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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 volume14-hour count · Dec 18, 2024
The south leg carries the load — 9,525 northbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 71. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,709 vehicles in the hour from 5:00 p.m., 16% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (1,469). Heavy vehicles made up 2.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 22 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 1,469 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,709 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
2018 was the peak year (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 31% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 6% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Aug 3, 2025.
Of the two serious-injury collisions in 2016–2025, one was fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt; one collision involved vehicle occupants only. Both happened in darkness. The most recent was on Dec 18, 2023.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 16 | 0.9 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles |
| With an injury | 5 | |
| Property damage only | 8 | |
| Fail to remain | 2 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 2 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 2 | #188 of 1,505 |
| Fatal | 1 | #59 of 319 |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | #191 of 879 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 2 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 2 | latest Dec 18, 2023 |
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 Knob Hill Park Trl and Gully Dr (167 m away) recorded an average of 56 km/h in its 7-day count in May 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 64 km/h. That segment carries about 19,800 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Brimley Rd (238 m away, 50 km/h limit), 3.4% of the 32,864 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a small minority.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brimley Rd · Knob Hill Park Trl – Gully Dr · 167 m | May 2023 · 7 days | 19,847 | 56 km/h | 64 km/h | 69 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Brimley Rd (northbound), 238 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 49 km/h, 85th percentile 55 km/h; 3.4% at 60 km/h or more. 32,864 vehicles logged in July 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.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 21 12 201 16 86 116 nearest 13 m
- Express
- 905
- Blue Night
- 300 316 334 386
- Nearest stops
- 6 surface stops within 300 m — Brimley Rd at Elgar Ave; Brimley Rd at Dallyn Cres
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Knob Hill Park 321 m · 4 min · 11 docks · 5 stations, 64 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 199 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 4 mapped lots within 500 m, 182 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy North Service Road - 2450 Eglinton Ave East · Surface | 1.9 km | 199 * | — |
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 Ajmal's Nofrills, 607 m away; 3 grocery stores sit within a kilometre. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 31 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is A and W, 532 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Rexall, 456 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Scarborough General Hospital, 2.0 km away. For seniors' housing: Villa Karuna Home For Seniors, a retirement home 90 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- A and W · 2692 Eglinton Ave E532 m · 6 min
- Eggsmart · 2690 Eglinton Ave E Unit-2690537 m · 6 min
- Mary Browns · 2690 Eglinton Ave E537 m · 6 min
- Wing Machine · 2739 Eglinton Ave E Unit-3568 m · 7 min
- Souperlicious · 2648 Eglinton Ave E658 m · 8 min
- Grocery
- Ajmal's Nofrills 607 m · 7 min · 3 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Mendoza's Bakery 747 m · 9 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Rexall 456 m · 5 min · 4 within 1 km
- Child care
- Little Munchkins Academy · 26 spaces, toddler, preschool104 m
- Knob Hill School Age YMCA · 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day641 m · 8 min
- Washrooms
- Knob Hill Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · hours not listed564 m · 7 min
- Health and care
- Scarborough General Hospital · hospital site2 km · 23 min
- Villa Karuna Home For Seniors · retirement home90 m
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 (7)
- Knob Hill Park386 m · 5 min
- Glen Ravine Park709 m · 8 min
- Trudelle Park876 m · 10 min
- Trudelle Street Park1 km · 12 min
- Horton Park1.1 km · 13 min
- Schools (9)
- Glen Ravine Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 622 m · 7 min
- Knob Hill Public SchoolEnglish Public · 641 m · 8 min
- St Albert Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.2 km · 14 min
- Walter Perry Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 15 min
- Pere Philipe Lamarche Catholic Secondary SchoolFrench Separate · 1.2 km · 15 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 or a library.
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
13 registered apartment buildings with 1,076 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1290 Danforth Rd (575 m, 179 units, 8 storeys, built 1978), which scored 98 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 13 scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1290 Danforth Rd social housing | 179 | 8 | 1978 | 98 · Oct 2025 | 575 m · 7 min |
| 1275 Danforth Rd · M&r Property Management | 114 | 7 | 1958 | 97 · Aug 2024 | 652 m · 8 min |
| 1284 Danforth Rd · H & R Property Management Ltd. | 95 | 7 | 1960 | 95 · Aug 2024 | 700 m · 8 min |
| 10 Trudelle St · Gold Seal Management Inc. | 84 | 6 | 1964 | 96 · Aug 2024 | 718 m · 9 min |
| 998 Danforth Rd · Jennic Investments Inc. | 21 | 3 | 1958 | 93 · Aug 2026 | 718 m · 9 min |
| 996 Danforth Rd · Jennic Investments Inc. | 20 | 3 | 1958 | 90 · Sep 2025 | 767 m · 9 min |
13 registered buildings · 1,076 units · 1 social housing · tallest 12 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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Brimley & Elgar a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 2 serious-injury collisions were recorded in 2016–2025 (#188 of 1,505), out of 16 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 & Elgar?
A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #980 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.17× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Brimley & Elgar a walkable intersection?
Brimley & Elgar 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: 6 stops within 300 m · 11 routes within 1 km; nearest school 0.6 km · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 park within 500 m.
How fast do cars go at Brimley & Elgar?
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 238 m away (50 km/h), 3.4% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in July 2026.
Where can I park near Brimley & Elgar?
The nearest Green P car park is Kennedy North Service Road - 2450 Eglinton Ave East (1.9 km away, 199 spaces). The City's mapping shows 182 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,140 spaces — 4 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Brimley & Elgar by transit?
Bus routes 21, 12, 201, 16, 86, 116, 905 within 1 km (nearest stop: Brimley Rd at Elgar Ave, 13 m).
What restaurants are near Brimley & Elgar?
None within 300 m, and 31 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are A and W (532 m), Eggsmart (537 m), Mary Browns (537 m), Wing Machine (568 m) and Souperlicious (658 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Brimley & Elgar?
The nearest is Knob Hill Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 625 Brimley Rd, 564 m away.
Is there child care near Brimley & Elgar?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 69 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Little Munchkins Academy (104 m, 26 spaces) and Knob Hill School Age YMCA (641 m, 43 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Brimley & Elgar?
13 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,076 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1290 Danforth Rd (575 m, 179 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 1275 Danforth Rd (652 m, 114 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 1284 Danforth Rd (700 m, 95 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 10 Trudelle St (718 m, 84 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 13 is 90 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.
What neighbourhood is Brimley & Elgar in?
Brimley & Elgar is in Eglinton East (City of Toronto neighbourhood 138), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. 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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Dec 18, 2024.
- 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- 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).
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 21 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: 43.74114, -79.25022 · centreline node 13451427.