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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
- TTC bus
- 126911720135681131617 nearest 199 m
- Blue Night
- 316300
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Birchcliff Ave / Kingston Rd 169 m · 15 docks · 6 stations, 90 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 (9)
- Birch Cliff Public SchoolEnglish Public · 115 m
- Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 534 m
- Birchmount Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 829 m
- Toronto Islamic Academy SchoolPrivate · 922 m
- Birch Cliff Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
- Taylor Creek Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
- and 3 more
- Community centres
- Parks (22)
- Avalon Parkette262 m
- Danforth - Birchmount Parkette334 m
- Hollis Kalmar Park421 m
- Harding Parkette466 m
- Scotia Parkette499 m
- Birchmount Park627 m
- and 16 more
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Taylor Memorial branch629 m
- Places of interest
- Rosetta McClain GardensNature/ Park · 1 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 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 25 — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Mon Petit Univers, 220 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| City Cottage Market · 1666 Kingston Rdgrocery | 197 m | Passed, Jun 2026 |
| Grayson's Rustic Bakery · 1672 Kingston Rdgrocery | 205 m | Passed, Jun 2026 |
| Mon Petit Univers · 1578 Kingston Rd | 220 m | Passed, Sep 2026 |
| Bodega By City Cottage · 1680 Kingston Rd | 221 m | Passed, Apr 2026 |
| Andrew's Place Bar & Restaurant · 1728 Kingston Rd | 325 m | Passed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction |
| Ume Fashion Sushi · 1732 Kingston Rd | 340 m | Passed, May 2026 · 2 infractions |
| Big Brothers Gourmet Pizza · 1736 Kingston Rd Bldg-1 | 347 m | Passed, May 2026 · 2 infractions |
| Buster's By the Bluffs · 1539 Kingston Rd | 357 m | Passed, 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 Scarborough Arena Gardens Washroom, 455 m away; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 258 m away at Avalon Parkette.
- Scarborough Arena Gardens Washroom · 75 Birchmount Rd.
hours not listed · accessible455 m - Birchmount Community Centre Washroom · 93 Birchmount Rd
View centre hours · accessible497 m - Rosetta McClain Gardens Washroom · 5 Glen Everest Rd
9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible1 km
- Drinking water
- Avalon Parkette drinking fountain · 258 m; Birchmount Park bottle filling station · 549 m · off
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 149 spaces; one accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Scarborough Day Nursery School (84 m, 71 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).
- Scarborough Day Nursery School · 51 Eastwood Ave
71 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day84 m - Mon Petit Univers · 1578 Kingston Rd
30 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day221 m - Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre Community Nursery School · 93 Birchmount Rd
20 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day483 m - Little Bugs Nursery Corporation · 1448 Kingston Rd
28 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day584 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 225 (402 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (4.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 419 m 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 are 15 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 457 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1625-1641 Kingston Rd (217 m, 10 units, 3 storeys, built 1950). One building of the 15 scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 18 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1625-1641 Kingston Rd · Icarus Properties: Angelika Kostidis | 10 | 3 | 1950 | — | 0 | 217 m |
| 1625-1641 Kingston Rd · Icarus Properties: Angelika Kostidis | 11 | 3 | 1950 | — | 0 | 217 m |
| 1625-1641 Kingston Rd · Icarus Properties: Angelika Kostidis | 11 | 3 | 1950 | — | 0 | 217 m |
| 1711 Kingston Rd · Cogir Real Estate | 18 | 3 | 1960 | 89 · Aug 2025 | 1 | 307 m |
| 25 Parkette Pl · Parkette Place Apts Inc. | 61 | 5 | 1959 | 93 · Oct 2025 | 0 | 433 m |
| 1481 Kingston Rd · 1034523 Ontario Ltd | 15 | 3 | 1940 | 74 · Aug 2026 | 1 | 504 m |
| 1475 Kingston Rd · 1034523 Ontario Ltd | 14 | 3 | 1940 | 88 · Aug 2025 | 5 | 527 m |
| 1469 Kingston Rd · 1034523 Ontario Ltd | 15 | 3 | 1940 | 86 · Aug 2026 | 0 | 535 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 197 Blantyre Ave · Surface | 1.7 km | 83 | 29% (Q1 2026) |
| Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface | 1.8 km | 173 * | — |
Nearest lots: 67 m away, ≈41 spaces; 147 m away, ≈12 spaces; 184 m away, ≈6 spaces; 216 m away, ≈10 spaces; 219 m away, ≈15 spaces; 224 m away, ≈7 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, Apr 20, 2023
This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 223 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 60% of the total, against 68 from the north. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 108 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 71% above the afternoon peak from 5:00 p.m. (63). Heavy vehicles made up 1.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.
