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Brentcliffe & Vanderhoof

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

Brentcliffe & Vanderhoof is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in Thorncliffe Park. At the corner: a park. Nearby: Laird Station (Line 5) 455 m away.

Traffic volume
17,555
vehicles · 14-hour count, May 6, 2025
1,698 pedestrians · 76 cyclists · #1068 busiest
Collisions
139
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
11 with an injury · 103 property damage · #774 of 5,508 · +6 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
Laird Station 455 m · 4 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 1,250 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 10 vehicles, close to the citywide median. On average 14 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 7.9 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.60× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions edged down 12%, from 74 in 2016–2020 to 65 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Brentcliffe & Vanderhoof

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)455 m; Sunnybrook Park Station (Line 5)908 m
TTC bus
881563451 nearest 12 m
Blue Night
334354
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Brentcliffe Rd at Vanderhoof Ave; Vanderhoof Ave at Brentcliffe Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Eglinton Ave E / Brentcliffe Rd 217 m · 15 docks · 9 stations, 168 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 (9)
  • Maria Montessori SchoolPrivate · 596 m
  • Northlea Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 868 m
  • Bessborough Drive Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Children's Garden Junior SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km
  • Leaside High SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Overlea LINCEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 3 more
Community centres
Parks (12)
  • Radar Park86 m
  • Leonard Linton Park408 m
  • Serena Gundy Park674 m
  • Trace Manes Park1.1 km
  • Don-Leslie Park1.1 km
  • Sunnybrook Park1.1 km
  • and 6 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Leaside branch1 km
Signal
1849, activated 2000 · FT

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 39 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 6 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 71. The nearest is Epi Breads, 68 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026.

Restaurants & cafés39 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-968 mPassed, Sep 2026
Kapioo · 105 Vanderhoof Ave Unit-868 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Manning Canning Kitchen · 105 Vanderhoof Ave Unit-868 mPassed, Mar 2026
The Kitchenstead · 105 Vanderhoof Ave Unit-868 mPassed, May 2026
Hurt Berry Farm Inc · 105 Vanderhoof Ave Unit-868 mPassed, Jul 2026
Hi Chef · 105 Vanderhoof Ave Unit-868 mPassed, Aug 2026
Ginny's Homemade · 105 Vanderhoof Ave Unit-868 mPassed, Sep 2026
Malty and Hoppy Delicacy · 105 Vanderhoof Ave Unit-868 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, 663 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 77 m away at Radar Park.

  • Serena Gundy Park Washroom · 58 Rykert Cres
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs
    663 m
Drinking water
Radar Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain, dog fountain · 77 m; Leonard Linton Park bottle filling station · 393 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 (443 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
    443 m
  • Maria Montessori School Young Children's Community · 125 Brentcliffe Rd
    71 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    597 m
  • Brightpath Academy - Leaside · 235 McRae Dr
    107 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    634 m
  • Northlea Community Child Care · 305 Rumsey Rd
    225 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    868 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 321 (644 m), the nearest police station 53 Division (3.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 321 · 644 m231 McRae Dr
Police53 Division · 3.4 km75 Eglinton Avenue West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 57 · 1.8 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

Within a kilometre there are 16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 728 rental units. The nearest is 36 Brentcliffe Rd (123 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 fire123 m
958 Eglinton Ave E · Hannah Property Management Ltd.243194593 · Sep 20251238 m
27 Brentcliffe Rd · Gia Property Management123196075 · Aug 20260240 m
960 Eglinton Ave E · Poloco Holdings Inc.163194490 · Sep 20252257 m
964 Eglinton Ave E123195479 · Sep 20241261 m
31 Brentcliffe Rd164195884 · Oct 20250266 m
970 Eglinton Ave E · Jerudan Developments Limited504196592 · Jul 20260280 m
904 Eglinton Ave E234195878 · Dec 20252305 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 lots420 lots · ≈52,800 spaces · 158.4 ha
Within 500 m46 lots · ≈6,680 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
1670 Bayview Ave · Surface1.5 km33 *
709 Millwood Rd · Garage1.5 km2078% (Q1 2026)
1503 Bayview Avw · Surface1.6 km2465% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 26 m away, ≈12 spaces; 52 m away, ≈79 spaces; 92 m away, ≈114 spaces; 102 m away, ≈4 spaces; 105 m away, ≈54 spaces; 108 m away, ≈2 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 — 14-hour, May 6, 2025

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 5,752 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 33% of the total, against 2,604 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 1,566 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:00 p.m., against 1,302 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 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 north5,752southbound · 16 bikes · 3.7% heavy
From the west2,604eastbound · 6 bikes · 1.9% heavy
Total vehicles17,5551,698 pedestrians · 76 cyclists · 3.6% heavy
From the east3,627westbound · 25 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the south5,572northbound · 29 bikes · 4.6% heavy
AM peak hour1,302 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,566 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · May 6, 2025

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

On Vanderhoof Ave between Brentcliffe Rd and Aerodrome Cres, 86 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in July 2003 put the average speed at 46 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 58 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 64 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,300 vehicles a day. The reading is 23 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Brentcliffe Rd · Research Rd – Vanderhoof Ave · 52 mDec 2011 · 3 days10,139
Vanderhoof Ave · Brentcliffe Rd – Aerodrome Cres · 86 mJul 2003 · 24 h2,25846 km/h58 km/h64 km/h

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

The worst year was 2023, with 21 collisions; 2025 recorded 19. 11 collisions (8%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 28 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 5 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (4%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 12, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 7.9 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions139#774 of 5,508
With an injury11#1554 of 4,660
Property damage only103
Fail to remain28
Involving a pedestrian4#885 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1639 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified25
Since January 2026 (outside the window)6
All since 2014175latest May 12, 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

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

Three thefts from vehicles and three bike thefts were reported around this corner 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 vehicle310street/outdoor (2), other (1)
Bicycle theft310commercial premises (2), street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 28, 2024. 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 & Vanderhoof a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 139 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 & Vanderhoof?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #1068 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Brentcliffe & Vanderhoof?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Vanderhoof Ave between Brentcliffe Rd and Aerodrome Cres (July 2003), found an average of 46 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 58 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Brentcliffe & Vanderhoof?

The nearest Green P car park is 1670 Bayview Ave (1.5 km away, 33 spaces). The City's mapping shows 420 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 52,800 spaces — 46 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Brentcliffe & Vanderhoof by transit?

Laird Station (Line 5) is 455 m away; bus routes 88, 156, 34, 51 within 1 km (nearest stop: Brentcliffe Rd at Vanderhoof Ave, 12 m).

What restaurants are near Brentcliffe & Vanderhoof?

39 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 (68 m), Kapioo (68 m), Manning Canning Kitchen (68 m), The Kitchenstead (68 m) and Hurt Berry Farm Inc (68 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 & Vanderhoof?

The nearest is Serena Gundy Park Washroom, 58 Rykert Cres, 663 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. The City currently lists it as closed: maintenance/repairs. 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 & Vanderhoof?

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 (443 m, 99 spaces), Maria Montessori School Young Children's Community (597 m, 71 spaces) and Brightpath Academy - Leaside (634 m, 107 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Brentcliffe & Vanderhoof?

16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 728 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 36 Brentcliffe Rd (123 m, 262 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 958 Eglinton Ave E (238 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 27 Brentcliffe Rd (240 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 75) and 960 Eglinton Ave E (257 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 & Vanderhoof?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts 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 Thorncliffe Park page.

What neighbourhood is Brentcliffe & Vanderhoof in?

Brentcliffe & Vanderhoof 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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