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Finch & Baldoon

Finch Ave E & Baldoon Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Malvern West · Ward 23, Scarborough North

In Malvern West, Finch & Baldoon is a moderately travelled crossing. Nearby is 13 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
15,912
vehicles · 14-hour count, May 14, 2024
287 pedestrians · 24 cyclists · #1218 busiest
Collisions
42
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
9 with an injury · 29 property damage · #2305 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
6
TTC stops within 100 m
7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 1,140 vehicles, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 55 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 4.2 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 2.6 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions fell 32%, from 25 in 2016–2020 to 17 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Finch & Baldoon

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
3913413311653102132 nearest 21 m
Express
939953902
Blue Night
339334353
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m — Baldoon Rd at Finch Ave East; Finch Ave East at Baldoon Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
no station 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)
  • Whitefield Christian Schools - Bldg 1Private · 250 m
  • Whitefield Christian Schools - Bldg 2Private · 311 m
  • Islamic Institute of Toronto Academy SchoolPrivate · 437 m
  • St Gabriel Lalemant Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 533 m
  • Tom Longboat Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 537 m
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • and 6 more
Community centres
Parks (17)
  • Horseley Hill Park546 m
  • Mourning Dove Park609 m
  • Neilson Park - Scarborough685 m
  • Pinery Park899 m
  • Telfer Park1 km
  • Birunthan Park1 km
  • and 11 more

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, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 32 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Rajin's Roti Take Out, 54 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 32 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 8 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Unavu Tamil Street Food · 5745 Finch Ave Egrocery52 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Rajin's Roti Take Out · 5743 Finch Ave E54 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Beckers Convenience Store · 5739 Finch Ave Egrocery58 mPassed, Nov 2024
Drews Residential Services · 11 Loradeen Cres207 mPassed, May 2026
Drews Residential Services · 87 Dunsfold Dr341 mPassed, May 2026
Al Nasar Inc · 111 Finchdene Sq Unit-2380 mPassed, Jun 2026
Nantha Caters · 111 Finchdene Sq Unit-4380 mPassed, Apr 2026
The Village Grocer · 111 Finchdene Sq Unit-1grocery380 mPassed, Jun 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 Neilson Park Scarborough Washroom, 667 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Neilson Park Scarborough Washroom · 1555 Neilson Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    667 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

One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 31 spaces; it accepts City fee subsidy. The nearest is Network Child Care Services - St. Gabriel Lalemant (533 m, 31 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km1 centre · 31 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 1
  • Network Child Care Services - St. Gabriel Lalemant · 160 Crow Trail
    31 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    533 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 211 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (2.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.

FireFire Station 211 · 1.3 km900 Tapscott Rd
Police42 Division · 2.9 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 27 · 1.3 km900 Tapscott Rd

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots226 lots · ≈83,520 spaces · 250.5 ha
Within 500 m12 lots · ≈6,940 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 46 m away, ≈49 spaces; 87 m away, ≈283 spaces; 131 m away, ≈161 spaces; 161 m away, ≈121 spaces; 222 m away, ≈201 spaces; 244 m away, ≈122 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, May 14, 2024

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The east leg carries the load — 7,682 westbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 1,023. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,596 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,524 from 4:15 p.m. Trucks and buses were 6.6% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north0southbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west7,207eastbound · 22 bikes · 7.0% heavy
Total vehicles15,912287 pedestrians · 24 cyclists · 6.6% heavy
From the east7,682westbound · 0 bikes · 5.7% heavy
From the south1,023northbound · 1 bikes · 10.7% heavy
AM peak hour1,596 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,524 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · May 14, 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.

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 Finch Ave E between Finchdene Sq and Walkway W of Neilson and S of Finch (223 m away) recorded an average of 49 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 57 km/h. That segment carries about 17,500 vehicles a day. Baldoon Rd between Crow Trl and Finch Ave E measured slower: 40 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 47 km/h (Dec 2024).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Baldoon Rd · Crow Trl – Finch Ave E · 110 mDec 2024 · 3 days2,39340 km/h47 km/h50 km/h
Finch Ave E · Finchdene Sq – Walkway W of Neilson and S of Finch · 223 mMay 2026 · 3 days17,46249 km/h57 km/h61 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 (8 collisions), and 2025 closed with 5. 21% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 14, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions42#2305 of 5,508
With an injury9#1812 of 4,660
Property damage only29
Fail to remain4
Involving a pedestrian1#2179 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201449latest May 14, 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 Apr 10, 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.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Toronto Police place nine thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 4 in 2023–2025, about 1.3 a year, against 0.9 a year before that. 56% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle940street/outdoor (5), commercial premises (2)
Bicycle theft100street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 23, 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 Malvern West.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Finch & Baldoon a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 42 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 Finch & Baldoon?

A moderately travelled crossing. It ranks #1218 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Finch & Baldoon?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Finch Ave E between Finchdene Sq and Walkway W of Neilson and S of Finch (May 2026), found an average of 49 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 57 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Finch & Baldoon?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 226 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 83,520 spaces — 12 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Finch & Baldoon by transit?

Bus routes 39, 134, 133, 116, 53, 102, 132, 939 and 2 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Baldoon Rd at Finch Ave East, 21 m).

What restaurants are near Finch & Baldoon?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 32 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Rajin's Roti Take Out (54 m), Drews Residential Services (207 m), Drews Residential Services (341 m), Al Nasar Inc (380 m) and Nantha Caters (380 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 Finch & Baldoon?

The nearest is Neilson Park Scarborough Washroom, 1555 Neilson Rd, 667 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. 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 Finch & Baldoon?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 31 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Network Child Care Services - St. Gabriel Lalemant (533 m, 31 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at Finch & Baldoon?

Toronto Police place nine thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Malvern West page.

What neighbourhood is Finch & Baldoon in?

Finch & Baldoon is in Malvern West (City of Toronto neighbourhood 145). It is in Ward 23, Scarborough North, represented by Councillor Jamaal Myers.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined