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Kingston & Thatcher

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

Kingston & Thatcher is a busier-than-typical intersection. It sits in Cliffcrest. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
16,417
vehicles · 8-hour count, May 11, 2006
105 pedestrians · 6 cyclists
Collisions
45
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 33 property damage · #2219 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
1
TTC stop 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

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 2,050 vehicles an hour, 1.78× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 156 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 4.5 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 25%, from 20 in 2016–2020 to 25 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Kingston & Thatcher

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
126920186102920 nearest 86 m
Express
902
Blue Night
316
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — Brimley Rd at Kingston Rd North Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Brooklawn Ave / Kingston Rd 459 m · 11 docks · 3 stations, 49 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 (12)
  • St John Henry Newman Catholic High School (Future Site)English Separate · 220 m
  • St Theresa Shrine Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 406 m
  • St John Henry Newman Catholic High SchoolEnglish Separate · 442 m
  • R H King AcademyEnglish Public · 472 m
  • Fairmount Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 724 m
  • Anson Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 830 m
  • and 6 more
Parks (16)
  • Barkdene Park501 m
  • Totts Tot Lot755 m
  • Jeanette Park825 m
  • J.a. Leslie Tot Lot922 m
  • Sunnypoint - Neilson Park937 m
  • Anson Park941 m
  • and 10 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Cliffcrest branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Bluffer's Park and Beach (Scarborough Bluffs)Nature/ Park · 1.2 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 21 — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Dr. Roz's Healing Place, 243 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 21 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Secret Food Fusion · 2761 Kingston Rdgrocery86 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Dr. Roz's Healing Place · 21 Brimley Rd Flr-2nd243 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
A E Snacks & Take-Out · 3750 St Clair Ave E 1343 mPassed, Apr 2026
Double Double Pizza and Chicken · 2829 Kingston Rd359 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 3 infractions
Kaboom Wings · 2819 Kingston Rd359 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
New Super Choy Restaurant · 2825 Kingston Rd359 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
St. Theresa Shrine Cs - Snp - Am · 2665 Kingston Rd405 mPassed, Apr 2026
St. John Henry Newman Chs · 100 Brimley Rd S424 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction

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 City washroom within 1 km.

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 427 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Bluffer's Park Montessori School (481 m, 26 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km6 centres · 427 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 6
  • Bluffer's Park Montessori School · 2857 Kingston Rd
    26 spaces · toddler, preschool
    481 m
  • Fairmount Sunshine Child Care · 31 Sloley Rd
    110 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    724 m
  • John A. Leslie Childcare - Scarborough · 459 Midland Ave
    95 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    905 m
  • St. Crispins Day Care Centre · 530 Midland Ave
    54 spaces · toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    928 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 223 (783 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.3 km away.

FireFire Station 223 · 783 m116 Dorset Rd
Police41 Division · 3.3 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 47 · 1.3 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

Within a kilometre there are ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,246 rental units — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1 Brimley Rd (96 m, 58 units, 6 storeys, built 1961), which scored 91 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 35 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 4 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings10 · 1,246 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202635 across the 10
Open fire-code violations4
Tallest17 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1 Brimley Rd · 1 Brimley Apts. Inc.586196191 · Oct 2025496 m
17 Brimley RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation33011197996 · Jul 20258 · 2 fire200 m
3750 St Clair Ave E · Amaz Property Management557196591 · Jun 20240342 m
3744 St Clair Ave E · Park Property Management Inc886196494 · Oct 20254361 m
3738 St Clair Ave Esocial housing · Wigwamen Corporation224195399 · Aug 20251377 m
131 Minerva Ave · Park Property Management Inc836196492 · Aug 20262465 m
121 Minerva Ave · Park Property Management Inc906196492 · Aug 20262496 m
2570 Kingston Rd · Signet Group Inc11810196896 · Jul 20253 · 1 fire804 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 lots228 lots · ≈26,750 spaces · 80.3 ha
Within 500 m26 lots · ≈4,730 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 km168 *
1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) · Surface1.3 km128 *
1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) · Surface1.4 km232 *

