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Pharmacy & Dolphin

Pharmacy Ave & Dolphin Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Clairlea-Birchmount · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

In Clairlea-Birchmount, Pharmacy & Dolphin is an intersection of typical volume. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: Victoria Park Station (Line 2) 557 m away.

Traffic volume
8,382
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 26, 2025
854 pedestrians · 97 cyclists · #1823 busiest
Collisions
70
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
11 with an injury · 47 property damage · #1571 of 5,508 · +4 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
Victoria Park Station 557 m · 13 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 600 vehicles an hour, 52% of the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 10 vehicles, in line with the citywide pattern. On average 7 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 8.4 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.68× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 21%, from 39 in 2016–2020 to 31 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Pharmacy & Dolphin

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Victoria Park Station (Line 2)557 m
TTC bus
672440412117691352316176820113 nearest 16 m
Express
924
Blue Night
324300
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Pharmacy Ave at Dolphin Dr
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Pharmacy Ave / Teesdale Pl 325 m · 19 docks · 9 stations, 164 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 (12)
  • Crescent Town Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 586 m
  • Samuel Hearne Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 622 m
  • Oakridge Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 659 m
  • Taylor Creek Public SchoolEnglish Public · 759 m
  • St Dunstan Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 767 m
  • Regent Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 795 m
  • and 6 more
Parks (24)
  • Byng Park214 m
  • Dentonia Park Golf Course301 m
  • Prairie Drive Park391 m
  • Leyton Tot Lot501 m
  • Cataraqui Park572 m
  • Warden Woods Park574 m
  • and 18 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Dawes Road branch842 m
Signal
1870, activated 2000 · SA2 · 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; 50 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Domino's Pizza, 542 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in April 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 50 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 12 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
L&l Convenience · 10 Teesdale Pl 4grocery398 mPassed, Jul 2026
Domino's Pizza · 447 Pharmacy Ave542 mPassed, Apr 2026
Dhaka Bazar · 451 Pharmacy Ave559 mPassed, Sep 2026
Dhaka Bazar · 451 Pharmacy Ave560 mPassed, Oct 2025
Dhaka Kitchen · 459 Pharmacy Ave572 mPassed, Sep 2026
Thai Fusion Restaurant · 461 Pharmacy Ave583 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Samuel Hearne Ms - Snp - Am · 21 Newport Ave591 mPassed, Jun 2026
Nabaafia Restaurant · 1 the Market Pl636 mPassed, Aug 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 Prairie Drive Park Washroom, 389 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 228 m away at Byng Park.

  • Prairie Drive Park Washroom · 101 Pharmacy Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    389 m
  • Dentonia Park Golf Course Washroom · 781 Victoria Park Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    535 m
  • Oakridge Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 63 Pharmacy Ave
    View centre hours
    622 m
Drinking water
Byng Park bottle filling station · 228 m; Warden Woods Park dog fountain · 283 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 660 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Dian Childcare Centre Inc. (109 m, 26 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km9 centres · 660 spaces
Fee subsidy9 of 9
  • Dian Childcare Centre Inc. · 283 Pharmacy Ave
    26 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    109 m
  • Woodland Nursery School (Warden Woods Community Centre) · 1 Firvalley Crt
    26 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    558 m
  • Eyet Early Learning Centre, Crescent Town Elementary School · 4 Massey Sq
    136 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    586 m
  • Eyet - Crescent Town Centre · 2a the Market Pl
    83 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    656 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 225 (1.5 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.5 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 225 · 1.5 km3600 Danforth Ave
Police41 Division · 3.5 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 42 · 1.9 km1535 Kingston 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

42 registered apartment buildings with 7,516 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, nine of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 273 Pharmacy Ave (42 m, 280 units, 18 storeys, built 1972), which scored 91 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 42 scored below 70; the average is 91, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 213 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 91 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings42 · 7,516 units · 9 social housing
RentSafeTO score91 average · 1 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026213 across the 42
Open fire-code violations91
Tallest29 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
273 Pharmacy Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited28018197291 · Sep 2024442 m
283 Pharmacy Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited26717197297 · Aug 202513108 m
263 Pharmacy Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited32921197297 · Aug 202512 · 2 fire147 m
40 Teesdale PlToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation27824197184 · Sep 20241322 m
30 Teesdale PlToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation27825197191 · Sep 20242 · 2 fire354 m
10 Teesdale Pl · Princess Management28524196891 · Oct 202510399 m
20 Teesdale Pl · Princess Management28424197093 · Oct 20259462 m
1 Firvalley CrtToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation11512196291 · Jun 20252558 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 lots459 lots · ≈31,340 spaces · 94 ha
Within 500 m12 lots · ≈1,010 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 1,244 spaces
EV charging (City)2231 Gerrard Street East · 2 km · 1 Level 2 ports
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 777 Victoria Park Ave (646 m)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface749 m173 *
Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface1.2 km151 *
Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface1.8 km920 *

