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Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time
Getting here
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk
Transit & cycling
- GO Transit
- GO bus 94 Pickering / Square One41 Hamilton / Pickering96 Oshawa / Finch Express92 Oshawa / Yorkdale at Scarborough Centre Bus Terminal680 m
- TTC bus
- 95164063813391341291311301321692143 nearest 38 m
- Express
- 995903938904939996
- Blue Night
- 395316
- Nearest stops
- 9 surface stops within 300 m — Ellesmere Rd at Saratoga Dr East Side
- Regional
- Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920921 Route 921 at Town Centre @ Scarborough Centre Station304 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Scarborough Town Centre 262 m · 23 docks · 5 stations, 95 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 (16)
- Mac Al-Furqan SchoolPrivate · 261 m
- North Bendale Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 486 m
- St Victor Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 526 m
- St Andrews & Alternative ScarboroughEnglish Public · 567 m
- Madinatul Uloom Islamic Academy & Oxford College & Fh InternationalPrivate · 732 m
- New Covenant Church SchoolPrivate · 775 m
- and 10 more
- Community centres
- Parks (13)
- Frank Faubert Wood Lot142 m
- Albert Campbell Square281 m
- Scarborough Civic Centre346 m
- St. Andrews Park - Scarborough556 m
- North Bendale Park744 m
- Amberdale Ravine Park1.1 km
- and 7 more
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Scarborough Civic Centre branch283 m
Around the corner
Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node
Restaurants & food
Toronto Public Health inspects 9 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 88. The nearest is Subway, 67 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Subway · 1585 Ellesmere Rd | 67 m | Passed, Jul 2026 |
| Hyderabad Biryani Hut · 1587 Ellesmere Rd | 70 m | Passed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction |
| St. Andrews Fish & Chip Restaurant · 1589 Ellesmere Rdgrocery | 73 m | Passed, Dec 2025 |
| Country Bakery & Market · 1601 Ellesmere Rdgrocery | 90 m | Passed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Country Bakery & Market · 1601 Ellesmere Rdgrocery | 90 m | Passed, Feb 2025 · 2 infractions |
| Circle K · 1615 Ellesmere Rdgrocery | 140 m | Passed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Tim Hortons · 1615 Ellesmere Rd | 140 m | Passed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Burger King · 1651 Ellesmere Rd | 228 m | Passed, 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 Scraborough Civic Centre, 274 m away, Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed. A drinking fountain is 332 m away at Albert Campbell Square.
- Scraborough Civic Centre · 160 Borough Drive
Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed274 m - Scraborough Civic Centre · 150 Borough Drive
Mon-Fri 8:00am-6:00pm, Sat 10:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed · accessible315 m - Albert Campbell Square Outdoor Rink Washroom · 150 Borough Dr
View outdoor rink hours386 m
- Drinking water
- Albert Campbell Square bottle filling station · 332 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
Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 396 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Scarborough Jr YMCA (331 m, 90 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).
- Scarborough Jr YMCA · 230 Town Centre Crt
90 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day331 m - The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre - North Bendale · 29 Aveline Cres
56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day486 m - St Victor Catholic School Before & After Child Care Program · 20 Bernadine St
71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day526 m - Network - St. Andrews Before and After School Program · 60 Brimorton Dr
56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day566 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 243 (2.1 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (2.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.
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
Within a kilometre there is one RentSafeTO-registered apartment building — 145 rental units — it is social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1680 Ellesmere Rd (337 m, 145 units, 8 storeys, built 1994), which scored 98 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1680 Ellesmere Rdsocial housing · Aykler Management | 145 | 8 | 1994 | 98 · Sep 2024 | 3 · 8 fire | 337 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
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 158 Borough Drive · Surface | 226 m | 16 * | — |
| 40 Bushby Dr · Surface | 372 m | 215 | 32% (Q1 2026) |
| 101 Grangeway Ave · Surface | 501 m | 255 | 7% (Q1 2026) |
| Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 · Surface | 1.9 km | 68 * | — |
Nearest lots: 44 m away, ≈155 spaces; 138 m away, ≈67 spaces; 190 m away, ≈189 spaces; 193 m away, ≈2 spaces; 217 m away, ≈84 spaces; 225 m away, ≈39 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, Dec 18, 2024
This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 12,580 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 609 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 2,298 vehicles in the peak hour from 3:00 p.m., against 1,825 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 21 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
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 most recent midblock count on Ellesmere Rd between Borough Approach E and Saratoga Dr (74 m away, Sep 2014) recorded volume only — about 16,247 vehicles a day — with no speed data.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellesmere Rd · Borough Approach E – Saratoga Dr · 74 m | Sep 2014 · 3 days | 16,247 | — | — | — |
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
The worst year was 2016, with 8 collisions; 2025 recorded 3. 15 collisions (32%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 7 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 23, 2026.
By year
Exposure-adjusted: 1.9 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 47 | #2160 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 15 | #1176 of 4,660 |
| Property damage only | 25 | |
| Fail to remain | 7 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 7 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 3 | |
| All since 2014 | 72 | latest Jun 23, 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
Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Aug 2, 2013.
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.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Ellesmere & Saratoga a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 47 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 Ellesmere & Saratoga?
A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #549 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.56× the median for a counted intersection.
Where can I park near Ellesmere & Saratoga?
The nearest Green P car park is 158 Borough Drive (226 m away, 16 spaces). The City's mapping shows 302 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 74,940 spaces — 27 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Ellesmere & Saratoga by transit?
Bus routes 95, 16, 406, 38, 133, 9, 134, 129 and 12 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Ellesmere Rd at Saratoga Dr East Side, 38 m); Durham Region Transit routes 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Town Centre @ Scarborough Centre Station.
What restaurants are near Ellesmere & Saratoga?
9 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 88 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Subway (67 m), Hyderabad Biryani Hut (70 m), Tim Hortons (140 m) and Burger King (228 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 Ellesmere & Saratoga?
The nearest is Scraborough Civic Centre, 160 Borough Drive, 274 m away (Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:00pm, Sat-Sun Closed). Next nearest: Scraborough Civic Centre (315 m); Albert Campbell Square Outdoor Rink Washroom (386 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 Ellesmere & Saratoga?
Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 396 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Scarborough Jr YMCA (331 m, 90 spaces), The Squirrels' Nest Child Care Centre - North Bendale (486 m, 56 spaces) and St Victor Catholic School Before & After Child Care Program (526 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Ellesmere & Saratoga?
One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 145 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 1680 Ellesmere Rd (337 m, 145 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 98 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.
What neighbourhood is Ellesmere & Saratoga in?
Ellesmere & Saratoga is in Bendale-Glen Andrew (City of Toronto neighbourhood 156). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Dec 18, 2024.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Aug 29, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Fire Station Locations, Police Facility Locations, Ambulance Station Locations.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport with the Ontario LTB Order Catalogue and Toronto Fire Services inspection data (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 21 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting here: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Walking distance: City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Parking: Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations.
- Coordinates: 43.77168, -79.25365 · centreline node 13446898.