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Midland & Marcos

Midland Ave & Marcos Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · Bendale South · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

Midland & Marcos, in Bendale South, is a busier-than-typical intersection. At the corner: a bike lane, 2 schools within 250 m and an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 16 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
17,092
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 23, 2024
554 pedestrians · 106 cyclists · #1114 busiest
Collisions
65
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
14 with an injury · 42 property damage · #1681 of 5,508 · +2 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
9 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Sharrows - Wayfinding
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 14-hour count works out to close to 1,220 vehicles, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 31 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 6.5 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 3.8 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 24%, from 37 in 2016–2020 to 28 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Midland & Marcos

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
5738129131133154542143 nearest 22 m
Express
903904938939954
Blue Night
354343
Nearest stops
2 surface stops within 300 m — Midland Ave at Marcos Blvd; Midland Ave at Romulus Dr
Cycling
Sharrows - Wayfinding on Romulus Dr installed 2011; Sharrows - Wayfinding on Marcos Blvd installed 2011
Bike Share
Prudential Dr / Midland Ave 413 m · 15 docks · 6 stations, 74 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 (16)
  • Charles Gordon Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 205 m
  • Hunter's Glen Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 249 m
  • St Albert Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 329 m
  • Lord Roberts Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 564 m
  • St Joan of Arc Catholic AcademyEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • David and Mary Thomson CollegiateEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 10 more
Community centres
Parks (13)
  • Hunters Glen Park309 m
  • Arsandco Park482 m
  • Lord Roberts Woods578 m
  • Jack Goodlad Park702 m
  • Mooregate Park765 m
  • Kennedy - Lawrence Parkette866 m
  • and 7 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library McGregor Park branch1.4 km
Places of interest
  • Scarborough MuseumMuseum · 1.4 km
Signal
1098, activated 1975 · 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

Toronto Public Health inspects 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 32. The nearest is Hunter's Glen YMCA, 248 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in October 2024.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 32 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 13 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Hunter's Glen YMCA · 16 Haileybury Dr248 mPassed, Oct 2024
Rafik Enterprise Inc. · 103 Marcos Blvd481 mPassed, Jun 2026
Shereen Guyanese Bakery · 1063 Midland Avegrocery512 mPassed, Jun 2026
Island Escape Restaurant · 1055 Midland Ave527 mPassed, Jan 2026
Full-A-Flavour Kitchen Inc. · 1053 Midland Ave Unit-2530 mPassed, Jun 2026
Atchayam South Indian Restaurant · 2655 Lawrence Ave E Bldg-1537 mPassed, Jul 2026
City Fried Chicken · 2655 Lawrence Ave E B1537 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Late Night Pizza · 2655 Lawrence Ave E537 mPassed, Jan 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

The nearest public washroom is Jack Goodlad Community Centre Washroom, 782 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

  • Jack Goodlad Community Centre Washroom · 929 Kennedy Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    782 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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 265 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Hunter's Glen School Age YMCA (249 m, 43 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km5 centres · 265 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 5
  • Hunter's Glen School Age YMCA · 16 Haileybury Dr
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    249 m
  • Plasp St. Albert Catholic School · 1125 Midland Ave
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    329 m
  • Cedarbrae Day Nursery (1375 Midland) · 1375 Midland Ave
    71 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    403 m
  • Small World Big Dreams Child Care Centre Inc. · 1085 Midland Ave
    26 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    474 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 232 (1.0 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (2.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 833 m away.

FireFire Station 232 · 1 km1550 Midland Ave
Police41 Division · 2.1 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 20 · 833 m2430 Lawrence 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 12 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,248 rental units. The nearest is 1155 Midland Ave (121 m, 115 units, 5 storeys, built 1965), which scored 91 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 70 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 7 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings12 · 1,248 units
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202670 across the 12
Open fire-code violations7
Tallest21 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1155 Midland Ave · Skyview Management Ltd.1155196591 · Nov 20254 · 1 fire121 m
1375 Midland Ave14413197274 · Sep 20241 · 6 fire403 m
1385 Midland Ave · Firm Capital Properties Inc14413195078 · Jul 202629476 m
2700 Lawrence Ave E · Metcap Living Management Inc1117195792 · Sep 20254709 m
2702 Lawrence Ave E · Metcap Living Management Inc967195791 · Sep 20254745 m
5 Brockley Dr · Homestead Land Holdings Limited25421196999 · Aug 20252790 m
2 Treewood St · Briarlane Rental Property Management Inc.827195694 · Nov 20252869 m
4 Treewood St · Northview Apartment REIT827196179 · Sep 20247881 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 lots356 lots · ≈54,440 spaces · 163.3 ha
Within 500 m9 lots · ≈810 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 962 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East · Surface736 m90 *
Kennedy North Service Road - 2450 Eglinton Ave East · Surface1.4 km199 *
Kennedy South Lot -155 Transway Cres · Surface1.6 km673 *

