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Oakridge & Lowell

Oakridge Dr & Lowell Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Cliffcrest · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

In Cliffcrest, Oakridge & Lowell is a low-volume local intersection. Nearby is Eglinton GO 815 m away and 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
1,051
vehicles · 14-hour count, Apr 21, 2026
82 pedestrians · 8 cyclists · #2330 busiest
Collisions
0
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
none reported within 65 m
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
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 80 vehicles an hour, 6% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 13 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern.

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Oakridge & Lowell

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
Eglinton GO — Lakeshore East815 m
TTC bus
91210286116 nearest 192 m
Express
902905
Blue Night
334386
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Bellamy Rd S / Kingston Rd 660 m · 19 docks · 3 stations, 61 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)
  • H A Halbert Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 532 m
  • Bliss Carman Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 610 m
  • Anson Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 938 m
  • Pere Philipe Lamarche Catholic Secondary SchoolFrench Separate · 949 m
  • Mason Road Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • St Agatha Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • and 7 more
Parks (17)
  • McCowan District Park349 m
  • Halbert Park416 m
  • Muir Park457 m
  • Colonial Park688 m
  • Anson Park782 m
  • Adanac Park819 m
  • and 11 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Cliffcrest branch771 m

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; 36 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Time's Restaurant, 560 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 36 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 8 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Time's Restaurant · 3220 Kingston Rd Unit-4a560 mPassed, Jun 2026
Ultramar Express Mart · 3220 Kingston Rd Unit-4 U560 mPassed, May 2026
Newserenagrills · 3110 Kingston Rd, Unit-2576 mPassed, Oct 2025
Brotheres Pizza N Chicken · 3110 Kingston Rd 6577 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 2 infractions
Doaba Junction · 3110 Kingston Rd577 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Brothers Pizza N Chicken · 3110 Kingston Rd577 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Beyond 30:30 · 10 Bellamy Rd S609 mPassed, Mar 2026
Paradise Shawarma · 3103 Kingston Rd637 mPassed, 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

The nearest public washroom is McCowan District Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 419 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 463 m away at Muir Park.

  • McCowan District Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 150 Mccowan Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    419 m
  • Halbert Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 24 Rockwood Dr
    View outdoor pool hours
    423 m
Drinking water
Muir Park drinking fountain · 463 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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 181 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Heart Beatz - Halbert Child Care Site (532 m, 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km3 centres · 181 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 3
  • Heart Beatz - Halbert Child Care Site · 25 Halbert Place
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    532 m
  • Heart Beatz Child Care - Cliffcrest Site · 2938 Eglinton Ave E
    54 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    866 m
  • N.y.a.d. Mason Road · 78 Mason Rd
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    1 km

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 223 (929 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.2 km away.

FireFire Station 223 · 929 m116 Dorset Rd
Police41 Division · 3.5 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 22 · 1.2 km3100 Eglinton 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

Three registered apartment buildings with 278 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 3171 Kingston Rd (599 m, 18 units, 4 storeys, built 1960), which scored 92 out of 100 at its July 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 93, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 4 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings3 · 278 units
RentSafeTO score93 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20264 across the 3
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest15 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
3171 Kingston Rd184196092 · Jul 20260599 m
3207 Kingston Rd · Trivest Developments Corporation535196890 · Aug 20251602 m
370 Mccowan Rd · CAPREIT20715196597 · Oct 202531 km

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 lots276 lots · ≈34,020 spaces · 102.1 ha
Within 500 m5 lots · ≈220 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 260 m away, ≈52 spaces; 359 m away, ≈108 spaces; 445 m away, ≈4 spaces; 462 m away, ≈20 spaces; 477 m away, ≈37 spaces; 527 m away, ≈81 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, Apr 21, 2026

The west leg carries the load — 511 eastbound vehicles, or 49% of everything entering — while the north leg brought 32. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 137 vehicles in the hour from 2:45 p.m., 10% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (125). Heavy vehicles made up 3.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north32southbound · 1 bikes · 6.3% heavy
From the west511eastbound · 3 bikes · 3.7% heavy
Total vehicles1,05182 pedestrians · 8 cyclists · 3.2% heavy
From the east444westbound · 3 bikes · 2.0% heavy
From the south64northbound · 1 bikes · 6.3% heavy
AM peak hour125 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour137 vehicles from 2:45 p.m.
Count14-hour · Apr 21, 2026

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 Oakridge Dr between McCowan Rd and Lowell Ave (88 m away) recorded an average of 37 km/h in its 3-day count in March 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 44 km/h. That segment carries about 1,000 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Oakridge Dr · McCowan Rd – Lowell Ave · 88 mMar 2023 · 3 days99337 km/h44 km/h48 km/h

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

Toronto Police recorded no collisions of any severity within 65 m of this intersection in 2016–2025.

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 five thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 80% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Feb 10, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle512house driveway/garage (4), other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 10, 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 Cliffcrest.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Oakridge & Lowell a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025 and police reported no 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 Oakridge & Lowell?

A low-volume local intersection. It ranks #2330 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 6% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Oakridge & Lowell?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Oakridge Dr between McCowan Rd and Lowell Ave (March 2023), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Oakridge & Lowell?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 276 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 34,020 spaces — 5 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Oakridge & Lowell by transit?

Eglinton GO is 815 m away; bus routes 9, 12, 102, 86, 116, 902, 905 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Oakridge & Lowell?

None within 300 m, and 36 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Time's Restaurant (560 m), Ultramar Express Mart (560 m), Newserenagrills (576 m), Brotheres Pizza N Chicken (577 m) and Doaba Junction (577 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 Oakridge & Lowell?

The nearest is McCowan District Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 150 Mccowan Rd, 419 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Next nearest: Halbert Park Outdoor Pool Washroom (423 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 Oakridge & Lowell?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 181 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Heart Beatz - Halbert Child Care Site (532 m, 71 spaces), Heart Beatz Child Care - Cliffcrest Site (866 m, 54 spaces) and N.y.a.d. Mason Road (1.0 km, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Oakridge & Lowell?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 278 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3171 Kingston Rd (599 m, 18 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 3207 Kingston Rd (602 m, 53 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 370 Mccowan Rd (1.0 km, 207 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 93 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 Oakridge & Lowell?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and no 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 Cliffcrest page.

What neighbourhood is Oakridge & Lowell in?

Oakridge & Lowell is in Cliffcrest (City of Toronto neighbourhood 123). It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.

Sources

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