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Brimley & Dorcot

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

Brimley & Dorcot, in Bendale-Glen Andrew, is a busier-than-typical intersection. Nearby is 8 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
20,185
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 2, 2024
421 pedestrians · 44 cyclists · #868 busiest
Collisions
59
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
16 with an injury · 38 property damage · #1804 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 2 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 14 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 1,440 vehicles, 1.25× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 48 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 5.9 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 2.9 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions rose 19%, from 27 in 2016–2020 to 32 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Brimley & Dorcot

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
21541541657 nearest 21 m
Express
954
Blue Night
354316
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m — Brimley Rd at Dorcot Ave; Brimley Rd at Dorcot Ave North Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Brimley Rd / Dorcot Ave 36 m · 14 docks · 6 stations, 81 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)
  • Donwood Park Jr Public School - Main BldgEnglish Public · 473 m
  • Donwood Park Jr Public School - Highbrook CampusEnglish Public · 515 m
  • David and Mary Thomson CollegiateEnglish Public · 621 m
  • Simra Academy Private SchoolPrivate · 700 m
  • St Andrews & Alternative ScarboroughEnglish Public · 875 m
  • Bendale Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 7 more
Community centres
Parks (11)
  • Thomson Memorial Park340 m
  • Amberdale Ravine Park416 m
  • Birkdale Ravine448 m
  • Donwood Park627 m
  • St. Andrews Park - Scarborough893 m
  • Bendale Park1 km
  • and 5 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bendale branch1.4 km
  • Toronto Public Library Scarborough Civic Centre branch1.5 km
Places of interest
  • Scarborough MuseumMuseum · 240 m
Signal
1282, activated 1978 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

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; 51 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Donwood Park P.s. Snp - Morning Meal, 473 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 51 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Donwood Park P.s. Snp - Morning Meal · 61 Dorcot Ave473 mPassed, Mar 2026
Nyad Donwood Inc. · 61 Dorcot Ave473 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Bendale Acres - Bistro · 2920 Lawrence Ave E604 mPassed, May 2026
Bendale Acres Kitchen · 2920 Lawrence Ave E604 mPassed, Sep 2025
David and Mary Thompson Collegiate Institute - Snp · 125 Brockley Dr621 mPassed, May 2026
David and Mary Thomson Culinary Arts Program · 125 Brockley Dr Cafeteria621 mPassed, May 2026
Sp Importers Supermarket · 2863 Lawrence Ave Egrocery629 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Hakka Eleven Asia and Caribbean Cuisine · 2873 Lawrence Ave E Unit-2636 mPassed, May 2026

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 North Washroom, 168 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 167 m away at Thomson Memorial Park.

  • Thomson Memorial Park North Washroom · 1005 Brimley Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    168 m
  • Thomson Memorial Park South Washroom · 1005 Brimley Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    216 m
Drinking water
Thomson Memorial Park bottle filling station · 167 m; Thomson Memorial Park drinking fountain, dog fountain · 201 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 266 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is N.y.a.d. Donwood Inc (473 m, 82 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 266 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 4
  • N.y.a.d. Donwood Inc · 61 Dorcot Ave
    82 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    473 m
  • Network Bendale Acres Child Care Centre · 2920 Lawrence Ave E
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    604 m
  • Rosalie Hall Early Learning and Child Care Centre · 3020 Lawrence Ave E
    79 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    787 m
  • Network - St. Andrews Before and After School Program · 60 Brimorton Dr
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    876 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 232 (897 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 612 m away.

