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Silver Star & McNicoll

Silver Star Blvd & McNicoll Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Milliken · Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt

Silver Star & McNicoll is an above-average intersection for traffic. It sits in Milliken. It has a bike lane and an accessible pedestrian signal at the corner. Nearby: 5 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
16,087
vehicles · 8-hour count, Jul 29, 2023
271 pedestrians · 3 cyclists
Collisions
252
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
29 with an injury · 148 property damage · #372 of 5,508 · +33 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
2
TTC stops within 100 m
4 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
Bikeway
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings), Multi-Use Trail
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

The latest City count averages about 2,010 vehicles an hour over its 8-hour span, 1.74× the median counted intersection. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 59 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. That comes with about 25 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — 8.1× the median for a Toronto intersection with any collisions. Collisions rose 242%, from 57 in 2016–2020 to 195 in 2021–2025. None of them involved a death or serious injury.

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Silver Star & McNicoll

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
42571743 nearest 22 m
Blue Night
343
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — McNicoll Ave at Silver Star Blvd
Cycling
Signed Route (No Pavement Markings) on Silver Star Blvd installed 2001; Multi-Use Trail on Finch Corridor Trl installed 2001
Bike Share
Midland Ave / Finch Recreational Trail 334 m · 15 docks · 2 stations, 30 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 (14)
  • Milliken Public SchoolEnglish Public · 601 m
  • Mary Ward Catholic Secondary SchoolEnglish Separate · 748 m
  • St Rene Goupil Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 811 m
  • Midland Adult Education CentreEnglish Separate · 848 m
  • Alexmuir Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 921 m
  • St Marguerite Bourgeoys Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
  • and 8 more
Community centres
Parks (8)
  • Port Royal Park734 m
  • Shepton Way Park895 m
  • L'amoreaux North Park1 km
  • Audrelane Park1.1 km
  • Alexmuir Park1.1 km
  • Sanwood Park1.3 km
  • and 2 more
Signal
1958, activated 2009 · SA2 · accessible (audible) pedestrian signal · 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

There are 55 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, plus 5 grocery and convenience stores, and 140 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is La Petite Colline, 45 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2026 with 2 infractions noted.

Restaurants & cafés55 within 300 m · 140 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience5 within 300 m · 28 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
La Petite Colline · 2181 McNicoll Ave 145 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Purrfect Cafe · 2181 McNicoll Ave 7-845 mPassed, Feb 2026
Viet Sandwich · 2181 McNicoll Ave 445 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 3 infractions
The Brighton · 2155 McNicoll Ave85 mPassed, Jul 2026
Chako Barbeque Isakaya · 2190 McNicoll Ave98 mPassed, Nov 2025 · 2 infractions
Magic Noodle · 2190 McNicoll Ave Unit-119-12098 mPassed, Jun 2026 · 1 infraction
Pho Hue · 2190 McNicoll Ave Unit-101-10298 mPassed, Jun 2026
Shi Miaodao Yunnan Rice Noodle · 2190 McNicoll Ave Unit-123-12598 mPassed, May 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 L'amoreaux Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 820 m away, View centre hours.

  • L'amoreaux Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 2000 Mcnicoll Ave
    View centre hours
    820 m
  • L'amoreaux North Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 1900 Mcnicoll Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    865 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

Nine licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 677 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Agape Christian Montessori School (2236800 Ontario Inc.) (152 m, 42 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km9 centres · 677 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 9
  • Agape Christian Montessori School (2236800 Ontario Inc.) · 301 Silver Star Blvd
    42 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    152 m
  • Kinderbrook Montessori & Learning Centre · 3660a Midland Ave
    100 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool
    222 m
  • Heritage Child Care & Early Learning - Milliken Site · 130 Port Royal Trail
    71 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    602 m
  • A & A Daycare Centre · 3380 Midland Ave
    132 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    632 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 242 (1.6 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.6 km away.

FireFire Station 242 · 1.6 km2733 Brimley Rd
Policenone within 5 km
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 24 · 1.6 km3061 Birchmount Rd

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

One registered apartment building with 130 rental units stands within a kilometre of the corner, it is social or Toronto Community Housing — well below the median of 23. The nearest is 2319 Mcnicoll Ave (383 m, 130 units, 5 storeys, built 1993), which scored 98 out of 100 at its October 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation.

