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Markham & Luella

Markham Rd & Luella St · Toronto, Ontario · Scarborough Village · Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood

Markham & Luella is an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in Scarborough Village. At the corner: a school within 250 m and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
17,910
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 22, 2025
1,100 pedestrians · 19 cyclists · #1032 busiest
Collisions
52
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
8 with an injury · 36 property damage · #2006 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #1159 of 1,505
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: 11 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,280 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 16 vehicles, close to the citywide median. On average 5.2 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 2.9 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions rose 26%, from 23 in 2016–2020 to 29 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 52 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Markham & Luella

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
10286116129 nearest 11 m
Express
902905986
Blue Night
334386
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Markham Rd at Cougar Crt; Markham Rd at Luella St
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Markham Rd / Cougar Crt 19 m · 11 docks · 8 stations, 115 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)
  • Scarborough Village Public SchoolEnglish Public · 215 m
  • Cedar Drive Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 384 m
  • St Boniface Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 494 m
  • Mason Road Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 816 m
  • George P Mackie Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 882 m
  • Cedarbrook Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 882 m
  • and 4 more
Parks (16)
  • Bakerton Parkette312 m
  • Fred Johnson Park521 m
  • Scarborough Village Park568 m
  • Lochleven Park591 m
  • Bethune Park804 m
  • Bellamy Park886 m
  • and 10 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Cedarbrae branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Scarborough Village TheatrePerforming Arts · 615 m
Signal
0990, activated 1972 · SAP · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · 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

Toronto Public Health inspects 25 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 10 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 58. The nearest is Caribbean Sweet Spot, 30 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in December 2025 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés25 within 300 m · 58 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience10 within 300 m · 22 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Caribbean Sweet Spot · 260 Markham Rd30 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 2 infractions
The Big Slice Pizza and Chicken · 226 Markham Rd, Bldg-145 mPassed, Sep 2025
Tim Choi Chinese Food · 266 Markham Rdgrocery54 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 2 infractions
New Aryana Afghan Store · 232 Markham Rd58 mPassed, May 2026
North Kabab · 234 Markham Rd58 mPassed, Nov 2025
Lulu Shawarma & Meat · 268 Markham Rdgrocery62 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 3 infractions
King of Taste · 286 Markham Rd92 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Namma Madurai · 296 Markham Rd Bldg-192 mConditional pass, Jun 2026 · 5 infractions

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 Scarborough Village Recreation Centre Washroom, 589 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 516 m away at Scarborough Village Park.

  • Scarborough Village Recreation Centre Washroom · 3600 Kingston Rd
    View centre hours · accessible
    589 m
  • Scarborough Village Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 23 Gatesview Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    597 m
Drinking water
Scarborough Village Park bottle filling station · 516 m; Scarborough Village Park drinking fountain · 596 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

13 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 856 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Scarborough Village Day Nursery 1 (81 m, 77 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km13 centres · 856 spaces
Fee subsidy13 of 13
  • Scarborough Village Day Nursery 1 · 215 Markham Rd
    77 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    81 m
  • Children's Village Day Care Centre #3 · 225 Markham Rd
    105 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    141 m
  • N.y.a.d Scarborough Village · 15 Luella St
    44 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    215 m
  • Cougar Court Child Care Centre 25 · 3225 Eglinton Ave E
    76 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    330 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 231 (2.3 km), the nearest police station 43 Division (4.7 km) and the nearest ambulance station 624 m away.

FireFire Station 231 · 2.3 km740 Markham Rd
Police43 Division · 4.7 km4331 Lawrence Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 22 · 624 m3100 Eglinton 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 22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,341 rental units — five social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 215 Markham Rd (81 m, 193 units, 17 storeys, built 1968), which scored 92 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 138 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 41 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings22 · 3,341 units · 5 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026138 across the 22
Open fire-code violations41
Tallest21 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
215 Markham Rd · Q Residential19317196892 · Sep 2025581 m
225 Markham Rd · Q Residential22916196996 · Sep 20245 · 5 fire141 m
25 Cougar Crt · Metcap Living Management Inc23621196584 · Aug 202619174 m
15 Cougar Crt · Amaz Property Management19317196573 · Oct 20254177 m
3171-3181 Eglinton Ave EToronto Community Housing · Del Managment1037196583 · Jul 20260266 m
3171 Eglinton Ave EToronto Community Housing · Del Management16112196591 · Jul 20261266 m
5 Cedar Dr · Property Services Inc.8610196173 · Oct 20250 · 16 fire343 m
3161 Eglinton Ave E · Best Rank Investments16612196992 · Jul 20262378 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 lots252 lots · ≈30,790 spaces · 92.4 ha
Within 500 m33 lots · ≈4,420 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 52 m away, ≈88 spaces; 57 m away, ≈45 spaces; 81 m away, ≈9 spaces; 113 m away, ≈19 spaces; 123 m away, ≈12 spaces; 125 m away, ≈364 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 — 14-hour, Nov 22, 2025 (a weekend day)

