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Deans & Mendelssohn

Deans Dr & Mendelssohn St · Toronto, Ontario · Clairlea-Birchmount · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

Deans & Mendelssohn, in Clairlea-Birchmount, is a low-volume local intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence. It has parks at the corner. Nearby: Warden Station (Line 2) 541 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,789
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 27, 2024
747 pedestrians · 23 cyclists · #2250 busiest
Collisions
8
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 6 property damage · #4532 of 5,508
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
Warden Station 541 m · 10 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 130 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 11% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 2.4 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). That comes with about 0.8 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Deans & Mendelssohn

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Warden Station (Line 2)541 m
TTC bus
688910211716176913567 nearest 80 m
Express
968902
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Warden Ave at Fairfax Cres
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Scarborough Soccer Centre 491 m · 19 docks · 3 stations, 53 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)
  • Satec at W A Porter Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 445 m
  • General Brock Public SchoolEnglish Public · 615 m
  • St Joachim Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 641 m
  • Clairlea Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.2 km
  • Khairul Ummah SchoolPrivate · 1.2 km
  • and 3 more
Community centres
Parks (14)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Albert Campbell branch1.4 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 61 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 115 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2026.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 61 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tim Hortons · 720 Warden Ave115 mPassed, Jan 2026
Cota - Clto · 50 Fairfax Cres292 mPassed, Aug 2026
Providence Healthcare Centre · 3276 St Clair Ave E398 mPassed, Jun 2026
Season's Cafe · 3276 St Clair Ave E398 mPassed, Sep 2025 · 1 infraction
13 Suns Ethiopian Vegan Cuisine Inc · 74 Hymus Rd Unit-4435 mPassed, Aug 2026
Qoba Bakery · 74 Hymus Rdgrocery435 mPassed, Jan 2026
Fv Foods · 757 Warden Ave, Unit-4grocery523 mPassed, Aug 2025
Halal Meals · 103 Manville Rd550 mPassed, Jul 2026

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 Warden Hilltop Community Centre Washroom, 226 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 259 m away at Geco Park.

  • Warden Hilltop Community Centre Washroom · 25 Mendelssohn St
    View centre hours
    226 m
Drinking water
Geco Park bottle filling station · 259 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

No licensed child care centre within 1 km.

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 222 (471 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (1.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.0 km away.

FireFire Station 222 · 471 m755 Warden Ave
Police41 Division · 1.6 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 21 · 2 km887 Pharmacy Ave

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

Seven registered apartment buildings with 354 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 3423 St Clair Ave E (758 m, 30 units, 4 storeys, built 1968), which scored 93 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 11 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings7 · 354 units
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202611 across the 7
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest13 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
3423 St Clair Ave E · Parkview Properties Inc304196893 · Oct 20250758 m
570 Birchmount Rd · Signet Group Inc.11210196987 · Aug 20242893 m
3222 St Clair Ave E · Excel Property Management163195292 · Sep 20250933 m
568 Birchmount Rd · Aykler Real Estate617196096 · Sep 20251936 m
3218 St Clair Ave E · Excel Property Management163195289 · Sep 202401 km
3214 St Clair Ave E · Kroma Management Limited163195295 · Sep 202501 km
560 Birchmount Rd · Medallion Corporation10313197276 · Aug 202681 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 lots515 lots · ≈100,670 spaces · 302 ha
Within 500 m40 lots · ≈8,280 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 1,071 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking8 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface116 m920 *
Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface738 m151 *

Nearest lots: 112 m away, ≈6 spaces (Green P); 124 m away, ≈23 spaces; 134 m away, ≈79 spaces; 160 m away, ≈6 spaces; 161 m away, ≈204 spaces; 175 m away, ≈52 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, Nov 27, 2024

The west leg carries the load — 630 eastbound vehicles, or 35% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 127. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 182 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 181 from 5:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 21 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north127southbound · 0 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the west630eastbound · 8 bikes · 2.4% heavy
Total vehicles1,789747 pedestrians · 23 cyclists · 1.9% heavy
From the east617westbound · 14 bikes · 1.9% heavy
From the south415northbound · 1 bikes · 1.0% heavy
AM peak hour182 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour181 vehicles from 5:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 27, 2024

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.

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 2 collisions. 13% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Sep 20, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions8#4532 of 5,508
With an injury1#4192 of 4,660
Property damage only6
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 20148latest Sep 20, 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

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 one theft from a vehicle and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft410street/outdoor (2), apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 3, 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 Deans & Mendelssohn a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 8 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 Deans & Mendelssohn?

A low-volume local intersection. It ranks #2250 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 11% of the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Deans & Mendelssohn?

The nearest Green P car park is Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave (116 m away, 920 spaces). The City's mapping shows 515 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 100,670 spaces — 40 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Deans & Mendelssohn by transit?

Warden Station (Line 2) is 541 m away; bus routes 68, 8, 9, 102, 117, 16, 17, 69 and 4 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Warden Ave at Fairfax Cres, 80 m).

What restaurants are near Deans & Mendelssohn?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 61 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (115 m), Cota - Clto (292 m), Providence Healthcare Centre (398 m), Season's Cafe (398 m) and 13 Suns Ethiopian Vegan Cuisine Inc (435 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 Deans & Mendelssohn?

The nearest is Warden Hilltop Community Centre Washroom, 25 Mendelssohn St, 226 m away (View centre hours). These are the City's own washrooms — in parks, civic buildings and automated street toilets — not those in malls, coffee shops or TTC stations.

What apartment buildings are near Deans & Mendelssohn?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 354 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3423 St Clair Ave E (758 m, 30 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 570 Birchmount Rd (893 m, 112 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 3222 St Clair Ave E (933 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 568 Birchmount Rd (936 m, 61 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 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 Deans & Mendelssohn?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and four 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 Deans & Mendelssohn in?

Deans & Mendelssohn is in Clairlea-Birchmount (City of Toronto neighbourhood 120). It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.

Sources

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