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Morningside & Sewells

Morningside Ave & Sewells Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Morningside Heights · Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park

Morningside & Sewells is an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in Morningside Heights. At the corner: a multi-use trail. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
22,053
vehicles · 14-hour count, Dec 11, 2024
507 pedestrians · 26 cyclists · #734 busiest
Collisions
105
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
25 with an injury · 66 property damage · #1060 of 5,508 · +6 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
1 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #608 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Trail
Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,580 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 1.36× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 43 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 11 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 4.8 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 16%, from 57 in 2016–2020 to 48 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 105 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Morningside & Sewells

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
1161323913113353 nearest 29 m
Express
939953
Blue Night
353
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Morningside Ave at Sewells Rd; Morningside Ave at Sewells Rd North Side
Cycling
Multi-Use Trail - Boulevard on Scarborough Railpath Trl installed 2011
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 (15)
  • St Bede Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 414 m
  • Alexander Stirling Public SchoolEnglish Public · 594 m
  • Mary Shadd Public SchoolEnglish Public · 613 m
  • Heritage Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 623 m
  • Fleming Public SchoolEnglish Public · 633 m
  • St Mother Teresa Catholic AcademyEnglish Separate · 781 m
  • and 9 more
Community centres
Parks (16)
  • Littles Road Park434 m
  • Shawn "Blu" Rose Park488 m
  • Misty Hills Park532 m
  • Harvest Moon Park540 m
  • Viola Desmond Park701 m
  • Malvern Park928 m
  • and 10 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Malvern branch1 km
Signal
1606, activated 1990 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West · bicycle signal

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 17 — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Wings N Flavours, 92 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 17 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 2 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Wings N Flavours · 400 Sewells Rd Unit-492 mPassed, Jun 2026
Hope Centre · 110 Empringham Dr Unit-214475 mPassed, Jul 2026
Malvern Family Resource Centre · 90 Littles Rd520 mPassed, Jul 2026
Fleming Junior Y (YMCA) · 22 Littles Rd621 mPassed, Jul 2026
Egg House · 2150 Morningside Ave C4730 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Barburrito · 2150 Morningside Ave Unit-3c730 mPassed, May 2026
Popeyes · 2150 Morningside Ave Unit-1730 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Queens Takeout · 2150 Morningside Ave 6730 mPassed, May 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 Malvern Recreation Centre Washroom, 1.0 km away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 539 m away at Littles Road Park.

  • Malvern Recreation Centre Washroom · 30 Sewells Rd
    View centre hours · accessible
    1 km
Drinking water
Littles Road Park drinking fountain · 539 m; Harvest Moon Park drinking fountain · 573 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

Four licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 185 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is St. Bede Child Care Centre (414 m, 39 spaces, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 185 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 4
  • St. Bede Child Care Centre · 521 Sewells Rd
    39 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    414 m
  • Fleming Junior YMCA · 22 Littles Rd
    69 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    622 m
  • Mother of Compassion Child Care · 40 Sewells Rd
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    781 m
  • Family Day Sacred Heart Toronto Before and After School Program · 75 Hupfield Trail
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    855 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 212 (2.2 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (3.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.2 km away.

FireFire Station 212 · 2.2 km8500 Sheppard Ave E
Police42 Division · 3.8 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 25 · 2.2 km8500 Sheppard Ave E

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 lots149 lots · ≈26,910 spaces · 80.7 ha
Within 500 m21 lots · ≈330 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 62 m away, ≈37 spaces; 118 m away, ≈2 spaces; 136 m away, ≈7 spaces; 147 m away, ≈2 spaces; 153 m away, ≈12 spaces; 168 m away, ≈11 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 11, 2024

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 9,300 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 42% of the total, against 1,877 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 2,167 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 1,883 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 21 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north9,300southbound · 4 bikes · 4.5% heavy
From the west1,877eastbound · 5 bikes · 3.0% heavy
Total vehicles22,053507 pedestrians · 26 cyclists · 3.9% heavy
From the east2,106westbound · 4 bikes · 1.7% heavy
From the south8,770northbound · 13 bikes · 4.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,883 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour2,167 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Dec 11, 2024

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 Morningside Ave between Morningview Trl and Sewells Rd, 254 m from the corner, a 3-day count in August 2023 put the average speed at 65 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 72 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 78 km/h or more. That segment carries about 19,800 vehicles a day. Sewells Rd between Walkway N of McLevin and W of Sewells and Hupfield Trl measured slower: 50 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 57 km/h (Apr 2025). At the school-zone speed sign on Sewells Rd (315 m away, 40 km/h limit), 11% of the 59,487 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Morningside Ave · Morningview Trl – Sewells Rd · 254 mAug 2023 · 3 days19,81965 km/h72 km/h78 km/h
Sewells Rd · Walkway N of McLevin and W of Sewells – Hupfield Trl · 373 mApr 2025 · 3 days5,22350 km/h57 km/h62 km/h

School-zone speed sign 315 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct42 · 48 km/h
Over the limit32%
50 km/h or more11%

Sewells Rd (eastbound), 59 Couperthwaite Crescent · 59,487 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 17 collisions; 2025 recorded 12. 25 collisions (24%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 16 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 2 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 15, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 4.8 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions105#1060 of 5,508
With an injury25#637 of 4,660
Property damage only66
Fail to remain16
Involving a pedestrian1#2126 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#1505 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality1
Severity not classified13
Since January 2026 (outside the window)6
All since 2014126latest Jun 15, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 was fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in darkness. The most recent was on May 5, 2017. Going back to 2006, the total is 4.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#608 of 1,505
Fatal1#259 of 319
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness1
All KSI since 20064latest May 5, 2017

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

Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle210house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Mar 18, 2024. 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 Morningside & Sewells a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#608 of 1,505), out of 105 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Sewells?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #734 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.36× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Morningside & Sewells?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Morningside Ave between Morningview Trl and Sewells Rd (August 2023), found an average of 65 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 72 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 315 m away (40 km/h), 11% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Morningside & Sewells?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 149 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,910 spaces — 21 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Morningside & Sewells by transit?

Bus routes 116, 132, 39, 131, 133, 53, 939, 953 within 1 km (nearest stop: Morningside Ave at Sewells Rd, 29 m).

What restaurants are near Morningside & Sewells?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 17 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Wings N Flavours (92 m), Hope Centre (475 m), Malvern Family Resource Centre (520 m), Fleming Junior Y (YMCA) (621 m) and Egg House (730 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 & Sewells?

The nearest is Malvern Recreation Centre Washroom, 30 Sewells Rd, 1.0 km away (View centre hours), 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 Morningside & Sewells?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 185 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are St. Bede Child Care Centre (414 m, 39 spaces), Fleming Junior YMCA (622 m, 69 spaces) and Mother of Compassion Child Care (781 m, 49 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at Morningside & Sewells?

Toronto Police place two 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 Morningside & Sewells in?

Morningside & Sewells is in Morningside Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 144). It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.

Sources

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