Nearest lots: 50 m away, ≈75 spaces; 109 m away, ≈97 spaces; 121 m away, ≈99 spaces; 164 m away, ≈137 spaces; 285 m away, ≈164 spaces; 335 m away, ≈70 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 north leg carries the load — 3,951 southbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 151. Most cyclists arrived from the north (45 of 97). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 914 vehicles in the hour from 2:45 p.m., 73% above the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. (529). Heavy vehicles made up 1.3% 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 north3,951southbound · 45 bikes · 1.4% heavy
From the west151eastbound · 15 bikes · 1.3% heavy
Total vehicles8,382854 pedestrians · 97 cyclists · 1.3% heavy
From the east438westbound · 4 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the south3,842northbound · 33 bikes · 1.5% heavy
AM peak hour529 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour914 vehicles from 2:45 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 Dolphin Dr between Westbourne Ave and Bexhill Ave (132 m away) recorded an average of 31 km/h in its 24-hour count in June 2011; 85% of drivers were at or under 39 km/h. That segment carries about 300 vehicles a day. The reading is 15 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Pharmacy Ave · Dolphin Dr – Donside Dr · 81 mNov 2012 · 3 days5,848
Dolphin Dr · Westbourne Ave – Bexhill Ave · 132 mJun 2011 · 24 h32931 km/h39 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

2019 was the peak year (9 collisions), and 2025 closed with 5. 16% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 12 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 17% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 7% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 25, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 8.4 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions70#1571 of 5,508
With an injury11#1617 of 4,660
Property damage only47
Fail to remain12
Involving a pedestrian4#1007 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2235 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified12
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
All since 201482latest May 25, 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 122 thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 21× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 9 in 2023–2025, about 3.0 a year, against 16.9 a year before that. 70% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 80% of the bike thefts were from apartment-building parking. Since January 2026, 3 more have been reported, the latest on Feb 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle12293street/outdoor (86), apartment parking (35)
Bicycle theft500apartment parking (4), street/outdoor (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 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 Clairlea-Birchmount.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Pharmacy & Dolphin a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 70 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 & Dolphin?

An intersection of typical volume. It ranks #1823 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 52% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Pharmacy & Dolphin?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Dolphin Dr between Westbourne Ave and Bexhill Ave (June 2011), found an average of 31 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 39 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Pharmacy & Dolphin?

The nearest Green P car park is Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue (749 m away, 173 spaces). The City's mapping shows 459 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 31,340 spaces — 12 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 2231 Gerrard Street East (2.0 km).

How do I get to Pharmacy & Dolphin by transit?

Victoria Park Station (Line 2) is 557 m away; bus routes 67, 24, 404, 12, 117, 69, 135, 23 and 6 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Pharmacy Ave at Dolphin Dr, 16 m).

What restaurants are near Pharmacy & Dolphin?

None within 300 m, and 50 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Domino's Pizza (542 m), Dhaka Bazar (559 m), Dhaka Bazar (560 m), Dhaka Kitchen (572 m) and Thai Fusion Restaurant (583 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 & Dolphin?

The nearest is Prairie Drive Park Washroom, 101 Pharmacy Ave, 389 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Dentonia Park Golf Course Washroom (535 m); Oakridge Community Recreation Centre Washroom (622 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 & Dolphin?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 660 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Dian Childcare Centre Inc. (109 m, 26 spaces), Woodland Nursery School (Warden Woods Community Centre) (558 m, 26 spaces) and Eyet Early Learning Centre, Crescent Town Elementary School (586 m, 136 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Pharmacy & Dolphin?

42 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 7,516 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 273 Pharmacy Ave (42 m, 280 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 283 Pharmacy Ave (108 m, 267 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 263 Pharmacy Ave (147 m, 329 units, RentSafeTO score 97) and 40 Teesdale Pl (322 m, 278 units, RentSafeTO score 84). The average RentSafeTO score across the 42 is 91 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 & Dolphin?

Toronto Police place 122 thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 3 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 Clairlea-Birchmount page.

What neighbourhood is Pharmacy & Dolphin in?

Pharmacy & Dolphin is in Clairlea-Birchmount (City of Toronto neighbourhood 120). It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.

Sources

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