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Santamonica & Newlands (East)

Santamonica Blvd & Newlands Ave (East) · Toronto, Ontario · Clairlea-Birchmount · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

In Clairlea-Birchmount, Santamonica & Newlands (East) is a lightly travelled intersection, with heavy foot traffic. At the corner: a school within 250 m and a park. Nearby: Warden Station (Line 2) 612 m away. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
910
vehicles · 8-hour count, Apr 18, 2023
361 pedestrians · 3 cyclists
Collisions
20
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 16 property damage · #3440 of 5,508 · +5 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
Warden Station 612 m · 10 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 110 vehicles an hour, 10% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 2.5 vehicles — more walking than at most counted intersections, where the median is one per 13. On average 2 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. The pace has been steady: 10 collisions in 2016–2020 and 10 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Santamonica & Newlands (East)

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Warden Station (Line 2)612 m
TTC bus
1617117113910268691358 nearest 203 m
Express
902968
Blue Night
300
Nearest stops
4 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
552 Birchmount Rd 296 m · 15 docks · 4 stations, 68 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 (8)
  • Danforth Gardens Public SchoolEnglish Public · 95 m
  • J G Workman Public SchoolEnglish Public · 445 m
  • St Joachim Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 500 m
  • General Brock Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Taylor Creek Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • Birch Cliff Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.3 km
  • and 2 more
Community centres
Parks (18)
  • Danforth Gardens Park176 m
  • Sadler Parkette313 m
  • Dunlop Park514 m
  • Oates Park598 m
  • Firvalley Woods769 m
  • Woodrow Park808 m
  • and 12 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Albert Campbell branch254 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 8 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 2 grocery and convenience stores; within a kilometre the count is 20 — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Mega Meal Grill & Steak House, 273 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.

Restaurants & cafés8 within 300 m · 20 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience2 within 300 m · 3 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Mega Meal Grill & Steak House · 462 Birchmount Rd 33273 mPassed, May 2026
Bread King Bakeries · 462 Birchmount Rd Unit-31288 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Follow the Child · 462 Birchmount Rd Unit--20288 mPassed, Jul 2026
Iqbal Foods · 462 Birchmount Rd Unit-17-18grocery288 mPassed, Jun 2026
Pizza Hut · 462 Birchmount Rd Unit-56288 mPassed, Jun 2026
Panda Wok · 462 Birchmount Rd Unit-40288 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Red Rose Halal Meat · 462 Birchmount Rdgrocery288 mPassed, Jun 2026
Subway Sandwiches and Salads · 462 Birchmount Rd Unit-55288 mPassed, Apr 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 Dunlop Park Washroom, 553 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Dunlop Park Washroom · 19 Dunlop Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    553 m
  • Warden Hilltop Community Centre Washroom · 25 Mendelssohn St
    View centre hours
    914 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

Three licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 197 spaces; two accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Danforth Gardens Playcare (95 m, 86 spaces, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km3 centres · 197 spaces
Fee subsidy2 of 3
  • Danforth Gardens Playcare · 20 Santamonica Blvd
    86 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    95 m
  • Follow the Child · 462 Birchmount Rd
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    273 m
  • Hilltop Daycare Centre · 160 North Bonnington Ave
    72 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    808 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 (2.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 225 · 1.5 km3600 Danforth Ave
Police41 Division · 2.4 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 47 · 1.6 km3600 St Clair 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 16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 1,368 rental units — four social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 534 Birchmount Rd (172 m, 34 units, 4 storeys, built 1962), which scored 84 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 26 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 15 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings16 · 1,368 units · 4 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202626 across the 16
Open fire-code violations15
Tallest15 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
534 Birchmount Rd · Avenue Place Ltd.344196284 · Jul 20240172 m
536 Birchmount Rd · Performance Property Management283196091 · Sep 20250187 m
540 Birchmount Rd · Trivest Developments Corporation274196092 · Sep 20251202 m
544 Birchmount Rd · Medallion Corporation13111196992 · Sep 20256 · 3 fire216 m
550 Birchmount Rd · Medallion Corporation15310201183 · Sep 20261242 m
552 Birchmount Rd · Medallion Corporation617197487 · Sep 20251277 m
560 Birchmount Rd · Medallion Corporation10313197276 · Aug 20268339 m
506 Danforth Rd · North 44 Property Management Inc223196589 · Jul 20240358 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 lots460 lots · ≈61,040 spaces · 183.1 ha
Within 500 m29 lots · ≈3,240 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 1,071 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface646 m151 *
Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface1 km920 *

