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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 volume14-hour count · Sep 30, 2025
Traffic is heaviest from the north: 13,945 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 47% of the total, against 951 from the east. Most cyclists arrived from the north (133 of 273). Evening rush dominates here: 3,073 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 2,507 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 13 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
Peak hours: 2,507 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 3,073 from 4:15 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 2017, with 14 collisions; 2025 recorded 4. 14 collisions (20%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 5 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (7%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 10 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jul 20, 2026.
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 Sep 29, 2023. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 70 | #1563 of 5,519 |
| With an injury | 14 | #1288 of 4,669 |
| Property damage only | 53 | |
| Fail to remain | 6 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 4 | #961 of 3,196 |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 3 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 10 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 1 | |
| Fatal | 0 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| In darkness | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 2 | latest Sep 29, 2023 |
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 Cliffside Dr and Leatherwood Gdns, 83 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2022 put the average speed at 47 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 56 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 62 km/h or more. That segment carries about 21,200 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Claremore Ave between Sandown Lane and McIntosh St measured slower: 23 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 28 km/h (Jan 2025). At the school-zone speed sign on East Haven Dr (197 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.2% of the 36,392 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Rd · Cliffside Dr – Leatherwood Gdns · 83 m | May 2022 · 3 days | 21,212 | 47 km/h | 56 km/h | 62 km/h |
| Claremore Ave · Sandown Lane – McIntosh St · 85 m | Jan 2025 · 3 days | 2,360 | 23 km/h | 28 km/h | 29 km/h |
- Speed sign
- East Haven Dr (southbound), 197 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 22 km/h, 85th percentile 33 km/h; 0.2% at 50 km/h or more. 36,392 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.
- The crossing
- Signal 0153, activated 1958 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West
Getting there
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park
Transit and cycling
- TTC bus
- 12 69 20 nearest 24 m
- Blue Night
- 316
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m — Kingston Rd at Claremore Ave; Kingston Rd at Cliffside Dr East Side
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Kingston Rd / Ridgemoor Ave 314 m · 4 min · 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
- none within 2 km
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- none recorded nearby
- Other lots
- 29 mapped lots within 500 m, 207 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often 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; 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
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Bangla Bazar Supermarket, 498 m away. For everything else there are two convenience stores and gas bars within 300 m. Toronto Public Health inspects 13 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 25. The nearest is Pizzaville, 27 m away. Two pharmacies sit within 300 m of the corner; the nearest is Cliffside Pharmacy, 114 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Craiglee Nursing Home, a long-term care home 416 m away (two within a kilometre); Retirement Suites By the Lake, a retirement home 387 m away. Warden Woods Community Centre - Retirement Suites By the Lake runs a seniors' active living programme 428 m away.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Pizzaville · 2228 Kingston Rd27 m
- Bali Coffee Shop · 2209 Kingston Rd65 m
- Brown Brampton East · 2223 Kingston Rd70 m
- New York News · 2223 Kingston Rd70 m
- Fresh Paint Studio + Cafe · 2229 Kingston Rd103 m
- Grocery
- Bangla Bazar Supermarket 498 m · 6 min · 2 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Cliffside Meats & Deli 805 m · 10 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Convenience
- 2 convenience stores or gas bars within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Cliffside Pharmacy 114 m · 5 within 1 km
- Child care
- Aspiring Academics Preschool - Kingston · 40 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day475 m · 6 min
- Birch Cliff Heights Licensed Before and After School Program · 56 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day708 m · 8 min
- Washrooms
- Highview Park Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible626 m · 7 min
- Rosetta McClain Gardens Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible927 m · 11 min
- Health and care
- Craiglee Nursing Home · long-term care home · 2 within 1 km416 m · 5 min
- Retirement Suites By the Lake · retirement home387 m · 5 min
- Warden Woods Community Centre - Retirement Suites By the Lake · seniors' active living centre428 m · 5 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 (12)
- Highview Park690 m · 8 min
- Cliffside Ravine748 m · 9 min
- Sandown Park786 m · 9 min
- Kelsonia Parkette911 m · 11 min
- Scarborough Heights Park1 km · 11 min
- Community centres
- Birchmount Stadium1.3 km · 16 min
- Scarborough Arena Gardens1.4 km · 16 min
- Birchmount Community Centre1.5 km · 17 min
- Schools
- Cliffside Public SchoolEnglish Public · 313 m · 4 min
- Birch Cliff Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 707 m · 8 min
- Birchmount Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 910 m · 11 min
- John A Leslie Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km · 15 min
- Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.4 km · 17 min
- Places of interest
- Rosetta McClain GardensNature/ Park · 931 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 library.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. 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 17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 587 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 62 Glen Everest Rd (198 m, 48 units, 4 storeys, built 1954), which scored 82 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 82, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 Glen Everest Rd · Mint Asset Management | 48 | 4 | 1954 | 82 · Aug 2024 | 198 m |
| 58 Glen Everest Rd · Mint Asset Management | 11 | 3 | 1950 | 80 · Sep 2024 | 239 m |
| 54 Glen Everest Rd · Mint Asset Management | 11 | 3 | 1950 | 75 · Sep 2024 | 263 m · 3 min |
| 50 Glen Everest Rd | 16 | 3 | 1952 | 74 · Jun 2026 | 289 m · 3 min |
| 46 Glen Everest Rd | 16 | 3 | 1952 | 71 · Jun 2026 | 328 m · 4 min |
| 160 Pinegrove Ave · 1192918 Ontario Ltd | 11 | 3 | 1963 | 94 · Jul 2024 | 430 m · 5 min |
17 registered buildings · 587 units · 1 social housing · tallest 17 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 | 0 | 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 & Cliffside a dangerous intersection?
It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025, out of 70 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 Kingston & Cliffside?
A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #342 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.85× the median for a counted intersection.
Is Kingston & Cliffside a walkable intersection?
Kingston & Cliffside scores 47 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; 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: 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 2 grocery stores within 1 km · 13 places to eat within 300 m; 4 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic signal · head start for people walking.
How fast do cars go at Kingston & Cliffside?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Kingston Rd between Cliffside Dr and Leatherwood Gdns (May 2022), found an average of 47 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 56 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 197 m away (40 km/h), 0.2% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Kingston & Cliffside?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 207 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,430 spaces — 29 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Kingston & Cliffside by transit?
Bus routes 12, 69, 20 within 1 km (nearest stop: Kingston Rd at Claremore Ave, 24 m).
What restaurants are near Kingston & Cliffside?
13 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 25 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Pizzaville (27 m), Bali Coffee Shop (65 m), Brown Brampton East (70 m), New York News (70 m) and Fresh Paint Studio + Cafe (103 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Kingston & Cliffside?
The nearest is Highview Park Washroom, 150 Highview Ave, 626 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Rosetta McClain Gardens Washroom (927 m).
Is there child care near Kingston & Cliffside?
Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 96 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Aspiring Academics Preschool - Kingston (475 m, 40 spaces) and Birch Cliff Heights Licensed Before and After School Program (708 m, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Kingston & Cliffside?
17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 587 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 62 Glen Everest Rd (198 m, 48 units, RentSafeTO score 82), 58 Glen Everest Rd (239 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 80), 54 Glen Everest Rd (263 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 75) and 50 Glen Everest Rd (289 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 74). The average RentSafeTO score across the 17 is 82 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Kingston & Cliffside?
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 & Cliffside in?
Kingston & Cliffside 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 Sep 30, 2025.
- 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; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; 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: 43.70395, -79.25277 · centreline node 13457171.