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Warden & Bell Estate

Warden Ave & Bell Estate Rd · Toronto, Ontario · Oakridge · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

In Oakridge, Warden & Bell Estate is a mid-volume intersection. It has a park at the corner. Nearby: Warden Station (Line 2) 667 m away.

Traffic volume
15,313
vehicles · 14-hour count, Sep 11, 2024
676 pedestrians · 122 cyclists · #1267 busiest
Collisions
48
police-reported, any severity · 2016–2025
9 with an injury · 31 property damage · #2119 of 5,508 · +2 since Jan 2026
KSI collisions
1
killed or seriously injured · 2016–2025
0 fatal · 0 pedestrian · 0 cyclist · #704 of 1,505
Red-light camera
None
not on the City's camera list
Transit
1
TTC stop within 100 m
Warden Station 667 m · 11 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 14-hour count works out to close to 1,090 vehicles, about the citywide median. There is roughly one pedestrian for every 23 vehicles, well below the typical one per 13. Police have logged an average of 4.8 collisions a year here over 2016–2025 — 3.1 per 10,000 counted vehicles, below the median rate of 5.0. The pace has been steady: 24 collisions in 2016–2020 and 24 in 2021–2025. Just one of those 48 collisions left someone killed or seriously injured.

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Warden & Bell Estate

Getting here

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

Transit & cycling

Subway
Warden Station (Line 2)667 m
TTC bus
161768691351138671179102 nearest 73 m
Express
968902
Blue Night
300
Nearest stops
7 surface stops within 300 m — 673 Warden Ave
Cycling
no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
Bike Share
Firvalley Ct / Warden Ave 205 m · 19 docks · 4 stations, 68 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 (12)
  • Taylor Creek Public SchoolEnglish Public · 555 m
  • Danforth Gardens Public SchoolEnglish Public · 711 m
  • J G Workman Public SchoolEnglish Public · 913 m
  • St Joachim Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 916 m
  • Regent Heights Public SchoolEnglish Public · 917 m
  • Oakridge Jr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
  • and 6 more
Parks (23)
  • Firvalley Woods74 m
  • Oates Park316 m
  • Warden Woods Park354 m
  • Cataraqui Park444 m
  • Moreau Trail Park525 m
  • Byng Park693 m
  • and 17 more
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Albert Campbell branch801 m

Around the corner

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

Restaurants & food

There are 4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m of the corner, and 21 eating places within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Ina Grafton, 103 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026.

Restaurants & cafés4 within 300 m · 21 within 1 km
Grocery & convenience0 within 300 m · 2 within 1 km
Nearest food premisesDistanceLatest DineSafe inspection
Ina Grafton · 40 Bell Estate Rd103 mPassed, Sep 2026
Warden Woods Comm. Centre · 76 Firvalley Crt127 mPassed, Aug 2026
TCHC Community Kitchen · 682 Warden Ave133 mPassed, Aug 2026 · 1 infraction
40 Firvalley Crt Community Kitchen · 40 Firvalley Crt195 mPassed, Mar 2026
Mega Meal Grill & Steak House · 462 Birchmount Rd 33696 mPassed, May 2026
Bread King Bakeries · 462 Birchmount Rd Unit-31727 mPassed, May 2026 · 1 infraction
Follow the Child · 462 Birchmount Rd Unit--20727 mPassed, Jul 2026
Iqbal Foods · 462 Birchmount Rd Unit-17-18grocery727 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, 1.0 km 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
    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

Five licensed child care centres within a kilometre offer 221 spaces; four accept City fee subsidy. The nearest is Woodland Nursery School (Warden Woods Community Centre) (329 m, 26 spaces, toddler, preschool).

