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Porchester & Nelson

Porchester Dr & Nelson St · Toronto, Ontario · Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn · Ward 24, Scarborough-Guildwood

Porchester & Nelson, in Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn, is a quiet local crossing. At the corner: a park. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
1,138
vehicles · 14-hour count, Feb 19, 2026
104 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · #2323 busiest
Collisions
1
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 1 property damage · #5488 of 5,508 · +1 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 80 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 7% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 11 vehicles, close to the citywide median. On average 0.1 collisions a year were reported here in 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 & Nelson

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
102986116 nearest 427 m
Express
902905986
Blue Night
334386
Nearest stops
no surface stop within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Markham Rd / Blakemanor Blvd 444 m · 15 docks · 6 stations, 86 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 (13)
  • Cedarbrook Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 378 m
  • Scarborough Village Public SchoolEnglish Public · 490 m
  • St Nicholas Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 592 m
  • Cedar Drive Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 867 m
  • St Boniface Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 922 m
  • Cedarbrae Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 7 more
Parks (18)
  • Bakerton Parkette250 m
  • Cedargrove Park433 m
  • Cedarbrook Park686 m
  • Secor Memorial Park782 m
  • Bellamy Park865 m
  • Lochleven Park934 m
  • and 12 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Cedarbrae branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • Scarborough Village TheatrePerforming Arts · 1.1 km

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; 52 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Super Churros - Br 59187, 343 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 52 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 17 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Super Churros - Br 59187 · 51 Nelson St343 mPassed, May 2026
M&s West Indian Supermarket · 28 Nelson Stgrocery472 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
King of Taste · 286 Markham Rd476 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Namma Madurai · 296 Markham Rd Bldg-1476 mConditional pass, Jun 2026 · 5 infractions
Tharavadu Home of Kerala Cuisine · 292 Markham Rd476 mPassed, Jul 2026
Markham Variety · 421 Markham Rdgrocery481 mPassed, Mar 2026
Scarborough Village Nyad · 15 Luella St489 mPassed, Jul 2026
Lulu Shawarma & Meat · 268 Markham Rdgrocery499 mPassed, Feb 2026 · 3 infractions

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 Cedarbrook Community Centre Washroom, 889 m away, View centre hours.

  • Cedarbrook Community Centre Washroom · 91 Eastpark Blvd
    View centre hours
    889 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

Ten licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 691 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Heart Beatz Child Care - Cedarbrook Site (378 m, 28 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km10 centres · 691 spaces
Fee subsidy10 of 10
  • Heart Beatz Child Care - Cedarbrook Site · 56 Nelson St
    28 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    378 m
  • N.y.a.d Scarborough Village · 15 Luella St
    44 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    490 m
  • Children's Village Day Care Centre #3 · 225 Markham Rd
    105 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    547 m
  • Scarborough Village Day Nursery 1 · 215 Markham Rd
    77 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    641 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 231 (1.9 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (4.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 642 m away.

FireFire Station 231 · 1.9 km740 Markham Rd
Police41 Division · 4.6 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 22 · 642 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 399 Markham Rd (414 m, 254 units, 15 storeys, built 1977), which scored 74 out of 100 at its September 2025 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
399 Markham Rd · Golden Equity Properties25415197774 · Sep 202525 · 11 fire414 m
419 Markham Rd · 1597180 Ontario Inc16012197091 · Nov 20257 · 6 fire458 m
421 Markham Rd · 1597180 Ontario Inc15912196994 · Sep 20243481 m
225 Markham Rd · Q Residential22916196996 · Sep 20245 · 5 fire547 m
25 Cougar Crt · Metcap Living Management Inc23621196584 · Aug 202619629 m
215 Markham Rd · Q Residential19317196892 · Sep 20255641 m
3111 Eglinton Ave E · Siteline Residential Management Inc.706195386 · Jun 20267695 m
3131 Eglinton Ave E827196078 · Jun 20266705 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 · ≈32,930 spaces · 98.8 ha
Within 500 m8 lots · ≈1,050 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 390 m away, ≈47 spaces; 443 m away, ≈82 spaces; 455 m away, ≈17 spaces; 460 m away, ≈17 spaces; 468 m away, ≈17 spaces; 479 m away, ≈2 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 north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 512 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 45% of the total, against 312 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 144 vehicles in the peak hour from 3:00 p.m., against 109 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.1% 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 north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west312eastbound · 0 bikes · 4.5% heavy
Total vehicles1,138104 pedestrians · 0 cyclists · 3.1% heavy
From the east512westbound · 0 bikes · 3.3% heavy
From the south314northbound · 0 bikes · 1.3% heavy
AM peak hour109 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour144 vehicles from 3:00 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 Nelson St between Farmbrook Rd and Blakemanor Blvd, 233 m from the corner, a 7-day count in September 2020 put the average speed at 37 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 45 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 52 km/h or more. That segment carries about 1,300 vehicles a day. The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Nelson St (350 m away, 40 km/h limit), 1.3% of the 24,616 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — a small minority.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Nelson St · Farmbrook Rd – Blakemanor Blvd · 233 mSep 2020 · 7 days1,29137 km/h45 km/h52 km/h

School-zone speed sign 350 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct29 · 39 km/h
Over the limit4.7%
50 km/h or more1.3%

Nelson St (westbound), Opp 49 Nelson St · 24,616 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 2017, with 1 collision; 2025 recorded 0. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Apr 5, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions1#5488 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only1
Fail to remain0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 20142latest Apr 5, 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

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

Two thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on May 11, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle201house driveway/garage (1), other (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 11, 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 Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Porchester & Nelson a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 1 lesser collision. 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 & Nelson?

A quiet local crossing. It ranks #2323 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 7% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Porchester & Nelson?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Nelson St between Farmbrook Rd and Blakemanor Blvd (September 2020), 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. At the school-zone speed sign 350 m away (40 km/h), 1.3% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Porchester & Nelson?

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 32,930 spaces — 8 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Porchester & Nelson by transit?

Bus routes 102, 9, 86, 116, 902, 905, 986 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Porchester & Nelson?

None within 300 m, and 52 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Super Churros - Br 59187 (343 m), King of Taste (476 m), Namma Madurai (476 m), Tharavadu Home of Kerala Cuisine (476 m) and Scarborough Village Nyad (489 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 & Nelson?

The nearest is Cedarbrook Community Centre Washroom, 91 Eastpark Blvd, 889 m away (View centre hours). 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 & Nelson?

Ten licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 691 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Heart Beatz Child Care - Cedarbrook Site (378 m, 28 spaces), N.y.a.d Scarborough Village (490 m, 44 spaces) and Children's Village Day Care Centre #3 (547 m, 105 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Porchester & Nelson?

20 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 3,184 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 399 Markham Rd (414 m, 254 units, RentSafeTO score 74), 419 Markham Rd (458 m, 160 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 421 Markham Rd (481 m, 159 units, RentSafeTO score 94) and 225 Markham Rd (547 m, 229 units, RentSafeTO score 96). 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 & Nelson?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 1 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 Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn page.

What neighbourhood is Porchester & Nelson in?

Porchester & Nelson 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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