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Danforth & Linden

Danforth Rd & Linden Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Kennedy Park · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

Danforth & Linden is a mid-volume intersection. It sits in Kennedy Park. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: Scarborough GO 477 m away and 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
13,237
vehicles · 14-hour count, Jul 7, 2026
334 pedestrians · 143 cyclists · #1459 busiest
Collisions
15
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
5 with an injury · 8 property damage · #3780 of 5,508
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: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 950 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 82% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 40 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 1.5 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 1.1 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Danforth & Linden

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
Scarborough GO — Lakeshore East477 m
TTC bus
16910211320 nearest 25 m
Express
902
Blue Night
300
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Danforth Rd at Linden Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Danforth Rd / St Clair Ave E 457 m · 11 docks · 4 stations, 60 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)
  • Norman Cook Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 211 m
  • Corvette Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 745 m
  • S/E Year Round Alternative & Scarborough CentreEnglish Public · 834 m
  • John A Leslie Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Robert Service Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • St Maria Goretti Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.2 km
  • and 7 more
Parks (11)
  • Greystone Park706 m
  • Corvette Park734 m
  • Natal Park840 m
  • Jeanette Park896 m
  • Glen Sheppard Park937 m
  • J.a. Leslie Tot Lot1.1 km
  • and 5 more

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 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 25 — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Norman Cook Snack Program, 210 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 25 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Norman Cook Snack Program · 725 Danforth Rd210 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Today's Child-Tomorrow's Future Children's Centre. Norman Cook Branch · 725 Danforth Rd210 mPassed, Jul 2026
Feed Scarborough · 3595 St Clair Ave E Unit-22481 mPassed, Aug 2026
Merhaba Habesha Convenience Store · 483 Kennedy Rdgrocery484 mPassed, Aug 2026
McDonald's · 2b Greystone Walk Dr492 mPassed, Aug 2026
McDonald's · 2b Greystone Walk Dr492 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 2 infractions
Communal Eats · 121 Laurel Ave508 mPassed, Jun 2026
Kung Fu Tea · 4 Greystone Walk Dr Unit-A1553 mPassed, May 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 Corvette Park Washroom, 681 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Corvette Park Washroom · 40 Corvette Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    681 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

Eight licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 643 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Today's Child Tomorrow's Future Children's Centre (210 m, 85 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km8 centres · 643 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 8
  • Today's Child Tomorrow's Future Children's Centre · 725 Danforth Rd
    85 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    210 m
  • St. Crispins Day Care Centre · 530 Midland Ave
    54 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    620 m
  • N.y.a.d. Corvette · 30 Corvette Ave
    173 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    745 m
  • Canadiana Court Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 20 Gordonridge Pl
    44 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    766 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 221 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (1.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 326 m away.

FireFire Station 221 · 1.6 km2575 Eglinton Ave E
Police41 Division · 1.9 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 47 · 326 m3600 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 13 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,463 rental units — six social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 640 Kennedy Rd (733 m, 18 units, 3 storeys, built 1955), which scored 97 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 30 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 11 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings13 · 1,463 units · 6 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202630 across the 13
Open fire-code violations11
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
640 Kennedy Rd · Homes First Society183195597 · Aug 20260733 m
644 Kennedy Rd · Homes First Society183195498 · Aug 20260764 m
115 Foxridge Dr103195888 · Sep 20255773 m
10 Gordonridge PlToronto Community Housing · TCH21716197285 · Jun 20254 · 5 fire779 m
130 Foxridge Dr · Menicucci, Pompilio; Menicucci, Frances; Menicucci, Mario; Menicucci, Iva303196291 · Sep 20250790 m
30 Gordonridge PlToronto Community Housing · TCH23117197288 · Jun 20252824 m
20 Eppleworth RdToronto Community Housing · Del Managment363196988 · Jun 20250836 m
30 Eppleworth RdToronto Community Housing · Del Managment453196988 · Jul 20260860 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 lots412 lots · ≈65,400 spaces · 196.2 ha
Within 500 m32 lots · ≈2,540 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 872 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Kennedy South Lot -155 Transway Cres · Surface1.3 km673 *
Kennedy North Service Road - 2450 Eglinton Ave East · Surface1.6 km199 *

