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Linwood & Belgreen

Linwood Ave & Belgreen Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan · Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt

In Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan, Linwood & Belgreen is a lightly travelled intersection. At the corner: a bike lane. Nearby: 4 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
539
vehicles · 14-hour count, Apr 28, 2026
111 pedestrians · 19 cyclists
Collisions
1
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
4 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
23/100
city median 48
2 places to eat within 1 km

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Linwood & Belgreen

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume14-hour count · Apr 28, 2026

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 188 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 35% of the total, against 65 from the east. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 79 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 39% above the afternoon peak from 5:45 p.m. (57). Heavy vehicles made up 1.7% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north188southbound · 6 bikes · 1.6% heavy
From the west168eastbound · 2 bikes · 1.2% heavy
Total vehicles539111 pedestrians · 19 cyclists · 1.7% heavy
From the east65westbound · 2 bikes · 1.5% heavy
From the south118northbound · 9 bikes · 2.5% heavy

Peak hours: 79 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 57 from 5:45 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

The worst year was 2016, with 1 collision; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from May 6, 2016.

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions1
With an injury0
Property damage only1
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

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.

Speeds here, last measured in 2006

On Linwood Ave between Kennedy Rd and Belgreen Ave, 103 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in May 2006 put the average speed at 36 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 47 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 53 km/h or more. That segment carries about 500 vehicles a day. The reading is 20 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Belgreen Ave between Havendale Park Trl and Farmington Cres measured slower: 35 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 42 km/h (May 2006).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Linwood Ave · Kennedy Rd – Belgreen Ave · 103 mMay 2006 · 24 h49036 km/h47 km/h53 km/h
Belgreen Ave · Havendale Park Trl – Farmington Cres · 196 mMay 2006 · 24 h39835 km/h42 km/h47 km/h

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
169 43 57 nearest 188 m
Blue Night
343
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows - Wayfinding on Belgreen Ave installed 2021
Bike Share
Huntingwood Dr / Midland Ave 747 m · 9 min · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 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
2 mapped lots within 500 m, 171 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

No grocery store is listed within a kilometre of this corner. No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 2 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is P. Jay's Take Out, 515 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Value Plus Pharmacy, 459 m away. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: Bethseda Home, a retirement home 136 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • P. Jay's Take Out · 2677 Kennedy Rd 22515 m · 6 min
  • Suraj Desi Kitchen · 2677 Kennedy Rd Unit-6515 m · 6 min
0 within 300 m · 2 within 1 km
Food shops
Zains Bakery 515 m · 6 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Value Plus Pharmacy 459 m · 5 min
Child care
  • Lynnwood Heights Junior Public School · 28 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day301 m · 4 min
  • Smart Start Montessori School · 49 spaces, toddler, preschool502 m · 6 min
2 licensed centres · 77 spaces within 1 km · 1 accept City fee subsidy
Health and care
  • Bethseda Home · retirement home136 m

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 (6)
  • Havendale Park330 m · 4 min
  • Highland Heights Park923 m · 11 min
  • Kennedy Parkette1.1 km · 13 min
  • Knott Park1.1 km · 13 min
  • Donalda Park1.2 km · 14 min
and 1 more within 1.5 km
Schools (11)
  • Lynnwood Heights Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 301 m · 4 min
  • Sir William Osler High SchoolPrivate · 1 km · 12 min
  • Monsignor Fraser College - Midland CampusEnglish Separate · 1.3 km · 15 min
  • Agincourt Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 16 min
  • Canada International College SchoolPrivate · 1.3 km · 16 min
and 6 more within 1.5 km

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 grocery store, a community centre, a library or a public washroom.

23of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food1/30

    2 within 1 km

  • Transit12/28

    4 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation4/10

    1 park within 500 m

  • Schools and child care6/8

    1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Linwood & Belgreen a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 1 lesser collision. 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 Linwood & Belgreen?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 28, 2026, 3% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is Linwood & Belgreen a walkable intersection?

Linwood & Belgreen scores 23 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; 4 stops within 300 m · 4 routes within 1 km; 1 park within 500 m.

How fast do cars go at Linwood & Belgreen?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Linwood Ave between Kennedy Rd and Belgreen Ave (May 2006), found an average of 36 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 47 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Linwood & Belgreen?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 171 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 19,730 spaces — 2 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Linwood & Belgreen by transit?

Bus routes 169, 43, 57 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Linwood & Belgreen?

None within 300 m, and 2 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are P. Jay's Take Out (515 m) and Suraj Desi Kitchen (515 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Linwood & Belgreen?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 77 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Lynnwood Heights Junior Public School (301 m, 28 spaces) and Smart Start Montessori School (502 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What neighbourhood is Linwood & Belgreen in?

Linwood & Belgreen is in Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan (City of Toronto neighbourhood 118). It is in Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt, represented by Councillor Nick Mantas.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined