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Cathedral Bluffs & Purley (South)

Cathedral Bluffs Dr & Purley Cres (South) · Toronto, Ontario · Cliffcrest · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

In Cliffcrest, Cathedral Bluffs & Purley (South) is a quiet local crossing. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
606
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 18, 2023
48 pedestrians · 1 cyclists
Collisions
0
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
none reported within 65 m
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 80 vehicles, 7% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 13 vehicles, close to the citywide median.

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Cathedral Bluffs & Purley (South)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
1286102969201 nearest 489 m
Express
902
Blue Night
316
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Brooklawn Ave / Kingston Rd 579 m · 11 docks · 2 stations, 26 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 (9)
  • St Agatha Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 249 m
  • Fairmount Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 254 m
  • R H King AcademyEnglish Public · 714 m
  • H A Halbert Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 734 m
  • St John Henry Newman Catholic High School (Future Site)English Separate · 1.1 km
  • Anson Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 3 more
Parks (11)
  • Cathedral Bluffs Park470 m
  • Balcarra Park498 m
  • Cudia Park539 m
  • Barkdene Park668 m
  • Sunnypoint - Neilson Park830 m
  • Halbert Park850 m
  • and 5 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Cliffcrest branch493 m

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; 30 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Subway, 453 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 30 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Circle K · 2975 Kingston Rdgrocery414 mPassed, Jan 2026
Dollarama · 2975 Kingston Rd Unit-31grocery414 mPassed, Jan 2026
Michael's No Frills · 2979 Kingston Rd Unit-2979grocery435 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Subway · 3009 Kingston Rd453 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Shoppers Drug Mart · 2999 Kingston Rdgrocery454 mPassed, May 2024
Osmow's Shawarma · 3025 Kingston Rd470 mPassed, Mar 2026
Sushi & Tea · 3027 Kingston Rd474 mPassed, Jun 2026
Chatime Cliffcrest · 3033 Kingston Rd484 mPassed, Jun 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 Halbert Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 849 m away, View outdoor pool hours.

  • Halbert Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 24 Rockwood Dr
    View outdoor pool hours
    849 m
  • Bluffer's Park East Washroom · 1 Brimley Rd S
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Under Construction
    938 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 293 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St Agatha Catholic Before & After School Program (249 m, 86 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 293 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • St Agatha Catholic Before & After School Program · 49 Cathedral Bluffs Dr
    86 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    249 m
  • Fairmount Sunshine Child Care · 31 Sloley Rd
    110 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    254 m
  • Bluffer's Park Montessori School · 2857 Kingston Rd
    26 spaces · toddler, preschool
    567 m
  • Heart Beatz - Halbert Child Care Site · 25 Halbert Place
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    734 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 223 (461 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (4.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.2 km away.

FireFire Station 223 · 461 m116 Dorset Rd
Police41 Division · 4 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 47 · 2.2 km3600 St Clair 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

Within a kilometre there are four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 459 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 3171 Kingston Rd (774 m, 18 units, 4 storeys, built 1960), which scored 92 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 13 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings4 · 459 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202613 across the 4
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest11 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
3171 Kingston Rd184196092 · Jul 20260774 m
17 Brimley RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation33011197996 · Jul 20258 · 2 fire841 m
3207 Kingston Rd · Trivest Developments Corporation535196890 · Aug 20251898 m
1 Brimley Rd · 1 Brimley Apts. Inc.586196191 · Oct 202541 km

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 lots132 lots · ≈21,260 spaces · 63.8 ha
Within 500 m7 lots · ≈980 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 528 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) · Surface1 km168 *
1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) · Surface1.6 km128 *
1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) · Surface1.7 km232 *

Nearest lots: 202 m away, ≈55 spaces; 208 m away, ≈86 spaces; 448 m away, ≈8 spaces; 463 m away, ≈19 spaces; 469 m away, ≈6 spaces; 481 m away, ≈5 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 — 8-hour, Apr 18, 2023

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 318 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 5 from the east. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 118 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 44% above the afternoon peak from 4:15 p.m. (82). Heavy vehicles made up 2.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. 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 north245southbound · 0 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the west38eastbound · 0 bikes · 7.9% heavy
Total vehicles60648 pedestrians · 1 cyclists · 2.3% heavy
From the east5westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south318northbound · 1 bikes · 1.6% heavy
AM peak hour118 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour82 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 18, 2023

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

On Cathedral Bluffs Dr between Purley Cres and Earl Rd, 234 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2024 put the average speed at 35 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 43 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 47 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,000 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Sloley Rd (128 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.5% of the 17,736 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Cathedral Bluffs Dr · Purley Cres – Earl Rd · 234 mMay 2024 · 3 days1,99635 km/h43 km/h47 km/h

School-zone speed sign 128 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct32 · 39 km/h
Over the limit3.4%
50 km/h or more0.5%

Sloley Rd (westbound), North Side of Sloley Rd, Fronting No.58/60 · 17,736 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; 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

Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.

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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

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

Five 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. 40% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle500house driveway/garage (2), other (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 10, 2021. 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 Cliffcrest.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Cathedral Bluffs & Purley (South) a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025 and police reported no 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 Cathedral Bluffs & Purley (South)?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 18, 2023, 7% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Cathedral Bluffs & Purley (South)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Cathedral Bluffs Dr between Purley Cres and Earl Rd (May 2024), found an average of 35 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 43 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 128 m away (40 km/h), 0.5% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Cathedral Bluffs & Purley (South)?

The nearest Green P car park is 1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) (1.0 km away, 168 spaces). The City's mapping shows 132 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,260 spaces — 7 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Cathedral Bluffs & Purley (South) by transit?

Bus routes 12, 86, 102, 9, 69, 201, 902 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Cathedral Bluffs & Purley (South)?

None within 300 m, and 30 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Subway (453 m), Osmow's Shawarma (470 m), Sushi & Tea (474 m) and Chatime Cliffcrest (484 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 Cathedral Bluffs & Purley (South)?

The nearest is Halbert Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 24 Rockwood Dr, 849 m away (View outdoor pool hours). Next nearest: Bluffer's Park East Washroom (938 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 Cathedral Bluffs & Purley (South)?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 293 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St Agatha Catholic Before & After School Program (249 m, 86 spaces), Fairmount Sunshine Child Care (254 m, 110 spaces) and Bluffer's Park Montessori School (567 m, 26 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Cathedral Bluffs & Purley (South)?

Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 459 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3171 Kingston Rd (774 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 17 Brimley Rd (841 m, 330 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 3207 Kingston Rd (898 m, 53 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 1 Brimley Rd (1.0 km, 58 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 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.

How many thefts are reported at Cathedral Bluffs & Purley (South)?

Toronto Police place five 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 Cliffcrest page.

What neighbourhood is Cathedral Bluffs & Purley (South) in?

Cathedral Bluffs & Purley (South) is in Cliffcrest (City of Toronto neighbourhood 123). It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.

Sources

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