Nearest lots: 116 m away, ≈62 spaces; 119 m away, ≈133 spaces; 168 m away, ≈74 spaces; 256 m away, ≈80 spaces; 284 m away, ≈57 spaces; 351 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 — 14-hour, Nov 23, 2024 (a weekend day)

Traffic is heaviest from the south: 8,279 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 48% of the total, against 620 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 1,617 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:15 p.m., against 1,178 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.0% 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. The count is 22 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north7,557southbound · 36 bikes · 7.8% heavy
From the west636eastbound · 17 bikes · 0.2% heavy
Total vehicles17,092554 pedestrians · 106 cyclists · 4.0% heavy
From the east620westbound · 27 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south8,279northbound · 26 bikes · 1.2% heavy
AM peak hour1,178 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,617 vehicles from 2:15 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 23, 2024 · 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 Midland Ave between Tara Ave and Romulus Dr, 254 m from the corner, a 2-day count in April 2019 put the average speed at 61 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 69 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 77 km/h or more. That segment carries about 10,200 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Marcos Blvd (129 m away, 30 km/h limit), 3.2% of the 43,220 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Midland Ave · Tara Ave – Romulus Dr · 254 mApr 2019 · 2 days10,21461 km/h69 km/h77 km/h

School-zone speed sign 129 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct15 · 33 km/h
Over the limit10%
40 km/h or more3.2%

Marcos Blvd (eastbound), 22 Marcos Boulevard · 43,220 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 2017, with 13 collisions; 2025 recorded 7. 14 collisions (22%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 10 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 4 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (6%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 12, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 3.8 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions65#1681 of 5,508
With an injury14#1296 of 4,660
Property damage only42
Fail to remain10
Involving a pedestrian3#1337 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2137 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified9
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201478latest May 12, 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

Four 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.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle410house driveway/garage (2), apartment parking (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 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 Bendale South.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Midland & Marcos a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 65 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 Midland & Marcos?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #1114 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Midland & Marcos?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Midland Ave between Tara Ave and Romulus Dr (April 2019), found an average of 61 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 69 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 129 m away (30 km/h), 3.2% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Midland & Marcos?

The nearest Green P car park is Lawrence East Lot - Near 2450 Lawrence Ave East (736 m away, 90 spaces). The City's mapping shows 356 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 54,440 spaces — 9 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Midland & Marcos by transit?

Bus routes 57, 38, 129, 131, 133, 154, 54, 21 and 6 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Midland Ave at Marcos Blvd, 22 m).

What restaurants are near Midland & Marcos?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 32 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Hunter's Glen YMCA (248 m), Rafik Enterprise Inc. (481 m), Island Escape Restaurant (527 m), Full-A-Flavour Kitchen Inc. (530 m) and Atchayam South Indian Restaurant (537 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 Midland & Marcos?

The nearest is Jack Goodlad Community Centre Washroom, 929 Kennedy Rd, 782 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.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 Midland & Marcos?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 265 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Hunter's Glen School Age YMCA (249 m, 43 spaces), Plasp St. Albert Catholic School (329 m, 28 spaces) and Cedarbrae Day Nursery (1375 Midland) (403 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Midland & Marcos?

12 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,248 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1155 Midland Ave (121 m, 115 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 1375 Midland Ave (403 m, 144 units, RentSafeTO score 74), 1385 Midland Ave (476 m, 144 units, RentSafeTO score 78) and 2700 Lawrence Ave E (709 m, 111 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 12 is 89 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 Midland & Marcos?

Toronto Police place four 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 Bendale South page.

What neighbourhood is Midland & Marcos in?

Midland & Marcos is in Bendale South (City of Toronto neighbourhood 157). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.

Sources

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