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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 · Oct 27, 2020
This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The east leg carries the load — 357 westbound vehicles, or 54% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 18. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 122 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 122 from 4:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 10.3% 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 16,177 vehicles. The count is 6 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2020, 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.
Peak hours: 122 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 122 from 4:00 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 1 collision. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Nov 4, 2025.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jun 5, 2006.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 1 | |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 1 | |
| Fail to remain | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 1 | latest Jun 5, 2006 |
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.
Speeds here, last measured in 2020
The City's counter on Briar Hill Ave between Marwood Crt and Newgate Rd (73 m away) recorded an average of 38 km/h in its 24-hour count in January 2020; 85% of drivers were at or under 45 km/h. That segment carries about 1,200 vehicles a day. The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Newgate Rd between Ridelle Ave and Briar Hill Ave measured slower: 33 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 39 km/h (Jan 2020).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newgate Rd · Ridelle Ave – Briar Hill Ave · 43 m | Jan 2020 · 24 h | 1,266 | 33 km/h | 39 km/h | 42 km/h |
| Briar Hill Ave · Marwood Crt – Newgate Rd · 73 m | Jan 2020 · 24 h | 1,203 | 38 km/h | 45 km/h | 50 km/h |
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
- Subway
- Glencairn Station (Line 1)372 m · 4 min; Cedarvale Station (Line 1)620 m · 7 min
- TTC bus
- 109 164 14 34 90 63 7 nearest 447 m · 5 min
- Blue Night
- 334 307 363
- Nearest stops
- no surface stop within 300 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Viewmount Park 332 m · 4 min · 15 docks · 4 stations, 68 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
- 4 car parks · about 147 spaces
- EV charging
- 168 Chiltern Hill Rd · 1.4 km · 4 Level 2 ports
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 12 mapped lots within 500 m, 406 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 995 Eglinton Ave W · Surface | 1.1 km | 33 | 42% (Q1 2026) |
| 1531 Eglinton Ave W · Surface | 1.2 km | 20 | 41% (Q1 2026) |
| 168 Chiltern Hill Rd · Garage | 1.3 km | 68 | 34% (Q1 2026) |
| 912 Eglinton Ave W · Surface | 1.4 km | 26 | 62% (Q1 2026) |
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
The nearest grocery store is Sobeys, 557 m away; 2 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 14 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Domino's, 600 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Sobeys Pharmacy, 550 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Domino's · 377 Marlee Ave600 m · 7 min
- Pizza Nova · 280 Viewmount Ave Unit-1629 m · 7 min
- Odessa · 372 Marlee Ave636 m · 8 min
- Nicky J's · 358 Marlee Ave655 m · 8 min
- Chalkers Sports Bar and Grill · 247 Marlee Ave Flr-2673 m · 8 min
- Grocery
- Sobeys 557 m · 7 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Bubbis Cookie 946 m · 11 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Sobeys Pharmacy 550 m · 7 min · 4 within 1 km
- Child care
- Macaulay - Marlee Child Care Centre · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day557 m · 7 min
- PLASP Sts. Cosmas and Damian C.S. · 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day723 m · 9 min
- West Prep Children's Centre of Toronto · 159 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day790 m · 9 min
- Washrooms
- Viewmount Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed347 m · 4 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 (19)
- Newgate Parkette24 m
- Viewmount Park349 m · 4 min
- Benner Park507 m · 6 min
- Nicol Macnicol Parkette609 m · 7 min
- Glengrove Ave Park1 km · 12 min
- Community centres
- Viewmount Community Centre348 m · 4 min
- Schools (10)
- Sts Cosmas and Damian Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 723 m · 9 min
- West Preparatory Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 790 m · 9 min
- The Village Shul Synagogue & Supplmentary SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Eitz Chaim School (Bathurst)Private · 1.1 km · 14 min
- Torah Emeth Jewish Centre & Eitz Chaim Hebrew SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km · 14 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 library or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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
24 registered apartment buildings with 2,342 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 111 Ridelle Ave (233 m, 139 units, 18 storeys, built 1967), which scored 96 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 111 Ridelle Ave · Dms Property Management Limited | 139 | 18 | 1967 | 96 · Aug 2026 | 233 m |
| 377 Ridelle Ave · Dms Property Management Limited | 231 | 18 | 1967 | 97 · Jul 2025 | 356 m · 4 min |
| 370 Ridelle Ave · Greenwin Corp. | 214 | 28 | 1965 | 84 · Dec 2025 | 400 m · 5 min |
| 145 Elm Ridge Dr Toronto Community Housing · TCH | 53 | 9 | 1985 | 90 · Nov 2025 | 421 m · 5 min |
| 140 Elm Ridge Dr · Dms Property Management Limited | 229 | 18 | 1967 | 89 · Nov 2025 | 450 m · 5 min |
| 822 Roselawn Ave · Linwood Management Corporation | 56 | 9 | 1960 | 98 · Jul 2026 | 502 m · 6 min |
24 registered buildings · 2,342 units · 2 social housing · tallest 28 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
Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 3 | 2 | 0 | house driveway/garage (2), other (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 2 | 2 | 0 | house driveway/garage (2) |
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 Forest Hill North.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Briar Hill & Newgate a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 1 lesser collision. 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 Briar Hill & Newgate?
A low-volume local intersection at the City's last count here, in 2020. Its latest count is from Oct 27, 2020, 7% of today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Briar Hill & Newgate a walkable intersection?
Briar Hill & Newgate scores 34 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: 2 parks within 500 m · 1 community centre within 800 m; Glencairn Station 0.4 km · 12 routes within 1 km; 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 14 within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Briar Hill & Newgate?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Briar Hill Ave between Marwood Crt and Newgate Rd (January 2020), found an average of 38 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 45 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Briar Hill & Newgate?
The nearest Green P car park is 995 Eglinton Ave W (1.1 km away, 33 spaces, 42% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 406 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,640 spaces — 12 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 168 Chiltern Hill Rd (1.4 km).
How do I get to Briar Hill & Newgate by transit?
Glencairn Station (Line 1) is 372 m away; bus routes 109, 164, 14, 34, 90, 63, 7 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Briar Hill & Newgate?
None within 300 m, and 14 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Domino's (600 m), Pizza Nova (629 m), Odessa (636 m), Nicky J's (655 m) and Chalkers Sports Bar and Grill (673 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Briar Hill & Newgate?
The nearest is Viewmount Community Centre Washroom, 169 Viewmount Ave, 347 m away.
Is there child care near Briar Hill & Newgate?
Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 251 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Macaulay - Marlee Child Care Centre (557 m, 49 spaces), PLASP Sts. Cosmas and Damian C.S. (723 m, 43 spaces) and West Prep Children's Centre of Toronto (790 m, 159 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Briar Hill & Newgate?
24 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,342 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 111 Ridelle Ave (233 m, 139 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 377 Ridelle Ave (356 m, 231 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 370 Ridelle Ave (400 m, 214 units, RentSafeTO score 84) and 145 Elm Ridge Dr (421 m, 53 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 24 is 91 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Briar Hill & Newgate?
Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Forest Hill North page.
What neighbourhood is Briar Hill & Newgate in?
Briar Hill & Newgate is in Forest Hill North (City of Toronto neighbourhood 102). It is in Ward 8, Eglinton-Lawrence, represented by Councillor Mike Colle.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Oct 27, 2020.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 8 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.70560, -79.43781 · centreline node 13457345.