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Sewells & Brenyon

Sewells Rd & Brenyon Way · Toronto, Ontario · Malvern East · Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park

Sewells & Brenyon, in Malvern East, is a moderately travelled crossing. At the corner: 2 schools within 250 m and parks. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
8,957
vehicles · 14-hour count, Dec 12, 2024
831 pedestrians · 13 cyclists · #1787 busiest
Collisions
77
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
15 with an injury · 39 property damage · #1429 of 5,508 · +1 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
0
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
none in the window · 1 before 2016
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
4
TTC stops within 100 m
7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 640 vehicles an hour over its 14-hour span, 55% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 11 vehicles, close to the citywide median. That comes with about 7.7 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 8.6 per 10,000 counted vehicles, 1.73× the median rate for counted intersections. The pace has been steady: 38 collisions in 2016–2020 and 39 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Sewells & Brenyon

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
1311321331341163985 nearest 14 m
Blue Night
334339385
Nearest stops
11 surface stops within 300 m — Sewells Rd at Brenyon Way; Brenyon Way at Sewells Rd
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 (19)
  • Malvern Montessori SchoolPrivate · 187 m
  • St Mother Teresa Catholic AcademyEnglish Separate · 232 m
  • St Columba Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 351 m
  • Grey Owl Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 462 m
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 609 m
  • Emily Carr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 760 m
  • and 13 more
Community centres
Parks (18)
  • Malvern Park200 m
  • Wickson Trail Park349 m
  • McLevin Woods Park543 m
  • Viola Desmond Park615 m
  • Shawn "Blu" Rose Park670 m
  • John Tabor Park849 m
  • and 12 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Malvern branch71 m
Signal
1788, activated 1998 · SA2 · leading pedestrian interval North/South/East/West

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 2 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 31. The nearest is Malvern Recreation Centre - Large Kitchen, 107 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in June 2026.

Restaurants & cafés2 within 300 m · 31 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 12 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Malvern Recreation Centre - Large Kitchen · 30 Sewells Rd107 mPassed, Jun 2026
Mother of Compassion C.c.c. · 40 Sewells Rd217 mPassed, May 2026
St Columba YMCA · 10 John Tabor Trl351 mPassed, Jul 2026
Green and Sprouts · 1371 Neilson Rd, Unit-104459 mPassed, Oct 2025
Fahmee Bakery · 31 Tapscott Rd 58bgrocery532 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 2 infractions
Passion Profession Kitchen · 31 Tapscott Rd 9532 mPassed, Jul 2026
Kabeer Halal Meat · 31 Tapscott Rdgrocery532 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
999 Sushi · 31 Tapscott Rd Unit-99532 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 4 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 Malvern Recreation Centre Washroom, 107 m away, View centre hours; it is wheelchair-accessible. A drinking fountain is 172 m away at Malvern Park.

  • Malvern Recreation Centre Washroom · 30 Sewells Rd
    View centre hours · accessible
    107 m
  • Neilson Park Scarborough Washroom · 1555 Neilson Rd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    1 km
Drinking water
Malvern Park drinking fountain · 172 m; Malvern Park drinking fountain · 247 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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 337 spaces; all accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Mother of Compassion Child Care (232 m, 49 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km6 centres · 337 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 6
  • Mother of Compassion Child Care · 40 Sewells Rd
    49 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    232 m
  • Kepalen Angelic Child Care · 1301 Neilson Rd
    34 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    238 m
  • Malvern Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 1321 Neilson Rd
    62 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    268 m
  • St. Columba Catholic School · 10 John Tabor Trail
    105 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    351 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 213 (1.6 km), the nearest police station 42 Division (2.8 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.2 km away.

FireFire Station 213 · 1.6 km7 Lapsley Rd
Police42 Division · 2.8 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 25 · 2.2 km8500 Sheppard 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 four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 550 rental units — three social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 20 Sewells Rd (98 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.

