Map
Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time
Getting here
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk
Transit & cycling
- GO Transit
- GO bus 96 Oshawa / Finch Express92 Oshawa / Yorkdale41 Hamilton / Pickering94 Pickering / Square One94 Pickering / Square One41 Hamilton / Pickering92 Oshawa / Yorkdale96 Oshawa / Finch Express at Scarborough Centre Bus Terminal533 m
- TTC bus
- 21953843129131133406132169161349130 +1 more nearest 32 m
- Express
- 995903904938939996
- Blue Night
- 395316
- Nearest stops
- 11 surface stops within 300 m — Brimley Rd at Ellesmere Rd; Ellesmere Rd at Brimley Rd
- Regional
- Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920921 Route 921 at Scarborough Centre Station514 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Bernadine St / Brimley Rd 184 m · 11 docks · 3 stations, 45 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 (12)
- St Victor Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 210 m
- Edgewood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 554 m
- Mac Al-Furqan SchoolPrivate · 573 m
- St Andrews & Alternative ScarboroughEnglish Public · 647 m
- Centennial College - Midland CampusCollege · 783 m
- North Bendale Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
- and 6 more
- Community centres
- Birkdale Community Centre291 m
- Parks (11)
- Scarborough Civic Centre438 m
- Albert Campbell Square511 m
- Frank Faubert Wood Lot524 m
- Edgewood Park531 m
- St. Andrews Park - Scarborough561 m
- Birkdale Ravine934 m
- and 5 more
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Scarborough Civic Centre branch427 m
- Places of interest
- Scarborough MuseumMuseum · 1.5 km
- Signal
- 0698, activated 1968 · SA1 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal
Around the corner
Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node
Restaurants & food
Toronto Public Health inspects 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 94. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 62 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 2 infractions noted.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Tim Hortons · 1401 Ellesmere Rd | 62 m | Passed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions |
| Petro Canada · 1270 Brimley Rdgrocery | 63 m | Passed, Mar 2026 |
| Domino's Pizza · 1195 Brimley Rd | 440 m | Passed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Papa John's Pizza · 1245 Ellesmere Rd Flr-1 | 454 m | Passed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Buns N Cones · 1189 Brimley Rd Bldg-1 | 461 m | Passed, Mar 2026 |
| Geetham Veg Restaurant · 1249 Ellesmere Rd | 461 m | Passed, Jun 2026 |
| Wow! Wing House · 1185 Brimley Rd | 491 m | Passed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Hasty Market Convenience · 1183 Brimley Rd 1183 Agrocery | 496 m | Passed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction |
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 Birkdale Community Centre Washroom, 286 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 570 m away at Albert Campbell Square.
- Birkdale Community Centre Washroom · 1299 Ellesmere Rd
View centre hours286 m - Scraborough Civic Centre · 150 Borough Drive
Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed · accessible446 m - Albert Campbell Square Outdoor Rink Washroom · 150 Borough Dr
View outdoor rink hours466 m
- Drinking water
- Albert Campbell Square bottle filling station · 570 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 340 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St Victor Catholic School Before & After Child Care Program (210 m, 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age).
- St Victor Catholic School Before & After Child Care Program · 20 Bernadine St
71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day210 m - The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre · 1305 Ellesmere Rd
123 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day256 m - Network - St. Andrews Before and After School Program · 60 Brimorton Dr
56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day646 m - Scarborough Jr YMCA · 230 Town Centre Crt
90 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day751 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 232 (1.7 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (2.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.