Nearest lots: 29 m away, ≈21 spaces; 39 m away, ≈23 spaces; 55 m away, ≈32 spaces; 74 m away, ≈117 spaces; 95 m away, ≈9 spaces; 102 m away, ≈113 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 11, 2006

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 8,192 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 40 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 3,001 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:30 p.m., against 2,747 in the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west8,192eastbound · 1 bikes · 3.1% heavy
Total vehicles16,417105 pedestrians · 6 cyclists · 3.0% heavy
From the east8,185westbound · 5 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the south40northbound · 0 bikes · 5.0% heavy
AM peak hour2,747 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour3,001 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · May 11, 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

On Kingston Rd between Chine Dr and Brimley Rd S, 369 m from the corner, a 3-day count in June 2026 put the average speed at 57 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 64 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 70 km/h or more. That segment carries about 34,500 vehicles a day. Thatcher Ave between Barkdene Hills and Kingston Rd measured slower: 34 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Nov 2010). At the school-zone speed sign on Brimley Rd S (318 m away, 50 km/h limit), 0.8% of the 75,908 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Thatcher Ave · Barkdene Hills – Kingston Rd · 193 mNov 2010 · 24 h22434 km/h48 km/h57 km/h
Kingston Rd · Chine Dr – Brimley Rd S · 369 mJun 2026 · 3 days34,54757 km/h64 km/h70 km/h

School-zone speed sign 318 m

Posted limit50 km/h
Median · 85th pct41 · 49 km/h
Over the limit3.0%
60 km/h or more0.8%

Brimley Rd S (southbound), 18 Thatcher Avenue · 75,908 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

The worst year was 2022, with 10 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 2 collisions (4%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 13 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 29% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 1, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions45#2219 of 5,508
With an injury2#3787 of 4,660
Property damage only33
Fail to remain13
Involving a pedestrian1#2660 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified10
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201451latest May 1, 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. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Dec 14, 2010.

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

Seven thefts from vehicles and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 43% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 3, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle702house driveway/garage (3), street/outdoor (3)
Bicycle theft200street/outdoor (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 3, 2026. 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 & Thatcher a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 45 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 & Thatcher?

A busier-than-typical intersection. Its latest count is from May 11, 2006, 1.78× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Kingston & Thatcher?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Kingston Rd between Chine Dr and Brimley Rd S (June 2026), found an average of 57 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 64 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 318 m away (50 km/h), 0.8% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Kingston & Thatcher?

The nearest Green P car park is 1 Brimley Road (Bluffer's Park) (1.0 km away, 168 spaces). The City's mapping shows 228 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,750 spaces — 26 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Kingston & Thatcher by transit?

Bus routes 12, 69, 201, 86, 102, 9, 20, 902 within 1 km (nearest stop: Brimley Rd at Kingston Rd North Side, 86 m).

What restaurants are near Kingston & Thatcher?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 21 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Dr. Roz's Healing Place (243 m), A E Snacks & Take-Out (343 m), Double Double Pizza and Chicken (359 m), Kaboom Wings (359 m) and New Super Choy Restaurant (359 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Kingston & Thatcher?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 427 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bluffer's Park Montessori School (481 m, 26 spaces), Fairmount Sunshine Child Care (724 m, 110 spaces) and John A. Leslie Childcare - Scarborough (905 m, 95 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Kingston & Thatcher?

Ten RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,246 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1 Brimley Rd (96 m, 58 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 17 Brimley Rd (200 m, 330 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 3750 St Clair Ave E (342 m, 55 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 3744 St Clair Ave E (361 m, 88 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 10 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 & Thatcher?

Toronto Police place seven thefts from vehicles and two bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. 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 & Thatcher in?

Kingston & Thatcher 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