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Pharmacy & Biscayne

Pharmacy Ave & Biscayne Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · Wexford/Maryvale · Ward 21, Scarborough Centre

In Wexford/Maryvale, Pharmacy & Biscayne is a busier-than-typical intersection. It has an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: Pharmacy Station (Line 5) 652 m away.

Traffic volume
17,909
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 26, 2025
410 pedestrians · 89 cyclists · #1033 busiest
Collisions
47
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
7 with an injury · 38 property damage · #2149 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
Pharmacy Station 652 m · 6 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 1,280 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 44 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 4.7 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 2.6 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions rose 61%, from 18 in 2016–2020 to 29 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Pharmacy & Biscayne

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Pharmacy Station (Line 5)652 m; O'connor Station (Line 5)736 m; Hakimi Lebovic Station (Line 5)757 m; Golden Mile Station (Line 5)1 km
TTC bus
677024349168 nearest 8 m
Express
924968
Blue Night
324334
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m — Pharmacy Ave at Singleton Rd; Pharmacy Ave at Biscayne Blvd South Side
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Victoria Park Ave / The Meadoway 441 m · 15 docks · 7 stations, 101 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 (7)
  • Centennial College School - Ashtonbee CampusCollege · 807 m
  • Sloane Public SchoolEnglish Public · 848 m
  • Precious Blood Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 913 m
  • George Peck Public SchoolEnglish Public · 914 m
  • Wexford Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Victoria Village Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km
  • and 1 more
Parks (9)
  • Ashtonbee Reservoir Park359 m
  • Craigton Court Tot Lot389 m
  • Wexford Park392 m
  • Victoria Park - Eglinton Parkette798 m
  • Wayne Parkette903 m
  • Warner Park917 m
  • and 3 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Eglinton Square branch876 m
  • Toronto Public Library Victoria Village branch1.2 km
Signal
2229, activated 2010 · SA2 · 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

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 52 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Sotir's Coffee Machine, 352 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in February 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 52 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 10 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Sotir's Coffee Machine · 52 52 Vernon Rd Rd352 mPassed, Feb 2026
Charloo's West Indian Foods · 1646 Victoria Park Ave Unit-10grocery489 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 3 infractions
Istanbul Doner House · 1646 Victoria Park Ave489 mPassed, Jun 2026
Nette's Cafe · 1646 Victoria Park Ave Unit-6489 mPassed, May 2026
New Mirchi Dhaba · 1646 Victoria Park Ave489 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
R.j. Food Market & Convenience · 1646 Victoria Park Ave, Unit-10grocery489 mPassed, Nov 2024
A & W · 1896 Eglinton Ave E589 mPassed, Mar 2026
Tim Hortons · 1896 Eglinton Ave E589 mPassed, Mar 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 Wexford Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 333 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 330 m away at Wexford Park.

  • Wexford Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 55 Elm Bank Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    333 m
  • Ashtonbee Reservoir Park Washroom · 21 Ashtonbee Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    463 m
Drinking water
Wexford Park drinking fountain · 330 m; Ashtonbee Reservoir Park bottle filling station · 470 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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 283 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Big Dreams Early Learning Centre (760 m, 50 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km5 centres · 283 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 5
  • Big Dreams Early Learning Centre · 1703 Victoria Park Ave
    50 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    760 m
  • My Little School · 1492 Victoria Park Ave
    69 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    880 m
  • Precious Blood Jr YMCA Elp · 1035 Pharmacy Ave
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    913 m
  • Wexford Community Childcare Centre · 1 Wayne Ave
    97 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    915 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 235 (1.4 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (1.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 223 m away.

FireFire Station 235 · 1.4 km200 Bermondsey Rd
Police41 Division · 1.8 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 21 · 223 m887 Pharmacy Ave

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

52 registered apartment buildings with 2,700 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 880 Pharmacy Ave (251 m, 26 units, 4 storeys, built 1955), which scored 95 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 99 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 1 fire-code violation is open across them.