Within 1 km5 centres · 221 spaces
Fee subsidy4 of 5
  • Woodland Nursery School (Warden Woods Community Centre) · 1 Firvalley Crt
    26 spaces · toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    329 m
  • Taylor Creek Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 644 Warden Ave
    44 spaces · infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    555 m
  • Follow the Child · 462 Birchmount Rd
    39 spaces · toddler, preschool · $10-a-day
    696 m
  • Danforth Gardens Playcare · 20 Santamonica Blvd
    86 spaces · kindergarten, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day
    711 m

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

Emergency services

The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 225 (1.3 km), the nearest police station 41 Division (2.9 km) and the nearest ambulance station 1.9 km away.

FireFire Station 225 · 1.3 km3600 Danforth Ave
Police41 Division · 2.9 km2222 Eglinton Avenue East
AmbulanceAmbulance Station 42 · 1.9 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

17 registered apartment buildings with 2,357 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, three of them social or Toronto Community Housing. The nearest is 682 Warden Ave (132 m, 223 units, 15 storeys, built 1964), which scored 89 out of 100 at its June 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. None scored below 70; the average is 90, 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 16 fire-code violations are open across them.

Registered buildings17 · 2,357 units · 3 social housing
RentSafeTO score90 average · none below 70
LTB orders, Jan 2026 – Jun 202651 across the 17
Open fire-code violations16
Tallest24 storeys
Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreLTB ordersDistance
682 Warden AveToronto Community Housing · TCH22315196489 · Jun 20253 · 9 fire132 m
40 Firvalley CrtToronto Community Housing16815196494 · Jun 20250 · 2 fire196 m
1 Firvalley CrtToronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation11512196291 · Jun 20252329 m
50 Burn Hill Rd · Greenwin Corp.16324197496 · Jul 20250617 m
30 Burn Hill Rd · Hillburn Apartments23822198293 · Jul 20250643 m
186 Danforth Rd154196289 · Aug 20240722 m
283 Pharmacy Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited26717197297 · Aug 202513779 m
263 Pharmacy Ave · Homestead Land Holdings Limited32921197297 · Aug 202512 · 2 fire795 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 lots481 lots · ≈56,260 spaces · 168.8 ha
Within 500 m21 lots · ≈1,750 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 (1.5 km)
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave · Surface577 m151 *
Warden North Lot - 705 Warden Ave · Surface1.2 km920 *
Victoria Main Lot - 777 Victoria Park Avenue · Surface1.5 km173 *

Nearest lots: 41 m away, ≈18 spaces; 54 m away, ≈61 spaces; 115 m away, ≈53 spaces; 128 m away, ≈161 spaces; 132 m away, ≈43 spaces; 151 m away, ≈104 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 — 14-hour, Sep 11, 2024

This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The south leg carries the load — 7,148 northbound vehicles, or 47% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 1,081. Most cyclists arrived from the south (70 of 122). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,396 vehicles in the hour from 3:00 p.m., 9% above the morning peak from 8:15 a.m. (1,285). Trucks and buses were 6.1% 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 16,183 vehicles. The count is 2 years old; the City recounts intersections on an ad-hoc schedule, so volumes may have shifted since.

From the north7,084southbound · 37 bikes · 5.8% heavy
From the west0eastbound · 1 bikes · 0.0% heavy
Total vehicles15,313676 pedestrians · 122 cyclists · 6.1% heavy
From the east1,081westbound · 14 bikes · 2.0% heavy
From the south7,148northbound · 70 bikes · 7.1% heavy
AM peak hour1,285 vehicles from 8:15 a.m.
PM peak hour1,396 vehicles from 3:00 p.m.
Count14-hour · Sep 11, 2024

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

The City's counter on Warden Ave between Bamblett Dr and Cataraqui Cres (365 m away) recorded an average of 50 km/h in its 3-day count in May 2026; 85% of drivers were at or under 58 km/h. That segment carries about 13,100 vehicles a day. Bell Estate Rd between Warden Ave and Dairy Dr measured slower: 37 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 46 km/h (Sep 2011).

