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Thistle Down & Kenhill

Thistle Down Blvd & Kenhill Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Thistletown-Beaumond Heights · Ward 1, Etobicoke North

Thistle Down & Kenhill is a low-volume local intersection, with a strong pedestrian presence. It sits in Thistletown-Beaumond Heights. Its serious-injury record over the last decade is clean.

Traffic
346
vehicles · 14-hour count, Oct 7, 2025
140 pedestrians · 6 cyclists
Collisions
4
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured
Getting there
1
TTC stop within 100 m
1 route within 1 km
Within a walk
15/100
city median 48
no restaurant within 1 km

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Thistle Down & Kenhill

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 · Oct 7, 2025

This is a three-leg intersection with no north leg. The east leg carries the load — 159 westbound vehicles, or 46% of everything entering — while the south leg brought 42. Morning rush is the busier period: 41 vehicles in the peak hour from 7:45 a.m., compared with 36 from 4:45 p.m. Trucks and buses were 15.6% of traffic, well above the typical 3.2% — a sign of a goods-movement or bus corridor. The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 13 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 west145eastbound · 4 bikes · 29.0% heavy
Total vehicles346140 pedestrians · 6 cyclists · 15.6% heavy
From the east159westbound · 2 bikes · 4.4% heavy
From the south42northbound · 0 bikes · 11.9% heavy

Peak hours: 41 vehicles in the hour from 7:45 a.m. and 36 from 4:45 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

2022 was the peak year (2 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 25% of collisions here involved an injury. 1 driver failed to remain at the scene — 25% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from May 19, 2025.

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

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions4
With an injury1
Property damage only2
Fail to remain1
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist1
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 counter on Thistle Down Blvd between Judhaven Rd and Bridgenorth Cres (319 m away) recorded an average of 38 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 48 km/h. That segment carries about 1,200 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Thistle Down Blvd · Judhaven Rd – Bridgenorth Cres · 319 mNov 2023 · 3 days1,23038 km/h48 km/h53 km/h

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

TTC bus
118 nearest 14 m
Nearest stops
3 surface stops within 300 m — Thistle Down Blvd at Kenhill Dr
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.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
1 car park · about 23 spaces
EV charging
14 Barkwin Dr · 1.4 km · 4 Level 2 + 1 fast ports
Bike parking
none recorded nearby
Other lots
1 mapped lot within 500 m, 57 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
14 Barkwin Dr · Surface1.4 km2320% (Q1 2026)

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

Child care
  • Garderie du Cercle de L'amitie - Etobicoke · 69 spaces, toddler, preschool, kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day937 m · 11 min
1 licensed centre · 69 spaces within 1 km · accepts City fee subsidy

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
  • Albion Gardens Park562 m · 7 min
  • St. Lucie Park1.2 km · 15 min
Community centres
Schools
  • St John Vianney Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 495 m · 6 min
  • St Noel Chabanel Catholic Elementary SchoolFrench Separate · 937 m · 11 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 restaurant or café, a grocery store, a pharmacy, a library or a public washroom.

15of 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 food0/30

    no food premises on file

  • Transit8/28

    3 stops within 300 m · 1 route within 1 km

  • Library and places to go0/14

    none within a walk

  • Parks and recreation3/10

    nearest park 0.6 km · nearest centre 1.2 km

  • Schools and child care4/8

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

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

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.

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 vehicle100other (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 Thistletown-Beaumond Heights.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Thistle Down & Kenhill a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 4 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 Thistle Down & Kenhill?

A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Oct 7, 2025, 2% of the median for a counted intersection.

Is Thistle Down & Kenhill a walkable intersection?

Thistle Down & Kenhill scores 15 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: 1 school within 500 m · 1 licensed child care within 1 km; nearest park 0.6 km · nearest centre 1.2 km; 3 stops within 300 m · 1 route within 1 km.

How fast do cars go at Thistle Down & Kenhill?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Thistle Down Blvd between Judhaven Rd and Bridgenorth Cres (November 2023), found an average of 38 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 48 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Thistle Down & Kenhill?

The nearest Green P car park is 14 Barkwin Dr (1.4 km away, 23 spaces, 20% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 57 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 6,410 spaces — 1 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 14 Barkwin Dr (1.4 km).

How do I get to Thistle Down & Kenhill by transit?

Bus route 118 within 1 km (nearest stop: Thistle Down Blvd at Kenhill Dr, 14 m).

Is there a public washroom near Thistle Down & Kenhill?

Not within a kilometre in the City's lists of park washrooms, civic-building washrooms and automated street toilets. The nearest drinking fountain is 541 m away at Albion Gardens Park.

Is there child care near Thistle Down & Kenhill?

One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 69 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is Garderie du Cercle de L'amitie - Etobicoke (937 m, 69 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

How many thefts are reported at Thistle Down & Kenhill?

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 Thistletown-Beaumond Heights page.

What neighbourhood is Thistle Down & Kenhill in?

Thistle Down & Kenhill is in Thistletown-Beaumond Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 003), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 1, Etobicoke North, represented by Councillor Vincent Crisanti.

Sources

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