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Warden & Bamblett

Warden Ave & Bamblett Dr · Toronto, Ontario · Clairlea-Birchmount · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

In Clairlea-Birchmount, Warden & Bamblett is a moderately travelled crossing. At the corner: a school within 250 m. Nearby: 10 TTC routes within a kilometre. No one has been killed or seriously injured here in the last ten years of records.

Traffic volume
6,752
vehicles · 8-hour count, Feb 24, 2011
52 pedestrians · 21 cyclists
Collisions
11
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
0 with an injury · 8 property damage · #4236 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
9 bus routes within 1 km
Cycling
No bikeway
nothing on the City cycling network here
Bike Share: 0 docks within 150 m

Hour by hour, the 8-hour count works out to close to 840 vehicles, 73% of the median counted intersection. Foot traffic runs at about one pedestrian per 130 vehicles — this is a car-dominated crossing (median: one per 13). That comes with about 1.1 reported collisions a year, 2016–2025 — well below the median of 31 for the decade. No one was killed or seriously injured in any of them.

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Warden & Bamblett

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

TTC bus
691351617681132067117 nearest 113 m
Blue Night
300
Nearest stops
5 surface stops within 300 m
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Firvalley Ct / Warden Ave 276 m · 19 docks · 5 stations, 83 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 (14)
  • Taylor Creek Public SchoolEnglish Public · 153 m
  • Oakridge Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 765 m
  • Toronto Islamic Academy SchoolPrivate · 851 m
  • Samuel Hearne Mdl SchoolEnglish Public · 895 m
  • Danforth Gardens Public SchoolEnglish Public · 945 m
  • J G Workman Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1 km
  • and 8 more
Parks (26)
  • Cataraqui Park261 m
  • Oates Park377 m
  • Firvalley Woods423 m
  • Leyton Tot Lot448 m
  • Warden Woods Park561 m
  • Byng Park618 m
  • and 20 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Albert Campbell branch1 km

Around the corner

Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node

Restaurants & food

No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 36 eating places are within a kilometre. The nearest is Warden Woods Comm. Centre, 306 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in August 2026.

Restaurants & cafés0 within 300 m · 36 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 11 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Warden Woods Comm. Centre · 76 Firvalley Crt306 mPassed, Aug 2026
40 Firvalley Crt Community Kitchen · 40 Firvalley Crt351 mPassed, Mar 2026
Ina Grafton · 40 Bell Estate Rd478 mPassed, Sep 2026
Mr. Nice Cream Inc. · 63 Mack Ave543 mPassed, May 2026
TCHC Community Kitchen · 682 Warden Ave557 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
Mirello - Tiramisu & Gelato Cafe · 60 Danforth Rd597 mPassed, Sep 2026
Baraka Supermarket · 60 Danforth Rd Unit-8-9bgrocery606 mPassed, Dec 2025 · 3 infractions
Premium Sweets · 60 Danforth Rd Unit-9a606 mPassed, Jun 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 Prairie Drive Park Washroom, 749 m away, open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.; it is wheelchair-accessible.

  • Prairie Drive Park Washroom · 101 Pharmacy Ave
    9 a.m. to 10 p.m. · accessible
    749 m
  • Oakridge Community Recreation Centre Washroom · 63 Pharmacy Ave
    View centre hours
    899 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

Six licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 307 spaces; five accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Taylor Creek Early Learning & Child Care Centre (153 m, 44 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km6 centres · 307 spaces
Fee subsidy5 of 6
  • Taylor Creek Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 644 Warden Ave
    44 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    153 m
  • Woodland Nursery School (Warden Woods Community Centre) · 1 Firvalley Crt
    26 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    406 m
  • Dian Childcare Centre Inc. · 283 Pharmacy Ave
    26 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    728 m
  • Oakridge Junior Playcare · 110 Byng Ave
    86 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    765 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 225 (880 m), the nearest police station 41 Division (3.3 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.5 km away.

FireFire Station 225 · 880 m3600 Danforth Ave
Police41 Division · 3.3 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 42 · 1.5 km1535 Kingston Rd

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 12 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings — 2,555 rental units — five social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 50 Burn Hill Rd (197 m, 163 units, 24 storeys, built 1974), which scored 96 out of 100 at its July 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 92, about the citywide norm. The Landlord and Tenant Board issued 51 final orders naming these buildings in the latest half-year of its catalogue, and 13 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings12 · 2,555 units · 5 social housing
RentSafeTO score92 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202651 across the 12
Open fire-code violations13
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
50 Burn Hill Rd · Greenwin Corp.16324197496 · Jul 20250197 m
30 Burn Hill Rd · Hillburn Apartments23822198293 · Jul 20250254 m
186 Danforth Rd154196289 · Aug 20240315 m
40 Firvalley CrtToronto Community Housing16815196494 · Jun 20250 · 2 fire350 m
1 Firvalley CrtToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation11512196291 · Jun 20252405 m
682 Warden AveToronto Community Housing · TCH22315196489 · Jun 20253 · 9 fire556 m
263 Pharmacy Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited32921197297 · Aug 202512 · 2 fire695 m
283 Pharmacy Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited26717197297 · Aug 202513728 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 lots452 lots · ≈33,950 spaces · 101.8 ha
Within 500 m29 lots · ≈2,010 spaces
Green P (public)3 car parks · about 1,244 spaces
EV charging (City)none within 2 km
Bike parkingno post-and-rings within 300 m · Indoor bike station, 777 Victoria Park Ave (1.3 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface1 km151 *
Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface1.3 km173 *
Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface1.6 km920 *