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
Within a kilometre there are three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 124 rental units. The nearest is 1191 Ellesmere Rd (657 m, 27 units, 4 storeys, built 1976), which scored 88 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 5 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1191 Ellesmere Rd | 27 | 4 | 1976 | 88 · Jul 2026 | 3 | 657 m |
| 1181 Ellesmere Rd | 32 | 4 | 1976 | 91 · Jul 2024 | 1 | 684 m |
| 1175 Ellesmere Rd · Loraview Holdings Inc. | 65 | 5 | 1967 | 95 · Oct 2025 | 1 | 732 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
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 158 Borough Drive · Surface | 460 m | 16 * | — |
| 40 Bushby Dr · Surface | 943 m | 215 | 32% (Q1 2026) |
| 101 Grangeway Ave · Surface | 1.1 km | 255 | 7% (Q1 2026) |
| Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 · Surface | 1.3 km | 68 * | — |
Nearest lots: 56 m away, ≈43 spaces; 58 m away, ≈72 spaces; 83 m away, ≈27 spaces; 84 m away, ≈26 spaces; 108 m away, ≈138 spaces; 110 m away, ≈3 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, Jun 25, 2025
No single direction dominates: each approach carried between 10,753 and 12,896 vehicles. Evening rush dominates here: 5,450 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:45 p.m., against 3,580 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.4% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 15 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
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 most recent midblock count on Ellesmere Rd between Brimley Rd and Borough Approach W (4 m away, Sep 2014) recorded volume only — about 17,983 vehicles a day — with no speed data.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellesmere Rd · Brimley Rd – Borough Approach W · 4 m | Sep 2014 · 3 days | 17,983 | — | — | — |
| Brimley Rd · Ellesmere Rd – Omni Dr · 26 m | Nov 2013 · 3 days | 15,833 | — | — | — |
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
The worst year was 2019, with 81 collisions; 2025 recorded 57. 114 collisions (19%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 70 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 13 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 35 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 30, 2026.
By year
Exposure-adjusted: 13.0 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 609 | #75 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 114 | #36 of 4,660 |
| Property damage only | 438 | |
| Fail to remain | 70 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 10 | #220 of 3,193 |
| Involving a cyclist | 3 | #783 of 2,576 |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 57 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 35 | |
| All since 2014 | 784 | latest Jun 30, 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. 5 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Apr 26, 2010.
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
Seven thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 57% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 7 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (4), commercial premises (2) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 7, 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 & Ellesmere a dangerous intersection?
By collision count, yes: it ranks #75 of 5,508 Toronto intersections for police-reported collisions in 2016–2025, though none involved a death or serious injury. 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 & Ellesmere?
A top-100 intersection for vehicle traffic in Toronto. It ranks #49 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 2.9× the median for a counted intersection.
Is there a red-light camera at Brimley & Ellesmere?
Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Brimley & Ellesmere since 2022, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 544 tickets in 2025 (362 in 2024) and 221 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 1,688 since it was switched on.
How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Brimley & Ellesmere?
544 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — up from 362 in 2024, and 221 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 1,688 tickets since 2022. A red-light camera ticket in Toronto is $325 and carries no demerit points because it is issued to the vehicle's owner.
Where can I park near Brimley & Ellesmere?
The nearest Green P car park is 158 Borough Drive (460 m away, 16 spaces). The City's mapping shows 324 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 83,880 spaces — 33 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Brimley & Ellesmere by transit?
Bus routes 21, 95, 38, 43, 129, 131, 133, 406 and 13 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Brimley Rd at Ellesmere Rd, 32 m); Durham Region Transit routes 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Scarborough Centre Station.
What restaurants are near Brimley & Ellesmere?
1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 94 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (62 m), Domino's Pizza (440 m), Papa John's Pizza (454 m), Buns N Cones (461 m) and Geetham Veg Restaurant (461 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 & Ellesmere?
The nearest is Birkdale Community Centre Washroom, 1299 Ellesmere Rd, 286 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Scraborough Civic Centre (446 m); Albert Campbell Square Outdoor Rink Washroom (466 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 & Ellesmere?
Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 340 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St Victor Catholic School Before & After Child Care Program (210 m, 71 spaces), The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre (256 m, 123 spaces) and Network - St. Andrews Before and After School Program (646 m, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Brimley & Ellesmere?
Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 124 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1191 Ellesmere Rd (657 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 1181 Ellesmere Rd (684 m, 32 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 1175 Ellesmere Rd (732 m, 65 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 91 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 & Ellesmere?
Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and no 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 & Ellesmere in?
Brimley & Ellesmere 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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Jun 25, 2025.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Aug 29, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras; tickets from Red Light Camera Annual Charges (2026 figures through Jun 30, 2026).
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Fire Station Locations, Police Facility Locations, Ambulance Station Locations.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport with the Ontario LTB Order Catalogue and Toronto Fire Services inspection data (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jan 7, 2025.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 21 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting here: 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. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Walking distance: City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Parking: 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.
- Coordinates: 43.77007, -79.26130 · centreline node 13447139.