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Dwight & Birmingham

Dwight Ave & Birmingham St · Toronto, Ontario · Mimico-Queensway · Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore

In Mimico-Queensway, Dwight & Birmingham is a quiet local crossing. It has a protected bikeway, a school within 250 m and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 6 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
3,813
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 17, 2012
488 pedestrians · 70 cyclists
Collisions
9
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 5 property damage · #4400 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
1 streetcar route · 3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track, Signed Route (No Pavement Markings)
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 480 vehicles an hour, 41% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 8 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). On average 0.9 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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Dwight & Birmingham

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Streetcar
507 nearest 280 m
TTC bus
7611080 nearest 409 m
Blue Night
301337
Nearest stops
1 surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
Cycle Track on Birmingham St installed 2007; Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Murrie St installed 2007
Bike Share
Second St / Lake Shore Blvd W 329 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 69 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 (10)
  • Second Street Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 150 m
  • Seventh Street Jr SchoolEnglish Public · 689 m
  • Children's Urban Enrichment StudioPrivate · 822 m
  • John English Jr Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 861 m
  • Mimico Adult CentreEnglish Public · 934 m
  • St Leo Catholic Elementary School (Future Address For Main Entrance)English Separate · 1 km
  • and 4 more
Community centres
Parks (22)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library New Toronto branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Mimico Centennial branch1.2 km
Signal
0770, activated 1964 · SAP · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m of the corner, and 46 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is McDonald's, 260 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 46 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 12 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
McDonald's · 2736 Lake Shore Blvd W260 mPassed, Aug 2026
Pizza Hut · 2788 Lake Shore Blvd W Bldg-3309 mPassed, Jun 2026
Layali · 2731-2735 Lake Shore Blvd W314 mPassed, Jun 2026
Maple Leaf House, Grill and Lounge · 2749 Lake Shore Blvd W314 mPassed, Jun 2025 · 1 infraction
Maple Leaf House, Grill and Lounge · 2749 Lake Shore Blvd W315 mPassed, Aug 2026
Ati Pastry · 2755 Lake Shore Blvd W Unit-D316 mPassed, Mar 2026
Faine Meesto · 2790 Lake Shore Blvd W319 mPassed, Mar 2026
We the Tacos · 2765 Lake Shore Blvd W328 mPassed, Mar 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 New Toronto Seniors Centre Washroom, 458 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 541 m away at Prince of Wales Park.

  • New Toronto Seniors Centre Washroom · 105 Fourth St
    View centre hours
    458 m
  • Prince of Wales Outdoor Rink Washroom · 1 Third St
    View outdoor rink hours · closed — Closed for the Season
    675 m
Drinking water
Prince of Wales Park drinking fountain · 541 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 818 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Second Street School Age YMCA (150 m, 127 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km8 centres · 818 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 8
  • Second Street School Age YMCA · 71 Second St
    127 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    150 m
  • Lamp Jr YMCA · 185 Fifth St
    47 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    384 m
  • The Mint School - Mimico · 74 Royal York Rd
    79 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age
    396 m
  • Lakeshore Community Childcare Centre · 101 Seventh St
    164 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    689 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 435 (764 m), the nearest police station 22 Division (4.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 435 · 764 m130 Eighth St
Police22 Division · 4.9 km3699 Bloor Street West
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 38 · 1.8 km259 Horner 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

36 registered apartment buildings with 1,266 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2704 Lake Shore Blvd W (295 m, 30 units, 4 storeys, built 1960), which scored 92 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 55 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings36 · 1,266 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202655 across the 36
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest9 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2704 Lake Shore Blvd W304196092 · Jul 20261295 m
2696 Lake Shore Blvd W · Landlord Property & Rental Mgmnt Ic274195585 · Jul 20260311 m
121 Fourth St · Ipg Management Group Inc103198387 · Aug 20260363 m
8 Sand Beach Rd243196688 · Aug 20241371 m
8 Lake Shore Dr113196092 · Jul 20250382 m
2666 Lake Shore Blvd W164195583 · Aug 20261412 m
2667 Lake Shore Blvd W174195597 · Jul 20250431 m
2660 Lake Shore Blvd W · 2660 Lakeshore Inc.154196081 · Jul 20250433 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 lots616 lots · ≈34,900 spaces · 104.7 ha
Within 500 m67 lots · ≈3,030 spaces
Green P (public)11 car parks · about 544 spaces
EV charging (City)2390 Lake Shore Blvd W · 1.4 km · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parking6 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 16 bikes within 600 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
66 Third St · Surface427 m2434% (Q1 2026)
105 Fourth Street · Surface493 m22 *
140 Fifth St · Surface500 m5239% (Q1 2026)
139 ISLINGTON AVE. · Surface642 m11 *
120 Sixth St · Surface659 m5832% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 58 m away, ≈66 spaces; 97 m away, ≈10 spaces; 138 m away, ≈8 spaces; 140 m away, ≈4 spaces; 151 m away, ≈8 spaces; 151 m away, ≈20 spaces. More EV charging: 2300 Lakeshore Blvd W. (1.8 km, 7 ports).