Registered buildings52 · 2,700 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202699 across the 52
Open fire-code violations1
Tallest9 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
880 Pharmacy Ave · Centurion Property Associates Inc.264195595 · Aug 20240251 m
8 Rannock St · Centurion Property Associates Inc.334195594 · Aug 20241294 m
5 Rannock St284195986 · Sep 20250321 m
4 Rannock St · Centurion Property Associates Inc.264195595 · Sep 20250333 m
1 Rannock St · Metcap Living Management Inc304195583 · Aug 20261374 m
860 Pharmacy Ave · Metcap Living Management Inc304195592 · Sep 20253376 m
963-967 Pharmacy Avesocial housing724199394 · Sep 20240395 m
1607 Victoria Park Ave · Signet Group Inc.544195491 · Sep 20254397 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 lots513 lots · ≈97,480 spaces · 292.4 ha
Within 500 m28 lots · ≈1,590 spaces
Green P (public)1 car park · about 25 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
1940 Lawrence Avenue East · Surface1.5 km25 *

Nearest lots: 114 m away, ≈139 spaces; 253 m away, ≈55 spaces; 268 m away, ≈121 spaces; 286 m away, ≈9 spaces; 299 m away, ≈36 spaces; 335 m away, ≈33 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, Oct 26, 2025 (a weekend day)

The south leg carries the load — 9,030 northbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 190. Most cyclists arrived from the south (42 of 89). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,952 vehicles in the hour from 2:30 p.m., 96% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (997). Heavy vehicles made up 0.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count was taken on a Sunday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north7,897southbound · 33 bikes · 0.8% heavy
From the west792eastbound · 6 bikes · 0.5% heavy
Total vehicles17,909410 pedestrians · 89 cyclists · 0.9% heavy
From the east190westbound · 8 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south9,030northbound · 42 bikes · 0.9% heavy
AM peak hour997 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,952 vehicles from 2:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Oct 26, 2025 · weekend

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 Pharmacy Ave between Noreen Dr and Shangarry Dr (255 m away) recorded an average of 53 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2024; 85% of drivers were at or under 63 km/h. That segment carries about 20,400 vehicles a day. Biscayne Blvd between Shangarry Dr and Shaneen Blvd measured slower: 44 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 52 km/h (Mar 2024).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Biscayne Blvd · Shangarry Dr – Shaneen Blvd · 215 mMar 2024 · 3 days2,17644 km/h52 km/h58 km/h
Pharmacy Ave · Noreen Dr – Shangarry Dr · 255 mApr 2024 · 3 days20,36753 km/h63 km/h69 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 8 collisions. 15% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 4% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 18, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 2.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions47#2149 of 5,508
With an injury7#2182 of 4,660
Property damage only38
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
With a fatality0
Severity not classified2
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201456latest Jun 18, 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 two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle200house driveway/garage (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 24, 2020. 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 Wexford/Maryvale.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Pharmacy & Biscayne a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 47 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 Pharmacy & Biscayne?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #1033 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Pharmacy & Biscayne?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Pharmacy Ave between Noreen Dr and Shangarry Dr (April 2024), found an average of 53 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 63 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Pharmacy & Biscayne?

The nearest Green P car park is 1940 Lawrence Avenue East (1.5 km away, 25 spaces). The City's mapping shows 513 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 97,480 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Pharmacy & Biscayne by transit?

Pharmacy Station (Line 5) is 652 m away; bus routes 67, 70, 24, 34, 91, 68, 924, 968 within 1 km (nearest stop: Pharmacy Ave at Singleton Rd, 8 m).

What restaurants are near Pharmacy & Biscayne?

None within 300 m, and 52 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Sotir's Coffee Machine (352 m), Istanbul Doner House (489 m), Nette's Cafe (489 m), New Mirchi Dhaba (489 m) and A & W (589 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 Pharmacy & Biscayne?

The nearest is Wexford Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 55 Elm Bank Rd, 333 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Ashtonbee Reservoir Park Washroom (463 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 Pharmacy & Biscayne?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 283 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Big Dreams Early Learning Centre (760 m, 50 spaces), My Little School (880 m, 69 spaces) and Precious Blood Jr YMCA Elp (913 m, 43 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Pharmacy & Biscayne?

52 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,700 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 880 Pharmacy Ave (251 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 8 Rannock St (294 m, 33 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 5 Rannock St (321 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 4 Rannock St (333 m, 26 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 52 is 92 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 Pharmacy & Biscayne?

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 Wexford/Maryvale page.

What neighbourhood is Pharmacy & Biscayne in?

Pharmacy & Biscayne is in Wexford/Maryvale (City of Toronto neighbourhood 119). It is in Ward 21, Scarborough Centre, represented by Councillor Michael Thompson.

Sources

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