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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 24, 2006
This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 6,617 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 119 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 2,181 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 2,282 from 5:00 p.m. Trucks and buses were 5.4% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 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.
Peak hours: 2,181 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 2,282 from 5:00 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
The worst year was 2023, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 3 collisions (33%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 11% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (11%). The most recent report on file is from Jun 7, 2025.
No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 2 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Jun 12, 2014.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 9 | |
| With an injury | 3 | |
| Property damage only | 5 | |
| Fail to remain | 1 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 1 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 2 | latest Jun 12, 2014 |
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
On Kingston Rd between Lakeside Ave and Birchcliff Ave, 291 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in September 2015 put the average speed at 51 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 60 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 65 km/h or more. That segment carries about 20,100 vehicles a day. 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 (173 m away, 40 km/h limit), 13% of the 59,528 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Rd · Lakeside Ave – Birchcliff Ave · 291 m | Sep 2015 · 24 h | 20,132 | 51 km/h | 60 km/h | 65 km/h |
- Speed sign
- Kingston Rd (eastbound), 173 m — 40 km/h zone. Median 44 km/h, 85th percentile 49 km/h; 13% at 50 km/h or more. 59,528 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
- 12 69 117 20 135 nearest 89 m
- Blue Night
- 316 300
- Nearest stops
- 5 surface stops within 300 m — Kingston Rd at Manderley Dr
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Kingston Rd / Warden Ave 237 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 60 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
- 1 car park · about 83 spaces
- EV charging
- no City charger within 2 km
- Bike parking
- 6 post-and-rings within 300 m
- Other lots
- 25 mapped lots within 500 m, 190 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 197 Blantyre Ave · Surface | 1.4 km | 83 | 29% (Q1 2026) |
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
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is City Cottage Market, 402 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 10 — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Buster's By the Bluffs, 17 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Danforth Pharmacy, 1.0 km away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Buster's By the Bluffs · 1539 Kingston Rd17 m
- Sisaket Thai Kitchen · 1466 Kingston Rd202 m
- Pizzeria Rustico · 1430 Kingston Rd363 m · 4 min
- Murphy Greens Family Juicery · 1427 Kingston Rd369 m · 4 min
- Abbeyfield House · 38 Lakeside Ave382 m · 5 min
- Grocery
- City Cottage Market 402 m · 5 min
- Food shops
- Grayson's Rustic Bakery 434 m · 5 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Danforth Pharmacy 1 km · 12 min
- Child care
- Mon Petit Univers · 30 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day161 m
- Little Bugs Nursery Corporation · 28 spaces, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day275 m · 3 min
- Scarborough Day Nursery School · 71 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day345 m · 4 min
- Washrooms
- Scarborough Arena Gardens Washroom · hours not listed · accessible864 m · 10 min
- Birchmount Community Centre Washroom · hours not listed · accessible946 m · 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 (13)
- Crescentwood Park490 m · 6 min
- Avalon Parkette523 m · 6 min
- Harding Parkette708 m · 8 min
- Hollis Kalmar Park763 m · 9 min
- Scotia Parkette835 m · 10 min
- Community centres
- Scarborough Arena Gardens865 m · 10 min
- Birchmount Community Centre946 m · 11 min
- Birchmount Stadium1.2 km · 14 min
- Schools
- Birch Cliff Public SchoolEnglish Public · 479 m · 6 min
- Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km · 12 min
- Toronto Islamic Academy SchoolPrivate · 1.3 km · 16 min
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Taylor Memorial branch320 m · 4 min
- Places of interest
- Rosetta McClain GardensNature/ Park · 1.4 km · 16 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 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
Within a kilometre there are 14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 239 rental units. The nearest is 1481 Kingston Rd (157 m, 15 units, 3 storeys, built 1940), which scored 74 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 14 scored below 70; the average is 85, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1481 Kingston Rd · 1034523 Ontario Ltd | 15 | 3 | 1940 | 74 · Aug 2026 | 157 m |
| 1469 Kingston Rd · 1034523 Ontario Ltd | 15 | 3 | 1940 | 86 · Aug 2026 | 209 m |
| 1475 Kingston Rd · 1034523 Ontario Ltd | 14 | 3 | 1940 | 88 · Aug 2025 | 215 m |
| 1457 Kingston Rd · 1034523 Ontario Ltd | 15 | 4 | 1940 | 89 · Aug 2026 | 243 m |
| 1463 Kingston Rd · 1034523 Ontario Ltd | 14 | 3 | 1940 | 88 · Aug 2025 | 249 m |
| 1449 Kingston Rd · 1034523 Ontario Ltd | 14 | 3 | 1940 | 60 · Aug 2026 | 278 m · 3 min |
14 registered buildings · 239 units · tallest 4 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
One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner 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 Birchcliffe-Cliffside.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Kingston & Valhalla a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 9 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 & Valhalla?
A moderately heavy crossing at the City's last count here, in 2006. Its latest count is from May 24, 2006, 1.42× today's median for a counted intersection.
Is Kingston & Valhalla a walkable intersection?
Kingston & Valhalla scores 44 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 · 3 licensed child care within 500 m; library 320 m away · 1 place of interest within 1.5 km; 1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 0.9 km.
How fast do cars go at Kingston & Valhalla?
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 173 m away (40 km/h), 13% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in August 2026.
Where can I park near Kingston & Valhalla?
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 190 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 11,480 spaces — 25 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Kingston & Valhalla by transit?
Bus routes 12, 69, 117, 20, 135 within 1 km (nearest stop: Kingston Rd at Manderley Dr, 89 m).
What restaurants are near Kingston & Valhalla?
2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 10 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Buster's By the Bluffs (17 m), Sisaket Thai Kitchen (202 m), Pizzeria Rustico (363 m), Murphy Greens Family Juicery (369 m) and Abbeyfield House (382 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Kingston & Valhalla?
The nearest is Scarborough Arena Gardens Washroom, 75 Birchmount Rd., 864 m away, with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Birchmount Community Centre Washroom (946 m).
Is there child care near Kingston & Valhalla?
Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 180 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Mon Petit Univers (161 m, 30 spaces), Little Bugs Nursery Corporation (275 m, 28 spaces) and Scarborough Day Nursery School (345 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Kingston & Valhalla?
14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 239 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1481 Kingston Rd (157 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 74), 1469 Kingston Rd (209 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 86), 1475 Kingston Rd (215 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 88) and 1457 Kingston Rd (243 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 14 is 85 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.
How many thefts are reported at Kingston & Valhalla?
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 Birchcliffe-Cliffside page.
What neighbourhood is Kingston & Valhalla in?
Kingston & Valhalla is in Birchcliffe-Cliffside (City of Toronto neighbourhood 122). 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 24, 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: 43.68950, -79.26830 · centreline node 13459729.