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Dorcot & Birkdale

Dorcot Ave & Birkdale Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Bendale-Glen Andrew · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

Dorcot & Birkdale, in Bendale-Glen Andrew, is a lightly travelled intersection. It has 2 schools within 250 m at the corner. Nearby: 14 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,753
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 17, 2016
386 pedestrians · 3 cyclists
Collisions
6
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 4 property damage · #4802 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
8 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 220 vehicles an hour, 19% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 5 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). On average 0.6 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Dorcot & Birkdale

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
21575415438129131133 nearest 361 m
Express
954903904938939
Blue Night
354
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Brimley Rd / Dorcot Ave 381 m · 14 docks · 5 stations, 70 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 (11)
  • Donwood Park Jr Public School - Main BldgEnglish Public · 129 m
  • Donwood Park Jr Public School - Highbrook CampusEnglish Public · 164 m
  • David and Mary Thomson CollegiateEnglish Public · 297 m
  • Simra Academy Private SchoolPrivate · 899 m
  • Edgewood Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • St Andrews & Alternative ScarboroughEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 5 more
Community centres
Parks (11)
  • Donwood Park261 m
  • Birkdale Ravine413 m
  • Thomson Memorial Park656 m
  • Amberdale Ravine Park770 m
  • St. Andrews Park - Scarborough1.1 km
  • Edgewood Park1.2 km
  • and 5 more
Places of interest
  • Scarborough MuseumMuseum · 540 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 52 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Donwood Park P.s. Snp - Morning Meal, 128 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 52 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 16 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Donwood Park P.s. Snp - Morning Meal · 61 Dorcot Ave128 mPassed, Mar 2026
Nyad Donwood Inc. · 61 Dorcot Ave128 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
David and Mary Thompson Collegiate Institute - Snp · 125 Brockley Dr297 mPassed, May 2026
David and Mary Thomson Culinary Arts Program · 125 Brockley Dr Cafeteria297 mPassed, May 2026
Kerala Nook · 1570 Midland Ave Unit-1a501 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
McDonald's · 2701 Lawrence Ave E590 mPassed, Jan 2026
Acr Hot Roti & Doubles · 2680 Lawrence Ave E613 mPassed, Jul 2026
El Sabil Restaurant · 2680 Lawrence Ave E Unit-103613 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 Thomson Memorial Park South Washroom, 507 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 501 m away at Thomson Memorial Park.

  • Thomson Memorial Park South Washroom · 1005 Brimley Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    507 m
  • Thomson Memorial Park North Washroom · 1005 Brimley Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    533 m
Drinking water
Thomson Memorial Park drinking fountain · 501 m; Thomson Memorial Park bottle filling station · 532 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 299 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is N.y.a.d. Donwood Inc (129 m, 82 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 299 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 4
  • N.y.a.d. Donwood Inc · 61 Dorcot Ave
    82 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    129 m
  • Network Bendale Acres Child Care Centre · 2920 Lawrence Ave E
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    826 m
  • Cedarbrae Day Nursery · 1385 Midland Ave
    97 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    837 m
  • Cedarbrae Day Nursery (1375 Midland) · 1375 Midland Ave
    71 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    904 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 232 (543 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 778 m away.

FireFire Station 232 · 543 m1550 Midland Ave
Police41 Division · 3.3 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 28 · 778 m2900 Lawrence 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

Nine registered apartment buildings with 1,283 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 4 Treewood St (458 m, 82 units, 7 storeys, built 1961), which scored 79 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 56 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 7 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings9 · 1,283 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202656 across the 9
Open fire-code violations7
Tallest21 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
4 Treewood St · Northview Apartment REIT827196179 · Sep 20247458 m
5 Brockley Dr · Homestead Land Holdings Limited25421196999 · Aug 20252507 m
2 Treewood St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.827195694 · Nov 20252525 m
2702 Lawrence Ave E · Metcap Living Management Inc967195791 · Sep 20254574 m
2700 Lawrence Ave E · Metcap Living Management Inc1117195792 · Sep 20254591 m
1385 Midland Ave · Firm Capital Properties Inc14413195078 · Jul 202629837 m
1375 Midland Ave14413197274 · Sep 20241 · 6 fire904 m
2950 Lawrence Ave EToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation2006196091 · Sep 20243930 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 lots316 lots · ≈61,200 spaces · 183.6 ha
Within 500 m8 lots · ≈920 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 174 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East · Surface1.1 km90 *
Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 · Surface1.5 km68 *
158 Borough Drive · Surface1.6 km16 *

