Toronto · intersection · signal 1240 · red-light camera

Pharmacy & Chester Le

Pharmacy Ave & Chester Le Blvd · Toronto, Ontario · L'Amoreaux West · Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt

Pharmacy & Chester Le, in L'Amoreaux West, is a moderately travelled crossing. It has a red-light camera in place since 2022 that issued 206 tickets in 2025 at the corner. Nearby: 12 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
8,509
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 26, 2025
698 pedestrians · 90 cyclists · #1818 busiest
Collisions
49
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
9 with an injury · 36 property damage · #2089 of 5,508 · +6 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window
Red-light camera
206
tickets in 2025
since 2022 · south intersection · 85 so far in 2026 · tickets by camera
Transit
2
TTC stops within 100 m
7 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 610 vehicles an hour, 53% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 12 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. On average 4.9 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 5.8 per 10,000 counted vehicles, in line with the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 60%, from 35 in 2016–2020 to 14 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Pharmacy & Chester Le

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
1673924101696842 nearest 18 m
Express
939924968
Blue Night
339324
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — Pharmacy Ave at Huntingdale Blvd; Pharmacy Ave at Chester Le Blvd (South)
Regional
York Region Transit 024 Woodbine at Victoria Park Av / Hare Gate434 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Aurora Ct / Bridletowne Cir 917 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 (24)
  • Epiphany of Our Lord Catholic AcademyEnglish Separate · 322 m
  • Chester Le Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 400 m
  • Beverly Glen Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 418 m
  • Mary Ward LINC and ESL CentreEnglish Separate · 560 m
  • J B Tyrrell Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 866 m
  • Alathena International Academy Secondary School - ScarboroughPrivate · 925 m
  • and 18 more
Community centres
  • Pleasantview Community Centre1.3 km
Parks (14)
  • Beverly Glen Park282 m
  • Birchcrest Park502 m
  • Chester Le Park503 m
  • Candlebrook Crescent Park752 m
  • North Bridlewood Park845 m
  • Shawnee Park899 m
  • and 8 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bridlewood branch774 m
  • Toronto Public Library Pleasant View branch1.2 km
Signal
1240, activated 1979 · SAP · 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

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 41 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Kachiguda Junction, 341 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2025.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 41 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Kachiguda Junction · 2938 Finch Ave E341 mPassed, Jun 2025
Becker's · 2942 Finch Ave E342 mPassed, Jun 2026
McDonald's · 2936 Finch Ave E342 mPassed, Feb 2026
Pizza Pizza · 2938 Finch Ave E Unit-A342 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Chester Le Jr. P.s. Snack Program · 201 Chester Le Blvd401 mPassed, Nov 2025
Dilli Wala · 2537 Pharmacy Ave411 mPassed, May 2026 · 2 infractions
Lahmajoun Factory · 2533 Pharmacy Ave411 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 1 infraction
Reginos Pizza · 2535 Pharmacy Ave411 mPassed, Feb 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

No City washroom within 1 km.

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 281 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Bridlegrove Daycare Centre (320 m, 55 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km5 centres · 281 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 5
  • Bridlegrove Daycare Centre · 2575 Pharmacy Ave
    55 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    320 m
  • Epiphany of Our Lord Jr YMCA · 3150 Pharmacy Ave
    36 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    322 m
  • Chester Le Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 201 Chester Le Blvd
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    400 m
  • Beverly Glen YMCA · 85 Beverly Glen Blvd
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    418 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 113 (1.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.7 km away.

FireFire Station 113 · 1.9 km700 Seneca Hill Dr
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 24 · 1.7 km3061 Birchmount Rd

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

Seven registered apartment buildings with 1,500 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, one of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 22. The nearest is 3050 Pharmacy Ave (90 m, 252 units, 18 storeys, built 1974), which scored 91 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 25 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.

