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Morningside & Ling

Morningside Ave & Ling Rd · Toronto, Ontario · West Hill · Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park

Morningside & Ling is a mid-volume intersection. It sits in West Hill. It has a school within 250 m and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
6,565
vehicles · 8-hour count, Dec 18, 2018
755 pedestrians · 8 cyclists
Collisions
46
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
10 with an injury · 23 property damage · #2196 of 5,508 · +3 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
Bike Share: 19 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 820 vehicles, 71% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 9 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). That comes with about 4.6 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. The pace has been steady: 23 collisions in 2016–2020 and 23 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Morningside & Ling

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
116548612 nearest 17 m
Express
954905986
Blue Night
334354386
Nearest stops
9 surface stops within 300 m — Morningside Ave at Ling Rd
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Ling Rd / Morningside Ave 36 m · 19 docks · 7 stations, 95 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 (10)
  • St Martin de Porres Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 66 m
  • Academie Alexandre DumasFrench Public · 664 m
  • West Hill Public SchoolEnglish Public · 682 m
  • Joseph Brant Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 817 m
  • St Margaret's Public SchoolEnglish Public · 830 m
  • Galloway Road Public SchoolEnglish Public · 898 m
  • and 4 more
Parks (13)
  • Deekshill Park313 m
  • St. Margarets Parkette566 m
  • Peter Secor Park681 m
  • Heron Park734 m
  • Eastview Park785 m
  • West Hill Park895 m
  • and 7 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Morningside branch687 m
Signal
2171, activated 2009 · PA - MPS · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 74 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Recreation Room Kitchen - TCHC, 156 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in October 2025.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 74 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 18 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Recreation Room Kitchen - TCHC · 4205 Lawrence Ave E156 mPassed, Oct 2025
Bereket Kebab House · 245 Morningside Ave Unit-D2252 mPassed, Jun 2026
Fat Bastard Burrito · 4455 Kingston Rd Unit-1280 mPassed, May 2026
Shawarma Royale · 4455 Kingston Rd Unit-3280 mPassed, Aug 2026
Glow and Rejoice Initiative · 4218 Lawrence Ave E, Unit-200315 mPassed, Nov 2025
Burger St. · 4218 Lawrence Ave E Unit-13316 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Kapit Bahay · 4218 Lawrence Ave E Unit - 8 & 9316 mPassed, Feb 2026
Little Caesars · 4218 Lawrence Ave E Unit-12316 mPassed, Apr 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 Heron Park Community Centre Washroom, 719 m away, View centre hours.

  • Heron Park Community Centre Washroom · 292 Manse Rd
    View centre hours
    719 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 681 spaces; seven accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is East Scarb. Child Care Centre - East Scarb. Boys & Girls Club (66 m, 125 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km9 centres · 681 spaces
Fee subsidy7 of 9
  • East Scarb. Child Care Centre - East Scarb. Boys & Girls Club · 230 Morningside Ave
    125 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    66 m
  • Morningside Children's Centre · 292 Morningside Ave
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    643 m
  • Garderie Chez Tante Laure 2 · 255 Coronation Dr
    105 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    664 m
  • Growing Tykes Child Care · 4105 Lawrence Ave E
    142 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    769 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 234 (775 m), the nearest police station 43 Division (1.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.0 km away.

FireFire Station 234 · 775 m40 Coronation Dr
Police43 Division · 1 km4331 Lawrence Avenue East
AmbulanceTPS 43 Division/EMS Stn 26 · 1 km4331 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

14 registered apartment buildings with 2,327 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, eight of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 225 Morningside Ave (76 m, 99 units, 10 storeys, built 1972), which scored 92 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 88, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 60 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 18 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings14 · 2,327 units · 8 social housing
RentSafeTO score88 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202660 across the 14
Open fire-code violations18
Tallest20 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
225 Morningside AveToronto Community Housing · Del Managment9910197292 · Nov 2025276 m
217 Morningside Ave · Amaz Property Management1109196587 · Aug 2026282 m
207 Morningside Ave · Signet Group Inc.1075196181 · Oct 2025983 m
4205 Lawrence Ave EToronto Community Housing · Del Managment34514197477 · Nov 202516155 m
205 Morningside Ave · Signet Group Inc.1075196195 · Oct 20258171 m
4175 Lawrence Ave EToronto Community Housing · Del Managment37513197485 · Oct 202511 · 3 fire262 m
280 Morningside Ave · Q Residential16514197297 · Oct 20252492 m
290 Morningside Ave · 1001175316 Ontario Limited1076196072 · Sep 20242 · 9 fire597 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 lots239 lots · ≈24,390 spaces · 73.2 ha
Within 500 m32 lots · ≈4,790 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 70 m away, ≈24 spaces; 109 m away, ≈101 spaces; 128 m away, ≈44 spaces; 154 m away, ≈124 spaces; 166 m away, ≈341 spaces; 186 m away, ≈73 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, Dec 18, 2018

