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Maxwell & Searle

Maxwell St & Searle Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Bathurst Manor · Ward 6, York Centre

At its last City count, in 2021, Maxwell & Searle, in Bathurst Manor, was a quiet local crossing. At the corner: a bike lane. Nearby: 6 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic
787
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 27, 2021
60 pedestrians · 10 cyclists
Collisions
4
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
0
TTC stops within 100 m
6 routes within 1 km · bikeway
Within a walk
14/100
city median 48
11 places to eat within 1 km

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Maxwell & Searle

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 · Oct 27, 2021

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 286 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 36% of the total, against 116 from the east. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 163 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m., 29% above the afternoon peak from 2:00 p.m. (126). Heavy vehicles made up 4.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2021, 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 north286southbound · 3 bikes · 4.5% heavy
From the west139eastbound · 3 bikes · 0.7% heavy
Total vehicles78760 pedestrians · 10 cyclists · 4.4% heavy
From the east116westbound · 2 bikes · 6.0% heavy
From the south246northbound · 2 bikes · 5.7% heavy

Peak hours: 163 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 126 from 2:00 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 2019, with 2 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 1 collision (25%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Feb 27, 2020.

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 collisions4
With an injury1
Property damage only3
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.

How fast traffic moves here

On Searle Ave between Hove St and Bryant St, 279 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in June 2006 put the average speed at 38 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 48 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 52 km/h or more. That segment carries about 100 vehicles a day. The reading is 20 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. Maxwell St between Cocksfield Ave and Codsell Ave measured slower: 37 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 44 km/h (Sep 2023) — a much more recent reading than the one above.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Searle Ave · Hove St – Bryant St · 279 mJun 2006 · 24 h14738 km/h48 km/h52 km/h
Maxwell St · Cocksfield Ave – Codsell Ave · 351 mSep 2023 · 3 days1,48537 km/h44 km/h48 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
84 104 7 160 nearest 558 m · 7 min
Blue Night
384 307
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on Maxwell St installed 2024
Bike Share
no station 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
0 mapped lots within 500 m, 158 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; 11 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 41 within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 740 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Donya's Pharmacy, 902 m away; 3 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk. For seniors' housing: L'chaim Retirement Homes Inc., a retirement home 563 m away (two within a kilometre).

Restaurants & cafés
  • Tim Hortons · 680 Sheppard Ave W740 m · 9 min
  • Bun Bo Hue O Nom · 656 Sheppard Ave W818 m · 10 min
  • Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 674 Sheppard Ave W839 m · 10 min
  • Wolfie's · 670 Sheppard Ave W863 m · 10 min
  • Orly Restaurant & Grill · 660 Sheppard Ave W892 m · 11 min
0 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Food shops
Ana's Sweet Creations 794 m · 9 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
Pharmacy
Donya's Pharmacy 902 m · 11 min · 3 within 1 km
Child care
  • Fantasia Child Care Center · 79 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day769 m · 9 min
  • Gan Yeladim Day Care Centre · 57 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day779 m · 9 min
2 licensed centres · 136 spaces within 1 km · 1 accept City fee subsidy
Health and care
  • L'chaim Retirement Homes Inc. · retirement home · 2 within 1 km563 m · 7 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 (7)
  • Maxwell Park429 m · 5 min
  • Irving W. Chapley Park0.9 km · 11 min
  • Hearthstone Valley Greenbelt1.2 km · 14 min
  • McAllister Park1.2 km · 14 min
  • Michael Feldman Parkette1.2 km · 14 min
and 2 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (8)
  • Bnei Akiva School - Ulpanat OrotPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • The Toronto Heschel SchoolPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Tanenbaum Chat Wallenberg CampusPrivate · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Forest Valley Outdoor Education CentreEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 14 min
  • Dublin Heights Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km · 15 min
and 3 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 library or a public washroom.

14of 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 food3/30

    11 within 1 km

  • Transit4/28

    6 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation5/10

    1 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1 km

  • Schools and child care2/8

    nearest school 1.1 km · 2 licensed child cares within 1 km

  • 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.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

Within a kilometre there are two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 325 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 4455 Bathurst St (905 m, 301 units, 14 storeys, built 1980), which scored 98 out of 100 at its August 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
4455 Bathurst St Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation30114198098 · Aug 2026905 m · 11 min
15 Wilmington Ave243195899 · Jul 20251 km · 12 min

2 registered buildings · 325 units · 1 social housing · tallest 14 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

Police records place no theft from a vehicle or bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025.

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 Bathurst Manor.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Maxwell & Searle a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 4 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 Maxwell & Searle?

A quiet local crossing at the City's last count here, in 2021. Its latest count is from Oct 27, 2021, 9% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Maxwell & Searle a walkable intersection?

Maxwell & Searle scores 14 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 park within 500 m · nearest centre 1 km; nearest school 1.1 km · 2 licensed child cares within 1 km; 6 routes within 1 km.

How fast do cars go at Maxwell & Searle?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Searle Ave between Hove St and Bryant St (June 2006), found an average of 38 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Maxwell & Searle?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 158 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 9,800 spaces — none within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Maxwell & Searle by transit?

Bus routes 84, 104, 7, 160 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Maxwell & Searle?

None within 300 m, and 11 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Tim Hortons (740 m), Bun Bo Hue O Nom (818 m), Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (839 m), Wolfie's (863 m) and Orly Restaurant & Grill (892 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Maxwell & Searle?

Two licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 136 spaces in total; 1 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Fantasia Child Care Center (769 m, 79 spaces) and Gan Yeladim Day Care Centre (779 m, 57 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Maxwell & Searle?

Two RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 325 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 4455 Bathurst St (905 m, 301 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 15 Wilmington Ave (1.0 km, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 99). The average RentSafeTO score across the 2 is 99 out of 100.

What neighbourhood is Maxwell & Searle in?

Maxwell & Searle is in Bathurst Manor (City of Toronto neighbourhood 034). It is in Ward 6, York Centre, represented by Councillor James Pasternak.

Sources

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