Registered buildings7 · 1,500 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202625 across the 7
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
3050 Pharmacy Ave · Park Property Management Inc25218197491 · Sep 2024690 m
100 Sprucewood Crt · Park Property Management Inc20615197397 · Aug 20267341 m
3000 Victoria Park Ave · Ranee Management2286197280 · Jun 20246595 m
10 Bridletowne Crcl · Park Property Management Inc17514197488 · Oct 20240733 m
30 Aurora Crt · Park Property Management Inc16713197496 · Sep 20250828 m
3333 Finch Ave Esocial housing · St. Paul's L'amoreaux Centre2976197586 · Oct 20251833 m
20 Aurora Crt · Park Property Management Inc17514197496 · Sep 20255860 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 lots260 lots · ≈33,640 spaces · 100.9 ha
Within 500 m46 lots · ≈2,390 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 63 m away, ≈39 spaces; 67 m away, ≈230 spaces; 78 m away, ≈63 spaces; 88 m away, ≈5 spaces; 132 m away, ≈2 spaces; 183 m away, ≈248 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 — 3,138 northbound vehicles, or 37% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 1,392. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 874 vehicles in the hour from 2:00 p.m., 49% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (585). Heavy vehicles were a negligible share of traffic (0.4%). 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 north2,580southbound · 24 bikes · 0.5% heavy
From the west1,399eastbound · 15 bikes · 0.1% heavy
Total vehicles8,509698 pedestrians · 90 cyclists · 0.4% heavy
From the east1,392westbound · 21 bikes · 0.4% heavy
From the south3,138northbound · 30 bikes · 0.3% heavy
AM peak hour585 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour874 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 Huntingdale Blvd and Chester Le Blvd (319 m away) recorded an average of 51 km/h in its 3-day count in April 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 58 km/h. That segment carries about 10,300 vehicles a day. Huntingdale Blvd between Heatherside Rd and Heatherside Dr measured slower: 43 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 52 km/h (Apr 2006). At the school-zone speed sign on Pharmacy Ave (216 m away, 50 km/h limit), 6.3% of the 95,526 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Pharmacy Ave · Huntingdale Blvd – Chester Le Blvd · 319 mApr 2026 · 3 days10,29351 km/h58 km/h62 km/h
Huntingdale Blvd · Heatherside Rd – Heatherside Dr · 338 mApr 2006 · 2 days3,55843 km/h52 km/h58 km/h
Chester Le Blvd · Pettibone Sq – 180 Chester Le Blvd · 344 mApr 2022 · 3 days1,37333 km/h41 km/h46 km/h

School-zone speed sign 216 m

Posted limit50 km/h
Median · 85th pct48 · 56 km/h
Over the limit19%
60 km/h or more6.3%

Pharmacy Ave (northbound) · 95,526 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

2018 was the peak year (11 collisions), and 2025 closed with 5. 18% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 6 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 12% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 2% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 6 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 26, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 5.8 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions49#2089 of 5,508
With an injury9#1844 of 4,660
Property damage only36
Fail to remain6
Involving a pedestrian1#2319 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified4
Since January 2026 (outside the window)6
All since 201466latest May 26, 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 five thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 40% of the vehicle thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 4 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle504apartment parking (2), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft420apartment parking (2), house driveway/garage (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 17, 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 L'Amoreaux West.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Pharmacy & Chester Le a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 49 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 & Chester Le?

A moderately travelled crossing. It ranks #1818 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 53% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is there a red-light camera at Pharmacy & Chester Le?

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Pharmacy & Chester Le since 2022 (south intersection), according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 206 tickets in 2025 (220 in 2024) and 85 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 810 since it was switched on.

How many red-light camera tickets are issued at Pharmacy & Chester Le?

206 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — about the same as 220 in 2024, and 85 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 810 tickets since 2022. A red-light camera ticket in Toronto is $325 and carries no demerit points because it is issued to the vehicle's owner.

How fast do cars go at Pharmacy & Chester Le?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Pharmacy Ave between Huntingdale Blvd and Chester Le Blvd (April 2026), found an average of 51 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 58 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 216 m away (50 km/h), 6.3% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Pharmacy & Chester Le?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 260 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 33,640 spaces — 46 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Pharmacy & Chester Le by transit?

Bus routes 167, 39, 24, 10, 169, 68, 42, 939 and 2 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Pharmacy Ave at Huntingdale Blvd, 18 m); York Region Transit route 024 Woodbine at Victoria Park Av / Hare Gate.

What restaurants are near Pharmacy & Chester Le?

None within 300 m, and 41 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Kachiguda Junction (341 m), Becker's (342 m), McDonald's (342 m), Pizza Pizza (342 m) and Chester Le Jr. P.s. Snack Program (401 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Pharmacy & Chester Le?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 281 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Bridlegrove Daycare Centre (320 m, 55 spaces), Epiphany of Our Lord Jr YMCA (322 m, 36 spaces) and Chester Le Early Learning & Child Care Centre (400 m, 62 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Pharmacy & Chester Le?

Seven RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,500 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3050 Pharmacy Ave (90 m, 252 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 100 Sprucewood Crt (341 m, 206 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 3000 Victoria Park Ave (595 m, 228 units, RentSafeTO score 80) and 10 Bridletowne Crcl (733 m, 175 units, RentSafeTO score 88). The average RentSafeTO score across the 7 is 91 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 & Chester Le?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and four bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 4 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 L'Amoreaux West page.

What neighbourhood is Pharmacy & Chester Le in?

Pharmacy & Chester Le is in L'Amoreaux West (City of Toronto neighbourhood 147). It is in Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt, represented by Councillor Nick Mantas.

Sources

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