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Kingston & Kalmar

Kingston Rd & Kalmar Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Birchcliffe-Cliffside · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

In Birchcliffe-Cliffside, Kingston & Kalmar is a busier-than-typical intersection. Nearby is 9 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
13,591
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 24, 2006
223 pedestrians · 94 cyclists
Collisions
11
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
3 with an injury · 6 property damage · #4185 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 1 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1072 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops 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

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,700 vehicles, 1.47× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 61 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 1.1 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. Just one of those 11 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Kingston & Kalmar

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
12691171352068113 nearest 57 m
Blue Night
316300
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Kingston Rd at Kildonan Dr; Kingston Rd at Eastwood Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Kingston Rd / Warden Ave 260 m · 15 docks · 5 stations, 75 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)
  • Birch Cliff Public SchoolEnglish Public · 317 m
  • Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 840 m
  • Toronto Islamic Academy SchoolPrivate · 932 m
  • Birchmount Park Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Oakridge Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km
  • Taylor Creek Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.4 km
  • and 5 more
Parks (19)
  • Harding Parkette447 m
  • Avalon Parkette469 m
  • Crescentwood Park485 m
  • Hollis Kalmar Park558 m
  • Danforth - Birchmount Parkette650 m
  • Scotia Parkette670 m
  • and 13 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Taylor Memorial branch337 m
Places of interest
  • Rosetta McClain GardensNature/ Park · 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 4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 29 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Buster's By the Bluffs, 32 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 29 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 8 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Buster's By the Bluffs · 1539 Kingston Rd32 mPassed, Jun 2026
Mon Petit Univers · 1578 Kingston Rd122 mPassed, Sep 2026
Sisaket Thai Kitchen · 1466 Kingston Rd221 mPassed, Jun 2026
Abbeyfield House · 38 Lakeside Ave262 mPassed, Sep 2026
City Cottage Market · 1666 Kingston Rdgrocery361 mPassed, Jun 2026
Grayson's Rustic Bakery · 1672 Kingston Rdgrocery378 mPassed, Jun 2026
Pizzeria Rustico · 1430 Kingston Rd382 mPassed, Nov 2025
Murphy Greens Family Juicery · 1427 Kingston Rd389 mPassed, Jun 2026

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 Scarborough Arena Gardens Washroom, 731 m away; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 452 m away at Avalon Parkette.

  • Scarborough Arena Gardens Washroom · 75 Birchmount Rd.
    hours not listed · accessible
    731 m
  • Birchmount Community Centre Washroom · 93 Birchmount Rd
    View centre hours · accessible
    793 m
Drinking water
Avalon Parkette drinking fountain · 452 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 235 spaces; one accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Mon Petit Univers (122 m, 30 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km6 centres · 235 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 6
  • Mon Petit Univers · 1578 Kingston Rd
    30 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    122 m
  • Scarborough Day Nursery School · 51 Eastwood Ave
    71 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    254 m
  • Little Bugs Nursery Corporation · 1448 Kingston Rd
    28 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    289 m
  • Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre Community Nursery School · 93 Birchmount Rd
    20 spaces · preschool · $10-a-day
    779 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 225 (691 m), the nearest police station 55 Division (4.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 96 m away.

FireFire Station 225 · 691 m3600 Danforth Ave
Police55 Division · 4.6 km101 Coxwell Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 42 · 96 m1535 Kingston Rd

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

16 registered apartment buildings with 494 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1481 Kingston Rd (190 m, 15 units, 3 storeys, built 1940), which scored 74 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 16 scored below 70; the average is 86, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 18 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings16 · 494 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score86 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202618 across the 16
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest10 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1481 Kingston Rd · 1034523 Ontario Ltd153194074 · Aug 20261190 m
1475 Kingston Rd · 1034523 Ontario Ltd143194088 · Aug 20255209 m
1469 Kingston Rd · 1034523 Ontario Ltd153194086 · Aug 20260223 m
1625-1641 Kingston Rd · Icarus Properties: Angelika Kostidis10319500240 m
1625-1641 Kingston Rd · Icarus Properties: Angelika Kostidis11319500240 m
1625-1641 Kingston Rd · Icarus Properties: Angelika Kostidis11319500240 m
1463 Kingston Rd · 1034523 Ontario Ltd143194088 · Aug 20251243 m
1457 Kingston Rd · 1034523 Ontario Ltd154194089 · Aug 20262257 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 lots295 lots · ≈21,240 spaces · 63.7 ha
Within 500 m27 lots · ≈530 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 256 spaces
EV charging (City)912 Kingston Road · 2 km · 2 Level 2 ports
Bike parking6 post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 777 Victoria Park Ave (1.8 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
197 Blantyre Ave · Surface1.4 km8329% (Q1 2026)
Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface1.7 km173 *

