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Brian & Tower

Brian Ave & Tower Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Wexford/Maryvale · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

In Wexford/Maryvale, Brian & Tower is a lightly travelled intersection. Nearby is 8 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
1,445
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 5, 2006
91 pedestrians · 14 cyclists
Collisions
2
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 0 property damage · #5334 of 5,508
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
1 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #496 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 180 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 16% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 16 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. On average 0.2 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. Just one of those 2 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Brian & Tower

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
68546724 nearest 306 m
Express
968954
Blue Night
354324
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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 (12)
  • Buchanan Public SchoolEnglish Public · 430 m
  • Wexford Collegiate School For the ArtsEnglish Public · 588 m
  • St Kevin Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 629 m
  • Manhattan Park Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 738 m
  • Wexford Public SchoolEnglish Public · 894 m
  • Precious Blood Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 932 m
  • and 6 more
Parks (6)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Maryvale branch1.4 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 86 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Monasaba, 275 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 86 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 26 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Monasaba · 1960-1970 Lawrence Ave E B2275 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Al-Mumtaz Super Market & Farm · 10 Tower Drgrocery281 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Lokma & Monteiro · 1950 Lawrence Ave E311 mPassed, Dec 2025
Pizza Pizza · 1950 Lawrence Ave E Unit - 1&2311 mPassed, Sep 2026
Adana Kebab · 1960 Lawrence Ave E Unit-11312 mPassed, May 2026
Biryani Nation · 1960 Lawrence Ave E Unit-18b312 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 2 infractions
Eato · 1960 Lawrence Ave E Unit-13312 mPassed, Jun 2026
Lonzo's Kitchen · 1960 Lawrence Ave E Unit-18a312 mPassed, Dec 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 Maryvale Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 825 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

  • Maryvale Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 5 Trestleside Grove
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    825 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 152 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Buchanan Extended Day & School Age Program (430 m, 30 spaces, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 152 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 4
  • Buchanan Extended Day & School Age Program · 4 Bucannan Rd
    30 spaces · school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    430 m
  • Scarborough Citadel Child Care · 2021 Lawrence Ave E
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    470 m
  • Wexford Extended Day and School Age Program · 1050 Pharmacy Ave
    30 spaces · school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    894 m
  • Precious Blood Jr YMCA Elp · 1035 Pharmacy Ave
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    932 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 233 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (2.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.0 km away.

FireFire Station 233 · 1.2 km59 Curlew Dr
Police41 Division · 2.6 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 21 · 2 km887 Pharmacy 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

Ten registered apartment buildings with 724 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1860 Lawrence Ave E (471 m, 90 units, 8 storeys, built 1978), which scored 98 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 11 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings10 · 724 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202611 across the 10
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest11 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1860 Lawrence Ave Esocial housing908197898 · Sep 20240471 m
2015 Lawrence Ave Esocial housing15811199496 · Sep 20260479 m
1790 Lawrence Ave E · Dixland Apartments Lts.365196297 · Oct 20250682 m
1780 Lawrence Ave E · Monterey Park Inc.395196194 · Oct 20250765 m
1765 Lawrence Ave E1037196485 · Dec 20251792 m
5 Lynvalley Cres · Amaz Property Management927196594 · Jul 20251877 m
1827 Victoria Park Ave · 2858866 Ontario Limited364195993 · Jun 20246912 m
1911 Victoria Park Ave · Falco Properties917196078 · Jun 20240919 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 lots388 lots · ≈57,420 spaces · 172.3 ha
Within 500 m28 lots · ≈1,480 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 25 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1940 Lawrence Avenue East · Surface344 m25 *

Nearest lots: 279 m away, ≈27 spaces; 302 m away, ≈31 spaces; 307 m away, ≈34 spaces; 312 m away, ≈31 spaces (Green P); 318 m away, ≈20 spaces; 330 m away, ≈29 spaces (Green P).

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, Oct 5, 2006

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The north leg carries the load — 668 southbound vehicles, or 46% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 339. Morning rush is the busier period: 306 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:00 a.m., compared with 255 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. 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 north668southbound · 6 bikes · 1.6% heavy
From the west438eastbound · 2 bikes · 1.6% heavy
Total vehicles1,44591 pedestrians · 14 cyclists · 1.5% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south339northbound · 6 bikes · 1.2% heavy
AM peak hour306 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour255 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 5, 2006

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 Tower Dr between Rosemarie Dr and Sun Ave (239 m away) recorded an average of 37 km/h in its 3-day count in October 2025; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 1,600 vehicles a day. Brian Ave between Elinor Ave and Tower Dr measured slower: 36 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 42 km/h (Oct 2025).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Brian Ave · Elinor Ave – Tower Dr · 121 mOct 2025 · 3 days1,79236 km/h42 km/h47 km/h
Tower Dr · Rosemarie Dr – Sun Ave · 239 mOct 2025 · 3 days1,55637 km/h44 km/h49 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

2022 was the peak year (1 collision), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here 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. The most recent report on file is from Nov 29, 2022.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions2#5334 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only0
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality1
Severity not classified1
All since 20142latest Nov 29, 2022

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

One collision in 2016–2025 was fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Dec 3, 2021.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#496 of 1,505
Fatal1#57 of 319
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Dec 3, 2021

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 two thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on May 15, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle211house driveway/garage (1), other (1)
Bicycle theft100house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 15, 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 Wexford/Maryvale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Brian & Tower a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#496 of 1,505), out of 2 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Brian & Tower?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 5, 2006, 16% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Brian & Tower?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Tower Dr between Rosemarie Dr and Sun Ave (October 2025), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Brian & Tower?

The nearest Green P car park is 1940 Lawrence Avenue East (344 m away, 25 spaces). The City's mapping shows 388 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 57,420 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Brian & Tower by transit?

Bus routes 68, 54, 67, 24, 968, 954 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Brian & Tower?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 86 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Monasaba (275 m), Lokma & Monteiro (311 m), Pizza Pizza (311 m), Adana Kebab (312 m) and Biryani Nation (312 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 Brian & Tower?

The nearest is Maryvale Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 5 Trestleside Grove, 825 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.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 Brian & Tower?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 152 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Buchanan Extended Day & School Age Program (430 m, 30 spaces), Scarborough Citadel Child Care (470 m, 49 spaces) and Wexford Extended Day and School Age Program (894 m, 30 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Brian & Tower?

Ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 724 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1860 Lawrence Ave E (471 m, 90 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 2015 Lawrence Ave E (479 m, 158 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 1790 Lawrence Ave E (682 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 1780 Lawrence Ave E (765 m, 39 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 10 is 92 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 Brian & Tower?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Wexford/Maryvale page.

What neighbourhood is Brian & Tower in?

Brian & Tower is in Wexford/Maryvale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 119). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined