Map
Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time
Getting here
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk
Transit & cycling
- TTC bus
- 131132133116134 nearest 14 m
- Blue Night
- 334
- Nearest stops
- 10 surface stops within 300 m — Sewells Rd at Alford Cres; Sewells Rd at McLevin Ave South Side
- 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 (20)
- St Mother Teresa Catholic AcademyEnglish Separate · 61 m
- Malvern Montessori SchoolPrivate · 382 m
- St Columba Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 387 m
- Alexander Stirling Public SchoolEnglish Public · 575 m
- Sacred Heart Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 589 m
- Grey Owl Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 594 m
- and 14 more
- Community centres
- Malvern Recreation Centre210 m
- Berner Trail Community Centre1 km
- Parks (19)
- Malvern Park256 m
- Shawn "Blu" Rose Park460 m
- Wickson Trail Park521 m
- Viola Desmond Park542 m
- McLevin Woods Park694 m
- John Tabor Park791 m
- and 13 more
- Library
- Toronto Public Library Malvern branch217 m
Around the corner
Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node
Restaurants & food
There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 30 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Mother of Compassion C.c.c., 79 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in May 2026.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Mother of Compassion C.c.c. · 40 Sewells Rd | 79 m | Passed, May 2026 |
| Malvern Recreation Centre - Large Kitchen · 30 Sewells Rd | 210 m | Passed, Jun 2026 |
| Hope Centre · 110 Empringham Dr Unit-214 | 338 m | Passed, Jul 2026 |
| St Columba YMCA · 10 John Tabor Trl | 386 m | Passed, Jul 2026 |
| Green and Sprouts · 1371 Neilson Rd, Unit-104 | 556 m | Passed, Oct 2025 |
| Booster Juice · 1390 Neilson Rd Unit-B2 | 693 m | Passed, Jan 2026 |
| Shoppers Drug Mart · 1400 Neilson Rd Nonegrocery | 709 m | Passed, Nov 2023 |
| A & W 4458 · 1400 Neilson Rd Unit-B1 None | 710 m | Passed, Jan 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 Malvern Recreation Centre Washroom, 209 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 230 m away at Malvern Park.
- Malvern Recreation Centre Washroom · 30 Sewells Rd
View centre hours · accessible209 m - Neilson Park Scarborough Washroom · 1555 Neilson Rd
9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible1 km
- Drinking water
- Malvern Park drinking fountain · 230 m; Malvern Park drinking fountain · 258 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
Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 278 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Mother of Compassion Child Care (61 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).
- Mother of Compassion Child Care · 40 Sewells Rd
49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day61 m - St. Columba Catholic School · 10 John Tabor Trail
105 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day387 m - Malvern Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 1321 Neilson Rd
62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day408 m - Kepalen Angelic Child Care · 1301 Neilson Rd
34 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day433 m
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 213 (1.8 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (3.0 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.1 km away.
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
Four registered apartment buildings with 550 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 20 Sewells Rd (295 m, 92 units, 4 storeys, built 2005), which scored 98 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 95, above the 90 typical of Toronto intersections. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 10 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | LTB orders | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Sewells Rdsocial housing · Wigwamen Incorporated | 92 | 4 | 2005 | 98 · Nov 2025 | 9 | 295 m |
| 1319 Neilson RdToronto Community Housing · TCH- Commertial | 124 | 13 | 1993 | 97 · Oct 2025 | 0 | 336 m |
| 182-250 Brenyon Way · Dms Property Management Ltd. | 208 | 21 | 1979 | 92 · Oct 2025 | 0 | 414 m |
| 1315 Neilson RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation | 126 | 5 | 1991 | 91 · Jun 2026 | 1 | 423 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
Nearest lots: 64 m away, ≈2 spaces; 88 m away, ≈2 spaces; 128 m away, ≈5 spaces; 134 m away, ≈195 spaces; 141 m away, ≈4 spaces; 142 m away, ≈3 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, Dec 11, 2024
The south leg carries the load — 2,750 northbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the west leg brought 133. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 535 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 522 from 5:15 p.m. Trucks and buses were 6.4% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is 21 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.
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 Sewells Rd between Alford Cres and McLevin Ave (69 m away, Mar 2010) recorded volume only — about 3,162 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Brenyon Way (366 m away, 50 km/h limit), 0.2% of the 86,810 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — almost none.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sewells Rd · Alford Cres – McLevin Ave · 69 m | Mar 2010 · 3 days | 3,162 | — | — | — |
School-zone speed sign 366 m
Brenyon Way (eastbound), 250 Brenyon Way · 86,810 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
2019 was the peak year (5 collisions), and 2025 closed with 4. 21% of collisions here involved an injury. 4 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 21% of collisions. People walking or cycling were involved in 11% of collisions here. Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 10, 2026.
By year
Exposure-adjusted: 3.4 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 19 | #3510 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 4 | #3087 of 4,660 |
| Property damage only | 11 | |
| Fail to remain | 4 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 2 | #1987 of 3,193 |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 1 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 4 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 2 | |
| All since 2014 | 24 | latest Jun 10, 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
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 three thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 3 | 2 | 0 | house driveway/garage (2), street/outdoor (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 0 | school/campus (1) |
Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 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 Malvern East.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Sewells & Alford a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 19 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 Sewells & Alford?
A low-volume local intersection. It ranks #1988 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 34% of the median for a counted intersection.
Where can I park near Sewells & Alford?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 186 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 42,300 spaces — 32 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Sewells & Alford by transit?
Bus routes 131, 132, 133, 116, 134 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sewells Rd at Alford Cres, 14 m).
What restaurants are near Sewells & Alford?
2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 30 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Mother of Compassion C.c.c. (79 m), Malvern Recreation Centre - Large Kitchen (210 m), Hope Centre (338 m), St Columba YMCA (386 m) and Green and Sprouts (556 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 Sewells & Alford?
The nearest is Malvern Recreation Centre Washroom, 30 Sewells Rd, 209 m away (View centre hours), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Neilson Park Scarborough 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 Sewells & Alford?
Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 278 spaces in total; all accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Mother of Compassion Child Care (61 m, 49 spaces), St. Columba Catholic School (387 m, 105 spaces) and Malvern Early Learning & Child Care Centre (408 m, 62 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Sewells & Alford?
Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 550 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 20 Sewells Rd (295 m, 92 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 1319 Neilson Rd (336 m, 124 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 182-250 Brenyon Way (414 m, 208 units, RentSafeTO score 92) and 1315 Neilson Rd (423 m, 126 units, RentSafeTO score 91). The average RentSafeTO score across the 4 is 95 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 Sewells & Alford?
Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Malvern East page.
What neighbourhood is Sewells & Alford in?
Sewells & Alford is in Malvern East (City of Toronto neighbourhood 146). It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Dec 11, 2024.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Aug 29, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; School Safety Zone Watch Your Speed Program (locations and monthly summary).
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Fire Station Locations, Police Facility Locations, Ambulance Station Locations.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport with the Ontario LTB Order Catalogue and Toronto Fire Services inspection data (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Apr 30, 2025.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 25 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting here: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Walking distance: City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Parking: Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations.
- Coordinates: 43.80931, -79.21398 · centreline node 13442496.