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Brimley & Britwell

Brimley Rd & Britwell Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Bendale-Glen Andrew · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

Brimley & Britwell, in Bendale-Glen Andrew, is a busier-than-typical intersection. Nearby is 16 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
12,134
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jul 18, 2023
73 pedestrians · 6 cyclists
Collisions
71
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
8 with an injury · 42 property damage · #1528 of 5,508 · +5 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
9 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 1,520 vehicles an hour, 1.31× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 166 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 7.1 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions rose 123%, from 22 in 2016–2020 to 49 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Brimley & Britwell

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
2154154165738129131133 nearest 16 m
Express
954903904938939
Blue Night
354316
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Brimley Rd at Britwell Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Brimley Rd / Lawrence Ave E 231 m · 19 docks · 4 stations, 59 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 (13)
  • Simra Academy Private SchoolPrivate · 410 m
  • Donwood Park Jr Public School - Main BldgEnglish Public · 521 m
  • Donwood Park Jr Public School - Highbrook CampusEnglish Public · 557 m
  • David and Mary Thomson CollegiateEnglish Public · 596 m
  • Charles Gordon Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Bendale Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 7 more
Community centres
Parks (10)
  • Thomson Memorial Park270 m
  • Amberdale Ravine Park630 m
  • Donwood Park683 m
  • Birkdale Ravine753 m
  • Bendale Park931 m
  • Hunters Glen Park1 km
  • and 4 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bendale branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Scarborough MuseumMuseum · 196 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 50 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Ahmutha Surabi, 316 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 50 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 16 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Sp Importers Supermarket · 2863 Lawrence Ave Egrocery301 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Ahmutha Surabi · 2847 Lawrence Ave E316 mPassed, Jun 2026
S.p. Importers Groceries · 2853 Lawrence Ave E316 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Merigold Restaurant · 2845 Lawrence Ave E316 mPassed, Nov 2024 · 1 infraction
Hakka Eleven Asia and Caribbean Cuisine · 2873 Lawrence Ave E Unit-2317 mPassed, May 2026
Bendale Acres - Bistro · 2920 Lawrence Ave E335 mPassed, May 2026
Bendale Acres Kitchen · 2920 Lawrence Ave E335 mPassed, Sep 2025
Daily Mart · 2875 Lawrence Ave E352 mPassed, May 2024

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 Thomson Memorial Park South Washroom, 181 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 67 m away at Thomson Memorial Park.

  • Thomson Memorial Park South Washroom · 1005 Brimley Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    181 m
  • Thomson Memorial Park North Washroom · 1005 Brimley Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    343 m
Drinking water
Thomson Memorial Park bottle filling station · 67 m; Thomson Memorial Park drinking fountain · 183 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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 427 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Network Bendale Acres Child Care Centre (335 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km6 centres · 427 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 6
  • Network Bendale Acres Child Care Centre · 2920 Lawrence Ave E
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    335 m
  • N.y.a.d. Donwood Inc · 61 Dorcot Ave
    82 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    521 m
  • Rosalie Hall Early Learning and Child Care Centre · 3020 Lawrence Ave E
    79 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    603 m
  • Cedarbrae Day Nursery · 1385 Midland Ave
    97 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    873 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 232 (880 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 298 m away.

FireFire Station 232 · 880 m1550 Midland Ave
Police41 Division · 3.3 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 28 · 298 m2900 Lawrence Ave E

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 1,393 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2950 Lawrence Ave E (445 m, 200 units, 6 storeys, built 1960), which scored 91 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 62 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 7 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings10 · 1,393 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202662 across the 10
Open fire-code violations7
Tallest21 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2950 Lawrence Ave EToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation2006196091 · Sep 20243445 m
3010 Lawrence Ave Esocial housing · Jack Goodlad Senior Citizen Residences Corporation17011198995 · Aug 20244 · 1 fire486 m
2702 Lawrence Ave E · Metcap Living Management Inc967195791 · Sep 20254519 m
2700 Lawrence Ave E · Metcap Living Management Inc1117195792 · Sep 20254584 m
5 Brockley Dr · Homestead Land Holdings Limited25421196999 · Aug 20252605 m
4 Treewood St · Northview Apartment REIT827196179 · Sep 20247677 m
2 Treewood St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.827195694 · Nov 20252769 m
1385 Midland Ave · Firm Capital Properties Inc14413195078 · Jul 202629873 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 lots271 lots · ≈49,050 spaces · 147.2 ha
Within 500 m13 lots · ≈1,600 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 106 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East · Surface1.3 km90 *
158 Borough Drive · Surface1.8 km16 *