Nearest lots: 121 m away, ≈56 spaces; 122 m away, ≈16 spaces; 153 m away, ≈24 spaces; 203 m away, ≈12 spaces; 209 m away, ≈44 spaces; 221 m away, ≈34 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 24, 2011

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. Traffic is heaviest from the south: 3,366 northbound vehicles entered from that leg, 50% of the total, against 268 from the east. Evening rush dominates here: 1,128 vehicles in the peak hour from 4:45 p.m., against 989 in the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. Trucks and buses were 6.4% 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 16 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2011, 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 north3,118southbound · 11 bikes · 6.8% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 0 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles6,75252 pedestrians · 21 cyclists · 6.4% heavy
From the east268westbound · 0 bikes · 3.0% heavy
From the south3,366northbound · 10 bikes · 6.3% heavy
AM peak hour989 vehicles from 8:00 a.m.
PM peak hour1,128 vehicles from 4:45 p.m.
Count8-hour · Feb 24, 2011

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 Warden Ave between Bamblett Dr and Cataraqui Cres, 64 m from the corner, a 3-day count in May 2026 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 13,100 vehicles a day. At the school-zone speed sign on Warden Ave (29 m away, 50 km/h limit), 13% of the 132,496 vehicles logged in July 2026 were doing 60 km/h or more — a share the City would treat as a speeding problem.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Warden Ave · Bamblett Dr – Cataraqui Cres · 64 mMay 2026 · 3 days13,11250 km/h58 km/h63 km/h

School-zone speed sign 29 m

Posted limit50 km/h
Median · 85th pct51 · 59 km/h
Over the limit32%
60 km/h or more13%

Warden Ave (southbound), 649 Warden Avenue · 132,496 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 worst year was 2017, with 3 collisions; 2025 recorded 1. 0 collisions (0%) involved an injury. 3 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 27% of collisions. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. The most recent report on file is from Apr 14, 2025.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions11#4236 of 5,508
With an injury0
Property damage only8
Fail to remain3
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified3
All since 201414latest Apr 14, 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

13 thefts from vehicles and one bike theft were reported around this corner in 2016–2025 — 2.3× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has slowed: 2 in 2023–2025, about 0.7 a year, against 1.7 a year before that. 46% of the vehicle thefts were from apartment-building parking.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1320apartment parking (6), street/outdoor (4)
Bicycle theft100house driveway/garage (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Jun 30, 2024. 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 Warden & Bamblett a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 11 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 Warden & Bamblett?

A moderately travelled crossing. Its latest count is from Feb 24, 2011, 73% of the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Warden & Bamblett?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Warden Ave between Bamblett Dr and Cataraqui Cres (May 2026), 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 29 m away (50 km/h), 13% of vehicles were doing 60 km/h or more in July 2026.

Where can I park near Warden & Bamblett?

The nearest Green P car park is Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave (1.0 km away, 151 spaces). The City's mapping shows 452 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 33,950 spaces — 29 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Warden & Bamblett by transit?

Bus routes 69, 135, 16, 17, 68, 113, 20, 67 and 1 more within 1 km.

What restaurants are near Warden & Bamblett?

None within 300 m, and 36 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Warden Woods Comm. Centre (306 m), 40 Firvalley Crt Community Kitchen (351 m), Ina Grafton (478 m), Mr. Nice Cream Inc. (543 m) and TCHC Community Kitchen (557 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 Warden & Bamblett?

The nearest is Prairie Drive Park Washroom, 101 Pharmacy Ave, 749 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. Next nearest: Oakridge Community Recreation Centre Washroom (899 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 Warden & Bamblett?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 307 spaces in total; 5 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Taylor Creek Early Learning & Child Care Centre (153 m, 44 spaces), Woodland Nursery School (Warden Woods Community Centre) (406 m, 26 spaces) and Dian Childcare Centre Inc. (728 m, 26 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Warden & Bamblett?

12 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,555 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 50 Burn Hill Rd (197 m, 163 units, RentSafeTO score 96), 30 Burn Hill Rd (254 m, 238 units, RentSafeTO score 93), 186 Danforth Rd (315 m, 15 units, RentSafeTO score 89) and 40 Firvalley Crt (350 m, 168 units, RentSafeTO score 94). The average RentSafeTO score across the 12 is 92 out of 100. 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 Warden & Bamblett?

Toronto Police place 13 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft 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 Clairlea-Birchmount page.

What neighbourhood is Warden & Bamblett in?

Warden & Bamblett 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