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Maxwell & Searle

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

Maxwell & Searle, in Bathurst Manor, is a quiet local crossing. At the corner: a bike lane. Nearby: 7 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
787
vehicles · 8-hour count, Oct 27, 2021
60 pedestrians · 10 cyclists
Collisions
4
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 3 property damage · #5192 of 5,508
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
0
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 100 vehicles an hour, 9% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 13 vehicles, close to the citywide median. On average 0.4 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Maxwell & Searle

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
841047160 nearest 546 m
Express
984
Blue Night
384307
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
Sharrows on Maxwell St installed 2024
Bike Share
Wilmington Ave / Kennard Ave 713 m · 11 docks · 2 stations, 26 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 (13)
  • Prosserman Jewish Community Centre & Torah High - Prosserman JCC CampusPrivate · 660 m
  • The Toronto Heschel SchoolPrivate · 762 m
  • Bnei Akiva School - Ulpanat OrotPrivate · 768 m
  • Tanenbaum Chat Wallenberg CampusPrivate · 835 m
  • St Robert Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km
  • Dublin Heights Elementary & Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 7 more
Community centres
Parks (15)
  • Maxwell Park371 m
  • Irving W. Chapley Park685 m
  • Carscadden Greenbelt769 m
  • Hearthstone Valley Greenbelt837 m
  • McAllister Park921 m
  • Hinder Area923 m
  • and 9 more
Places of interest
  • Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education CentreMuseum · 754 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 39 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 572 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 39 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tim Hortons · 680 Sheppard Ave W572 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen · 674 Sheppard Ave W595 mPassed, Jun 2026
Ana's Sweet Creations · 664 Sheppard Ave W602 mPassed, Jun 2025
Wolfie's · 670 Sheppard Ave W602 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Fish On the Flame · 664 Sheppard Ave Wgrocery603 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Orly Restaurant & Grill · 660 Sheppard Ave W614 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
Bun Bo Hue O Nom · 656 Sheppard Ave W615 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Noon Moment · 654 Sheppard Ave W628 mPassed, Mar 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

The nearest public washroom is Hinder Area Washroom, 1.0 km away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Hinder Area Washroom · 44 Don River Blvd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    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 573 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Gan Yeladim Day Care Centre (552 m, 57 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km6 centres · 573 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 6
  • Gan Yeladim Day Care Centre · 100 Elder St
    57 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    552 m
  • Fantasia Child Care Center (2724826 Ontario Inc) · 678 Sheppard Ave W
    79 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    582 m
  • Prosserman JCC - Daycare and Preschool · 4588 Bathurst St
    218 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    660 m
  • The Toronto Heschel School · 819 Sheppard Ave W
    96 spaces · preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    762 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 143 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 32 Division (3.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 143 · 1.3 km1009 Sheppard Ave W
Police32 Division · 3 km30 Ellerslie Avenue
AmbulanceEMS Headquarters/EMS 53 Stn/Fire Headquarters · 1.5 km4330 Dufferin St

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 16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,688 rental units — one social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 15 Wilmington Ave (694 m, 24 units, 3 storeys, built 1958), which scored 99 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 20 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings16 · 1,688 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202620 across the 16
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest21 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
15 Wilmington Ave243195899 · Jul 20250694 m
1 Wilmington Ave · Ryis Properties Inc123195993 · Jul 20260728 m
4455 Bathurst StToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation30114198098 · Aug 20261733 m
20 Wilmington Ave134196576 · Jul 20250743 m
10 Wilmington Ave · Hazelview Property Services Inc.414196093 · Jul 20260768 m
118 Overbrook Pl173196087 · Jun 20250786 m
4415 Bathurst St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc16714196294 · Oct 20255815 m
34 Carscadden Dr · Elevate PM Limited696196598 · Jul 20250850 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 lots297 lots · ≈38,060 spaces · 114.2 ha
Within 500 m0 lots · ≈0 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 632 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd · Surface1.6 km632 *

Nearest lots: 508 m away, ≈23 spaces; 515 m away, ≈12 spaces; 516 m away, ≈4 spaces; 526 m away, ≈38 spaces; 533 m away, ≈24 spaces; 539 m away, ≈12 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, 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 16,183 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
AM peak hour163 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour126 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Oct 27, 2021

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 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. 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). The reading is 20 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

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; 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 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.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions4#5192 of 5,508
With an injury1#4535 of 4,660
Property damage only3
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
All since 20145latest Feb 27, 2020

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

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

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

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

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 26, 2015. 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. Its latest count is from Oct 27, 2021, 9% of the median for a counted intersection.

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?

The nearest Green P car park is Downsview Lot - 415 William R Allen Rd (1.6 km away, 632 spaces). The City's mapping shows 297 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 38,060 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, 984 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Maxwell & Searle?

None within 300 m, and 39 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (572 m), Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (595 m), Ana's Sweet Creations (602 m), Wolfie's (602 m) and Orly Restaurant & Grill (614 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 Maxwell & Searle?

The nearest is Hinder Area Washroom, 44 Don River Blvd, 1.0 km away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. 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 Maxwell & Searle?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 573 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Gan Yeladim Day Care Centre (552 m, 57 spaces), Fantasia Child Care Center (2724826 Ontario Inc) (582 m, 79 spaces) and Prosserman JCC - Daycare and Preschool (660 m, 218 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Maxwell & Searle?

16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,688 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 15 Wilmington Ave (694 m, 24 units, RentSafeTO score 99), 1 Wilmington Ave (728 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 4455 Bathurst St (733 m, 301 units, RentSafeTO score 98) and 20 Wilmington Ave (743 m, 13 units, RentSafeTO score 76). The average RentSafeTO score across the 16 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.

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

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