FireFire Station 232 · 897 m1550 Midland Ave
Police41 Division · 3.5 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 28 · 612 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

Seven registered apartment buildings with 995 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 3010 Lawrence Ave E (669 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. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 26 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings7 · 995 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202626 across the 7
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest21 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
3010 Lawrence Ave Esocial housing · Jack Goodlad Senior Citizen Residences Corporation17011198995 · Aug 20244 · 1 fire669 m
2950 Lawrence Ave EToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation2006196091 · Sep 20243671 m
2702 Lawrence Ave E · Metcap Living Management Inc967195791 · Sep 20254736 m
5 Brockley Dr · Homestead Land Holdings Limited25421196999 · Aug 20252752 m
4 Treewood St · Northview Apartment REIT827196179 · Sep 20247761 m
2700 Lawrence Ave E · Metcap Living Management Inc1117195792 · Sep 20254785 m
2 Treewood St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.827195694 · Nov 20252844 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 lots312 lots · ≈61,360 spaces · 184.1 ha
Within 500 m5 lots · ≈760 spaces
Green P (public)5 car parks · about 644 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 · Surface1.4 km90 *
158 Borough Drive · Surface1.5 km16 *
Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 · Surface1.8 km68 *
40 Bushby Dr · Surface1.8 km21532% (Q1 2026)
101 Grangeway Ave · Surface1.9 km2557% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 164 m away, ≈410 spaces; 295 m away, ≈42 spaces; 429 m away, ≈60 spaces; 443 m away, ≈113 spaces; 487 m away, ≈133 spaces; 502 m away, ≈55 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 — 14-hour, Nov 2, 2024 (a weekend day)

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The north leg carries the load — 9,881 southbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 943. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,016 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 67% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (1,207). Heavy vehicles made up 1.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 22 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north9,881southbound · 23 bikes · 1.1% heavy
From the west943eastbound · 3 bikes · 0.6% heavy
Total vehicles20,185421 pedestrians · 44 cyclists · 1.2% heavy
From the east0westbound · 12 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south9,361northbound · 6 bikes · 1.3% heavy
AM peak hour1,207 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,016 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 2, 2024 · weekend

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 (388 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. Dorcot Ave between Birkdale Rd and Lyon Heights Rd measured slower: 40 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Jun 2019).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Dorcot Ave · Birkdale Rd – Lyon Heights Rd · 269 mJun 2019 · 3 days2,12840 km/h48 km/h53 km/h
Brimley Rd · Thomson Memorial Park Trl – Britwell Ave · 388 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

2022 was the peak year (10 collisions), and 2025 closed with 5. 27% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 7% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 14, 2026.

By year

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Exposure-adjusted: 2.9 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions59#1804 of 5,508
With an injury16#1095 of 4,660
Property damage only38
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian4#886 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201476latest Mar 14, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Dec 20, 2014.

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Brimley & Dorcot a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 59 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 & Dorcot?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #868 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.25× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Brimley & Dorcot?

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 & Dorcot?

The nearest Green P car park is Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East (1.4 km away, 90 spaces). The City's mapping shows 312 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 61,360 spaces — 5 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Brimley & Dorcot by transit?

Bus routes 21, 54, 154, 16, 57, 954 within 1 km (nearest stop: Brimley Rd at Dorcot Ave, 21 m).

What restaurants are near Brimley & Dorcot?

None within 300 m, and 51 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Donwood Park P.s. Snp - Morning Meal (473 m), Nyad Donwood Inc. (473 m), Bendale Acres - Bistro (604 m), Bendale Acres Kitchen (604 m) and David and Mary Thompson Collegiate Institute - Snp (621 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 & Dorcot?

The nearest is Thomson Memorial Park North Washroom, 1005 Brimley Rd, 168 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Thomson Memorial Park South Washroom (216 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 & Dorcot?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 266 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are N.y.a.d. Donwood Inc (473 m, 82 spaces), Network Bendale Acres Child Care Centre (604 m, 49 spaces) and Rosalie Hall Early Learning and Child Care Centre (787 m, 79 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Brimley & Dorcot?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 995 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3010 Lawrence Ave E (669 m, 170 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 2950 Lawrence Ave E (671 m, 200 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 2702 Lawrence Ave E (736 m, 96 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 5 Brockley Dr (752 m, 254 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 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.

What neighbourhood is Brimley & Dorcot in?

Brimley & Dorcot is in Bendale-Glen Andrew (City of Toronto neighbourhood 156). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.

Sources

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