • Transit4/28

    7 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 712 m away

  • Parks and recreation4/10

    1 park within 500 m

  • Schools and child care4/8

    1 school within 500 m · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • 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 33 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,663 rental units, 2.2× the median for a Toronto intersection — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1043 Victoria Park Ave (87 m, 11 units, 3 storeys, built 1960), which scored 81 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 33 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
1043 Victoria Park Ave113196081 · Jul 202687 m
1047 Victoria Park Ave · Bianca Properties Inc.113196284 · Aug 2026124 m
1055 Victoria Park Ave · Kings College Management Limited526196298 · Sep 2025183 m
650 Dawes Rd173195083 · Sep 2024259 m · 3 min
1065 Victoria Park Ave · Menicucci, Mario; Menicucci, Iva; Menicucci, Pompilio; Menicucci, Frances376196491 · Sep 2025311 m · 4 min
1075 Victoria Park Ave · Sigma Canada Inc.183195587 · Jul 2026316 m · 4 min

33 registered buildings · 1,663 units · 2 social housing · tallest 14 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

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100other (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 Clairlea-Birchmount.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Bolster & Pitt a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 2 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 Bolster & Pitt?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Jun 17, 2025, 4% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is Bolster & Pitt a walkable intersection?

Bolster & Pitt scores 26 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 · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km; 1 park within 500 m; library 712 m away.

How fast do cars go at Bolster & Pitt?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Bolster Ave between Westbourne Ave and Bexhill Ave (May 2023), found an average of 33 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 43 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 347 m away (50 km/h), 1.2% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Bolster & Pitt?

The nearest Green P car park is Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue (1.5 km away, 173 spaces). The City's mapping shows 227 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 17,440 spaces — 18 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Bolster & Pitt by transit?

Bus routes 24, 67, 404, 23, 8, 924 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Bolster & Pitt?

None within 300 m, and 32 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are St. Clair Bar & Grill (338 m), Gingerman Restaurant (436 m), McDonald's (439 m), Little Italy Pizza & Delights (440 m) and Seaport Merchants (453 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Bolster & Pitt?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 192 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Our Lady of Fatima YMCA (631 m, 71 spaces), Dawes Road Centre For Early Learning (688 m, 80 spaces) and Tiago Avenue Community Child Care (1.0 km, 41 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Bolster & Pitt?

33 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,663 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1043 Victoria Park Ave (87 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 1047 Victoria Park Ave (124 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 84), 1055 Victoria Park Ave (183 m, 52 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 650 Dawes Rd (259 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 83). The average RentSafeTO score across the 33 is 87 out of 100; 2 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at Bolster & Pitt?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Clairlea-Birchmount page.

What neighbourhood is Bolster & Pitt in?

Bolster & Pitt is in Clairlea-Birchmount (City of Toronto neighbourhood 120). 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