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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 are 5 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
12,134
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jul 18, 2023
73 pedestrians · 6 cyclists
Collisions
71
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #1528 of 5,519
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
5 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
32/100
city median 48
26 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 742 m

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Brimley & Britwell

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 · 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 16,177 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

Peak hours: 1,402 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,977 from 5:00 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

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, 7 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Sep 6, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions71#1528 of 5,519
With an injury8#2009 of 4,669
Property damage only42
Fail to remain23
Involving a pedestrian2
Involving a cyclist1
Severity not classified21
Since January 2026 (outside the window)7
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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.

How fast traffic moves here

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; 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

TTC bus
21 54 154 nearest 16 m
Express
954
Blue Night
354
Nearest stops
3 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 248 m · 19 docks · 3 stations, 44 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
1 car park · about 90 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
6 mapped lots within 500 m, 120 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East · Surface1.5 km90 *—

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 Top Food Supermarket, 742 m away; 2 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 26 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Ahmutha Surabi, 388 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Hillside Pharmacy, 464 m away; 5 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Scarborough General Hospital, 924 m away. For seniors' housing: Bendale Acres, a long-term care home 770 m away (two within a kilometre).

Restaurants & cafés
  • Ahmutha Surabi · 2847 Lawrence Ave E388 m · 5 min
  • Merigold Restaurant · 2845 Lawrence Ave E388 m · 5 min
  • Hakka Eleven Asia and Caribbean Cuisine · 2873 Lawrence Ave E Unit-2449 m · 5 min
  • Blaze and Bourbon · 799 Brimley Rd Unit-817460 m · 5 min
  • Paandian Vilas · 799 Brimley Rd460 m · 5 min
0 within 300 m · 26 within 1 km
Grocery
Top Food Supermarket 742 m · 9 min · 2 within 1 km
Food shops
Blue Sky Bakery 471 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Hillside Pharmacy 464 m · 6 min · 5 within 1 km
Child care
  • Network Bendale Acres Child Care Centre · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day655 m · 8 min
  • N.Y.A.D. Donwood Inc · 82 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day904 m · 11 min
  • Rosalie Hall Early Learning and Child Care Centre · 79 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day1 km · 11 min
3 licensed centres · 210 spaces within 1 km · all accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Thomson Memorial Park South Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.303 m · 4 min
  • Thomson Memorial Park North Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.435 m · 5 min
Drinking water: Thomson Memorial Park 254 m · 3 min
Health and care
  • Scarborough General Hospital · hospital site924 m · 11 min
  • Bendale Acres · long-term care home · 2 within 1 km770 m · 9 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 (8)
  • Thomson Memorial Park481 m · 6 min
  • Amberdale Ravine Park854 m · 10 min
  • Birkdale Ravine920 m · 11 min
  • Donwood Park1 km · 12 min
  • Hunters Glen Park1.2 km · 14 min
and 3 more within 1.5 km
Schools (9)
  • Simra Academy Private SchoolPrivate · 606 m · 7 min
  • Donwood Park Jr Public School - Highbrook CampusEnglish Public · 896 m · 11 min
  • Donwood Park Jr Public School - Main BldgEnglish Public · 904 m · 11 min
  • David and Mary Thomson CollegiateEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 15 min
  • St Andrews & Alternative ScarboroughEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 16 min
and 4 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bendale branch1.4 km · 17 min
Places of interest
  • Scarborough MuseumMuseum · 329 m · 4 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 community centre.

32of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food9/30

    2 grocery stores within 1 km · 26 within 1 km

  • Transit10/28

    3 stops within 300 m · 5 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go7/14

    library 1.4 km away · 1 place of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation4/10

    1 park within 500 m

  • Schools and child care2/8

    nearest school 0.6 km · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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

Four registered apartment buildings with 577 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 15. The nearest is 3010 Lawrence Ave E (698 m, 170 units, 11 storeys, built 1989), which scored 95 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
3010 Lawrence Ave E social housing · Jack Goodlad Senior Citizen Residences Corporation17011198995 · Aug 2024698 m · 8 min
2702 Lawrence Ave E · Metcap Living Management Inc967195791 · Sep 2025734 m · 9 min
2950 Lawrence Ave E Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation2006196091 · Sep 2024769 m · 9 min
2700 Lawrence Ave E · Metcap Living Management Inc1117195792 · Sep 2025832 m · 10 min

4 registered buildings · 577 units · 2 social housing · tallest 11 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.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle300street/outdoor (2), house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft210street/outdoor (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 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.

Is Brimley & Britwell a walkable intersection?

Brimley & Britwell scores 32 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: library 1.4 km away · 1 place of interest within 500 m; 1 park within 500 m; 3 stops within 300 m · 5 routes within 1 km.

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 (1.5 km away, 90 spaces). The City's mapping shows 120 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,700 spaces — 6 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, 954 within 1 km (nearest stop: Brimley Rd at Britwell Ave, 16 m).

What restaurants are near Brimley & Britwell?

None within 300 m, and 26 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Ahmutha Surabi (388 m), Merigold Restaurant (388 m), Hakka Eleven Asia and Caribbean Cuisine (449 m), Blaze and Bourbon (460 m) and Paandian Vilas (460 m). 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, 303 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Thomson Memorial Park North Washroom (435 m).

Is there child care near Brimley & Britwell?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 210 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Network Bendale Acres Child Care Centre (655 m, 49 spaces), N.Y.A.D. Donwood Inc (904 m, 82 spaces) and Rosalie Hall Early Learning and Child Care Centre (1.0 km, 79 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Brimley & Britwell?

Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 577 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3010 Lawrence Ave E (698 m, 170 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 2702 Lawrence Ave E (734 m, 96 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 2950 Lawrence Ave E (769 m, 200 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 2700 Lawrence Ave E (832 m, 111 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 92 out of 100.

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. 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