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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 · Apr 21, 2026
This is a three-leg intersection with no east leg. Traffic is heaviest from the north: 1,458 southbound vehicles entered from that leg, 41% of the total, against 721 from the west. The morning and afternoon peaks are nearly equal: 357 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 348 from 5:15 p.m. Heavy vehicles made up 2.8% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). For scale, a typical counted intersection in Toronto sees 16,177 vehicles over 14 hours. This is a fresh count, taken within the last year.
Peak hours: 357 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 348 from 5:15 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
The worst year was 2023, with 4 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 2 collisions (15%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 23% of collisions. 1 collision involved a pedestrian or cyclist (8%). The most recent report on file is from Jan 14, 2025.
No collision involving a death or serious injury has been recorded within 65 m of this intersection since the record begins in 2006.
By year
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 13 | 3.6 a year per 10,000 daily vehicles |
| With an injury | 2 | |
| Property damage only | 8 | |
| Fail to remain | 3 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 1 | |
| Severity not classified | 3 | |
| Killed or seriously injured | 0 | |
| All KSI since 2006 | 0 |
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
On Victoria Park Ave between Bracken Ave and Lane S of Kingston and W of Victoria Park, 108 m from the corner, a 3-day count in April 2026 put the average speed at 32 km/h and the 85th-percentile speed at 39 km/h, with the fastest one in twenty at 44 km/h or more. That segment carries about 4,400 vehicles a day. Bracken Ave between Bingham Ave and Victoria Park Ave measured slower: 26 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 32 km/h (Apr 2026). 4 speed humps slow traffic on Victoria Park Avenue between Queen St E and Bracken Ave.
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bracken Ave · Bingham Ave – Victoria Park Ave · 37 m | Apr 2026 · 3 days | 1,883 | 26 km/h | 32 km/h | 34 km/h |
| Victoria Park Ave · Bracken Ave – Lane S of Kingston and W of Victoria Park · 108 m | Apr 2026 · 3 days | 4,419 | 32 km/h | 39 km/h | 44 km/h |
- Traffic calming
- Victoria Park Avenue (Queen St E – Bracken Ave): 4 speed humps
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
- Streetcar
- 503 501 nearest 339 m · 4 min
- TTC bus
- 12 117 404 135 nearest 86 m
- Blue Night
- 301 316 322 324
- Nearest stops
- 4 surface stops within 300 m — 127 Victoria Park Ave - Neil McNeil Secondary School
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- Victoria Park Ave / Kingston Rd 215 m · 15 docks · 5 stations, 100 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
- 5 car parks · about 381 spaces
- EV charging
- 912 Kingston Road · 673 m · 2 Level 2 ports; also 2150 Queen Street East (1.4 km), 117 Hammersmith Ave (1.6 km)
- Bike parking
- 4 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 8 bikes within 600 m · Indoor bike station, 777 Victoria Park Ave (1.9 km)
- Other lots
- 6 mapped lots within 500 m, 197 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
| Green P car park | Distance | Spaces | Peak occupancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 197 Blantyre Ave · Surface | 519 m | 83 | 29% (Q1 2026) |
| 117 Hammersmith Ave · Surface | 1.6 km | 29 | 47% (Q1 2026) |
| 136 Wineva Ave. · Surface | 1.7 km | 28 * | — |
| Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface | 1.7 km | 173 * | — |
| 85 Lee Ave · Surface | 1.9 km | 68 | 61% (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
No grocery store is within 300 m of the corner. The closest is Mac's Market, 529 m away. Toronto Public Health inspects 5 eating places within 300 m of this corner; within a kilometre the count is 45. The nearest is Fresh Burrito, 240 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Henley Gardens Pharmacy, 256 m away; 5 pharmacies are within a kilometre. No hospital site is within a 2 km walk.
- Restaurants & cafés
- Fresh Burrito · 1085 Kingston Rd Unit-9240 m
- Papa John's · 1085 Kingston Rd Unit-10240 m
- Heffy's Fried Chicken · 1054 Kingston Rd274 m · 3 min
- Pizza Pizza · 1056 Kingston Rd Unit-0278 m · 3 min
- Big Boy's Burrito · 1062 Kingston Rd292 m · 3 min
- Grocery
- Mac's Market 529 m · 6 min · 3 within 1 km
- Food shops
- Fearless Meat 761 m · 9 min · butcher, bakery or food shop
- Pharmacy
- Henley Gardens Pharmacy 256 m · 3 min · 5 within 1 km
- Child care
- Beaches Montessori School South · 16 spaces, preschool373 m · 4 min
- Beaches Montessori School Incorporated · 54 spaces, toddler, preschool568 m · 7 min
- Lullaboo Nursery and Childcare Center · 215 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day694 m · 8 min
- Washrooms
- Blantyre Park Fieldhouse Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible609 m · 7 min
- Adam Beck Community Centre Washroom · Mon 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Tue 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Wed 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Thu 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.; Fri 2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.; Sat 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Sun Closed840 m · 10 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
- Neville Park Blvd Ravine36 m
- Blantyre Park883 m · 11 min
- Lynndale Parkette1.1 km · 13 min
- Glen Stewart Park1.3 km · 15 min
- Balmy Beach Park1.5 km · 18 min
- Community centres
- Adam Beck Community Centre815 m · 10 min
- Schools (13)
- Neil McNeil Catholic High SchoolEnglish Separate · 106 m
- Beaches MontessoriPrivate · 568 m · 7 min
- Balmy Beach Community SchoolEnglish Public · 734 m · 9 min
- Courcelette Public SchoolEnglish Public · 765 m · 9 min
- Adam Beck Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 829 m · 10 min
- Places of interest
- Balmy Beach ParkNature/ Park · 1.2 km · 14 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 library or a care or retirement home.
