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Kenneth & Pemberton

Kenneth Ave & Pemberton Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Newtonbrook East · Ward 18, Willowdale

Kenneth & Pemberton, in Newtonbrook East, is a quiet local crossing. It has Finch Station, a school within 250 m and parks at the corner. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
2,821
vehicles · 8-hour count, Mar 22, 2022
494 pedestrians · 11 cyclists
Collisions
23
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 18 property damage · #3214 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
Finch Station
subway station within 250 m
8 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 350 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 31% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 6 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). That comes with about 2.3 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions edged up 9%, from 11 in 2016–2020 to 12 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Kenneth & Pemberton

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Finch Station (Line 1)217 m
GO Transit
GO bus 27 Milton / North York19 Mississauga / North York32 Brampton Trinity Common / North York96 Oshawa / Finch Express67 Keswick / North York at Finch Bus Terminal215 m
TTC bus
39533697125604298 nearest 92 m
Express
953939960
Blue Night
339320336
Nearest stops
21 surface stops within 300 m — Finch Ave East at Kenneth Ave
Regional
York Region Transit 002 Milliken005 Clark023 Thornhill Woods077 Highway 7088 Bathurst091 Bayview098|099 Yonge (Late Night)099 Yonge300 Business Express301 Markham Express302 Unionville Express303 Bur Oak Express at Finch GO Bus Terminal Platform 16205 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Finch Subway Station 218 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 (17)
  • TFSPrivate · 233 m
  • Daryk HighPrivate · 424 m
  • Avondale Secondary Alternative SchoolEnglish Public · 557 m
  • St Cyril Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 582 m
  • McKee Public SchoolEnglish Public · 814 m
  • Drewry AcademyPrivate · 828 m
  • and 11 more
Parks (34)
  • Bishop Park48 m
  • Finch Parkette166 m
  • Pemberton Parkette260 m
  • Olive Square Park289 m
  • Holmes Park395 m
  • Silverview Park435 m
  • and 28 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library North York Central Library branch1.5 km
Places of interest
  • Gibson House MuseumMuseum · 1.3 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 22 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 206 eating places within a kilometre — 2.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is The Cups, 232 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés22 within 300 m · 206 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Cups · 5647 Yonge St232 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Burrito Place · 5653 Yonge St232 mPassed, Jun 2026
Zui Beer Bar · 5649 Yonge St233 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 1 infraction
Tehranto Restaurant · 5625 Yonge St236 mPassed, Aug 2026
Yonge Street Food Court · 5629 Yonge St Bldg-0grocery236 mPassed, May 2026 · 3 infractions
Half Batch · 5617 Yonge St245 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Basil Box · 5607 Yonge St Bldg-0255 mPassed, Dec 2025
Tastet House · 5607 Yonge St255 mPassed, Dec 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 Mitchell Field Community Centre Washroom, 824 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 60 m away at Bishop Park.

  • Mitchell Field Community Centre Washroom · 89 Church Ave
    View centre hours · accessible
    824 m
Drinking water
Bishop Park drinking fountain · 60 m; Holmes Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 380 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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 563 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Kids & Company - Finch Site (305 m, 65 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km6 centres · 563 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 6
  • Kids & Company - Finch Site · 5650 Yonge St
    65 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    305 m
  • St. Cyril's Before & After School Programme · 18 Kempford Blvd
    142 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    582 m
  • Yorktown Montessori School · 349 Kenneth Ave
    40 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    648 m
  • Lansing Co-Op Nursery School · 80 Church Ave
    32 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    750 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 114 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (1.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 114 · 1 km12 Canterbury Pl
Police32 Division · 1.1 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 58 · 1 km12 Canterbury Pl