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, Oct 17, 2012

The north leg carries the load — 1,238 southbound vehicles, or 32% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 594. Most cyclists arrived from the west (34 of 70). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 592 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 613 from 4:30 p.m. 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 14 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2012, 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 north1,238southbound · 4 bikes · 7.4% heavy
From the west1,141eastbound · 34 bikes · 2.7% heavy
Total vehicles3,813488 pedestrians · 70 cyclists · 3.6% heavy
From the east840westbound · 9 bikes · 0.4% heavy
From the south594northbound · 23 bikes · 2.2% heavy
AM peak hour592 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour613 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 17, 2012

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 Birmingham St between Dwight Ave and Second St (71 m away) recorded an average of 44 km/h in its 2-day count in June 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 52 km/h. That segment carries about 4,600 vehicles a day. Dwight Ave between Maple Blvd and Heman St measured slower: 40 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (May 2026). The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Birmingham St · Dwight Ave – Second St · 71 mJun 2019 · 2 days4,63444 km/h52 km/h57 km/h
Dwight Ave · Maple Blvd – Heman St · 135 mMay 2026 · 3 days2,66040 km/h48 km/h53 km/h
Murrie St · Royal York Rd – Dwight Ave · 206 mNov 2018 · 24 h1,48240 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 (4 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 22% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 22% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 11% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Sep 28, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions9#4400 of 5,508
With an injury2#3695 of 4,660
Property damage only5
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#1792 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
All since 20149latest Sep 28, 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 three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle300house driveway/garage (1), other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jan 20, 2020. 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 Mimico-Queensway.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Dwight & Birmingham a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 9 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 Dwight & Birmingham?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Oct 17, 2012, 41% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Dwight & Birmingham?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Birmingham St between Dwight Ave and Second St (June 2019), found an average of 44 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 52 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Dwight & Birmingham?

The nearest Green P car park is 66 Third St (427 m away, 24 spaces, 34% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 616 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 34,900 spaces — 67 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2390 Lake Shore Blvd W (1.4 km).

How do I get to Dwight & Birmingham by transit?

Streetcar route 507 stop within 1 km, the nearest 280 m away; bus routes 76, 110, 80 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Dwight & Birmingham?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 46 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are McDonald's (260 m), Pizza Hut (309 m), Layali (314 m), Maple Leaf House, Grill and Lounge (314 m) and Maple Leaf House, Grill and Lounge (315 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 Dwight & Birmingham?

The nearest is New Toronto Seniors Centre Washroom, 105 Fourth St, 458 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: Prince of Wales Outdoor Rink Washroom (675 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 Dwight & Birmingham?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 818 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Second Street School Age YMCA (150 m, 127 spaces), Lamp Jr YMCA (384 m, 47 spaces) and The Mint School - Mimico (396 m, 79 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Dwight & Birmingham?

36 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,266 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2704 Lake Shore Blvd W (295 m, 30 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 2696 Lake Shore Blvd W (311 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 121 Fourth St (363 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 87) and 8 Sand Beach Rd (371 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 36 is 91 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 Dwight & Birmingham?

Toronto Police place three 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 Mimico-Queensway page.

What neighbourhood is Dwight & Birmingham in?

Dwight & Birmingham is in Mimico-Queensway (City of Toronto neighbourhood 160). It is in Ward 3, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, represented by Councillor Amber Morley.

Sources

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