Toronto · intersection · signal 1241 · red-light camera

Pharmacy & McNicoll

Pharmacy Ave & McNicoll Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Steeles · Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt

Pharmacy & McNicoll, in Steeles, is a busier-than-typical intersection. At the corner: a red-light camera in place since 2017 that issued 138 tickets in 2025 and 2 schools within 250 m. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
18,759
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 26, 2025
305 pedestrians · 150 cyclists · #969 busiest
Collisions
148
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
22 with an injury · 110 property damage · #733 of 5,508 · +11 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 4 before 2016
Red-light camera
138
tickets in 2025
since 2017 · 50 so far in 2026 · tickets by camera
Transit
4
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 1,340 vehicles an hour, 1.16× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 62 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). On average 15 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 7.9 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.59× the median rate for counted intersections. Collisions fell 34%, from 89 in 2016–2020 to 59 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Pharmacy & McNicoll

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
42167243968 nearest 24 m
Express
924968
Blue Night
324
Nearest stops
10 surface stops within 300 m — McNicoll Ave at Pharmacy Ave; Pharmacy Ave at McNicoll Ave
Regional
York Region Transit 024 Woodbine at Victoria Park Av / McNicoll Av430 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 (21)
  • Alathena International Academy Secondary School - ScarboroughPrivate · 162 m
  • McCanny Secondary SchoolPrivate · 219 m
  • Sir Ernest Macmillan Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 326 m
  • Lowell International Academy Secondary SchoolPrivate · 401 m
  • Sir Samuel B Steele Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 416 m
  • Toronto International College Secondary SchoolPrivate · 557 m
  • and 15 more
Parks (10)
  • Chester Le Park489 m
  • Candlebrook Crescent Park508 m
  • Huntsmill Park544 m
  • Beverly Glen Park794 m
  • Birchcrest Park941 m
  • Shawnee Park1 km
  • and 4 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Bridlewood branch1.1 km
  • Toronto Public Library Steeles branch1.4 km
Signal
1241, activated 1979 · SA1

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

Toronto Public Health inspects 4 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 35. The nearest is Fuji Lamb House, 55 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 35 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 4 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Fuji Lamb House · 3330 Pharmacy Ave G&h55 mPassed, Jul 2026
Hype BBQ · 3330 Pharmacy Ave Unit-K55 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Hanson Mandu · 3330 Pharmacy Ave I-J55 mPassed, Jul 2026
Saint Germain Bakery · 3330 Pharmacy Avegrocery55 mPassed, Sep 2026
Toronto Chicken Hotpot · 3330 Pharmacy Ave Flr-255 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 2 infractions
Sir Samuel B Steele Jr. P.s. - Student Nutrition Program · 131 Huntsmill Blvd386 mPassed, May 2026
Sir Samuel B. Steele YMCA · 131 Huntsmill Blvd386 mPassed, Jul 2026
de Chou · 3601 Victoria Park Ave Unit-115-119401 mPassed, Jul 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

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

Seven licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 417 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Sir Samuel B Steele Jr YMCA (416 m, 77 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km7 centres · 417 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 7
  • Sir Samuel B Steele Jr YMCA · 131 Huntsmill Blvd
    77 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    416 m
  • St. Nicholas Child Care Centre - Network · 1020 McNicoll Ave
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    461 m
  • Epiphany of Our Lord Jr YMCA · 3150 Pharmacy Ave
    36 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    592 m
  • Chester Le Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 201 Chester Le Blvd
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    616 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 241 (1.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.8 km away.

FireFire Station 241 · 1.2 km3325 Warden Ave
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 24 · 1.8 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

Within a kilometre there is one RentSafeTO-registered apartment building — 252 rental units. The nearest is 3050 Pharmacy Ave (1.0 km, 252 units, 18 storeys, built 1974), which scored 91 out of 100 at its September 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Registered buildings1 · 252 units
RentSafeTO score91 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20266 across the 1
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest18 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
3050 Pharmacy Ave · Park Property Management Inc25218197491 · Sep 202461 km