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The south leg carries the load — 3,154 northbound vehicles, or 48% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 438. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,118 vehicles in the hour from 4:00 p.m., 41% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (791). Trucks and buses were 6.1% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 8 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, 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 north2,973southbound · 4 bikes · 7.0% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles6,565755 pedestrians · 8 cyclists · 6.1% heavy
From the east438westbound · 2 bikes · 3.2% heavy
From the south3,154northbound · 2 bikes · 5.6% heavy
AM peak hour791 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,118 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Dec 18, 2018

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 counter on Morningside Ave between Ling Rd and Lawrence Ave E (102 m away) recorded an average of 49 km/h in its 3-day count in March 2019; 85% of drivers were at or under 59 km/h. That segment carries about 12,700 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 Morningside Ave (112 m away, 50 km/h limit), 1.4% of the 124,446 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Morningside Ave · Ling Rd – Lawrence Ave E · 102 mMar 2019 · 3 days12,75049 km/h59 km/h64 km/h

School-zone speed sign 112 m

Posted limit50 km/h
Median · 85th pct42 · 51 km/h
Over the limit6.5%
60 km/h or more1.4%

Morningside Ave (northbound), 206 Morningside Avenue · 124,446 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

2019 was the peak year (8 collisions), and 2025 closed with 5. 22% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 17 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 37% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 11% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 5, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions46#2196 of 5,508
With an injury10#1726 of 4,660
Property damage only23
Fail to remain17
Involving a pedestrian2#1862 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist3#845 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified13
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201463latest May 5, 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

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 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

Toronto Police place 40 thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 7.2× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 16 in 2023–2025, about 5.3 a year, against 3.9 a year before that. 68% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 26, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle40152street/outdoor (27), apartment parking (11)
Bicycle theft310school/campus (1), street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 26, 2026. 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 West Hill.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Morningside & Ling a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 46 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 Morningside & Ling?

A mid-volume intersection. Its latest count is from Dec 18, 2018, 71% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Morningside & Ling?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Morningside Ave between Ling Rd and Lawrence Ave E (March 2019), found an average of 49 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 59 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 112 m away (50 km/h), 1.4% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Morningside & Ling?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 239 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 24,390 spaces — 32 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Morningside & Ling by transit?

Bus routes 116, 54, 86, 12, 954, 905, 986 within 1 km (nearest stop: Morningside Ave at Ling Rd, 17 m).

What restaurants are near Morningside & Ling?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 74 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Recreation Room Kitchen - TCHC (156 m), Bereket Kebab House (252 m), Fat Bastard Burrito (280 m), Shawarma Royale (280 m) and Glow and Rejoice Initiative (315 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 Morningside & Ling?

The nearest is Heron Park Community Centre Washroom, 292 Manse Rd, 719 m away (View centre hours). 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 Morningside & Ling?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 681 spaces in total; 7 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are East Scarb. Child Care Centre - East Scarb. Boys & Girls Club (66 m, 125 spaces), Morningside Children's Centre (643 m, 39 spaces) and Garderie Chez Tante Laure 2 (664 m, 105 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Morningside & Ling?

14 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,327 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 225 Morningside Ave (76 m, 99 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 217 Morningside Ave (82 m, 110 units, RentSafeTO score 87), 207 Morningside Ave (83 m, 107 units, RentSafeTO score 81) and 4205 Lawrence Ave E (155 m, 345 units, RentSafeTO score 77). The average RentSafeTO score across the 14 is 88 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 Morningside & Ling?

Toronto Police place 40 thefts from vehicles and three bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. 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 West Hill page.

What neighbourhood is Morningside & Ling in?

Morningside & Ling is in West Hill (City of Toronto neighbourhood 136), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.

Sources

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