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St Clair & Merritt

St Clair Ave E & Merritt Rd · Toronto, Ontario · O'Connor-Parkview · Ward 19, Beaches-East York

In O'Connor-Parkview, St Clair & Merritt is an above-average intersection for traffic. At the corner: 2 schools within 250 m and parks. Nearby: 9 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
20,229
vehicles · 14-hour count, Apr 23, 2025
551 pedestrians · 90 cyclists · #863 busiest
Collisions
14
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
1 with an injury · 12 property damage · #3915 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
0
TTC stops within 100 m
7 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 15 docks within 150 m

Across the 14-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 1,440 vehicles an hour, 1.25× the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 37 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 1.4 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 0.7 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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St Clair & Merritt

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
82370912440493 nearest 119 m
Express
924
Blue Night
324
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Plaxton Dr / St. Clair Ave E 149 m · 15 docks · 6 stations, 92 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 (13)
  • Gordon A Brown Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 86 m
  • Selwyn Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 204 m
  • Abacus MontessoriPrivate · 492 m
  • Victoria Park Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 780 m
  • George Webster Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 786 m
  • Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 920 m
  • and 7 more
Community centres
Parks (14)
  • Topham Park350 m
  • Joshua Cronkwright Parkette686 m
  • George Webster Park720 m
  • Willis Blair Parkette849 m
  • Jim McPherson Park864 m
  • Parkview Gardens888 m
  • and 8 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Dawes Road branch861 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 4 eating places within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 65. The nearest is BBQ Fire and Slice, 60 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2025.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 65 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 17 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
BBQ Fire and Slice · 2859 St Clair Ave E60 mPassed, Aug 2025
City Mart Variety · 2869 St Clair Ave Egrocery84 mPassed, Jun 2026
Zabardast Hyderabadi Biryani · 2881 St Clair Ave E116 mPassed, Jul 2026 · 2 infractions
Smash Smash · 2889 St Clair Ave E, Unit-3a168 mPassed, Nov 2024
Arsenios Kitchen · 2889 St Clair Ave E Unit-1168 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Tw Variety Store · 989 O'connor Drgrocery485 mPassed, Dec 2024
Wok & Grill Restaurant -Bar · 1085 O'connor Dr488 mPassed, Jul 2025 · 4 infractions
Momozone · 979 O'connor Dr489 mPassed, Jul 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 Topham Park Community Centre and Clubhouse Washroom, 439 m away — currently listed as closed (technical issues); in season it is open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. A drinking fountain is 356 m away at Topham Park.

  • Topham Park Community Centre and Clubhouse Washroom · 181 Westview Blvd
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · closed — Technical Issues
    439 m
  • George Webster Park Washroom · 30 Chapman Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    798 m
Drinking water
Topham Park bottle filling station, drinking fountain · 356 m; Topham Park drinking fountain · 445 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 588 spaces; six accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Selwyn Community Child Care Centre (204 m, 92 spaces, preschool, kindergarten, school age).

Within 1 km9 centres · 588 spaces
Fee subsidy6 of 9
  • Selwyn Community Child Care Centre · 1 Selwyn Ave
    92 spaces · preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    204 m
  • Abacus Montessori Learning Centre · 2723 St Clair Ave E
    37 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    492 m
  • Precious Ones Bilingual Preschool Corp. · 233 Westview Blvd
    33 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    664 m
  • Bright Minds Childcare & Montessori School · 1450 O Connor Dr
    29 spaces · toddler, preschool
    735 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 224 (1.7 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.3 km away.

FireFire Station 224 · 1.7 km1313 Woodbine Ave
Police41 Division · 3.4 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 46 · 2.3 km105 Cedarvale Ave

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 64 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,762 rental units, 2.8× the median for a Toronto intersection — five social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 2890 St Clair Ave E (137 m, 31 units, 4 storeys, built 1960), which scored 85 out of 100 at its November 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. Two buildings of the 64 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 85 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 69 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings64 · 2,762 units · 5 social housing
RentSafeTO score89 average · 2 below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202685 across the 64
Open fire-code violations69
Tallest14 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
2890 St Clair Ave E · North 44 Property Management Inc314196085 · Nov 20251137 m
2892 St Clair Ave E · Greenwin Corp.344195596 · Nov 20253 · 4 fire172 m
2893 St Clair Ave E · Greenwin Corp.123196099 · Nov 20250196 m
2897 St Clair Ave E · Greenwin Corp.123196087 · Jun 20241219 m
2902 St Clair Ave E123196093 · Dec 20254222 m
2901 St Clair Ave E123196079 · Sep 20240 · 2 fire238 m
2903 St Clair Ave E · North 44 Property Management Inc123196092 · Jul 20262252 m
2905 St Clair Ave E · Quon Family Holdings Ltd.123194089 · Aug 20260268 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 lots431 lots · ≈40,760 spaces · 122.3 ha
Within 500 m20 lots · ≈750 spaces
Green P (public)2 car parks · about 324 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parking2 post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 777 Victoria Park Ave (1.9 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface2 km173 *
Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface2 km151 *

Nearest lots: 34 m away, ≈7 spaces; 49 m away, ≈30 spaces; 79 m away, ≈22 spaces; 164 m away, ≈41 spaces; 164 m away, ≈36 spaces; 204 m away, ≈29 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, Apr 23, 2025

No single direction dominates: each approach carried between 9,909 and 10,320 vehicles. Most cyclists arrived from the east (46 of 90). The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 1,621 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,747 from 5:30 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 3.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 17 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 west9,909eastbound · 44 bikes · 4.4% heavy
Total vehicles20,229551 pedestrians · 90 cyclists · 3.8% heavy
From the east10,320westbound · 46 bikes · 3.2% heavy
From the south0northbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
AM peak hour1,621 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,747 vehicles from 5:30 p.m.
Count14-hour · Apr 23, 2025

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 St Clair Ave E between Hodder St and Rexleigh Dr, 270 m from the corner, a 2-day count in October 2019 put the average speed at 50 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 58 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 63 km/h or more. That segment carries about 24,600 vehicles a day. The reading is 7 years old; the City counts on request rather than on a schedule. At the school-zone speed sign on St Clair Avenue East (42 m away, 40 km/h limit), 0.0% of the 1,004 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 50 km/h or more — almost none.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
St Clair Ave E · Hodder St – Rexleigh Dr · 270 mOct 2019 · 2 days24,55450 km/h58 km/h63 km/h

School-zone speed sign 42 m

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

St Clair Avenue East (westbound) · 1,004 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 2 collisions. 1 collision (7%) involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 7% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Dec 13, 2025.

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 collisions14#3915 of 5,508
With an injury1#4562 of 4,660
Property damage only12
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified1
All since 201417latest Dec 13, 2025

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

Ten thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 4 in 2023–2025, about 1.3 a year, against 0.9 a year before that. 70% of the vehicle thefts were from house driveways and garages.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1040house driveway/garage (7), street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Dec 3, 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 O'Connor-Parkview.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is St Clair & Merritt a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 14 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 St Clair & Merritt?

An above-average intersection for traffic. It ranks #863 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.25× the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at St Clair & Merritt?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on St Clair Ave E between Hodder St and Rexleigh Dr (October 2019), 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. At the school-zone speed sign 42 m away (40 km/h), 0.0% of vehicles were doing 50 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near St Clair & Merritt?

The nearest Green P car park is Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue (2.0 km away, 173 spaces). The City's mapping shows 431 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 40,760 spaces — 20 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to St Clair & Merritt by transit?

Bus routes 8, 23, 70, 91, 24, 404, 93, 924 within 1 km.

What restaurants are near St Clair & Merritt?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 65 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are BBQ Fire and Slice (60 m), Zabardast Hyderabadi Biryani (116 m), Smash Smash (168 m), Arsenios Kitchen (168 m) and Wok & Grill Restaurant -Bar (488 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 St Clair & Merritt?

The nearest is Topham Park Community Centre and Clubhouse Washroom, 181 Westview Blvd, 439 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.). The City currently lists it as closed: technical issues. Next nearest: George Webster Park Washroom (798 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 St Clair & Merritt?

Nine licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 588 spaces in total; 6 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Selwyn Community Child Care Centre (204 m, 92 spaces), Abacus Montessori Learning Centre (492 m, 37 spaces) and Precious Ones Bilingual Preschool Corp. (664 m, 33 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near St Clair & Merritt?

64 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,762 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 2890 St Clair Ave E (137 m, 31 units, RentSafeTO score 85), 2892 St Clair Ave E (172 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 2893 St Clair Ave E (196 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 99) and 2897 St Clair Ave E (219 m, 12 units, RentSafeTO score 87). The average RentSafeTO score across the 64 is 89 out of 100; 2 scored below 70. 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 St Clair & Merritt?

Toronto Police place ten thefts from vehicles 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 O'Connor-Parkview page.

What neighbourhood is St Clair & Merritt in?

St Clair & Merritt is in O'Connor-Parkview (City of Toronto neighbourhood 054). It is in Ward 19, Beaches-East York, represented by Councillor Brad Bradford.

Sources

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