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Danforth & Marsh

Danforth Rd & Marsh Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Clairlea-Birchmount · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

In Clairlea-Birchmount, Danforth & Marsh is a mid-volume intersection. Nearby are 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
14,300
vehicles · 14-hour count, Aug 18, 2026
303 pedestrians · 99 cyclists
Collisions
16
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
1
TTC stop within 100 m
9 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
39/100
city median 48
19 places to eat within 1 km · grocery 20 m

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Danforth & Marsh

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 · Aug 18, 2026

The east leg carries the load — 6,881 westbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 428. Most cyclists arrived from the east (59 of 99). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,586 vehicles in the hour from 5:15 p.m., 63% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (975). Heavy vehicles made up 3.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north443southbound · 5 bikes · 0.7% heavy
From the west6,548eastbound · 35 bikes · 3.4% heavy
Total vehicles14,300303 pedestrians · 99 cyclists · 3.6% heavy
From the east6,881westbound · 59 bikes · 4.3% heavy
From the south428northbound · 0 bikes · 0.7% heavy

Peak hours: 975 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m. and 1,586 from 5:15 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

2024 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 2. 13% of collisions here involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 25% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 6% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 15, 2026.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions161.1 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles
With an injury2
Property damage only11
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian1
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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.

Speeds here, last measured in 2017

The City's counter on Danforth Rd between North Bonnington Ave and Marsh Rd (41 m away) recorded an average of 58 km/h in its 24-hour count in January 2017; 85% of drivers were at or under 67 km/h. That segment carries about 16,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 9 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Danforth Rd · North Bonnington Ave – Marsh Rd · 41 mJan 2017 · 24 h16,37158 km/h67 km/h72 km/h

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
113 9 16 102 20 117 17 nearest 41 m
Express
902
Blue Night
300
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Danforth Rd at Marsh Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Danforth Rd / St Clair Ave E 685 m · 8 min · 11 docks · 4 stations, 56 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
none within 2 km
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
33 mapped lots within 500 m, 277 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; 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

You can do a shop on foot from here: Emirates Food Mart is 20 m away. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 19 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Blue Elephant Cuisine, 417 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shop Rite Pharmacy, 743 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Blue Elephant Cuisine · 516 Danforth Rd417 m · 5 min
  • Mama's Boys Burgers · 480 Danforth Rd516 m · 6 min
  • Pizza Pizza · 474 Danforth Rd516 m · 6 min
  • Mac "n" Wings · 448 Kennedy Rd Unit-000521 m · 6 min
  • Gyros Pizza Fusion · 3541 St Clair Ave E532 m · 6 min
0 within 300 m · 19 within 1 km
Grocery
Emirates Food Mart 20 m
Food shops
Bread King Bakeries 794 m · 9 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Shop Rite Pharmacy 743 m · 9 min · 2 within 1 km
Child care
  • Hilltop Daycare Centre · 72 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day580 m · 7 min
  • Follow the Child · 39 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day825 m · 10 min
  • Today's Child Tomorrow's Future Children's Centre · 85 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day1 km · 11 min
3 licensed centres · 196 spaces within 1 km · 2 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Dunlop Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible · closed — Maintenance/Repairs617 m · 7 min

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)
  • Sadler Parkette544 m · 6 min
  • Dunlop Park600 m · 7 min
  • Woodrow Park701 m · 8 min
  • Danforth Gardens Park1 km · 11 min
  • Sandown Park1.1 km · 13 min
and 2 more within 1.5 km
Schools
  • J G Workman Public SchoolEnglish Public · 684 m · 8 min
  • Norman Cook Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 11 min
  • Danforth Gardens Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km · 12 min
  • St Joachim Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.4 km · 17 min
  • Birch Cliff Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.5 km · 18 min
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Albert Campbell branch856 m · 10 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 care or retirement home.

39of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food16/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 19 within 1 km

  • Transit14/28

    5 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go5/14

    library 856 m away

  • Parks and recreation2/10

    nearest park 0.5 km

  • Schools and child care2/8

    nearest school 0.7 km · 3 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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

12 registered apartment buildings with 835 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 508 Danforth Rd (453 m, 24 units, 3 storeys, built 1959), which scored 95 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
508 Danforth Rd243195995 · Sep 2025453 m · 5 min
506 Danforth Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc223196589 · Jul 2024496 m · 6 min
540 Birchmount Rd · Trivest Developments Corporation274196092 · Sep 2025716 m · 9 min
544 Birchmount Rd · Medallion Corporation13111196992 · Sep 2025728 m · 9 min
536 Birchmount Rd · Performance Property Management283196091 · Sep 2025731 m · 9 min
3485 St Clair Ave E Toronto Community Housing · Del Management979196896 · Jul 2025743 m · 9 min

12 registered buildings · 835 units · 2 social housing · tallest 13 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.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 40% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle510street/outdoor (2), house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft000—

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 Clairlea-Birchmount.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Danforth & Marsh a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 16 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 & Marsh?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Aug 18, 2026, about the median for a counted intersection.

Is Danforth & Marsh a walkable intersection?

Danforth & Marsh scores 39 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: 1 grocery store within 300 m · 19 within 1 km; 5 stops within 300 m · 9 routes within 1 km; library 856 m away.

How fast do cars go at Danforth & Marsh?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Danforth Rd between North Bonnington Ave and Marsh Rd (January 2017), found an average of 58 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 67 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Danforth & Marsh?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 277 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 20,080 spaces — 33 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Danforth & Marsh by transit?

Bus routes 113, 9, 16, 102, 20, 117, 17, 902 within 1 km (nearest stop: Danforth Rd at Marsh Rd, 41 m).

What restaurants are near Danforth & Marsh?

None within 300 m, and 19 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Blue Elephant Cuisine (417 m), Mama's Boys Burgers (516 m), Pizza Pizza (516 m), Mac "n" Wings (521 m) and Gyros Pizza Fusion (532 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Danforth & Marsh?

The nearest is Dunlop Park Washroom, 19 Dunlop Ave, 617 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. The City currently lists it as closed: maintenance/repairs.

Is there child care near Danforth & Marsh?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 196 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Hilltop Daycare Centre (580 m, 72 spaces), Follow the Child (825 m, 39 spaces) and Today's Child Tomorrow's Future Children's Centre (1.0 km, 85 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Danforth & Marsh?

12 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 835 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 508 Danforth Rd (453 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 506 Danforth Rd (496 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 540 Birchmount Rd (716 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 544 Birchmount Rd (728 m, 131 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 12 is 90 out of 100.

How many thefts are reported at Danforth & Marsh?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Clairlea-Birchmount page.

What neighbourhood is Danforth & Marsh in?

Danforth & Marsh is in Clairlea-Birchmount (City of Toronto neighbourhood 120). 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