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St Clair & Presley

St Clair Ave E & Presley Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Clairlea-Birchmount · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

St Clair & Presley, in Clairlea-Birchmount, is a moderately heavy crossing. Nearby is Warden Station (Line 2) 847 m away. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
25,699
vehicles · 14-hour count, Nov 19, 2025
332 pedestrians · 44 cyclists · #541 busiest
Collisions
15
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
2
TTC stops within 100 m
Warden Station 847 m · 18 routes within 1 km
Within a walk
48/100
city median 48
2 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 684 m

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St Clair & Presley

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume14-hour count · Nov 19, 2025

The east leg carries the load — 12,966 westbound vehicles, or 50% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 187. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 2,638 vehicles in the hour from 3:45 p.m., 25% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (2,103). Heavy vehicles made up 2.9% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.

From the north190southbound · 0 bikes · 2.1% heavy
From the west12,356eastbound · 21 bikes · 3.1% heavy
Total vehicles25,699332 pedestrians · 44 cyclists · 2.9% heavy
From the east12,966westbound · 21 bikes · 2.8% heavy
From the south187northbound · 2 bikes · 2.7% heavy

Peak hours: 2,103 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 2,638 from 3:45 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

2018 was the peak year (3 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 13% of collisions here 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 Feb 10, 2025.

The KSI record for this intersection is empty back to 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions150.6 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles
With an injury2
Property damage only12
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Severity not classified1
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20060

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

How fast traffic moves here

The City's most recent midblock count on St Clair Ave E between Pharmacy Ave and Vernadale Cres (149 m away, Apr 2010) recorded volume only — about 15,582 vehicles a day — with no speed data. At the school-zone speed sign on Pharmacy Ave (359 m away, 50 km/h limit), 1.2% of the 57,082 vehicles logged in August 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a small minority. 10 speed humps slow traffic on Presley Avenue between St Clair Ave E and Florence Avenue (installed 2025).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
St Clair Ave E · Pharmacy Ave – Vernadale Cres · 149 mApr 2010 · 3 days15,582———
Speed sign
Pharmacy Ave (southbound), 359 m — 50 km/h zone. Median 46 km/h, 85th percentile 52 km/h; 1.2% at 60 km/h or more. 57,082 vehicles logged in August 2026; runs weekdays, 7 am - 9 pm.
Traffic calming
Presley Avenue (St Clair Ave E – Florence Avenue): 10 speed humps (installed 2025)

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
Warden Station (Line 2)847 m · 10 min
TTC bus
8 67 9 24 23 404 68 16 17 69 135 102 117 nearest 13 m
Express
924 968 902
Blue Night
324
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — St Clair Ave East at Presley Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Eastgate Cres / Pharmacy Ave 329 m · 4 min · 15 docks · 4 stations, 72 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
2 car parks · about 1,071 spaces
EV charging
no City charger within 2 km
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
6 mapped lots within 500 m, 253 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface903 m151 *—
Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface1.1 km920 *—

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

The nearest grocery store is No Frills, 684 m away. There are 2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 22 eating places within a kilometre. The nearest is Dairy Queen, 217 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Providence Pharmacy, 517 m away; 4 pharmacies are within a kilometre. The nearest hospital site is Providence Healthcare, 415 m away. For seniors' housing: Providence Healthcare, a long-term care home 517 m away.

Restaurants & cafés
  • Dairy Queen · 625 Pharmacy Ave217 m
  • Tim Hortons · 627 Pharmacy Ave238 m
  • Yeshi Gebeya · 629 Pharmacy Ave327 m · 4 min
  • Lageez Authentic Indian Cuisine · 641 Pharmacy Ave330 m · 4 min
  • Pizza Hut · 643 Pharmacy Ave334 m · 4 min
2 within 300 m · 22 within 1 km
Grocery
No Frills 684 m · 8 min
Pharmacy
Providence Pharmacy 517 m · 6 min · 4 within 1 km
Child care
  • Our Lady of Fatima YMCA · 71 spaces, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day499 m · 6 min
1 licensed centre · 71 spaces within 1 km · accepts City fee subsidy
Health and care
  • Providence Healthcare · hospital site415 m · 5 min
  • Providence Healthcare · long-term care home517 m · 6 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (8)
and 3 more within 1.5 km
Community centres
Schools (7)
  • Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 499 m · 6 min
  • Regent Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 592 m · 7 min
  • Satec at W A Porter Collegiate InstituteEnglish Public · 922 m · 11 min
  • St Joachim Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1.1 km · 13 min
  • Victoria Park Elementary SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km · 14 min
and 2 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Dawes Road branch1.5 km · 17 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

Not within a walk: a public washroom.

48of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food12/30

    1 grocery store within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit23/28

    Warden Station 0.8 km · 7 stops within 300 m · 18 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go2/14

    library 1.5 km away

  • Parks and recreation3/10

    nearest park 0.7 km · nearest centre 1.1 km

  • Schools and child care6/8

    1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot2/10

    traffic calming

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

16 registered apartment buildings with 482 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner. The nearest is 3222 St Clair Ave E (128 m, 16 units, 3 storeys, built 1952), which scored 92 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 16 scored below 70; the average is 87, below the 90 typical of Toronto intersections.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
3222 St Clair Ave E · Excel Property Management163195292 · Sep 2025128 m
3218 St Clair Ave E · Excel Property Management163195289 · Sep 2024136 m
3214 St Clair Ave E · Kroma Management Limited163195295 · Sep 2025151 m
650 Dawes Rd173195083 · Sep 2024734 m · 9 min
1075 Victoria Park Ave · Sigma Canada Inc.183195587 · Jul 2026799 m · 10 min
1065 Victoria Park Ave · Menicucci, Mario; Menicucci, Iva; Menicucci, Pompilio; Menicucci, Frances376196491 · Sep 2025809 m · 10 min

16 registered buildings · 482 units · tallest 6 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

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.

2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle100street/outdoor (1)
Bicycle theft000—

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 Clairlea-Birchmount.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is St Clair & Presley a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 15 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 & Presley?

A moderately heavy crossing. It ranks #541 of 2,438 counted intersections for vehicles, 1.59× the median for a counted intersection.

Is St Clair & Presley a walkable intersection?

St Clair & Presley scores 48 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: Warden Station 0.8 km · 7 stops within 300 m · 18 routes within 1 km; 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 500 m; 1 grocery store within 1 km · 2 places to eat within 300 m. The crossing itself: traffic calming.

Where can I park near St Clair & Presley?

The nearest Green P car park is Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave (903 m away, 151 spaces). The City's mapping shows 253 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 26,090 spaces — 6 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

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

Warden Station (Line 2) is 847 m away; bus routes 8, 67, 9, 24, 23, 404, 68, 16 and 8 more within 1 km (nearest stop: St Clair Ave East at Presley Ave, 13 m).

What restaurants are near St Clair & Presley?

2 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 22 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Dairy Queen (217 m), Tim Hortons (238 m), Yeshi Gebeya (327 m), Lageez Authentic Indian Cuisine (330 m) and Pizza Hut (334 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near St Clair & Presley?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 71 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Our Lady of Fatima YMCA (499 m, 71 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near St Clair & Presley?

16 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 482 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 3222 St Clair Ave E (128 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 92), 3218 St Clair Ave E (136 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 3214 St Clair Ave E (151 m, 16 units, RentSafeTO score 95) and 650 Dawes Rd (734 m, 17 units, RentSafeTO score 83). The average RentSafeTO score across the 16 is 87 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at St Clair & Presley?

Toronto Police place one theft from a vehicle and no bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Clairlea-Birchmount page.

What neighbourhood is St Clair & Presley in?

St Clair & Presley is in Clairlea-Birchmount (City of Toronto neighbourhood 120). It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.

Sources

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