Registered buildings4 · 550 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score95 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202610 across the 4
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest21 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
20 Sewells Rdsocial housing · Wigwamen Incorporated924200598 · Nov 2025998 m
1319 Neilson RdToronto Community Housing · TCH- Commertial12413199397 · Oct 20250203 m
1315 Neilson RdToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation1265199191 · Jun 20261258 m
182-250 Brenyon Way · Dms Property Management Ltd.20821197992 · Oct 20250328 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 lots192 lots · ≈44,820 spaces · 134.5 ha
Within 500 m37 lots · ≈2,600 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 69 m away, ≈48 spaces; 87 m away, ≈40 spaces; 98 m away, ≈135 spaces; 102 m away, ≈105 spaces; 159 m away, ≈378 spaces; 163 m away, ≈58 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 12, 2024

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. Traffic is heaviest from the west: 4,026 eastbound vehicles entered from that leg, 45% of the total, against 2,113 from the south. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 902 vehicles in the hour from 8:15 a.m. and 909 from 5:00 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 4.2% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 21 months old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north0southbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
From the west4,026eastbound · 5 bikes · 3.8% heavy
Total vehicles8,957831 pedestrians · 13 cyclists · 4.2% heavy
From the east2,818westbound · 5 bikes · 5.1% heavy
From the south2,113northbound · 3 bikes · 3.8% heavy
AM peak hour902 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour909 vehicles from 5:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Dec 12, 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

On Sewells Rd between Tapscott Rd and Wickson Trail Park Trl, 204 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2025 put the average speed at 45 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 53 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 58 km/h or more. That segment carries about 10,300 vehicles a day. Brenyon Way between 200 Brenyon Way and Pioneer Ptwy measured slower: 38 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 45 km/h (Dec 2024). At the school-zone speed sign on Brenyon Way (273 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 segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Sewells Rd · Tapscott Rd – Wickson Trail Park Trl · 204 mApr 2025 · 3 days10,31245 km/h53 km/h58 km/h
Brenyon Way · 200 Brenyon Way – Pioneer Ptwy · 252 mDec 2024 · 3 days4,99138 km/h45 km/h50 km/h

School-zone speed sign 273 m

Posted limit50 km/h
Median · 85th pct36 · 44 km/h
Over the limit1.0%
60 km/h or more0.2%

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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 12 collisions. 15 collisions (19%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 25 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 32% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. 6 collisions involved a pedestrian or cyclist (8%) — a high share for a Toronto intersection. Since January 2026, 1 more collision has been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jan 31, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 8.6 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions77#1429 of 5,508
With an injury15#1215 of 4,660
Property damage only39
Fail to remain25
Involving a pedestrian5#785 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist1#2335 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified23
Since January 2026 (outside the window)1
All since 2014100latest Jan 31, 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

Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Aug 5, 2014.

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

23 thefts from vehicles and five bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 4.7× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 3 in 2023–2025, about 1.0 a year, against 3.6 a year before that. 57% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots; 100% of the bike thefts were from other premises. Since January 2026, 3 more have been reported, the latest on Apr 2, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle2323street/outdoor (13), apartment parking (10)
Bicycle theft510other (5)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Apr 2, 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 Malvern East.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Sewells & Brenyon a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 77 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 & Brenyon?

A moderately travelled crossing. It ranks #1787 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 55% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Sewells & Brenyon?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sewells Rd between Tapscott Rd and Wickson Trail Park Trl (April 2025), found an average of 45 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 53 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed. At the school-zone speed sign 273 m away (50 km/h), 0.2% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Sewells & Brenyon?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 192 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 44,820 spaces — 37 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Sewells & Brenyon by transit?

Bus routes 131, 132, 133, 134, 116, 39, 85 within 1 km (nearest stop: Sewells Rd at Brenyon Way, 14 m).

What restaurants are near Sewells & Brenyon?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 31 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Malvern Recreation Centre - Large Kitchen (107 m), Mother of Compassion C.c.c. (217 m), St Columba YMCA (351 m), Green and Sprouts (459 m) and Passion Profession Kitchen (532 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 & Brenyon?

The nearest is Malvern Recreation Centre Washroom, 30 Sewells Rd, 107 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 & Brenyon?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 337 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 (232 m, 49 spaces), Kepalen Angelic Child Care (238 m, 34 spaces) and Malvern Early Learning & Child Care Centre (268 m, 62 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Sewells & Brenyon?

Four RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 550 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 20 Sewells Rd (98 m, 92 units, RentSafeTO score 98), 1319 Neilson Rd (203 m, 124 units, RentSafeTO score 97), 1315 Neilson Rd (258 m, 126 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 182-250 Brenyon Way (328 m, 208 units, RentSafeTO score 92). 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 & Brenyon?

Toronto Police place 23 thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 3 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 Malvern East page.

What neighbourhood is Sewells & Brenyon in?

Sewells & Brenyon is in Malvern East (City of Toronto neighbourhood 146). It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.

Sources

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