Nearest lots: 142 m away, ≈69 spaces; 188 m away, ≈36 spaces; 193 m away, ≈60 spaces; 194 m away, ≈44 spaces; 222 m away, ≈69 spaces; 266 m away, ≈46 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 — 8-hour, Apr 18, 2023

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the east: 461 westbound vehicles entered from that leg, 51% of the total, against 159 from the west. Unusually, the morning peak is the heavier one — 271 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m., 122% above the afternoon peak from 4:30 p.m. (122). 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. The count is 3 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.

From the north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west159eastbound · 0 bikes · 2.5% heavy
Total vehicles910361 pedestrians · 3 cyclists · 3.1% heavy
From the east461westbound · 2 bikes · 2.6% heavy
From the south290northbound · 1 bikes · 4.1% heavy
AM peak hour271 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour122 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count8-hour · Apr 18, 2023

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 Santamonica Blvd between Huddleston Crt and Newlands Ave, 319 m from the corner, a 3-day count in January 2020 put the average speed at 36 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 44 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 50 km/h or more. That segment carries about 600 vehicles a day. Newlands Ave between Santamonica Blvd and Elfreda Blvd measured slower: 28 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 35 km/h (Oct 2013). The reading is 6 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on Santamonica Blvd (148 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 3,771 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Newlands Ave · Santamonica Blvd – Elfreda Blvd · 27 mOct 2013 · 24 h1,54928 km/h35 km/h38 km/h
Santamonica Blvd · Huddleston Crt – Newlands Ave · 319 mJan 2020 · 3 days58936 km/h44 km/h50 km/h

School-zone speed sign 148 m

Posted limit40 km/h
Median · 85th pct0 · 27 km/h
Over the limit0.1%
50 km/h or more0.0%

Santamonica Blvd (eastbound) · 3,771 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 2024, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 2. 1 collision (5%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 15% of collisions, in line with the citywide 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 5 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 7, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions20#3440 of 5,508
With an injury1#4526 of 4,660
Property damage only16
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)5
All since 201427latest Jun 7, 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

One theft from a vehicle and two bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle110house driveway/garage (1)
Bicycle theft200school/campus (2)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 30, 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 Clairlea-Birchmount.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Santamonica & Newlands (East) a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 20 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 Santamonica & Newlands (East)?

A lightly travelled intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 18, 2023, 10% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Santamonica & Newlands (East)?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Santamonica Blvd between Huddleston Crt and Newlands Ave (January 2020), found an average of 36 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 44 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 148 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Santamonica & Newlands (East)?

The nearest Green P car park is Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave (646 m away, 151 spaces). The City's mapping shows 460 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 61,040 spaces — 29 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Santamonica & Newlands (East) by transit?

Warden Station (Line 2) is 612 m away; bus routes 16, 17, 117, 113, 9, 102, 68, 69 and 4 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Santamonica & Newlands (East)?

8 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 20 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Mega Meal Grill & Steak House (273 m), Bread King Bakeries (288 m), Follow the Child (288 m), Pizza Hut (288 m) and Panda Wok (288 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 Santamonica & Newlands (East)?

The nearest is Dunlop Park Washroom, 19 Dunlop Ave, 553 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Warden Hilltop Community Centre Washroom (914 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 Santamonica & Newlands (East)?

Three licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 197 spaces in total; 2 accept City fee subsidy and all are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Danforth Gardens Playcare (95 m, 86 spaces), Follow the Child (273 m, 39 spaces) and Hilltop Daycare Centre (808 m, 72 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Santamonica & Newlands (East)?

16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,368 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 534 Birchmount Rd (172 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 84), 536 Birchmount Rd (187 m, 28 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 540 Birchmount Rd (202 m, 27 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 544 Birchmount Rd (216 m, 131 units, RentSafeTO score 92). The average RentSafeTO score across the 16 is 90 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 Santamonica & Newlands (East)?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and two 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 Clairlea-Birchmount page.

What neighbourhood is Santamonica & Newlands (East) in?

Santamonica & Newlands (East) 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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