Registered buildings1 · 130 units · 1 social housing
RentSafeTO score98 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 20260 across the 1
Open fire-code violations0
Tallest5 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2319 Mcnicoll Avesocial housing · Yee Hong Chinese Evergreen Non-Profit Homes ( Metro Toronto) Corp1305199398 · Oct 20250383 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 lots220 lots · ≈44,670 spaces · 134 ha
Within 500 m13 lots · ≈6,010 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 76 m away, ≈287 spaces; 126 m away, ≈44 spaces; 153 m away, ≈80 spaces; 154 m away, ≈528 spaces; 168 m away, ≈166 spaces; 203 m away, ≈1,974 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, Jul 29, 2023 (a weekend day)

The west leg carries the load — 7,325 eastbound vehicles, or 46% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 299. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,518 vehicles in the hour from 2:00 p.m., 79% above the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. (1,408). Heavy vehicles made up 1.4% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count was taken on a Saturday, so it reflects weekend traffic; the rankings compare it with weekday counts elsewhere. 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 north1,959southbound · 2 bikes · 1.0% heavy
From the west7,325eastbound · 1 bikes · 1.6% heavy
Total vehicles16,087271 pedestrians · 3 cyclists · 1.4% heavy
From the east6,504westbound · 0 bikes · 1.4% heavy
From the south299northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,408 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour2,518 vehicles from 2:00 p.m.
Count8-hour · Jul 29, 2023 · weekend

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 McNicoll Ave between Milliken Blvd and Silver Star Blvd (270 m away) recorded an average of 50 km/h in its 7-day count in May 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 58 km/h. That segment carries about 20,900 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
McNicoll Ave · Milliken Blvd – Silver Star Blvd · 270 mMay 2023 · 7 days20,85850 km/h58 km/h64 km/h

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

2024 was the peak year (72 collisions), and 2025 closed with 61. 12% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 78 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 31% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 5% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 33 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 29, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions252#372 of 5,508
With an injury29#542 of 4,660
Property damage only148
Fail to remain78
Involving a pedestrian4#1038 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist9#172 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified75
Since January 2026 (outside the window)33
All since 2014317latest Jun 29, 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 nine thefts from vehicles and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 67% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 1 more has been reported, the latest on May 24, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle961street/outdoor (6), commercial premises (3)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through May 24, 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 Milliken.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Silver Star & McNicoll a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 252 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 Silver Star & McNicoll?

An above-average intersection for traffic. Its latest count is from Jul 29, 2023, 1.74× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Silver Star & McNicoll?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on McNicoll Ave between Milliken Blvd and Silver Star Blvd (May 2023), found an average of 50 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 58 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Silver Star & McNicoll?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 220 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 44,670 spaces — 13 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Silver Star & McNicoll by transit?

Bus routes 42, 57, 17, 43 within 1 km (nearest stop: McNicoll Ave at Silver Star Blvd, 22 m).

What restaurants are near Silver Star & McNicoll?

55 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 140 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are La Petite Colline (45 m), Purrfect Cafe (45 m), Viet Sandwich (45 m), The Brighton (85 m) and Chako Barbeque Isakaya (98 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 Silver Star & McNicoll?

The nearest is L'amoreaux Community Recreation Centre Washroom, 2000 Mcnicoll Ave, 820 m away (View centre hours). Next nearest: L'amoreaux North Park Fieldhouse Washroom (865 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 Silver Star & McNicoll?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 677 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Agape Christian Montessori School (2236800 Ontario Inc.) (152 m, 42 spaces), Kinderbrook Montessori & Learning Centre (222 m, 100 spaces) and Heritage Child Care & Early Learning - Milliken Site (602 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Silver Star & McNicoll?

One RentSafeTO-registered apartment building with 130 rental units is within 1 km. The nearest is 2319 Mcnicoll Ave (383 m, 130 units, RentSafeTO score 98). The average RentSafeTO score across the 1 is 98 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 Silver Star & McNicoll?

Toronto Police place nine 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 Milliken page.

What neighbourhood is Silver Star & McNicoll in?

Silver Star & McNicoll is in Milliken (City of Toronto neighbourhood 130). It is in Ward 22, Scarborough-Agincourt, represented by Councillor Nick Mantas.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined