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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 is Scarborough GO 891 m away and 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
14,300
vehicles · 14-hour count, Aug 18, 2026
303 pedestrians · 99 cyclists · #1354 busiest
Collisions
16
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 11 property damage · #3712 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
7 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 1,020 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 47 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 1.6 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 1.1 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Danforth & Marsh

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 East891 m
TTC bus
1132091610211717 nearest 31 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
552 Birchmount Rd 594 m · 15 docks · 5 stations, 79 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 (8)
  • J G Workman Public SchoolEnglish Public · 590 m
  • Danforth Gardens Public SchoolEnglish Public · 715 m
  • Norman Cook Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 930 m
  • St Joachim Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • Birch Cliff Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • John A Leslie Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 2 more
Community centres
Parks (14)
  • Dunlop Park373 m
  • Sadler Parkette499 m
  • Natal Park602 m
  • Woodrow Park633 m
  • Danforth Gardens Park636 m
  • Sandown Park786 m
  • and 8 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Albert Campbell branch626 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, though there is 1 grocery or convenience store; 26 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Blue Elephant Cuisine, 385 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 26 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 4 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Emirates Food Mart · 582 Danforth Rdgrocery20 mPassed, Jul 2026
Blue Elephant Cuisine · 516 Danforth Rd385 mPassed, Jul 2026
Mac "N" Wings · 448 Kennedy Rd, Unit-000455 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 1 infraction
Mac "N" Wings · 448 Kennedy Rd Unit-000455 mPassed, Aug 2026
Gyros Pizza Fusion · 3541 St Clair Ave E482 mPassed, Apr 2026
Mama's Boys Burgers · 480 Danforth Rd512 mPassed, Apr 2026
Pizza Pizza · 474 Danforth Rd512 mPassed, Apr 2026
Roti Lady Restaurant · 3545 St Clair Ave E515 mPassed, Dec 2025

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 Dunlop Park Washroom, 352 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Dunlop Park Washroom · 19 Dunlop Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    352 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 282 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Hilltop Daycare Centre (480 m, 72 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 282 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • Hilltop Daycare Centre · 160 North Bonnington Ave
    72 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    480 m
  • Danforth Gardens Playcare · 20 Santamonica Blvd
    86 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    715 m
  • Follow the Child · 462 Birchmount Rd
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    742 m
  • Today's Child Tomorrow's Future Children's Centre · 725 Danforth Rd
    85 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    931 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 225 (1.8 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (2.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 897 m away.

FireFire Station 225 · 1.8 km3600 Danforth Ave
Police41 Division · 2.4 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 47 · 897 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

14 registered apartment buildings with 977 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 508 Danforth Rd (415 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. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 23 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 4 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings14 · 977 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202623 across the 14
Open fire-code violations4
Tallest13 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
508 Danforth Rd243195995 · Sep 20250415 m
506 Danforth Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc223196589 · Jul 20240456 m
3485 St Clair Ave EToronto Community Housing · Del Management979196896 · Jul 20252537 m
3479 St Clair Ave EToronto Community Housing · Del Management948197094 · Jul 20251 · 1 fire593 m
536 Birchmount Rd · Performance Property Management283196091 · Sep 20250597 m
534 Birchmount Rd · Avenue Place Ltd.344196284 · Jul 20240598 m
540 Birchmount Rd · Trivest Developments Corporation274196092 · Sep 20251600 m
544 Birchmount Rd · Medallion Corporation13111196992 · Sep 20256 · 3 fire621 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 lots404 lots · ≈59,780 spaces · 179.4 ha
Within 500 m37 lots · ≈1,730 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 1,071 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface1.4 km151 *
Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface1.5 km920 *

Nearest lots: 23 m away, ≈16 spaces; 33 m away, ≈10 spaces; 33 m away, ≈4 spaces; 78 m away, ≈49 spaces; 160 m away, ≈13 spaces; 167 m away, ≈24 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, 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 16,183 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
AM peak hour975 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,586 vehicles from 5:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Aug 18, 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

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; 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

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.

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 collisions16#3712 of 5,508
With an injury2#3835 of 4,660
Property damage only11
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian1#2769 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201422latest Jun 15, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

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.

By year

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

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 24, 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 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. It ranks #1354 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

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?

The nearest Green P car park is Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave (1.4 km away, 151 spaces). The City's mapping shows 404 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 59,780 spaces — 37 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Danforth & Marsh by transit?

Scarborough GO is 891 m away; bus routes 113, 20, 9, 16, 102, 117, 17, 902 within 1 km (nearest stop: Danforth Rd at Marsh Rd, 31 m).

What restaurants are near Danforth & Marsh?

None within 300 m, and 26 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Blue Elephant Cuisine (385 m), Mac "N" Wings (455 m), Mac "N" Wings (455 m), Gyros Pizza Fusion (482 m) and Mama's Boys Burgers (512 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 & Marsh?

The nearest is Dunlop Park Washroom, 19 Dunlop Ave, 352 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 & Marsh?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 282 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Hilltop Daycare Centre (480 m, 72 spaces), Danforth Gardens Playcare (715 m, 86 spaces) and Follow the Child (742 m, 39 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Danforth & Marsh?

14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 977 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 508 Danforth Rd (415 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 506 Danforth Rd (456 m, 22 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 3485 St Clair Ave E (537 m, 97 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 3479 St Clair Ave E (593 m, 94 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 14 is 90 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 & Marsh?

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 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