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Scarlett & Ellins

Scarlett Rd & Ellins Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Rockcliffe-Smythe · Ward 5, York South-Weston

Scarlett & Ellins is a moderately heavy crossing. It sits in Rockcliffe-Smythe. It has a protected bikeway at the corner. Nearby: 8 TTC routes within a kilometre. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic volume
16,735
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 5, 2024
122 pedestrians · 101 cyclists · #1145 busiest
Collisions
12
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 9 property damage · #4113 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Protected
Cycle Track
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 1,200 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 137 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. On average 1.2 collisions a year were reported here in 2016–2025 — 0.7 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Scarlett & Ellins

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
79189405527171 nearest 22 m
Express
935
Blue Night
335
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Scarlett Rd at Ellins Ave; Scarlett Rd at Delemere Ave
Cycling
Cycle Track on Scarlett Rd installed 2019
Bike Share
Scarlett Rd / Eileen Ave 307 m · 15 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 (11)
  • The Haney Centre SchoolEnglish Public · 399 m
  • Lambton Park Community SchoolEnglish Public · 514 m
  • St James Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 918 m
  • Warren Park Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 928 m
  • George Syme Community SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • Rockcliffe Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 1.2 km
  • and 5 more
Community centres
  • Lambton Arena693 m
  • Edenbridge Centre1 km
  • Edgehill House1.1 km
  • David Appleton Community Centre1.1 km
Parks (23)
  • Edinborough Park373 m
  • Marie Baldwin Park458 m
  • Smythe Park502 m
  • Scarlett - St. Clair Parkette582 m
  • Rose Valley Park589 m
  • Haney Park707 m
  • and 17 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Daniel G. Hill (formely Jane/Dundas) branch1.1 km
Places of interest
  • James Garden ParkGarden / Conservatory · 1 km

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There is 1 restaurant, café or takeout within 300 m of the corner, and 18 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is The Lambton Golf & Country Club, 206 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 18 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
The Lambton Golf & Country Club · 100 Scarlett Rd206 mPassed, Jul 2026
Yummy Yummy Chinese Food · 26c Scarlett Rdgrocery416 mPassed, Dec 2025
Momo Junction - Toronto Plate No. 02086 (Food Truck) · 82 Bernice Cresgrocery429 mPassed, Mar 2026 · 1 infraction
Messina Italian Bakery · 19 Scarlett Rdgrocery550 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 1 infraction
Churrasqueira Martins · 2700 St Clair Ave W611 mPassed, Jul 2026
Mr. Sub · 4020 Dundas St W654 mPassed, Aug 2025
Ibrahim's Doner Shawarma · 4020 Dundas St W655 mPassed, Jun 2026
Habesha Star Variety Store · 816 Jane Stgrocery720 mPassed, Jul 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 Smythe Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 616 m away, View outdoor pool hours.

  • Smythe Park Outdoor Pool Washroom · 61 Black Creek Blvd
    View outdoor pool hours
    616 m
  • James Gardens Washroom · 99 Edenbridge Dr
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    1 km
  • Edenbridge Centre Washroom · 235 Edenbridge Dr
    View centre hours
    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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 482 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Lambton Park Child Care Centre (514 m, 72 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km5 centres · 482 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 5
  • Lambton Park Child Care Centre · 50 Bernice Cres
    72 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    514 m
  • Happy Day Child Care Centre · 676 Jane St
    56 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    853 m
  • Macaulay - Warren Park Child Care Centre · 135 Varsity Rd
    80 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    928 m
  • Green Apple Kids · 3605 Dundas St W
    130 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    949 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 422 (1.2 km), the nearest police station 12 Division (2.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.4 km away.

FireFire Station 422 · 1.2 km590 Jane St
Police12 Division · 2.9 km200 Trethewey Drive
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 31 · 1.4 km4219 Dundas St W

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

17 registered apartment buildings with 1,999 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 3735 Dundas St W (684 m, 132 units, 10 storeys, built 1972), which scored 91 out of 100 at its August 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 32 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 23 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings17 · 1,999 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202632 across the 17
Open fire-code violations23
Tallest16 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
3735 Dundas St WToronto Community Housing · TCH13210197291 · Aug 20241684 m
3725 Dundas St WToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation15310197295 · Aug 20263689 m
4029 Old Dundas St · Hannah Property Management Ltd.298195986 · Nov 20250763 m
230 Woolner Ave · Tivoli Towers1309196090 · Nov 20252770 m
797 Jane St · Hazelview Property Services Inc9312197090 · Jul 20260772 m
777 Jane St1069196492 · Aug 20240 · 7 fire788 m
787 Jane St1079196489 · Jul 20241790 m
4033 Old Dundas St475196071 · Jul 20240791 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 lots348 lots · ≈21,190 spaces · 63.6 ha
Within 500 m15 lots · ≈820 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 29 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
271A Scarlett Rd · Surface842 m1117% (Q1 2026)
1A Mould Avenue · Surface1.3 km7 *
3354 Dundas St W · Surface1.8 km1199% (Q1 2026)