The median Toronto intersection scores 48. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.
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
Within a kilometre there are 30 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 983 rental units, 2.0× the median for a Toronto intersection — two social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 1080 Kingston Rd (398 m, 202 units, 16 storeys, built 1970), which scored 95 out of 100 at its July 2024 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, about the citywide norm.
| Nearest buildings | Units | Storeys | Built | Score | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1080 Kingston Rd | 202 | 16 | 1970 | 95 · Jul 2024 | 398 m · 5 min |
| 987 Kingston Rd · Ez Property Management | 15 | 3 | 1925 | 90 · Jul 2025 | 428 m · 5 min |
| 983 Kingston Rd · Ez Property Management Ltd | 14 | 3 | 1925 | 78 · Jun 2024 | 446 m · 5 min |
| 1140 Kingston Rd · Merkur Properties C/O Greenwin Corp. | 34 | 5 | 1971 | 93 · Jul 2025 | 514 m · 6 min |
| 2400 Queen St E · Trivest Developments Corporation | 32 | 4 | 1920 | 91 · Oct 2025 | 558 m · 7 min |
| 1150 Kingston Rd · Greenwin Corp | 51 | 5 | 1956 | 94 · Jul 2024 | 571 m · 7 min |
30 registered buildings · 983 units · 2 social housing · tallest 16 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
Three thefts from vehicles and five bike thefts were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — about the median for an intersection with any reported theft. 60% of the bike thefts were from school or campus property.
| 2016–2025 | Reported | 2023–2025 | Since Jan 2026 | Most often from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theft from a vehicle | 3 | 1 | 0 | house driveway/garage (2), street/outdoor (1) |
| Bicycle theft | 5 | 0 | 0 | school/campus (3), other (2) |
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 Birchcliffe-Cliffside.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Victoria Park & Bracken a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 13 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 Victoria Park & Bracken?
A low-volume local intersection. Its latest count is from Apr 21, 2026, 22% of the median for a counted intersection.
Is Victoria Park & Bracken a walkable intersection?
Victoria Park & Bracken scores 44 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 500 m; 3 grocery stores within 1 km · 5 places to eat within 300 m; 4 stops within 300 m · 10 routes within 1 km. The crossing itself: traffic calming.
How fast do cars go at Victoria Park & Bracken?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Victoria Park Ave between Bracken Ave and Lane S of Kingston and W of Victoria Park (April 2026), found an average of 32 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 39 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Victoria Park & Bracken?
The nearest Green P car park is 197 Blantyre Ave (519 m away, 83 spaces, 29% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 197 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 9,420 spaces — 6 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 912 Kingston Road (673 m).
How do I get to Victoria Park & Bracken by transit?
Streetcar routes 503, 501 stop within 1 km, the nearest 339 m away; bus routes 12, 117, 404, 135 within 1 km (nearest stop: 127 Victoria Park Ave - Neil McNeil Secondary School, 86 m).
What restaurants are near Victoria Park & Bracken?
5 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 45 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Fresh Burrito (240 m), Papa John's (240 m), Heffy's Fried Chicken (274 m), Pizza Pizza (278 m) and Big Boy's Burrito (292 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there a public washroom near Victoria Park & Bracken?
The nearest is Blantyre Park Fieldhouse Washroom, 180 Fallingbrook Rd, 609 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Adam Beck Community Centre Washroom (840 m); Blantyre Park Outdoor Pool Washroom (909 m).
Is there child care near Victoria Park & Bracken?
Eight licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 836 spaces in total; 3 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Beaches Montessori School South (373 m, 16 spaces), Beaches Montessori School Incorporated (568 m, 54 spaces) and Lullaboo Nursery and Childcare Center (694 m, 215 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What apartment buildings are near Victoria Park & Bracken?
30 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 983 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 1080 Kingston Rd (398 m, 202 units, RentSafeTO score 95), 987 Kingston Rd (428 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 90), 983 Kingston Rd (446 m, 14 units, RentSafeTO score 78) and 1140 Kingston Rd (514 m, 34 units, RentSafeTO score 93). The average RentSafeTO score across the 30 is 90 out of 100.
How many thefts are reported at Victoria Park & Bracken?
Toronto Police place three thefts from vehicles and five bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Birchcliffe-Cliffside page.
What neighbourhood is Victoria Park & Bracken in?
Victoria Park & Bracken is in Birchcliffe-Cliffside (City of Toronto neighbourhood 122). 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
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Apr 21, 2026.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Oct 11, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Sep 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts; Traffic Calming Database.
- Within a walk: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health), inspections Nov 2023 – Oct 2026; Park Washroom Facilities, Washroom Facilities in City Buildings, Automated Public Toilets, Park Drinking Water Sources; Licensed Child Care Centres; Ministry of Health Service Provider Locations (Ontario) — Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.; City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Apartment buildings: City of Toronto Apartment Building Registration and Apartment Building Evaluation (RentSafeTO), as compiled by LandlordReport (imported Sep 10, 2026).
- Thefts: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, occurrences offset by police to the nearest intersection, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 20 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting there: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network; Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Coordinates: 43.67864, -79.28316 · centreline node 13461734.