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 8,622 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 740 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 1,704 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:15 p.m., against 1,091 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north8,622southbound · 6 bikes · 1.3% heavy
From the west740eastbound · 4 bikes · 0.3% heavy
Total vehicles17,9101,100 pedestrians · 19 cyclists · 1.1% heavy
From the east890westbound · 0 bikes · 0.7% heavy
From the south7,658northbound · 9 bikes · 1.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,091 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,704 vehicles from 4:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 22, 2025 · weekend

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 Markham Rd between Cougar Crt and Dunelm St, 98 m from the corner, a 3-day count in November 2025 put the average speed at 50 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 58 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 64 km/h or more. That segment carries about 23,400 vehicles a day. Luella St between Conn Smythe Dr and Centre St measured slower: 40 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 48 km/h (Nov 2020). At the school-zone speed sign on Gatesview Ave (378 m away, 30 km/h limit), 0.1% of the 13,773 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Markham Rd · Cougar Crt – Dunelm St · 98 mNov 2025 · 3 days23,43450 km/h58 km/h64 km/h
Luella St · Conn Smythe Dr – Centre St · 204 mNov 2020 · 3 days84540 km/h48 km/h53 km/h

School-zone speed sign 378 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct20 · 26 km/h
Over the limit0.8%
40 km/h or more0.1%

Gatesview Ave (eastbound), 13 Gatesview Avenue · 13,773 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 8 collisions; 2025 recorded 5. 8 collisions (15%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 19% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 5 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (10%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 28, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.9 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions52#2006 of 5,508
With an injury8#2086 of 4,660
Property damage only36
Fail to remain10
Involving a pedestrian4#984 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2104 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201464latest Apr 28, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. 1 motorcyclist was among those hurt. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on Mar 3, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#1159 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
In darkness1
All KSI since 20061latest Mar 3, 2024

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

33 thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 5.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 5 in 2023–2025, about 1.7 a year, against 4.1 a year before that. 70% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle3350street/outdoor (23), apartment parking (8)
Bicycle theft100other (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 6, 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 Scarborough Village.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Markham & Luella a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#1159 of 1,505), out of 52 reported collisions of any severity. 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 Markham & Luella?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #1032 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Markham & Luella?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Markham Rd between Cougar Crt and Dunelm St (November 2025), found an average of 50 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 58 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 378 m away (30 km/h), 0.1% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Markham & Luella?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 252 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 30,790 spaces — 33 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Markham & Luella by transit?

Bus routes 102, 86, 116, 12, 9, 902, 905, 986 within 1 km (nearest stop: Markham Rd at Cougar Crt, 11 m).

What restaurants are near Markham & Luella?

25 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 58 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Caribbean Sweet Spot (30 m), The Big Slice Pizza and Chicken (45 m), New Aryana Afghan Store (58 m), North Kabab (58 m) and King of Taste (92 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 Markham & Luella?

The nearest is Scarborough Village Recreation Centre Washroom, 3600 Kingston Rd, 589 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Scarborough Village Park Fieldhouse Washroom (597 m). 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 Markham & Luella?

13 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 856 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Scarborough Village Day Nursery 1 (81 m, 77 spaces), Children's Village Day Care Centre #3 (141 m, 105 spaces) and N.y.a.d Scarborough Village (215 m, 44 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Markham & Luella?

22 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,341 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 215 Markham Rd (81 m, 193 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 225 Markham Rd (141 m, 229 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 25 Cougar Crt (174 m, 236 units, RentSafeTO score 84) and 15 Cougar Crt (177 m, 193 units, RentSafeTO score 73). The average RentSafeTO score across the 22 is 87 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 Markham & Luella?

Toronto Police place 33 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 Scarborough Village page.

What neighbourhood is Markham & Luella in?

Markham & Luella is in Scarborough Village (City of Toronto neighbourhood 139), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood, represented by Councillor Paul Ainslie.

Sources

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