Toronto · intersection · signal 2044

McNicoll & Morningside

McNicoll Ave & Morningside Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Morningside Heights · Ward 23, Scarborough North

McNicoll & Morningside is an intersection of typical volume. It sits in Morningside Heights. At the corner: a park and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
8,322
vehicles · 14-hour count, Dec 10, 2023
54 pedestrians · 6 cyclists · #1831 busiest
Collisions
96
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
12 with an injury · 72 property damage · #1160 of 5,508 · +7 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 590 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 51% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 154 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 9.6 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 11.5 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 2.3× the median rate for counted intersections. The pace has been steady: 49 collisions in 2016–2020 and 47 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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McNicoll & Morningside

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
53133116134102 nearest 166 m
Express
939953
Blue Night
339334353
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m
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 (8)
  • Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 332 m
  • Brookside Public SchoolEnglish Public · 354 m
  • Thomas L Wells Public SchoolEnglish Public · 762 m
  • Miraj AcademyPrivate · 786 m
  • Islamic Institute of Toronto Academy SchoolPrivate · 1 km
  • Shirdi Sai School of CanadaPrivate · 1.2 km
  • and 2 more
Parks (11)
  • Hummingbird Park135 m
  • Seasons Park466 m
  • Nightstar Park535 m
  • Knotwood Park598 m
  • Birunthan Park887 m
  • Starry Park1 km
  • and 5 more
Signal
2044, activated 2011 · SA2 · 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

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 10 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Crab Ceylon, 786 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in March 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 10 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 1 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Crab Ceylon · 1080 Tapscott Rd Unit-23786 mPassed, Mar 2026
Scarborough Convention Centre · 20 Torham Pl None796 mPassed, Jun 2026
Hq Cold Storage Inc. · 330 Finchdene Sq, Unit-B855 mPassed, Jul 2025
Ocean Farm · 131 Finchdene Sq, Unit-9915 mPassed, Sep 2025
Canteen of Canada · 25 Ironside Cres946 mPassed, Jun 2024
Al Nasar Inc · 111 Finchdene Sq Unit-21 kmPassed, Jun 2026
Nantha Caters · 111 Finchdene Sq Unit-41 kmPassed, Apr 2026
The Village Grocer · 111 Finchdene Sq Unit-1grocery1 kmPassed, Jun 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 255 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Cambridge Leaf Montessori School (216 m, 58 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km4 centres · 255 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • Cambridge Leaf Montessori School · 3875 McNicoll Ave
    58 spaces · toddler, preschool
    216 m
  • Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Extended Day Program · 8 Seasons Dr
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    332 m
  • Brookside Child Care Centre · 75 Oasis Blvd
    113 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    354 m
  • Family Day Thomas L Wells Extended Day and School Age Program · 69 Nightstar Rd
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    762 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 211 (748 m), the nearest police station 42 Division (4.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 748 m away.

FireFire Station 211 · 748 m900 Tapscott Rd
Police42 Division · 4.2 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 27 · 748 m900 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 lots150 lots · ≈80,030 spaces · 240.1 ha
Within 500 m4 lots · ≈530 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 186 m away, ≈358 spaces; 288 m away, ≈23 spaces; 333 m away, ≈60 spaces; 389 m away, ≈84 spaces; 599 m away, ≈3,059 spaces; 612 m away, ≈842 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, Dec 10, 2023 (a weekend day)

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 3,220 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 39% of the total, against 1,912 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 1,381 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 623 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 1.2% 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 Sunday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west3,220eastbound · 3 bikes · 0.7% heavy
Total vehicles8,32254 pedestrians · 6 cyclists · 1.2% heavy
From the east1,912westbound · 2 bikes · 0.1% heavy
From the south3,190northbound · 1 bikes · 2.4% heavy
AM peak hour623 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,381 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Dec 10, 2023 · 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 Oasis Blvd between Seasons Dr and Pinoak St, 298 m from the corner, a 2-day count in March 2020 put the average speed at 36 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 45 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 51 km/h or more. That segment carries about 2,800 vehicles a day. The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Seasons Dr (263 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 35,021 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Morningside Ave · Walkway W of Raponi and N of Morningside – McNicoll Ave · 84 mMay 2010 · 3 days9,220
Oasis Blvd · Seasons Dr – Pinoak St · 298 mMar 2020 · 2 days2,80436 km/h45 km/h51 km/h

School-zone speed sign 263 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct30 · 33 km/h
Over the limit0.0%
50 km/h or more0.0%

Seasons Dr (eastbound), South Side of Seasons Dr, Fronting No.9/11 · 35,021 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 14 collisions; 2025 recorded 12. 12 collisions (13%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 15 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 16% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (1%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 7 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 26, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 11.5 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions96#1160 of 5,508
With an injury12#1487 of 4,660
Property damage only72
Fail to remain15
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist1#2196 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified12
Since January 2026 (outside the window)7
All since 2014118latest May 26, 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

11 thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 1 in 2023–2025, about 0.3 a year, against 1.4 a year before that. 82% 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 vehicle1110street/outdoor (9), commercial premises (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 27, 2023. 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 Morningside Heights.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is McNicoll & Morningside a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 96 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 & Morningside?

An intersection of typical volume. It ranks #1831 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 51% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at McNicoll & Morningside?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Oasis Blvd between Seasons Dr and Pinoak St (March 2020), found an average of 36 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 45 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 263 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near McNicoll & Morningside?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 150 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 80,030 spaces — 4 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to McNicoll & Morningside by transit?

Bus routes 53, 133, 116, 134, 102, 939, 953 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near McNicoll & Morningside?

None within 300 m, and 10 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Crab Ceylon (786 m), Scarborough Convention Centre (796 m), Hq Cold Storage Inc. (855 m), Ocean Farm (915 m) and Canteen of Canada (946 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 & Morningside?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 255 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Cambridge Leaf Montessori School (216 m, 58 spaces), Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Extended Day Program (332 m, 56 spaces) and Brookside Child Care Centre (354 m, 113 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at McNicoll & Morningside?

Toronto Police place 11 thefts from vehicles 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 Morningside Heights page.

What neighbourhood is McNicoll & Morningside in?

McNicoll & Morningside is in Morningside Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 144). It is in Ward 23, Scarborough North, represented by Councillor Jamaal Myers.

Sources

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