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Kingston & Neilson

Kingston Rd & Neilson Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Cliffcrest · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

Kingston & Neilson, in Cliffcrest, is a high-volume crossing. Nearby is 8 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
25,126
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 23, 2006
286 pedestrians · 65 cyclists
Collisions
10
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 5 property damage · #4316 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
6 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 3,140 vehicles, 2.7× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 88 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 1 collision a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Kingston & Neilson

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
9128610269201 nearest 20 m
Express
902
Blue Night
316
Nearest stops
11 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 240 m · 11 docks · 3 stations, 45 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 (10)
  • R H King AcademyEnglish Public · 278 m
  • St Agatha Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 371 m
  • H A Halbert Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 498 m
  • Fairmount Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 500 m
  • Anson Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 622 m
  • St John Henry Newman Catholic High School (Future Site)English Separate · 910 m
  • and 4 more
Parks (13)
  • Anson Park606 m
  • Balcarra Park613 m
  • Halbert Park633 m
  • Barkdene Park745 m
  • Cathedral Bluffs Park862 m
  • Cudia Park1 km
  • and 7 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Cliffcrest branch382 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 3 grocery and convenience stores, and 31 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Dairy Queen, 144 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in October 2024.

Restaurants & cafés8 within 300 m · 31 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience3 within 300 m · 6 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Dairy Queen · 2882 Kingston Rd144 mPassed, Oct 2024
Dq Kingston · 2882 Kingston Rd144 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Gus Tacos · 2893 Kingston Rd145 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Vindaloo Indian Cuisine · 2891 Kingston Rd Flr-Main155 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
El Rincon Guerrerense · 2879 Kingston Rd167 mPassed, Jun 2026
Premium Shawarma & Pizza · 2871 Kingston Rd179 mPassed, Mar 2025 · 1 infraction
No. 1 Jerk · 2859 Kingston Rd210 mPassed, Jun 2026
Abbas Smoke & Variety · 2857 Kingston Rd, Unit-1/2grocery217 mPassed, Aug 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 Halbert Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 651 m away, View outdoor pool hours.

  • Halbert Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 24 Rockwood Dr
    View outdoor pool hours
    651 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 293 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Bluffer's Park Montessori School (218 m, 26 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km4 centres · 293 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • Bluffer's Park Montessori School · 2857 Kingston Rd
    26 spaces · toddler, preschool
    218 m
  • St Agatha Catholic Before & After School Program · 49 Cathedral Bluffs Dr
    86 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    371 m
  • Heart Beatz - Halbert Child Care Site · 25 Halbert Place
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    498 m
  • Fairmount Sunshine Child Care · 31 Sloley Rd
    110 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    500 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 223 (91 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 223 · 91 m116 Dorset Rd
Police41 Division · 3.5 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 47 · 1.9 km3600 St Clair Ave E

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

Nine registered apartment buildings with 797 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 17 Brimley Rd (520 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. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 22 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings9 · 797 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202622 across the 9
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest11 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
17 Brimley RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation33011197996 · Jul 20258 · 2 fire520 m
1 Brimley Rd · 1 Brimley Apts. Inc.586196191 · Oct 20254674 m
3750 St Clair Ave E · Amaz Property Management557196591 · Jun 20240697 m
3171 Kingston Rd184196092 · Jul 20260727 m
131 Minerva Ave · Park Property Management Inc836196492 · Aug 20262747 m
3744 St Clair Ave E · Park Property Management Inc886196494 · Oct 20254769 m
3738 St Clair Ave Esocial housing · Wigwamen Corporation224195399 · Aug 20251806 m
121 Minerva Ave · Park Property Management Inc906196492 · Aug 20262824 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 lots227 lots · ≈31,090 spaces · 93.3 ha
Within 500 m22 lots · ≈2,020 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 528 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) · Surface1.3 km168 *
1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) · Surface1.8 km128 *
1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) · Surface1.9 km232 *

Nearest lots: 74 m away, ≈19 spaces; 76 m away, ≈172 spaces; 97 m away, ≈36 spaces; 119 m away, ≈8 spaces; 122 m away, ≈13 spaces; 134 m away, ≈19 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 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 16,183 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 north24southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west12,286eastbound · 32 bikes · 3.5% heavy
Total vehicles25,126286 pedestrians · 65 cyclists · 3.6% heavy
From the east12,731westbound · 28 bikes · 3.6% heavy
From the south85northbound · 5 bikes · 4.7% heavy
AM peak hour4,728 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour4,655 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · May 23, 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 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 31,256 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Kingston Rd · Neilson Ave – Dorset Rd · 60 mMay 2022 · 3 days24,45052 km/h62 km/h68 km/h

School-zone speed sign 372 m

Posted limit50 km/h
Median · 85th pct44 · 50 km/h
Over the limit3.2%
60 km/h or more0.4%

McCowan Rd (northbound), East Side of McCowan Rd, Fronting No.21/23 · 31,256 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

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.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions10#4316 of 5,508
With an injury4#2997 of 4,660
Property damage only5
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian1#2652 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 201414latest Feb 2, 2025

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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

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 one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 5, 2018. 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. Its latest count is from May 23, 2006, 2.7× the median for a counted intersection.

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 July 2026.

Where can I park near Kingston & Neilson?

The nearest Green P car park is 1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) (1.3 km away, 168 spaces). The City's mapping shows 227 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 31,090 spaces — 22 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 31 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Dairy Queen (144 m), Dq Kingston (144 m), Gus Tacos (145 m), Vindaloo Indian Cuisine (155 m) and El Rincon Guerrerense (167 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 & Neilson?

The nearest is Halbert Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 24 Rockwood Dr, 651 m away (View outdoor pool hours). 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 & 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 (218 m, 26 spaces), St Agatha Catholic Before & After School Program (371 m, 86 spaces) and Heart Beatz - Halbert Child Care Site (498 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Kingston & Neilson?

Nine RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 797 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 17 Brimley Rd (520 m, 330 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 1 Brimley Rd (674 m, 58 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 3750 St Clair Ave E (697 m, 55 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 3171 Kingston Rd (727 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 9 is 93 out of 100. 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 & Neilson?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 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