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Brimley & Deerfield

Brimley Rd & Deerfield Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Bendale South · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

Brimley & Deerfield is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in Bendale South. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: 6 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic
17,198
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 2, 2024
532 pedestrians · 69 cyclists · #1126 busiest
Collisions
56
police-reported · 2016–2025
1 killed or seriously injured · #1889 of 5,519
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
6 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
35/100
city median 48
6 places to eat within 1 km

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Brimley & Deerfield

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume14-hour count · Nov 2, 2024 · weekend

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 8,531 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 662 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the south (35 of 69). Evening rush dominates here: 1,686 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:15 p.m., against 1,111 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north8,531southbound · 28 bikes · 1.1% heavy
From the west662eastbound · 6 bikes · 0.2% heavy
Total vehicles17,198532 pedestrians · 69 cyclists · 1.2% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south8,005northbound · 35 bikes · 1.4% heavy

Peak hours: 1,111 vehicles in the hour from 9:30 a.m. and 1,686 from 2:15 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 worst year was 2018, with 12 collisions; 2025 recorded 7. 9 collisions (16%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 15, 2026.

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 motorcyclist was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Oct 28, 2025. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions56#1889 of 5,519
With an injury9#1833 of 4,669
Property damage only41
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
Killed or seriously injured1#742 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
In darkness1
All KSI since 20062latest Oct 28, 2025

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

On Brimley Rd between Knob Hill Park Trl and Gully Dr, 338 m from the corner, a 7-day count in May 2023 put the average speed at 56 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 64 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 69 km/h or more. That segment carries about 19,800 vehicles a day. Deerfield Rd between Gully Dr and Bonnechere Cres measured slower: 42 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 53 km/h (Nov 2012). At the school-zone speed sign on Brimley Rd (102 m away, 50 km/h limit), 5.0% of the 55,155 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Deerfield Rd · Gully Dr – Bonnechere Cres · 265 mNov 2012 · 24 h75542 km/h53 km/h59 km/h
Brimley Rd · Knob Hill Park Trl – Gully Dr · 338 mMay 2023 · 7 days19,84756 km/h64 km/h69 km/h
Speed sign
Brimley Rd (southbound), 102 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 48 km/h, 85th percentile 55 km/h; 5.0% at 60 km/h or more. 55,155 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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.

The crossing
Signal 1599, activated 1990 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

TTC bus
21 16 54 154 nearest 14 m
Blue Night
316 354
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Brimley Rd at Deerfield Rd; Brimley Rd at Seminole Ave North Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Knob Hill Park 202 m · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 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
none within 2 km
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
3 mapped lots within 500 m, 165 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; 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

No grocery store is listed within a kilometre of this corner. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 6 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Hujra Restaurant, 828 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Rexall, 1.0 km away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Scarborough General Hospital, 1.4 km away. For seniors' housing: Villa Karuna Home For Seniors, a retirement home 449 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Hujra Restaurant · 805 Brimley Rd828 m · 10 min
  • Blaze and Bourbon · 799 Brimley Rd Unit-817840 m · 10 min
  • Paandian Vilas · 799 Brimley Rd840 m · 10 min
  • Yummys Kitchen · 2879 Lawrence Ave E Unit-28791 km · 12 min
  • Ruth's Pizza Plus · 1349 Danforth Rd Bldg-11 km · 12 min
0 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Food shops
Blue Sky Bakery 825 m · 10 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Rexall 1 km · 11 min · 2 within 1 km
Child care
  • Knob Hill School Age YMCA · 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day215 m
  • Little Munchkins Academy · 26 spaces, toddler, preschool447 m · 5 min
  • Knob Hill Day Nursery · 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day625 m · 7 min
4 licensed centres · 161 spaces within 1 km · 3 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Knob Hill Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · hours not listed455 m · 5 min
Health and care
  • Scarborough General Hospital · hospital site1.4 km · 17 min
  • Villa Karuna Home For Seniors · retirement home449 m · 5 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
  • Knob Hill Park277 m · 3 min
  • Pringdale Ravine894 m · 11 min
  • Glen Ravine Park1.2 km · 14 min
  • McCowan Park1.3 km · 15 min
  • Trudelle Park1.3 km · 15 min
Schools (7)
  • Knob Hill Public SchoolEnglish Public · 215 m
  • Hunter's Glen Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 755 m · 9 min
  • Glen Ravine Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Simra Academy Private SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • John McCrae Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 15 min
and 2 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bendale branch1.1 km · 14 min
Places of interest
  • Scarborough MuseumMuseum · 1.4 km · 17 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 grocery store or a community centre.

35of 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 food2/30

    6 within 1 km

  • Transit13/28

    6 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go3/14

    library 1.1 km away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km

  • Parks and recreation4/10

    1 park within 500 m

  • Schools and child care7/8

    1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot6/10

    traffic signal · head start for people walking

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

Within a kilometre there are two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 351 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1290 Danforth Rd (897 m, 179 units, 8 storeys, built 1978), which scored 98 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
1290 Danforth Rd social housing1798197898 · Oct 2025897 m · 11 min
1360 Danforth Rd · Metcap Living Management Inc17215196390 · Nov 2025902 m · 11 min

2 registered buildings · 351 units · 1 social housing · tallest 15 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

Three thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle300house driveway/garage (3)
Bicycle theft000—

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 South.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Brimley & Deerfield a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#742 of 1,505), out of 56 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 Brimley & Deerfield?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #1126 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

Is Brimley & Deerfield a walkable intersection?

Brimley & Deerfield scores 35 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: 1 school within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m; 6 stops within 300 m · 6 routes within 1 km; 1 park within 500 m. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking.

How fast do cars go at Brimley & Deerfield?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Brimley Rd between Knob Hill Park Trl and Gully Dr (May 2023), found an average of 56 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 64 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 102 m away (50 km/h), 5.0% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in August 2026.

Where can I park near Brimley & Deerfield?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 165 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,640 spaces — 3 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Brimley & Deerfield by transit?

Bus routes 21, 16, 54, 154 within 1 km (nearest stop: Brimley Rd at Deerfield Rd, 14 m).

What restaurants are near Brimley & Deerfield?

None within 300 m, and 6 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Hujra Restaurant (828 m), Blaze and Bourbon (840 m), Paandian Vilas (840 m), Yummys Kitchen (1.0 km) and Ruth's Pizza Plus (1.0 km). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Brimley & Deerfield?

The nearest is Knob Hill Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 625 Brimley Rd, 455 m away.

Is there child care near Brimley & Deerfield?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 161 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Knob Hill School Age YMCA (215 m, 43 spaces), Little Munchkins Academy (447 m, 26 spaces) and Knob Hill Day Nursery (625 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Brimley & Deerfield?

Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 351 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1290 Danforth Rd (897 m, 179 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 1360 Danforth Rd (902 m, 172 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 is 94 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Brimley & Deerfield?

Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Bendale South page.

What neighbourhood is Brimley & Deerfield in?

Brimley & Deerfield is in Bendale South (City of Toronto neighbourhood 157). 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