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Farmbrook & Nelson

Farmbrook Rd & Nelson St · Toronto, Ontario · Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn · Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood

Farmbrook & Nelson, in Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn, is a low-volume local intersection, with heavy foot traffic. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: Eglinton GO 867 m away and 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,773
vehicles · 14-hour count, Apr 14, 2026
744 pedestrians · 26 cyclists · #2252 busiest
Collisions
16
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 10 property damage · #3689 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
4 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. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 2.4 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. On average 1.6 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 9.0 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.82× the median rate for counted intersections. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Farmbrook & Nelson

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
Eglinton GO — Lakeshore East867 m
TTC bus
986116102 nearest 173 m
Express
902905986
Blue Night
334386
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Eglinton Ave E / Mason Rd 639 m · 11 docks · 4 stations, 64 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 (12)
  • Cedarbrook Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 111 m
  • St Nicholas Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 334 m
  • Scarborough Village Public SchoolEnglish Public · 633 m
  • Umc High SchoolPrivate · 894 m
  • Mason Road Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 921 m
  • John McCrae Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 945 m
  • and 6 more
Parks (18)
  • Cedargrove Park263 m
  • Bakerton Parkette487 m
  • Bellamy Park748 m
  • Cedarbrook Park804 m
  • McCowan Park852 m
  • Adanac Park906 m
  • and 12 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Cedarbrae branch1.2 km
  • Toronto Public Library Bendale branch1.3 km
Places of interest
  • Scarborough Village TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.2 km

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 5 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 45. The nearest is Super Churros - Br 59187, 66 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés5 within 300 m · 45 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Super Churros - Br 59187 · 51 Nelson St66 mPassed, May 2026
M&s West Indian Supermarket · 28 Nelson Stgrocery192 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Bellamy Smoke & Gift · 200 Bellamy Rd N Unit-3-4227 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Choice Indian Restaurant · 200 Bellamy Rd N Bldg-1 and 2227 mPassed, May 2026 · 3 infractions
Coyote Jack's Bar & Grill · 200 Bellamy Rd N Unit-5227 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Island Breeze Authentic Jamaican Restaurant · 34 Nelson St244 mPassed, Jul 2025
Anjappar Chettinad · 3090 Eglinton Ave E605 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Anjappar Chettinad · 3090 Eglinton Ave E605 mPassed, Jun 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 Cedarbrook Community Centre Washroom, 1.0 km away, View centre hours.

  • Cedarbrook Community Centre Washroom · 91 Eastpark Blvd
    View centre hours
    1 km

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 542 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Heart Beatz Child Care - Cedarbrook Site (111 m, 28 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km8 centres · 542 spaces
Fee subsidy8 of 8
  • Heart Beatz Child Care - Cedarbrook Site · 56 Nelson St
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    111 m
  • N.y.a.d Scarborough Village · 15 Luella St
    44 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    633 m
  • Children's Village Day Care Centre #3 · 225 Markham Rd
    105 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    792 m
  • Scarborough Village Day Nursery 1 · 215 Markham Rd
    77 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    851 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 231 (2.0 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (4.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 595 m away.

FireFire Station 231 · 2 km740 Markham Rd
Police41 Division · 4.3 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 22 · 595 m3100 Eglinton 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

Within a kilometre there are 19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,098 rental units — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 126 Bellamy Rd N (568 m, 253 units, 16 storeys, built 1971), which scored 90 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 116 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 24 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings19 · 3,098 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026116 across the 19
Open fire-code violations24
Tallest21 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
126 Bellamy Rd N · Berkley Property Management Inc.25316197190 · Jul 20266568 m
123 Bellamy Rd N · Hazelview Properties25012196496 · Aug 20250660 m
399 Markham Rd · Golden Equity Properties25415197774 · Sep 202525 · 11 fire693 m
3091 Eglinton Ave E · Fidelity Property Management Ltd797196894 · Jun 20261713 m
3111 Eglinton Ave E · Siteline Residential Management Inc.706195386 · Jun 20267717 m
3101 Eglinton Ave E · Siteline Residential Management Inc.706196592 · Aug 20254719 m
140 Adanac DrToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation30616197089 · Jun 20268 · 1 fire722 m
419 Markham Rd · 1597180 Ontario Inc16012197091 · Nov 20257 · 6 fire729 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 lots278 lots · ≈33,880 spaces · 101.7 ha
Within 500 m5 lots · ≈280 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 115 m away, ≈47 spaces; 164 m away, ≈82 spaces; 222 m away, ≈74 spaces; 265 m away, ≈17 spaces; 361 m away, ≈62 spaces; 512 m away, ≈19 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, Apr 14, 2026