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 Phenix Dr between Freeman St and Hollis Ave, 91 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in November 2010 put the average speed at 33 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 43 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 47 km/h or more. That segment carries about 200 vehicles a day. Freeman St between Phenix Dr and Birchcliff Ave measured slower: 29 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 38 km/h (Jun 2019). The reading is 16 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Kingston Rd (240 m away, 40 km/h limit), 13% of the 62,837 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freeman St · Phenix Dr – Birchcliff Ave · 59 m | Jun 2019 · 24 h | 687 | 29 km/h | 38 km/h | 43 km/h |
| Phenix Dr · Freeman St – Hollis Ave · 91 m | Nov 2010 · 24 h | 229 | 33 km/h | 43 km/h | 47 km/h |
School-zone speed sign 240 m
Kingston Rd (eastbound), South Side of Kingston Rd, Fronting No.1583/1597 · 62,837 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 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 67% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Sep 7, 2023.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 3 | #5304 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 0 | |
| Property damage only | 1 | |
| Fail to remain | 2 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 2 | |
| All since 2014 | 4 | latest Sep 7, 2023 |
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
Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 2 | 2 | 0 | house driveway/garage (1), apartment parking (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 20, 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 Birchcliffe-Cliffside.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Freeman & Phenix a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 3 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 Freeman & Phenix?
A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Apr 20, 2023, 4% of the median for a counted intersection.
How fast do cars go at Freeman & Phenix?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Phenix Dr between Freeman St and Hollis Ave (November 2010), found an average of 33 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 43 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 240 m away (40 km/h), 13% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.
Where can I park near Freeman & Phenix?
The nearest Green P car park is 197 Blantyre Ave (1.7 km away, 83 spaces, 29% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 308 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 22,930 spaces — 30 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Freeman & Phenix by transit?
Bus routes 12, 69, 117, 20, 135, 68, 113, 16 and 1 more within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Freeman & Phenix?
2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 25 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Mon Petit Univers (220 m), Bodega By City Cottage (221 m), Andrew's Place Bar & Restaurant (325 m), Ume Fashion Sushi (340 m) and Big Brothers Gourmet Pizza (347 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 Freeman & Phenix?
The nearest is Scarborough Arena Gardens Washroom, 75 Birchmount Rd., 455 m away, with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Birchmount Community Centre Washroom (497 m); Rosetta McClain Gardens Washroom (1.0 km). 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 Freeman & Phenix?
Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 149 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Scarborough Day Nursery School (84 m, 71 spaces), Mon Petit Univers (221 m, 30 spaces) and Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre Community Nursery School (483 m, 20 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Freeman & Phenix?
15 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 457 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1625-1641 Kingston Rd (217 m, 10 units), 1625-1641 Kingston Rd (217 m, 11 units), 1625-1641 Kingston Rd (217 m, 11 units) and 1711 Kingston Rd (307 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 15 is 86 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. 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 Freeman & Phenix?
Toronto Police place two 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 Birchcliffe-Cliffside page.
What neighbourhood is Freeman & Phenix in?
Freeman & Phenix is in Birchcliffe-Cliffside (City of Toronto neighbourhood 122). It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.
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 Apr 20, 2023.
- 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; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- 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).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jul 20, 2025.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 20 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: 43.69251, -79.26680 · centreline node 13459144.