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McNicoll & Boxdene

McNicoll Ave & Boxdene Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Milliken · Ward 23, Scarborough North

McNicoll & Boxdene, in Milliken, is a moderately travelled crossing. Nearby is 5 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
8,781
vehicles · 8-hour count, Aug 24, 2022
34 pedestrians · 39 cyclists
Collisions
21
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
7 with an injury · 14 property damage · #3327 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 1,100 vehicles, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 258 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 2.1 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions edged down 9%, from 11 in 2016–2020 to 10 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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McNicoll & Boxdene

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
42129130830 nearest 13 m
Blue Night
316
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — McNicoll Ave at Boxdene Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
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.

Within walking distance 1.5 km

Schools (13)
  • The Divine Infant Catholic Elementary School & Msgr Frasier NortheastEnglish Separate · 375 m
  • Macklin Public SchoolEnglish Public · 401 m
  • Percy Williams Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 717 m
  • Agnes Macphail Public SchoolEnglish Public · 733 m
  • Ecole Elementaire Laure RieseFrench Public · 775 m
  • Our Lady of Grace Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 804 m
  • and 7 more
Parks (7)
  • Muirlands Park492 m
  • Richmond Park826 m
  • Goldhawk Park1 km
  • Milliken Park1.2 km
  • Brimley Woods1.2 km
  • Port Royal Park1.5 km
  • and 1 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Goldhawk Park branch920 m
  • Toronto Public Library Woodside Square branch1.1 km

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; 15 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Annaluxmy Cafe, 641 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 15 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Annaluxmy Cafe · 735 Middlefield Rd Unit-3641 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 2 infractions
Royal Hakka Chinese Restaurant · 735 Middlefield Rd, Unit-4-5642 mPassed, Nov 2025
Garderie Chez Tante Laure · 339 Alton Towers Crcl688 mPassed, Jul 2026
Percy Williams YMCA · 35 White Heather Blvd715 mPassed, Mar 2025
A-1 Sweet & Restaurant · 3300 McNicoll Ave, Unit-18723 mPassed, Aug 2025 · 3 infractions
Om Indian Food Centre · 3300 McNicoll Ave, - B6grocery723 mPassed, Jun 2025
Bengali Sweets · 3300 McNicoll Ave A17724 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Island Junction · 3300 McNicoll Ave Unit-5b724 mPassed, Sep 2026

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

No City washroom within 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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 312 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is The Divine Infant Child Care Centre (376 m, 69 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km5 centres · 312 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 5
  • The Divine Infant Child Care Centre · 30 Ingleton Blvd
    69 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    376 m
  • Percy Williams YMCA · 35 White Heather Blvd
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    717 m
  • Garderie Chez Tante Laure · 339 Alton Towers Cir
    77 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    775 m
  • Our Lady of Grace YMCA Child Care Centre (YMCA) · 121 Brimwood Blvd
    67 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    804 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 242 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (4.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.2 km away.

FireFire Station 242 · 1.4 km2733 Brimley Rd
Police42 Division · 4 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 27 · 2.2 km900 Tapscott Rd

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots227 lots · ≈63,040 spaces · 189.1 ha
Within 500 m2 lots · ≈110 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 349 m away, ≈66 spaces; 414 m away, ≈47 spaces; 643 m away, ≈8 spaces; 658 m away, ≈4 spaces; 673 m away, ≈4 spaces; 677 m away, ≈77 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, Aug 24, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 4,231 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 457 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 1,506 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 1,227 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.5% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 4 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, 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 north457southbound · 8 bikes · 0.2% heavy
From the west4,093eastbound · 16 bikes · 5.0% heavy
Total vehicles8,78134 pedestrians · 39 cyclists · 4.5% heavy
From the east4,231westbound · 15 bikes · 4.5% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,227 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,506 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Aug 24, 2022

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

The City's most recent midblock count on Boxdene Ave between McNicoll Ave and Major Oak Ter (31 m away, Jun 2007) recorded volume only — about 2,572 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Ingleton Blvd (261 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 9,171 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Boxdene Ave · McNicoll Ave – Major Oak Ter · 31 mJun 2007 · 3 days2,572
McNicoll Ave · McCowan Rd – Boxdene Ave · 105 mMay 2015 · 3 days8,506

School-zone speed sign 261 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct28 · 35 km/h
Over the limit0.3%
50 km/h or more0.0%

Ingleton Blvd (eastbound), 113/115 Ingleton Blvd · 9,171 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 2019, with 7 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 7 collisions (33%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (10%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Mar 2, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions21#3327 of 5,508
With an injury7#2195 of 4,660
Property damage only14
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist2#1037 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 201425latest Mar 2, 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

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

One theft from a vehicle and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 1, 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 Milliken.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is McNicoll & Boxdene a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 21 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 McNicoll & Boxdene?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Aug 24, 2022, about the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near McNicoll & Boxdene?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 227 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 63,040 spaces — 2 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to McNicoll & Boxdene by transit?

Bus routes 42, 129, 130, 830 within 1 km (nearest stop: McNicoll Ave at Boxdene Ave, 13 m).

What restaurants are near McNicoll & Boxdene?

None within 300 m, and 15 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Annaluxmy Cafe (641 m), Royal Hakka Chinese Restaurant (642 m), Garderie Chez Tante Laure (688 m), Percy Williams YMCA (715 m) and A-1 Sweet & Restaurant (723 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near McNicoll & Boxdene?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 312 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are The Divine Infant Child Care Centre (376 m, 69 spaces), Percy Williams YMCA (717 m, 43 spaces) and Garderie Chez Tante Laure (775 m, 77 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at McNicoll & Boxdene?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts 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 Milliken page.

What neighbourhood is McNicoll & Boxdene in?

McNicoll & Boxdene is in Milliken (City of Toronto neighbourhood 130). It is in Ward 23, Scarborough North, represented by Councillor Jamaal Myers.

Sources

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