Toronto · intersection · signal 959

Kennedy Rd & Wickware Gt

Toronto, Ontario · Dorset Park · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre · Kennedy Road BIA

Kennedy Rd & Wickware Gt is a high-volume crossing. It sits in Dorset Park. Nearby is 16 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
19,566
vehicles · 8-hour count, Aug 5, 2015
416 pedestrians · 45 cyclists
Collisions
111
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
22 with an injury · 82 property damage · #992 of 5,508 · +14 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1043 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
9 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 2,450 vehicles, 2.1× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 47 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 11 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 3.6× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions rose 58%, from 43 in 2016–2020 to 68 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 111 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Kennedy Rd & Wickware Gt

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
4338129131133541545717 nearest 16 m
Express
903904938939954
Blue Night
343354
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Kennedy Rd at Wickware Gt; Kennedy Rd at Wickware Gate
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Lawrence East Station 529 m · 11 docks · 3 stations, 37 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 (11)
  • Dorset Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 437 m
  • St Lawrence Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 525 m
  • Winston Churchill Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 595 m
  • General Crerar Public SchoolEnglish Public · 879 m
  • David and Mary Thomson CollegiateEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Donwood Park Jr Public School - Highbrook CampusEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 5 more
Community centres
Parks (10)
  • Kennedy - Lawrence Parkette609 m
  • McGregor Park743 m
  • Arsandco Park827 m
  • Donwood Park1 km
  • Dorset Park1.1 km
  • Jack Goodlad Park1.3 km
  • and 4 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library McGregor Park branch693 m
Signal
0959, activated 1971 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South

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 11 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 47. The nearest is Molon Lave, 29 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2024 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés11 within 300 m · 47 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 12 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Sr Speciality Food · 1180 Kennedy Rd Unit-Agrocery23 mPassed, May 2026
Molon Lave · 1176a Kennedy Rd29 mPassed, May 2024 · 1 infraction
Mr. John's the Real Kerala Kitchen · 1168 Kennedy Rd29 mPassed, Aug 2026
Aadab · 1176 Kennedy Rd54 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 6 infractions
Kathy's Grill · 1158 Kennedy Rd71 mPassed, Jun 2026
Starbucks Coffee · 1156 Kennedy Rd87 mPassed, May 2026
Bisi Bisi · 1190 Kennedy Rd107 mPassed, May 2025
Kairali · 1210 Kennedy Rd196 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction

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 McGregor Park Community Centre Washroom, 701 m away, View centre hours.

  • McGregor Park Community Centre Washroom · 2231 Lawrence Ave E
    View centre hours
    701 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 28 spaces; it accepts City fee subsidy. The nearest is Plasp St. Lawrence C.s. (525 m, 28 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km1 centre · 28 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 1
  • Plasp St. Lawrence C.s. · 2216 Lawrence Ave E
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    525 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 232 (782 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (2.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 473 m away.

FireFire Station 232 · 782 m1550 Midland Ave
Police41 Division · 2.5 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 20 · 473 m2430 Lawrence 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 seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 499 rental units. The nearest is 2260 Lawrence Ave E (447 m, 26 units, 5 storeys, built 1960), which scored 93 out of 100 at its September 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 21 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings7 · 499 units
RentSafeTO score87 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202621 across the 7
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest12 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2260 Lawrence Ave E · Prescott Apts. Inc.265196093 · Sep 20260447 m
2250 Lawrence Ave E · Ulrich Priperties Ltd336196895 · Nov 20250465 m
2230 Lawrence Ave E · Comer Group Limited647196272 · Aug 20240500 m
2185 Lawrence Ave E · Shelborne Property Management14212196890 · Dec 20253807 m
2 Treewood St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.827195694 · Nov 20252899 m
1255 Birchmount Rd · Signet Group Inc.706196089 · Aug 202691 km
4 Treewood St · Northview Apartment REIT827196179 · Sep 202471 km