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 615 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 35% of the total, against 318 from the north. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 247 vehicles in the hour from 8:30 a.m., 25% above the afternoon peak from 3:15 p.m. (198). Heavy vehicles made up 2.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north318southbound · 6 bikes · 2.8% heavy
From the west480eastbound · 4 bikes · 1.3% heavy
Total vehicles1,773744 pedestrians · 26 cyclists · 2.2% heavy
From the east615westbound · 13 bikes · 2.6% heavy
From the south360northbound · 3 bikes · 2.2% heavy
AM peak hour247 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour198 vehicles from 3:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Apr 14, 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

On Farmbrook Rd between Nelson St and Chestermere Blvd, 128 m from the corner, a 3-day count in September 2024 put the average speed at 34 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 44 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 49 km/h or more. That segment carries about 700 vehicles a day. Nelson St between Kinsmen Gt and Bellamy Rd N measured slower: 28 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Jul 2025). At the school-zone speed sign on Nelson St (70 m away, 40 km/h limit), 1.3% of the 24,616 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Farmbrook Rd · Nelson St – Chestermere Blvd · 128 mSep 2024 · 3 days71234 km/h44 km/h49 km/h
Nelson St · Kinsmen Gt – Bellamy Rd N · 254 mJul 2025 · 3 days1,04428 km/h38 km/h43 km/h

School-zone speed sign 70 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct29 · 39 km/h
Over the limit4.7%
50 km/h or more1.3%

Nelson St (westbound), Opp 49 Nelson St · 24,616 vehicles logged in July 2026 · runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.

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 2023, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 2 collisions (13%) involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 25% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Dec 3, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 9.0 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions16#3689 of 5,508
With an injury2#3713 of 4,660
Property damage only10
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
All since 201417latest Dec 3, 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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

Six thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 67% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on Apr 22, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle631house driveway/garage (4), street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 22, 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 Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Farmbrook & Nelson 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 Farmbrook & Nelson?

A low-volume local intersection. It ranks #2252 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 11% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Farmbrook & Nelson?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Farmbrook Rd between Nelson St and Chestermere Blvd (September 2024), found an average of 34 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 70 m away (40 km/h), 1.3% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Farmbrook & Nelson?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 278 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 33,880 spaces — 5 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Farmbrook & Nelson by transit?

Eglinton GO is 867 m away; bus routes 9, 86, 116, 102, 902, 905, 986 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Farmbrook & Nelson?

5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 45 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Super Churros - Br 59187 (66 m), Bellamy Smoke & Gift (227 m), Choice Indian Restaurant (227 m), Coyote Jack's Bar & Grill (227 m) and Island Breeze Authentic Jamaican Restaurant (244 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 Farmbrook & Nelson?

The nearest is Cedarbrook Community Centre Washroom, 91 Eastpark Blvd, 1.0 km 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.

Is there child care near Farmbrook & Nelson?

Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 542 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Heart Beatz Child Care - Cedarbrook Site (111 m, 28 spaces), N.y.a.d Scarborough Village (633 m, 44 spaces) and Children's Village Day Care Centre #3 (792 m, 105 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Farmbrook & Nelson?

19 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,098 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 126 Bellamy Rd N (568 m, 253 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 123 Bellamy Rd N (660 m, 250 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 399 Markham Rd (693 m, 254 units, RentSafeTO score 74) and 3091 Eglinton Ave E (713 m, 79 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 19 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 Farmbrook & Nelson?

Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 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 Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn page.

What neighbourhood is Farmbrook & Nelson in?

Farmbrook & Nelson is in Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn (City of Toronto neighbourhood 141), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood, represented by Councillor Paul Ainslie.

Sources

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