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Kingston & Sandown

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

Kingston & Sandown, in Birchcliffe-Cliffside, is a moderately heavy crossing. Nearby is Scarborough GO 1.0 km away and 6 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
17,359
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 1, 2022
738 pedestrians · 34 cyclists
Collisions
84
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
17 with an injury · 62 property damage · #1327 of 5,508 · +6 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 2 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,170 vehicles an hour, 1.88× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 24 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 8.4 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 2.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions rose 40%, from 35 in 2016–2020 to 49 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Kingston & Sandown

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
Scarborough GO — Lakeshore East1 km
TTC bus
12692086102 nearest 22 m
Blue Night
316
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Kingston Rd at Sandown Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Kingston Rd / Ridgemoor Ave 280 m · 15 docks · 5 stations, 87 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)
  • Cliffside Public SchoolEnglish Public · 434 m
  • John A Leslie Public SchoolEnglish Public · 596 m
  • Chine Drive Public SchoolEnglish Public · 655 m
  • St Theresa Shrine Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • St John Henry Newman Catholic High SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • Birch Cliff Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 4 more
Parks (14)
  • Kelsonia Parkette262 m
  • Sandown Park318 m
  • J.a. Leslie Tot Lot494 m
  • Cliffside Ravine564 m
  • Natal Park707 m
  • Scarboro Crescent Park845 m
  • and 8 more
Places of interest
  • Bluffer's Park and Beach (Scarborough Bluffs)Nature/ Park · 1.2 km
  • Rosetta McClain GardensNature/ Park · 1.4 km
Signal
0152, activated 1963 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 4 grocery and convenience stores, and 30 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Starbucks, 31 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés15 within 300 m · 30 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience4 within 300 m · 8 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Starbucks · 2385 Kingston Rd31 mPassed, Jun 2026
Barburrito · 2435 Kingston Rd54 mPassed, Feb 2026
Jatujak · 2386 Kingston Rd104 mPassed, Jul 2026
Anna Roti House · 2367 Kingston Rd122 mPassed, Jan 2026
Bangla Bazar Supermarket · 2355 Kingston Rdgrocery122 mPassed, Jun 2026
KFC · 2383 Kingston Rd122 mPassed, Jan 2026
Tara Inn Restaurant & Pub · 2365 Kingston Rd122 mPassed, Aug 2026
Al Mac's Bar & Grill · 2459 Kingston Rd140 mPassed, Feb 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

No public washroom is listed within a kilometre, but there is a drinking fountain 306 m away at Sandown Park.

No City washroom within 1 km.

Drinking water
Sandown Park bottle filling station · 306 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 245 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Aspiring Academics Preschool - Kingston (154 m, 40 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km4 centres · 245 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • Aspiring Academics Preschool - Kingston · 2372 Kingston Rd
    40 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    154 m
  • John A. Leslie Childcare - Scarborough · 459 Midland Ave
    95 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    596 m
  • Chine Drive Licensed Before and After School Program · 51 Chine Dr
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    655 m
  • St. Crispins Day Care Centre · 530 Midland Ave
    54 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 225 (2.1 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.1 km away.

FireFire Station 225 · 2.1 km3600 Danforth Ave
Police41 Division · 3.3 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 47 · 1.1 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

18 registered apartment buildings with 746 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 22 Pell St (119 m, 10 units, 3 storeys, built 1960), which scored 78 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 83, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 23 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 2 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings18 · 746 units
RentSafeTO score83 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202623 across the 18
Open fire-code violations2
Tallest17 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
22 Pell St · Pell Homes Real Estate Inc103196078 · Sep 20242119 m
24 Pell St · Rmc International Inc113196091 · Jul 20243127 m
20 Pell St · Pell Homes Real Estate Inc113196082 · Sep 20261140 m
2550 Kingston Rd · Wj Properties20117196789 · Aug 20245414 m
2560 Kingston Rd · Wj Properties20117196791 · Jul 20256 · 1 fire494 m
2570 Kingston Rd · Signet Group Inc11810196896 · Jul 20253 · 1 fire579 m
62 Glen Everest Rd · Mint Asset Management484195482 · Aug 20240744 m
58 Glen Everest Rd · Mint Asset Management113195080 · Sep 20240779 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 lots294 lots · ≈43,210 spaces · 129.6 ha
Within 500 m36 lots · ≈1,780 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 528 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking9 post-and-rings within 300 m
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) · Surface1.2 km232 *
1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) · Surface1.2 km128 *
1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) · Surface1.6 km168 *

Nearest lots: 36 m away, ≈27 spaces; 55 m away, ≈108 spaces; 62 m away, ≈16 spaces; 73 m away, ≈15 spaces; 96 m away, ≈350 spaces; 124 m away, ≈26 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, Jun 1, 2022

The east leg carries the load — 8,610 westbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 525. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 3,231 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 44% above the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. (2,244). Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north525southbound · 6 bikes · 2.3% heavy
From the west7,512eastbound · 15 bikes · 3.3% heavy
Total vehicles17,359738 pedestrians · 34 cyclists · 3.0% heavy
From the east8,610westbound · 10 bikes · 3.0% heavy
From the south712northbound · 3 bikes · 1.1% heavy
AM peak hour2,244 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour3,231 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 1, 2022

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 Sharpe St and Sandown Ave (148 m away) recorded an average of 54 km/h in its 24-hour count in June 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 63 km/h. That segment carries about 23,300 vehicles a day. The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sandown Ave · Leisure Lane – Pell Street Lane · 105 mNov 2007 · 3 days364
Kingston Rd · Sharpe St – Sandown Ave · 148 mJun 2022 · 24 h23,27554 km/h63 km/h69 km/h

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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 21 collisions. 20% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 6% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 18, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions84#1327 of 5,508
With an injury17#1051 of 4,660
Property damage only62
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian4#964 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
Since January 2026 (outside the window)6
All since 2014104latest Jun 18, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Mar 3, 2012.

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 two thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200street/outdoor (1), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft110street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 17, 2024. 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 & Sandown a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 84 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 & Sandown?

A moderately heavy crossing. Its latest count is from Jun 1, 2022, 1.88× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Kingston & Sandown?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Kingston Rd between Sharpe St and Sandown Ave (June 2022), found an average of 54 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 63 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Kingston & Sandown?

The nearest Green P car park is 1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) (1.2 km away, 232 spaces). The City's mapping shows 294 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 43,210 spaces — 36 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Kingston & Sandown by transit?

Scarborough GO is 1.0 km away; bus routes 12, 69, 20, 86, 102 within 1 km (nearest stop: Kingston Rd at Sandown Ave, 22 m).

What restaurants are near Kingston & Sandown?

15 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 30 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Starbucks (31 m), Barburrito (54 m), Jatujak (104 m), Anna Roti House (122 m) and KFC (122 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 & Sandown?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 306 m away at Sandown Park. Washrooms in malls, coffee shops and TTC stations are not in those lists.

Is there child care near Kingston & Sandown?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 245 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Aspiring Academics Preschool - Kingston (154 m, 40 spaces), John A. Leslie Childcare - Scarborough (596 m, 95 spaces) and Chine Drive Licensed Before and After School Program (655 m, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Kingston & Sandown?

18 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 746 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 22 Pell St (119 m, 10 units, RentSafeTO score 78), 24 Pell St (127 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 20 Pell St (140 m, 11 units, RentSafeTO score 82) and 2550 Kingston Rd (414 m, 201 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 18 is 83 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 & Sandown?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 & Sandown in?

Kingston & Sandown 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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