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Bell Estate Rd · Warden Ave – Dairy Dr · 35 mSep 2011 · 24 h1,58237 km/h46 km/h51 km/h
Warden Ave · Bamblett Dr – Cataraqui Cres · 365 mMay 2026 · 3 days13,11250 km/h58 km/h63 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

2024 was the peak year (9 collisions), and 2025 closed with 1. 19% of collisions here involved an injury, above the 15% citywide. 11 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 23% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 6% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 2 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 26, 2026.

By year

16171819202122232425

Exposure-adjusted: 3.1 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.

2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions48#2119 of 5,508
With an injury9#1821 of 4,660
Property damage only31
Fail to remain11
Involving a pedestrian1#2215 of 3,193
Involving a cyclist2#1017 of 2,576
Involving a motorcyclist0
With a fatality0
Severity not classified8
Since January 2026 (outside the window)2
All since 201458latest May 26, 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

One collision in 2016–2025 left someone seriously injured; it was not fatal. It involved vehicle occupants only — no pedestrian or cyclist. It happened in daylight or lit conditions. The most recent was on Mar 29, 2023.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Collisions
All KSI collisions1#704 of 1,505
Fatal0
Involving a pedestrian0
Involving a cyclist0
Involving a motorcyclist0
In darkness0
All KSI since 20061latest Mar 29, 2023

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

Toronto Police place 13 thefts from vehicles and one bicycle theft at this intersection 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. 62% of the vehicle thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots.

By year

16171819202122232425
2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle1320street/outdoor (8), commercial premises (4)
Bicycle theft100apartment parking (1)

Source: Toronto Police Service, Theft From Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Thefts open data, records through Oct 13, 2023. 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 Oakridge.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Warden & Bell Estate a dangerous intersection?

It is not among the worst. 1 serious-injury collision was recorded in 2016–2025 (#704 of 1,505), out of 48 reported collisions of any severity. 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 & Bell Estate?

A mid-volume intersection. It ranks #1267 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, about the median for a counted intersection.

How fast do cars go at Warden & Bell Estate?

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.

Where can I park near Warden & Bell Estate?

The nearest Green P car park is Warden South Lot - 701 Warden Ave (577 m away, 151 spaces). The City's mapping shows 481 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 56,260 spaces — 21 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.

How do I get to Warden & Bell Estate by transit?

Warden Station (Line 2) is 667 m away; bus routes 16, 17, 68, 69, 135, 113, 8, 67 and 5 more within 1 km (nearest stop: 673 Warden Ave, 73 m).

What restaurants are near Warden & Bell Estate?

4 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 21 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Ina Grafton (103 m), Warden Woods Comm. Centre (127 m), TCHC Community Kitchen (133 m), 40 Firvalley Crt Community Kitchen (195 m) and Mega Meal Grill & Steak House (696 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 & Bell Estate?

The nearest is Prairie Drive Park Washroom, 101 Pharmacy Ave, 1.0 km away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.), with an accessible washroom. 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 & Bell Estate?

Five licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 221 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Woodland Nursery School (Warden Woods Community Centre) (329 m, 26 spaces), Taylor Creek Early Learning & Child Care Centre (555 m, 44 spaces) and Follow the Child (696 m, 39 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Warden & Bell Estate?

17 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 2,357 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 682 Warden Ave (132 m, 223 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 40 Firvalley Crt (196 m, 168 units, RentSafeTO score 94), 1 Firvalley Crt (329 m, 115 units, RentSafeTO score 91) and 50 Burn Hill Rd (617 m, 163 units, RentSafeTO score 96). The average RentSafeTO score across the 17 is 90 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 & Bell Estate?

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 Oakridge page.

What neighbourhood is Warden & Bell Estate in?

Warden & Bell Estate is in Oakridge (City of Toronto neighbourhood 121), designated a Neighbourhood Improvement Area. It is in Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest, represented by Councillor Parthi Kandavel.

Sources

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