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Traffic and safety
The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets
Traffic volume8-hour count · May 25, 2006
Traffic is heaviest from the west: 6,802 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 52% of the total, against 77 from the south. Most cyclists arrived from the east (43 of 74). Evening rush dominates here: 2,387 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 2,157 in the morning peak from 7:30 a.m. Trucks and buses were 5.0% 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 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 20 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2006, 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.
Peak hours: 2,157 vehicles in the hour from 7:30 a.m. and 2,387 from 4:30 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).
Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m
The worst year was 2023, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 6 collisions (35%) involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 24% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 23, 2026.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 17 | |
| With an injury | 6 | |
| Property damage only | 7 | |
| Fail to remain | 4 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 4 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 2 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.
How fast traffic moves here
On Kingston Rd between Lakeside Ave and Birchcliff Ave, 175 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in September 2015 put the average speed at 51 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 60 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 65 km/h or more. That segment carries about 20,100 vehicles a day. The reading is 11 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Kingston Rd (294 m away, 40 km/h limit), 13% of the 59,528 vehicles logged in August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Rd · Lakeside Ave – Birchcliff Ave · 175 m | Sep 2015 · 24 h | 20,132 | 51 km/h | 60 km/h | 65 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Kingston Rd (eastbound), 294 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 44 km/h, 85th percentile 49 km/h; 13% at 50 km/h or more. 59,528 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 12 69 117 20 nearest 98 m
- Blue Night
- 316
- Nearest stops
- 6 surface stops within 300 m — Kingston Rd at Birchcliff Ave
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Birchcliff Ave / Kingston Rd 138 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 60 docks within 1 km
Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.
Parking within 2 km
- Green P
- 1 car park · about 83 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- 2 post-and-rings within 300 m
- Other lots
- 19 mapped lots within 500 m, 199 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 197 Blantyre Ave · Surface | 1.9 km | 83 | 29% (Q1 2026) |
Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.
Within a walk
What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.
Food, shops and services
A grocery store is within 300 m of the corner — the nearest is City Cottage Market, 88 m away. A specialist food shop is closer still: Grayson's Rustic Bakery, 65 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 3 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 9 — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Bodega By City Cottage, 33 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Bodega By City Cottage · 1680 Kingston Rd33 m
- Andrew's Place Bar & Restaurant · 1728 Kingston Rd157 m
- Big Brothers Gourmet Pizza · 1736 Kingston Rd Bldg-1166 m
- Buster's By the Bluffs · 1539 Kingston Rd462 m · 6 min
- Abbeyfield House · 38 Lakeside Ave535 m · 6 min
- Grocery
- City Cottage Market 88 m
- Food shops
- Grayson's Rustic Bakery 65 m · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Child care
- Mon Petit Univers · 30 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day333 m · 4 min
- Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre Community Nursery School · 20 spaces, preschool · $10-a-day466 m · 6 min
- Scarborough Day Nursery School · 71 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day478 m · 6 min
- Washrooms
- Scarborough Arena Gardens Washroom · hours not listed · accessible398 m · 5 min
- Birchmount Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed · accessible480 m · 6 min
Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.
Parks, schools and places
- Parks (10)
- Avalon Parkette57 m
- Harding Parkette329 m · 4 min
- Danforth - Birchmount Parkette557 m · 7 min
- Birchmount Park605 m · 7 min
- Harrison Properties683 m · 8 min
- Community centres
- Scarborough Arena Gardens399 m · 5 min
- Birchmount Community Centre480 m · 6 min
- Birchmount Stadium701 m · 8 min
- Schools
- Birch Cliff Public SchoolEnglish Public · 225 m
- Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 561 m · 7 min
- Birchmount Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 13 min
- Birch Cliff Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.5 km · 17 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Taylor Memorial branch786 m · 9 min
- Places of interest
- Rosetta McClain GardensNature/ Park · 898 m · 11 min
Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.
Not within a walk: a pharmacy.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #2,115 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.
Apartment buildings nearby
RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score
Within a kilometre there are 13 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 248 rental units. The nearest is 1711 Kingston Rd (73 m, 18 units, 3 storeys, built 1960), which scored 89 out of 100 at its August 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 13 scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1711 Kingston Rd · Cogir Real Estate | 18 | 3 | 1960 | 89 · Aug 2025 | 73 m |
| 1625-1641 Kingston Rd · Icarus Properties: Angelika Kostidis | 10 | 3 | 1950 | — | 216 m |
| 1625-1641 Kingston Rd · Icarus Properties: Angelika Kostidis | 11 | 3 | 1950 | — | 216 m |
| 1625-1641 Kingston Rd · Icarus Properties: Angelika Kostidis | 11 | 3 | 1950 | — | 216 m |
| 1481 Kingston Rd · 1034523 Ontario Ltd | 15 | 3 | 1940 | 74 · Aug 2026 | 623 m · 7 min |
| 25 Parkette Pl · Parkette Place Apts Inc. | 61 | 5 | 1959 | 93 · Oct 2025 | 647 m · 8 min |
13 registered buildings · 248 units · tallest 5 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.
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.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 2 | 1 | 0 | street/outdoor (2) |
| Bicycle theft | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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 Kingston & Avalon a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 17 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 Kingston & Avalon?
An above-average intersection for traffic at the City's last count here, in 2006. Its latest count is from May 25, 2006, 1.41× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Kingston & Avalon a walkable intersection?
Kingston & Avalon scores 55 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #2,115 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: 2 parks within 500 m · 3 community centres within 800 m; 1 school within 500 m · 3 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 grocery store within 300 m · 3 places to eat within 300 m.
How fast do cars go at Kingston & Avalon?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Kingston Rd between Lakeside Ave and Birchcliff Ave (September 2015), found an average of 51 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 60 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 294 m away (40 km/h), 13% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Kingston & Avalon?
The nearest Green P car park is 197 Blantyre Ave (1.9 km away, 83 spaces, 29% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 199 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 13,490 spaces — 19 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Kingston & Avalon by transit?
Bus routes 12, 69, 117, 20 within 1 km (nearest stop: Kingston Rd at Birchcliff Ave, 98 m).
What restaurants are near Kingston & Avalon?
3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 9 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Bodega By City Cottage (33 m), Andrew's Place Bar & Restaurant (157 m), Big Brothers Gourmet Pizza (166 m), Buster's By the Bluffs (462 m) and Abbeyfield House (535 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Kingston & Avalon?
The nearest is Scarborough Arena Gardens Washroom, 75 Birchmount Rd., 398 m away, with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Birchmount Community Centre Washroom (480 m); Rosetta McClain Gardens Washroom (852 m).
Is there child care near Kingston & Avalon?
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 Mon Petit Univers (333 m, 30 spaces), Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre Community Nursery School (466 m, 20 spaces) and Scarborough Day Nursery School (478 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Kingston & Avalon?
13 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 248 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1711 Kingston Rd (73 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 1625-1641 Kingston Rd (216 m, 10 units), 1625-1641 Kingston Rd (216 m, 11 units) and 1625-1641 Kingston Rd (216 m, 11 units). The average RentSafeTO score across the 13 is 85 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.
How many thefts are reported at Kingston & Avalon?
Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Birchcliffe-Cliffside page.
What neighbourhood is Kingston & Avalon in?
Kingston & Avalon 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 May 25, 2006.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 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).
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (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 Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 20 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: 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; 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. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.69207, -79.26371 · centreline node 13459226.