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Orchid Place & Parkborough

Orchid Place Dr & Parkborough Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · Malvern East · Ward 23, Scarborough North

Orchid Place & Parkborough is a lightly travelled intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence. It sits in Malvern East. It has parks at the corner. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
979
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jun 29, 2023
329 pedestrians · 2 cyclists
Collisions
22
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
2 with an injury · 15 property damage · #3296 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 120 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 11% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 3.0 vehicles, a higher share of people on foot than the typical counted intersection (one per 13). That comes with about 2.2 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 114%, from 7 in 2016–2020 to 15 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Orchid Place & Parkborough

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
10213485132131 nearest 158 m
Express
902985903
Blue Night
385
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m
Regional
Durham Region Transit 920 Route 920921 Route 921 at Progress Northbound @ Milner Avenue411 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
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 (14)
  • Malvern Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 587 m
  • Vedic RootsPrivate · 622 m
  • Burrows Hall Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 623 m
  • Islamic Foundation SchoolPrivate · 681 m
  • Gibraltar Leadership Academy SchoolPrivate · 733 m
  • St Barnabas Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 791 m
  • and 8 more
Community centres
Parks (7)
  • Cynthia Lai Park245 m
  • Pinetree Park715 m
  • Burrows Hall Park808 m
  • White Haven Park1.3 km
  • Berner Trail Park1.4 km
  • Major Abbas Ali Park1.4 km
  • and 1 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Burrows Hall branch217 m
Places of interest
  • Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater TorontoAttraction · 253 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores, and 31 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Tim Hortons, 126 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in January 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés3 within 300 m · 31 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 5 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Tim Hortons · 1641 Markham Rd126 mPassed, Jan 2026 · 1 infraction
Markham Station · 5117 Sheppard Ave E207 mPassed, Jan 2026
Al-Nour Halal Meat and Grocery · 5650 Sheppard Ave E, Unit-1grocery213 mPassed, Sep 2025 · 1 infraction
Al-Nour Halal Meat and Grocery · 5650 Sheppard Ave E Unit-1grocery214 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
KFC · 5109 Sheppard Ave E238 mPassed, Apr 2025
Fat Bastard Burrito · 5085 Sheppard Ave E, Unit-15351 mPassed, Apr 2025 · 1 infraction
A I Sushi · 5085 Sheppard Ave E352 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Food Basics · 5085 Sheppard Ave Egrocery352 mPassed, Aug 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 Burrows Hall Community Centre Washroom, 211 m away, View centre hours. A drinking fountain is 256 m away at Cynthia Lai Park.

  • Burrows Hall Community Centre Washroom · 1081 Progress Ave
    View centre hours
    211 m
Drinking water
Cynthia Lai Park drinking fountain · 256 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 359 spaces; three accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Sheppard Square Day Nursery (209 m, 118 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool, school age).

Within 1 km4 centres · 359 spaces
Fee subsidy3 of 4
  • Sheppard Square Day Nursery · 5600 Sheppard Ave E
    118 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    209 m
  • Kimbercroft Day Nursery 2 · 39 Kimbercroft Crt
    78 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    230 m
  • Montessori Villa Wisdom Inc. · 231 Milner Ave
    58 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten · $10-a-day
    530 m
  • Family Day St Barnabas Child Care Centre · 30 Washburn Way
    105 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    792 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 213 (887 m), the nearest police station 42 Division (501 m) and the nearest ambulance station 2.2 km away.

FireFire Station 213 · 887 m7 Lapsley Rd
Police42 Division · 501 m242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 29 · 2.2 km4560 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

Three registered apartment buildings with 364 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 5600 Sheppard Ave E (209 m, 120 units, 10 storeys, built 1970), which scored 94 out of 100 at its October 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 94, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 16 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings3 · 364 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score94 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202616 across the 3
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest10 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
5600 Sheppard Ave E · Signet Group Inc.12010197094 · Oct 202415 · 1 fire209 m
30 Kimbercroft Crt · Davpart Inc948198090 · Oct 20241308 m
221 Milner Avesocial housing15010198297 · Oct 20250605 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 lots257 lots · ≈101,640 spaces · 304.9 ha
Within 500 m38 lots · ≈4,220 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 116 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1530 Markham Road - minor capital repairs onsite · Surface417 m24 *
284 Milner Ave · Surface437 m9218% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 38 m away, ≈3 spaces; 42 m away, ≈26 spaces; 66 m away, ≈11 spaces; 110 m away, ≈152 spaces; 121 m away, ≈96 spaces; 136 m away, ≈25 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, Jun 29, 2023

The east leg carries the load — 375 westbound vehicles, or 38% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 103. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 145 vehicles in the hour from 4:45 p.m., 11% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (131). Heavy vehicles made up 2.0% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. 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 north231southbound · 1 bikes · 0.4% heavy
From the west270eastbound · 0 bikes · 1.9% heavy
Total vehicles979329 pedestrians · 2 cyclists · 2.0% heavy
From the east375westbound · 1 bikes · 2.4% heavy
From the south103northbound · 0 bikes · 4.9% heavy
AM peak hour131 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour145 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jun 29, 2023

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.

All police-reported collisions

Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025

2024 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 9% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 9 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 41% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Aug 17, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions22#3296 of 5,508
With an injury2#3888 of 4,660
Property damage only15
Fail to remain9
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified5
All since 201424latest Aug 17, 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 19 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 12 in 2023–2025, about 4.0 a year, against 1.1 a year before that. 68% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle19110street/outdoor (13), apartment parking (5)
Bicycle theft110apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 31, 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 Malvern East.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Orchid Place & Parkborough a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 22 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 Orchid Place & Parkborough?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Jun 29, 2023, 11% of the median for a counted intersection.

Where can I park near Orchid Place & Parkborough?

The nearest Green P car park is 1530 Markham Road - minor capital repairs onsite (417 m away, 24 spaces). The City's mapping shows 257 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 101,640 spaces — 38 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Orchid Place & Parkborough by transit?

Bus routes 102, 134, 85, 132, 131, 902, 985, 903 within 1 km; Durham Region Transit routes 920 Route 920, 921 Route 921 at Progress Northbound @ Milner Avenue.

What restaurants are near Orchid Place & Parkborough?

3 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 31 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Tim Hortons (126 m), Markham Station (207 m), KFC (238 m), Fat Bastard Burrito (351 m) and A I Sushi (352 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 Orchid Place & Parkborough?

The nearest is Burrows Hall Community Centre Washroom, 1081 Progress Ave, 211 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 Orchid Place & Parkborough?

Four licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 359 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Sheppard Square Day Nursery (209 m, 118 spaces), Kimbercroft Day Nursery 2 (230 m, 78 spaces) and Montessori Villa Wisdom Inc. (530 m, 58 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Orchid Place & Parkborough?

Three RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 364 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 5600 Sheppard Ave E (209 m, 120 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 30 Kimbercroft Crt (308 m, 94 units, RentSafeTO score 90) and 221 Milner Ave (605 m, 150 units, RentSafeTO score 97). The average RentSafeTO score across the 3 is 94 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 Orchid Place & Parkborough?

Toronto Police place 19 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Malvern East page.

What neighbourhood is Orchid Place & Parkborough in?

Orchid Place & Parkborough is in Malvern East (City of Toronto neighbourhood 146). It is in Ward 23, Scarborough North, represented by Councillor Jamaal Myers.

Sources

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