Nearest lots: 84 m away, ≈60 spaces; 143 m away, ≈55 spaces; 289 m away, ≈146 spaces; 330 m away, ≈72 spaces; 426 m away, ≈110 spaces; 438 m away, ≈42 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, Nov 17, 2016

The east leg carries the load — 619 westbound vehicles, or 35% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 233. Morning rush is the busier period: 364 vehicles in the peak hour from 8:00 a.m., compared with 295 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 0.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 10 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2016, not today's volume. 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 north233southbound · 2 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west617eastbound · 1 bikes · 0.6% heavy
Total vehicles1,753386 pedestrians · 3 cyclists · 0.6% heavy
From the east619westbound · 0 bikes · 0.6% heavy
From the south284northbound · 0 bikes · 0.7% heavy
AM peak hour364 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour295 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Nov 17, 2016

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 Dorcot Ave between Birkdale Rd and Lyon Heights Rd (100 m away) recorded an average of 40 km/h in its 3-day count in June 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 48 km/h. That segment carries about 2,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Birkdale Rd · Dorcot Ave – Freeborn Cres · 43 mJun 2007 · 3 days1,253
Dorcot Ave · Birkdale Rd – Lyon Heights Rd · 100 mJun 2019 · 3 days2,12840 km/h48 km/h53 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

2018 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 33% of collisions here involved an injury. People walking or cycling were involved in 33% 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 Feb 13, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions6#4802 of 5,508
With an injury2#3613 of 4,660
Property damage only4
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian2#1578 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 20148latest Feb 13, 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 one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Jan 9, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle112other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 9, 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 Bendale-Glen Andrew.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dorcot & Birkdale a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 6 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 Dorcot & Birkdale?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Nov 17, 2016, 19% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Dorcot & Birkdale?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Dorcot Ave between Birkdale Rd and Lyon Heights Rd (June 2019), found an average of 40 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Dorcot & Birkdale?

The nearest Green P car park is Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East (1.1 km away, 90 spaces). The City's mapping shows 316 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 61,200 spaces — 8 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Dorcot & Birkdale by transit?

Bus routes 21, 57, 54, 154, 38, 129, 131, 133 and 5 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Dorcot & Birkdale?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 52 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Donwood Park P.s. Snp - Morning Meal (128 m), Nyad Donwood Inc. (128 m), David and Mary Thompson Collegiate Institute - Snp (297 m), David and Mary Thomson Culinary Arts Program (297 m) and Kerala Nook (501 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 Dorcot & Birkdale?

The nearest is Thomson Memorial Park South Washroom, 1005 Brimley Rd, 507 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Thomson Memorial Park North Washroom (533 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 Dorcot & Birkdale?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 299 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are N.y.a.d. Donwood Inc (129 m, 82 spaces), Network Bendale Acres Child Care Centre (826 m, 49 spaces) and Cedarbrae Day Nursery (837 m, 97 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dorcot & Birkdale?

Nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,283 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 4 Treewood St (458 m, 82 units, RentSafeTO score 79), 5 Brockley Dr (507 m, 254 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 2 Treewood St (525 m, 82 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 2702 Lawrence Ave E (574 m, 96 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 9 is 88 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 Dorcot & Birkdale?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 Bendale-Glen Andrew page.

What neighbourhood is Dorcot & Birkdale in?

Dorcot & Birkdale is in Bendale-Glen Andrew (City of Toronto neighbourhood 156). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.

Sources

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