Nearest lots: 50 m away, ≈6 spaces; 52 m away, ≈25 spaces; 58 m away, ≈2 spaces; 80 m away, ≈15 spaces; 82 m away, ≈10 spaces; 111 m away, ≈7 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, May 24, 2006

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. The west leg carries the load — 6,828 eastbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 89. Most cyclists arrived from the east (48 of 94). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,283 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 2,416 from 5:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.3% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. 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.

From the north89southbound · 3 bikes · 4.5% heavy
From the west6,828eastbound · 43 bikes · 4.9% heavy
Total vehicles13,591223 pedestrians · 94 cyclists · 5.3% heavy
From the east6,674westbound · 48 bikes · 5.8% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour2,283 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour2,416 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · May 24, 2006

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 Kingston Rd between Lakeside Ave and Birchcliff Ave (255 m away) recorded an average of 51 km/h in its 24-hour count in September 2015; 85% of drivers were at or under 60 km/h. That segment carries about 20,100 vehicles a day. Kalmar Ave between Kingston Rd and Freeman St measured slower: 35 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Jun 2011). 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 (137 m away, 40 km/h limit), 13% of the 62,837 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Kalmar Ave · Kingston Rd – Freeman St · 123 mJun 2011 · 24 h50235 km/h44 km/h49 km/h
Kingston Rd · Lakeside Ave – Birchcliff Ave · 255 mSep 2015 · 24 h20,13251 km/h60 km/h65 km/h

School-zone speed sign 137 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct44 · 49 km/h
Over the limit45%
50 km/h or more13%

Kingston Rd (eastbound), South Side of Kingston Rd, Fronting No.1583/1597 · 62,837 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

2024 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 27% of collisions here involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 18% 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 Jun 6, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions11#4185 of 5,508
With an injury3#3340 of 4,660
Property damage only6
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201418latest Jun 6, 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 Aug 4, 2023. Going back to 2006, the total is 2.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1072 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian1#610 of 879
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20062latest Aug 4, 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

Toronto Police place six thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 67% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle600house driveway/garage (4), other (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 1, 2022. 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 & Kalmar a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1072 of 1,505), out of 11 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 & Kalmar?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from May 24, 2006, 1.47× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Kingston & Kalmar?

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 137 m away (40 km/h), 13% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Kingston & Kalmar?

The nearest Green P car park is 197 Blantyre Ave (1.4 km away, 83 spaces, 29% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 295 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,240 spaces — 27 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 912 Kingston Road (2.0 km).

How do I get to Kingston & Kalmar by transit?

Bus routes 12, 69, 117, 135, 20, 68, 113 within 1 km (nearest stop: Kingston Rd at Kildonan Dr, 57 m).

What restaurants are near Kingston & Kalmar?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 29 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Buster's By the Bluffs (32 m), Mon Petit Univers (122 m), Sisaket Thai Kitchen (221 m), Abbeyfield House (262 m) and Pizzeria Rustico (382 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 Kingston & Kalmar?

The nearest is Scarborough Arena Gardens Washroom, 75 Birchmount Rd., 731 m away, with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Birchmount Community Centre Washroom (793 m). 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 Kingston & Kalmar?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 235 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Mon Petit Univers (122 m, 30 spaces), Scarborough Day Nursery School (254 m, 71 spaces) and Little Bugs Nursery Corporation (289 m, 28 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Kingston & Kalmar?

16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 494 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1481 Kingston Rd (190 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 74), 1475 Kingston Rd (209 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 88), 1469 Kingston Rd (223 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 1625-1641 Kingston Rd (240 m, 10 units). The average RentSafeTO score across the 16 is 86 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 Kingston & Kalmar?

Toronto Police place six 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 Birchcliffe-Cliffside page.

What neighbourhood is Kingston & Kalmar in?

Kingston & Kalmar is in Birchcliffe-Cliffside (City of Toronto neighbourhood 122). It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.

Sources

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