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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 23, 2006
The east leg carries the load — 12,731 westbound vehicles, or 51% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 24. Most cyclists arrived from the west (32 of 65). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 4,728 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 4,655 from 4:45 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 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.
Peak hours: 4,728 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 4,655 from 4:45 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
2019 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 40% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 10% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 10% of collisions here. The most recent report on file is from Feb 2, 2025.
The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 10 | |
| With an injury | 4 | |
| Property damage only | 5 | |
| Fail to remain | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 1 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| 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
The City's counter on Kingston Rd between Neilson Ave and Dorset Rd (60 m away) recorded an average of 52 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 62 km/h. That segment carries about 24,400 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on McCowan Rd (372 m away, 50 km/h limit), 0.4% of the 29,142 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Rd · Neilson Ave – Dorset Rd · 60 m | May 2022 · 3 days | 24,450 | 52 km/h | 62 km/h | 68 km/h |
- Speed sign
- McCowan Rd (northbound), 372 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 44 km/h, 85th percentile 50 km/h; 0.4% at 60 km/h or more. 29,142 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
- 9 12 86 102 69 201 nearest 20 m
- Express
- 902
- Blue Night
- 316
- Nearest stops
- 9 surface stops within 300 m — Kingston Rd at Neilson Ave; Kingston Rd at Neilson Ave West Side
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Brooklawn Ave / Kingston Rd 256 m · 3 min · 11 docks · 2 stations, 26 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
- 18 mapped lots within 500 m, 116 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
The nearest grocery store is Michael's No Frills, 373 m away. For everything else there is one convenience store or gas bar within 300 m. There are 8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 32 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Gus Tacos, 156 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Shoppers Drug Mart, 440 m away; 2 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Gus Tacos · 2893 Kingston Rd156 m
- Dq Kingston · 2882 Kingston Rd158 m
- Dairy Queen · 2882 Kingston Rd158 m
- Vindaloo Indian Cuisine · 2891 Kingston Rd Flr-Main158 m
- El Rincon Guerrerense · 2879 Kingston Rd173 m
- Grocery
- Michael's No Frills 373 m · 4 min
- Food shops
- Cliffside Hearth Bread Company 463 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Convenience
- 1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
- Pharmacy
- Shoppers Drug Mart 440 m · 5 min · 2 within 1 km
- Child care
- Bluffer's Park Montessori School · 26 spaces, toddler, preschool242 m
- St Agatha Catholic Before & After School Program · 86 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day547 m · 7 min
- Fairmount Sunshine Child Care · 110 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day590 m · 7 min
- Washrooms
- Halbert Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · hours not listed1 km · 11 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 (9)
- Barkdene Park848 m · 10 min
- Anson Park882 m · 11 min
- Balcarra Park886 m · 11 min
- Halbert Park1 km · 12 min
- Cathedral Bluffs Park1 km · 12 min
- Schools (9)
- R H King AcademyEnglish Public · 364 m · 4 min
- St Agatha Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 547 m · 7 min
- Fairmount Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 590 m · 7 min
- H A Halbert Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 597 m · 7 min
- Anson Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 927 m · 11 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Cliffcrest branch456 m · 5 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 community centre or a care or retirement home.
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
Eight registered apartment buildings with 707 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 17 Brimley Rd (596 m, 330 units, 11 storeys, built 1979), which scored 96 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Brimley Rd Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 330 | 11 | 1979 | 96 · Jul 2025 | 596 m · 7 min |
| 3750 St Clair Ave E · Amaz Property Management | 55 | 7 | 1965 | 91 · Jun 2024 | 756 m · 9 min |
| 3171 Kingston Rd | 18 | 4 | 1960 | 92 · Jul 2026 | 764 m · 9 min |
| 3744 St Clair Ave E · Park Property Management Inc | 88 | 6 | 1964 | 94 · Oct 2025 | 846 m · 10 min |
| 3738 St Clair Ave E social housing · Wigwamen Corporation | 22 | 4 | 1953 | 99 · Aug 2025 | 878 m · 10 min |
| 1 Brimley Rd · 1 Brimley Apts. Inc. | 58 | 6 | 1961 | 91 · Oct 2025 | 886 m · 11 min |
8 registered buildings · 707 units · 2 social housing · tallest 11 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
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 1 | 0 | 0 | house driveway/garage (1) |
| 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 Cliffcrest.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Kingston & Neilson a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 10 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 & Neilson?
A high-volume crossing at the City's last count here, in 2006. Its latest count is from May 23, 2006, 2.7× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Kingston & Neilson a walkable intersection?
Kingston & Neilson scores 48 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; 1 grocery store within 1 km · 8 places to eat within 300 m; 9 stops within 300 m · 8 routes within 1 km.
How fast do cars go at Kingston & Neilson?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Kingston Rd between Neilson Ave and Dorset Rd (May 2022), found an average of 52 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 62 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 372 m away (50 km/h), 0.4% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Kingston & Neilson?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 116 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,100 spaces — 18 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Kingston & Neilson by transit?
Bus routes 9, 12, 86, 102, 69, 201, 902 within 1 km (nearest stop: Kingston Rd at Neilson Ave, 20 m).
What restaurants are near Kingston & Neilson?
8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 32 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Gus Tacos (156 m), Dq Kingston (158 m), Dairy Queen (158 m), Vindaloo Indian Cuisine (158 m) and El Rincon Guerrerense (173 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Kingston & Neilson?
The nearest is Halbert Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 24 Rockwood Dr, 1.0 km away.
Is there child care near Kingston & Neilson?
Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 293 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bluffer's Park Montessori School (242 m, 26 spaces), St Agatha Catholic Before & After School Program (547 m, 86 spaces) and Fairmount Sunshine Child Care (590 m, 110 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Kingston & Neilson?
Eight RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 707 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 17 Brimley Rd (596 m, 330 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 3750 St Clair Ave E (756 m, 55 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 3171 Kingston Rd (764 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 3744 St Clair Ave E (846 m, 88 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 8 is 93 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Kingston & Neilson?
Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Cliffcrest page.
What neighbourhood is Kingston & Neilson in?
Kingston & Neilson is in Cliffcrest (City of Toronto neighbourhood 123). 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 23, 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; 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: 43.72355, -79.23424 · centreline node 13454133.