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Kelsonia & Scarboro

Kelsonia Ave & Scarboro Cres · Toronto, Ontario · Cliffcrest · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

In Cliffcrest, Kelsonia & Scarboro is a low-volume local intersection. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: Scarborough GO 910 m away and 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,768
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 26, 2024
174 pedestrians · 15 cyclists · #2253 busiest
Collisions
5
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 2 property damage · #5026 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
1
TTC stop within 100 m
7 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. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 10 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. On average 0.5 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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Kelsonia & Scarboro

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
Scarborough GO — Lakeshore East910 m
TTC bus
126920861022019 nearest 80 m
Express
902
Blue Night
316
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Kingston Rd at Midland Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Midland Ave / Kingston Rd 256 m · 19 docks · 4 stations, 72 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 (8)
  • John A Leslie Public SchoolEnglish Public · 395 m
  • Chine Drive Public SchoolEnglish Public · 446 m
  • St Theresa Shrine Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 658 m
  • St John Henry Newman Catholic High SchoolEnglish Separate · 701 m
  • Cliffside Public SchoolEnglish Public · 706 m
  • St John Henry Newman Catholic High School (Future Site)English Separate · 848 m
  • and 2 more
Parks (14)
  • Kelsonia Parkette45 m
  • J.a. Leslie Tot Lot261 m
  • Sandown Park501 m
  • Natal Park749 m
  • Cliffside Ravine775 m
  • Scarboro Crescent Park893 m
  • and 8 more
Places of interest
  • Bluffer's Park and Beach (Scarborough Bluffs)Nature/ Park · 1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 35 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Bluffs Pizza Pub, 128 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés8 within 300 m · 35 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 9 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Bluffs Pizza Pub · 2496 Kingston Rd128 mPassed, May 2026
Little Caesar's · 2475 Kingston Rd Unit-115139 mPassed, Jun 2026
Subway · 2473 Kingston Rd Unit-113146 mPassed, Feb 2026
Rod & Joe's No Frills · 2471 Kingston Rdgrocery156 mPassed, Jun 2026
Blue Phoenix · 2478 Kingston Rd156 mPassed, Mar 2025
Cliffside Meats & Deli · 2476 Kingston Rdgrocery167 mPassed, Sep 2026
Al Mac's Bar & Grill · 2459 Kingston Rd168 mPassed, Feb 2026
Kacchi · 2466 Kingston Rd185 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 2 infractions

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

No public washroom is listed within a kilometre, but there is a drinking fountain 519 m away at Sandown Park.

No City washroom within 1 km.

Drinking water
Sandown Park bottle filling station · 519 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 245 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is John A. Leslie Childcare - Scarborough (395 m, 95 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 245 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • John A. Leslie Childcare - Scarborough · 459 Midland Ave
    95 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    395 m
  • Chine Drive Licensed Before and After School Program · 51 Chine Dr
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    446 m
  • Aspiring Academics Preschool - Kingston · 2372 Kingston Rd
    40 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    459 m
  • St. Crispins Day Care Centre · 530 Midland Ave
    54 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    788 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 223 (1.8 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 223 · 1.8 km116 Dorset Rd
Police41 Division · 3.3 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 47 · 1.1 km3600 St Clair 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

Six registered apartment buildings with 552 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 2550 Kingston Rd (181 m, 201 units, 17 storeys, built 1967), which scored 89 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 20 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings6 · 552 units
RentSafeTO score88 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202620 across the 6
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest17 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2550 Kingston Rd · Wj Properties20117196789 · Aug 20245181 m
2560 Kingston Rd · Wj Properties20117196791 · Jul 20256 · 1 fire232 m
2570 Kingston Rd · Signet Group Inc11810196896 · Jul 20253 · 1 fire299 m
24 Pell St · Rmc International Inc113196091 · Jul 20243319 m
22 Pell St · Pell Homes Real Estate Inc103196078 · Sep 20242340 m
20 Pell St · Pell Homes Real Estate Inc113196082 · Sep 20261359 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 lots280 lots · ≈40,840 spaces · 122.5 ha
Within 500 m29 lots · ≈1,930 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 528 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) · Surface1.1 km232 *
1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) · Surface1.1 km128 *
1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) · Surface1.4 km168 *

