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Neilson & Oakmeadow

Neilson Rd & Oakmeadow Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · Morningside · Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood

In Morningside, Neilson & Oakmeadow is a moderately travelled crossing. Nearby is 6 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
8,976
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jan 27, 2022
53 pedestrians · 0 cyclists
Collisions
29
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
4 with an injury · 20 property damage · #2865 of 5,508
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
3 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,120 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 169 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 2.9 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions fell 74%, from 23 in 2016–2020 to 6 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Neilson & Oakmeadow

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
13313285 nearest 16 m
Express
985
Blue Night
334385
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Neilson Rd at Oakmeadow Blvd (North)
Regional
Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920921 Route 921 at Milner Eastbound @ Neilson533 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Livonia Pl / Neilson Rd 868 m · 11 docks · 1 station, 11 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 (13)
  • St Edmund Campion Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 379 m
  • Highcastle Public SchoolEnglish Public · 491 m
  • Lucy Maud Montgomery Public SchoolEnglish Public · 725 m
  • St Florence Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • St John Paul Ii Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km
  • Burrows Hall Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 7 more
Community centres
  • Tam Heather Curling and Tennis Club1.1 km
  • Berner Trail Community Centre1.3 km
Parks (10)
  • Seven Oaks Park395 m
  • Brooks Road Park554 m
  • Murison Park1 km
  • Burrows Hall Park1.1 km
  • Ellesmere Reservoir Park1.1 km
  • Bonspiel Park1.3 km
  • and 4 more

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; 5 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is St. Edmund Campion - Snp - Morning Meal, 401 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in October 2025.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 0 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
St. Edmund Campion - Snp - Morning Meal · 30 Highcastle Rd, Rm-112b401 mPassed, Oct 2025
Highcastle P.s. · 370 Military Trl490 mPassed, Oct 2025
Lucy Maud Montgomery Junior Y · 95 Murison Blvd726 mPassed, Jul 2026
Boston Pizza · 25 Cinemart Dr940 mPassed, Mar 2025 · 2 infractions
Drews Residential Services · 27 Gemshaw Cres1 kmPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions

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 Seven Oaks Park Washroom, 448 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 455 m away at Seven Oaks Park.

  • Seven Oaks Park Washroom · 372 Military Trl
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    448 m
Drinking water
Seven Oaks Park bottle filling station · 455 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

One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 79 spaces; it accepts City fee subsidy. The nearest is Lucy Maud Montgomery Jr YMCA (726 m, 79 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km1 centre · 79 spaces
Fee subsidy1 of 1
  • Lucy Maud Montgomery Jr YMCA · 95 Murison Blvd
    79 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    726 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 213 (1.1 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (2.1 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.5 km away.

FireFire Station 213 · 1.1 km7 Lapsley Rd
Police42 Division · 2.1 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 25 · 2.5 km8500 Sheppard 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 is one RentSafeTO-registered apartment building — 200 rental units. The nearest is 30 Livonia Pl (918 m, 200 units, 13 storeys, built 1979), which scored 97 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Registered buildings1 · 200 units
RentSafeTO score97 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20264 across the 1
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest13 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
30 Livonia Pl · CAPREIT20013197997 · Nov 20254918 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 lots208 lots · ≈40,880 spaces · 122.6 ha
Within 500 m3 lots · ≈650 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 24 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1530 Markham Road - minor capital repairs onsite · Surface2 km24 *

Nearest lots: 398 m away, ≈24 spaces; 491 m away, ≈582 spaces; 493 m away, ≈41 spaces; 508 m away, ≈48 spaces; 566 m away, ≈77 spaces; 579 m away, ≈303 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, Jan 27, 2022

This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 4,489 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 404 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 1,469 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:00 p.m., against 1,282 in the morning peak from 7:45 a.m. Trucks and buses were 6.2% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 5 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 north4,489southbound · 0 bikes · 5.8% heavy
From the west404eastbound · 0 bikes · 6.2% heavy
Total vehicles8,97653 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 6.2% heavy
From the east0westbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south4,083northbound · 0 bikes · 6.6% heavy
AM peak hour1,282 vehicles from 7:45 a.m.
PM peak hour1,469 vehicles from 4:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jan 27, 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

On Oakmeadow Blvd between Gillbank Cres and Pineslope Cres, 387 m from the corner, a 24-hour count in July 2012 put the average speed at 44 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 55 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 63 km/h or more. That segment carries about 900 vehicles a day. The reading is 14 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Highcastel Rd (298 m away, 30 km/h limit), 17% of the 14,971 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 40 km/h or more — a high share for a school zone.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Neilson Rd · Military Trl – Oakmeadow Blvd · 364 mNov 2018 · 7 days9,545
Oakmeadow Blvd · Gillbank Cres – Pineslope Cres · 387 mJul 2012 · 24 h85244 km/h55 km/h63 km/h

School-zone speed sign 298 m

Posted limit30 km/h
Median · 85th pct29 · 39 km/h
Over the limit37%
40 km/h or more17%

Highcastel Rd (southbound), 48 Highcastle Road · 14,971 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 10 collisions; 2025 recorded 0. 4 collisions (14%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 5 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (10%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. The most recent report on file is from Oct 11, 2022.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions29#2865 of 5,508
With an injury4#3037 of 4,660
Property damage only20
Fail to remain5
Involving a pedestrian3#1349 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality1
Severity not classified4
All since 201433latest Oct 11, 2022

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. The police all-collisions file records 1 fatal collision here in 2016–2025; the KSI file, which is compiled separately and geocoded to the nearest leg, places it just outside the 65 m radius.

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

Three thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle310house driveway/garage (3)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 4, 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.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Neilson & Oakmeadow a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 29 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 Neilson & Oakmeadow?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Jan 27, 2022, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Neilson & Oakmeadow?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Oakmeadow Blvd between Gillbank Cres and Pineslope Cres (July 2012), found an average of 44 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 55 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 298 m away (30 km/h), 17% of vehicles were doing 40 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Neilson & Oakmeadow?

The nearest Green P car park is 1530 Markham Road - minor capital repairs onsite (2.0 km away, 24 spaces). The City's mapping shows 208 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 40,880 spaces — 3 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Neilson & Oakmeadow by transit?

Bus routes 133, 132, 85, 985 within 1 km (nearest stop: Neilson Rd at Oakmeadow Blvd (North), 16 m); Durham Region Transit routes 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Milner Eastbound @ Neilson.

What restaurants are near Neilson & Oakmeadow?

None within 300 m, and 5 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are St. Edmund Campion - Snp - Morning Meal (401 m), Highcastle P.s. (490 m), Lucy Maud Montgomery Junior Y (726 m), Boston Pizza (940 m) and Drews Residential Services (1.0 km). 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 Neilson & Oakmeadow?

The nearest is Seven Oaks Park Washroom, 372 Military Trl, 448 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), 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 Neilson & Oakmeadow?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 79 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Lucy Maud Montgomery Jr YMCA (726 m, 79 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Neilson & Oakmeadow?

One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 200 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 30 Livonia Pl (918 m, 200 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 97 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 Neilson & Oakmeadow?

Toronto Police place three 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 page.

What neighbourhood is Neilson & Oakmeadow in?

Neilson & Oakmeadow is in Morningside (City of Toronto neighbourhood 135), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood, represented by Councillor Paul Ainslie.

Sources

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