Nearest lots: 92 m away, ≈17 spaces; 143 m away, ≈56 spaces; 347 m away, ≈9 spaces; 366 m away, ≈99 spaces; 379 m away, ≈7 spaces; 382 m away, ≈215 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, Nov 5, 2024

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The north leg carries the load — 9,005 southbound vehicles, or 54% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 241. Most cyclists arrived from the south (84 of 101). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,521 vehicles in the hour from 7:00 a.m. and 1,631 from 4:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 22 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north9,005southbound · 11 bikes · 2.9% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles16,735122 pedestrians · 101 cyclists · 2.9% heavy
From the east241westbound · 6 bikes · 4.6% heavy
From the south7,489northbound · 84 bikes · 2.8% heavy
AM peak hour1,521 vehicles from 7:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,631 vehicles from 4:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Nov 5, 2024

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 Scarlett Rd between Delemere Ave and Ellins Ave (47 m away) recorded an average of 61 km/h in its 2-day count in February 2022; 85% of drivers were at or under 69 km/h. That segment carries about 23,300 vehicles a day. Ellins Ave between Bruton Rd and Scarlett Rd measured slower: 39 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 50 km/h (Feb 2006). The reading is 4 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. 6 speed humps slow traffic on Ellins Avenue between Jane St and Scarlett Rd.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Scarlett Rd · Delemere Ave – Ellins Ave · 47 mFeb 2022 · 2 days23,27361 km/h69 km/h75 km/h
Ellins Ave · Bruton Rd – Scarlett Rd · 138 mFeb 2006 · 3 days84239 km/h50 km/h57 km/h

Traffic calming

  • Ellins Avenue · Jane St – Scarlett Rd
    6 speed humps

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

2017 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 0. 0% of collisions here involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 25% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Apr 7, 2024.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 0.7 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions12#4113 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only9
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
All since 201413latest Apr 7, 2024

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 one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100apartment parking (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Nov 14, 2017. 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 Rockcliffe-Smythe.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Scarlett & Ellins a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 12 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 Scarlett & Ellins?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #1145 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Scarlett & Ellins?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Scarlett Rd between Delemere Ave and Ellins Ave (February 2022), found an average of 61 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 69 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Scarlett & Ellins?

The nearest Green P car park is 271A Scarlett Rd (842 m away, 11 spaces, 17% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 348 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 21,190 spaces — 15 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Scarlett & Ellins by transit?

Bus routes 79, 189, 40, 55, 27, 171, 935 within 1 km (nearest stop: Scarlett Rd at Ellins Ave, 22 m).

What restaurants are near Scarlett & Ellins?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 18 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are The Lambton Golf & Country Club (206 m), Churrasqueira Martins (611 m), Mr. Sub (654 m) and Ibrahim's Doner Shawarma (655 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 Scarlett & Ellins?

The nearest is Smythe Park Outdoor Pool Washroom, 61 Black Creek Blvd, 616 m away (View outdoor pool hours). Next nearest: James Gardens Washroom (1.0 km); Edenbridge Centre Washroom (1.0 km). 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 Scarlett & Ellins?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 482 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Lambton Park Child Care Centre (514 m, 72 spaces), Happy Day Child Care Centre (853 m, 56 spaces) and Macaulay - Warren Park Child Care Centre (928 m, 80 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Scarlett & Ellins?

17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 1,999 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3735 Dundas St W (684 m, 132 units, RentSafeTO score 91), 3725 Dundas St W (689 m, 153 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 4029 Old Dundas St (763 m, 29 units, RentSafeTO score 86) and 230 Woolner Ave (770 m, 130 units, RentSafeTO score 90). The average RentSafeTO score across the 17 is 89 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 Scarlett & Ellins?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle 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 Rockcliffe-Smythe page.

What neighbourhood is Scarlett & Ellins in?

Scarlett & Ellins is in Rockcliffe-Smythe (City of Toronto neighbourhood 111), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 5, York South-Weston, represented by Councillor Frances Nunziata.

Sources

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