Toronto · intersection · signal 1790

Tapscott Rd & Newgale Gt

Toronto, Ontario · Morningside Heights · Ward 23, Scarborough North

Tapscott Rd & Newgale Gt, in Morningside Heights, is an intersection of typical volume. At the corner: an accessible pedestrian signal. Nearby: 12 TTC routes within a kilometre.

Traffic volume
5,518
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 22, 2022
41 pedestrians · 3 cyclists
Collisions
32
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
8 with an injury · 21 property damage · #2721 of 5,508 · +3 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
6 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
no Bike Share dock within 150 m

Across the 8-hour count, traffic averaged roughly 690 vehicles an hour, 60% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 135 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). Police have logged an average of 3.2 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — roughly the median for a Toronto intersection. Collisions rose 67%, from 12 in 2016–2020 to 20 in 2021–2025. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Tapscott Rd & Newgale Gt

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
1343910253133116 nearest 28 m
Express
939902953
Blue Night
334353339
Nearest stops
6 surface stops within 300 m — Tapscott Rd at Newgale Gate; Tapscott Rd at Newgale Gate 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 (10)
  • Shirdi Sai School of CanadaPrivate · 479 m
  • Islamic Institute of Toronto Academy SchoolPrivate · 805 m
  • Whitefield Christian Schools - Bldg 1Private · 854 m
  • Whitefield Christian Schools - Bldg 2Private · 908 m
  • Miraj AcademyPrivate · 1 km
  • Tom Longboat Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 4 more
Parks (7)
  • Nightstar Park1 km
  • Hummingbird Park1.1 km
  • Horseley Hill Park1.2 km
  • Mourning Dove Park1.2 km
  • Birunthan Park1.2 km
  • Knotwood Park1.3 km
  • and 1 more
Signal
1790, activated 1998 · 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

Toronto Public Health inspects 1 eating place within 300 m of this corner, plus 1 grocery or convenience store; within a kilometre the count is 51. The nearest is Hq Cold Storage Inc., 278 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in July 2025.

Restaurants & cafés1 within 300 m · 51 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience1 within 300 m · 14 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
W.l. Food Co. · 780 Tapscott Rd, Unit-3grocery239 mPassed, Jun 2025
Hq Cold Storage Inc. · 330 Finchdene Sq, Unit-B278 mPassed, Jul 2025
Naraine's Bakery · 2691 Markham Rd Unit-11grocery320 mPassed, Jun 2026
Suvaiyakam Kitchen · 2721 Markham Rd 47424 mPassed, Sep 2026 · 1 infraction
Iyappa Sweets & Snacks · 2721 Markham Rd424 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Iyappa Sweets & Snacks · 2721 Markham Rd424 mPassed, May 2025 · 1 infraction
Chef's Depot · 5590 Finch Ave E462 mPassed, Jul 2025
Apo Products Ltd. · 5590 Finch Ave E Unit-1462 mPassed, Nov 2025

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

No City washroom within 1 km.

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

One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 58 spaces; it does not accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Cambridge Leaf Montessori School (893 m, 58 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km1 centre · 58 spaces
Fee subsidynone
  • Cambridge Leaf Montessori School · 3875 McNicoll Ave
    58 spaces · toddler, preschool
    893 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 211 (665 m), the nearest police station 42 Division (3.2 km) and the nearest ambulance station 665 m away.

FireFire Station 211 · 665 m900 Tapscott Rd
Police42 Division · 3.2 km242 Milner Avenue
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 27 · 665 m900 Tapscott Rd

Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.

Parking

Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking

All parking lots214 lots · ≈105,410 spaces · 316.2 ha
Within 500 m17 lots · ≈15,570 spaces
Green P (public)none within 2 km
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingnone recorded nearby

Nearest lots: 40 m away, ≈26 spaces; 155 m away, ≈764 spaces; 202 m away, ≈23 spaces; 229 m away, ≈21 spaces; 284 m away, ≈5,142 spaces; 292 m away, ≈467 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, Feb 22, 2022

Traffic is heaviest from the north: 2,305 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 42% of the total, against 231 from the west. Evening rush dominates here: 920 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 614 in the morning peak from 8:30 a.m. Trucks and buses were 16.2% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,183 vehicles over 14 hours. The count is 5 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2022, not today's volume. 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 north2,305southbound · 1 bikes · 10.9% heavy
From the west231eastbound · 1 bikes · 35.1% heavy
Total vehicles5,51841 pedestrians · 3 cyclists · 16.2% heavy
From the east928westbound · 0 bikes · 25.5% heavy
From the south2,054northbound · 1 bikes · 15.9% heavy
AM peak hour614 vehicles from 8:30 a.m.
PM peak hour920 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Feb 22, 2022

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 Tapscott Rd between Newgale Gt and McNicoll Ave, 163 m from the corner, a 7-day count in May 2023 put the average speed at 62 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 70 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 77 km/h or more. That segment carries about 9,000 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Tapscott Rd · Newgale Gt – McNicoll Ave · 163 mMay 2023 · 7 days8,98662 km/h70 km/h77 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

The peak year was 2025, the most recent in the window, with 5 collisions. 8 collisions (25%) involved an injury; the citywide share is 15%. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 9% of collisions, below the citywide 16%. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (3%), typical for the city. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Jun 17, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions32#2721 of 5,508
With an injury8#2133 of 4,660
Property damage only21
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian1#3064 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
Since January 2026 (outside the window)3
All since 201445latest Jun 17, 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

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

Three thefts from vehicles and no bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — below the median of 6 for an intersection with any reported theft.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle300street/outdoor (2), commercial premises (1)
Bicycle theft000

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Aug 12, 2022. 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 Morningside Heights.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Tapscott Rd & Newgale Gt a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 32 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 Tapscott Rd & Newgale Gt?

An intersection of typical volume. Its latest count is from Feb 22, 2022, 60% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Tapscott Rd & Newgale Gt?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Tapscott Rd between Newgale Gt and McNicoll Ave (May 2023), found an average of 62 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 70 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Tapscott Rd & Newgale Gt?

There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 214 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 105,410 spaces — 17 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Tapscott Rd & Newgale Gt by transit?

Bus routes 134, 39, 102, 53, 133, 116, 939, 902 and 1 more within 1 km (nearest stop: Tapscott Rd at Newgale Gate, 28 m).

What restaurants are near Tapscott Rd & Newgale Gt?

1 restaurant, café or takeout is within 300 m, and 51 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Hq Cold Storage Inc. (278 m), Suvaiyakam Kitchen (424 m), Iyappa Sweets & Snacks (424 m), Iyappa Sweets & Snacks (424 m) and Chef's Depot (462 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there child care near Tapscott Rd & Newgale Gt?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 58 spaces in total; it does not accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Cambridge Leaf Montessori School (893 m, 58 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at Tapscott Rd & Newgale Gt?

Toronto Police place three 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 Morningside Heights page.

What neighbourhood is Tapscott Rd & Newgale Gt in?

Tapscott Rd & Newgale Gt is in Morningside Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 144). It is in Ward 23, Scarborough North, represented by Councillor Jamaal Myers.

Sources

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