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 · ≈43,990 spaces · 132 ha
Within 500 m15 lots · ≈4,290 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 58 m away, ≈88 spaces; 65 m away, ≈74 spaces; 113 m away, ≈175 spaces; 142 m away, ≈9 spaces; 148 m away, ≈443 spaces; 248 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)

Traffic is heaviest from the east: 6,613 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 35% of the total, against 2,351 from the south. Evening rush dominates here: 1,845 vehicles in the peak hour from 2:00 p.m., against 1,205 in the morning peak from 9:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 0.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count was taken on a Sunday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north3,800southbound · 29 bikes · 0.8% heavy
From the west5,995eastbound · 34 bikes · 1.0% heavy
Total vehicles18,759305 pedestrians · 150 cyclists · 0.9% heavy
From the east6,613westbound · 42 bikes · 1.1% heavy
From the south2,351northbound · 45 bikes · 0.4% heavy
AM peak hour1,205 vehicles from 9:30 a.m.
PM peak hour1,845 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 most recent midblock count on Pharmacy Ave between Chester Le Blvd and McNicoll Ave (37 m away, Dec 2018) recorded volume only — about 5,004 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Huntsmill Blvd (281 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 32,786 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Pharmacy Ave · Chester Le Blvd – McNicoll Ave · 37 mDec 2018 · 7 days5,004
McNicoll Ave · Victoria Park Ave – Pharmacy Ave · 224 mSep 2019 · 7 days9,208

School-zone speed sign 281 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct25 · 30 km/h
Over the limit0.1%
50 km/h or more0.0%

Huntsmill Blvd (eastbound), 170 Huntsmill Boulevard · 32,786 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

The worst year was 2019, with 22 collisions; 2025 recorded 11. 22 collisions (15%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 19 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 13% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. 3 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (2%), a low share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 11 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: 7.9 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions148#733 of 5,508
With an injury22#775 of 4,660
Property damage only110
Fail to remain19
Involving a pedestrian3#1334 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified16
Since January 2026 (outside the window)11
All since 2014188latest 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 4 earlier KSI collisions are on file, the last on Jul 8, 2014.

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

Five thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 40% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Feb 22, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle522street/outdoor (2), commercial premises (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Feb 22, 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 Steeles.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Pharmacy & McNicoll a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 148 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 & McNicoll?

A busier-than-typical intersection. It ranks #969 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.16× the median for a counted intersection.

Is there a red-light camera at Pharmacy & McNicoll?

Yes. A red-light camera has operated at Pharmacy & McNicoll since 2017, according to the City of Toronto's red-light camera list. It issued 138 tickets in 2025 (128 in 2024) and 50 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026; 1,597 since it was switched on.

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

138 in 2025, according to the City's annual charges data — about the same as 128 in 2024, and 50 in 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. The camera has issued 1,597 tickets since 2017. A red-light camera ticket in Toronto is $325 and carries no demerit points because it is issued to the vehicle's owner.

Where can I park near Pharmacy & McNicoll?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 257 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 43,990 spaces — 15 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Pharmacy & McNicoll by transit?

Bus routes 42, 167, 24, 39, 68, 924, 968 within 1 km (nearest stop: McNicoll Ave at Pharmacy Ave, 24 m); York Region Transit route 024 Woodbine at Victoria Park Av / McNicoll Av.

What restaurants are near Pharmacy & McNicoll?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 35 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Fuji Lamb House (55 m), Hype BBQ (55 m), Hanson Mandu (55 m), Toronto Chicken Hotpot (55 m) and Sir Samuel B Steele Jr. P.s. - Student Nutrition Program (386 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 & McNicoll?

Seven licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 417 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Sir Samuel B Steele Jr YMCA (416 m, 77 spaces), St. Nicholas Child Care Centre - Network (461 m, 62 spaces) and Epiphany of Our Lord Jr YMCA (592 m, 36 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Pharmacy & McNicoll?

One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 252 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 3050 Pharmacy Ave (1.0 km, 252 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 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 & McNicoll?

Toronto Police place five thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 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 Steeles page.

What neighbourhood is Pharmacy & McNicoll in?

Pharmacy & McNicoll is in Steeles (City of Toronto neighbourhood 116). It is in Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt, represented by Councillor Nick Mantas.

Sources

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