Nearest lots: 60 m away, ≈31 spaces; 82 m away, ≈37 spaces; 132 m away, ≈29 spaces; 169 m away, ≈8 spaces; 196 m away, ≈85 spaces; 210 m away, ≈63 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, Nov 26, 2024

The west leg carries the load — 736 eastbound vehicles, or 42% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 41. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 197 vehicles in the hour from 3:45 p.m., 19% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (165). Heavy vehicles made up 2.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 21 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north41southbound · 0 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the west736eastbound · 6 bikes · 1.6% heavy
Total vehicles1,768174 pedestrians · 15 cyclists · 2.2% heavy
From the east400westbound · 7 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the south591northbound · 2 bikes · 2.2% heavy
AM peak hour165 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour197 vehicles from 3:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 26, 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 Scarboro Cres between Glenridge Rd and Kelsonia Ave (46 m away) recorded an average of 30 km/h in its 24-hour count in October 2007; 85% of drivers were at or under 35 km/h. That segment carries about 1,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 19 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Midland Ave (342 m away, 50 km/h limit), 0.9% of the 98,935 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Scarboro Cres · Glenridge Rd – Kelsonia Ave · 46 mOct 2007 · 24 h1,42630 km/h35 km/h39 km/h

School-zone speed sign 342 m

Posted limit50 km/h
Median · 85th pct41 · 49 km/h
Over the limit3.3%
60 km/h or more0.9%

Midland Ave (northbound), 459 Midland Avenue · 98,935 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

2016 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 40% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from May 3, 2021.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions5#5026 of 5,508
With an injury2#3767 of 4,660
Property damage only2
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 20145latest May 3, 2021

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 vehicle320house driveway/garage (2), other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 25, 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 Cliffcrest.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Kelsonia & Scarboro a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 5 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 Kelsonia & Scarboro?

A low-volume local intersection. It ranks #2253 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 11% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Kelsonia & Scarboro?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Scarboro Cres between Glenridge Rd and Kelsonia Ave (October 2007), found an average of 30 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 35 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 342 m away (50 km/h), 0.9% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Kelsonia & Scarboro?

The nearest Green P car park is 1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) (1.1 km away, 232 spaces). The City's mapping shows 280 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 40,840 spaces — 29 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Kelsonia & Scarboro by transit?

Scarborough GO is 910 m away; bus routes 12, 69, 20, 86, 102, 201, 9, 902 within 1 km (nearest stop: Kingston Rd at Midland Ave, 80 m).

What restaurants are near Kelsonia & Scarboro?

8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 35 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Bluffs Pizza Pub (128 m), Little Caesar's (139 m), Subway (146 m), Blue Phoenix (156 m) and Al Mac's Bar & Grill (168 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 Kelsonia & Scarboro?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 519 m away at Sandown Park. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.

Is there child care near Kelsonia & Scarboro?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 245 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are John A. Leslie Childcare - Scarborough (395 m, 95 spaces), Chine Drive Licensed Before and After School Program (446 m, 56 spaces) and Aspiring Academics Preschool - Kingston (459 m, 40 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Kelsonia & Scarboro?

Six RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 552 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2550 Kingston Rd (181 m, 201 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 2560 Kingston Rd (232 m, 201 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 2570 Kingston Rd (299 m, 118 units, RentSafeTO score 96) and 24 Pell St (319 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 6 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 Kelsonia & Scarboro?

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 Cliffcrest page.

What neighbourhood is Kelsonia & Scarboro in?

Kelsonia & Scarboro is in Cliffcrest (City of Toronto neighbourhood 123). It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.

Sources

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