Toronto · intersection · signal 1187

Pharmacy & Brian

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

Pharmacy & Brian, in Wexford/Maryvale, is an intersection of typical volume. It has a school within 250 m, parks and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
14,679
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 26, 2025
344 pedestrians · 62 cyclists · #1325 busiest
Collisions
52
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
9 with an injury · 37 property damage · #1989 of 5,508 · +5 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
5 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,050 vehicles an hour, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 43 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 5.2 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 3.5 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. Collisions rose 36%, from 22 in 2016–2020 to 30 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Pharmacy & Brian

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
6754249168 nearest 14 m
Express
954924968
Blue Night
354324
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m — Pharmacy Ave at Brian Ave
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 (13)
  • Wexford Collegiate School For the ArtsEnglish Public · 77 m
  • St Kevin Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 507 m
  • Wexford Public SchoolEnglish Public · 687 m
  • Buchanan Public SchoolEnglish Public · 749 m
  • Precious Blood Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 815 m
  • Broadlands Public SchoolEnglish Public · 855 m
  • and 7 more
Parks (9)
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Victoria Village branch1.3 km
  • Toronto Public Library Maryvale branch1.3 km
Signal
1187, activated 1979 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store, and 83 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Wexford Collegiate Fresh Start Program, 77 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 83 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 21 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Wexford Collegiate Fresh Start Program · 1176 Pharmacy Ave77 mPassed, Apr 2026 · 1 infraction
Wexford Collegiate Food Services Institute #21337 · 1176 Pharmacy Avegrocery77 mPassed, Oct 2025
Villa Pugliese Assisted Living · 50 Gooderham Dr207 mPassed, Sep 2026
Ghadir Fish Restaurant · 1842 Lawrence Ave Egrocery311 mPassed, Aug 2026
Ghadir Meat & Restaurant · 1842 Lawrence Ave Egrocery353 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Shawarma Empire · 1823 Lawrence Ave E380 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Shawarma Empire · 1823 Lawrence Ave E380 mPassed, Feb 2025 · 1 infraction
Tim Hortons · 1108 Pharmacy Ave380 mPassed, Mar 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 Maryvale Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 769 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

  • Maryvale Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 5 Trestleside Grove
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    769 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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 343 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Wexford Extended Day and School Age Program (687 m, 30 spaces, school age).

Within 1 km7 centres · 343 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 7
  • Wexford Extended Day and School Age Program · 1050 Pharmacy Ave
    30 spaces · school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    687 m
  • Buchanan Extended Day & School Age Program · 4 Bucannan Rd
    30 spaces · school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    749 m
  • Precious Blood Jr YMCA Elp · 1035 Pharmacy Ave
    43 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    815 m
  • Broadlands School Age Program YMCA · 106 Broadlands Blvd
    56 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 233 (732 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (2.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 233 · 732 m59 Curlew Dr
Police41 Division · 2.9 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 21 · 1.9 km887 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

24 registered apartment buildings with 2,578 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, two of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1790 Lawrence Ave E (319 m, 36 units, 5 storeys, built 1962), which scored 97 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 24 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 59 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 33 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings24 · 2,578 units · 2 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202659 across the 24
Open fire-code violations33
Tallest15 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
1790 Lawrence Ave E · Dixland Apartments Lts.365196297 · Oct 20250319 m
1860 Lawrence Ave Esocial housing908197898 · Sep 20240326 m
1780 Lawrence Ave E · Monterey Park Inc.395196194 · Oct 20250358 m
1827 Victoria Park Ave · 2858866 Ontario Limited364195993 · Jun 20246411 m
5 Lynvalley Cres · Amaz Property Management927196594 · Jul 20251422 m
1765 Lawrence Ave E1037196485 · Dec 20251434 m
1817 Victoria Park Ave · 2780964 Ontario Limited364195991 · Sep 20252450 m
1911 Victoria Park Ave · Falco Properties917196078 · Jun 20240456 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 lots386 lots · ≈54,820 spaces · 164.4 ha
Within 500 m24 lots · ≈3,060 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 · Surface568 m25 *

Nearest lots: 70 m away, ≈39 spaces; 102 m away, ≈122 spaces; 289 m away, ≈136 spaces; 296 m away, ≈129 spaces; 320 m away, ≈64 spaces; 329 m away, ≈89 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)

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 7,711 southbound vehicles, or 53% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 827. Most cyclists arrived from the north (31 of 62). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,769 vehicles in the hour from 2:00 p.m., 131% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (766). 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 north7,711southbound · 31 bikes · 0.8% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 6 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles14,679344 pedestrians · 62 cyclists · 0.9% heavy
From the east827westbound · 8 bikes · 0.1% heavy
From the south6,141northbound · 17 bikes · 1.0% heavy
AM peak hour766 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,769 vehicles from 2:00 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 Goldsmith Ave and Brian Ave (117 m away) recorded an average of 44 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 53 km/h. That segment carries about 19,900 vehicles a day. Brian Ave between Ivanhoe Crt and Gooderham Dr measured slower: 34 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 41 km/h (Oct 2025).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Pharmacy Ave · Goldsmith Ave – Brian Ave · 117 mMay 2026 · 3 days19,93844 km/h53 km/h58 km/h
Brian Ave · Ivanhoe Crt – Gooderham Dr · 148 mOct 2025 · 3 days2,98534 km/h41 km/h44 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

2024 was the peak year (8 collisions), and 2025 closed with 5. 17% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 7 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 11, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 3.5 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions52#1989 of 5,508
With an injury9#1831 of 4,660
Property damage only37
Fail to remain7
Involving a pedestrian1#2276 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified6
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
All since 201469latest Jun 11, 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 three thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection 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 vehicle300school/campus (2), other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jul 30, 2021. 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 & Brian a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 52 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 & Brian?

An intersection of typical volume. It ranks #1325 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Pharmacy & Brian?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Pharmacy Ave between Goldsmith Ave and Brian Ave (May 2026), found an average of 44 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 53 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Pharmacy & Brian?

The nearest Green P car park is 1940 Lawrence Avenue East (568 m away, 25 spaces). The City's mapping shows 386 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 54,820 spaces — 24 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Pharmacy & Brian by transit?

Bus routes 67, 54, 24, 91, 68, 954, 924, 968 within 1 km (nearest stop: Pharmacy Ave at Brian Ave, 14 m).

What restaurants are near Pharmacy & Brian?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 83 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Wexford Collegiate Fresh Start Program (77 m), Villa Pugliese Assisted Living (207 m), Shawarma Empire (380 m), Shawarma Empire (380 m) and Tim Hortons (380 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 & Brian?

The nearest is Maryvale Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 5 Trestleside Grove, 769 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.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 & Brian?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 343 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Wexford Extended Day and School Age Program (687 m, 30 spaces), Buchanan Extended Day & School Age Program (749 m, 30 spaces) and Precious Blood Jr YMCA Elp (815 m, 43 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Pharmacy & Brian?

24 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,578 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1790 Lawrence Ave E (319 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 1860 Lawrence Ave E (326 m, 90 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 1780 Lawrence Ave E (358 m, 39 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 1827 Victoria Park Ave (411 m, 36 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 24 is 89 out of 100; 1 scored below 70. 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 & Brian?

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 Wexford/Maryvale page.

What neighbourhood is Pharmacy & Brian in?

Pharmacy & Brian 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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