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

Ten registered apartment buildings with 1,754 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, five of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 77 Finch Ave E (181 m, 438 units, 21 storeys, built 1985), which scored 100 out of 100 at its June 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 10 scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 39 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 10 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings10 · 1,754 units · 5 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202639 across the 10
Open fire-code violations10
Tallest21 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
77 Finch Ave E · Quadreal Residential Properties G.p. Inc.438211985100 · Jun 202429181 m
5754 Yonge St · Colonnade Bridgeport11812197080 · Jun 20240 · 10 fire407 m
5430 Yonge StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation23914198695 · Aug 20250631 m
422 Willowdale Avesocial housing · Canadian Helen Keller Centre164199298 · Jun 20240643 m
45 Cummer Avesocial housing · Community First Development Inc534199694 · Nov 20250678 m
5900 Yonge St · Q Residential23313197095 · Aug 20255689 m
414 Willowdale Ave · O'shanter Development Company Ltd.653195897 · Aug 20251725 m
33 Drewry Avesocial housing · Community First Developments Inc816199669 · Sep 20260746 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 lots346 lots · ≈33,910 spaces · 101.7 ha
Within 500 m46 lots · ≈5,070 spaces
Green P (public)8 car parks · about 3,216 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking28 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
5667 Yonge Street · Surface244 m23 *
Finch East - 814 Willowdale Ave - partial closure, reduced spaces · Surface282 m900 *
Finch West Lot - 18 Hendon Ave · Surface306 m1,552 *
11 Finch Ave W · Surface385 m6267% (Q1 2026)
10 Kingsdale Ave · Surface1.2 km5344% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 68 m away, ≈43 spaces; 90 m away, ≈57 spaces; 118 m away, ≈54 spaces; 163 m away, ≈21 spaces; 169 m away, ≈38 spaces; 173 m away, ≈24 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, Mar 22, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. The south leg carries the load — 1,149 northbound vehicles, or 41% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 663. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 514 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 23% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (419). Heavy vehicles made up 3.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north1,009southbound · 2 bikes · 3.9% heavy
From the west663eastbound · 1 bikes · 2.9% heavy
Total vehicles2,821494 pedestrians · 11 cyclists · 3.6% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south1,149northbound · 8 bikes · 3.8% heavy
AM peak hour419 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour514 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Mar 22, 2022

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 Kenneth Ave between Holmes Ave and Olive Ave (281 m away) recorded an average of 42 km/h in its 24-hour count in December 2002; 85% of drivers were at or under 48 km/h. That segment carries about 4,800 vehicles a day. The reading is 24 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Kenneth Ave · Holmes Ave – Olive Ave · 281 mDec 2002 · 24 h4,81242 km/h48 km/h54 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

2022 was the peak year (6 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 9% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 14, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions23#3214 of 5,508
With an injury2#3770 of 4,660
Property damage only18
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201427latest Apr 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 Sep 5, 2012.

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 12 thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 2 in 2023–2025, about 0.7 a year, against 1.7 a year before that. 67% 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 vehicle1210street/outdoor (8), apartment parking (4)
Bicycle theft210apartment parking (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 24, 2024. 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 Newtonbrook East.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Kenneth & Pemberton a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 23 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 Kenneth & Pemberton?

A quiet local crossing. Its latest count is from Mar 22, 2022, 31% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Kenneth & Pemberton?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Kenneth Ave between Holmes Ave and Olive Ave (December 2002), found an average of 42 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Kenneth & Pemberton?

The nearest Green P car park is 5667 Yonge Street (244 m away, 23 spaces). The City's mapping shows 346 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 33,910 spaces — 46 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Kenneth & Pemberton by transit?

Finch Station (Line 1) is 217 m away; bus routes 39, 53, 36, 97, 125, 60, 42, 98 and 3 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Finch Ave East at Kenneth Ave, 92 m); York Region Transit routes 002 Milliken, 005 Clark, 023 Thornhill Woods, 077 Highway 7 at Finch GO Bus Terminal Platform 16.

What restaurants are near Kenneth & Pemberton?

22 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 206 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Cups (232 m), Burrito Place (232 m), Zui Beer Bar (233 m), Tehranto Restaurant (236 m) and Half Batch (245 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 Kenneth & Pemberton?

The nearest is Mitchell Field Community Centre Washroom, 89 Church Ave, 824 m away (View centre hours), 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 Kenneth & Pemberton?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 563 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kids & Company - Finch Site (305 m, 65 spaces), St. Cyril's Before & After School Programme (582 m, 142 spaces) and Yorktown Montessori School (648 m, 40 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Kenneth & Pemberton?

Ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,754 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 77 Finch Ave E (181 m, 438 units, RentSafeTO score 100), 5754 Yonge St (407 m, 118 units, RentSafeTO score 80), 5430 Yonge St (631 m, 239 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 422 Willowdale Ave (643 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 10 is 91 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 Kenneth & Pemberton?

Toronto Police place 12 thefts from vehicles and two 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 Newtonbrook East page.

What neighbourhood is Kenneth & Pemberton in?

Kenneth & Pemberton is in Newtonbrook East (City of Toronto neighbourhood 050). It is in Ward 18, Willowdale, represented by Councillor Lily Cheng.

Sources

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