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Porchester & Farmbrook

Porchester Dr & Farmbrook Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn · Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood

In Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn, Porchester & Farmbrook is a low-volume local intersection. Nearby is Eglinton GO 594 m away and 10 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,537
vehicles · 14-hour count, Feb 19, 2026
246 pedestrians · 1 cyclists · #2279 busiest
Collisions
6
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 5 property damage · #4841 of 5,508
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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
5 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 110 vehicles an hour, 9% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 6 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. Police have logged an average of 0.6 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Porchester & Farmbrook

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

GO Transit
Eglinton GO — Lakeshore East594 m
TTC bus
98611610212 nearest 200 m
Express
905986902
Blue Night
334386
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Eglinton Ave E / Mason Rd 270 m · 11 docks · 6 stations, 90 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)
  • Scarborough Village Public SchoolEnglish Public · 434 m
  • Cedarbrook Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 464 m
  • Mason Road Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 528 m
  • St Nicholas Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 633 m
  • St Boniface Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 701 m
  • Umc High SchoolPrivate · 925 m
  • and 6 more
Parks (20)
  • Bellamy Park383 m
  • Bakerton Parkette498 m
  • Adanac Park537 m
  • Lochleven Park631 m
  • Cedargrove Park651 m
  • Colonial Park704 m
  • and 14 more
Places of interest
  • Scarborough Village TheatrePerforming Arts · 944 m

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 6 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 55. The nearest is Anjappar Chettinad, 212 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026 with 1 infraction noted.

Restaurants & cafés6 within 300 m · 55 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 19 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Anjappar Chettinad · 3090 Eglinton Ave E212 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Anjappar Chettinad · 3090 Eglinton Ave E212 mPassed, Jun 2025
Cakes By Ayam · 3095 Eglinton Ave E284 mPassed, Jul 2026
Falcha · 3095 Eglinton Ave E Unit-3284 mPassed, Jul 2026
Sowjis Indian Cuisine · 3095 Eglinton Ave E Unit-6284 mPassed, Jun 2026
McDonald's · 3132 Eglinton Ave E291 mPassed, May 2026
Walmart · 3132 Eglinton Ave Egrocery291 mPassed, Mar 2025 · 1 infraction
Super Churros - Br 59187 · 51 Nelson St376 mPassed, May 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 Scarborough Village Recreation Centre Washroom, 1.0 km away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Scarborough Village Recreation Centre Washroom · 3600 Kingston Rd
    View centre hours · accessible
    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

11 licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 738 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is N.y.a.d Scarborough Village (434 m, 44 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km11 centres · 738 spaces
Fee subsidy11 of 11
  • N.y.a.d Scarborough Village · 15 Luella St
    44 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    434 m
  • Heart Beatz Child Care - Cedarbrook Site · 56 Nelson St
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    464 m
  • N.y.a.d. Mason Road · 78 Mason Rd
    56 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    528 m
  • St. Boniface Jr YMCA · 20 Markanna Dr
    82 spaces · toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    701 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 223 (2.2 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (4.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 204 m away.

FireFire Station 223 · 2.2 km116 Dorset Rd
Police41 Division · 4.2 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 22 · 204 m3100 Eglinton Ave E

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 are 20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 3,184 rental units — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 3091 Eglinton Ave E (320 m, 79 units, 7 storeys, built 1968), which scored 94 out of 100 at its June 2026 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 116 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 40 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings20 · 3,184 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score87 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 2026116 across the 20
Open fire-code violations40
Tallest21 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
3091 Eglinton Ave E · Fidelity Property Management Ltd797196894 · Jun 20261320 m
140 Adanac DrToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation30616197089 · Jun 20268 · 1 fire332 m
3101 Eglinton Ave E · Siteline Residential Management Inc.706196592 · Aug 20254344 m
110 Mason Rdsocial housing · Dms Property Management Ltd.537198195 · Aug 20253 · 1 fire347 m
3111 Eglinton Ave E · Siteline Residential Management Inc.706195386 · Jun 20267355 m
126 Bellamy Rd N · Berkley Property Management Inc.25316197190 · Jul 20266389 m
3121 Eglinton Ave E816196083 · Jun 202610397 m
123 Bellamy Rd N · Hazelview Properties25012196496 · Aug 20250418 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 lots277 lots · ≈34,820 spaces · 104.4 ha
Within 500 m25 lots · ≈2,200 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 227 m away, ≈21 spaces; 228 m away, ≈51 spaces; 242 m away, ≈19 spaces; 254 m away, ≈458 spaces; 285 m away, ≈30 spaces; 308 m away, ≈65 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, Feb 19, 2026

This is a three-leg intersection with no south leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 671 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 44% of the total, against 277 from the north. Evening rush dominates here: 177 vehicles in the peak hour from 5:00 p.m., against 141 in the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.1% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.

From the north277southbound · 0 bikes · 2.5% heavy
From the west671eastbound · 0 bikes · 2.4% heavy
Total vehicles1,537246 pedestrians · 1 cyclists · 2.1% heavy
From the east589westbound · 1 bikes · 1.7% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour141 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour177 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Feb 19, 2026

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

On Porchester Dr between Farmbrook Rd and Shier Dr, 61 m from the corner, a 3-day count in July 2026 put the average speed at 37 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 45 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 50 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,500 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Porchester Dr · Farmbrook Rd – Shier Dr · 61 mJul 2026 · 3 days1,51137 km/h45 km/h50 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 worst year was 2019, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 2 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 33% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Mar 24, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions6#4841 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only5
Fail to remain2
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 20147latest Mar 24, 2025

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

No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 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

Eight 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. 75% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle810house driveway/garage (6), other (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Sep 14, 2025. 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 Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Porchester & Farmbrook a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 6 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 Porchester & Farmbrook?

A low-volume local intersection. It ranks #2279 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 9% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Porchester & Farmbrook?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Porchester Dr between Farmbrook Rd and Shier Dr (July 2026), found an average of 37 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 45 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Porchester & Farmbrook?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 277 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 34,820 spaces — 25 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Porchester & Farmbrook by transit?

Eglinton GO is 594 m away; bus routes 9, 86, 116, 102, 12, 905, 986, 902 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Porchester & Farmbrook?

6 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 55 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Anjappar Chettinad (212 m), Anjappar Chettinad (212 m), Cakes By Ayam (284 m), Falcha (284 m) and Sowjis Indian Cuisine (284 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 Porchester & Farmbrook?

The nearest is Scarborough Village Recreation Centre Washroom, 3600 Kingston Rd, 1.0 km away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. 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 Porchester & Farmbrook?

11 licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 738 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are N.y.a.d Scarborough Village (434 m, 44 spaces), Heart Beatz Child Care - Cedarbrook Site (464 m, 28 spaces) and N.y.a.d. Mason Road (528 m, 56 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Porchester & Farmbrook?

20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,184 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3091 Eglinton Ave E (320 m, 79 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 140 Adanac Dr (332 m, 306 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 3101 Eglinton Ave E (344 m, 70 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 110 Mason Rd (347 m, 53 units, RentSafeTO score 95). The average RentSafeTO score across the 20 is 87 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 Porchester & Farmbrook?

Toronto Police place eight 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 Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn page.

What neighbourhood is Porchester & Farmbrook in?

Porchester & Farmbrook is in Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn (City of Toronto neighbourhood 141), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood, represented by Councillor Paul Ainslie.

Sources

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