Nearest lots: 19 m away, ≈36 spaces; 41 m away, ≈22 spaces; 79 m away, ≈6 spaces; 132 m away, ≈14 spaces; 163 m away, ≈19 spaces; 257 m away, ≈45 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, Jul 7, 2026

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 6,399 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 276 from the north. Most cyclists arrived from the east (69 of 143). Evening rush dominates here: 1,328 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 1,057 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north276southbound · 3 bikes · 2.2% heavy
From the west6,062eastbound · 59 bikes · 3.5% heavy
Total vehicles13,237334 pedestrians · 143 cyclists · 3.3% heavy
From the east6,399westbound · 69 bikes · 3.4% heavy
From the south500northbound · 12 bikes · 1.8% heavy
AM peak hour1,057 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,328 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Jul 7, 2026

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 Danforth Rd between Hart Ave and Linden Ave, 134 m from the corner, a 2-day count in April 2019 put the average speed at 57 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 68 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 75 km/h or more. That segment carries about 24,100 vehicles a day. Linden Ave between Laurel Ave and Harmony Ave measured slower: 39 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 50 km/h (Oct 2004). The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Danforth Rd (18 m away, 50 km/h limit), 8.4% of the 174,511 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Danforth Rd · Hart Ave – Linden Ave · 134 mApr 2019 · 2 days24,10357 km/h68 km/h75 km/h
Linden Ave · Laurel Ave – Harmony Ave · 205 mOct 2004 · 24 h52939 km/h50 km/h57 km/h

School-zone speed sign 18 m

Posted limit50 km/h
Median · 85th pct50 · 58 km/h
Over the limit25%
60 km/h or more8.4%

Danforth Rd (westbound), 752 Danforth Road · 174,511 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 3 collisions. 5 collisions (33%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%). The most recent report on file is from Dec 31, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 1.1 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions15#3780 of 5,508
With an injury5#2652 of 4,660
Property damage only8
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#1708 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 201422latest Dec 31, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Feb 5, 2015.

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

Four 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. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Mar 12, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle412house driveway/garage (2), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 12, 2026. 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 Kennedy Park.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Danforth & Linden a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 15 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 Danforth & Linden?

A mid-volume intersection. It ranks #1459 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 82% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Danforth & Linden?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Danforth Rd between Hart Ave and Linden Ave (April 2019), found an average of 57 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 68 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 18 m away (50 km/h), 8.4% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Danforth & Linden?

The nearest Green P car park is Kennedy South Lot -155 Transway Cres (1.3 km away, 673 spaces). The City's mapping shows 412 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 65,400 spaces — 32 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Danforth & Linden by transit?

Scarborough GO is 477 m away; bus routes 16, 9, 102, 113, 20, 902 within 1 km (nearest stop: Danforth Rd at Linden Ave, 25 m).

What restaurants are near Danforth & Linden?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 25 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Norman Cook Snack Program (210 m), Today's Child-Tomorrow's Future Children's Centre. Norman Cook Branch (210 m), Feed Scarborough (481 m), McDonald's (492 m) and McDonald's (492 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 Danforth & Linden?

The nearest is Corvette Park Washroom, 40 Corvette Ave, 681 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. 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 Danforth & Linden?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 643 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Today's Child Tomorrow's Future Children's Centre (210 m, 85 spaces), St. Crispins Day Care Centre (620 m, 54 spaces) and N.y.a.d. Corvette (745 m, 173 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Danforth & Linden?

13 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,463 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 640 Kennedy Rd (733 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 644 Kennedy Rd (764 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 115 Foxridge Dr (773 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 10 Gordonridge Pl (779 m, 217 units, RentSafeTO score 85). The average RentSafeTO score across the 13 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 Danforth & Linden?

Toronto Police place four thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. 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 Kennedy Park page.

What neighbourhood is Danforth & Linden in?

Danforth & Linden is in Kennedy Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 124), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined