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Brentcliffe & Research

Brentcliffe Rd & Research Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Thorncliffe Park · Ward 15, Don Valley West

In Thorncliffe Park, Brentcliffe & Research is a moderately travelled crossing. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: Laird Station (Line 5) 502 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
7,871
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 4, 2007
51 pedestrians · 14 cyclists
Collisions
12
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 9 property damage · #4037 of 5,508 · +2 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
Laird Station 502 m · 4 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 980 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 154 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 1.2 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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Brentcliffe & Research

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Laird Station (Line 5)502 m; Sunnybrook Park Station (Line 5)942 m
TTC bus
881563451 nearest 115 m
Blue Night
334354
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Eglinton Ave E / Brentcliffe Rd 314 m · 15 docks · 8 stations, 141 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)
  • Maria Montessori SchoolPrivate · 697 m
  • Northlea Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 922 m
  • Bessborough Drive Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Overlea LINCEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Leaside High SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Children's Garden Junior SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km
  • and 5 more
Community centres
Parks (11)
  • Radar Park187 m
  • Leonard Linton Park409 m
  • Serena Gundy Park763 m
  • Trace Manes Park1 km
  • Don-Leslie Park1.1 km
  • Wilket Creek Park1.2 km
  • and 5 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Leaside branch943 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 38 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 6 grocery and convenience stores, and 71 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Epi Breads, 106 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026.

Restaurants & cafés38 within 300 m · 71 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience6 within 300 m · 16 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Epi Breads · 105 Vanderhoof Ave Unit-9106 mPassed, Sep 2026
Kapioo · 105 Vanderhoof Ave Unit-8106 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Manning Canning Kitchen · 105 Vanderhoof Ave Unit-8106 mPassed, Mar 2026
The Kitchenstead · 105 Vanderhoof Ave Unit-8106 mPassed, May 2026
Hurt Berry Farm Inc · 105 Vanderhoof Ave Unit-8106 mPassed, Jul 2026
Hi Chef · 105 Vanderhoof Ave Unit-8106 mPassed, Aug 2026
Ginny's Homemade · 105 Vanderhoof Ave Unit-8106 mPassed, Sep 2026
Malty and Hoppy Delicacy · 105 Vanderhoof Ave Unit-8106 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 Serena Gundy Park Washroom, 754 m away — currently listed as closed (maintenance/repairs); in season it is open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., and it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 180 m away at Radar Park.

  • Serena Gundy Park Washroom · 58 Rykert Cres
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    754 m
  • Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom · 110 Rumsey Rd
    View centre hours · accessible
    1 km
Drinking water
Radar Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 180 m; Leonard Linton Park bottle filling station · 395 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 502 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Leaside Day Care Centre (438 m, 99 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km4 centres · 502 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 4
  • Leaside Day Care Centre · 206 Laird Dr
    99 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    438 m
  • Brightpath Academy - Leaside · 235 McRae Dr
    107 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    590 m
  • Maria Montessori School Young Children's Community · 125 Brentcliffe Rd
    71 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    698 m
  • Northlea Community Child Care · 305 Rumsey Rd
    225 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    922 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 321 (600 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (3.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 321 · 600 m231 McRae Dr
Police53 Division · 3.4 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 57 · 1.9 km2075 Bayview Ave

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

16 registered apartment buildings with 728 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 36 Brentcliffe Rd (226 m, 262 units, 18 storeys, built 2023), which scored 100 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 14 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 3 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings16 · 728 units
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202614 across the 16
Open fire-code violations3
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
36 Brentcliffe Rd · Kipling Residential Management Inc262182023100 · Nov 20256 · 2 fire226 m
958 Eglinton Ave E · Hannah Property Management Ltd.243194593 · Sep 20251343 m
27 Brentcliffe Rd · Gia Property Management123196075 · Aug 20260344 m
960 Eglinton Ave E · Poloco Holdings Inc.163194490 · Sep 20252359 m
964 Eglinton Ave E123195479 · Sep 20241362 m
31 Brentcliffe Rd164195884 · Oct 20250370 m
970 Eglinton Ave E · Jerudan Developments Limited504196592 · Jul 20260378 m
904 Eglinton Ave E234195878 · Dec 20252392 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 lots421 lots · ≈48,440 spaces · 145.3 ha
Within 500 m54 lots · ≈7,260 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 77 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
709 Millwood Rd · Garage1.5 km2078% (Q1 2026)
1670 Bayview Ave · Surface1.5 km33 *
1503 Bayview Avw · Surface1.5 km2465% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 20 m away, ≈54 spaces; 29 m away, ≈11 spaces; 33 m away, ≈4 spaces; 48 m away, ≈2 spaces; 53 m away, ≈15 spaces; 59 m away, ≈114 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, Jan 4, 2007

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The south leg carries the load — 3,781 northbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 518. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,206 vehicles in the hour from 4:15 p.m., 36% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (886). Trucks and buses were 14.6% 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 20 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 north3,572southbound · 9 bikes · 15.3% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles7,87151 pedestrians · 14 cyclists · 14.6% heavy
From the east518westbound · 2 bikes · 21.0% heavy
From the south3,781northbound · 3 bikes · 13.1% heavy
AM peak hour886 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,206 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jan 4, 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 most recent midblock count on Brentcliffe Rd between Wicksteed Ave and Research Rd (30 m away, Dec 2011) recorded volume only — about 6,588 vehicles a day — with no speed data.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Brentcliffe Rd · Wicksteed Ave – Research Rd · 30 mDec 2011 · 3 days6,588

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

2024 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 8% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 8% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 9, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions12#4037 of 5,508
With an injury1#4124 of 4,660
Property damage only9
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian1#2275 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201415latest May 9, 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 one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Mar 25, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle111commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 25, 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 Thorncliffe Park.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Brentcliffe & Research a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 12 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 Brentcliffe & Research?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Jan 4, 2007, about the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Brentcliffe & Research?

The nearest Green P car park is 709 Millwood Rd (1.5 km away, 20 spaces, 78% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 421 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 48,440 spaces — 54 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Brentcliffe & Research by transit?

Laird Station (Line 5) is 502 m away; bus routes 88, 156, 34, 51 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Brentcliffe & Research?

38 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 71 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Epi Breads (106 m), Kapioo (106 m), Manning Canning Kitchen (106 m), The Kitchenstead (106 m) and Hurt Berry Farm Inc (106 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 Brentcliffe & Research?

The nearest is Serena Gundy Park Washroom, 58 Rykert Cres, 754 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. The City currently lists it as closed: maintenance/repairs. Next nearest: Trace Manes Park Community Centre Washroom (1.0 km). 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 Brentcliffe & Research?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 502 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Leaside Day Care Centre (438 m, 99 spaces), Brightpath Academy - Leaside (590 m, 107 spaces) and Maria Montessori School Young Children's Community (698 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Brentcliffe & Research?

16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 728 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 36 Brentcliffe Rd (226 m, 262 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 958 Eglinton Ave E (343 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 27 Brentcliffe Rd (344 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 75) and 960 Eglinton Ave E (359 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 16 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 Brentcliffe & Research?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 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 Thorncliffe Park page.

What neighbourhood is Brentcliffe & Research in?

Brentcliffe & Research is in Thorncliffe Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 055), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 15, Don Valley West, represented by Councillor Rachel Chernos Lin.

Sources

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