Nearest lots: 110 m away, ≈113 spaces; 224 m away, ≈410 spaces; 300 m away, ≈19 spaces; 328 m away, ≈47 spaces; 364 m away, ≈379 spaces; 388 m away, ≈173 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, Jul 18, 2023

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The north leg carries the load — 6,524 southbound vehicles, or 54% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 118. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,977 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 41% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (1,402). Heavy vehicles made up 2.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. 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 north6,524southbound · 1 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the west118eastbound · 4 bikes · 0.8% heavy
Total vehicles12,13473 pedestrians · 6 cyclists · 2.9% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south5,492northbound · 1 bikes · 2.4% heavy
AM peak hour1,402 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,977 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jul 18, 2023

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 Brimley Rd between Thomson Memorial Park Trl and Britwell Ave (54 m away) recorded an average of 50 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 59 km/h. That segment carries about 26,200 vehicles a day. Britwell Ave between Stephenfrank Rd and Brimley Rd measured slower: 32 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 40 km/h (Jul 2023).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Britwell Ave · Stephenfrank Rd – Brimley Rd · 40 mJul 2023 · 3 days72332 km/h40 km/h44 km/h
Brimley Rd · Thomson Memorial Park Trl – Britwell Ave · 54 mApr 2026 · 3 days26,24150 km/h59 km/h65 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

2021 was the peak year (11 collisions), and 2025 closed with 8. 11% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 23 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 32% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 4% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 28, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions71#1528 of 5,508
With an injury8#2009 of 4,660
Property damage only42
Fail to remain23
Involving a pedestrian2#1599 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1640 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified21
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
All since 201483latest Jun 28, 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 three thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection 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 vehicle300street/outdoor (2), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft210street/outdoor (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 24, 2025. 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 Bendale-Glen Andrew.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Brimley & Britwell a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 71 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 Brimley & Britwell?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from Jul 18, 2023, 1.31× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Brimley & Britwell?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Brimley Rd between Thomson Memorial Park Trl and Britwell Ave (April 2026), found an average of 50 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 59 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Brimley & Britwell?

The nearest Green P car park is Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East (1.3 km away, 90 spaces). The City's mapping shows 271 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 49,050 spaces — 13 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Brimley & Britwell by transit?

Bus routes 21, 54, 154, 16, 57, 38, 129, 131 and 6 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Brimley Rd at Britwell Ave, 16 m).

What restaurants are near Brimley & Britwell?

None within 300 m, and 50 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Ahmutha Surabi (316 m), S.p. Importers Groceries (316 m), Merigold Restaurant (316 m), Hakka Eleven Asia and Caribbean Cuisine (317 m) and Bendale Acres - Bistro (335 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 Brimley & Britwell?

The nearest is Thomson Memorial Park South Washroom, 1005 Brimley Rd, 181 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Thomson Memorial Park North Washroom (343 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 Brimley & Britwell?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 427 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Network Bendale Acres Child Care Centre (335 m, 49 spaces), N.y.a.d. Donwood Inc (521 m, 82 spaces) and Rosalie Hall Early Learning and Child Care Centre (603 m, 79 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Brimley & Britwell?

Ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,393 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2950 Lawrence Ave E (445 m, 200 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 3010 Lawrence Ave E (486 m, 170 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 2702 Lawrence Ave E (519 m, 96 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 2700 Lawrence Ave E (584 m, 111 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 10 is 88 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 Brimley & Britwell?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and two 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 Bendale-Glen Andrew page.

What neighbourhood is Brimley & Britwell in?

Brimley & Britwell is in Bendale-Glen Andrew (City of Toronto neighbourhood 156). 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