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 lots406 lots · ≈76,430 spaces · 229.3 ha
Within 500 m35 lots · ≈7,800 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 158 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East · Surface572 m90 *
Ellesmere Lot - Near 1050 Ellesmere Road - closed for construction until November 2019 · Surface1.5 km68 *

Nearest lots: 42 m away, ≈9 spaces; 57 m away, ≈45 spaces; 62 m away, ≈172 spaces; 65 m away, ≈34 spaces; 73 m away, ≈47 spaces; 102 m away, ≈97 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, Aug 5, 2015

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 9,379 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 226 from the west. Most cyclists arrived from the south (35 of 45). Evening rush dominates here: 2,774 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 2,496 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Trucks and buses were 6.4% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 11 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2015, not today's volume. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.

From the north9,143southbound · 8 bikes · 5.8% heavy
From the west226eastbound · 2 bikes · 0.4% heavy
Total vehicles19,566416 pedestrians · 45 cyclists · 6.4% heavy
From the east818westbound · 0 bikes · 18.5% heavy
From the south9,379northbound · 35 bikes · 6.0% heavy
AM peak hour2,496 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,774 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count8-hour · Aug 5, 2015

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 Kennedy Rd between Lawrence Ave E and Cornwallis Dr (289 m away, Sep 2019) recorded volume only — about 18,496 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Cornwallis Dr (208 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.7% of the 17,475 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Kennedy Rd · Lawrence Ave E – Cornwallis Dr · 289 mSep 2019 · 7 days18,496

School-zone speed sign 208 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct32 · 40 km/h
Over the limit5.1%
50 km/h or more0.7%

Cornwallis Dr (westbound) · 17,475 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 2024, with 22 collisions; 2025 recorded 15. 22 collisions (20%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 8% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (1%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 14 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 27, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions111#992 of 5,508
With an injury22#772 of 4,660
Property damage only82
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian1#2620 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified7
Since January 2026 (outside the window)14
All since 2014139latest Apr 27, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 pedestrian was among those hurt. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Jun 30, 2023. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1043 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#595 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20062latest Jun 30, 2023

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

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 3, 2019. 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 Dorset Park.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Kennedy Rd & Wickware Gt a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1043 of 1,505), out of 111 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Kennedy Rd & Wickware Gt?

A high-volume crossing. Its latest count is from Aug 5, 2015, 2.1× the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Kennedy Rd & Wickware Gt?

The nearest Green P car park is Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East (572 m away, 90 spaces). The City's mapping shows 406 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 76,430 spaces — 35 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Kennedy Rd & Wickware Gt by transit?

Bus routes 43, 38, 129, 131, 133, 54, 154, 57 and 6 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Kennedy Rd at Wickware Gt, 16 m).

What restaurants are near Kennedy Rd & Wickware Gt?

11 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 47 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Molon Lave (29 m), Mr. John's the Real Kerala Kitchen (29 m), Aadab (54 m), Kathy's Grill (71 m) and Starbucks Coffee (87 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 Kennedy Rd & Wickware Gt?

The nearest is McGregor Park Community Centre Washroom, 2231 Lawrence Ave E, 701 m 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 Kennedy Rd & Wickware Gt?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 28 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Plasp St. Lawrence C.s. (525 m, 28 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Kennedy Rd & Wickware Gt?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 499 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2260 Lawrence Ave E (447 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 2250 Lawrence Ave E (465 m, 33 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 2230 Lawrence Ave E (500 m, 64 units, RentSafeTO score 72) and 2185 Lawrence Ave E (807 m, 142 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 87 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 Kennedy Rd & Wickware Gt?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 Dorset Park page.

What neighbourhood is Kennedy Rd & Wickware Gt in?

Kennedy Rd & Wickware Gt is in Dorset Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 126). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson. The corner falls inside the Kennedy Road Business Improvement Area.

Sources

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